Category: Tri Force Heroes

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…

The Minish Cap’s Wind Tribe’s existence didn’t begin in the sky. Its people lived on the land before turning their sights skyward to protect the Wind Element. Those same folks then left Hyrule to live in the clouds high above the kingdom.  The Wind Tribe isn’t Zelda’s only sky-dwelling group, nor is it the first in the series’ timeline. It was, however, the first one to make an appearance in a Zelda game. I was awestruck when I played The…

Part of The Legend of Zelda’s appeal to me is its replayability. No matter where I am in my life, I can boot up any given Nintendo system and launch into a realm I know and love. I enjoy my regular romps through Link’s Awakening, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time. I’m willing to bet you have at least one or two Zelda games you return to occasionally. Today, we’re looking at the other ones – the games…

The most famous multiplayer experiences in the Zelda series are in Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures, and Tri Force Heroes. A recent replay of the original Four Swords had me thinking about what it would look like if four, colorful Links had ran to the edge of the Great Plateau and overlooked Hyrule like our solo hero did so famously eight years ago. When you think about it, the original Four Swords is linear in its progression but drops players in the level in a similar way to the…

Alasyn is joined this week by The Zelda Cast producer Cal, and ZD YouTube extraordinaire Corey Richmond, and we decided that it was time to bring “Guess That Zelda Location” back from the grave!  A spin-off on the classic “Guess That Zelda Character”, this is Al’s favorite game to play whenever Andy is away. So join in on the fun as we try to guess each other’s Zelda locations in 16 questions or less! Download! Support The Zelda Cast on…

The Legend of Zelda isn’t always about the happy endings. In fact, many of the games are filled with bittersweet moments that can make one’s heart die a little inside. Think about it. In Ocarina of Time, Link returns to his own timeline and prevents the future he once lived from ever happening, leaving his heroic deeds and the relationships and bonds he formed as an adult to be forgotten by all. In The Wind Waker, Link and Zelda are…

Being Hyrule’s hero must be a rough gig. Throughout his incarnations, Link turns into animals, traverses parallel realms, fights (and rides) dragons, gets resurrected from near-death, falls to (and through) the ground from on high, and so much more. He achieves most of this with some gadgets, a green tunic, and a can-do attitude. Hyrule (and its neighboring realms) is lucky to have a guy like him around for when the going gets tough. As players, we marvel at the…

When our Best Zelda Ever (BZE) list started in 2017, there were 18 games ranked by the staff. As of the 2023 Edition of BZE, the list had grown to 23 games thanks to new releases over the years – Cadence of Hyrule (2019), Age of Calamity (released in late 2020 and first appearing on the BZE list in 2021), and Tears of the Kingdom (2023). However, two games that were added to the 2019 BZE list weren’t new by…

It’s that time again! The annual tradition continues! Zelda Dungeon’s Best Zelda Ever ranking is back! Every year, the fantastic folks at ZD come together to rank every single Zelda title from worst to best. The task is arduous, and it isn’t always controversy-free, but the results are without exception something the team is truly proud of. This is the feature we look forward to all year long. The thing that makes Best Zelda Ever so special is how many different…