A writer for life with an enduring love for video games, anime, manga, and other entertainment delights that offer an adventure-filled escape into a new world. Watching anime and reading manga since ...

"Sometimes he mentions things so many times that I think maybe he really wants to do it" ...

"I thought I had done almost everything I could" ...

I asked longtime Zelda series producer and developer Eiji Aonuma, “What defines a Zelda-like?” He laughed and groaned, “That’s the hardest question!” It’s also a question tackled by the three lead ...

Classic old-school Zelda games may become just a link to the past as Nintendo focuses instead on freedom, choice, and player agency. It sounds like the open-world formula in Breath of the Wild and ...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Ascend ability, which lets players move through cave roofs straight to the surface, was originally a cheat code used by developers for a quick escape.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gives Link a laundry list of new abilities to help him on his journey, but the Ascend ability has a particularly interesting origin. Series producer Eiji ...

In other words, Nintendo made a massive open-world sequel in which it hands you cheat codes right out of the gate. Related: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review: change the conversation ...

Announced as a surprise stinger at the end of the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has occupied the top spot of many "most anticipated" lists for nearly four years.

If Mario is Nintendo’s Mickey Mouse, then The Legend of Zelda is its Lord of the Rings. Both are quasi-medieval fantasies built around the hero’s journey of a diminutive warrior, filled with monsters, ...

Ever since Nintendo lifted the lid on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with a 10-minute gameplay demo, my mind has been abuzz. I couldn’t stop thinking about its new crafting system, which ...