Category: A Link to the Past

Back in December, it was announced that, due to persistent threats to staff and spectators alike, the 2024 Nintendo Live event to have been held in Tokyo, Japan had been cancelled. While Nintendo confirmed that the tournaments scheduled for the event would be postponed, the fate of the scheduled Legend of Zelda live orchestral concert remained uncertain… that is until just a little over two weeks ago, when Nintendo revealed that we would still be getting the performance, but in…

There is just one video game weapon that has proven time and time again that darkness is no match for it, and that is the Master Sword. Zelda fans from all over continue to admire the beauty of the Blade of Evil’s Bane, and artists are no exception. One particular artist who really appreciates how special this weapon is looks to finish their sword-related artwork with some upgrades. The artist we’re talking about today is Ivan Ramirez from the YouTube…

We can all agree that Tears of the Kingdom is a sprawling game. With the Sky Islands and The Depths to explore, along with the morphed landscape of Hyrule, the sheer level of content and routes you can take as a player is almost overwhelming. I give the game huge props for telling a compelling story around Princess Zelda, and for introducing new threats and elements to the gameplay, but I can’t help but feel like exploring the same map…

Pieces of Heart have been a staple of the Zelda series since they debuted in 1992’s A Link To The Past (full Heart Containers were available in the first Zelda game). Outside of Heart Containers, Pieces of Heart were the only way for the player to increase Link’s health. For the majority of the Zelda series’ history, players have been required to collect 4 Pieces of Heart to upgrade their health; Twilight Princess deviated from this format by requiring 5…

With Ocarina of Time still coming in at the number-one spot in Zelda Dungeon’s 2023 Best Zelda Ever list, it goes to show that many of the adventures in this series are timeless, still managing to capture our hearts with each revisit. In fact, I can honestly say that I have replayed classics like The Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, and A Link to the Past too many times to count. However, with this new open world style…

November 22nd, 2013 — that day marks one of the biggest days in Zelda history. It wasn’t the release of the hotly anticipated Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom, nor was it the release of a remake for a series classic like Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess. Rather, it was the day the spiritual sequel to the third-ever Zelda game came out. And that game, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, would come to revolutionize…

As we usher in a new year, I can’t help but wonder what the Zelda franchise has in store for 2024. After all, last year was pretty good, considering the release of Tears of the Kingdom and associated consoles and merchandise. But with no upcoming new mainline game on the horizon, where can fans set their expectations? Realistically, I’m hoping for a remake on Switch. A Link to the Past seems like it would be easy-peasy, especially if Nintendo follows…

Another year has come and gone, and with it, one of the Zelda franchise’s biggest years in recent memory. This year marked so many things for The Legend of Zelda, not least of all the release of the long-awaited Tears of the Kingdom. After four long years of delays, theories, and sparse trailers which were few and far between, we finally got to experience the sequel to 2017’s revolutionary Breath of the Wild. Still, that’s barely scratching the surface. Shortly…

If you were to ask any five Zelda fans what they think about the series’ timeline, you shouldn’t be surprised if you get five completely different answers. To say that the the timeline is a hotly debated subject would be an understatement. Almost as long as The Legend of Zelda has existed, its timeline has been debated, speculated, theorized, and revised. The crux of the whole debate, however, is if there is any value in a timeline at all. Is…

It’s here! It’s finally here! With another calendar year quickly coming to a close, it is time once again for us to present Zelda Dungeon’s proudest tradition: Best Zelda Ever! At the end of every year, the amazing team here at ZD comes together to rank every single Zelda title from worst to best. The task is never easy, but this year’s ranking proved particularly challenging due to some major shakeups. Not only did we, as we always do, see new…