Grave Gamer News & Views — zelda

The Women of Gaming

by agentscarlet (a.k.a. Agent Melon)

Here’s Your First Look at The Legend of Zelda Wii U!

A good long time ago, rumors spilled onto the internet regarding an original Zelda title designed for the Wii U, headed up by Skyward Sword’s producer Eiji Aonuma. Word had it that Nintendo was constructing the biggest, most ambitious Zeldagame in the series’ 25 year history. It was set to feature dungeons so expansive, you could fit some of the...

Link and Zelda

by MadLibbs

Zelda Conquers the Dark World

by Eran Fowler

Nintendo’s first truly original Zelda installment on the 3DS – not to dismiss the tremendous effort it took to make Ocarina look that gorgeous on such a painfully small screen – delves into the series’ past for inspiration. Yet calling A Link Between Worlds a “sequel” to 1995’s A Link to the Past only serves the definition in the most clinical sense.

The top-down perspective and setting are lifted from the SNES classic, but Between Worlds is very much its own game. It achieves a unique feel through its mechanics and thoughtful, unobtrusive use of three-dimensional gameplay. It’s a kinetic adventure where the familiar – what we’ve come to know as “Quintessential Zelda” through the years – is infused with small, progressive tweaks and an expanded suite of free-roam options, creating this refreshing cocktail of old school design and modern innovation.

Pardon my pun a thousand times over, but it’s the best of both worlds.