tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12031730304046770202024-03-16T08:37:11.522+01:00Hyrule Blog - The Zelda BlogThis blog features news, articles, content, analysis, opinions and predictions about The Legend of Zelda and Hyrule Warriors, but also about other Nintendo franchises like Metroid or Super Smash Bros. Written by Tourian Tourist.TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1967125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-80475185287171092462024-02-28T23:04:00.516+01:002024-03-02T12:56:34.145+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 32It's been over nine months since Tears of the Kingdom was released and I'm still trying to complete it, where my motivation isn't the highest, but I play from time to time, and I avoid to start any other games. Maybe I can reach the 100% before the game grows one year old...? Let's see.In any case, I've made some good progress during the remainder of February, where I was able to locate and checkTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-25165850586955435372024-02-10T14:23:00.001+01:002024-02-10T14:36:45.219+01:00The State of SilksongThe sequel to the beloved Hollow Knight was announced by Team Cherry about five years ago, on Valentine's Day 2019, with an impressive trailer and a detailed statement. A playable demo followed shortly after at E3 2019, which was even featured by Nintendo Treehouse: Live, where it all looked very promising. Then it took three years for another trailer to release, announcing the game for Xbox GameTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-41421740074962605632024-02-10T12:37:00.006+01:002024-02-13T15:13:02.931+01:00About the Next Nintendo Direct...You've heard the rumors, you've heard the "leaks", but they all don't matter, because what matters are facts. Fact is, however, that Nintendo likes to host a Nintendo Direct presentation around February to show us what's in store during the next six months or so. The only exception in the last five years was February 2020, where they've focused exclusively on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-4947091319349758312024-02-09T17:22:00.004+01:002024-02-09T17:24:34.055+01:00Zelda Orchestra Concert (Nintendo Live 2024)Today Nintendo has released a recording of the Zelda concert that was planned for Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, but had to be cancelled due to threats. So, this was without an audience, but still something for the world to enjoy.It was very beautiful, I had one or two tears in my eyes at some point, especially around the Link's Awakening and Breath of the Wild parts, where I really would love to get TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-39765739802828392442024-02-09T00:46:00.005+01:002024-02-09T10:39:42.372+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 31This will be a continuation from the last entry, where I'm tying up its loose ends. This means that I've managed to locate the final missing Hinox and Talus, as well as the last Addisons for some rewards, where I'm not all too happy about it all went. In addition, I'm faced with a new mystery about missing side quests... The Last MedalsAfter my last search, I had exactly one more Hinox and TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-90343469839446894412024-01-25T23:43:00.003+01:002024-02-06T22:43:33.684+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 30At the heart of Hyrule lies Lookout Landing, your base of operations. This is where you get most of your main assignments, but also a variety of trophy items, where I have my eyes on those. There were more Hinox to hunt, Taluses to crush, and wells to find, which is what I've primarily been up to for the last two weeks. But I also found the missing Old Maps, as well as lots of Koroks on the way..TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-47873249773743960812024-01-24T11:31:00.004+01:002024-01-24T17:53:31.233+01:00Zelda Orchestra Concert AnnouncedToday Nintendo has announced via Twitter that they are going to release an orchestra concert for The Legend of Zelda on Friday, February 9th, where we will be able to watch the pre-recorded concert on Youtube. Well, that's certainly cheaper than visiting a live symphony, but I also wouldn't mind if something like the Symphony of the Goddesses were to return at some point.This is giving me 25th TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-13201271248039893302024-01-19T17:57:00.004+01:002024-01-19T17:57:56.272+01:00Tears of the Kingdom – More Nintendo Switch IconsStarting today, Nintendo will distribute four new waves of Nintendo Switch Online user icons about Tears of the Kingdom. There will be a cute, little Backpack Korok icon, among others, adding to the 101 icon elements from before, though some of those are returning as well.Right now they also have the icons for the five Zonai abilities: Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, Recall, and