Zelda Week is coming to an end, bitches
It is with great sadness that I have to announce the end of Zelda Week here on Destructoid. The past few days we have a series of articles about The Legend of Zelda in celebration of its 35th anniversary. When Nintendo announced a Direct last week, I was sure the franchise would take a major hit, just like it did with Super Mario. Unfortunately, all we got was the confirmation Skyward Sword HD
There are 364 days left for Nintendo to have some sort of official celebration The Legend of Zelda, but for today, Destructoid has you covered with a summary of all the articles our writers posted in the past week. Take a seat, because below is some excellent reading.
- We asked the Destructoid staff and community for their favorite boss fight of the Zelda franchise. I didn’t realize there was such great love for Stallord, but I’m 100% for it.
- Zoey Handley, the writer formally known as Adzuken, shares her views on the importance of Zelda in moving console gaming away from its arcade roots. Batteries in her house also come along forever
- Jonathan Holmes still loves Skyward Sword because what else would you expect from the man who likes to stumble in Smash But seriously, Skyward Sword is great, and here’s to hope Nintendo makes some necessary changes to the Switch remaster.
- As a counterpart to Holmes’ article, community member TroyFullbuster wants you to know they still hate Skyward Sword I wish I could say I didn’t hate any game in this series, but Phantom hourglass exists, so …
- Music has been an important aspect of the series since its inception, and Zach Bennett explains how Breath of the wilderness continues the legacy of sound that has been established in Ocarina of Time If you don’t think Breath of the wilderness has a great soundtrack, you really should listen to it a second time.
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is routinely referred to as “the hard one” Zelda game, “and this year I managed to beat it for the first time. But not without a little help. I think I should finally start hitting Majora’s maskOr Oracle of AgesOr Tri Force Heroes, but I think I need two other people for that.
- It’s an oldie but a goodie. Community member Seymour explores gender in Breath of the wilderness
- Chris Moyse explains why The Legend of Zelda animated series was one of the worst things DIC has ever delivered. The only way you can get a Zelda cartoon is more like Nintendo gave the license to Seth MacFarlane.
- Finally, the Destructoid community contributed their own stories The Legend of Zelda, looking back at the best characters and moments and why this series is so important to so many people.
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