Jan 5, 2012

Oh Legend of Zelda, how do you always produce winners here?  Is it something about Link setting the baseline standard for androgyny each time, taunting his foes, spurring them to somehow top his flowing blonde locks? I would point out that Ghirahim is constantly taunting Link, questioning his ability with a sword.  Ahem.  Again, let’s remember, Link isn’t...

Dec 22, 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is little more than a novel idea implemented five years too late, and an attempt to further bloat the tried and true Zelda formula into a needless, exorbitant forty-plus hour affair. Nintendo finally serves up a Zelda with engaging, 1:1 Motion Plus swordplay.  Bravo, indeed, and only four years after I’ve stopped caring...

Dec 22, 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a brilliant return to form for the recently lagging franchise, one that recaptures the magic of the series and corrects several glaring mistakes from the decent Twilight Princess. If the 3D Zelda games since Ocarina of Time have been the evolution of a thesis, each following nearly the same formula but tweaking it and...

Jul 19, 2011

Ocarina of Time is not just the best Zelda ever made, it’s arguably the greatest video game of all time. Anything else is heresy.  I challenge anyone to pick out a serious problem in this flawless title.  Can anything else on this godforsaken planet invoke nostalgia like this: Prepare for more unfettered and unqualified subjective statements. The...

Jul 15, 2011

I’m sure you all remember your first thoughts upon seeing this: It was a common reaction. Nintendo had us salivating at the previous E3 by showing off a realistic Link vs Gannon sword fight, only to replace ‘mature Link’ with a winking ‘toon. At the time it seemed like the world’s cruelest bait and switch. Not only did Nintendo buck many gamers’...

Jul 14, 2011

When Michelangelo said, “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection,” I’m pretty sure he had just finished playing Twilight Princess.  The Zelda series has an unparalleled number of great games to its name, yet it is also a definitive example of a franchise whose Alpha is its Omega.  The original Legend of Zelda is still...

Jun 11, 2011

Every Zelda fan that’s seen screen shots of Skyward Sword and noted the obvious similarities between it and Twilight Princess has the same question: what’s different about this game? Allow me to run down everything I picked up on. A neat looking scarab seems to be the first dungeon-linked item that Link gets to play with. During my hands-on I guided the...