Tag: Themes

One of the things many of us have asked for is actually here! The 3DS mini-game previously only available in Japan and called the Collectible Badge Center has released for North America and Europe. Available now in the 3DS eShop and with a new name is the Nintendo Badge Arcade. The mini-game is free to download and will give you access to numerous badges and even themes to help you customize and decorate your 3DS Home screen. The arcade will…

Along with the release of Majora’s Mask 3D and the New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo also updated the software for current 3DS systems. This update includes several new themes added to the Theme Shop, two of which are special for Majora’s Mask 3D. There is also a NES Link Theme that was added about a week ago available. This brings the total of Zelda themes that you can cycle through on your 3DS to six. Hit the jump to take a…

Anyone who has played Ocarina of Time can probably hum the iconic theme for the Lost Woods off the top of their head. But how many people out their have seen it performed in a real life forest? Even if you have, chances are it wasn’t being played on an accordion by a bearded man riding a unicycle. Well now you finally get to witness that sight, courtesy of the internet.

Shigeru Miyamoto constantly reminds us that he sees gameplay as the most important aspect of Zelda games to keep people playing them. This may be true overall, but I am more drawn in by the individual stories of each game and each character, and especially by the overarching themes of the Zelda timeline. While most are probably looking forward to the new Wii Motion Plus controls and enjoy Miyamoto’s interviews about the gameplay, I’ve focused almost entirely on the story…

Following up last week’s special video about the undead in Zelda, here I’ve got a new video for you about scary things in general. Zelda has a lot of dark and spooky themes throughout its history, and in this video I give you my thoughts on that. This video is definitely a continuation of sorts of last week’s though, as it continues the same topic somewhat. I recommend checking out the last video before watching this one. So what do…

Zelda Informer has just begun a series of articles discussing themes from the Zelda series. The articles will be posted every other Tuesday on Zelda Informer. The first article from the series discusses the similarities of the Zelda games and traditional epics. Epic tales include the ever popular Beowulf, Gilgamesh and Odysseus, and this article argues that the Zelda games follow a similar formula. Aside from listing the similarities, the author uses examples from game manuals, in game plot events…

Hylian Dan, acclaimed writer over at Zelda Universe has completed his five piece article on The Philosophy of the Wind Waker. The article takes a very indepth look at the game and analyzes many of the individual characters. In some sense it is a full walkthrough of the storyline, spotting many of the common themes throughout the title. Perhaps the most prominent theme is the notion of not holding on to the past and instead shooting for a better and…

How would living your entire life on a peaceful island sound to you? Is it paradise or would you feel restricted, almost locked up in a cage. Hylian Dan of Zelda Universe has recently written an article entitled The Philosophy of The Wind Waker in which he looks at many of the themes of the game. As part one of a five part series, this article focuses on a lot of the individual characters that Link meets early on in…