This new instalment in the long - running
Zelda series offers an effortless vision of an open world that is as deep or as shallow as the player sees fit; a kingdom of glorious vistas and undiscovered corners that you can sink into with equal ease for half an hour or half a year.
Not exact matches
Visiting familiar
Zelda locations and wiping out hundreds of enemies
offers brief but satisfying bursts of mindless enjoyment, just don't expect to be engaged in the same way as a full
series release.
When the Fortune Shop opens, and the player visits on a day that their TPC color and Astrological sign has been issued a Bad Luck program for the day, Katrina will
offer them a Celebration Hat or Tingle Hood (from the Legend of
Zelda series) for 10,000 bells that removes the effects of bad luck.
Nintendo is
offering up to 30 % off of some of its hottest character titles, including discounts on Mario, Yoshi,
Zelda, and the LEGO
series of games.
Hyrule Warriors
offers an intriguing blend of both the
Zelda and Dynasty Warriors
series, making for an experience that fans of either
series can thoroughly enjoy.
If you've ever played a
Zelda title and miss the type of gameplay that
series offers, consider giving Darksiders and Darksiders II a chance.
«The world of Hyrule, which we created for The Legend of
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is so large and vibrant that we wanted to
offer more for players to experience within it,» said Nintendo developer Eiji Aonuma, the longtime producer of the
series.
While Breath of the Wild is surely going to remain a long time staple in the
Zelda series, solely because it
offers so much more than any previous entry, the team does need to move on.
Despite featuring many radical changes from the previous
Zelda title, the game also
offered canonical elements to be part of the
series» standards.
Fans who have recently enjoyed The Legend of
Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch now have the perfect opportunity to explore the history of those respective
series on Nintendo 3DS, with The Legend of
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Xenoblade Chronicles 3D * on
offer.
Zelda is a
series that continuously delivers by
offering unique and fun items and weapons, and Spirit Tracks is no exception.
It was my first
Zelda and, years before Ocarina of Time defined the
series» possibilities for vast 3D worlds, the game's comparatively modest 2D island map
offered up an entire continent to me.
The atmosphere was one of village fete more than sweaty game show (something helped by the
offering of
Zelda - themed cake and plastic cups of orange squash), a fitting celebration of a game
series that is more about the wonder of childhood discovery than how many polygons it pushes.
The narrative is typical of the
series and should
offer few surprises to seasoned
Zelda fans.
It proved to me that
Zelda's creators still had fresh ideas to
offer the franchise half a decade after the somewhat derivative Twilight Princess, in the process emphatically knocking over my fear that no new
series entry would ever come along to dislodge either of the two N64
Zelda games from their lofty pedestal in my mind.
Using the Uncharted
series as an example, I care just as much (if not more) about Nate and Elena's relationship as I do
Zelda and Link's despite having almost all of the information and details about them
offered up to me on a plate.
Solving many of the puzzles and being rewarded with a
Zelda like chime rarely
offers quite the same sense of satisfaction that entries in Nintendo's legendary
series often do, though some situations towards the end are devious enough to
offer satisfaction upon discovering their solutions.
Rather than bang on yet again about the excellence of the many games on
offer let's just say that the SNES Classic Mini arguably plays host to the best Mario,
Zelda and Metroid titles in their much - storied
series.
Those familiar with Koei's flagship
series will find themselves right at home with most of what its
Zelda - flavored
offering brings to the table.
Miyamoto was unwilling to
offer any new information on the upcoming Legend of
Zelda Wii U game, but did say they were «preparing to newly evolve the
series for Wii U,» giving as an example the way players could rent items from the beginning in «The Legend of
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds» on the 3DS.