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Warning: This article contains some spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom. Like every great Zelda game, Tears of the Kingdom provides players with not only a thrilling main quest to conquer, but a diverse assortment of optional side quests to complete as those players explore the game’s expansive world. There are quests that yield better gear, there are quests that tell a gripping story, there are quests that reveal Shrines or new areas, there are hunts for collectibles, and there are mini-games that…

Welcome back to another edition of “Storytelling Through Sound,” a series of editorials dedicated to the analysis of the major musical themes from every Zelda game. In this month’s edition, we’ll be discussing the nature-esque sound of Breath of the Wild‘s main theme. For me, Breath of the Wild is a timeless game. There’s a certain kind of nostalgia experienced whenever I boot up that game and see the art that accompanies the title screen. I feel the exact same…

We asked YOU the listener for your fan questions last week, and you did not disappoint! We have a whole bevy of topics to cover, including: what hardware and software features do we want from the Switch 2? Who is the greatest Zelda NPC? Does it bother us that Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom seemingly don’t care about the Zelda timeline? Speaking of, are we really going to get a ten-year Breath of the Wild 4K/HD…

Hello, fellow Zelda artists, artisans, creators, and the like! The most wonderful art time of the year is right around the corner — Linktober! You have probably heard us here at Zelda Dungeon mention our friends over at Linktober before, but if you’re unfamiliar with the annual artistic event, here’s a quick rundown. Linktober is a Zelda-themed art event with a new prompt for every day in the month of October. There are a few different calendars to choose from,…

In case you were living under a rock this week, we had a Nintendo Direct a couple of days ago, and it was certainly… something. Nintendo delivered an understandably muted Direct this month, so we discuss and dissect everything shown and talk about what games, if any, we’re looking forward to. More importantly, we use what we saw – or rather, didn’t see! – to speculate on when we can expect an official Switch 2 reveal, complete with rough timelines…

As previously announced in June of this year, amiibo depicting Zelda and Ganondorf from Tears of the Kingdom will hit the shelves soon. The September Nintendo Direct that aired this morning officially narrowed down the vague “Holiday 2023” release to a set date of November 3rd. Alexandria WeberAlexandria Weber is a Senior Editor and an aspiring creative writer. Her favorite food is apple pie and she loves her cat Galadriel. Ask her for pictures! www.zeldadungeon.net/staff/alexandria-weber/

We’re back this week examining the Zelda Dungeon Writing Team’s Daily Debates, and we’ve got some good ones this week, chief among them: is Tears of the Kingdom actually not getting any DLC? Why not? Should it have been announced already if so? We give our thoughts and theories, plus tackle other questions like: was Nintendo right to claim the dungeons in Tears were “traditional”? When do we think the next openworld Zelda game will be out (spoiler: Andy thinks…

Whenever innovation comes about in the gaming industry, studios are quick to adopt those mechanics and styles into their own games, often improving upon them or pushing that innovation far enough to create entirely new genres. Before first-person shooters were a genre unto themselves, they were called “Doom clones.” To this day, games with labyrinthian maps and item/ability-based progression are often called Metroidvanias, as those mechanics were pioneered by the Metroid series and post-Symphony of the Night Castlevania games. Too…

Buckle in, because it’s finally time! After months and months, we’re finally giving our full, SPOILER FILLED, thoughts on the story of Tears of the Kingdom! Did we like the Zonai being gods? How could Ganondorf and Mineru have been handled better? Was “Fake Zelda” the biggest missed opportunity of the game? After an amazing final battle, did the ending feel too cheap? Would a Days of Future Past gimmick have worked well here? And does Nintendo’s insistence of players…

One of the more unique exhibits at PAX West 2023 is the Art of Nintendo Power gallery. The exhibit features several dozen framed pages from a range of issues of Nintendo Power, part of a private collection from video game preservation advocate and gaming historian Stephan Reese, who started the non-profit Interactive Art Collection to assist with these endeavors. Getting a chance to chat with him as he personally guided us through the exhibits was a privilege I won’t soon forget. Growing…