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The Jeopardous Jade Djinn Gem

The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle, by Christopher Healy – It had been a while since I’d read the first book in this series, so I didn’t remember all the characters’ personalities, but it’s a fun read. Briar Rose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Xanth, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, a sorceress comes to call, akio higuchi, aliens, apoca lips, cannibalism, christopher healy, coronavirus, fairies, ganon, gerudo, ghosts, gleeok, hobbits, horses, hyrule, jinn, kalkars, league of princes, leevers, mars, mermaids, micicle, moon, nagas, octoroks, princess zelda, puns, shinpei itou, sleeping beauty, t. kingfisher, the crown prince of darkness, the goose girl, the hero's guide to storming the castle, the legend of zelda, the lunar trilogy, the moon maid, the moon men, the red hawk, ursula vernon, venus, zoras |

Not Dying Today

Someone proposed on a Facebook post that you don’t actually kill the monsters in the Dragon Quest series. I don’t think I can link to it, since it’s on a private group. It generally seems like you are killing them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Pokémon, Rick Riordan, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aamon, baramos, candy cats, cats, death, demon lords, demons, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest xi, estark, ganon, goombas, khalamari kids, nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, paper mario: color splash, princess zelda, psaro, resurrection, shigeru miyamoto |

Conquer Yourself

My wife has been playing Kid Icarus: Uprising, and there’s a character in it called Dark Pit. A little bit of research reveals that there’s also a Dark Samus and a Dark Link, or rather several Dark Links and Shadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, biolizard, black doom, bowser koopa jr., calatia, clones, coming home, dark link, dark meta knight, dark mirror, dark pit, dark samus, dimension mirror, doppelgangers, dr. eggman, dr. gerald robotnik, dr. ivo robotnik, four swords adventures, ganon, in search of the king, kid icarus of myths and monsters, kid icarus uprising, king charles, king dedede, kirby and the amazing mirror, kirby triple deluxe, link, luigi mario, manga, maria robotnik, mario mario, metroid prime, mirror of truth, mirror world, mother brain, nintendo, nintendo comics system, ocarina of time, palutena, pandora, phaaze, phazon, pit, pittoo, pop star, princess lana, project shadow, putt, samus aran, shadow dedede, shadow kirby, shadow link, shadow mario, shadow the hedgehog, simon belmont, space pirates, spirit tracks, super mario sunshine, the adventure of link, the legend of zelda four swords, triforce, vaati, valiant comics, videoland, waluigi, wario |

Hyrule on the Hog

Years ago, I wrote a post on how common people turning into pigs is in mythology and fantasy. More recently, this post on Power of Babel also addressed the theme of pig-people, specifically that of orcs with the heads of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chinese, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Games, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged brothers hildebrandt, bull demon king, chohakkai, chu pa'chieh, david c. sutherland iii, dr. ivo robotnik, dungeons and dragons, four swords adventures, ganon, george macdonald, gnolls, goblins, goriyas, gyumao, gyumao hakkai, journey to the west, king bowser koopa, moblins, ocarina of time, orcs, pigs, sleeping beauty, the wind waker, trident, triforce, zhu bhajie |

The Game Names

The name “Gannon” is now on the list of top baby names, but unfortunately it probably doesn’t have anything to do with the blue pig from the Zelda games. The poorly written opening story in the original Legend of Zelda … Continue reading →

Posted in Castlevania, Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alucard, gannon, ganon, ganondorf, god of war, kratos, mortal kombat, names, raiden, robin williams, zelda fitzgerald, zelda williams |

Let’s Be Fair to Fairies

Fairies in the Zelda series are largely of the English variety of tiny people with wings and magical powers, but there are exceptions. The Great Fairies in Ocarina of Time can fly without wings and look kind of like drag … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Cartoons, Comics, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Magic, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, aesop, captain snes, elves, epheremelda, fairies, gaia, ganon, hylians, king hippo, light warriors, link, majora's mask, miff, na'vi, nintendo comics system, nintendo power, oberon, ocarina of time, oxyale, queen venus, seraphina the pabst fairy, spryte, tatl, the honest woodcutter, the legend of zelda, the wind waker, tinker bell |

Nintendo in Book Form

I grew up in the heyday of Choose Your Own Adventure books, which allowed the reader to make choices from a list of options at certain junctures in the narrative. A lot of them led to death, because that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Donkey Kong, Games, Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged brain drain, cheep cheeps, choose your own adventure, dinosaur dilemma, dinosaur land, donkey kong jr., doors to doom, double trouble, dungeons and dragons, flown the koopa, ganon, hammer brothers, iggy koopa, king bowser koopa, koopa capers, leaping lizards, link, ludwig von koopa, luigi, magikoopas, mario and luigi: bowser's inside story, monster mix-up, morton koopa jr., mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, narnia solo games, nintendo adventure books, pipe down!, princess peach toadstool, super mario world, the crystal trap, the shadow prince, toad, triforce, unjust desserts, wart, wendy o. koopa, wooster, yoshi |

Excuse Me, Princess!

I’ve written a bit about DiC’s Legend of Zelda cartoon before, but now I’ve finished watching the DVD set, so I suppose it’s time to return to it. It was actually part of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged eve plumb, fairies, ganon, hyrule, inspector gadget, king harkinian, link, luigi, maurice lamarche, moon unit zappa, norman fell, oberon, princess zelda, the legend of zelda |

Comics from Calatia

In addition to the Mario and Captain N comics, Valiant’s Nintendo Comics System also included a Zelda series. Like the others, it was influenced by the DiC cartoons, which means we get a lot of Link hitting on Zelda, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged calatia, fairies, ganon, hyrule, link, miff, nintendo comics system, spryte, triforce |

Hello from Hyrule

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia – This book on the Zelda series is quite attractive, but does its content stack up? Well, let’s take a look. To begin with, the volume is divided into four parts. The first is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, ganon, hyrule, hyrule historia, link, ocarina of time, princess zelda, skyward sword, the adventure of link, the legend of zelda, timeline |