The Champions' Cast - Zelda Dungeon Podcast

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is finally out, and we have a lot of thoughts! This week, Andy and Al go through the game up until the beginning of Chapter 3! Come hear which Champions we loved playing as, which ones we didn't like, our thoughts the story so far, which boss battles we enjoyed, what side quests we've gotten around to doing, and so much more! THERE ARE SPOILERS UP UNTIL CHAPTER 3! If you haven't gotten too far into the game, bookmark this episode and come back later! You've been warned! Come listen to our initial thoughts and let us know what Champion is your favorite to play as, and make sure you join us next next week as we do a full spoilercast! Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Welcome to... Virtual Theater?! We've got a special episode for you! I'm moving this weekend and Al is busy, so instead of skipping a week, we decided to pull an episode out of the vaults that up until now has been Patreon exclusive to Virtual Theater podcast listeners! If you didn't know, Virtual Theater is my other podcast, where we focus on video game movies and the stories that shape them, and one sub-series we've been doing is an episode-by-episode commentary on the ridiculous Legend of Zelda 80's cartoon! Come and laugh with Gooey and I as we go over episode #1 "The Ringer"! If you like what you hear and want to listen to more, please consider heaving over to Virtual Theater's Patreon page and becoming a member to get the rest of the series plus tons of other bonus content! Enjoy, and see everyone in real time next week!   SUPPORT VIRTUAL THEATER ON PATREON!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Virtual Theater - @VirtualTheaterX Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Gooey Fame - @gooeyfame Alasyn El

Our biggest annual feature is finally here! Best Zelda Ever 2020 has dropped, and Alasyn and Andy weigh in on where their personal picks differed from the rest of the Zelda Dungeon staff and if they're happy with the overall list! Read the original article here and follow along with us as go game by game! Come for the list, but stay for the lack of mercy shown to Tri Force Heroes! If you haven't already, check out our boy Jokabi's album Chilltendo, where you can find the Forest Temple and Twilight Realm beats used in today's episode!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Wow. That was certainly a twist, wasn't it? This week, we go FULL SPOILERS into our thoughts on the story and premise of Age of Calamity? How does it all fit together? Will this change the events of Breath of the Wild and Breath of the Wild 2? What other games or movies have used a similar trope well? Are we disappointed or excited? All this, and so much more! PLUS, our thoughts on the actual gameplay! How are Impa and Zelda to control? What's up with the frame rate? How are the new voice actors? Come theorize with us and let us know your own theories!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Happy Halloween everybody! We've got a scaaaaary episode for you today that focuses all on the scariest dungeons and locals in the Zelda series! Of course, we know places like the Shadow Temple and Arbiter’s Grounds will show up, but what makes them so scary? What other dungeons try to be scary and miss the mark? And does darkness = spooky? Come hang with us as we get into the Halloween spirit, and also hear our thoughts on Hestu in Age of Calamity and a cool Symphony of the Mask trick!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Get ready to groove this week! The gang break down all their thoughts about the final piece of DLC for the rhythm based Zelda adventure Cadence of Hyrule. How is playing as Skull Kid? What are the different masks like? Is the music as great as what we expect? Will the punishing difficulty be too much for some players to overcome? And more importantly - should you buy it? Come see if Symphony of the Mask is music to our ears or a broken record! PLUS - Who was that guy at the end of the latest Age of Calamity trailer? We have some thoughts! Come find out!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Last week, I boldly claimed that Monk Maz Koshia, the final boss from The Champions' Ballad, might be the greatest boss fight in the entire series. This week, we put that to the test, as Alasyn, Rod Lloyd and I all came up with top ten lists for the best of the series! Epic final confrontations? You know it! Seriously fun fights with cool items? Yessir! Classic Zelda enemies and new ones alike? Of course! Come debate with us and make sure you let us know your own top 10 lists!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

It's time to put a bow on the emotional and fantastic DLC from Breath of the Wild! Today, we go over all of the trials and Shrines in each Champions song, talk about the Final Divine Beast, gush over that amazing final boss fight, and explore whether or not the extra memories added in The Champions' Ballad did enough for each Champion, and how Age of Calamity can finally give us closure for Mipha, Urbosa, Daruk, and Revali.   All this PLUS our thoughts on Minecraft Steve joining Smash Bros.! You do not want to miss this action packed episode!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

The episode we promised you a month ago is finally here, and it's too big to fit into one part! Come relive Breath of the Wild's DLC with us as we cover the initial announcement, that incredible trailer from The Game Awards, all the bonus outfits and sidequests, the Great Plateau enemy camps and Shrines, our thoughts on the One Hit Obliterator, and if we liked the Master Cycle! PLUS  we go over the recently announced Age of Calamity news, including our thoughts on Impa as a playable character, the ruins, and the incredible mapping of the stages! Make sure to tune in next week for part 2 of the Champions' Ballad Retrospective as we'll be covering the memories, the shrine quests, the Final Divine Beast, and Monk Maz Koshia!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

You have questions about Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity? We have answers! We asked you guys to feed us your most pressing questions about the upcoming prequel and you did not disappoint. Alasyn and I answer over 50 questions! Do we think Zelda's mother will show up? What kind of DLC do we want? What Breath of the Wild tracks do we want remixed in the signature Hyrule Warriors style sound? Will we see Purah in her adult form? Is there any way we get a happy ending? Will Cia and Lana show up?   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

The title says it all! We're giving you this weeks episode nice and early so you can hear all of our takes, thoughts, theories and more on Tuesday's blockbuster announcement of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity! Will this game be canon? Who else might we play as? Will we see the demise of the Champions? Does Link start off with the Master Sword? What's up with that baby Guardian? Will we get a tease for Breath of the Wild 2? All this and so much more! Make sure you do NOT miss this episode! Also, make sure to ask us a question for next weeks episode on Facebook!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

