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The Legend of Zelda series has always been about an eternal struggle: Good vs evil, the hero vs the villain. However, after so many years, the same story has been retold several times — often with a few changes — while the basic theme remains the same. After so many sequels, one may wonder if we are actually playing through various accounts of the same legend. Most old stories have a huge amount of variations as they’re being passed on…

A very large amount of creatures of all shapes and sizes have appeared in and around Hyrule throughout the series. Ranging from gigantic dragons and undead stalfos to the diminutive miniblins, they come in all types. Any adventurer can easily agree that Hyrule has a very diverse collection of monsters that have troubled the people and challenged heroes. However, there are a great many creatures that have appeared and have merely been called demons. What they really are or where…

The Lost Woods is one of the more well-known recurring overworld regions in the Zelda series. First appearing in the original Legend of Zelda, the Lost Woods have become a mainstay in the landscape of Hyrule, alongside Death Mountain and Lake Hylia. In most appearances the player is required to journey through the Woods in a very specific pattern to make it to the other side safely. If this pattern is not completed correctly, the Woods will often repeat or…

The land of Hyrule has always been a very diverse realm with a large variety of peoples and monsters living throughout. A very common aspect of the Zelda series is there being a clear distinction between a friendly NPCs that will talk to Link and cannot be attacked, and unfriendly enemy NPCs, which almost never speak and only exist as opponents to be defeated. This does not account for everyone, as there are the occasional exceptions on both sides. Nonetheless,…

The land of Hyrule has long been divided into various themed regions, originally with common themes such as mountains, deserts, and lakes. However, as the series developed, more distinct and fantastic regions were added, giving players a larger amount of variety. In particular, there was the relatively recent addition of a sky realm, which has brought this region of Hyrule into the mythology of Zelda. In the early games, the land of Hyrule only consisted of the overworld and the…

Going all the way back to the very first Legend of Zelda in 1985, Link always seems to get caught between multiple worlds. From the underworld labyrinths hidden beneath Hyrule, the concept quickly expanded into a completely separate world apart from Hyrule in A Link to the Past and continued ever since. Sometimes, the separate world Link visited would be an altered version of Hyrule as seen with the Dark World, or it could be a completely separate environment such…

Ever since they first appeared in Ocarina of Time, there have been a lot of questions regarding the divinity of both Jabu-Jabu and the Deku Tree, though Jabu-Jabu especially. Many fans ask just how they qualify as deities. They are by no means gods as Western audiences understand. They live and die, they are tangible, physical, breathing beings living in Hyrule like any other mortal race. “Clearly,” the Western audience must be thinking, “there must be something more to this….

Being that The Legend of Zelda is one of the longest running and widely known series among hardcore gamers and casual players alike, it has become something of an icon in the video game industry. Almost anyone who has ever owned a Nintendo console has played or at least seen a Zelda game in the past. Over the twenty five year long history Zelda has become a household name in video gaming. It is no coincidence that many characters, themes,…

The Legend of Zelda series has captured the hearts and minds of fans across the world regardless of language and culture. However, there are a great many aspects of the series that remain misunderstood to many fans outside of Japan. Many things found in the games are completely lost on western fans. The original Legend of Zelda was a new experience for players to immerse themselves in, a fantasy world based upon western fantasy allegory with all the traditional elements…

With Skyward Sword coming out in just a couple of weeks, fans are anticipating a whole new dimension of gameplay, and rightly so. The bits of storyline that have been revealed by Nintendo over the last two years of hyping the game have revealed quite a bit of information regarding the story and motivation of the characters within. Talk of starting out on a mysterious floating island in the sky and riding a bird across the clouds does sound like…