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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 -
Zelda Designer Dreams of Zelda Movie
Nintendo made one live action movie, the Super Mario Bros. flick. It sucked. That isn’t stopping Zelda designer Eiji Aonuma from fantasizing about making an epic motion picture with everyone’s favorite green-hatted hero. In the August edition of Nintendo Power, Aonuma confessed that he was personally interested in doing a Zelda movie. “I always thought…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Zelda Games Used to be a Rare Thing
Because they don’t count the CDi Zelda games, and because they count the repeatedly re-released Ocarina of Time twice, Nintendo promotes a worldview in which 17 [1] Zelda games have been released in the past 25 years. I’m fine with that. But I didn’t notice until I was looking at Nintendo’s new Zelda history chart…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 8, 2011 -
Be a Part of Zelda‘s 25th Anniversary Celebration with Flipnote Studio
Nintendo wants fans to help them celebrate 25 years of Hyrulian adventure by creating their own Zelda-themed animations in Flipnote Studio, with the winners publically judged by the creators of the beloved series, including one Mr. Miyamoto. Using templates and music made available by Nintendo, fans can use the free Flipnote Studio on their DSi…
By Mike Fahey Published August 8, 2011 -
Boy, This Lady Loves The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
When nerd heroine Shoko Nakagawa isn’t appearing in Pokémon movies, she’s putting molted bug shells in her hair. And when she’s not doing that, she’s doing other things, like appearing in commercials! Such as a series of spots for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, a game that she was extremely excited to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2011 -
Ocarina of Time Is a Beautiful Children’s Story
Well, the game is, I guess, in a fairy tale kind of sense, but this wonderful art from Vikki Chu is as children’s story as you can get. Done a couple of years ago as a project, it doesn’t try and tell the entire story of the classic Nintendo adventure, instead recreating the earlier section…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2011 -
Let Zelda‘s Ganondorf Sing and Dance His Way into Your Heart
Fuckin Ganondorf, always kidnapping Zelda. But he’s not such a bad guy. Well, no, he is, but he’s actually the sensitive type. You know, singing, tap dancing, the works. This is the latest game musical from RandomEncounters, who previously did “Needlemouse”, a musical about Sonic Thanks for the tip, Peter! You can contact Brian Ashcraft,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 -
The Kiss of The Legend of Zelda
Inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Gustav Klimt‘s work, Rich Pellegrino created this amazing painting for the August 11th “SUPER IAM8BIT” show in Los Angeles, Ca (7PM to 11PM). Check out the design process at his blog – 16″ x 20″ Acrylic and Gouache on Hardboard – Also available through Etsy on August 11…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2011 -
Hurry Up and Wait for the Zelda Symphony Concert
In case you’ve been waiting patiently for The Legend of Zelda Symphony Concert, good news! You’ll only have to keep waiting until October…unless you’re not in L.A. Nintendo has announced via press release that the tour will kick off October 21st in Los Angeles, California at the Pantages Theatre. From there, it will go on…
By Jen Schiller Published July 21, 2011 -
Skyward Sword’s New Trailer Takes Flight
On the eve of Comic-Con, Nintendo has released this new, lengthy trailer for the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword It’s got pretty much everything you could ask for in a Zelda trailer. Fighting, flying, weird characters. Even Gorons! The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first proper Zelda game since 2006’s Twilight…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2011 -
CultureTotal Recall
The Real History of the Triforce
It’s one of the most iconic designs in the history of video games: three golden triangles combined to form a single larger one. The Triforce. The object that lies at the heart of The Legend of Zelda The thing is, Nintendo didn’t come up with the design. It’s been around for almost 1000 years The…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2011 -
Do You Prefer Your Cosplay in Slow Motion?
European geeks and gamers can wield a man-sized sword with the best of them. They look pretty sharp in a Zelda outfit. And they may be at their best when… everything they’re doing… is happening… in… slow… motion. Cosplay cinematographer and conventioneer Angel James de Ocampo is responsible for the above video of people in…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011 -
Princess Zelda In Repose
Princess Zelda kicks back to relax in R.J. Palmer’s new fan art commission. Follow this artist here on Tumblr to check out more of their work. Artist Note: “Princess Zelda in repose. Done for commission. You can email me about commissions at [my site].” Princess in Repose by R.J. Palmer (deviantART) (CGHUB) (Facebook) Via: grimchild…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011 -
Wii U Zelda May Look Totally Different From That E3 Demo
Nintendo closed its E3 reveal of Wii U, its new console, with a real-time demonstration of a Legend of Zelda concept, in high definition (screenshot above). Don’t get your hopes up that it’s what the final game will in fact look like. Nintendo could go in a completely different visual direction. Why would they do…
By Owen Good Published July 3, 2011