The Legend of Zelda

Highlight Reel: The Most Stylish Way To Park A Boat

Today in gaming highlights: How to park a boat when you’re done with it, how to scare off a Hearthstone opponent in one turn, and a new world record speedrun! Watch Dogs John Barca shows off what to do with your boat if you don’t feel like walking all the way up the dock: Hearthstone…

Midna Is The New Dragonborn

Arrows? Dragonrend? Midna just straight up pulls that dragon to the ground with a rope. Amazing. Midna will be teaming up with Link (in his Wolf form, of course) for her appearance in Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, where she’ll be using some pretty neat transformation-based magic to kick some ass. I think I prefer this to…

Agitha & Her Vicious Butterfly Horde Take On Zelda: Hyrule Warriors

Beware the nice ones. In Zelda: Twilight Princess, Agitha is a sweet ten-year-old girl who sends you on a quest to collect some shiny Golden Bugs for her. In Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, Agitha is a sweet ten-year-old girl who mercilessly crushes her foes with her Parasol of Doom and an array of bug-based magical spells.…

The fanny pack on Ganondorf, the tagged wall and all the little details make this 80s Zelda art by Yaguete perfect. Even the boots have some small references to the games. Zelda80s by Yaguete [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

An Ode to Link’s Hat

You probably don’t think very much about Link’s headgear when playing through or hoping for a Legend of Zelda title. But, no matter how things change from game to game, that pointy, green cap is a beacon that says ‘all are welcome here.’ A new illustrated essay at The A.V. Club covers the evolution of…

Link, It’s Dangerous To Go Alone. So Take This Chicken.

Link, steeled for the quest ahead, rides into battle clutching the one thing that’s going to save his ass: a cucco. This was done by Paul Canavan, an artist we’ve actually featured here before. You can see more of his stuff here

Six Insane Zelda Speedruns

Summer Games Done Quick is over, but the crazy speedruns and insane moves will live on forever. I haven’t watched all the runs yet, but some of my absolute favorites are the Zelda games, which take some serious skill and precision to master like this. It’s amazing how these speedrunners know every single trick and…

The Moon from Majora’s Mask looks 100% crazier in Hyrule Warriors, just like all the characters that have been revealed so far. We’ve already seen Link, Impa and Queen Zelda (she’s a queen now!) in action in Hyrule Warriors and fresh screenshots introduce two more playable characters. Here’s Agitha, the bug collector girl from Twilight…

Zelda’s Quite The Warrior Princess In Hyrule Warriors

Yesterday we got to see Impa in action. Today, it’s Princess Zelda’s turn to show off her ass-kicking ability in the upcoming Zelda hack & slash game, Hyrule Warriors In one minute, we get to see the Hylian princess take on a small army using quick, acrobatic swordfighting and devastating magic alike. Really, lose the…

Zelda Ass-Kicker Gets Her Overdue Time In The Spotlight

Impa, one of the Zelda universe’s most under-appreciated badasses (at least in Sheikah form), is getting her due in the upcoming Hyrule Warriors Having only appeared in this guise in two Zelda games (Ocarina and Skyward Sword), she’s got some time to make up for. And by time, I mean killing.

Praise… the Moon? I can see where mintyfreshmango‘s Zelda and Dark Souls crossover is going. The Moon from Majora’s Mask would actually fit right in as a boss and the warriors of sunlight would find themselves in a tight corner really quickly. Zelda and Dark Souls by mintyfreshmangos [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that…

The Future of Zelda

Last week at E3, I got to chat with the fine folks behind the next two Zelda games: the action spinoff Hyrule Warriors and the recently-announced open-world Zelda that will be out next year. Both games are on Wii U. We talked about what Hyrule Warriors will do, what “Zelda” actually means, and whether a…

DeviantART artist HeavyMetalHanzo‘s Zelda art will bring back the excitement for the Wii U game that was announced last week. He captured the chase scene of the trailer and kept the awesome colorful theme. Here’s a GIF version: And here’s the full pic: The Legend of Zelda Wii U by HeavyMetalHanzo [DeviantART] Dayshot is an…

Zelda Boss Promises To Stop Overdoing Tutorials

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was, by most accounts, a very good game. It was also, by most accounts, excruciating until you could actually play it. See, the Wii’s second Zelda game is packed with introductions and tutorials, to the point where it takes four to five hours before you can actually start playing.…

Zelda Producer Dances Like A Chicken

I could watch this gif of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma all day. Via this Facebook video (We’ll have more… substantial stories about Zelda and Aonuma later this afternoon.)

Ten Things You Might’ve Missed About The New Zelda Reveal

Time for some trailer analysis! While we didn’t get to see too much of the new Zelda, the short footage we saw was still jam-packed with small stuff that was easy to miss. I mean, let’s be real, most of us were busy thinking about how amazing the grass looks now and such. Thankfully, GameXplain…

The New Zelda Might Not Have The Puzzles You Expect

Are you hoping for something different from the new Zelda, which blew everyone away when it was announced earlier this week during Nintendo’s E3 show? Series producer Eiji Aonuma has promised that this one will shake things up, with an open-world focus that calls back to the days of Zelda on the NES. He’s also…

Zelda Boss On Majora’s Mask Remake: ‘I Hear The Fans’

Ah, Majora’s Mask. For years now, Zelda fans have been praying for and speculating about a sequel or remake to the beloved Nintendo 64 game, and Nintendo has teased us constantly about the possibility. But we haven’t seen anything yet. I just sat down with Eiji Aonuma, the man in charge of all things Zelda…

The Legend of Zelda, Done In The Style of Game of Thrones

If Game of Thrones were set in the world of The Legend of Zelda, I reckon the intro to the show might look a bit like this. The way the sprites are animated by The Pixel Kingdom here is a really nice touch, yeah? I mean, look at this: So pretty. Video Game of Thrones:…

Some People Think Link Might Be A Girl In The New Zelda

While some people freak out about how cool the new open-world Zelda looks, there’s a segment of the fanbase that is currently debating one thing: could it be possible that Link is a girl? You don’t have to go far to see these discussions. Immediately after we posted about the new Zelda, there were huge…