Readers who have been wondering “Where is Itzal?” will be pleased to hear that he recently returned to the House of Demelza for a mini-break weekend of Nintendo play and Zelder, umm, drinking. (Readers who have enjoyed Itzal’s absence will be disappointed by this news and shall, no doubt, go about muttering about how ItzalContinue reading “Mipha’s Song, Part 2: Waterblight Ganon in the Illusory Realm”
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Daruk’s Song, Part 3: Fireblight Ganon in the Illusory Realm
When last we left our heroine Demelza, she had gathered all three Vah Rudania emblems and, channeling Bilbo in front of Smaug’s lair on the Mountain, was sitting on the doorstep of the fiery Divine Beast.[1] Like Bilbo, she was waiting to think of something. Also like the hobbit, she was wondering about the prospects for secondContinue reading “Daruk’s Song, Part 3: Fireblight Ganon in the Illusory Realm”
Daruk’s Song, Part 1: Activating Shrines
Fresh from our success with Revali’s Song, we jaunted off to the next stanza in the Champions’ Ballad quest: Daruk’s Song. In this post, we explore activating the three DLC shrines in Eldin. As we’ve whinged before, Eldin is our least favorite land. We’ll even take the Guardian-infested area of Central Hyrule over lava lakes andContinue reading “Daruk’s Song, Part 1: Activating Shrines”
Rohta Chigah Shrine Wars
A long time ago, in a galaxy blog far, far away. . . we entered the Rohta Chigah Shrine. And there we stayed for over three months. This is the story of what we endured, what we learned, and how we (finally) escaped. First, some disclaimers. We two Zelders are no longer located in the same city, soContinue reading “Rohta Chigah Shrine Wars”
Nintendo’s White Rabbit
Yesterday, the Zeldaverse was all atwitter[1] at news that Nintendo was pushing back to spring 2023 the release of the sequel to Breath of the Wild. Since last June, when the second BOTW2 trailer aired at E3 2021, Zelda fans had been hoping for a return to the skies and lands of Hyrule in 2022. Legend of Zelda seriesContinue reading “Nintendo’s White Rabbit”
Nintendo 64 Controller for Switch
We Zelders are susceptible to nostalgia. Call something retro and we are likely to spring for it – or, as the case so often is with Nintendo, pine for it. Thus, when the wireless Nintendo 64 controller for Switch became (theoretically) available last October, Demelza mulled over purchasing one for all of five minutes before decidingContinue reading “Nintendo 64 Controller for Switch”