Tag: OoT

Well hey there guys! Might be a day late, but it’s the usual day for the mailbag, so I’ve brought you a Halloween-themed mailbag for today! I feel like something strange is about to happen though… Well, anyway, this mailbag has 16 questions, about a bunch of spooky and or villain-related topics in the Zelda series. I also talk about Majora’s Mask a fair bit. Sorry if it’s a bit long, guys. Anyway, enjoy! You can watch the video here…

A Link to the Past arguably had the best opening sequence not just of any Zelda game, but of any video game. It introduces the player to the controls, the lore, the world, and the level design, and does so seamlessly while pushing Link forward through a rapidly-progressing story. Several pivotal things happen in succession, but they all make sense and set the tone for what’s to come. It’s the fastest-moving section of the game, and not only did it…

And now we bring the Ocarina of Time Dungeons series to a close with my review of Ganon’s Castle, the game’s final challenge. As I wrote when I talked about Skyward Sword’s Sky Keep way back, there are multiple different styles the Zelda series has used for its final dungeons. Ganon’s Castle uses roughly the same style as the Sky Keep: It’s a lengthy dungeon of full or nearly full size, made up of parts taken out of other dungeons….

We’re nearly done with the dungeon reviews for Ocarina of Time. The Spirit Temple is the last of the game’s main dungeons, located in the Desert Colossus past Gerudo Valley, the only locations in the game you’re never driven to visit until it’s time to handle their temple; every other region is visited earlier in the game as Child Link. This means that there is no sense of rediscovery with the Spirit Temple. You aren’t finding an important dungeon hidden…

Ah, the Shadow Temple. It’s now time to review this infamous dungeon. Now, mind you, it’s not nearly as infamous as the Water Temple. People complain about the Water Temple’s design and say it’s repetitive and overly confusing, whereas the Shadow Temple just scares people. Horror is meant to scare, and for some people that’s not fun, so some people won’t like the Shadow Temple (or the Bottom of the Well, by extension), but for others that’s the fun part!…

Hey there guys! Final mailbag before the changes with #100. Look forward to the mailbag next week, because it’s going to be a special one! Anyway, this week we have a total of 13 questions, with a particular focus on Majora’s Mask, though there’s also a handful of timeline ones and Link keeps getting brought up. You can watch the video here or check out the embed after the jump. Questions and timestamps: (00:11) – Which incarnation of Link do…

Alright, so as promised I’m going to review all of the mini-dungeons in Ocarina of Time as part of one editorial. I’ll be covering the Ice Cavern, which comes before last week’s dungeon, the Water Temple. We’ll also be tackling the Bottom of the Well, which comes before next week’s, the Shadow Temple. Finally, I’m throwing in the Gerudo Training Grounds simply because it fits some of the aspects of a dungeon even if its status as one is questionable…

Alright, so now we’re onto the Water Temple. I’ll be honest here: Don’t expect a lot out of this. I don’t mean that you shouldn’t expect me to review it, because I’m totally going to do that, but I wouldn’t expect… well, what everyone generally expects people to say about the Water Temple. I know last week I wrote “come back next week, as I’ll be discussing the infamous Water Temple” — and to be fair you really can’t write…

The idea of a film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda series has been tossed around numerous times throughout the years, though to date no official adaptation has been produced, and many fan-based adaptations have been met with mixed reactions. To many, the idea of a Zelda film is very foreign, as the core tenets of the Zelda series do not lend themselves well to the cinema upon first glance. Looking closer, however, there are a number of interesting parallels…

Hey there guys! Sorry about last week, what with there being no mailbag. As a result of that, our intro contest is being extended (click for rules), but for now we’ve got a new mailbag! This one’s mostly about the Wii U, future Zelda ideas, and just Zelda in general. 11 questions in all. Enjoy! You can watch the video here or check out the embed after the jump. Questions and timestamps: (00:21) – Which do you prefer, the Boomerang…