The Legend of Zelda

All The Joy Of The Legend Of Zelda In One Plunderphonic Masterpiece

Artist Jeesh, who we’ve featured here before, plunders sounds from more than two and a half decades of The Legend of Zelda and mixes them all up to to create some of the most delicious ear candy I’ve heard in ages. This is going on everything I have that’s capable of outputting music. It’s a…

Is that… a Link to the future? Digital artist Jamie Boylan on DeviantART created one of the weirdest (in a good way!) pieces of Legend of Zelda fan arts. You can’t say it lacks enough twists. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art…

Awakened In 2013: first, we imagined what the new wall-merging mechanic might look like in an older, classic Zelda game. Today, we’re going to imagine what a 2013 remake of Link’s Awakening might look like—here’s a rendition by artist Jonatan Iversen-Ejve. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

The Creepiest Legend of Zelda Character Gets His Own Live Action Movie

Here’s an early Christmas present for Legend of Zelda fans: a live-action preamble to the story of Majora’s Mask, giving the backstory of the Skull Kid who stole it, fell under its spell, and emerged as the principal antagonist of the game. Majora’s Mask Live Action: The Skull Kid was written, directed, produced and edited…

I Can’t Stop Listening To Japanese Zelda Rap

This is the new Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It’s amazing and I can’t stop watching it. Diehard Zelda fans will of course know that this is a throwback to the old Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the spiritual predecessor to Link…

Zelda Is Getting A Dynasty Warriors-Ish Spin-Off On Wii U

Well this is a surprise: Nintendo just announced a new Zelda game, tentatively titled Hyrule Warriors, for Wii U in 2014. It’s developed by Tecmo Koei, and it looks just like a Dynasty Warriors game. Trailer right here: Guess Nintendo needed a stopgap between Link Between Worlds and the eventual real Wii U Zelda game,…

A Link To The Future: what if A Link To The Past had the wall-merging mechanic that appears in the newer Zelda, A Link Between Worlds? Well, then it might look a little like this awesome GIF by johanvinet. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

Should you play Tearaway or The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds? Why not both? TDZDaily.com‘s video game editor Derrick Dover used Tearaway‘s character editing tools to bring two of the year’s best portable games together as one. I’d play the heck out of The Legend of Tearaway: Iota’s Awakening.

​A Zelda Violin Performance Worthy Of The Hero Of Time

Just in time to get me psyched about the excellence of Zelda music all over again. Here’s violinist Taylor Davis with a rousing performance of both Song of Time and Song of Storms from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. She plays violin in the rain, man. It doesn’t get any more dramatic than…

The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: The Kotaku Review

I haven’t enjoyed a game in The Legend of Zelda franchise this much in more than 20 years. Yes, I am one of those Legend of Zelda fans – the ones who steadfastly maintain that the pinnacle of the series, despite all the advances of the past two decades, is a 2D sprite-based game for…

Tips For Playing The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The latest game in Nintendo’s beloved action role-playing series is upon us, and while it contains many links to the past, there are aspects of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds that remain a secret to everybody. You may need a little help. So here I stand, in a dark cave flanked by…

Zelda Meets Macross, 80’s Child Brains Explode

These illustrations of Link and Zelda were done by Haruhiko Mikimoto. You may not know him by name, but if you’ve ever seen Macross, you’ll know his work. Mikimoto was character designer on the series, meaning if your heart has ever fluttered for Roy Focker, he’s the man to thank. He never worked for Nintendo,…

Make Your Zelda Look Super Slim With This One Weird Trick

When the people behind the new Zelda game decided they wanted to use a top-down camera angle, they realized that looking at Link’s green hat for 20-something hours wouldn’t be all that interesting or pleasant. So they came up with a simple solution: MAKE EVERYTHING SLANTED. Look at that image, you guys. They designed the…

It’s a little early for Zelda 3DS XL bundles, Walmart. Spotted last night by me at the Walmart on Mansell Road in Roswell, Georgia, Nintendo’s gold, Triforce-emblazoned 3DS Xl The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds bundle was available for purchase several days in advance of Friday’s game release. Yet they still don’t have…

Let’s Compare The New Zelda to its 22-Year-Old Ancestor

Link to the Past has aged quite well, wouldn’t you agree? What we have here is a direct, side-by-side comparison of the new handheld Zelda game, A Link Between Worlds, and its predecessor, the now almost 22-year-old Link to the Past, courtesy of The Bit Block. There’s a stark difference, to say the least, but…

Happy Birthday, Shigeru Miyamoto. The creator of Mario, Zelda, Pikmin and many more games we love turned 61 today.

It Takes Five Minutes To Reach The First Dungeon In The Newest Zelda

Five minutes and three seconds, to be precise—that’s how long it just took me to get to the tutorial dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, which comes out for 3DS on November 22. Using my iPhone stopwatch app, I started recording the second I hit “new game.” Including the opening cut-scene,…

One Beard Becomes Eight, Sings Zelda‘s Most Famous Theme

It was only a matter of time before video-game a cappella master Smooth McGroove took on the Zelda theme. Now, he has—or rather he, his cat and his seven doppelgängers have. This version of Link to the Past‘s famous overworld theme is one of Smooth’s more percussive recent works, and it sure does get me…

The 1980’s Will Help You Beat Wind Waker

I don’t think this was made in the 21st century. I think time travel was involved. I think somebody found a way to go back to the 1980s and took a copy of Wind Waker with them. It’s the only explanation I can think of as to why this fake tips VHS is so perfect…

Call of Rupees: check out this unexpected Zelda easter egg in Call of Duty: Ghosts…if you’re squinting, the award is for ‘most bushes cut and pots smashed.’ And the award to the left? It might just be a TARDIS… (via r/Zelda)