Tag: Setting

Welcome to the tenth installment of Piece of Heart, where we look at The Legend of Zelda series through the eyes of a literary professor and examine how its literary elements enhance the gaming experience. This week’s lesson is titled “Geography Matters…” The gist of it is that certain environments breed certain types of people– culturally, psychologically, financially, historically, and otherwise. Aside from general settings, specific geographical monuments also have significance. The effect of geography is easy to see in…

I think New Hyrule on the Adult Timeline would be the ideal setting for the next major Zelda release on home console. This is a sentiment I’ve expressed before on the Curiosity Shop, but I haven’t gone in-detail about it before now. New Hyrule is the land settled by Link and Tetra after The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, featured as the main setting of Spirit Tracks. I think there’s plenty of potential for this setting in another game. Before…

Over a year ago, the latest Zelda title, Skyward Sword, was finally released after a development period of three or four years. It’s the first Zelda game to utilize the player’s movement as a means of controlling Link. Before the introduction of this novel gameplay feature, the fans would simply press buttons to get a desired result, but now they are in direct command of Link’s actions. This article focuses on the many new aspects that the motion controls presented…