Awesome Video Game Travel Destinations

As a geeky traveller, you had to know I was going to incorporate my love of video games into my travel dreams – and if you didn’t, well, I question your intelligence! This won’t be the only completely irrelevant topic I cover on this site from a travel and geek perspective but I can guarantee that I will be revisiting this again!

Video games create amazing worlds that just long to be explored – in fact, that is sometimes one of the main purposes of the game. The sad thing is, we have to do so from a distance through an avatar, taking in the sights and sounds through the limitations of our televisions or screens. What if we could actually get into those worlds and see them for ourselves? Where would you go? Which ones would be great for a mere mortal to check out who just wants to explore?

Hyrule (Legend of Zelda)

As far as epic landscapes go, complete with diversity in populous and climate, you can’t get much more incredible than Hyrule. While there may be more ridiculous destinations in video games, as far as a relatively welcoming atmosphere (depending on the version), you could actually visualize making a trip to the land of Hyrule and not being brutally murdered – just stay in at night. I’d chill by Lake Hylia with some fishing, climb atop Death Mountain to watch the sunrise and hang out with the locals in Hyrule Castle Town. The only thing I hope for is it’s the world after it’s been saved… then again maybe I could be that legendary hero?

Kingdom of Zeal (Chrono Trigger)

For me, it’s the very definition of a fantasy location complete with magic and a dark under current – especially when you consider the land below is a completely frozen hellscape. Floating high above all the rest of the worries, I’d love to go and check out the Belthazar’s Blackbird being built, gleaming off the sun as you gaze down from the floating world that seems to hang impossibly high in the sky. It’s just a shame Lavos had to ruin it all…

Yoshi’s Island (Mario’s Universe)

Yoshi just seems to be a pretty chill dinosaur, one that I wouldn’t be terrified to hang out with because I don’t think he’d kill me (wait, he is a he, right?). The land of the Yoshi’s is a veritable paradise with tropical fruit, and bright colours that might make you wonder if you’re on acid or something. In truth, it’s just a wild jungle where the apex predator is a childish saddled multicoloured dinosaur. Nothing to worry about here!

Mushroom Kingdom

Mario’s stomping ground is probably the most diverse of all the video game worlds because it’s always changing depending on the game. While its goomba and turtle problem seems to be a bit out of hand, you can rest assured that a simple jump on their head would take care of them. I think the Mushroom Kingdom would be great to wander around in and just get lost – which is always a great sign for a travel destination.