The Legend of Zelda

The Largest, Most Awesome Video Game Castles

Inspired mostly by Medieval architecture and the Middle Ages, fortified stone castles in video games are always among the most exciting locations. These bastions are the keepers of many secrets, hidden cellars and lost knowledge all awaiting the player to find them. We collected some of the most amazing video game castles, opting for those…

You Probably Wouldn’t Be Able To Afford Hyrule Castle In Real Life

Let’s say you were in the market for something grandiose and fictional—like maybe The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule Castle. How much money, hypothetically speaking, would you have to drop for a pad like that? Real estate blog Movoto took the time to calculate how much a property like Hyrule castle would cost if it were…

School Janitor Wins Internet with Amazing Zelda Drawings

Most janitors are satisfied with keeping things clean. This junior high school custodian might be, too, but also has a hankering to do something else: Draw incredible pictures. Spotted on a school cafeteria whiteboard, these awesome drawings depict things like Link from The Legend of Zelda. Here’s Midna and Wolf Link from Twilight Princess. These…

Japanese Person Picked Zelda‘s Triforce for Tombstone, Apparently

In Japan, there are family crests called “kamon” (家紋). They’re similar to a coat of arms in the West. One Japanese Twitter user claims to have changed his family’s crest to a familiar mark: The Legend of Zelda Triforce. Apparently, the iconic symbol even ended up on the family’s gravestone. According to Twitter user @mahosyouzyo,…

A Visual History of Attractive Video Game Characters: The 80s

Video games in the 80s only depicted a certain amount of pixels on the screen. Fortunately, that didn’t hold developers back from pushing the limits of the available hardware to play with our imagination by creating beautiful, handsome characters. This week—starting off with the 80s—we’re going to explore the hottest, most attractive video game characters…

These folks are making a documentary about The Legend of Zelda. Check out their website for more details—and a very cool Zelda-like Flash game full of details on the film.

Real Life Photos Mixed With 16-Bit Video Games Are Amazing

The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colorful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking parts of these memorable games and mixing them with a real life environment might sound odd, but if done right the results are beautiful. Two gents, deviantART user Victor Sauron and Glauber Tanaka, played…

This Is What A Boss Battle In The New Zelda 3DS Looks Like

Yesterday, after Nintendo announced a new Zelda set in the world of A Link To The Past, Kotaku was given a chance to have some hands-on time with the 3DS title. We saw the new wall mechanic, and Kirk Hamilton was able to work his way to a caterpillar boss battle in the demo—you can…

A Direct Comparison Of The New 3DS Zelda And Link to the Past

Looks like the newest 3DS Zelda game—announced today as a sequel to Link to the Past—really is set in the same exact overworld as that Super Nintendo classic. Clever message board posters on NeoGAF and elsewhere have pieced together this side-by-side comparison of screenshots from the new Zelda‘s trailer and the old Zelda‘s world, and…

The Next 3DS Zelda Is Set In The World Of Link To The Past

Nintendo is developing a new Zelda game for the 3DS. In Japanese, the game is called The Legend of Zelda: Kamigami no Triforce 2. You probably remember the first Kamigami no Triforce game’s English title, A Link to the Past. The game will feature a new storyline, new puzzles, and new dungeons. Link will also…

The Real Legend of Zelda Gale Boomerang Flies Much Further

You could probably deal more damage with this replica of the Gale Boomerang from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess than the one in the game, which is more a tool to cut ropes and put out fires than weapon. YouTube user Victor Poulin is really into making boomerang replicas, and he’s got a really…

Nintendo Would Never Have The Guts To Release A Zelda Game This Cool

It’s weird. When it comes to hardware, Nintendo is the most daring video game company in the world, hands-down. You don’t come up with stuff like the DS or Wii unless you’re slightly mad Yet when it comes to software – and I’m especially talking about its older series like Zelda – Nintendo is unusually…

Navi Actually Sounds Adorable in This Catchy Zelda Music Video

A nice choice of music and some slick animation by Mélissa Goudjil make this Legend of Zelda video a cheerful way to start the week. The music is “Humbug” by Goldfish. Hey, Listen! [Mélissa Goudjil]

The Most Awesome Japanese Video Games Where You Can Ride A Horse

One would think, that horseback riding as a feature in video games would appear most of the time in wild west-themed titles, with lots of riding and gunning. But browsing through Japanese games, it quickly becomes clear that it’s not the case. A wide variety of genres have horse companions. Most of the time they…

The Most Comfortable Inns, Bars And Taverns In Video Games

Earlier this month we visited taverns and bars that are noisy and dangerous Now it is time to look for their exact opposite: The coziest, most calm, most peaceful places to hang out. Places that focus more on the relaxed atmosphere, the music, and advancing the game’s story, rather than getting our characters in trouble.…

How Do You Make Majora’s Mask Even More Disturbing? Add Nicolas Cage.

This is… I don’t even know what to say. Just watch. Sheer genius. Kudos to YouTuber Criken, who somehow managed to make the creepy The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask even creepier, Cage style. (via NeoGAF)

She Hacked The Legend of Zelda So It Now Stars Zelda, Saving Link

This is one of those things that seems so obvious, it feels like someone should have done it before. After all, just last week someone finally got the idea to mod a Donkey Kong ROM so that Pauline could save Mario. That’s exactly what inspired Kenna W., a professional animator, to mod a Legend of…

This Animated Zelda Cake Is The Most Impressive Thing You’ll See Today

Holy crap. Kotaku reader Will Turnbow and his wife made this cake for their daughter’s tenth birthday, and I think it’s no exaggeration to say this is the coolest thing you’ll see today. Based on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the cake includes Skyloft, the Sealed Grounds, the Faron Woods, and a ton of…

This Stunning Life-Sized Princess Zelda Statue Is Entirely Made Of Paper

According to papercraft-master minidelirium, even with instructions and templates it took more than 200 hours to build this stunning life-sized Princess Zelda. That’s a labor of love right there. She is 5’6″ tall (~170cm), made of really strong paper, and looks just like her equivalent in Super Smash Bros. Brawl And what did minidelirium do…

Scientific American has taken a look at the science of time-travel in Ocarina of Time