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Monday9th Mar 2020
Random The Latest Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Craze Is Seeing How High You Can Flip A Guardian
The only way is up
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild may be three years old now, but that doesn't mean people aren't discovering new things about it – as well as amusing new ways to pass the time. Only last week, we saw one man beat the game without allowing Link to take a single step, and this week, we've got the craze that some (well, us)...
Friday6th Mar 2020
Random Zelda Fan Beats Breath Of The Wild Without Link Taking A Single Step
A small step for Link?
Beating Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn't especially hard, but it takes a moderate amount of effort – especially if you want to do it in style. That's precisely what YouTuber PointCrow has done – he's bested this classic action-adventure without allowing Link to take a single, solitary step. Naturally, he couldn't help it...
Tuesday3rd Mar 2020
News Fan Recreates Entire Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Shrine Inside Nintendo Labo
Full layout, Magnesis, enemies, the lot!
While the hype surrounding Nintendo Labo appears to have faded as quickly as it came, there's no denying that it really is a fantastic piece of kit in the right hands. Showing off that fact wonderfully is this full recreation of a shrine from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Twitter user Green_Squid...
Sunday23rd Feb 2020
Random Musician St. Vincent Reveals She Has "Probably Put 300 Hours" Into Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
"I'm obsessed with that game in-particular"
Did you know musicians also play the Nintendo Switch? Shocking, right? In a recent interview with Variety, the American-born singer, songwriter, record producer and now actor Anne Erin Clark – better known as St. Vincent – revealed she had spent hundreds of hours playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of...
Thursday13th Feb 2020
News New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Glitch Sends Link Flying Towards Enemies
Ready? Ping!
Can you believe that in less than three weeks' time, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will have been out for three years? Three whole years! Despite this, new tricks and glitches are seemingly discovered every other day, and now we have yet another to admire. The latest glitch flings Link towards an enemy in combat, seemingly...
Tuesday11th Feb 2020
Random Dog Feeding Is The Latest Speedrun Craze In The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
They just love apples
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild might be close to three years old now, but there are still plenty of people playing it on a regular basis. Some are happily exploring the land of Hyrule while others are speedrunning the game from start to finish. If you do keep tabs on the game's speedrunning community, you might have...
Friday7th Feb 2020
Random Addicted To Fortnite? Try Playing Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, Says Psychologist
Take a walk on the wild side
Fortnite's addictive qualities have been documented on this site before, and we imagine there are many parents out there who despair at the amount of time (and money) their children spend on Epic's popular online 'Battle Royale' shooter. To combat this situation, experienced French psychologist (or "psygamer", as he...
Friday31st Jan 2020
News Nintendo Says It's Focused On "Initiatives" To Keep Consumers Playing
Like add-on content
Nintendo wants to keep consumers playing its games for a prolonged period of time. It's previously done this by launching expansion content for titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 and more recently has made DLC available for newer first-party releases. If you are eager to see more add-on packs...
Sunday26th Jan 2020
Random This Skyrim Mod Makes The Game Look Like The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Breath of the Wildrim
A talented modder who goes by the name of u/ReallyBigSandwich over on Reddit has created a mod for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that makes the game look like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The creator says 'Breath of the Wildrim' is a retexture project based on the
Tuesday21st Jan 2020
Random Pixel Artist Imagines What Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Would Look Like On The SNES
...and now we want to play it
Zelda: Breath of the Wild redefined what we expect from a Zelda game, pushing the series forward in exciting new directions but also shedding some of the baggage the franchise has been saddled with since the '80s. Still, that doesn't mean we don't have a soft spot for Zelda's past glories, and it goes without saying...
Monday20th Jan 2020
And a touch of fatherly magic
Time and time again, Microsoft's Adaptive Controller has proven to be a fantastic bit of kit. We've seen a number of cases where it has given people the chance to play their favourite games when they otherwise wouldn't have been able to, and this particular example is sure to lift up your gloomy Monday. Rory Steel has...
Saturday18th Jan 2020
Random Ring Fit Adventure User Discovers A Healthy Way To Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Link Fit Adventure
Imagine running through the land of Hyrule as Link. What, you've already done that a long time ago in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Well, have you tried it with the Ring-Con? That's exactly what the modder Super Louis 64 did. He got his Ring-Con from Ring Fit Adventure and was able to turn it into a fully func
Friday17th Jan 2020
Video Comparing Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Clone Genshin Impact To The Original
Genshin a no no, baby!
You've no doubt already heard the news that the upcoming game Genshin Impact not only bears a striking resemblance to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but that it's also now been confirmed to be coming to the Nintendo Switch. With that in mind, we thought it might be useful to
Random Bow Down For This Beautiful Zelda And Horizon: Zero Dawn Mashup
Princess Zeldaloy
We've witnessed some surprising and spectacular cross-platform collaborations recently, although we're having trouble thinking of something we'd rather see come to fruition in a real game than this brilliant fusion of Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Aloy from Guerrilla Games' PS4 hit Horizon: Zero...
News NPD Shares US Software Sales For Last Month, 2019 And The Decade
Luigi's Mansion 3 was Nintendo's best-seller in December
Following on from hardware sales, let's now take a look at the software sales within the US last year. For starters, Nintendo had half of the top 20 best-selling video games in December. The best-selling game of December 2019 was Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and further down the...
