The Zelda Cast

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September 08, 2025 Episode 384 - Reviewing Zelda Dungeon’s Top 25 Favorite Nintendo-Published Switch Games!
We're here to bid farewell, once and for all, to the original Nintendo Switch console, as this week, we review Zelda Dungeon’s Top 25 Favorite Nintendo-Published Switch Games! This staff feature, which was published by our amazing writing team, serves as a final homage to the hybrid console, and we go over the list to see what we agree and disagree with! Tons of Zelda games top the list as you might expect, but we also get in depth about how Pokemon, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, and even Kirby did on the Switch, so come let us know what you think!
All this, PLUS Al's thoughts on the Stardew Valley concert, Andy's thoughts on Silksong and The Last of Us Part 2 (so far!), and a tease for our next Hyrule Historia episode! Come hang out with us!

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1 hr 30 min
September 01, 2025 Episode 383 - Hyrule Historia: Analyzing The Complete History of the Imprisoning War
We're debuting a brand new sub series today, where we focus on the lore of a particular topic and dive in to give context, our opinions, and our thoughts! Appropriately enough, we've titled this series Hyrule Historia, and we thought what better way to kick it off than by examining what we know about the most famous conflict in the Zelda series: the Imprisoning War! We talk about the two different interpretations of this conflict, from A Link to the Past and Tears of the Kingdom, discuss how the timeline impacts these conflicts, if Demon King Ganondorf and Demise are one and the same, who could be the missing Sage of Forest (if anyone), and so much more!
Tell us what you think of this new series and leave suggestions for what you'd like us to cover in the future! Don't forget to brush up on your copy of Hyrule Historia for future eps!

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1 hr 7 min
August 25, 2025 Episode 382 - Which Zelda Titles Were The Best Game On Their Console and More Daily Debates Answered!
We're back again this week with more Zelda Daily Debates! We're chiming in on which decade of Zelda we think was the best, which board game we think should inspire a Zelda tabletop game, what Zelda titles could claim to be a Nintendo console's best game, and more!
All this plus some discussion on Kirby Air Riders and the release date reveal for Hollow Knight: Silksong! Come hang out!

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1 hr 9 min
August 18, 2025 Episode 381 - Definitively Ranking Phantom Hourglass
Definitive Ranking is back, and this time, we're going back to 2007 to rank the maiden voyage on the Nintendo DS: Phantom Hourglass! We’re Definitively Ranking the controversial title, assigning scores to each of the ten key categories that define a great Zelda game: the world, the art style, the gameplay, the pacing, the story, the music, the enemies and bosses, the dungeons, the items, and the side content. Andy and Al are on different pages, so come and weigh in and see which team you're on!
All this, PLUS some Donkey Kong Bananza and Tales of the Shire discussion! Come hang out!

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1 hr 9 min
August 11, 2025 Episode 380 - Zelda's Percentages: Will We See Nintendo DS / 3DS Ports On Switch 2?
Zelda's Percentages returns! The premise remains the same: we make a statement and then assign a percentage on the likelihood of that statement coming true. This week we answered your submitted statements! We cover everything from the Legend of Zelda movie box office predictions, the possibility of Nintendo DS / 3DS games on NSO, and how many new mainline game entries will we see on Nintendo Switch 2?
All this plus a lengthy "discussion" on what constitutes an A-List vs B-List Hollywood actor. Come hang out with us!

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1 hr 16 min
August 06, 2025 Episode 379 Redux - New Age of Imprisonment Trailer Breakdown and Theories (VERSION 2.0!!)
UPDATE: Sooooo let's try that again! Last week, we had a technical snafu for this episode, aka, I named the previous weeks file 379 by mistake and then re-uploaded it this week. The right audio has since been uploaded, but I know a lot of you had a hard time getting the right episode, so I decided to just re-upload all together! Sorry for the trouble folks - let's all agree to blame it on Corey! Thanks all!
- Andy

Earlier this week, Nintendo showcased their latest Partner Direct, and in it, we saw the latest trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment! While there wasn't a ton of info revealed, there was enough shown for us to sink our teeth into, including: who is the Gerudo sage, and could she be a familiar name to us? What or who is being built an the end of the trailer and could it be related to the Ancient Hero? What's up with Fi's theme playing at the end? These, plus many other questions, observations, and theories!
All this, PLUS we go over the latest Nintendo financials and talk about what other games shown off in the Direct we're interested in! Come hang out!

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1 hr 14 min
August 04, 2025 Episode 379 - New Age of Imprisonment Trailer Breakdown and Theories!
Earlier this week, Nintendo showcased their latest Partner Direct, and in it, we saw the latest trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment! While there wasn't a ton of info revealed, there was enough shown for us to sink our teeth into, including: who is the Gerudo sage, and could she be a familiar name to us? What or who is being built an the end of the trailer and could it be related to the Ancient Hero? What's up with Fi's theme playing at the end? These, plus many other questions, observations, and theories!
All this, PLUS we go over the latest Nintendo financials and talk about what other games shown off in the Direct we're interested in! Come hang out!

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1 hr 14 min
July 28, 2025 Episode 378 - Zelda Movie Casting Thoughts and Reactions!
The gang is back from the Zelda Dungeon Marathon and has a bit more time to fully digest the recent casting news in the upcoming Zelda movie! We go over and give our thoughts on Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason being cast as Link and Zelda, respectively. We also give our thoughts on what game the movie will most likely follow plot-wise, when we would have Link speak and who it could be modelled after, and list off several actors who could play Ganondorf!
All this, PLUS some Marathon final thoughts, Middle-Earth: The Podcast news, and much more! Come hang out with us!

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1 hr 23 min
July 21, 2025 Episode 377 - Live From The Zelda Dungeon Marathon!
Well, we didn't have a show last week because we were keeping a big secret - Andy was able to get a last minute trip booked to the 2025 Zelda Dungeon Marathon, which was an incredible success, raising nearly $12K for No Kid Hungry! This also meant that Andy and Al got to podcast together in person, and we decided that we wanted to let our friends and fellow attendee's get in on the action! We'll hear from Cal, Adrielle, Katherine, Sean, Ashtyn, Palimer, and so many more as we discuss an incredible week of gaming, charity, friendship, and so much more!
PLUS, our thoughts on the new Zelda movie casting - more to come on that next week! Be well everyone!

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58 min
July 07, 2025 Episode 376 - Daily Debates Answered + Zelda Dungeon Marathon Info
We're back this week and getting ready for the Zelda Dungeon Marathon next week, which you can read all about here! Al will be attending, and she fills us in on what to expect. After that, we get into some Zelda Daily Debates, including how past Zelda games could work in voice notes, which Zelda characters are desperately missing from Smash Bros., what our favorite version of Dark Link is, if we can expect to see Farosh, Dinraal, and Naydra's transformation in Age of Imprisonment, and more!
All this, PLUS some discussion of the recent Microsoft layoffs, and a Linkin Bark cameo as he tries to answer a Daily Debate!

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1 hr 13 min

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