Showing posts with label Zelda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zelda. Show all posts
Friday, 20 September 2019

How Market Conditions Influenced 2D Zelda Games Over the Years

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Disclaimer: This is the original pitch for an article that would eventually be  accepted by Kotaku . Below is the unedited original, whic...
Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Link's Awakening - The Origin of Fishing in The Legend of Zelda

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Fishing mini-games have long been a part of The Legend of Zelda , but the first game to include fishing was Link’s Awakening on the Game...
Thursday, 17 May 2018

That Time The Legend of Zelda Franchise Nearly Died

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Here’s something that seems unthinkable today: Just 12 years ago, Nintendo were afraid they might have to put the Legend of Zelda series ...
Monday, 19 February 2018

Where Did Monolith Soft's Staff Go After Xenoblade Chronicles X?

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After their work wrapped on Xenoblade Chronicles X , part of the main Monolith Soft development team moved on to working on Xenoblade Chr...
Sunday, 11 February 2018

Zelda: The Directors Behind the Games

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When one thinks of the directors behind  The Legend of Zelda  games today, two names come to mind: Eiji Aonuma, who is now famous for ove...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

The Legend of Zelda - Global Sales

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This post will be used to keep track of global sales of the Legend of Zelda  series.
Thursday, 11 January 2018

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is Beating All Expectations in Japan

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It's official. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  is the highest-selling Zelda  game in Japan since 1998.
Thursday, 12 October 2017

Why Zelda: Skyward Sword Has No Overworld (and Constantly Nags You)

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While The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess had achieved its goal of aligning itself with the Western market’s tastes and preventing th...
Thursday, 6 July 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages Interview with Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi

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This interview originally appeared as part of Nintendo’s Nintendo Online Magazine in Japan in 2001. The subject of the interview is ...
Saturday, 1 July 2017

How Many People Did it Take to Develop Zelda: Ocarina of Time?

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A fun little tidbit of info: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time took 40-50 internal Nintendo employees to develop, and more than doubl...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017

How Zelda: Twilight Princess Saved the Franchise

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Not so long before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Nintendo were contemplating the idea of discontinuing the Zelda  franchise. ...