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Would You Pay More Than $400 for a Link Statue? What If They Threw In a Horse?
High-end collectible creator First 4 Figures continues its love affair with Zelda fans’ money with its most expensive statue yet, the Twilight Princess Link on Epona statue. Standing 17 inches tall and cast in high-quality poly-stone, this hand-painted, hand-finished piece truly captures the spirit of the hero of Hyrule and his best lady, Epona. The…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011 -
In Your Most Terrifying Video Game Nightmares
Any activity you perform often enough has a tendency to invade your nightmares, even video games. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter GiantBoyDetective shares his Zelda-fueled nightmare, and you share your own. I had a dream I was in a Zelda game last night, but it was some terrible survival horror version 🙁 I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011 -
Making Zelda a Little More Japanese
Despite being developed entirely by Japanese men and women, The Legend of Zelda has always had a more Western aesthetic. Something this wonderful fan art seeks to address. French artist Gerwell has reimagined some of the series’ main characters for a fantasy project of his, and in this project, there are less belts, heavy leather…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2011 -
Octorok, Koopa, Goomba, Roomba
Four Roombas swept across the floor at this year’s SUPER iam8bit art show, recreations of the most memorable low-ranking bad guys from Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Thanks to iam8bit, you can now see those Nintendo-fied Roombas in video action. You can contact Michael McWhertor, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 19, 2011 -
How Tall is Link? If This Lifesize Papercraft is Any Indication, He’s 5-foot-5
Requiring more than 200 pages, 12 hours of work per day for a solid month, and what must have been gallons of printer ink, is this jaw-dropping life-size papercraft Link that the artist Michaela M. completed this week. Yes, she has a template for those with the time and the patience to try to re-create…
By Owen Good Published September 17, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition is Fun For One but Built For Four
At the end of my visit with Nintendo this week, we were given some DSiXLs and set loose on The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition. (Good god, that title is a mouthful.) For those who haven’t heard, it’s an upgraded take on the classic GBA game, which was itself a portable version of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 16, 2011 -
This Is How We Upgrade Equipment in Skyward Sword
Self-preservation isn’t the only reason for Link to slice-and-dice the creatures of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. He can also harvest their oddly-shaped innards to upgrade his gear. I’ve always wanted a sword with a spleen. I’m a complete sucker for game systems that allow you to take treasure from monsters and modify your…
By Mike Fahey Published September 13, 2011 -
One Hundred is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword‘s Lucky Number
While the number three will always hold a special place in the Triforce-powered Legend of Zelda series, Link’s next adventure embraces a much larger lucky number to describe the sheer scope and size of the biggest Wii game yet. Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto unleashed the number 100 on the crowd during this morning’s press conference…
By Mike Fahey Published September 13, 2011 -
This Zelda Figure Is the Hero of my Time
There aren’t any official Legend of Zelda action figures. Haven’t been for a very, very long time. Going by the quality of this custom piece, maybe it’s time for that to change. Toysmith BDCdiesel has built this Twilight Princess version of Link out of the remains of cannibalised figures like a Daredevil, Final Fantasy’s Cloud,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2011 -
How Is Nintendo Celebrating Zelda‘s Birthday?
This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda. To celebrate, Nintendo isn’t giving Zelda or Link presents. It’s giving you one. Between Sept. 28 and Feb. 20, 2012, players can download a DSiWare version of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition, free of charge. The game features wireless multiplayer and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 13, 2011 -
Link, Samus and Mario are Model Nintendo Characters
Artist Ty Lettau combines two (well, four) of my favourite things in these pieces: classic Nintendo characters and plastic model kits. They’re pretty unique as far as the crowded “pixellated tribute art” dealio goes, but damned if they don’t now make me actually want some kind of “create-a-Nintendo-game” kit from Revell to show up. soundofdesign’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2011 -
The Man Behind Zelda Has Never Finished the First Zelda
If you’ve ever wondered why recent Zelda games have been a little easier than they used to be, consider the man in charge of the series, Eiji Aonuma. Who has never finished the first Zelda “I’ve never actually finished it,” Aonuma told Game Informer. “I almost feel like there’s still no game more difficult than…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2011 -
Skyward Sword‘s Golden Bundle, Tetris: Axis, and the Latest Layton Cushion Nintendo’s Fall
One does not simply walk into Wal-Mart and spend $50 on a brand-new Zelda game. Not when there’s a chance to spend $20 more for a gold-colored Wii Remote Plus! The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword limited edition bundle, Tetris: Axis for the 3DS and Professor Layton and the Last Specter were hot topics at…
By Mike Fahey Published August 29, 2011 -
The Sweet, Superb and Scary Cosplay of Gamescom 2011
Gamescom 2011 may have been overcrowded today, but not with people dressed as video game, anime and comic book characters. While European cosplayers did represent at Gamescom, they did so in the corners of the Cologne Messe. There was some great stuff—a respectable Alice in the American McGee style, a quartet of very attractive BlazBlue…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Instead of playing the latest and greatest games at Cologne’s Gamescom expo, I’ll be playing a 2009 Legend of Zelda game. What else would I do when faced with 12-plus hours of travel? I’ll hopefully wrap up The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks this weekend, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. I’d really like to put…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 19, 2011 -
Happy Birthday Zelda, From Your Fans
It’s the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda and to celebrate Nintendo is letting Gamescom fans create their own fan birthday cards for the franchise. Here are a few that graced the wall of Nintendo’s booth earlier this week. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Takes Flight in November
It would have been a blue Christmas without a new Zelda title under our Christmas Wii, but Nintendo comes through in the nick of the time, announcing a November 20 release date for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword The largest Zelda adventure yet and the first designed solely for the Wii (Link’s Crossbow Training…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2011 -
Video Game Snobbery Started a Long Time Ago
The hate of fake games and fake gamers goes back at least to 1988. That’s when a reporter from the esteemed magazine Newsweek was trying to make sense of the “fun, low-brainpower” games kids were playing in America and wanted to understand how some awful Atari-like crash could be avoided in the new age of…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 12, 2011 -
Argument: It’s Time To Make The Legend of Zelda Free. Forever.
Today is the last day when the Legend of Zelda will be free through a special offer on Nintendo’s 3DS It shouldn’t be. If Nintendo is serious about picking up its stumbling 3DS and battling back the insurgent iPhone, The Legend of Zelda should be free forever. Nintendo started selling The Legend of Zelda in…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2011 -
Know Your Zelda Animals, Monsters, Beasts, Bird People and Weird Chicken Things
Artist Jude Buffum has come up with this impressive (and informative!) piece called Magna Arbor Vitae Deku. It’s essentially a biology chart of the Zelda universe. The name means “The Great Deku Tree of Life”, and starting at said Great Deku Tree it branches out to include 200 species of creature, good, bad and in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2011