Author: Sean Gadus

Despite releasing more than two months ago, Tears of the Kingdom looms large in the minds of many Zelda fans. The prolific amount of content in Tears of the Kingdom means that players can sink hundreds of hours into exploring the world of Hyrule. The music of Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most interesting elements of the game. Because Tears of the Kingdom features many of the same locations as in Breath of the Wild, there is…

Spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom and Fire Emblem: Three Houses Tears of the Kingdom has been a massive commercial and critical success. While the game has been extremely popular, some of the new lore has divided longtime fans of the Zelda series. Tears of the Kingdom’s lore diverges from a lot of the lore and storytelling ideas found in previous Zelda games. Whether it is the absence of the Triforce in the game’s story, the heavy emphasis on ancient technology…

Spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom‘s Main Story Since debuting in 2014, the spin-off series Hyrule Warriors has been one of the more interesting experiments from Nintendo. Over the past two decades, Nintendo has been very careful with its implementation of the Zelda IP, so it was a bit surprising when Nintendo allowed Koei Tecmo to develop a game using Zelda characters. Hyrule Warriors, which was developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja, combined the characters and setting of the…

Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are the two most commercially successful Zelda games ever made. While the massive success of The Nintendo Switch is a key factor in the sales success of both games, the changes in design philosophy have been a key part of the tremendous success of the last two mainline Zelda titles. The transition from the semi-linear structure of the previous 3D Zelda titles to an open world structure has been met with critical…

Minor Spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom Voice acting has been a major topic of discussion in the Zelda series for years, especially as other game series have embraced voice acting in significant ways. Breath of the Wild introduced voice acting for its key supporting cast including Princess Zelda, King Rhoam, Impa, the four Champions, and the Champions’ descendants. The voice acting for Breath of the Wild was only implemented in key story cutscenes, as well as key flashback sequences (memories)….

Breath of the Wild has one of the most expansive and diverse soundtrack in the franchise’s history. The official release of the game’s full soundtrack (including the DLC) is spread across five CDs. The composers for the game (Manaka Kataoka, Hajime Wakai, and Yasuaki Iwata) did a wonderful job of honoring and updating classic Zelda songs for this new adventure, while also providing a wealth of new music that has delighted fans across the world. This incredible concert by Ensemble…

Spoiler Warning: This article contains minor spoilers and the comments section might contain spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom. Great Fairies have been a staple of The Legend of Zelda series since A Link To The Past. These benevolent beings function differently from game to game. Some Great Fairies upgrades Link’s items while other Great Faeries provide Link with useful new items. In Tears of the Kingdom, the four Great Fairies (Cotera, Kaysa, Mija and Tera) have returned from Breath…

Nintendo has kicked off its new Hyper Max Sale, which includes over 500 deals on games and DLC for Nintendo Switch. This sales runs on  Nintendo.com and the Nintendo eShop. On Nintendo.com, customers can purchase physical or digital versions of many first-party Nintendo titles, as well as digital downloads for other titles. The expansive sales runs until June 25th at 11:59 p.m. PT. While none of the mainline Zelda titles on Nintendo Switch (Tears of the Kingdom, Skyward Sword HD,…

The world of Tears of the Kingdom is the most expansive in any Zelda game. While many Zelda titles are broken into two worlds (present and future, light world and dark world),  Tears of the Kingdom is broken into three massive areas: The Sky, The Surface, and The Depths. In Tears of the Kingdom, players can move fluidly between these three massive areas with an impressive amount of freedom. While the surface world is generally the same world as seen…

Since its first appearance in Ocarina of Time, the Temple of Time has become one of the most iconic location in the series. The massive cathedral-like structure is considered hallowed ground for Hylians, and it is rest place of the Master Sword in several Zelda titles. The music that plays in the Temple of Time is based off of the “Song of Time” featured in Ocarina of Time. This origin version of the song makes the location feel mysterious and…