The Champions' Cast - Zelda Dungeon Podcast

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! We've got a special holiday treat for you as we jump in the 'best of the decade' bandwagon ad take a look back at the highs and lows of Zelda over the last decade! Breath of the Wild, Skyward Sword's E3 demo, incredible trailers, Hyrule Historia, and more! Don't miss this one! From all of us, thank you for your support and we hope you get to eat a ton of food this week!

So... the Game Awards. Yikes. As you no doubt know by now, the Game Awards offered Nintendo fans a whole big steaming plate of nothing, offering three and a half hours worth of content with exactly zero really notable Nintendo announcements. In this weeks sow, we talk about our reactions and how long into the show until we all started drinking (spoiler: not long). All this, plus looking back on the year that was for the Nintendo Switch! We talk all of Nintendo's ups and downs for the year, so make sure you don't miss out on this episode!

Hello and welcome to another episode! This weeks show is all about the Game Awards - predicting the winners, talking about how much Fire Emblem Three Houses was snubbed, speculating on the last Smash Bros. DLC character, and asking the million dollar question: do we see Breath of the Wild 2?! Join us as we have some fun talking about gaming's biggest award show of the year!

Zelda Dungeon recently launched its biggest feature of the year with its Best Zelda Ever 2019 Edition List, so the crew get together and weight in on what they think of each games placement. How did Twilight Princess rank so high? How did Skyward Sword rank so low? Do too many people have rosy colored glasses when it comes to A Link to the Past? And most importantly - how does Kevin live with himself ranking Tri Force Heroes as his favorite Zelda?! All this and more in this action packed episode!

Put your fighting gloves on 'cause it's time to pick your side in the Zelda Dungeon Civil War! With Best Zelda Ever 2019 coming this week, Andy, Alasyn, and Rod reflect on the most divisive Zelda game ever: Skyward Sword. You either love it or you hate it, and we examine why that is. Does Demise undermine Ganon? Were the controls really that bad? Is Fi the best or worst companion? Where do we fall on narrative vs exploration? These questions are just the tip of the iceberg! I think this is one of the best episodes ever of The Champions' Cast, so give it a listen and let us know where you fall!

Hello everybody and welcome to The Champions' Cast Pokémon Cast! With not a lot of Zelda news going on, the crew decides to deep dive into the world of Pokémon Sword and Shield! What are our initial impressions? Do we like the Galar region? What aspects of these games remind us of Breath of the Wild? Is this game groundbreaking enough to be called "the BOTW of Pokémon"? Maybe most importantly, is Hop the most annoying character Nintendo has ever created? Plus, why Okamiden is worth your time! Come join Andy and Alasyn as they take a week off from Zelda and talk Pokémon!  

Hello friends and welcome to the first new episode in a couple weeks! This week, in honor of Pokemon Sword and Shields release later this week, the gang sit down and play a game of saying if these Zelda characters were Pokemon trainer, what type of Pokemon would they collect, and which Pokemon in particular would be their go to? Come play along with us, and remember to like and subscribe!

The king of Hyrule has been murdered! And Link is on the case! In this special Halloween edition of The Champions’ Cast, the staff of Zelda Dungeon comes together for a live dramatic reading of “Murder in Castle Town,” a murder mystery fan fiction written last Halloween by our very own Kat Vadam and Rod Lloyd. Listen along as Link investigates the grizzly murder King Hyrule and confronts a colorful cast of suspects. No one can be trusted! And no one is who they claim to be! Intrigue and danger await!   The Cast: Narrator / Link – Rod Lloyd Zelda – Judy Calder Ganondorf – David Nystrom Mutoh – Rod Lloyd Ingo – Almog Rimmer Darunia – Brandon Schmitz Ruto – Alasyn Eletha Nabooru – Heather Beard Impa – Alasyn Eletha King of Hyrule – Gooey Fame The Mask Salesman – Kat Vadam Potion Shop Hag – David Nystrom Hyrule Citizen (Male) – Adam Barham Hyrule Citizen (Female) – Alison Brunyee Bartender (Female) – Alison Brunyee Castle Servant Girl – Heather Beard Music used: Twilight Symphony by Zelda Reorchestrated LA

The king of Hyrule has been murdered! And Link is on the case! In this special Halloween edition of The Champions' Cast, the staff of Zelda Dungeon comes together for a live dramatic reading of "Murder in Castle Town," a murder mystery fan fiction written last Halloween by our very own Kat Vadam and Rod Lloyd. Listen along as Link investigates the grizzly murder King Hyrule and confronts a colorful cast of suspects. No one can be trusted! And no one is who they claim to be! Intrigue and danger await! The Cast: Narrator / Link - Rod Lloyd Zelda - Judy Calder Ganondorf - David Nystrom Mutoh - Rod Lloyd Ingo - Almog Rimmer Darunia - Brandon Schmitz Ruto - Alasyn Eletha Nabooru - Heather Beard Impa - Alasyn Eletha King of Hyrule - Gooey Fame The Mask Salesman - Kat Vadam Potion Shop Hag - David Nystrom Hyrule Citizen (Male) - Adam Barham Hyrule Citizen (Female) - Alison Brunyee Bartender (Female) - Alison Brunyee Castle Servant Girl - Heather Beard Music Used: Twilight Symphony by Zelda Reorchestrated LA No

It's almost the spookiest time of the year, which means that The Champions' Cast is going full Zeldaween mode! We're here talking about the ABSOLUTE CREEPIEST places you can visit in Hyrule and beyond. We all know how creepy the Shadow Temple and Arbiters Grounds are, but what else made our list? Plus, we talk really great games in general to play around Halloween time, and spend a second talking about those Okami rumors. Don't miss Alasyn and Andy in this weeks show!

