Category: Video Essays
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What will the next Legend of Zelda game be?
Zelda fans have eaten well these past few years, we had the long awaited release of Tears of the Kingdom in 2023 and that was followed up with the surprise release of Echoes of Wisdom in 2024. But what are we going to get next? That is precisely the question I’d like to throw out…
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Why the Zelda timeline doesn’t matter
There has been a lot of debate about Echoes of Wisdom timeline placement, before the game released as well as after. This week Nintendo put that debate to bed by officially placing the game on the timeline. Whenever the timeline gets brought up there’s a flurry of activity in the Zelda community, but today I…
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Gameplay is more important than story in the Zelda series
Eiji Aounma has been doing the rounds recently conducting a bunch of interviews looking back at the development of Echoes of Wisdom. We’ve had some interesting bits of information come out related to how Nintendo thinks about Zelda games including prioritising gameplay over story, how Link nearly talked in Echoes of Wisdom until Nintendo changed…
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Development Secrets of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Ocarina of Time is regarded as not only one of the best Zelda games in the series, but one of the best games of all time. This was the first foray into 3D for the Legend of Zelda, and it was widely regarded as a success. Today I’d like to take a closer look at…
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Development Secrets From The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda is one of the most famous and successful game series from Nintendo. This year is the 40th anniversary of the original Legend of Zelda, and to celebrate today I’m going to look into some of the development secrets of the original; what went on behind the scenes, early concepts, plus some…
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The Unsolved Mystery of Chris Houlihan from The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past
The Chris Houlihan room appears in The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past. Many Zelda players found this by accident, some try to find it specifically through speedrunning or glitches. But what is the story beind the Chris Houlihan Room, what is it, who is Chris Houlihan, and is Chris Houlihan a real…
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Development Secrets from The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past
A Link To The Past is arguably the best Zelda game in the series, and today I want to go through some of the development secrets from the team that brought us The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past. The following info is from interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, Kazuaki Morita and Takashi Tezuka…
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Things you may not know about The Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening (Facts and Secrets)
Link’s Awakening was the first outing for The Legend of Zelda on the Gameboy, and is one of the strangest stories in the series. There’s no Hyrule, there is no Princess Zelda, instead we have something called The Windfish and a huge egg on top of a mountain. Even though it’s very strange, it’s a…
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Things you didn’t know about The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past
The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past is arguably one of the best games in the series, this is where the The Legend of Zelda really got into it’s stride in the transition from NES to SNES. Today I’m going to go through some lesser known facts and secrets about The Legend of…
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Things you may not know about Zelda II The Adventure of Link (Facts and Secrets)
Zelda II The Adventure of Link will always hold a special place in my heart as it was my first Zelda game, however, you could say it’s not the most beloved of Zelda titles in the franchise. Today Zelda II is the focus of this facts and secrets series, and we’re going to have look…