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It’s Dangerous to Drink Alone. Take Cards.

A year ago, Swiss artist Nelde released some images of an idea for a deck of Zelda playing cards. They were, given the template, almost perfect. Well, encouraged by the positive feedback received, Nelde went and deigned the rest of the deck and has had them printed up by the lovely people at Fangamer. The…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012

Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: Link Encounters Resistance

Colorful. Bright. Cartoonish. These are all adjectives used to describe the light-hearted and airy adventures found in Insomniac’s Resistance series. What happens when Nintendo’s dark anti-hero Link comes on the scene? Glorious chaos. In the realm of video game crossover fan fiction there are plenty of pairings that make perfect sense. Mega Man and Street…

By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2012

Hey, Zelda, Get off Link’s Back

He’s got enough to worry about without you banging on about saving this, or doing that, or going wherever Like it? You’ve got artist George Alexopoulos to thank. Then you’ve got a trip to his website, below, where you can check out other cute little paper figures he’s made Zelda [George Alexopoulos, via GamOvr]

By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012

Dragon Roost Island, You Stole My Heart

Long-time readers of Kotaku may already know that my absolute, unquestioned, favourite video game of all time is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. There are many reasons for this. The timeless art style, the “open world” design, the inherent charm and humour present throughout. There’s one more reason though that’s not quite as…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2012

Zelda Games Are Taking Longer and Longer to Get to the Point

I found Tevis Thomson’s lengthy critique chronicling the decline and fall of the Legend of Zelda franchise to be very convincing. That doesn’t quite diminish my enjoyment of more recent Zelda games, but then, I’m no Zelda super-fan. But it was hard to argue with his points about how the series has changed and in…

By Kirk Hamilton Published March 26, 2012

Wind Waker Reimagined is a Wonderful Thing

Dave Rapoza’s Crimson Daggers (who we last saw taking on Gauntlet) has held another redesign competition, this time tasking artists with drawing alternate cover art for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Some of it stays with the cartoon theme. Some of it goes for a more realistic tone. Some of them are good. Some…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012

The Dorkly Weekly: When You Put it That Way Yeah, Zelda II Was Kinda Dirty (NSFW)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link briefly exchanged the series’ fairy-based healing mechanics with an going into a house with a strange woman and coming out healed feature. I’ve always assumed the worst. Dorkly does too, only they make it awkward for everyone. This one’s a little not safe for work, so those with delicate…

By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2012

Here’s A Bunch of Shit That Zelda Fans Say

I don’t know how many Zelda fans actually say any of this, but this Shit Zelda Fans Say video is kind of amusing if only because it’s so damn specific. Now let’s all agree to stop making Shit People Say videos. Thanks in advance. Shit Zelda Fans Say [YouTube – thanks, Andy!]

By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2012

An Enormous Zelda Painting to Blow Your Socks Clean Off

Last Year, Japanese artist ag+ put together one of the most amazing pieces of fan art the world has ever seen Well, obviously drawing inspiration from that image, here’s a slightly smaller, more focused effort by L-DAWB, which instead of spanning the series’ entire history just looks at Skyward Sword I’m really liking the different…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012

These Guys Cover Every Single Song From The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Whether you’re working, learning, or just straight up doing nothing today, there’s no excuse not to rock out to music from The Legend of Zelda. These talented folks have put together a lovely re-creation of every track from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, otherwise known as the series’ Super Nintendo entry,…

By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012

Watch This Amazing 16-Bit Legend of Zelda PC Case Come to Life Block-By-Block

You’ve seen his classic Final Fantasy-inspired PC cases. Now Richard “8-Bit Builder” Clinton upgrades to 16-bit with his amazing PC case rendition of Link from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. How does he do it? Watch the video and find out. Not only did Dr. Clinton (probably not a doctor) spend…

By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2012

Nintendo Teases 3DS Owners With Thoughts Of New Zelda

Check out what Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma, best known for directing and producing multiple Zelda games, just sent 3DS owners via Swapnote, the system’s text and picture messaging application. “Hello, this is Aonuma, Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda producer,” he says in the note. “Did you enjoy The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D? Thanks to…

By Jason Schreier Published February 22, 2012

Have You Ever Seen This Many Zelda Games at Once?

First Mega Man, then Street Fighter…there’s a video game collection arms race going on, and The Legend of Zelda just joined in. Reader Andy “thought this would be pretty cool to show on the site”. He’s damn right it would be. Note he doesn’t just have every game. For many he’s got multiple editions. Look…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

How To Turn A Bunch Of Beige Blocks Into The Legend of Zelda‘s Link

This time-lapsed video of YouTube user thorkon’s Zelda-themed building blocks is truly awesome, the type of intricate creation that must have taken many, many hours to put together. But now we can add Link to the ever-growing list of game-themed computer cases that thorkon, aka 8-Bit Builder, has been modding and constructing for a while…

By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2012

Zelda Just Keeps Getting Worse. But It Isn’t Beyond Saving

Late in the original Zelda’s second quest, I got stuck. I couldn’t find the relocated and very well-hidden eighth dungeon. Then one night I had a dream in which I took a map of Hyrule and drew large circles around the other seven dungeons. Somehow I had figured that dungeons were probably not right beside…

Tevis Thompson Published February 16, 2012

There’s a Link From Zelda Action Figure Coming, and it Looks Surprisingly Great

While there have been a few lines of gashapon pieces coming out of Japan, there hasn’t been a proper action figure from the Legend of Zelda series for years. Until now! Unveiled over the weekend at the Winter Wonder Festival in Japan, this Figma from Max Factory is based on Link’s Skyward Sword appearance, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012

A Zelda Movie Could Never Look This Cool

Come on, be honest. Someone, somewhere along the line would find a way to screw everything up. So these make-believe movie posters are probably as good as we’re ever going to get! These posters are the second batch we’ve seen from artist Olly Moss in this style, after the Super Mario ones we showed you…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012

Man Plays Every Zelda Game in a Month, Writes Paper on Timeline

So Nintendo has, more or less, settled on some semblance of an official timeline for the Legend of Zelda series. You may have thoughts/concerns about this. You also probably don’t have as many as reader Zach does, though. A little while ago Zach, who writes at website View From Heaven, sat down to play every…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2012

Watch Princess Zelda Beat Up Link In SoulCalibur V

Hey, look! It’s Link—who starred in the GameCube version of SoulCalibur II—making a triumphant return to the Stage of History along with that girl he’s always having to rescue. The folks at NowGamercrafted Nintendo’s iconic maiden-and-warrior pair with the character creator in Namco’s just-released fighting game, and then have Princess Zelda and her eternal savior…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 2, 2012

This Wind Waker Sequel Doesn’t Exist. But Its Trailer is Awesome.

Canadian animator Joel Furtado wants to see Nintendo make a sequel to Wind Waker. In HD. Since they’re likely to do no such thing, he went and made his own trailer for the dream project. Called The Legend of Zelda: The Lost Oracle, it looks…well, for a guy working on this for fun in his…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012