Tag: Ghost Week

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is currently my favorite Zelda game of all time. It had great dungeons such as Arbiter’s Grounds and Lakebed Temple, great items such as the Clawshots and Spinner, and great characters, ranging from Midna to the Ordon Children to Zant. However, one of the strangest characters in Twilight Princess is the Hero’s Shade, a famed swordsman of Hyrule who was revealed in the Hyrule Historia to be the same Link from Ocarina of Time and…

The dark fantasy trappings of Twilight Princess depict my favorite version of Hyrule, verdant yet gritty, filled with all manner of gnarled beast and geist. Zelda games inherently lean on the supernatural side of things, but I’d argue Twilight Princess is Link’s most paranormal outing to date, helped and hindered by all manner of revenant throughout. For a game world so authentic and alive despite a murky pallet and context, it brushes over so much undead lore that could’ve easily…

ReDeads are one of the creepier creatures in the Zelda series. They, as their name suggests, might be the closest thing that the Zelda universe has to a zombie. However, this explanation may be slightly too simple. Sure, the ReDeads are clearly reanimated corpses that generally give off a soul-piercing scream, freezing Link into place so that they can hold their prey down and begin biting him to death. But, unlike with the zombies we see so often in popular culture, Link is never…

The settings of the Zelda series are rich in culture and rich in history. Every location that Link may visit can be seen as the culmination of years of progress and development. Sometimes this history has resulted in a sprawling city or certain technological achievements, but more often than not, the years can cause a settlement to fall to ruin. A person can find plenty of abandoned villages or ancient ruins while exploring the worlds of Zelda; some of these…

Ghost Week has begun, everyone! The site will soon be infested with wandering spirits and mischievous souls. There’s simply no stopping the inevitable, so let’s just release them all as soon as possible. One particularly nasty ghost has been trapped in a Horned Statue for centuries, and he’s just dying to be free. If you played Breath of the Wild, you know that this demonic entity strikes a hard bargain; it’s about time we negotiate his freedom. Rod LloydRod Lloyd…

Halloween approaches, ladies and gentlemen. And as the air gets brisk and the days grow darker, we can almost hear voices from beyond the grave crying out for some well-deserved attention. The Legend of Zelda has always embraced the supernatural in one way or another, which is why we’re officially kicking off our very first Ghost Week. For the next seven days, Zelda Informer will host a devilish display of paranormal content, celebrating the many ghosts, ghouls, specters, spirits, and phantoms from the Zelda franchise….