Thursday16th Jan 2020
News Remember That Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Clone That Killed A PS4? It's Coming To Switch
Awkward
In August of last year, publisher miHoYo revealed Genshin Impact, an open-world adventure which appears to take a healthy amount of inspiration from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So much so, in fact, that one irate fan got so upset that Sony would choose to promote such a game that he actually
Friday10th Jan 2020
Video This Fan-Made Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Animation Is An Absolute Masterpiece
When The Legend of Zelda meets Studio Ghibli
One of the video game highlights of the past decade was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It's a beautiful game that has inspired its fanbase in many different ways and is still being enjoyed by many Switch owners around the world. We've seen some stunning animations based on the title in the...
Thursday2nd Jan 2020
News Zelda Fan Makes Full Arsenal Of Real-Life Breath Of The Wild Weapons
There's passion, and then there's this
One of the highlights of this job is stumbling across, and then being able to share, the tremendous talents of Nintendo fans around the world. We've seen homemade Zelda LEGO sets, a 65-inch TV transformed into a Switch console, and plenty more besides in recent years, and now we've got another great pick to add...
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Korok Leaf Might Be More Useful Than You First Thought
Get creative
So, we now find ourselves in 2020 and we're still talking about new discoveries being found in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It seems that for every trick you stumble across, three more are waiting just around the corner. Today's new insight actually comes from a discussion that has been taking place between fans on the...
Friday27th Dec 2019
News The Top Five Games That Appeared In NPD's Best-Selling Charts The Most Over The Past Decade
Zelda and Mario Kart feature
As we get closer to the end of another decade, NPD video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella has been sharing interesting data about software and hardware trends. His latest tweet highlights the top five games that made "the most" appearances on the NPD Group's top 20 best-selling video games chart within the US over...
Wednesday25th Dec 2019
Random No, Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Isn't Coming To Microsoft's HoloLens
"Introducing the Robber Run Again!"
A listing for Zelda: Breath of the Wild has hit the Microsoft store, but before you assume that Nintendo has lost its marbles and gone multi-platform, we should point out that it's bogus. While the listing shows the original box art and uses that famous title, the actual game in question doesn't look like...
Friday20th Dec 2019
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild And Pokémon GO Feature In TIME's Best Games Of The Decade List
Here are the top 10
Following on from TIME's list of the most important and influential gadgets of the decade, it has now released its top ten best games. With the Switch being recognised as the number one gadget in 2017, you would think a Nintendo game released around the same time would be featured in this list, and sure enough, one has been. Of...
Sunday15th Dec 2019
Video This Golden Lynel Never Stood A Chance Against Link's Breath Of The Wild Boomerang Attack
Stunning skill
We've seen some fancy tricks in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild since it was launched in 2017, but this is quite possibly the most impressive one we've ever witnessed in the game. As highlighted by Nintendo UK, the above video shows a skilled player, known as Peco, using multiple boomerangs at the same time to take down a...
Monday9th Dec 2019
News This Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Trick Lets You Defeat Calamity Ganon With Just One Hit
Just one expertly timed arrow
We often describe The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as the game that keeps on giving, with new tricks, glitches, speedrun revelations and plenty more besides still regularly being found almost thre
Friday6th Dec 2019
News Metacritic Reveals The 50 Best-Reviewed Games Of The Decade, Nintendo Takes Top Two Places
And three of the top five
We've been treated to some incredible gaming experiences over the last ten years. In our eyes, Nintendo has produced some of its finest titles throughout this last decade, and those of us who dabble in gaming on the likes of PlayStation and Xbox have had plenty to share about, too. The list below shows the top 50 games of...
Friday22nd Nov 2019
Gallery This Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Bedroom Mural Is Absolutely Stunning
Wildly artistic
Would you like to fall asleep in the kingdom of Hyrule every night? Perhaps you've already done this during a prolonged session of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch or Wii U. If so, you'll likely appreciate this absolutely stunning bedroom mural based on the land of Hyrule in Breath of the Wild. It's been created by...
Wednesday20th Nov 2019
News Get The Black Friday Feeling Early With The Switch eShop Cyber Deals Sale
Starts Friday in Europe, over 150 digital discounts
With Black Friday looming upon us, Nintendo has announced its Cyber Deals sale for 2019 and it looks to feature some choice cuts from the Switch's considerable library. We've already seen Nintendo's North American Black Friday sales plans and now Europe is getting in on the action. Over 150 games,...
Thursday31st Oct 2019
News Reggie Reveals His Favourite Game From His Time At Nintendo, And His Smash Bros. Main
Asking the important questions
Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé recently hosted a talk at Cornell College of Business, during which he chose to share his knowledge of business and leadership. However, some of the most interesting nuggets to come out of the lecture were predictably related to Nintendo; Reggie mentioned, for...
Saturday26th Oct 2019
News First 4 Figures Reveals Its Stunning New Zelda Statue, Pre-Orders Now Open
One for Breath of the Wild fans
Following on from its recent reveal of the Luigi's Mansion 3 statue, First 4 Figures has now announced its first exclusive PVC statue based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. As you can see above it's the princess herself. Pre-orders for the exclusive edition of this statue are live until 6th December...
Wednesday23rd Oct 2019
News Zelda Fan Spends 65 Hours Hand-Crafting This Glorious Breath Of The Wild Map
Fancy owning one of these?
Something about the majesty of the Legend of Zelda series makes people go above and beyond in their passion for the series. Just yesterday, we shared a wonderful hand-drawn map of Breath of the Wild's world, and then a LEGO version of Link's house, and now we have yet another wonderful creation we felt worth sharing with...
