Zelda Informer is officially entering the Thanksgiving festivities here in the United States tomorrow, and it always comes with a strange sense of appreciation from me. The history surrounding this old holiday is an intriguing one, as it raises many ethical questions about the nature of colonization. Under what right does one kingdom declare another land to be its own? What of the people forced from this land? The colonization of the Western hemisphere by European powers was an incredibly messy affair.
Contrast this with the strangely utopian colonization of New Hyrule portrayed in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Are we to believe the descendants of those who mastered a dominant power in the ancient world, now lost beneath the waves, landed on an already-populated continent and declared themselves the rulers of the land under the jurisdiction of their birthright as mandated by the gods, and not a single hand was raised in dissent?
Tears of the Kingdom may be about to become everyone's new favorite, but there's one DS game that deserves more shine.
KeenGamer: "Nothing says gaming royalty like the iconic duo of Link and Zelda. Let's discuss which version of the duo is best, spanning the entire franchise. There are some versions of the characters that are more memorable and recognisable than others."
For me...
Wind Waker
Twilight Princess
Skyward Sword
BotW
These are the best Link's in that order IMO based on their backstory and general percieved personality in my eyes. Since he is silent in the eyes of the player, gotta rely on hidden backstory, motivations, and interactions with other characters to define the personality part.
Definitely Wind Waker, up until Tetra turned into Zelda which magically stripped her of her spunkyness. But once she's back to being Tetra she's definitely the most badass of the incarnations. This wasn't Link and because of that we got a character that earned the triforce and rised up to be a hero.
OoT. Link's most masculine physique plus just look at how hard that version of Zelda pwns in Super Smash Bros Melee.
The future could be filled with revived Nintendo DS classics. Hopefully it happens!
My kid yesterday proclaimed he liked the DS more than the Switch because the controls work on the go. Then I asked if he would rather have Monster Hunter Stories 2 on Steam or Switch and he chose Steam. So proud!
