The Legend of Zelda

Zelda: The Wand Of Gamelon: The Kotaku Review

In 1993, Nintendo made the inexplicable decision to license The Legend of Zelda to Phillips Media, creators of the CD-i. Among the resulting games is Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. It’s known as one of the worst games ever made. Replaying it 24 years later reveals a game with interesting ideas marred by atrocious execution.…

Zelda’s Hyrule Historia Gets A Follow-Up Encyclopedia

Nintendo’s partnership with publisher Dark Horse has already brought us two outstanding volumes, Hyrule Historia and Art & Artifacts. Next April the “Goddess Collection” gets its third and final volume in The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, a comprehensive guide to the series from the first game to Twilight Princess HD. Hyrule Historia and Art &…

New Ocarina Of Time Speedrun Beats All Dungeons Without Opening Any Doors

Ocarina of Time speedruns are already challenging, from Any% that use all sorts of glitches to speed through the game to 100% runs that collect everything. A new tool-assisted runtakes things a step further, completing all dungeons without opening a single door. A tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) uses emulation and special software to play a game…

Mods Add GTA, Minecraft & Mario To Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Now that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is running pretty well on the PC, it’s time for people to start messing it with. Like turning Link into Carl Johnson from GTA: San Andreas, or Steve from Minecraft These skins were made by WilianZilv, who has also whipped up a Mario Odyssey cap for Link to…

Zelda Speedrunner’s New ‘World Record’ Was Actually Done With Hacking Tools

Two days ago, dragonbane0 set a new speedrun world record for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. It was his first time running the game outside of practice. He’s now revealed that the speedrun was achieved using WiiU modding tools that he’s releasing to the wider community. Update—11:05 p.m.: We have changed this article’s…

We’re going live with a playthrough of Link: Faces Of Evil right now on our Twitch channel, Mah Boi!

Zelda vs Overwatch

You can’t get Overwatch on the Switch, but if you could, I bet it’d be full of cameos like this. This is by 3D artist Aaron Walker. If it looks familiar, that’s because it’s a big fancy render of some fan art that we posted last year by French artist Jeremy Vitry The rig and…

There’s A Tiny Spot In Zelda Where Cel-Shading Doesn’t Work

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a very distinctive cel-shaded look. That, for some reason, breaks if you climb inside one tiny little space. Rangers_of_the_North noticed it around a month ago (thanks, @MaxOfS2D) after climbing into the area, which you can find halfway up the gatehouse on the bridge over Lake Hylia.…

Zelda Controller Is The Hero Of Our Time

Console modder extraordinaire Vadu Amka has turned a Wii U Fight Pad into something that looks like it could wreck Calamity Ganon himself. I cannot stress enough how good that moss is. There’s a lot more going on here than just a paintjob. The body of the controller has been resculpted, while the plastic d-pad…

House Republicans Attempt Zelda Reference, Fuck It Up

House Republicans put out a thing today on tax reform, and for reasons unknown, they built the entire thing around a Zelda reference. The Legend of Zelda series is Nintendo’s best-selling video game franchise enjoyed by more than two generations of gamers. The action-adventure game was released in 1986, only one year after Nintendo’s founding…

Shit My Kid Says Playing Zelda

As previously discussed, my son is getting pretty good at video games. Because of this, despite being only four years old, I’ve started letting him play Zelda: Breath of the Wild by himself It has turned out to be a very good decision. If you’re wondering how he manages, he can play the game pretty…

Zelda Speedrunners Are Mastering Breath Of The Wild’s New Difficulty

Breath of the Wild’s difficult Master Mode makes monsters tougher and the world much more dangerous than before. For speedrunners attempting to complete the game quickly, this provides new challenges and opportunities. Different speedrunning routes try to complete various challenges. Two popular categories in Breath of the Wild are Any%, which seeks to beat the…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Looks Awesome In 4K

Courtesy of Abyssus, here’s some video of Zelda: Breath in the Wild running on the PC’s CEMU emulator in big, beautiful 4K. Performance isn’t 100% here, but it’s close enough to let us soak this up in all its windy, sun-soaked glory. “On Cemu, the game is running internally at 8K (7680×4320) and is then…

If you’ve ever wanted to cook like Link in Breath Of The Wild, the chef at Binging With Babish has you covered with these recipes. Just hold your nose before cutting the durian fruit.

New Link To The Past Mod Lets Two Zelda Players Share Items Online

A new modification to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past brings a difficult multiplayer challenge to the game. With help from an emulator and some special code, two players can coordinate their progress through the game and change each other’s inventory. Andi McClure is an independent game maker who leveraged knowledge of…

My Son Has Ruined Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

In the past couple of months there’s been a phrase that haunts me. It reverberates in my dreams and my darkest nightmares. It’s the first words I hear when I arrive home from work. It’s the first words I hear when being woken up at 5:30am on a still-dark Saturday morning. “Daddee. DADDEE. Can I…

New Trick Has Ocarina of Time Speedrunners Debating What A Glitch Actually Is

Ocarina of Time’s Glitchless speedrun category seeks to complete the game as quick as possible without using game-breaking cheats and glitches, but a newly discovered trick is forcing runners to consider what is or isn’t a glitch to begin with. Is something a glitch if it lets you explore somewhere early? Or is it only…

Zelda’s Labyrinths Are Some Bullshit

Over the weekend I downloaded Breath of the Wild’s first batch of DLC. There were new quests, new gear and a whole new mode. Great. But I didn’t care. I wanted one thing and one thing only. Proof that Zelda’s labyrinths were bullshit. Thankfully I got that proof. Breath of the Wild has an insanely…

Breath Of The Wild Characters Are Terrified Of The Tingle DLC Costume

Breath of the Wild added some awesome outfits with some new downloadable content but none are as terrifying as Tingle’s costume. The mere sight sends NPCs into a panic, allowing Link to terrorize towns up and down the Hyrule countryside. You can watch the mischief in the video above. It’s okay Tingle, some day the…

The New Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC Lets You Retrace Your Deaths

Today, Zelda receives its first piece of downloadable content, The Master Trials. The DLC’s got some new goodies and a new mode, but one of the best additions has to be a map function called “Hero’s Path.” To access it, simple go to your map and press X. From there, you should see a mess…