#the legend of zelda 35th anniversary

[doomed-jester]

Very minor spoilers for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ahead (not story spoilers, just about the dungeons/bosses)

So my big issue with Breath of the Wild was that it felt like it lost a big part of the franchise's identity. From the franchise's inception it's had a focus on themed dungeons, key items and unique bosses, though this is more emphasized in A Link to the Past than the earlier entries.

The 4 main dungeons of the game are the divine beasts, which all have the same visual style (ancient sheikah technology) and similar gimmicks (using your sheikah slate to manipulate the 3D dungeon map and move parts of the dungeon)

This reduced sense of theming, and the fact that the game handed you all the tools you'd need to advance from the very start, just made it feel less Zelda to me.

Tears of the Kingdom really rectifies this. I've only been to two dungeons so far, the Water Temple in the skies above Zora's domain, which has reduced gravity, floating platforms and a gimmick centered on the flow of water. It also has a visual style reminiscent of the other sky islands, with white stone.

The fire temple, which I've only just reached, has a very different vibe right off the bat. It's buried in the depths beneath Death Mountain, surrounded by flowing lava, and built from rough red brick and stone. I had been worried that all of the dungeons would be generic sky islands, but thankfully it seems that the different dungeons have distinct visual styles like in older games.

Adding on to the key items, the champion powers are gone in favor of sage powers, which act more like key items (creating a shield of water that can be propelled forward to put out fires or clear away sludge, firing a goron like a fucking cannonball to destroy obstacles and damage enemies). These are necessary for entering and completing their related dungeons, but similar to key items in older games, can have other uses once unlocked (the splash is very useful if you're fighting an igneo talus and running low in arrows, it'll stun it instantly and cool it down enough that climbing it won't burn you)

TL;DR Tears of the Kingdom expands on the open world exploration of Breath of the Wild while bringing back some franchise staples and feeling more like classic Zelda updated for a modern audience.

[errorwarblesrr]

Love how they announced a movie casually with a tweet on a Tuesday night

[fdevitart-portfolio]

Illustration for the 35th anniversary of the videogame franchise “The Legend of Zelda”

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To The Most Fairest and Delightful Princess 👸🏻 of them all.

Born On July 31st, 1989

She is an American actress, director, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of late actor Robin Williams and film producer Marsha Garces Williams. As a voice actress, she is best known for voicing Kuvira in the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra.

She was born 10 days after her father's 38th birthday. Her father stated that he named her after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda video game series. She made her acting debut at age five. At 15, Williams acted in the 2004 film House of D opposite her father and actor Anton Yelchin as the latter's young first love, Melissa Loggia.

In June 2011, both she and her father were featured in a television commercial for the Nintendo 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. On October 25, 2011, she was the special guest host at the London Zelda Symphony Concert at the Hammersmith Apollo, marking the 25th anniversary of the Zelda Series. On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing the new game The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii console. She appears in an interview with Nintendo representatives in which she says that one of her favorite things to do in her free time is play Super Smash Bros. Melee with her friends, always playing as the character Sheik.

She directed the 2024 movie Lisa Frankenstein, her feature-length debut.

PLEASE WISH THIS INCREDIBLE & REMARKABLE YOUNG SHINING STAR 🌟 ✨ OF THE LEGACY OF RW

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

The Beautiful Daughter Of The Legendary Actor / Comedian, RW

PRINCESS 👸🏻 ZELDA WILLIAMS ✨

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 ZELDA

HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. WILLIAMS & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#ZeldaWilliams #RobinWilliams #TheLegendOfZelda

[urbannunxue]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary NES handheld electronic game.

[fauxridium]

Photos taken moments before disaster, happy 35th zelda!

[krusti-socks]

Zelda was my first franchise I fell in love with aaaaa, Happy 35th anniversary!! Here are some links I like :)

[seeksstaronmewni]

Happy 35th anniversary, The Legend of Zelda! @nintendo

“Only the King can play The Legend of Zelda!”

Tweet version here.

[thefreecheese]

The Free Cheese Episode 444: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

The Free Cheese Episode 444: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

This week on The Free Cheese, rejected jokers will always lose.  Our month-long bracket elimination continues as we uncover the greatest sidekick in video game history. The Trivia Dungeon awaits our adventurers with some topical questions as we discuss and rank The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and rank it among the rest of this season’s games so far. Episode Timestamps 8:00 – The Legend of…

[menadoensis]

skyward sword zelda i did for zelda 35th anniversary ♥

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[unseriousguy]

Some Ghibli inspired BOTW drawings I did 

[ocarinaofsociety]

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I love this game. Honestly, it was a game I played literally through my whole four years of high school. Completed it during my last couple months of my last semester. 

I replayed it last year before coronal, and it got me through some tuff times. I usually feel really depressed, but that game really helped me get through a few months last year of just hating like. Things aren't awesome now, but I have people and friends who help me, rather than needing a game lol. 

if you haven't Played Ocarina of Time, please do. It so very much worth the time and money. 

Also, if you want to support me, I do commissioned editing. So just send me a message if you want something made. 

I am writing a book, and have posted the first chapter here! Go check it out and tell me what you think.

[lowpolyanimals]

Squirrel from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

[hyrulehistoria]

Celebrating 35 years of The Legend of Zelda 1986-2021

[check-a-roony]

"...when all of this is over, will you come to wake me up?"

happy 35th, zelda!

[katherinetheassassin]

But courage need not be remembered ... for it is never forgotten. ✨