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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.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 17, 2014 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 13, 2014 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2014 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2014 -
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:…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2014 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2014 -
New Zelda Wii U Screens Are Just, Ungh, Gorgeous
I know, we’ve already seen the demo in motion, but that didn’t afford us the luxury of gazing at HD stillness like these screens do. If Nintendo is on the level, and this is what the actual game can provide, then I am so far onto the hype train that I’m wearing one of those…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2014 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Nintendo’s E3 Presentation
Nintendo didn’t go for a live presentation today, but they still had a lot to show this week—and some of that stuff was considered a megaton for fans. New open-world Zelda. Brand new games with fresh ideas. New characters and modes in Smash. Most of what Nintendo showed during their short E3 presentation was a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 10, 2014 -
The New Zelda Is Open-World, Looks Absolutely Incredible
We just got our first glimpse at the first new high-definition Zelda game, and it looks truly insane. Zelda is going open-world. Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the game during the Nintendo Digital Presentation this morning, promising that this Zelda will feel totally different thanks to their open-world structure. It looks like a cross between…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2014 -
The Story of A Link Between Worlds In A Single Zelda Painting
As she played through The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on her 3DS, DeviantART artist EternaLegend painted and pointed out the main events of the game in one really big piece of artwork. The top pic is just a tiny part of it. The full image is below. If you haven’t finished the…
By Gergo Vas Published June 4, 2014 -
The Legend Of Zelda Didn’t Make The LEGO Ideas’ Cut
Fans of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise and LEGO toys breathlessly waiting for the results of the LEGO Ideas Winter 2014 review results can exhale now — the results are in, and Link won’t be appearing in plastic brick form. Wes Talbott’s submission to the LEGO Ideas (once CUUSOO) program did Zelda fans proud.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
ver1sa as Princess Zelda. Photo by Anton Kirsanov.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2014 -
It’s Link, Just Not As You Know Him
Sketch Dailies is a website/exercise where every single day, artists from around the world – many of them top professionals – get together and contribute drawings based on a theme. Yesterday’s theme was “Link”. While some took it as a chance to simply bring their favourite character to life, others got a little more creative,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2014 -
Fan Animation Turns Link Pikmin-Sized
Some just can’t wait till a new, HD Zelda arrives and start working on their own fan-projects. This superb gif is from animator PencilTest ‘s upcoming fan-movie, which—if it’ll have the same overall quality as this teaser—will be quite ambitious. Zelda gifs by PencilTest [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…
By Gergo Vas Published May 28, 2014 -
One of the coolest things in Hyrule Warriors, the upcoming Zelda spin-off for the Wii U, will be definitely the new look of Impa, Princess Zelda’s bodyguard. While she typcally appeared as an old lady in most of the previous games, this new warrior design is just completely awesome. Dayshot is an image-based feature that…
By Gergo Vas Published May 23, 2014 -
Watch Video Game Weapons from Zelda and Final Fantasy Come to Life
Swords are great, sure. But we all want to shoot things with a bow and arrow from The Legend of Zelda, don’t we? The work done by Tony Swatton and his Man-At-Arms crew is formidable. But they’ve mostly stuck with replicating one kind of video game weapon. The new season of Geek and Sundry’s Arcade…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 6, 2014 -
Zelda’s Temple of Time, Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4
The Wii U might not get as many Unreal Engine 4 games as we’d like, and so animator Michael Eurek thought it would be a great idea to recreate the Temple of Time from the Legend of Zelda games, just to show how good an HD Zelda game would look like in 2014. It took…
By Gergo Vas Published May 6, 2014 -
A Game Boy That Looks Like It Could Survive Ten Thousand Years
The original Game Boy is sometimes affectionately known as a “brick”. So what better way to celebrate the handheld’s 25th birthday than by getting literal with one. Vadu Amka’s “Brick” work turns an old Game Boy into a brick wall from the Zelda series. Just so you know it’s a brick wall from the Zelda…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2014 -
Artist Vincent Bisschop redrew two boss fights from The Legend of Zelda games in a really atmospheric way. Here’s Queen Gohma above, from Ocarina of Time, and Kalle Demos below from Wind Waker And here’s a bonus pic with Mario and Chain Chomp, from the same artist: Fan art by VincentBisschop [DeviantART] Dayshot is an…
By Gergo Vas Published April 23, 2014