The Legend of Zelda

Nintendo Power Comes Back In Podcast Form

Nintendo Power magazine ceased publishing at the end of 2012. It was a nostalgic time full of sad goodbyes and fond memories. Its last cover was even a call-back to the first issue, where Mario pounds his fist triumphantly into the air while standing on a mushroom. But today, on the five-year anniversary of its…

Breath Of The Wild iMessage Stickers Make Texting An Adventure

There is nothing you have to say that cannot be said with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s new animated iMessage stickers. Released today on iTunes for $1.99, the official Breath of the Wild sticker set features 24 animations to use in place of ponderous words while texting with your friends or loved…

Time For That Upgrade, Link

It’s always refreshing to see Zelda cosplay that goes beyond just Link and/or Zelda, so I’m in love with this shot of Link and Cotera, one of the Great Fairies. Link is Mikky Dyer, while the amazing Cotera is Veldrath. Photo by Steamkittens

Breath of the Wild‘s DLC Boss Has A Funny Weakness

Breath of the Wild’s new DLC focuses on Hyrule’s past, telling stories of Link’s companions and the ancient world that came before them. The final boss, a centuries old foe, has a surprising weakness. The Champions’ Ballad’s final challenge is a boss fight against Monk Maz Koshia. The ancient Sheikah tribe warrior employs a variety…

New Ocarina of Time Glitch Lets Players Roll Through Fire and Water Temple

Throughout Link’s adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time he must find new tunics in order to survive the extreme heat and cold. These items have been considered essential for completing dungeons, but speedrunners have found a risky way to never use them thanks to a new glitch. In order to survive the…

Mods Turn Zelda’s Dirt Bike Into Sonic, GTA

Remember: people playing Breath of the Wild on Wii U and PC (via emulation) can play the game with mods. Like ones that modify the game’s new dirtbike. Here’s one that will make you thankful Zelda doesn’t have a giant train: And here’s a slightly terrifying take on Road Runner: These are all courtesy of…

Breath of the Wild‘s Champions’ Ballad DLC Hides A Ton of Secret Dialogue

In Breath of the Wild’s main game, you don’t get to see much of Mipha, Revali, Urbosa, or Daruk. If you play through the new DLC, The Champions’ Ballad, you do get some new cutscenes,though it still might not feel like enough. Turns out, you can challenge the Divine Beasts again in the DLC for…

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild: The Champions’ Ballad: The Kotaku Review

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s second piece of downloadable content, The Champions’ Ballad, is a distillation of everything the game does well. Its collection of puzzle shrines holds some of the most inspired moments of the series, culminating in a wonderfully complex final dungeon. It is a strong end to the DLC…

Riding A Motorcycle In Breath of the Wild Is As Rad As It Sounds

Breath of the Wild’s Champions’ Ballad DLC has an amazing reward for anyone who bests its numerous trials. Prove yourself a champion and you’ll get to ride the Master Cycle Zero. Here’s how it looks in action. I’ve spent all day tackling The Champions’ Ballad and unlocking its secrets. After a ton of shrines and…

Zelda Wins Game Of The Year At The 2017 Game Awards

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild managed to snatch the 2017 Game Awards GOTY from a crowded field of contenders that included Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and somewhat controversially, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds “I want to take all of the joy and warmth I’m feeling right now receiving this award and put…

A Trippy Way To Tap Into Ocarina of Time Nostalgia 

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time came out in 1998. For a certain generation, it represents the peak of electronic entertainment. Link could climb, swim, and swing his sword like never before. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that decades later people are remixing and augmenting the game that defined their childhood in music. Zeldawave…

Nintendo is dressing up the plain old 2DS in The Legend of Zelda for Black Friday. The $70 green and yellow handheld comes pre-installed with Ocarina of Time 3D. There’s also a special “Explorer’s Edition” of Breath of the Wild for the Switch, bundled with a 100-page guide and a map for $60.

The Zelda Ghost Story That Helped Define Creepypasta

The back page of Alex Hall’s economics textbook was filled with scribbles. Diagrams, notes, story beats, a web that formed an outline for his next update. By day, Hall was a student at St. Louis University, but after class he was writing what would become one of the most infamous internet ghost stories: Ben Drowned,…

The Deluxe Edition Zelda Encyclopedia Looks Like An NES Cart

Due out in April from Dark Horse, The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia is a 320-page tome covering the characters, places and things from the first 30 years of Nintendo’s RPG series. The newly-revealed $80 deluxe edition looks very familiar. Covered in gold foil paper with embossed, debossed and textured features, the deluxe hardcover edition of…

Zelda Propaganda Posters Are Fighting The Good Fight

If cartoon art helped defeat the Nazis, then you’d think it should also help get the better of Ganon. These posters are the work of Fernando Reza, an artist from LA. I know “haha pop culture mashup” works can get a little tiring between all the t-shirts and targeted Facebook ads, but these are truly…

Breath Of The Wild Is Now Looking Even Better On PC

The PC “version” of Breath of the Wild already looked good with its increased resolution, but thanks to the release of the Clarity FX pack this week for the CEMU emulator, it’s looking out of this world. If you’re playing the game (the pack is only for BotW) on PC and want to try it…

Last year, curated art project Back to Bits made its 8-bit debut, capturing the games of the NES era in a series of 43 outstanding animated GIFs. Today the second wave of Back to Bits, Super 16, takes on the Super Nintendo era in 40 moving images. Check it out.

Here Are Some Isometric Ocarina Of Time Maps

I have a thing for isometric video games, so big thanks to Mark Mayers for linking this gallery of Ocarina of Time areas cut open and laid out. They’re from the site VGMaps, “the largest source of screenshot maps on the Internet”, which incidentally is now where I’ll be spending the rest of my week.

Link: Faces Of Evil: The Kotaku Review

When Nintendo foolishly licensed The Legend of Zelda to Phillips Media in the early 90s, the result was more than just Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon for the company’s CD-i console. Link: Faces of Evil is the action complement to Gamelon’s adventure game sensibilities. It eschews subtlety for a dungeon crawl-fest that is better left…

Now Waluigi Is In Breath Of The Wild

We’ve seen GTA, Mario and Minecraft modded into Breath of the Wild on Wii U and PC, but now we are getting into the good stuff This Waluigi skin is by Hefty and DonkXProXAli, and I think we’re about done here. I mean… Yeah we’re done here. Those new to this and wondering how it’s…