Category: A Link to the Past

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…

Believe it or not, but The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds turns ten today. Feel old yet? I know I do. The year A Link Between Worlds came out is the year I took my first steps into Hyrule, as I played through countless Zelda games from February all the way through December. By the time it came out, I’d gone from Zelda noob to… a pretty well-seasoned player. I even played A Link to the Past in…

Since the official announcement of a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda, the fandom has been speculating everything from who should play what role to who is writing the script. Some have even speculated different actors for the role of Link. Yet, before I would hazard a guess at who should play Link, I wonder what age he should be in the movie. In most games in the Zelda series, Link appears to be a teenager.  He seems to…

There are still so many questions unanswered after a news break of Goronic proportions this Tuesday with the announcement of an upcoming Legend of Zelda live-action movie. Among these inquiries is not only who will fill the roles of the more popular and well-known characters like Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, and Impa, but also what characters from the multi-generational franchise will make the cut and be included in the film. I’m not talking about some of the more prominent characters of…