The Legend of Zelda

The Internet Reacts To A Possible Zelda Netflix Series

The biggest news of the day is undoubtedly that there are plans to make a live-action series on Netflix based on The Legend of Zelda. While it’s not clear whether or not the series will happen, the very idea has people talking. Can you imagine it? Who would they cast? Hell, would it be good?…

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D: The Kotaku Review

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a true original. Other creators have had 15 years to copy its ideas, but inexplicably, nobody has. If anything, it feels more bracingly unusual now than it did back then, because mechanically or thematically, there’s been nothing like it since. It is always a relief to return to…

Illustrator/Legend of Zelda fan Jessica Smith, to celebrate Zelda Wii U coming out this year, painted this magnificent picture of what the Forest Temple might look like in the game. It probably won’t be anywhere near as beautiful as it is here. Look here for more of Smith’s work, and below for the full painting.…

Meet Twitch’s Newest Star: A Piano Player

For most of this week, I was pretty sick. There was an upside, though: it gave me the opportunity to stumble across one of Kyle Landry’s piano marathons on Twitch. That night, he became one of the most viewed anythings on Twitch, nearly beating Counter-Strike, Hearthstone, and Dying Light At first, it was just idle…

Link, Sephiroth and The Avengers, Turned into Fearsome Robots

Oh man, I feel sorry for whoever has to face these in a fight. The robots were drawn by ChasingArtwork of DeviantArt, who appears to have a thing for redesigning popular characters as badass bots, with Link being the most recent one to receive the treatment. There’s a selection of them below—visit CA’s DeviantArt gallery…

10 Reasons Why Link From Zelda is Actually Kind of a Dick

Link, the green-capped hero from The Legend of Zelda series, is one of gaming’s most enduring, best loved, and iconic creations. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Fans have gladly followed the stoic elven hero throughout the years on his journeys across the land of Hyrule from their humble 8-bit beginnings, to save the…

12 Reasons to Play The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 

This Winter will bring the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask where Link must save the world over a three day cycle that loops in a terrifying fashion, each cycle bringing life in the hopes of changing a doomed, stagnant world. It’s a pattern of death and rebirth, where the Dawn of the…

Majora’s Mask 3DS Changes The Game’s Hardest Boss Fight

I love The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, but I’ll admit the game’s not perfect. Nintendo knows this, too. It’s why the 3DS version is getting more than new visuals. Gyorg, who lords over the water-themed third dungeon, used to be a tough but boring boss fight. That’s changed. Defeating Gyorg required little more than…

The Original Legend of Zelda Beaten In 30 Minutes, A New World Record

Watch in awe as someone demolishes old-school Legend of Zelda on the NES as fast as possible. According to How Long To Beat, a typical Zelda run takes about ten hours to beat. This speedrun by Darkwing_Duck_sda, though? 30 minutes and 29 seconds. The next Zelda record, according to Zelda Speedruns, is also held by…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make Your Own Damn Zelda New 3DS XL: Winners! 

Undaunted by the seeming shortage of Majora’s Mask limited edition New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles hitting North America on February 13, our Photoshop-savvy readers made their own, resulting in possibly the largest number of entries in ‘Shop Contest history, all of them gorgeous. When I say they are all gorgeous, I mean it. Nearly every…

The Wind Waker Ganondorf Statue Is One Magnificent Bastard

As teased over the weekend, First 4 Figures is now accepting previews for the first in its The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker statue line, and what better way to start a new line than with the final boss? First 4 Figures can’t stop making amazing Ganondorf statues. Their Twilight Princess Ganondorfwas a glorious…

No, Zelda Is The Girl, Link Is The…Oh

Cosplay by Talia Mira, photo by Beethy

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make Your Own Damn Zelda New 3DS XL

So you might not get the Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL. It’sreally no big deal. Besides, you could make a better one. All you’d need is Photoshop or something. Hey, I have an idea! The internet is swimming with artwork from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. This post is swimming with PNG images of…

Red And Black New 3DS XL Preorders Still Available Everywhere

“Holy shit.” That’s what I said when I first saw the limited edition Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL during the Nintendo Direct earlier this week — when I first felt that overwhelming need that fueled apost about limited availability that’s so far racked up over 1.5 million page views. I had the money. I had…

First 4 Figures is launching a The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker statue line this year, and they’re starting big. Here’sa teaser for the first piece in the series. Look for more pics of Toon Ganondorf when he goes up for preorder later this week.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Comparison: N64 vs. 3DS

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask has aged more than you remember. The game came out 15 years ago, after all! It’s why Nintendo’s releasing a remake next month. Thanks to YouTuber Master0fHyrule, we have a pretty excellent comparison video of the two versions.

Five New Things In The Majora’s Mask Remake

The weirdest Zelda game, 2000’s Nintendo 64 great The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, is finally coming to the 3DS on February 13th. Yesterday, I had a chance to play the game for a little bit during a Nintendo event in San Francisco, and I got to see some of the changes featured in the…

Our First Look At Majora’s Mask 3D In Action

We haven’t seen much of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for 3DS, but with the release date only a few weeks away, that’s changing. A new 16-minute video provides our best look yet at the remake, which includes a number of gameplay changes to make it more approachable. Unfortunately, the video is in Japanese,…

Tingle’s Coming to Blow Up Hyrule Warriors on February 5

A new Majora’s Mask-themed DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors will be arriving in a few weeks, giving the beat-em-up its most unlikely combatant yet. That’s right, Tingle. Zelda’s weirdest rupee-lover is here to kick butt. Just revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, Tingle will be battling hordes of enemies with a giant bag of money as…

The Best Handheld Zelda Game

Ask people to name their favourite Zelda games and they’ll invariably start with console titles. Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild. The handheld Zelda games, most of which are excellent, are often left off the list. From the old Oracle games through to Link Between Worlds,…