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Friday24th Sep 2021
And they launch next month
Nintendo fans in Japan will soon be able to pick up new physical versions of both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 that include their respective DLC, it's been announced. Nintendo shared the news yesterday during all the Direct commotion (the Japanese broadcasts of Directs often contain the odd...
Thursday23rd Sep 2021
We can't believe what we're seeing
We hope you're ready for today's edition of 'players are doing utterly crazy things in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild', because this one's pretty bonkers. A player named YukinoSan has managed to successfully shoot and destroy one of the Guardians patrolling Hyrule Castle with an arrow which was fired from...
Tuesday21st Sep 2021
Random IGN's 'Best Video Game Of All Time' Tournament Is Getting WILD
You younguns need to play more NES games
[Update: Thu 30th Sep, 2021 14:30 BST] God of War (2018) is the winner, beating out Grand Theft Auto V. [Original: Tue 21st Sep, 2021 21:30 BST] Is Chrono Trigger better than Burnout 3? According to IGN's audience, it is not. Also,
Monday13th Sep 2021
Random Four Years Later, Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Discovers Spicy Pepper Trick
Who knew they were this useful?
If you saw a pepper that big, you'd be shocked too. Zelda: Breath of the Wild players seem to discover exciting new tricks and glitches every other day, even though the game's already been out for more than four years at this point. We've seen Hyrule be sent into chaos, areas where
Tuesday7th Sep 2021
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Latest 'Glitch Craze' Involves Sticking Things To Link
Stuck on you
Oh boy, have there been a lot of glitches discovered in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not a week seems to go by without someone finding a new exploit or unintentional quirk, and the latest one happens to be one of the most bizarre yet. It involves things sticking to Link's arm, and creates all kinds of weird and wonderful gameplay...
Monday6th Sep 2021
Random New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Glitch Lets You Fireproof Wooden Weapons
Death Mountain with a Deku Leaf
Another day, another tasty little Breath of the Wild glitch for you all. Yes, the game that keeps on giving... er, keeps on giving! The latest glitch for the four-year-old open-world adventure enables you to make any flammable weapon in your arsenal totally 'fireproof'. This means you could, theoretically, scale the...
Thursday2nd Sep 2021
Random Have You Seen This Hidden Dialogue In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?
Link! Link! Link? LINK.
If you just can't get enough of Princess Zelda's Princess-Diana-but-sad voice in Breath of the Wild, then get ready to start the game over again, because this Reddit user just found some extra dialogue that you'll only see if you do the story out of order. The first quest you get after leaving the Great Plateau is to find...
Sunday22nd Aug 2021
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 'Second Wind' Expansion Mod Adds Age Of Calamity Boss And Mammoths
The "large-scale" fan-made DLC just got even better
Nintendo is seemingly done with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild but that hasn't stopped the modding community from showing continued support for one of the best games available on the Switch and Wii U. Earlier this year, an unofficial Breath of the Wild expansion titled 'Second Wind' was...
Thursday12th Aug 2021
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Investigates The Game's Scrapped Poison Water
A deeper dive into how it would have worked
Over the years, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild players have uncovered all sorts of secrets from glitches that cause chaos to "impossible" treasure chests and even a
Monday9th Aug 2021
News New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild PC Mod Makes The Game Look Better Than Ever
8K visuals and ray tracing - but there's more than one catch
Zelda: Breath of the Wild looks amazing on Switch, but modders – using an emulated version of the game – have been working on making it look even more fantastic via the magic of PC hardware for the past few years now. Take German modder Digital Dreams, who has managed to get Breath of...
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Takes The Old Man To Meet... Another Old Man?
Seeing double
At this point, we're all aware that there are plenty of different things to see and do in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, along with an equal number of ways to have fun simply exploring Hyrule and messing about with the world around you. Having said that, here's something we'd ne
Tuesday3rd Aug 2021
Random Someone Made A Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Version Of Google Maps Street View
Revisit your favourite locations in Hyrule
Have you been wanting to return to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to revisit all of the famous landmarks and locations in the game, but just don't have the time? Well, there's now a new way to travel about the land of Hyrule, and you don't even have to boot up your own copy of the game. Fan,...
Tuesday27th Jul 2021
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Shares Mesmerising Combat Montage
And makes the rest of us look like amateurs
We do the cool-walking-away-from-explosions thing when we play too... Ahem. Zelda: Breath of the Wild features a number of terrifying foes – the Guardians and their light beam of doom have you running for your life in the game's early stages, and just as you get to grips with them, you then have the...
Tuesday20th Jul 2021
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Beats Game Without Stepping In The Same Spot Twice
"A fiddly, spiralling, backtracking journey..."
How would you plot your route through Hyrule? In its four-and-a-bit years, Zelda: Breath of the Wild has remained an ever-popular game thanks to its wonderful gameplay, seemingly never-ending secrets and glitches, and its variety of speedrunning possibilities. For Twitch streamer Everest Pipkin, one...
Saturday17th Jul 2021
News PowerA Has Released A Blood Moon Zelda Controller For Switch
The blood moon rises once again
Fancy a new Zelda-themed Pro Controller for your Nintendo Switch? No worries, PowerA has got you covered. The accessory maker has released a Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Blood Moon Enhanced Wireless Pro Controller for Switch. It's available right now in the UK for £39.99. It's also out next month on 15th...
