The Legend of Zelda

Let’s Talk About Princess Zelda’s New Look

While she’s worn more than one outfit over the years, Princess Zelda’s pink dress is her most well-known sartorial choice. In the new trailer for Breath of the Wild from last night’s Nintendo Switch presentation, we got a closer look at Zelda’s outfit in the game, as well as the Amiibo accompanying the game. She’s…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Will Be A Switch Launch Title

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be out on March 3, Nintendo just announced at its big Switch release show, making it a launch title for the new console. Nintendo also showed off a big trailer for the game that looked shit hot Those still hanging out for it on Wii U,…

Majora’s Mask Kicks Off First 4 Figures’ Life-Size Replica Line

Collectible statue makers First 4 Figures are branching off into the gaming replica business, starting with a stunning 25-inch replica of The Legend of Zelda’s Majora’s Mask, complete with conveniently removable horns. First 4 Figures has been doing Zelda statues for ages, so it makes sense Nintendo’s RPG series be the focus of the company’s…

The Legend Of Zelda Was Planned On These Sheets Of Paper

There’s something about analog development materials. Take, for example, these Legend of Zelda original design documents. Hand drawn on paper, they are still a sight to see. Nintendo UKrecently uploaded a host of these originals on its official site. Here is Takashi Tezuka’s skull room drawing, with a comparison to how it appeared in game.…

Adidas, Make These Zelda Sneakers

As part of his application process for a design internship with Adidas, student Paxton Porter—a lover of both sneakers and The Legend of Zelda—came up with these designs. Both of which I would cop in a heartbeat. Figuring that Nintendo would be down for a footwear collaboration, and rightly believing that the brand deserves better…

Original The Legend of Zelda Map Gets Printed In 3D

The Legend of Zelda on NES had a sprawling world by the standards of 1980s console games. While decades ago people used to draw their own maps to try and keep track of where each dungeon and secret, alternative methods now exist. Like, for instance, 3D printing a replica of the game’s entire overworld. Willard…

Here’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild Running On The Nintendo Switch

On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon just got debut hands on with the Nintendo Switch. The clip is nine minutes and forty seconds long. It starts off with Super Mario Run, but skip to around 4:55 to see Fallon play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch will…

New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Footage Is Triggering Some Interesting Theories

Is that Zelda? FEMALE LINK? Is she playable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Are people reading too much into this? Tonight at The Game Awards, Nintendo showed off some brand new footage from Breath of the Wild, which will be out this spring for Wii U and Switch. First they showed…

Majora’s Mask Cartoon Is Real Good

Majora’s Mask: Terrible Fate is a fan-made animated short that serves as an origin story for Skull Kid. If Nintendo ever get serious about making Zelda cartoons again, they could do a lot worse than this kind of art style. This is a cool little Zelda story! But it’s also a showcase for just how…

Mother 3 Translator Finds Cool New Way To Compare English And Japanese Scripts

Clyde Mandelin is a translator who has worked on games and anime such as One Piece, Kingdom Hearts II, Attack on Titan, and, most famously, a translation of Mother 3. Now, he’s showing off his programming skills as he streams game on Twitch through a program that compares translations as he plays. Mandelin has created…

Nintendo Is Doing A Zelda Escape Room

If you’ve ever had the urge to hug a Goron or explore a real-life version of the Water Temple, you may be in luck—Nintendo announced today plans to do a series of escape rooms centering on The Legend of Zelda, as part of a limited tour that will be traveling across the United States this…

Artists Explore NES History Through Animated GIFs

More than 40 artists from around the world come together for Back to Bits, a curated art project exploring video game history via a series of gorgeous animated GIFs. You’ll probably want to save them all. In the first installment of the ongoing series, artists capture the essence of NES classics from the ‘80s and…

Fans Race To See Who Can Beat NES Classic Games The Fastest 

The Best of NES routinely gets some of the most veteran speedrunners of old NES games together to have them compete against one another and share their love of old games. At the end of October, it hosted a three day marathon, and before that, a back-to-back race through 20 different NES games. Last night,…

World Record For Beating Ocarina of Time Keeps Getting Broken Thanks To One Glitch

A while back, speedrunners believed that they had achieved a near-perfect completion time for Ocarina of Time, that nobody could beat the game much faster than 18 minutes and 10 seconds. Two years later, the time has been shaved down to an incredible 17 minutes and 24 seconds, and it’s all because of a trick…

Watch The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay. Here, funny man Masaru Hamaguchi who is Shinya Arino’s comedy partner plays through over twenty minutes of the game. 

Fans Translate Rare Japanese Zelda Game, Now Everyone Can Play It

The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets is a nearly forgotten spinoff title originally made for the Super Famicom Satellaview but a new fan English translation has brought the game back to the masses. BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban was a special title for the Satellaview, a Japanese only peripheral that allowed players…

The Zelda Arcade Cabinet We Deserved

But the one we never got. Here’s a spectacular fan-made Legend of Zelda cabinet that shows what could have been, but what wasn’t. Wyo over on the Arcade Museum forums made this beauty, outfitting the cabinet with a NES and 20-inch cathode ray tube. It’s about 95 percent done with some side art and instruction…

Custom NES Is Also A Magic Zelda Chest

Spain’s Mako Mod have made a replica of a Legend of Zelda chest. That’s also a working NES. Complete with Triforce that actually levitates Thanks to “an electromagnetic levitation technology, and a ‘near-field’ wireless transmission of electricity”, the Triforce spins around in thin air just like it does in the games. No strings, just science/magic…

14 Years Later, Zelda Fans Discover New Way To Kill Wind Waker Boss

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has some pretty tough bosses. But a sneaky new trick allows players to slay one dangerous boss monster without ever swinging their sword. Kalle Demos is the boss of the Forbidden Woods. Normally, you are required to use a combination of the sword and boomerang to defeat it.…

Figma Makes Good-Looking Twilight Princess Toys

Normally I’d pick fancy dress-wearing Zelda fover plain old green elf any day, but the DX version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ Link, packed with everything from the Ball and Chain to the Hawkeye mask is making it hard to decide. Up for preorder today through October 27 at the Good Smile Shop…