Autobuild. They look TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-43617350222141240252024-01-19T11:08:00.000+01:002024-01-19T11:08:27.755+01:00Nintendo Switch: Remaster & Port Wish ListThe Nintendo Switch will soon enter its eighth year and has the potential to become the best-selling video game system of all time, if Nintendo keeps it going for a little while longer. Still, they are with all certainty in the middle of preparing its successor and a number of new games for it, where it's even likely that any big titles that remain, like Metroid Prime 4, are going to be saved forTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-27271367793103070622024-01-14T23:23:00.004+01:002024-01-18T13:36:29.071+01:00The Future of Zelda Remakes & Remasters "Aus Alt mach Neu."This is a German saying that translates to "from old make new", and fits nicely into the topic of enhanced ports, remasters, and remakes of video games. You may not like it, you may not need it, but it's an important topic nevertheless, because it helps keeping games accessible to newer generations of gamers, while it's also always a chance to improve older games, to makeTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-40893351126829368132024-01-12T17:31:00.009+01:002024-01-13T10:19:03.056+01:00Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: New SpiritsThere's currently an event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where you can obtain four new Spirits from the Spirit Board. These are:Rauru from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomNoah & Mio from Xenoblade Chronicles 3Deep Cut from Splatoon 3Oatchi from Pikmin 4Each of these games would have been worth a Spirit Event of their own, where the last one to receive such an event was Metroid DreadTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-25576922161684601082024-01-08T23:46:00.008+01:002024-01-10T23:23:09.607+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 29This was going to be the last update of the year 2023, but I hadn't reached my intended milestone yet, where over Christmas and the New Year I've been mainly hunting different materials to enhance all of my armor sets to ★★★★.I've also been adding a good number of entries to my Hyrule Compendium, where both of this went hand in hand at times, because with certain materials and critters it really TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-21536700425933841832024-01-03T19:16:00.003+01:002024-01-08T00:34:48.657+01:00The Future of Zelda After Tears of the KingdomWith The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild a new era began for the Zelda series, where by now the game got its own spin-off prequel with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and of course a whole sequel – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all set in the Hyrule established by Breath of the Wild.But where will we go from here? Will Tears of the Kingdom shape the future of the series on TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-71606612370786479952024-01-01T14:50:00.002+01:002024-01-03T09:44:00.896+01:00Dawn of a New Year – 2024The year 2023 is over and most Zelda fans should be still digesting the big meal, which came in the form of Tears of the Kingdom, or maybe even still busy with playing the game, because it's quite a lot to do. We're now in the calm after the storm and with that in mind we shouldn't expect much from the year 2024, at least when it comes to The Legend of Zelda.There has been a pattern here, where TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-91350819072703292652023-12-31T13:23:00.047+01:002024-01-01T01:38:19.582+01:002023 – Year of the ZonaiIf you were to sum up the year 2023 for most Zelda fans in four words, then these words would be "Tears of the Kingdom". After five years in the making, the sequel to Breath of the Wild finally arrived this year, on May 12th to be exact. And as the next big 3D Zelda game it really has left an impact, where it was the sole focus for the series in 2023.We already knew about the release date when weTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-12977875737405360582023-12-21T22:47:00.012+01:002024-01-07T21:47:33.158+01:00Tears of the Kingdom – Update SuggestionsIt's been stated multiple times by Nintendo that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won't get any DLC, the game is fully done and the Zelda team has with all certainty moved on to the next project for Nintendo's next system. Therefore, we shouldn't expect to see any major updates for the title, let alone any content additions.Still, it's Christmas and we can always make a wish. And at someTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-14101475047122915912023-12-18T21:08:00.005+01:002023-12-18T21:17:04.843+01:00Tears of the Kingdom – What Will Return?In an interview with GameInformer, which took place around the Game Awards last week, producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi