The Legend of Zelda

Why the Nintendo Switch will be the best console ever! In my opinion, I believe that the Nintendo Switch is going to be the best console ever, and here are my reasons. First, I will state the potential in the Nintendo Switch and then I’ll state the reasons that it will succeed.Then I will explain the price of the Nintendo Switch. And finally I will state what there is about the Nintendo Switch that other console can’t do and another thing I will state is why the Nintendo Switch is called the…

In Hyrule Historia next to a picture of Gaepora it states that "The Keepers of the legends protect the secrecy of the ancient documents about the surface and the goddess Sword" along with this Gaepora himself tells Link that knowlege of the goddess swords location and excistance is only known to a select few in Skyloft. Looking a bit deeper…

A little girl is in her room playing a video game. The girl had broken her arm and had to go to physical therapy. The game she was playing was specifically designed for her to help get better. Doctors have been prescribing video games for physical therapy. I believe using video games as therapy is a very good decision because it can help people recover easily without as much pain as regular therapy. First off, video games as therapy is safe and effective for patients. While playing…

handmaid. Unfortunately, dystopian future has seldom seemed this relevant. • Nintendo: Switch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdWd8fUC71g For its first Super Bowl commercial, Nintendo decided to showcase what their new console can do. The new Legend of Zelda, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are only some of the launch titles we are looking forward to. • 84 Lumber: The Journey Begins…

Men. As clear as day, the default setting, for almost anything; unless it has to do with marketing, then the default is a sexy blonde woman who is half naked, trying to sell cologne on a six-foot poster. If women can sell all of these products, why does the marketing industry think that video games with female leads won’t sell? And, why is it that men are always thought of first in a positive way, and women second to mind in a demeaning way? Sex role stereotyping. Sex role stereotyping is hard…

containing violence for many reasons, including those who partake in the games experiences “decreases in prosocial behavior, empathy, and sensitivity to aggression” (Albanese). As someone who grew up playing video games such as Mortal Kombat, The Legend of Zelda, Mario Brothers, etc., I found the premise of many arguments against violence in video games ridiculous. I do not consider myself a violent person, despite inflicting “fatalities” on my opponents and having the on screen prompt to…

The reading Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, by Tom Bissel addresses change within video games and how these games have changed and how they affect the author. Video games have gone through a major change within recent times and have evolved from simple button mashing games with very uncomplicated themes and narrative to something much more complex. Modern technology has allowed video games to vastly improve storytelling and visuals by allowing much more content to be stored in medium;…

Nintendo Vs. Sony Nintendo and Sony. These two rival companies have played a huge part in the advancement of video games for the past 20 years. Nintendo, a video game manufacturer and licenser, and Sony, an electronics and media producer. Nintendo and Sony share huge differences and similarities, from innovations to producing in-house games, these two computer electronics corporations know games and they know their consumers. Nintendo, developed their first video game and home console in 1985…

“ The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.” These words are from Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who created many popular icons in the gaming world. This man has been referred to as “ the father of modern video games ,” but he doesn’t receive a higher salary than any other employees at Nintendo on his own accord . Despite growing up about two decades before video games existed, Shigeru Miyamoto is one of the most well known people in the…

pretty impressive inventions throughout the years such as the gameboy, nintendo 64, gamecube and many more. In 2006 Nintendo came out with the Nintendo Wii. The nintendo wii came out with many new games such as Super mario and super mario world and new Zelda games. The Wii also had hand motion features and new Wii sports which conducted hand movements of many sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Tennis and boxing. The Nintendo company has came out with an upgraded version of a Game Cube called…