Hank Whitson is a pop culture omnivore, gaming geek, escapism nerd, and unrepentant anime addict who has been writing for Game Rant since 2020. He plays and writes about literally everything, but ...

Best video game sound effect? Easy: that noise when Mario starts riding Yoshi. I don’t even know how I would describe that sound effect to someone who had never heard it without just making the noise.

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the final boss is placed enticingly within your reach from very early on. You can fight him basically as soon as you finish the tutorial regions. But ...