Author: Rod Lloyd

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the latest entry in the modern Planet of the Apes reboot series, hit theaters earlier this week. Despite some uncertainty over the series’ future following the departure of director Matt Reeves, who had helmed the critically acclaimed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes, it seems the solid track record of 20th Century Studios’ Apes franchise remains intact. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes…

Nintendo’s habit of dropping big news out of nowhere seems to be as strong as ever. Following yesterday’s announcement of “Switch successor” news coming within this fiscal year, the company released a trailer this morning for a new retro-focused title coming soon to Switch. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition brings the spirit of competition to a collection of classics from the NES era, including The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Metroid, and more. Inspired by Nintendo’s in-person championship events…

Earlier this year, Nintendo Switch Online introduced a new way to unlock exclusive Icon Elements as part of its Missions and Rewards feature. Rather than simply asking NSO subscribers to redeem their My Nintendo Platinum Points within a certain time period to receive Icons, as they’ve done in the past, the new system tasks subscribers to also play specific games on the service within a time period in order to unlock new Icons. Following such Icon releases for Super Mario…

Hey there, Zelda fans! It’s the start of a new week, which means that we’ve got another Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest ready for you! Continuing the trend of the past few weeks, our contest this week features another impressive Ultrahand creation. In fact, it’s something ripped straight from one of those Japanese animes. I also wanted to use this opportunity to put out a call for any fun Tears of the Kingdom screenshots that you think would make great contest…

After years of rumors, speculation, and delays, we have finally received our first official look at Super Nintendo World as it will appear in the upcoming Universal Epic Universe theme park. Earlier this week, Universal Orlando released a video introducing its version of Super Nintendo World and offered fans a taste of things to come when Epic Universe opens in 2025. Super Nintendo World will be one of five “worlds” present at Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe theme park. As outlined…

A notorious prototype copy of the NES classic The Legend of Zelda has finally made its way online. Video game archivist MrTalida (of the Keshi Corner preservation project) recently went to X to share that, following decades of ownership changes, the prototype’s ROM has been released by Frank Cifaldi (founder of the Video Game History Foundation). MrTalida’s post included a binary comparison between the prototype’s ROM and that of The Legend of Zelda‘s retail version, demonstrating just how much data…

How’s it going, Zelda fans?! Zelda Dungeon’s Caption Contest is back again to tickle your funny bone. Last week, I promised that we’d be highlighting some funny Ultrahand creations for the next several contests. Well, you can consider me a man of my word, because we’ve taken “Utrahand” to a whole new level with this week’s contest image. Rod LloydRod Lloyd is the Editor-In-Chief at Zelda Dungeon, overseeing the news and feature content for the site. Rod is considered the…

Happy Monday, Zelda fans! How about we kick off the work week with another exciting Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest? We’ve been highlighting nothing but Tears of the Kingdom screenshots since the game released last year, and I only just realized that we haven’t done enough to celebrate one of the game’s greatest achievements: Ultrahand. This unique ability let’s players create just about anything their imaginations can conceive, so the fact that so few Ultrahand creations have graced the contest is…

Nintendo announced today that the next Indie World Showcase will take place tomorrow, April 17th at 7 AM PST / 10 AM EST. The company promised “roughly 20 minutes of announcements and updates on indie games headed to Nintendo Switch in 2024.” You’ll be able to watch the Indie World Showcase live stream on Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel right here. Indie World Showcases have become a spring-time tradition for Nintendo in recent years, so today’s announcement wasn’t a complete…

What is up, everyone?! Are you ready to kick off another Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest? Truth be told: I fully to planned to have a contest ready for you all last week. But when I realized that an eclipse was to take place last Monday, I scrambled to find a Tears of the Kingdom screenshot that fit with that particular solar phenomenon. I came up short, as you could have guessed by the lack of contest, but here we are…