The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom It’s almost out, but every day leading up to its release feels like an eternity. The best method to kill time and make time fly by is to play high-quality titles that take Hyrule out of your mind for a while.
To help you in this mission, we have a list of games with a taste of Zelda and that they can entertain you for a good while. Zelda is a highly influential franchise, so there are from large productions to small indie gems that have a similar style and a lot of quality. These are recommendations that span the evolution of the series, so don’t just expect open worlds and complete freedom.
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TUNIC
- Available in: Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Recommended if: you love The Legend of Zelda and miss games with manuals
Indie video games are wonderful because they bet on ideas that big productions let go. Such is the case of TUNICbut we don’t necessarily say that because it is the game of an adventurous little fox that is clearly inspired by the first Zeldabut because, more than a tribute, it wants to act as a time machine.
What we are going to is that the magic of TUNIC is that it transports us to that moment when we put the golden cartridge of Legend of Zelda for the first time on our NES. It makes us feel lost in a world that offers so much more than meets the eye. Luckily, we are not alone: hidden in its levels are pages of a manual that will be our best friend in helping us understand this mysterious world and its language.
okami HD
- Available in: PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Recommended if: you love The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
If there is something you have done to Legend of Zelda a legendary franchise are its games with different styles for different audiences, but that preserve the essence of the original. Most satisfactorily adapt the formula of Zelda and are based on their 2D deliveries; however, some managed to take the best of installments such as Ocarina of Time and twilight princess to make them something of their own.
One of them is okami. This legendary Capcom game takes inspiration from Zelda to take us to a beautiful world full of dangers and puzzles that is based on Japanese mythology. It is a beautiful experience that many consider a better Zelda than many Zelda made by nintendo You have a debt with your video game history if you have not tried it yet okami.
Immortals: Phoenix Rising
- Available for: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Recommended if: you loved the freedom that Breath of the Wild offers
whatThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild invented open worlds? No, but to say he’s not hugely influential is as big a lie as the hills Link sees on his cover. In fact, there are a lot of games that you can tell from miles away that they are dying to be like Breath of the Wild and that is wonderful.
One of the first titles that proudly wore the medal for being inspired by BOTW was Immortals: Phoenix Rising, which is inspired by the exploration and cunning freedom of the game for Nintendo Switch. It is a jewel? Not because it carries classic Ubisoft design decisions that dilute the feeling of adventure. It is in no way a substitute for Tears of the Kingdombut it’s good enough for you to have fun while your copy arrives.
super dungeon maker
- Available for: PC, Nintendo Switch
- Recommended if: You always thought that Nintendo should have released a Zelda Maker
The launch of Super Mario Maker and its sequel left us with a huge question: why the hell hasn’t Nintendo done the same with Legend of Zelda? Perhaps it seems very complicated to them or they simply do not see a market for it. Luckily, where Nintendo ignores fan requests, the indies get to comply.
super dungeon maker it has an extremely honest name. It’s a game about making dungeons: it’s that simple. What draws the attention of many is that their dungeon styles are clearly based on those of games like A Link to The Past, Oracles of Seasons/Ages and A Link Between Worlds. In this way, you can create your dungeon full of dream puzzles or play the jewels already created by the community.
darksiders
- Available for: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Recommended if: you sent letters to Club Nintendo asking for a darker and more violent Zelda
Around the turn of the millennium, many of those gamers who feel too mature for their own good were crying out for a Zelda adult. I don’t know if their perpetual adolescence prevented them from understanding how depressing and bleak it is Majora’s Mask or if by mature they meant showing blood and passionate scenes from a late-night soap opera. What was Nintendo’s response? troll everyone with Wind Wakerhe Zelda most caricatured and childlike appearance that has come out.
Just because Nintendo is overly concerned with getting anything higher than a T from the ESRB isn’t to say we’ll never see a Zelda dark and violent For years, Darksiders has delivered just that with brutal combat, plenty of puzzles, and the brutality many want to see in an adventure of this type. All its deliveries are of quality, but we recommend that it is better to start with the first one and take advantage of the fact that it is available on almost all modern platforms.
Outer Wilds
- Available in: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Recommended if: you think Majora’s Mask is the best Zelda and you love Metroid Prime
In many ways, Outer Wilds is far from The Legend of Zelda. You travel through various planets, it’s in the first person… what does this have to do with the Nintendo saga? Its trailers may not let you watch it, but it’s a unique experience reminiscent of Wind Waker because it feels like a journey; to Skyward Sword by the structure of its levels Majora’s Mask for their time loops.
Out of that, Outer Wilds It can be considered a Zelda for one simple reason: it has a sense of adventure like no other. similar to TUNIC, Outer Wilds It is a game full of mysteries that you have to discover little by little. It is an independent gem that you are going to love, if you consider yourself a fan of The Legend of Zelda.
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
- Available in: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S (backwards compatible)
- Recommended if: Do you want to give a taste to the construction of ToTK
okay okay Look, I’m not stupid or lost my mind. I know that banjo kazooie It’s not even close to being a game similar to Legend of Zeldahowever, our dearest potholes and junk could be the perfect option to warm up engines before Tears of the Kingdom. If you want, consider it some kind of bonus to the list, but its presence makes sense.
I don’t think I’m a genius for saying it (in fact, it’s a joke that’s been repeated so much, it’s like kicking a dead horse), but the mechanics of building Tears of the Kingdom very reminiscent of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Several of its elements are fundamentally different, but if there’s one game that can put your brain into vehicle-building mode, it’s it. Nuts & Bolts. I don’t consider it a great game, but maybe now he’s going to get a second chance at him.
And you, with which games will you kill time before the premiere of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom It will arrive on May 12 on Nintendo Switch. Here you can see all our coverage of this installment.
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