Category: Tri Force Heroes

The Hyrule Warriors hack-and-slash style of gameplay is a distinct departure from the rest of the Zelda series. Add to it the ability to play as villains and the introductions of canonically questionable characters, and there’s a likelihood you’ve turned away a few Zelda fans who would otherwise play (almost) every other game in the franchise. One element of these games that earns criticism from fans is the repetitiveness of the combat. Despite featuring multiple characters — each having various abilities —…

Last year, I wrote a feature titled “Magical Melodies: Zelda Covers I Keep Coming Back To,” in which I brought up nine Zelda music covers that I have on repeat. I am now pleased to return to the concept with five more covers that I absolutely love. One of my favorite things about covers is how they can take a song I already know and put a completely unique spin on it. Often, a good cover will complement my enjoyment…

Nintendo has spent recent years “breaking Zelda’s conventions.” The Era of the Wild gave us, among other gameplay changes, an open world, non-linear progression, weapon durability, a dedicated jump button, and a softer focus on dungeons. Echoes of Wisdom meanwhile featured a playable Zelda, dungeons to tackle in any order, puzzles with seemingly infinite solutions, and more. That’s not to say that Zelda’s conventions weren’t broken before 2017’s Breath of the Wild. Four Swords introduced multiplayer, which was brought back in…

The Nintendo Switch has become a stellar “Zelda Machine,” boasting the ability to play 17 of the 24 games on our most recent Best Zelda Ever list thanks to the Nintendo Classics library. Aside from titles confined to the GameCube, Wii, Wii U, DS, and 3DS, everything else can be played on the Switch. And in a matter of days, the Switch 2 will step the count up to 18 of 24 with the addition of The Wind Waker to…

Zelda games are full of references to one another. Many of the references are by name. It’s hard to go five minutes in Breath of the Wild without stumbling on a location named after a previous title: Koholit Rock is likely a reference to Link’s Awakening‘s Koholint Island, Gorko Tunnel shares its name with Skyward Sword‘s traveling Goron, and Horon Lagoon references Oracle of Seasons‘s Horon Village. Eldin, Faron, and Lanayru are named after the golden goddesses Din, Farore, and…

Mastermind is a long-running British quiz show that has become a national institution over its 50-year history. Contestants sit in an iconic black chair under a spotlight and have to correctly answer as many questions as possible in two minutes. For their first round, each contestant chooses their specialist subject, and Project Manager Lewis Jones recently selected the Legend of Zelda video game series! This semi-final episode aired on BBC2 on March 31st, 2025. The occasion had a diverse range of…

The Minish Cap’s Wind Tribe’s existence didn’t begin in the sky. Its people lived on the land before turning their sights skyward to protect the Wind Element. Those same folks then left Hyrule to live in the clouds high above the kingdom.  The Wind Tribe isn’t Zelda’s only sky-dwelling group, nor is it the first in the series’ timeline. It was, however, the first one to make an appearance in a Zelda game. I was awestruck when I played The…

Part of The Legend of Zelda’s appeal to me is its replayability. No matter where I am in my life, I can boot up any given Nintendo system and launch into a realm I know and love. I enjoy my regular romps through Link’s Awakening, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time. I’m willing to bet you have at least one or two Zelda games you return to occasionally. Today, we’re looking at the other ones – the games…

The most famous multiplayer experiences in the Zelda series are in Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures, and Tri Force Heroes. A recent replay of the original Four Swords had me thinking about what it would look like if four, colorful Links had ran to the edge of the Great Plateau and overlooked Hyrule like our solo hero did so famously eight years ago. When you think about it, the original Four Swords is linear in its progression but drops players in the level in a similar way to the…

Alasyn is joined this week by The Zelda Cast producer Cal, and ZD YouTube extraordinaire Corey Richmond, and we decided that it was time to bring “Guess That Zelda Location” back from the grave!  A spin-off on the classic “Guess That Zelda Character”, this is Al’s favorite game to play whenever Andy is away. So join in on the fun as we try to guess each other’s Zelda locations in 16 questions or less! Download! Support The Zelda Cast on…