Saturday10th Jul 2021
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Hacker Arrested For Selling Modified Save Data
Was sold online as the "ultimate save data"
We've heard in the past about crackdowns on street sales of modded Nintendo hardware and games, but this story is slightly different. Back in April, Tokyo-based Chinese national Ichimin Sho posted an advertisement on a Japanese e-commerce site selling "ultimate save data" for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of...
Friday9th Jul 2021
Gallery First 4 Figures' Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Link Takes Aim
On point
First 4 Figures has carved out quite a niche when it comes to creating officially licenced statues and figures from famous game series. The company has been doing some stellar work with Nintendo of late, with Luigi's Mansion and Metroid being two series that have been immortalised in collectable form.
Tuesday6th Jul 2021
Random This Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 3D Embroidery Is Sew Cool
Link's Appliqué-ening
Embroidery is very cool right now. Maybe it's the pandemic, maybe it's just that we're all desperately in search of a skill that will make us feel creative in an era in which our creativity is constantly monetised and turned into labour. Or maybe it's just that making things with pretty thread colours is fun! Who knows! One...
Monday5th Jul 2021
News Grab The Master Sword Early With This Incredibly Easy Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Glitch
Campfire + Mash 'A' = Voilà
When it comes to Zelda weaponry, the old 'uns are generally the best 'uns in our book. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild might give you a wealth of cool swords and spears and glowing Guardian blades to experiment with, but once you get your mitts on the Master Sword — the series' sacred blade — it can be hard...
UK Charts Mario Golf Holds Onto First Place While Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Returns To The Top Ten
Another decent week for Nintendo in the UK
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 3rd July, and the big news is that Mario Golf: Super Rush has held onto the top spot for the second week running. PlayStation title Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has dropped down the chart from 3rd to 6th place, allowing the evergreen Mario Kart 8...
Sunday4th Jul 2021
Random The Yiga Clan Will Even Steal The Master Sword In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Watch out, Link
It turns out Link is not the only one who can pull the Master Sword in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. YouTube channel ThornyFox recently uploaded a clip of a member of the Yiga Clan stealing the iconic sword. There are admittedly some glitches to get this enemy to appear in The Lost Woods, but after this Link can watch on...
Fancy a rematch with Lord Ghirahim?
The Zelda modder Waikuteru is at it again - this time announcing a brand new expansion for Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It's titled 'The Lost Records' and tells the story of Link's original adventure in the timeline by transporting him back to the Skyview Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Thursday1st Jul 2021
Random The Final 'Impossible' Chest In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Has Been Conquered
The reward is the friends we made along the way
Back in late May we shared a particularly cool feat that had been achieved by a dedicated completionist of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - an 'impossible' chest that had been reached. There's a dedicated group of speedrunners and glitch specialists that have discovered hidden treasure chests...
Wednesday30th Jun 2021
Deals Legend Of Zelda's Revali Lands On The Nintendo UK Store In Fine Form
Add some swagger to your shelf
If you've played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you've almost certainly got your favourite Champion. You know, the four warriors who helped out Link during the Calamity and whose spirits occupy the Divine Beasts used to fight Ganon? We got to spend a lot more time with them in Hyrule Warriors: Age of...
Monday28th Jun 2021
Random A Modder Built Link's House And Animal Crossing's Resident Services In Far Cry 5
Blathers has a gun now
It's incredible that Link's house in Breath of the Wild has captured the public imagination so, considering that it's A) not a very interesting house and B) Link spends about as much time in there as he does with Zelda. Yet, we've had people building the thing in LEGO and
Friday4th Jun 2021
Random "Spaghetti Legs" Guardian Glitch In Zelda: BOTW Looks Like A Scene Out Of 'One Piece'
Gum-Gum Guardian!
If you think you've seen it all in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, think again, because there's a video of a Guardian with "Spaghetti Legs" doing the rounds at the moment. This new clip from the Breath of the Wild subreddit by Bl4ckm4rs, shows a Guardian being hit at full force, and while its body is sent flying, its...
Tuesday25th May 2021
Random One Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's "Impossible" Treasure Chests Has Been Reached
Here's how it was done...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has plenty of hidden secrets to discover that'll keep most players going for well over 100 hours, but when you throw the "impossible" treasure chests into the mix, well... That's another story entirely. For anyone unaware, players have discovered that Breath of the Wild features a...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News Adorable Zelda Korok Merch Has Just Launched In Japan, And We Need It All Right Now
"Yahaha! You'll never get me"
You know how Japan gets all the cool stuff? Yeah, well it's only gone and happened again. A new range of Legend of Zelda series Korok merchandise has launched at Nintendo Tokyo (although the store is actually closed due to Covid-19 at the moment) and the official Japanese online store. Everything is adorable, some of...
Sunday9th May 2021
Random Did You Know Link Can Ride On Giant Barrels In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?
Do a barrel roll!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch is now more than four years old and somehow players are still discovering new things within the kingdom of Hyrule. Over the past few weeks, many players seem to have just found out that Link can actually ride large barrels in the game. It appears to have surprised...
Monday26th Apr 2021
Random Link's Breath Of The Wild House Is Set In A Surprisingly Divine Location
Did Nintendo put it there on purpose?
Well, we hope you're feeling ready for another round of 'Breath of the Wild's been out for four whole years and I had no idea that this was a thing'. Plenty of us have played Zelda: Breath of the Wild to death at this point, but the game still offers up plenty of new surprises. The latest little detail to catch...
