The Legend of Zelda

Ten Years Later, Okami Is Still Great

One day, my 8th grade art teacher decided to try to teach his class sumi-e, the Japanese art of Ink wash painting. It’s a minimalist style with a long history and subtle philosophy behind it, not exactly the best thing to show a bunch of distracted adolescent kids. He told us to be very conscious…

Halo 5 Player Makes Map Out Of Ocarina of Time Boss

This is CaptainDireWolf’s take on Zelda. It’s called Bongo Bongo, and he made it in Halo 5 Bongo Bongo was created using Halo 5: Forge, the game’s level builder which just recently became available free on Windows 10 as well. As a result, players can now create Halo levels and then test them without ever…

GameXplain Has A 2-Hour Examination of Zelda Up On YouTube

Wow! GameXplain has posted a 2 hour, 6 minute, 13 second in-depth exploration of all of the footage we have so far of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is pretty cool. I’m going through it now, and while some of it sticks out to me as over-analysis (gut feeling: those lights…

Website Says Nintendo Threat Forced Them To Pull Hundreds Of Fan Games [UPDATE]

In a mass filing under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Nintendo has apparently flagged over 550 titles for takedown. Focusing on the site Game Jolt, a notice said to come from Nintendo listed a total of 562 titles for removal from the site. The majority of these titles were fan made tributes or independent…

In Nintendo Direct Zelda news, the Phantom Hourglass & Spirit Tracks DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors is available today, and four new Amiibo are coming on December 2, including 8-Bit Link and a Wind Waker two-pack, with special functionality in the upcoming Breath of the Wild Oh yeah, and Skyward Sword is out on the…

The Scariest Video Game Monster Is Time

From Dragon Age’s darkspawn to Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head, video games have no shortage of terrifying foes. But there is a single enemy that is scarier than any of them. A formless, invisible beast that can never be stopped: Time. I still remember the first time I drowned in a Sonic game, specifically Sonic the…

Sony Promotes Indie Game Full Of Seemingly Ripped-Off Art And Music

It’s not rare to find clones and ripoff games on Steam or the app store. The video game market is full of asset theft, much to the dismay of hard-working developers everywhere. But how often do you find a ripoff game that’s actively marketed by Sony? Solbrain: Knight of Darkness, a new adventure game that…

Wind Waker Speedrunner Finds Glitch People Thought Was Impossible

For years, the speedrunning community surrounding The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has been searching for a way to perform what they call the “Barrier Skip,” a way to make it through a walled off section in Hyrule that leads towards the endgame. Last week, this Holy Grail of glitches was found. In the…

Majora’s Mask In-Game Ocarina Is A Surprisingly Versatile Instrument

I wasn’t initially impressed with PuppetMaster9‘s compilation of popular tunes played using the in-game Ocarina from The Legend of Zelda: Major’s Mask for the 3DS. Then he got to “Baker Street.” Such a sucker for that song. You may have seen some of PuppetMaster9’s performances when they started blowing up on Twitter back in March.…

Look At This $480 Wind Waker Statue

Even these guys are like “OK maybe we should have made this smaller”. This upcoming statue from First 4 Figures recreates Wind Waker’s King of Red Lions (with Link sailing him) in a piece that’s 25 inches tall and costs $480. It’ll be out next year. There’s a limited edition model that lights up. Good…

Watch Us Play Zelda: A Link To The Past With Randomized Items

Last Friday, Stephen Totilo and I played through a modded version of Zelda: A Link to the Past called the Randomizer. It randomizes the contents of every chest and item-giver in the game, which shifts things in some really interesting ways. As you can see in our playthrough (above), the results can be both funny…

We see a lot of cosplay videos trying to make music, but here’s a music video that’s doing Zelda cosplay. And a lot of it.

Bringing The Legend Of Zelda To Life Through Cosplay

Layze Michelle is a Brazilian cosplayer and big Zelda fan who has made a habit of creating some incredible cosplay based on Nintendo’s series. Not only has she cosplayed as several iterations of Princess Zelda herself, but also—be still my heart—the real star of Wind Waker, Medli the Rito. You can see more of Layze’s…

Breath Of The Wild Link Makes A Very Pretty Action Figure

The latest version of The Legend of Zelda’s hero has been stealing hearts since he made his E3 2014 debut. Medicom’s Real Action Hero figure of Breath of the Wild Link follows suit. You get what you pay for with Japanese toy maker Medicom. In the case of 12-inch Breath of the Wild Link here…

People Are Doing Remarkable Things With Zelda: A Link to the Past

Picture, if you will, the opening scene of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. It’s storming outside. The princess is sending you telepathic messages asking if you’ll come save her. Your uncle leaves the house, telling you to stay put, and you go open the chest in your living room, expecting to…

Watch This Excellent Speedrunner Power Through Zelda: Link’s Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is one of the best—maybe even the best Zelda game, so it’s a treat to watch speedrunner ZorlaxSeven blaze through it all in just under an hour and a half. Performed earlier this week at SGDQ, this Link’s Awakening run is really fun to watch thanks to some great…

The Shadow Link Collection Takes The Legend Of Zelda To A Dark Place

Spencer’s and Nintendo have teamed up to plunge The Legend of Zelda series into darkness. The first official Shadow Link action figure leads an army of red and black merchandise to the mall retailer’s shelves next month, with a brief stop-off at the increasingly crowded Toy Time desk. Originally published 6/23/2016 I found it hard…

The Makers of Zelda On Why Their Games Are Usually Late

“First of all, it would be great if I didn’t have to put a release date out at all,” Nintendo’s longtime chief game designer Shigeru Miyamoto recently told me when I asked him about the tendency for Zelda games to be late. “But I have to.” We both laughed. Nearly every major Zelda console game…

Grieving Fans Ask Nintendo To Name Zelda Character After Murdered Singer

Christina Grimmie, the young singer (and former The Voice contestant) who was tragically shot and killed in Orlando earlier this month, was a massive and very vocal fan of the Legend of Zelda series. In the wake of her murder, fans have been asking Nintendo to honour her in an upcoming game. As Timereport, there…

The Rumor That Someone Tried To Steal The Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 Demo

Not long after this year’s E3 showfloor opened up for exhibitors, the internet started gossiping about a hacker who was supposedly trying to pilfer the impressive Zelda: Breath of the Wild demo from right under Nintendo’s nose. For some skeptics, it sounded too incredible to be true. How could someone possibly steal a demo from…