If you didn't know, Fall Brawl II is right around the corner, pitting 64 Zelda characters against each other in a NCAA-style tournament, so naturally we decided that we wanted to get in on the action! Come hang out as we run through the bracket to determine our favorite Zelda character, and play along with your own bracket as well (you can fill one out here!). Who is our winner? Come listen to see! PLUS, hear our thoughts on Mario 3D All-Stars and get a really cool Zelda II-esq game recommendation!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Get ready to do some barrel rolls, because today's episode is all about the swan song for Rareware on Nintendo consolesL Star Fox Adventures! How did a Star Fox game end up with Ocarina of Time's game engine? What did we think of the Arwing segments pasted in here? How does the world of Dinosaur Planet compare to Hyrule? What are the dungeons like? And for the love of God, what's up with the voice acting!? All this, and just general talk about Star Fox as a franchise and why it hasn't taken off in recent years, so don't miss it! Alasyn is off this week, so Amanda van Hiel steps into the cockpit to co-pilot this mission! Make sure you check her out over on Twitter (@amandavanhiel) and over on her Twitch channel!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

We hope there are some fans of Ocarina of Time around, because this week we dedicated an hour to Ocarina of Time Q&A! How would the game have turned out if it was a FPS, like originally intended? What's our least favorite thing about the game? Can Ocarina legitimately be called the greatest game ever made? Could Link and Zelda be brother and sister? What are our favorite mini games? What's this new theory that actually makes the Downfall Timeline make sense?! All this and more! We were joined by the face of Zelda Universe, Amanda van Hiel, this week so make sure you check her out over on Twitter (@amandavanhiel) and over on her Twitch channel!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Get ready to fight evil this week, as the gang strap in and discuss every single final boss fight with the series' big bad himself: Ganon! From Beast Ganon to Ganondorf to Calamity Ganon, we dissect what we liked from each fight, what maybe didn't work as well, and which one was the most disappointing of the bunch. With eight different fights to choose from, there's lots of meat on the bone! Making her first ever appearance on the podcast this week is Mallo, a Zelda fanatic and photograph extraordinaire! If you're not already, make sure that you check her out over on Twitter(@mallorymphoto) and Instagram (@mallorymariephoto)!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Guess That Zelda Character is back, but there's a twist! There are only so many characters in the Zelda universe, but the locations are seemingly endless. So this time, we had to guess the Zelda location in so many questions. I say "so many" because we started off with 16 questions, and it proved to be a bit difficult for us... at least at first! So come hear us get into each other's heads and play along! Try and see if you can guess what Zelda locations each of us are thinking about for yourself!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha Gooey Fame - @gooeyfame Corey Richmond - @coreyrichmond

Warning: this episode will make you hungry. This week, we have some special guests join us for a talk all about food, Zelda, and recipes! We sat down with Aime and Walter Woods and chatted about their new cookbook, The Unofficial Legend of Zelda Cookbook! How did it come to be? How was Nintendo in this process? What inspired them to make this? What was the reaction when they surpassed their Kickstarter goal by almost 30-fold? How did they make a recipe for Dubious Food and make it taste good?! And most importantly, there's how many recipes from Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland!?   All this, plus hear Alasyn's count of getting her copy and cooking her first item: buttered apples! (Note: the feature image this week is legit from Alasyn's kitchen!)   Come join the fun, and if you're interested in checking out the book, cruise on over to their website and see the different versions of The Unofficial Legend of Zelda Cookbook available. Plus, come and hang out in their Discord!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter:

Strap yourself in, because this is a marathon episode dedicated to one of the most oft-forgotten about Zelda titles: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds! We are definitively ranking all 12 dungeons from the game, so there is a lot of go through! From Eastern Palace all the way to Lorule Castle and everything in between, we go in depth talking everything dungeon related! Come listen to what dungeons ended up being our favorites. The gang were joined by Lorule Legend himself, Tony Harris, so make sure you bunker in and listen! PLUS - what do we think of the new Cadence of Hyrule DLC? All this and more!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha Tony Harris – @LoruleLegend

Another week, another episode where we know not a single thing more about Breath of the Wild 2 than we did last year. That's okay though, since we did what we do best here on the Champions' Cast: speculate! This week, we asked everyone to head over to Facebook and ask a Zelda question to get a Zelda answer, and you delivered big time!   We had tons of questions to answer, including what would we undo in the Zelda series, what new mechanics Breath of the Wild 2 could introduce, what Zelda game do we think is overrated, do we think we'll ever see the Picori again, how important is lore in a Zelda game to us, and what franchise we think Nintendo values more, Mario or Zelda?   These are just some of the great question, so come hang out with us and have some laughs!   Follow us on Facebook!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter: Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha

Metal Gear!? To hear those words uttered in a Zelda game would give me no end of joy, but then, I'm a big fan of stealthy games and Tactical Espionage Action. But after kicking around the idea, I realized that Zelda has a plethora of stealthy sections spread out in the series for us to dissect and discuss. Come hang with us as we talk Gerudo Valley, Silent Realms, the Yiga Clan Hideout, the Forsaken Fortress, and more as we offer our two cents of most of the stealth segments currently available in Zelda. Plus, weigh in on a side bar we found ourselves discussing on the show - is Master Kohga is major letdown of a character? What do you think? All this and more, PLUS, head over to this post right here and ask us a question for net week's show! You can only ask questions on Facebook, so make sure to give us a like and drop a Q in the comments!   Follow the Champions’ Cast on Twitter:   Andy Spiteri – @Spiteri316 Alasyn Eletha – @AlasynEletha