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Zelda Fan Game Changes Course After Nintendo Issues Takedown
It was only a matter of time before Breath of the NES caught the eye of Nintendo and got pegged with a takedown notice. According to its creator, however, the game will live on. Winter Drake, the developer who once sought to bring to life the vision for a top-down version of The Legend of…
By Ethan Gach Published April 30, 2017 -
Zelda Players Have Found Wild Ways To Break Breath Of The Wild’s Shrines
When most people enter a Zelda shrine, they try to solve the puzzles. Sometimes a shrine will accept multiple solutions, allowing players to get creative. Some fans, however, have figured out ways to bend and break shrines in ways that Nintendo probably never anticipated. By now you’ve probably seen GIFs or videos of “shrine skips,”…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 27, 2017 -
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Breath Of The Wild Speedrunner Gets Cocky, Pays A Heavy Price
Conquering a game’s challenges over and over again can make you feel invincible. With a new world record in sight, one Breath of the Wild speedrunner decided to get flashy with the final boss. Too bad Ganon was having none of it. Ikkitrix is the current world record holder for Breath of the Wild’s Any%…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 26, 2017 -
Emulator Helps Open Zelda’s Impossible Treasure Chest
As we’ve seen, you can play Breath of the Wild on a PC using an emulator. It’s not exactly optimal, but there’s a tiny bright side to the struggle: you can open a busted treasure chest that on both Switch and Wii U is inaccessible. Because it’s half-buried and underwater, in retail copies of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2017 -
The Best, Weirdest Mario/Zelda Crossovers
Late last year, it was revealed that Link would become a racer in Mario Kart 8. But that wasn’t his first Mario rodeo. Nor was it the first time Zelda crossed over into the Mario series—far from it. This post originally appeared 3/31/15. Since the late eighties, or more precisely, since the arrival of Zelda,…
By András Neltz Published April 24, 2017 -
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First 100% Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Speedrun Takes 49 Hours
The fastest speedruns in Breath of the Wild are slightly over forty minutes. Link wakes up, rushes to Ganon, and saves the world in the blink of an eye. But the game is full of treasures to find and other tasks to complete. A new speedrun to collect everything takes over two days to fully…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 18, 2017 -
The Journey To Throw A Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cucco Into Death Mountain
Under normal circumstances, Cuccos are seemingly invincible: nothing can strike them without incurring the wrath of the swarm. We’ve even witnessed Cuccos killing mini-bosses. Cuccos are hardcore! But what happens when you throw a Cucco into lava? Would it still be invincible? Would the Cucco die? The fine folks over at Dorkly decided to test…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 12, 2017 -
CultureOne Glitch Just Completely Changed Wind Waker HD Speedrunning
Last year, a speedrunner managed to break through an infamous Wind Waker HD roadblock that players believed was impossible to skip. No one could figure out how it was done until now, and the discovery is shaking up how runners play the game. The trick in question is called “Barrier Skip.” Mid-way through The Wind…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 11, 2017 -
What Happened After Nintendo Cracked Down On A Zelda Fan Game
Following Mario Maker’s huge success, fans clamored for other Nintendo franchises to adopt easy level-creation tools. “Zelda Maker” seemed like a no-brainer, until Nintendo itself suggested such a game wouldbe difficult to pull off. One game developer took that response from Nintendo as a challenge. “I thought, if Nintendo this it’s too difficult then I’ll…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 10, 2017 -
CultureBreath Of The Wild Speedrunning Is Getting More Elaborate Every Day
I’ve been religiously tracking Breath of the Wild speedruns since before the game was released and have even started my own attempts. What started as a desperate dash to fight Ganon has changed drastically. Here’s some of the coolest stuff. Watching a new game evolve over time as more techniques and tricks are discovered is…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 10, 2017 -
Nintendo Fixed a 30-Year-Old Zelda Typo For the NES Classic
An extraneous “N” inserted into the English translation of The Legend of Zelda in 1987 has finally been removed, and it only took 29 and a half years. This actually happened a few months back, because it’s in the version of Zelda included on the NES Classic Edition. But I didn’t even notice until Clyde…
By Chris Kohler Published April 5, 2017 -
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The Hardest Things About Trying To Speedrun Breath Of The Wild
When you cover speedrunning for a while, you start to ask: “can I do that?” This weekend, I started doing my own runs in Breath of the Wild to see how far I’d get. As you might imagine, the results were messy. I’ve always been interested in the kinds of glitches and tricks that speedrunners…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 3, 2017 -
New Zelda: Breath of the Wild Patch Fixes Frame Rate Issues
Last night, Nintendo put out an update for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and their patch notes are just about the most Nintendo thing ever: “Adjustments have been made to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.” In reality, they’ve made some huge frame rate improvements. Whereas in the past, walking through the Korok Forest…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2017 -
Zelda Is Also A Sick 90s Skate Video
If you’re wondering why EA don’t go and make a new Skate game, it’s because they don’t need to. Nintendo went and did it already. Know that I’m just as anxious as you watching this guy surf on that ancient shield… Vid by Run Button
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2017 -
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is The Perfect Game For Non-Gamers
Breath of the Wild might be the hardest Zelda since the NES days, teaching players how to progress through its puzzles by killing them frequently and without remorse. Yet, paradoxically, it’s also one of the best games for people who don’t play a lot of video games. Last week, having spent the past month raving about…
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2017 -
Here’s Breath Of The Wild Running On A PC
CEMU, an emulator that lets people play Wii U games on their PC, has come a long way since it struggled with Mario Kart 8: next month, it’ll be running the latest Zelda game in an entirely playable state. The emulator’s 1.7.4 update, due in the first week of April, fixes nearly all the glitches…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2017
