To celebrate the release of Nintendo Switch 2 – and the 19(!) different Zelda games that are now playable on the system – the IGN Guides team has made a few upgrades to ensure you’ll have a helping hand when you most need it. Not everyone needs a walkthrough to get to the end, but we hope these new features and upgrades can inspire even the most seasoned Zelda player to return and discover something they may have missed or skipped on a previous playthrough.
Speaking of smooth sailing, we hope you’re as excited as we are to revisit one of GameCube’s best games, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in its original form. Yes, that means the slow-sailing and long Triforce Chart/Shard quest found in the OG version are back – and you may want to use our guide to make sure you don’t head in the wrong direction. Our Wind Waker guide was originally written in 2002, but we’ve worked on some big upgrades to make it nice and new for Switch 2! Here’s what you can expect:
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Guide and Map
We have overhauled our guide and walkthrough with new high-resolution screenshots, added in-page tracking, checklists, new videos, and radically upgraded our interactive map. Instead of just showing you a desktop or mobile version of the in-game map, we have redone it from the ground up and you can now zoom in all the way and see every island, enemy platform, and submarine up close. Track which Pieces of Heart, charts, and items you’ve collected and start chasing all 135 Nintendo Gallery images to finally get that 100% completion. If you prefer video, you can even track every Treasure Chart via in-video checklists (or jump to the exact spot in the video from the guide). The guide and videos of course also address the Wii U HD vs GameCube/Switch 2 version differences so that it all works for both versions.
Helpful Wind Waker links:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Guide and Map
Nintendo’s biggest-ever series reboot arrived on Switch 2 with upgraded framerate and resolution. If you’re like us and you’re itching to go back and see how it plays after sinking hundreds of hours into Tears of the Kingdom, we’ve got you. As a thank you to our returning IGN Guides users, our tracking experience will be completely free for the next three months, giving you enough time to finally find and check off every Korok Seed. Each seed location comes with brief hints for those who want to figure out things on their own – or you can click through to the guide for detailed tips if you’re stumped.
Here are the most popular pages for people trying to 100% the game:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Guide and Map
We’ve updated our Tears of the Kingdom guide and map to get ready for the Switch 2 re-release as well. While Nintendo hasn’t changed a ton over the original Switch release, there are some updates we’ve detailed in our guide. If you’re jumping back in to finally complete the main quest, you can start with our detailed walkthrough, or embark on the never-ending Korok hunt and track everything on our Interactive Map.
If you’re wondering what changed and need some pointers for the new Switch 2-specific features, check out these links:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Guide and Map
Surprise! We quietly snuck out an update to our classic A Link to the Past guide a few weeks ago – if you’ve never played or finished this 2D openworld gem, you could do worse than playing it via Nintendo Switch Online on either Switch console. It might not have the hundreds of collectibles of its 3D successors, but there are plenty of things to discover on Link to the Past ’s dual map.
We may be a little LTTP (sorry) – but we figured “better late than never” and rolled out a complete interactive map that lets you track every Piece of Heart and discover every cave and secret hidden in the 1991 classic. We also added checklists and all-new screenshots throughout the guide to make it all shiny and new!
Start here:
The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening Guide and Map
Launched on Nintendo Switch in 2019, Link’s Awakening has finally gotten the update we’ve all been asking for: a smooth framerate. Play it on Switch 2 and you’ll be able to experience Link’s most-charming adventure in a dreamy 60fps at 4K resolution. Our guide helps you get to 100% completion, including all Pieces of Heart. If you used our guide way back when, check out this cool upgrade we made to the videos featured in the guide:
You can check off the collectible figures you’ve collected via the on-screen checklist trackers while watching the video in embed mode.
You can also bring up the in-video checklist by clicking on the button in the lower-right corner.
Helpful pages:
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Guide and Map
Players have made extensive use of our Echoes checklists — and we can tell you that the Rock, the Table, and the Zol Echo are the most collected Echoes overall. But we were also shocked that so many players who played Echoes of Wisdom outright skipped Dampe’s Automaton side quest! With the upgraded resolution and framerate on Switch 2, you may want to take another look and get all six mechanical helpers. We made it easy by providing a handy table that you can sort and filter.
Princess Zelda’s favorite pages:
Beyond these select Zelda games and guides that received upgrades this month, there is of course plenty more Zelda to be found on Nintendo Switch 2. Whether it’s the Hyrule Warriors spin-offs, Skyward Sword, the NES, Game Boy Color, and Advance classics, or our two 64-bit favorites, IGN Guides has you covered. And if enough people find our Link to the Past and Wind Waker maps helpful, maybe we’ll give some of those guides some upgrades as well.
Peer Schneider originally launched IGN Guides in 1999 and is now heading up IGN Entertainment’s guides, tools, and game assist teams across IGN, Map Genie, Maxroll, and Gamer Network.
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