Before Link was saving Hyrule from a mysterious spreading rot and other malevolence in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, he had a much simpler mission: Kiss Zelda. In 2023, Polygon is ...

Leaks for the next mainline 2D Zelda game coming out in 2027 have suggested Ganondorf will be the star instead of Link, and that’s actually good news.

The Legend of Zelda has largely been defined by its central conflict. Boiled down to its basest essence, it is a clash of good versus evil. Good is represented by the Hylian hero Link and Princess ...

Juliet Childers is an avid reader, writer, editor, and gamer based in Texas. She attended the University of Houston where she majored in Creative Writing with a business minor. She works mainly as a ...

Last week, Polygon ran a definitive breakdown of The Legend of Zelda’s ridiculously byzantine timeline and where both Breath of the Wild and the upcoming Tears of the Kingdom fell on it. But we also ...

The answer to this question is yes, but not in the way you might expect. In the opening minutes of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, you will take control of a maxed-out Link, trying to rescue a ...

With Link defeated in the Downfall Timeline, the evil Ganondorf manages to steal the completed Triforce and transforms into a monstrous beast. This begins the Imprisoning War. However, Ganondorf ...

The Legend of Zelda is one of the most storied series in video games. With dozens of mainline games and spin-offs, Nintendo has put together an extensive cast of characters to star alongside series’ ...

I love The Legend of Zelda. Some of my earliest memories are of putting Link’s Awakening into my brothers tapped up old Game Boy and firing it up, exploring my way through the peculiar Koholint Island ...

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Ganon is the main villain of The Legend of Zelda and the wielder of the Triforce of Power. He made his chronological debut as Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time when he stole the power ...