Hitchhikers' Guide to Hyrule
by Wii Talk Media
Whether you’re new to The Legend of Zelda series or you’ve been playing it your whole life, join Hitchhikers' Guide to Hyrule for nostalgic stories, lore exploration, live gameplay, and general series knowledge. Our goal is to enhance your exploration of the mystical land of Hyrule, and beyond. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wiitalkmedia/support
Episodes
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S4E5: My Kingdom ‘Tis of Thee
The four Shorts gather in season 4 on the 4th of July to share where they would go camping in Hyrule. They also share their ideas of how Hyrule would celebrate independence from Ganondorf’s reign of tyranny.
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S4E4: BONUS - DK 64: Monkey or GOAT?
Tanner and Taylor swing back to the N64 era to revisit Donkey Kong 64 — the wild, colorful, over‑the‑top collect‑a‑thon that defined a generation. From childhood memories to modern‑day analysis, we break down what made DK64 unforgettable, bizarre, and strangely brilliant. Timestamps: 00:00 —...
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S4E3: Echo Location - Finding Wisdom in Hyrule
Tanner revisits Echoes of Wisdom this week — story beats, smart mechanics, and all the wild ways the Echo system flips classic Zelda design on its head. Fast, focused, and full of commentary from your favorite rambling Hylian tour guide. Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro & Homemade Zelda mp3 player 03:18…
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S4E2: OCARINA OF TIME 4K
Nintendo made the seemingly impossible possible this week! With the latest Nintendo Direct and announcement of the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake for the Switch 2, Tanner gave his brief analysis and hot takes on his dream-come-true! Follow us! @shorts.on_line
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S4E1: 100 Reasons to Play Echoes of Wisdom
Welcome back, hitchhikers! Tanner kicks off a new season by covering his top 100 reasons to play Echoes of Wisdom. He breaks it down in these categories: 30 Reasons in General 15 Easter Eggs calling back to Ocarina of Time 30 Easter Eggs calling back to other Zelda games 15 Favorite features...
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S3 Wrap & Announcement
Happy Thanksgiving hitchhikers!! Tanner reflects on Season 3 and announces the future plans for the show, acknowledging the age-old pattern of holiday hiatus hijacking hitchhikes through Hyrule. Follow us on Instagram! @shorts.on_line Email us! [email protected]
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S3E11: No Place Like Hyrule
Tanner and Tyson discuss their major life events that halted Season 3 production, and then share their fantasy home locations within Hyrule!
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S3E10: The Age of Imprisonment!
Timmi and Maddie interview Tanner to get the deep dive on the recent installment in the Hyrule Warriors saga: Age of Imprisonment!
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S3E9: Halloween 2025
Tanner, Timmi, and Maddie reminisce about the creepiest and freakiest aspects of their favorite Zelda games to gear up for Halloween. Follow and DM us on Insta! @shorts.on_line Email us! [email protected]
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S3E8: The Legend of Switch 2: Tanner’s Awakening
It finally happened!! Tanner bought the Nintendo Switch 2!! In this episode, Tanner breaks down his favorite features of the Switch 2. Follow and DM us on Instagram! @shorts.on_line Email us! [email protected]
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BONUS: Taylor's Switch 2 Cents
Bonus content from last week's episode with Taylor and Tanner! The two discuss Tears of the Kingdom and the future of Zelda. Follow and DM us on Insta! @shorts.on_line Email us! [email protected]
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S3E7: The Taylor of Two Switches
We have our first Switch 2 user on the show, Taylor, returning as Tanner's guest on the show! He tells the dramatic story of how he acquired two Nintendo Switch 2 consoles and gives his two cents on the new hardware and features. Then, Taylor gives his review of Donkey Kong: Banaza and talks the...
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S3E6: Link's Re-Awakening (Switch remaster)
An episode from our vault of pre-recorded content! At the time of recording, the Zelda movie had not even been announced! Tanner and Bella review the Nintendo Switch release of Link's Awakening with favorite gameplay mechanics, dungeons, and remastered features of the game. The remake for the...
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Try Not to Hiat-Us
Don't hate us! Shoutout to our listener on Reddit who reached out and asked about the show. Hearing from listeners like you reminds us that there are people who care about the show as much as we do. We have a track record of hitting brick walls come fall, but this is our way of saying that we hit...
