Author: Nick Miller

Back when Zelda was still in its infancy, the games’ overworlds (with the exception of The Adventures of Link) were 2D maps that the player could interact with in real time. In these games — namely The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and Link’s Awakening — overworlds were carefully crafted to give every area or frame a purpose. Typically, each area would have secrets to find or enemies to fight. At the very least, there would be something interesting for…

During Echoes of Wisdom‘s finale, Null obtains the Triforce of Power before being defeated at the hands of Link and Zelda. While such a conflict isn’t anything new to the Zelda series, it is curious that Null took up the role of villain this time around, especially with the Triforce in play. Traditionally, Ganon has been the only villain to obtain the Triforce of Power. This is because after being defeated in Skyward Sword, Demise cursed the trio, ensuring that his hatred…

Porting is a means by which video games are adapted for non-native hardware. As opposed to things such as remasters or remakes, ported games are not a new iteration of a game. From the player’s perspective, ports are just copies of the game as it originally was with only a few minor tweaks to conform to the new hardware, like updated button prompts to account for different controllers. Ports can be particularly handy because some games are just impossible to…

It’s hard to believe that over 13 years have passed since I first played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Having become disillusioned with Nintendo’s family-friendly image as my teenage edge turned me towards what I thought were more mature games, I hoped that Skyward Sword would be a return to form for Nintendo. The beautifully orchestrated trailers, the promise of 1:1 motion-controlled sword combat, and the onslaught of near-perfect reviews convinced me that this was the game that would…

Nintendo announced in a February 18th post on X that they are discontinuing Gold Points in the My Nintendo Rewards program. As of March 25th, 2025, players will no longer be able to earn My Nintendo Gold Points except for those redeemed from physical games released before the March 25th deadline. Players, however, may still redeem their Gold Points for discounts in the My Nintendo Store or the Switch’s eShop within a year of the program’s discontinuation. Gold Points are…

Whenever a new console is announced, it’s natural to theorize about what new features it will have. Some features may be considered essential, like certain hardware specs, gyro controls, 3rd party app support, or backwards compatibility — to name a few. These are the backbone of a game console, the features you see advertised, the big selling points that make you say, “I wouldn’t buy this without it.” Other features aren’t quite so important. Those features are the ones I…

A group of Zelda fans recently created an anime-style intro for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for an animation class and posted it as the debut video on the YouTube channel Project RGB. With the distinct style that anime intros have become known for, this video is a showcase of popular characters and locations from Breath of the Wild, backed by an upbeat track from Japanese pop duo YOASOBI. A few depictions of Skyward Sword, as well as the appearance…

A Link to the Past opens with Link being awoken in the middle of the night as his uncle leaves for Hyrule Castle. Despite his warning not to follow, Link steps out into the rain to track down his uncle. It isn’t long before Link finds a secret entrance to the castle’s dungeon where his uncle lay dying. After commanding Link to take up his sword and save the princess, Link’s uncle utters three short words in his dying breath…

Echoes of Wisdom adapted many mechanics from open-world Zelda for a 2D space. One such mechanic is cooking, or smoothie making. Smoothies are a slimmed down version of Breath of Wild and Tears of the Kingdom‘s extensive cooking mechanics. At any Deku shop, players can combine two ingredients together into a smoothie for mixed (get it?) results. Pick two incompatible ingredients and you’ll win yourself an unfortunate smoothie, Echoes’ take on Dubious Food. As I experimented with smoothie combinations, I…

After months of alleged leaks and speculation, Nintendo has finally given us a first look at their next home console, the Nintendo Switch 2. First teased in April 2024, the Nintendo Switch 2 will be the successor to the best-selling Nintendo Switch console, which released in March 2017. In a roughly two-minute video, titled “Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer” (originally called “An Update from Nintendo”), we were shown the sleek design for the new console and clips from what…