Category: Editorials

Nintendo is frustratingly tight-lipped about their upcoming releases. Each morsel of information — trailers, social media posts, and interviews — offers tantalizing insight into future games. We know almost nothing about the next Legend of Zelda game, but after digging through dozens of interviews, we can learn a small amount. Let’s examine what little we know, as of March 2025.   Evan HahnEvan Hahn is a computer programmer, technical author, and Zelda fan. Ocarina of Time is his favorite in the…

In 2005, I didn’t have any video games in my house. Heck, we didn’t even have a TV, and the computer hooked up to dial-up internet was really only used for email or homework. The Walmart 30 minutes away was the primary center of wider civilization near the small southern town I lived in, which orbited around one major church-become-school that didn’t exactly encourage embracing contemporary media. Thus, whenever we’d go to get groceries and other essentials, the video game…

I have had an odd relationship with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. At the time of its release, my only experiences with the Zelda series were with Ocarina of Time and Link’s Awakening DX. I remember playing Majora’s Mask and thinking that it almost felt foreign because of how different the gameplay mechanics were from the two titles I mentioned previously. While it “played” like Ocarina of Time, the extra pressure of completing quests in a three-day cycle felt more stressful….

My history with Skyward Sword has been one full of its ups and downs through the years. I ended up disliking a lot about the game when I finished it in 2011, but not for the same reasons as most people. I’ve always felt that the motion controls were perfectly fine; my problems with the game came from how linear it was, how undeveloped the Sky was, and how some character arcs didn’t ever reach their full potential. Despite those…

Back in 2020, Zelda Dungeon’s staff collectively ranked the Top 50 Dungeons in the Zelda series. Given the nature of such a project, no one person could have been 100% satisfied with the final result. But when all was said and done, we walked away confident that most of the dungeons the Zelda fanbase holds up as the greatest were accounted for on that list. As long as perennial favorites like Ocarina of Time‘s Forest Temple, Twilight Princess‘ Arbiter’s Grounds,…

Some may be able to relate to me with this intensely specific experience: your sibling is your best friend and a fellow gamer; and when you decide to move away from home, the childhood consoles get split between the two of you. This exact scenario was when I lost the ability to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for many years, because my sister took the GameCube. Though I had the Wii, no GameCube games traveled with me,…

There is a very good reason why Breath of the Wild has never been out of the top three in the Best Zelda Ever rankings: it is an excellent game. The depth and scale of this incarnation of Hyrule are vast, which in turn offers great replay value. Beyond the various ways to approach the game’s story, Breath of the Wild also provides different challenges to keep the game fresh, with completion percentages, the Hyrule Compendium, and the two DLC packs…

In our 2024 edition of Best Zelda Ever, twelve games sit head and shoulders above all the rest with a considerable gap in the scores from No. 13 and beyond on the list. In my personal rankings of those twelve top-tier games games, Majora’s Mask came in last. In my only playthrough of the game on the Nintendo 3DS, I did not connect well with the story. In my opinion, it paled in comparison with its predecessor Ocarina of Time,…

It’s hard to believe that over 13 years have passed since I first played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Having become disillusioned with Nintendo’s family-friendly image as my teenage edge turned me towards what I thought were more mature games, I hoped that Skyward Sword would be a return to form for Nintendo. The beautifully orchestrated trailers, the promise of 1:1 motion-controlled sword combat, and the onslaught of near-perfect reviews convinced me that this was the game that would…

What can I say about Master Sword that I haven’t said several times before? A band that takes the music and stories of Zelda to a whole new, heart-pounding level first introduced to me when I started here at Zelda Dungeon seven years ago. They truly are my favorite. Ok. Let’s pause here before I get too far ahead of myself and give a brief introduction to the band. Formed over a decade ago, Master Sword is a progressive power…