Category: Inspired By Zelda

Spoiler Warning: This article contains end-game spoilers for Neversong. If you’d prefer to experience the game for yourself, please bookmark this page for later reading. We’re happy you’re here for another installment of Inspired by Zelda, an editorial series where we find the magic of the Zelda franchise in other games. We will be analyzing the horrifically cheeky game, Neversong, which released on PlayStation 4 October 31st, 2019 and other platforms in May 2020. It is a side-scrolling, low-stakes horror adventure RPG…

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Castaway! If you want to experience the game spoiler-free, be sure to bookmark this page and visit again later. It’s time for another Inspired by Zelda, where we dissect games that pay tribute to our favorite series! Today, we will be covering the just-released Castaway, the sophomore release from Canadian developer and publisher, Canari Games. It came out in August 2024, so it is still fresh out of the developer oven for us…

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for dungeons and boss battles in Blue Fire. If you’d prefer to experience this element of Blue Fire yourself, please bookmark this page for later reading. Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Zelda, our editorial series that looks at games new and old that take inspiration from the Legend of Zelda series. Our aim is to spotlight the games that Zelda fans might enjoy adding to their catalog. Up today is Blue Fire from…

Whenever innovation comes about in the gaming industry, studios are quick to adopt those mechanics and styles into their own games, often improving upon them or pushing that innovation far enough to create entirely new genres. Before first-person shooters were a genre unto themselves, they were called “Doom clones.” To this day, games with labyrinthian maps and item/ability-based progression are often called Metroidvanias, as those mechanics were pioneered by the Metroid series and post-Symphony of the Night Castlevania games. Too…

Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Zelda, our editorial series that looks at games new and old that take inspiration from and create a foundation based on The Legend of Zelda. Our aim is to spotlight the games that Zelda fans might enjoy adding to their catalog. Up today is Beyond the Mountains from developer Eric and publisher VerdLife Games, available on Steam. Beyond the Mountains is a top-down adventure RPG that is filled to the brim with charm reminiscent…

Today I had the privilege of stopping by the PAX EAST 2023 booth for Mooneye Studios, where I played the demo of Shumi Come Home, a game heavily inspired by Zelda games like The Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild. I also had the opportunity to interview the game’s creator and developer, Noah Lone, who is known as “SomeHumbleOnion” within the industry. Shumi Come Home is set in a post-human world in which players control a humanoid mushroom named Shumi who is lost…

Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Zelda, the series of articles looking at games new and old that take inspiration and create a foundation based on some of the classic Zelda titles we know and love. Our aim is to spotlight the games that Zelda fans might enjoy adding to their catalog. Up today is Ocean’s Heart by solo developer Max Mraz and published by Nordcurrent Labs, available on Nintendo Switch and PC. Released for PC in 2021 and…

Earlier today, Playtonic Games and Castle Pixel released a trailer announcing the release date for the upcoming Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince. The game will launch on Steam and Nintendo Switch on August 16th. The original game, Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, was released in 2017. As a whole, the Blossom Tales series draws inspiration from 2D Zelda games like A Link To The Past. The Playtonic Games webpage for Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince describes the game as…

Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Zelda, the series of articles looking at games new and old that take inspiration and create a foundation based on some of the classic Zelda titles we know and love. Our aim is to spotlight the games that Zelda fans might enjoy adding to their catalog. Up today is Elden Ring by developers From Software, available on PlayStation 4, Playstation 5,  Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC.   Reflecting on my maiden…

Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Zelda, the series of articles looking at games new and old that take inspiration and create a foundation based on some of the classic Zelda titles we know and love. Our aim is to spotlight the games that Zelda fans might enjoy adding to their catalog. Up today is Arietta of Spirits by developers Third Spirit Games, available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam.   While playing Arietta of Spirits,…