It has been known for a while now that Club Nintendo will be shutting down this summer. March 31st was the last day to register your Club Nintendo pins; but Nintendo has one last gift to give to their loyal customers.
If you reached the Platinum or Gold tier before April 1st, you are eligible to get one free game from Club Nintendo…
Today marks the 14th birthday of Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons! These games were Nintendo’s first and only attempt in releasing two separate but interconnected games on the same day, each with their own distinct gameplay experience. So in honor of these games’ birthday and continued legacy, we’re going to decide which of these two is the better game…
Happy birthday to the Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons games! They turned 14 today and were originally released in Japan on February 27, 2001…
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons were unique entries in the Zelda series for many reasons. The feature that sticks out to me the most about the two games, however, is the use of the three special animal companions.
You have Moosh, a flying bear who can ground-pound enemies; Ricky, a hopping and boxing Kangaroo; and Dimitri, a surprisingly friendly Dodongo who can swim. In a single playthrough, you’ll end up meeting all three animal companions, but depending on how you play the game you’ll get one of them at your beck and call through use of a flute…
Stories of valiant knights, princes and other heroes who fight for their beloved ladies are some of the oldest and most beloved stories in human history. Perhaps even THE oldest, depending on your interpretation of the Epic of Gilgamesh. So it was to be expected that a concept as basic as fighting for those you care about eventually ended up in The Legend of Zelda, or at least have fans ascribe it to individual games. But is there any truth…
Romance may not be the number one thing some fans focus on in The Legend of Zelda series, but there are plenty out there that really do pay attention to it. That said, I decided to run through every game and see just how often Link actually does (or at least conceivably could) get the girl. Keep in the mind, the girl doesn’t always have to be Zelda, either…
The Oracle series marks a very unique twist in the Zelda kingdom. While releasing two games that connect in some fashion isn’t new at Nintendo (the entire Pokémon series comes to mind), it was entirely new for the Zelda series. It also didn’t come out of Nintendo directly, as these games were crafted by Capcom.
Another odd twist is that there was supposed to be three games, but due to various reasons they cut it down to two with a special ending that could only be had by owning and completing both games. Due to the nature of these games getting released at the same time and having a lot of similarities, along with a combined overall ending, I have decided to group them together in this special case of figuring out why someone may prefer these titles over all of the rest in the series.
Ah, the start of a new year. It’s an end to the holiday season, and the start of a crazy crop of New Year’s resolutions! Many of these resolutions result in people enthusiastically starting, and then falling off the bandwagon within a few months. Here at Zelda Informer, the question for you today is: what is your Zelda-related New Year’s resolution?
“Don’t be such a Cucco!” You’d probably be offended to be accused of acting like a Cucco, wouldn’t you? But perhaps you shouldn’t be. Cucco are incredibly strong creatures that are loyal and protect their own from harm; these are endearing qualities, so why the negative connotation on the name? Well, aside from the Cucco being the Zelda form of a chicken, and the phrase “Don’t be such a chicken!” being an insult in reality, Cucco can be seen as…
Whenever someone says the words “Zelda” and “mask” in the same sentence, it’s needless to say that the first thing that pops into most people’s minds is Majora’s Mask. While it’s true the game’s central theme heavily revolves around the usage of masks, it’s definitely not the only one in the series to have them. In fact, the first game to feature masks was none other than Ocarina of Time. Later entries in the series, such as Oracle of Ages, The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, also make use of them, though nowhere near as much as…
