Tag: Opening

A few of the recent Favorite Zelda Moments posts I’ve written have covered fairly obscure moments that I’m not sure a ton of people would have considered one of their favorites — such as fricken’ Moldarach — but this one’s different; nearly everyone knows about the introductory portion of A Link to the Past and I’d be surprised if there were not a number of people who loved this part of the game. This section is what the game starts…

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…

Many Zelda fans cringe at the lengthy introductory area that made up Twilight Princess. They hated herding goats… multiple times… finding baby cradles, fishing for the first time, or chasing kids into the woods. It was slow, somewhat boring, and just way too long. Then when the action finally got going, it seemed there was a subsequent introductory area, this time for Link’s Wolf Form in Hyrule Castle. Argh. Just the thought of playing the intro area has caused me…

The folks over at Zelda Informer have found a video clip of the intro of the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The intro sequence is in Spanish, but there is already a translation readily available. Obviously something of this nature includes plenty of spoilers, so make the jump only if you’d like to see the video and read the translated text of the game.