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S3E5: Back in the Trailer Park
Tanner starts off a Thursday morning with a lukewarm take on the latest trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and reflects on the future of Zelda. Reach out to us on Instagram! @shorts.on_line Email us! [email protected]
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S3E4: The Trailer Park
Bella and Maddie join Tanner this week to share what they have been playing the last two years. Then, they watch and review the latest trailer Hyrule Warrior: Age of Imprisonment.
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S3E3: Nostalgiafest SEASON 3
Welcome back, Timmi! Timmi and Tanner recap the last two years of news and reactions, plus they dive into their recent play-throughs of nostalgic Zelda titles.
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S3E2: Pod-Casting Call
THE ZELDA MOVIE HAS CAST THE ROLES OF LINK AND ZELDA!! Tanner and Tyson give their hot takes into this historic announcement and share their dream casting of 5 characters from their favorite Zelda titles.
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S3E1: WE’RE BACK!!
When life gives you lemons, play more Zelda! After almost 2 years away from the show, Tanner is back with Tyson to talk about the state of the Legend of Zelda series. So much has happened in the time away! Tears of the Kingdom is a fan-favorite game after 2 years released, Nintendo released their...
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S2E20: Entering Lore-lin Village
Tanner and Timmi discuss the lore of Breath of the Wild, both embedded and speculated. With such a large and expansive game, there’s so much to explore with Easter Eggs galore!
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S2E19: BotW the GOAT
Tanner, Bella, and Maddie reminisce on the release and first play-through of Breath of the Wild with its enormous impact on the series and launch of the Switch in general.
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Intro to BREATH OF THE WILD
Tanner gives the background of Breath of the Wild while Maddie delivers her spot-on story recap.
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S2E18: 'Twas the Night Before Skyward Sword
Tanner reminisces about the first night he played Skyward Sword and revisits all the nostalgic elements from when the game was released.
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S2E17: Timmi's Guide to 100%, Maddie's Guide to None
Timmi shares her technique for completing all of Skyward Sword in under 15 hours, and Maddie shares her technique for completing none of the game in much longer than that.
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S2E16: Skyward Sword HD
Bell and Timmi kick off our series on Skyward Sword by comparing the 2011 classic on the Wii to the much-desired 2022 HD remaster on the Switch.
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Intro to SKYWARD SWORD
Tanner and Maddie give their flawless breakdown of Skyward Sword leading up to our upcoming discussions about it.
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S2E15: BEYOND - Mario Strikers
We bring back Taylor Pingel to discuss one of the most intense and contentious games ever created in the Mario legendarium: Super Mario Strikers. First, it was the GameCube edition. Now, it's a revamped, high-octane online battle royale on the Switch. Listen in!
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S2E14: Nostalgiafest Twilight Princess
For this game's nostalgiafest, the Short Clan dive into the unforgettable soundtrack that accompanied the game. Whether the music played behind overworld settings, cut scenes, boss battles, or classic western showdowns in the Hidden Village, the track was always on point and so realistic compared...
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S2E13: How You Should Spend Halloween 2023
Happy Halloween, Hitchhikers! Continuing our tradition started last year, Tanner and Timmi outline the perfect way to spend a spooky evening play Twilight Princess. As you fight Twilight Beasts, wander through Lost Woods, search for ghoulish Poes, and descend into Arbiters Grounds, you can be…
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S2E12: Nintendo Please Make Another Twilight Princess
After a long year of hiatus-ing and Tears of the Kingdom hyping, we are pumped to welcome back Tyson Anderegg! He and Tanner talk about some of their most nostalgic memories (for better or for worse), and they discuss why the next Zelda game should be another realistic graphic, darker tone game...
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S2E11: The Twilight Princess Zone
Welcome our newest guest, Jacob Anderegg! Jake is helping us kick off our string of episodes dedicated to Twilight Princess. He and the Short Clan talk about their favorite moments, least favorite moments, and their reasons for considering this game as one of the best in the series.
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Intro to TWILIGHT PRINCESS
Tanner gives a quick background into the production of Twilight Princess, and Maddie gives her spot-on synopsis of the events within the game.
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S2E10: Nostalgiafest - 45 Min of Mom Not Remembering Wind Waker
The entire Short family shares their favorite memories of Wind Waker.
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S2E9: Lore of the Winds
Tanner and Timmi delve into the lore of Wind Waker, starting with the connections it made with Ocarina of Time. This was a landmark game in the fact that it was explicitly linked to another Zelda game in spite of its artistic makeover and drastically different story concept. This opened the door…
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S2E8: Wind Waker Favs, with Taylor!
