Category: A Link to the Past

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…

Zelda games are full of references to one another. Many of the references are by name. It’s hard to go five minutes in Breath of the Wild without stumbling on a location named after a previous title: Koholit Rock is likely a reference to Link’s Awakening‘s Koholint Island, Gorko Tunnel shares its name with Skyward Sword‘s traveling Goron, and Horon Lagoon references Oracle of Seasons‘s Horon Village. Eldin, Faron, and Lanayru are named after the golden goddesses Din, Farore, and…

Mastermind is a long-running British quiz show that has become a national institution over its 50-year history. Contestants sit in an iconic black chair under a spotlight and have to correctly answer as many questions as possible in two minutes. For their first round, each contestant chooses their specialist subject, and Project Manager Lewis Jones recently selected the Legend of Zelda video game series! This semi-final episode aired on BBC2 on March 31st, 2025. The occasion had a diverse range of…

Earlier this year, we shared our review of a collection of academic works on The Legend of Zelda co-edited by Anthony Cirilla and Vincent E. Rone. The book, The Mythopoeic Narrative in the Legend of Zelda, presents various arguments from an assortment of writers that examine Zelda as both a work of literature and a crucial focus of academic inquiry, giving credence to the game series’ place in the wider academic world. It’s a fascinating collage of essays that show why the Zelda…

As part of the April 3rd Nintendo Treehouse: Live presentation, Nintendo showed off GameChat, the Switch 2’s built-in communication system. And the capabilities of this new feature were demonstrated with The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, no less. With GameChat, up to four players can play Four Swords through Nintendo Switch Online with live chat and real time screen-sharing, incredibly useful features for cooperative puzzle-solving. Originally released alongside a modified port of A Link to the Past for the Game…

It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally discussing one of the greatest games of all time in a more in-depth manor: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past! We’re Definitively Ranking the game, assigning scores to each of the ten key categories that define a great Zelda game: the world, the art style, the gameplay, the pacing, the story, the music, the enemies and bosses, the dungeons, the items, and the side content. We pay our…

Shortly after Link defeats Queen Gohma in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Deku Tree tells Link about the creation of the world by the three goddesses, Din, Farore, and Nayru. Although previous games had featured religious elements, such as A Link to the Past‘s church-like Sanctuary and the Nintendo Entertainment System titles both featuring some Christian iconography, like the cross on Link’s shield, this was the first real glimpse players got into the doctrine of the predominant…

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…

One of the best things about the Zelda series are the incredible soundtracks that were created for each game. Each Zelda game has its own set of memorable new songs, and newer games in the series often have interesting arrangements of old favorites. Some of my favorite pieces of music from the Zelda series are the musical themes for the different towns and villages. These themes usually convey a sense of safety and security, but they also have to help…

The Zelda series has some great music. It’s inspired countless musicians, composers, and arrangers. It’s played in concerts around the world. And while not everyone likes every piece that’s come from the series, many adore much of it. Not all Zelda music is equal (as we’ll see in the Musical March Madness), and neither are the scores of the series’ games. For today’s Daily Debate, we’re asking you which Zelda soundtrack rises above the rest to stand the test of…