Author: Jared Eubanks

GameStop recently announced in a post on X that it will be offering a “Transfer and Trade Program to seamlessly upgrade Switch 2 without losing data.” More details are to come, but this will be a beneficial program for those who are looking to soften the financial blow of upgrading consoles and are willing to part ways with their existing system. Line up late. Power up early. Midnight releases return for Switch 2. pic.twitter.com/Ak5y96eATi — GameStop (@gamestop) April 18, 2025…

One piece of exciting news for Zelda fans from the recent Nintendo Direct was the announcement of GameCube games coming to the Switch 2 as part of Nintendo Classics (formerly Nintendo Switch Online). The Wind Waker was featured as one of the games in the initial batch; however, no other Zelda games were mentioned. Zelda made five appearances on the GameCube including the aforementioned Wind Waker. Will we see the other four? Twilight Princess is by far the most well-known…

Turns out the rumors were right all along. The Wind Waker is coming to Nintendo Switch! . . . just not the original Switch . . . and not the Wii U HD version. In the recent Nintendo Direct centering around the launch of the Switch 2, Nintendo announced the addition of GameCube games to Switch Online + Expansion Pack under the newly branded Nintendo Classics (formerly Nintendo Switch Online classic game libraries). To the joy of many Zelda fans,…

In both Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, a group of four Champions appear as Link’s companions throughout his adventures — Sidon of the Zora, Yunobo of the Gorons, Riju of the Gerudo, and Teba of the Rito. In Breath of the Wild, these Champions appear in various levels of leadership within their respective tribes and assist Link in accessing and defeating each of the four Divine Beasts. And in Age of Calamity, thanks to the…

Nintendo seems to be playing it safe with the Switch 2. For the most part, it appears to be an incremental improvement on the wildly successful Switch hybrid console. Nonetheless, Nintendo may still be wary of the tough experiences it had with previous console generation transitions during the early 2010s. Back when its handheld and console systems were still separate, Nintendo’s last two experiences – the DS giving way to the 3DS and the Wii passing the torch to the…

The Legend of Zelda raced into the original version of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U on November 13th, 2014 as part of the game’s first DLC pack. The DLC included Link (in his traditional green tunic) as a racer, the Master Cycle as a kart, the Triforce Tire as a customizable wheel, the Hylian Kite as a glider attachment, the Triforce Cup as four-race set, and Hyrule Circuit as a course. While zooming around Hyrule Circuit, racers were…

Every March 10th, Nintendo marks a special day on the calendar to celebrate its plumber mascot on “MAR10 Day.” The particular date is not random, as “MAR” is both the abbreviation for the month of March and the first three letters of the character’s name, and the final two letters “IO” bear resemblance to the number 10. The coincidence makes for a heart-warming day to honor the famed 2D and 3D platformer at the center of Nintendo’s flagship series Super…

In our 2024 edition of Best Zelda Ever, twelve games sit head and shoulders above all the rest with a considerable gap in the scores from No. 13 and beyond on the list. In my personal rankings of those twelve top-tier games games, Majora’s Mask came in last. In my only playthrough of the game on the Nintendo 3DS, I did not connect well with the story. In my opinion, it paled in comparison with its predecessor Ocarina of Time,…

Love for the Legend of Zelda series within the community stretches far beyond just playing the video games themselves. Many fans are glad to see their hobbies, which existed independent of their experience of the games, become new outlets for expressing their appreciation of Zelda. There are so many avenues including art, music, cosplay, 3D printing, writing fan fiction, collecting memorabilia, etc. that exist outside the bounds of official Nintendo products. Recently, my son and I attended Atlanta BrickCon, which…

In the last few decades, Nintendo has gone to great lengths to preserve its first-party titles from years gone by. The Nintendo Wii, Wii U, and 3DS had robust Virtual Console libraries with individual titles for sale on the eShop before the services shut down. The NES Classic and Super NES Classic mini-consoles, which each consolidated a few dozen retro titles on a miniature version of the ancestral hardware, were commercial successes in the mid-2010s. Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) continues…