Released simultaneously for the Game Boy Color, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons marked the first…
Renan Fontes
Renan Fontes
An avid-lover of all things Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, and The Legend of Zelda, Renan spends most of his time passionately raving about Dragon Ball and thinking about how to apply Marxist theory to whatever video game he's currently playing.
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“It is an endless cycle of life… the changing seasons!” The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages…
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‘Hyrule’ is synonymous with The Legend of Zelda. The series’ most prominent fictional kingdom, it has appeared in…
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Zelda’s Hero: Making the Most of Motion Controls in Skyward Sword
by Renan Fontesby Renan Fontes“We named the protagonist Link because he connects people together.” If The Legend of Zelda has one…
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Tri Force Heroes: When Single Player Multiplayer Zelda Goes Wrong
by Renan Fontesby Renan FontesThe average Zelda sequel is unique, creative, and emblematic of everything that makes the franchise so engrossing. Then there’s Tri Force Heroes.
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Some games are naturally subtler about where they lift their inspiration from than others, but no Zelda is as intimate with their connection to A Link to the Past as A Link Between Worlds – for better or worse…
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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is similar to Majora’s Mask in more ways than one. Both…
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Revisiting The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Few franchises committed to the central premise of the Nintendo…
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“The whole world is expecting the greatest Zelda game ever, isn’t it?” – Satoru Iwata on The Legend…
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“Our two development themes for a Zelda on the GBA were 1) to do something no one…
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The Legend of Zelda and the Curious Case of Four Swords Adventures
by Renan Fontesby Renan FontesBundled together with A Link to the Past’s Game Boy Advance re-release, Four Swords was a game…
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‘The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker’ and the Call of the Great Sea
by Renan Fontesby Renan Fontes“Zelda is a game that values reality over realism.” Running from 1989 to 2001, Space World was…
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‘Four Swords Anniversary Edition’: A Misguided Multiplayer Reinvention
by Renan Fontesby Renan FontesWhat should have been The Legend of Zelda’s grand foray into multiplayer gaming has become little more…
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‘The Legend of Zelda’s Linked Game: A Grand Finale for the Ages
by Renan Fontesby Renan FontesThe Game Boy Color couldn’t have asked for two better games to end its illustrious career on…
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‘Majora’s Mask’ and the Challenge of One-Upping ‘Ocarina of Time’
by Renan Fontesby Renan FontesThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is not a particularly challenging game, but it also couldn’t…
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Ocarina of Time is often compared directly to A Link to the Past when discussing The Legend…
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The Legend of Marin: How ‘Link’s Awakening’ Gave ‘Zelda’ Character
by Renan Fontesby Renan Fontes“For this game, I really tried to create characters with personality, so that’s what I’d like you…
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“Long ago, in the beautiful kingdom of Hyrule surrounded by mountains and forests . . .” A…
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If there’s one thing the original Legend of Zelda values above all else, it’s player freedom. In…
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The Manual Matters: ‘The Legend of Zelda’ How It Was Meant to Be Played
by Renan Fontesby Renan Fontes“Can Link really destroy Ganon and save Princess Zelda? Only your skill can answer that question. Good…