Welcome our newest guest on the show, Taylor! Taylor and Tanner have been friends since practically birth, and Nintendo has long since been a part of their friendship. The Pingel household was more into Donkey Kong and Super Smash, but the Zelda franchise finally found a way into Taylor's heart....
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S2E7: Come Sail Away with Meeeeeee
Tanner and Bella kick off our episodes about Wind Waker, discussing the iconic elements of the game like the overworld and animation style. Given that this game was set on the open ocean, it introduced the idea of an open-world Zelda game with a lighter, more comical style of telling an epic…
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Intro to WIND WAKER
Starting this week, we're going to start talking about Wind Waker! To get everyone hyped, Tanner and Maddie give the usual intro to the game's story, gameplay, and background. Enjoy!
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S2E6: TotKally Incredible Music Part 2
The Short Clan wrap up their summer of Tears of the Kingdom by continuing the discussion of their favorite music tracks from the game. From the peaceful ambiance of the sky islands to the mysterious tones of the Construct Factory, from the synth brass of a Gleeok battle to the gallant march…
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S2E5: This Music is TotK-ally Incredible
The Short clan dive into the soundtrack of Tears of the Kingdom, sharing their favorite tracks from the game.
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S2E4: Lores of the Kingdom
The Short Clan discuss their theories for some of the biggest questions surrounding the lore in Tears of the Kingdom. First, where in the timeline does the game belong? Perhaps it’s an alternate branch of time a new evolution of Hylians. Maybe it sits at the end of the current timeline after all...
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S2E3: BEYOND - The Super Mario Bros Super Episode
The Short Clan talks through their review of the Super Mario Bros movie and share their hopes for the future of Nintendo cinema.
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S2E2: A Month of Tears
The Short clan share their experiences with Tears of the Kingdom after nearly a month since its release.
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S2E1: I’m Crying TEARS OF THE KINGDOM
WELCOME BACK FOR SEASON 2, coming at you live from our parents RV!The Short clan is together for the summer, and we start the season off by sharing our hot takes of Tears of the Kingdom after the first week of its release!Disclaimer: HEAVY SPOILERS for Tears of the Kingdom.
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S1E14: Teary Trailer Takes
Tanner and Timmi give their hot takes of the new trailer for Tears of the Kingdom from the February Nintendo Direct and share their hopes and predictions for the heralded sequel to Breath of the Wild.
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S1E13: Dawn of a New Year - 2023
Happy New Year! Tanner sits down and reflects on the most influential character traits from some of the major heroes from the series. First and foremost is the Hero of Time. As the outcast from Kokiri Forest, this Link had impressive resilience, survival skills, and disassociation from personal...
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S1E12: BEYOND - Have Wii Got an Episode for You
Join the Short clan in reminiscing over their top four classic Wii games of all time. In fourth place comes Wii Fit. Even with its less-than-subtle body shaming, the game offered several fun minigames that will always be nostalgic. In third place was Wii Play and Wii Play Motion. It was split…
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S1E11: Nostalgiafest - Majora's Mask vs Ocarina of Time
Welcome the original Short gamer, Tim!Tim Short joins us to share his original experiences with Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, clarifying the early events that got the family involved in Zelda. This episode also involves a discussion around which of the two games has more nostalgia than the...
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S1E10: Theories from Termina
Majora's Mask is one of the most ambiguous games in Zelda concerning lore, leaving LOTS of room for speculation. Tanner and Timmi share some of their favorite theories about Majora's Mask.Link is Dead Theory: Game Theory: Is Link Dead in Majora's Mask?The most popular theory (or at least one of…
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S1E9: BEYOND - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Welcome to our first Beyond Hyrule episode! These episodes will be where we periodically discuss a game outside the Zelda series. For this first Beyond Hyrule, we welcome Maddie, the youngest of the Short siblings! Maddie grew up watching Tanner and Timmi play Zelda, and then she got into them...
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S1E8: How You Should Spend Halloween 2022
Happy Halloween! In our opinion, Majora's Mask is the creepiest game in the Zelda series, so we thought it would be a fitting choice for our Halloween episode. We talk about some of the largest contributing factors to the game's eerie mood, as well as how you should spend your Halloween night……
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About this show
Whether you’re new to The Legend of Zelda series or you’ve been playing it your whole life, join Hitchhikers' Guide to Hyrule for nostalgic stories, lore exploration, live gameplay, and general series knowledge. Our goal is to enhance your exploration of the mystical land of Hyrule, and beyond. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wiitalkmedia/support
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