Tag: favorite

The Hookshot has been a mainstay of Link’s arsenal ever since it first appeared in A Link to the Past, where, like the Longshot upgrade in Ocarina of Time, it was the main item of a water-themed dungeon: The Swamp Palace. Same story when it reappeared in the aquatic Catfish’s Maw in Link’s Awakening. In fact the only version of the regular Hookshot that wasn’t somehow tied to a water area was the one in The Wind Waker, and although…

For a game that I complain about not being whimsical enough, Twilight Princess still manages to have the funniest moment of the entire series for me. This is the one scene that makes me laugh more than anything else in Zelda: The moment when the Hyrule Castle Town soldiers duck out of helping Ilia and Ralis get to Kakariko Village. At this point in the game, the player would be trying to get into the Lakebed Temple, and this mission…

My username is Axle the Beast, so it honestly shouldn’t be all that difficult to figure out that I have a thing for monsters. I’ve loved creatures of all shapes and sizes since before I can remember. I spent a portion of October reviewing them on my website, and before that I wrote an article similar to this one, counting town my top 10 Resident Evil monsters. With Zelda, choosing my favorites was harder because what defines a good monster…

Sorry about postponing the Great Bay Temple review, but in the meantime I wanted to briefly talk about the first visit (or first couple) to the Dark World in A Link to the Past. I played Ocarina of Time before I played A Link to the Past, but I ended up beating the older game first, so I had very few — if any — expectations of the series at that time. It was a very fun game to me,…

Arbiter’s Grounds from Twilight Princess was an interesting dungeon… a Hyrulian prison set deep in the desert and, seemingly, run by the Sages. Being the game’s scary dungeon, it had plenty of undead and a creepy song. What a lot of people don’t realize, though, is the opening jingle of the song — that demonic breath, or growl — foreshadows something later in the dungeon, something that also happens to be one of my favorite moments in Zelda and one…

Yes another one of these. Every so often or when I don’t have another editorial to bring you, I’ll be going over my favorite moments in the series and asking your thoughts about them. This time I want to bring up a moment I loved from Ocarina of Time: the first time we entered the Forest Temple during the Adult Link portion of the game. I’ll probably go into this dungeon as a whole in a future Dungeons editorial series…

In such a long-running series as Zelda, everyone’s going to have their favorite moments. That can be because of the story; the moment might be especially epic, surprising, emotional, or even funny. Other times it’s because of the gameplay, but this time it’s definitely about the story. One of my favorite moments in the series (not necessarily my number one favorite though… not sure I could pick that) is Ganondorf’s first appearance in The Wind Waker, at the end of…

Alright guys, got another new mailbag (didn’t skip a week this time; it’s a miracle!), and actually I think this is one of the most entertaining ones I’ve done in a while, if I do say so myself. Might just be me though. Hope you guys enjoy. 13 questions in all. You can watch the video here or check out the embed after the jump. Questions and timestamps: (00:10) – What’s your favorite Zelda temple? (00:52) – What was your…

Wow, sorry for the delay on this mailbag. For whatever reason there was a lot of trouble uploading it. Also sorry for the resolution issues. Either way, this time there’s quite a few questions. There’s 15 questions in total, with roughly half being Skyward Sword related and the other half being about other aspects of the series. Enjoy! You can find the video here or click Read More to watch the embedded video. Questions and timestamps: (00:09) – Do you…

Okay, new mailbag. Again, this is Skyward Sword stuff mostly. This was brought up in the comments last time, so as a warning, the mailbag contains spoilers because I still have to answer the questions to the best of my ability, so if you’re avoiding spoilers, you should read the timestamps, because I’ll do my best to keep spoilers out of them. 14 questions in all. You can watch it here or check out the embed after the jump. Enjoy!…