Strap in for a wild ride with the gang as they take a trip through Zelda history and talk about which games they would want to see remade. We power rank each game up until the Wii era and discuss if they need a remake, what quality of life improvements each game could make, what art style would be best for each one, and so much more! Make sure that you don't miss this one!

Welcome back to our last Link's Awakening themed show for the next little bit! Kevin and I dive right into the ZD mailbag and tackle YOUR question! Red or blue tunic? Did we steal or play honestly? Will Link's Awakening's length turn off new Zelda fans who have only played Breath of the Wild? Did Marin literally turn into a seagull? All this and SO MUCH MORE! Don't miss out! Subscribe down below!

Andy and Kevin are back and keep up the Link's Awakening chit chat by diving into the most controversial aspect of the new remake: Chamber Dungeons! What did we like, what did we hate, what could be improved, and when are we gonna see Dungeon Maker!? All this, plus some super fishing strategies and Mario Kart Tour talk! Don't miss out!

It's finally here! Link's Awakening finally dropped for the Nintendo Switch on Friday and the boys have some thoughts. Andy is joined by Gooey and Kevin as the discuss what changes we liked from the original, which ones aren't working for us, the difficulty spike, the amount of time spend at the Trendy Gamer, music, graphics, framerates, and so much more! Come hang out and fall in love with Koholint Island all over again with us!

Too. Much. Tingle! Yes, the fellas spend almost an hour talking about the man in green and his most bizarre adventure bar none - Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love! What the heck is this game? Is it good? How did we play it? Just how fricken weird is it? Tune in to find out all the things you never thought you wanted to know about Tingle! Also on the docket - Andy buys MORE Zelda toys, Ringfit Adventure, and Fall Brawl! You'll be pleasantly surprised by this one!

No one: Absolutely no one: Nintendo: HEY WANT A SURPRISE DIRECT TOMORROW? Yessir, Nintendo was up to their usual tricks and dropped a Nintendo Direct on us unknowingly last week! What did we think of all the big announcements? What games are we excited for? Have we played any Banjo in Smash yet? Is Nintendo dead set on making Xenoblade the next big RPG franchise? And... K. K. Slider covering Old Town Road at the end of the episode?? Things are crazy in this weeks rendition of the Cast, so tune in below!

Hello friends! We're back after a week off due to to some technical snafus to talk all about MULTIPLAYER! Where have we been, and where could we be going? We brought in the expert, Kevin 'KO' O'Rourke, to help us talk Tri Force Heroes, Four Swords Adventures, Hyrule Warriors, Cadence of Hyrule and more and what aspects of those games we'd want want to see IF multiplayer were to be added to Breath of the Wild 2. Come hang and debate along with us!

It's definitely no secret at all that Fire Emblem: Three Houses is taking over the world. Critically acclaimed and criminally addicting, the fellas have been playing so much of it lately we just had to talk about how a Zelda game would work in this style. Joined by Zelda Dungeons' own David Wayne Nystrom, we talk about how S supports might work, weapons triangles, could there be dungeons, what art style this game should be in, what kind of playable units we'd like to see, would we make this a canon game, and if so, where on the timeline does it go? We are breaking it down, so come join! As a bonus, for anyone like us addicted to Fire Emblem, we do a quick spoilercast on Three Houses at the end of the show - which house did we pick, what's up with Byleth, who are we getting hitched to, and more! It's a jam-packed ep that you won't wanna miss!

Hello friends. The episode that was originally supposed to come out last week is coming at you this week instead! Sorry for the delay, but some internet issues in California prevented our usual Monday upload last week. We hope that we can make it up to you, as this week, Gooey joins the Champions' Cast to play a fun game of 20 Questions, Zelda style. You know the drill - we get 20 yes or no questions to guess which Zelda character the other is thinking of. We had a blast playing this, and may make it a regular thing if you guys like this! Play along with us and let us know in the comments what you thought!

WOOOW, it feels like forever since Taylor and I have done a show together, but we are reunited to take you on a nice breezy stroll this week covering a bunch of random Zelda news and tidbits. Nintendo's class action lawsuit, a potential CD-i package, full Zelda Dungeon Marathon recaps, Andy's growing Zelda Etsy addiction, Ocarina of Time speedrun records, infinite Korok seeds and riding as Sidon, and early Fire Emblem: Three Houses impressions! Come hang out with us as we have a nice casual chat this week on the Cast!