The Legend of Zelda

Big-Ass Zelda Castle Is The LEGO We Deserve, But Will Never Get

LEGO have never, and maybe will never, make Zelda sets. Whatever. Their loss. Joseph Zawada is stepping in and doing amazing work in their stead. He was at BrickFair Virginia last week showing off this massive Hyrule Castle build—which took him 2.5 years—but at home has also put together an impressive Twilight Princess display as…

An Ode To Wind Waker’s Booger Boy

If you run away from him, he runs towards you. His steps make a noise like ‘teeter-teeter-teeter’. A noise you might recognise from any cartoon. If you walk towards him? He bumps straight into you. With a BOING. He looks up. He just wants your attention. He only wants to talk to you, to play…

Speedrunner (Almost) Beats Zelda Without A Sword

Did you know that you can beat the original Legend of Zelda without using a sword? No, you did not know that, because it’s not true. But you can beat almost all of it—up until the very last battle. During this week’s Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon, runner jkoper showed off how a careful…

Never Stop Adding Lyrics To The Legend Of Zelda Theme

Animation Domination High-Def takes a stab at adding words The Legend of Zelda’s classic overworld theme, and while it covers all the bases—mute hero, chickens, smashing pots, side quests—it’s been done much better. It’s not a bad attempt, though it feels a little forced in places. I imagine someone sitting in front of their computer…

Guy Beats Ocarina of Time With DDR Pad

You’ve probably seen people glitch the hell out of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and you may have seen people beat it with blindfolds on. But have you ever seen anyone beat it with a dancepad? Video-maker ATwerkinYoshi—who also has one of the greatest handles on the internet—has spent the past few months recording video of…

Zelda II Speedrunner Hits Personal Best, Gets Super Emotional

Neil “PresJPolk” Stevens has been trying to achieve a particular goal in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for months. When he pulled it off earlier this week, it was overwhelming. Thanks to /r/speedrun for pointing this out, by the way! Stevens has been speedrunning The Adventure of Link for a while, but he’s been…

A Bunch Of Zelda: Triforce Heroes Questions, Answered

The next Zelda game isn’t quite what people expected. Announced last week during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, Zelda: Triforce Heroes is a co-op dungeon crawler designed to be played by a party of three—not your average setup for a Zelda game. Last week in Los Angeles, I got to spend a few minutes with Zelda: Triforce…

You Can’t Play Zelda: Triforce Heroes With Only Two People

You can play the newest Zelda game alongside two other people. You can play it by yourself. But you can’t, according to director Hiromasa Shikata, play Zelda: Triforce Heroes with a party of two. Bad news for anyone who was hoping to plow through the co-op dungeon game—announced for 3DS during Nintendo’s conference on Tuesday—with…

Zelda Fan Film Is Three Minutes of Link Being A Hilarious Jerk

Link will do anything for some extra rupees—even if it means screwing everyone else over. You’ve gotta watch this short by Callegos-Y. It’s one of the best Source Film Maker fan films out there. In it, Link finds that he can’t quite afford purchasing a new shield, so he takes matters into his own hands.…

There are already a ton of fantastic Zelda manga adaptations out there (the Ocarina and Majora’s ones especially good), but reader King Zombie figures there’s also space to tell a more original story. So he’s started drawing his own. Looks cool!

Every Fairy From The Legend Of Zelda. Even The Hideous Ones.

Which is your favorite fairy from The Legend of Zelda franchise? Our old friend MasterOfHyrulehas compiled a video featuring each and every—what the hell is that thing? Someone kill it! Set it on fire! Glue an Xbox One game to it! Okay, we’re safe. My personal favorite fairies are the ones from Ocarina of Time…

If Every Game Was A Pokémon Clone

Pokémon’s turn-based battles and exploration have been delighting gamers for nearly two decades, but does the formula work when applied to Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario and more? According to Hat-Loving Gamer’s excellent mash-up video, it certainly does. Sure Pong might be a little boring while taking turns (Paddle, Block attack!), but the likes of…

Graphic Novel Second Quest Is A Frightening, Zelda-Inspired Fable

The young girl in Second Quest will seem familiar to most video game lovers. Azalea explores ruins, collects artifacts and tries to uncover the mysterious hidden history of her floating fantasy homeland. But, halfway through the story, she throws away the ocarina, boomerang and slingshot she’s found. She needs to save her world but gets…

Watch A Super Mario Bros. Aquarium Get Built From Scratch

If I ever decide to buy fish, I’ll have to consider this incredible aquarium by Kelsey Kronmiller. “I started in about a year ago, after my good friend showed me a similar tank and challenged me to make one….so I did,” said Kronmiller to me over email. “I originally wanted to go with the underwater…

Zelda-Inspired Game Hopes To Be Different Every Time You Play

A Legend-of-Zelda-like game where you get to explore a different world each time you play? Sounds too good to be true. That, however, is exactly what Songbringer is trying to do (emphasis on trying). Songbringer‘s pitch sounds like something retrieved from the dusty libraries of my childhood dreams. I mean, listen to this: “What if…

The Making Of A Creepy Skullkid From Zelda

Li Kovacs’ Skullkid here is great. As great as this video featuring it, which towards the end also includes some footage showcasing how it was made.

Nine steps to creating awesome Zelda fanart. EternaLegend’s piece, titled “A Hero’s Hardship,” depicts the Hero of Time with “bad memories haunting [him] well after his adventures are over.” The finished, high-res painting can be found below—check out EternaLegend on Tumblr here and on DeviantArt here for more. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

Hey Link. Listen. We Look Great.

That’s Jina D doing an excellent Navi, if not in scale then at least in spirit. Link is her fiancée Devon, who should really be cosplaying as Jaime Lannister. I had to crop the image to fit it on the front page of the site, so here’s the full shot: This pic was taken at…

Reminder: Nintendo Is Always Delaying Major Zelda Games

Today, Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma announced that the upcoming Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U is not going to be coming out this year. That’s a bummer, but not an unprecedented one: Lots of console Zelda games have been delayed. Ocarina of Time was eventually released in November of 1998. (Via IGN) Wind Waker…

The Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed Out Of 2015

Bad news, Zelda fans. The next game won’t be out this year, Nintendo just announced—they’re “no longer making a 2015 release [their] number one priority” for the upcoming Zelda Wii U Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the bad news in a video message on Facebook, where he talked about how the team has “discovered several…