Category: The Wind Waker

To say the Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2 delivered in more ways than one is putting it mildly. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are getting Switch 2 Editions that’ll make the titles run smoother than ever before, an unexpected new chapter in the Hyrule Warriors series is happening in the form of Age of Imprisonment, and The Wind Waker is finally coming to a Switch system via the introduction of select GameCube games on the recently renamed Nintendo Classics platform…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Strap in, because there’s a lot to talk about this week. Just a few short days after the Switch 2 Direct, the real world geopolitical landscape took center stage to create a perfect storm surrounding Nintendo’s latest console, the price of its games, the delay in pre-orders, and fan outrage – towards both Nintendo and the government. We try and unpack a crazy past coupe of days to make sense of everything, give our feelings and opinions, and offer some…

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…

Nintendo just wrapped up a presentation about the Switch 2. The hour-long Direct featured dozens of first and third-party games, a detailed hardware overview, and a collection of new accessories. We learned a lot about the new console: new features like GameShare, updated tech specs, and new doodads like an updated Pro Controller and the Nintendo Switch 2 Camera. And we learned that the console will launch on June 5th, 2025 in just 64 days. The presentation showed off Mario…