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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…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
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…
By Ethan Gach Published December 17, 2016 -
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2016 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published December 1, 2016 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2016 -
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…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 17, 2016 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published November 16, 2016 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 14, 2016 -
Culture
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,…
By Ethan Gach Published November 12, 2016 -
CultureWorld 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…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 3, 2016 -
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…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 18, 2016 -
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2016 -
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.…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 5, 2016 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2016 -
20 Years Later, The N64 Still Amazes Me
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo 64 in North America. A chiefly innovative console as games made the jump between 2-D and 3-D, the Nintendo 64’s release was one of the most important gaming moments of all time. The Nintendo 64 was originally released on June 23, 1996 in Japan before seeing a…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 26, 2016 -
A Look At How Zelda Dungeons Are Designed
Zelda dungeons are, as a general rule, extraordinarily well-designed. Everyone knows that. What you might not know is just why they’re so well-designed. For a few months now, critic Mark Brown has been putting out a great YouTube series called Boss Keys. In it, he digs into Zelda dungeons and tries to figure out what…
By Jason Schreier Published September 26, 2016 -
Zelda vs Studio Ghibli: A Trailer
So, Nintendo wants to get back in the business of letting other people make movies based on their stuff. The Zelda series is obviously a prime candidate, but before anyone goes committing millions to a mute live-action film, perhaps consider an alternative: a Studio Ghibli-style animated feature. Like this. This fan-made trailer is the work…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2016 -
How An Elaborate Glitch Lets You Finish The Legend of Zelda In Under Four Minutes
Many games offer ways to program new code that allows players to skip to the credits. It’s a complicated process that’s allowed people to leap to the end of Super Mario World and skip over most of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. So why not jump right to the end of The Legend of Zelda?…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 19, 2016
