Author: Sid

Have you ever wished that Nintendo had featured more playable villains from the Zelda series in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? We honestly could do without a few Fire Emblem characters and instead have characters like Pig Ganon or Zant on the roster. Fortunately, creators @SmashBannerGuy and @corshmell have actively been working to create a Pig Ganon mod for Smash Bros. Ultimate! This Pig Ganon mod was originally developed for Project M back in 2016, but has now been completely remastered…

With Tears of the Kingdom knocking on our door, there has been a plethora of deep dives into the role dragon imagery will place out in this monumental sequel. This concept made me think about the two most recent Switch games that featured dragons in the Zelda series: Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild. Each of these dragons is portrayed differently and even carry a different role in the story. In Skyward Sword, the dragons are anthropomorphized into creatures…

Nintendo has made a number of widely accessible characters and other game elements available as Nintendo Switch Online Icons as part of My Nintendo’s “Missions & Rewards” program. While many of these Icons have come and gone over the past few months, Nintendo has decided to provide a generous holiday gift. Per My Nintendo News, we will now have access to many returning Icons on Nintendo Switch Online, for a limited time, including some of your favorite Zelda series Icons. With…

If you’re a fan of Stranger Things on Netflix, you should already know Gaten Matarazzo, who plays the character Dustin Henderson. But did you know that when Matarazzo is taking a break from fighting Vecna or the Demogorgon, he is busy playing the Nintendo Switch and is an avid fan of the Zelda series? Matarazzo recently gave an interview to Variety and highlighted the games he is playing this holiday season. While he noted that he would be gifting Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to friends…

Controversial, I know. However, after recently picking up Breath of the Wild (again), I noticed how uniquely Nintendo had crafted Link’s swimming mechanic. I quickly became curious about this swimming mechanic in previous games as it had been ages since I had played Majora’s Mask and Twilight Princess. Suddenly I found myself down a YouTube rabbit hole of Link swimming in various games. After review and recollection, I truly wanted to pose this question to the community: Which game in the Zelda series…

Does the deep bellow of a trombone ever remind anyone of their first steps into Goron City? If so, you need to check out the works of The Game Brass and in particular its brass cover of the theme from Goron City in Breath of the Wild. This stellar arrangement showcases a quintet of musicians armed with french horns, trumpets, and trombones. The phenomenal rhythm beats through your chest through each crescendo and decrescendo as the instrumentalists lead us through Link’s…

Let’s play devil’s advocate. Breath of the Wild was indeed one of the most monumental Zelda games in recent history. It shattered sales records and scored top on review charts. With such an excellent and near perfect game, is there a chance that the franchise may now actually be in danger? Hindsight is always 20/20 and I’m sure this debate topic will not age well in about 10 years. But when games like Breath of the Wild come along, I always wonder: how…

What if the Triforce was divided more haphazardly? In the era of re-incarnation and cyclical enemies, the Zelda series has an opportunity to go beyond the norm for once. Instead of having Link inheriting the Triforce of Courage, what if he inherited the Triforce of Power and served as the main story’s antagonist? I’d always imagined this sort of flipped scenario since Skyward Sword introduced Groose. While we were encouraged to dislike Groose initially, the game fostered an environment and storyline to support…

Hopefully this post doesn’t contain spoilers given that Breath of the Wild has been out for over five years. I’ve played and re-played this iconic game several times over the years and was impressed with Nintendo’s attention to detail and willingness to go the route of DLC as well. Anytime a game is replayed more and more, I find certain steps and areas in the game come more naturally. Even once difficult bosses are more tolerable now that we have…

Have you ever had a hankering for a cultural twist to the Zelda series soundtrack? I’ve heard any number of genre twists on Zelda covers over the years, but I never thought I’d be so taken by a Bollywood-inspired cover of “Gerudo Valley!” In this impressive rendition by Ro Panuganti, I feel transported to my first play-through of Ocarina of Time. The Indian-inspired cover showcases drums and sitar-like instrumentals that mirror the intricacies of the hazardous desert that Link must traverse. The…