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Judge to Decide if Dark Link’s Shield Almost Severed Someone’s Nose
Someone at a Halloween party in Saskatchewan nearly lost his nose. That’s not in dispute. But a judge must determine if it was nearly severed by a broken beer bottle or by a very sharp shield carried by someone dressed up as Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda. Brandt Beeds, 20, the guy dressed…
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The history and evolution of the Moblins are no longer a secret to everybody, thanks to this all-encompassing feature by GameXplainGameXplain. Here is something I did not know until today: The etymology of “Moblin.” It’s derived from the Zelda brutes’ name in Japanese, which itself comes from the Japanese words for “Forest” and “Goblin.” You…
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If The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Were A Classic Platformer
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in HD has been out for a while now, so we’re all pretty clear on how great it looks. But now pixel artist Dean Bottino shows us that this art style goes really well with anything, even if it’s a 16-bit, painted demake of the game. Gameplay mechanics would…
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The Water Temple Doesn’t Seem Difficult In These Ocarina of Time Maps
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the favorite of many, and a classic like this deserves maps with similar qualities. Peardian, a veteran user of VGMaps, decided to map the whole game in an amazing-looking isometric view. According to VGMaps, he had to render the maps twice, both from top and side view,…
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Artist Liza van Kempen did a great job showing us what the characters in a Japanese-themed The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker would look like, by changing the atmosphere and everyone’s outfit, yet keeping the original art style of the game. The larger, original image has a few more characters on it, as you can…
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If Enemies From Zelda Were Real
When it comes to horror games, The Legend of Zelda is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. Concept artist Nate Hallinan’s creations are definitely going to change that. Above is his version of the Skulltula—there’s nothing to be afraid of! Nothing at all! Because they’re so realistic, the pictures might seem like…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
By Mike Fahey
