Category: Ocarina of Time

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…

While Universal Epic Universe is set to open in Orlando on May 22nd, 2025, company employees and annual season pass holders recently got a chance to check the park out during its preview period. During this sneak peek, word of mouth coverage has gotten out about attendees spotting Zelda series characters emblazoned inside a store at Epic Universe. While photos have since been posted online to confirm these sightings, Zelda Dungeon was fortunate enough to attend a recent preview of…

As someone who has been playing Zelda games for as long as I can remember, all I know is that back in my Ocarina of Time days on the Nintendo 64, staying alive just seemed much more… difficult. The same goes for The Wind Waker, Majora’s Mask, Twilight Princess, and the large number of 2D and top-down titles. In Zelda, there are usually plenty of hearts to go around to recover health, but once you snatch them out of broken…

It’s no surprise that we here at Zelda Dungeon love our Zelda spin-off games. While there are plenty of games adjacent to our beloved franchise that we can currently enjoy, the opportunity for more games with a Zelda skin on them feels endless. With The Minish Cap celebrating its 20th birthday last year, I have been thinking about the kinds of ways we could see our friendly, little elf-like folks in a new game, and maybe in a new light. Then,…

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…

Remakes are all the rage these days when it comes to popular video games, and Zelda has already seen its fair share. We have had rereleases of major titles like The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess in high definition (complete with some extra perks). And Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask were given a fresh coat of paint and released again for the Nintendo 3DS. The most shocking remake to me, though, was the complete remake of Link’s Awakening, which…

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…

You know, I will fully admit that I enjoy some of the silly trends that float around on the Internet these days. I especially enjoy when these trends call on people to get creative and goofy and, sometimes, just plain ridiculous in the name of good fun. So, it should come as no surprise when I say that one of my favorites is the “Poorly Describe” trend. For anyone not familiar with what I am talking about, this trend on social…

There are many notable, mythological whales in the Zelda series. In the timeline, Levias from Skyward Sword is the undeniable first. He is a warden of the skies, tasked by the Goddess herself to guard the residents of The Sky from the horrors of the Surface below. Traveling down the path of the Fallen Hero, Link also encounters the Wind Fish’s dream of Koholint Island, another godly whale sitting atop Mt. Tamaranch. Finally, you have the unsuspecting Ocean King, who created…