Tag: ZD Top 5

  For having so few people, the Zelda games sure do feature a lot of graveyards. I don’t know if a case of plague swept through recently, but there seem to be as many headstones as there are denizens of Hyrule. Regardless of these seemingly unsustainable demographic trends, Graveyards have provided some neat things to do as well as a unique spooky aura in a number of Zelda games, and in today’s ZD Top; our staffers recount five of their…

Mothers day was just last week, and who knows? Perhaps Hyrule also celebrates days of the year in honor of the mothers and fathers across the kingdom. Link certainly could, as well as a number of other characters, have a fair few parental figures (actual parents or otherwise) that work hard everyday for the benefit of their kids. This week, the ZD staff takes a look at their favorite parents, guardians, mentors and other parental figures across the series. Don’t…

It may not be the most popular or well known game in the Zelda canon, but The Minish Cap stands in many gamers’ memories as a unique, worthwhile title that often doesn’t get its due. This week, we decided to reflect on the game by asking Zelda Dungeon staff to rank their Top 5 items from the game. Which items do you most fondly remember from The Minish Cap? Did you love or loathe kinstones? Where is Vaati these days? As always, leave your own…

Even though currently “retro-style” games are a big deal, developers have been taking notes from their colleagues’ play books for about as long as games have been around. After all, Doki Doki Panic on the Famicom was close enough to Mario to be called Super Mario Bros 2 in the west. This week on ZD Top, we had our staff look through their game catalogue for their favorite Zelda-inspired games.

With Hyrule Warriors DLC in full swing, Nintendo is now in a position where — as they have done with Super Smash Brothers before — they can release new characters for the game long after its initial release. With that in mind, we asked Zelda Dungeon staffers for their Top 5 lists of characters hey want to see added to Hyrule Warriors.

“Collectathons,” long quests to collect a large amount of a certain item, run rampant in the Zelda series. Some people hate them; some people love them. But most people agree that not all of these quests are created equal. This week, we asked Zelda Dungeon staffers to rank their Top 5 least favorite collectathons of the entire series. Which collectathons did you find unbearable? Which did you actually enjoy? What do you think makes for a good collectathon, if such a thing exists? As…

The Zelda series is well known for its dependable set of items showing up in virtually every game — bombs, bow, and so forth. But what about those items that only ever appeared in one game? This week, we asked Zelda Dungeon staff to rank their top 5 items that appear in only one game. Aaron SuduikoAaron Suduiko, Phillips Exeter Academy ’13, Harvard University ’17. Studies philosophy with a focus on developing new aesthetic theory with a grounding in the medium of…

Between the Super Smash Bros. franchise and Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo has shown itself to be amenable to developing “non-Zelda” titles featuring characters and locations from flagship Zelda games. This week, Zelda Dungeon staffers explored what it would be like for Zelda to collide with their other favorite franchises; in particular, we asked them to rank the top five franchises they’d like to see crossed-over with Zelda. Aaron SuduikoAaron Suduiko, Phillips Exeter Academy ’13, Harvard University ’17. Studies philosophy with a focus on developing new aesthetic theory with a…

With the new year comes promise in the video game world; JRPG fans like myself are looking forward to the new Fire Emblem, any PlayStation owner will be looking for details on Uncharted 4, and fans of classic shooters will have at least some interest in the new Doom title. It should be quite clear where our priorities are here at ZeldaDungeon. For this week’s ZD Top, we had our volunteers list the five things they want out of Zelda…

Nintendo has been fond of retouching Zelda titles as they’ve re-released them over the years on various consoles . This week, we asked Zelda Dungeon staff to rank their top five changes made to games in remakes. Aaron SuduikoAaron Suduiko, Phillips Exeter Academy ’13, Harvard University ’17. Studies philosophy with a focus on developing new aesthetic theory with a grounding in the medium of video games. In 2013, he conducted a comparative analysis of role playing paradigms in video games (“Legend of…