talked about various aspects of Tears of the Kingdom. One of the key takeaways here was that they consider the Ultrahand ability to be the big gimmick of the game:Fujibayashi: When we're creating a title, say, Tears of the Kingdom, as you mentioned, the cruxTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-57441336655430607532023-12-17T12:00:00.001+01:002023-12-17T17:27:52.866+01:00Gloomy Christmas!As an early Christmas gift this year, I got an awesome Gloom Spawn figurine. As far as I know, it's something you can only find on Etsy, so it's not official merchandise, but it really should be. The material is very solid and glow-through, where it looks like the real deal with some lighting behind it. There is also some great attention to detail with this one, where for example you can spot theTourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-43877197579113056172023-12-14T15:33:00.004+01:002023-12-14T16:29:09.983+01:00Tears of the Kingdom – New Artwork WallpapersOh, I was hoping for this... After the Game Awards, Nintendo has published this new artwork for Tears of the Kingdom, which just looks absolutely amazing, perfectly capturing the spirit of the game. And Nintendo of Europe has now made it available as wallpapers in different sizes and formats on My Nintendo. It's entirely free, so just go and grab it.Now, this will decorate my desktop for quite TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-59480554596464215162023-12-13T20:23:00.055+01:002023-12-14T00:13:41.873+01:00My Nintendo Switch Year 2023Nintendo lets you view your year in review for the Nintendo Switch now. I've never shared this before, but thought that I should make the extent of my addiction public to create awareness. In all seriousness, there is no big surprise here, since I've been quite busy playing Zelda this year, as you can see. I'm also still regularly playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, mostly just a daily check TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-14176539083098029492023-12-11T21:42:00.004+01:002023-12-12T01:37:04.552+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 28This won't be an actual update, but more of an appendix to the last one. With
the Sea-Breeze Shield in my possession, I had everything I wanted for my weapons
gallery, which meant that it was finally time to share my current "dream home" with you. If you don't care about this topic, then feel free to skip this post, because I haven't made any actual progress since yesterday.And to be honest, TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-52005752025664584322023-12-10T21:30:00.001+01:002024-02-06T22:57:14.968+01:00Tears of the Kingdom Adventure Log, Entry 27Since last time I was mainly busy searching through the skies and the Depths, where I was successful with hunting down all Flux Constructs and Froxes, but not with finding all of the Old Maps yet... Searching the Skies (Once More)My first goal was to find the Hero's Shield, or "Sea-Breeze Shield" how it's now called, which was the only amiibo item I hadn't obtained yet. As a reminder, I had TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-85492957080312816222023-12-09T15:04:00.004+01:002023-12-09T15:06:38.480+01:00My Games of the Year 2018 - 2023With the Game Awards out of the way and looking at back at a year that brought us the next huge Zelda experience, I thought that it was the perfect time to update my games of the year list from six years ago, back when Breath of the Wild blew everyone's mind and scored all the awards. What games have really made my years since then? See for yourself:2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate2019: The TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-57077035443580197412023-12-08T13:30:00.004+01:002023-12-12T15:41:33.473+01:00Tears of the Kingdom @ The Game Awards 2023To the surprise of absolutely no one, Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2023, leaving The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
in the dust. At least the new Zelda title won in the Best Action/Adventure category, but it's quite clear that it hasn't left the same
impact as its predecessor in 2017, even though Nintendo tried hard to
surpass Breath of the Wild on every TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203173030404677020.post-70422804967825907552023-11-24T17:52:00.001+01:002023-11-24T17:56:43.803+01:00Hyrule Blog: Tears of the Kingdom Logo Writing about Tears of the Kingdom the whole year while sporting a logo based on Breath of the Wild felt a bit wrong, so it was finally time to update it, which has also increased its size. I may improve it later on, but this blog has finally arrived in the next era of The Legend of Zelda.In addition, I've updated the icon for Tears of the Kingdom, so it matches the one for Breath of the TourianTouristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14945660624484202344noreply@blogger.com2