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Drawn to the Warming Glow of the Triforce
Artist Fergus Robinson brings the beautiful Triforce and adventurous Link to life in his top notch Zelda fan art illustration. Related Rampage: Link The Triforce by Fergus Robinson / Fergus (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 1, 2011 -
Duel of the Links
Link and his evil other half designed in classic playing card style by Winter-Artwork. This Zelda themed design will be heading to fangamer.net very soon! Related Rampages: GI Bullet | Frosty Ice Kream (More) Duel Links by Winter-Artwork (Flickr) (Facebook) (Twitter) Via: winterartwork Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 27, 2011 -
25 Years of Legend of Zelda, 1 Fan-made Wall Scroll
In honor of “The Legend of Zelda” existing in this world for 25 years, Josh Dunbar created an amazing fan art poster to hang on your wall! (High-Res) Now available to purchase at his art blog (18″x19″ $25 | 11″x26″ $45). Zelda 25th Anniversary Tribute by Josh Dunbar (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 20, 2011 -
‘Is Navi Annoying?’ and Other Questions We Asked the Creators of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Kotaku recently asked eight questions of the chief creatives responsible for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, questions like “Why does Link auto-jump?” and “Do you think Navi is annoying?” Longtime Zelda lead and co-director of Ocarina of Time Eiji Aonuma offered sometimes fascinating answers to our sometimes silly…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2011 -
No! This is the Cutest Link You’ll Ever See
This is Mannix. He’s so convincing a Link that we’re told Nintendo has approached him about cosplaying the character at conventions officially. But for now we see the child in a photo shoot by the talented Sid Ceasar in some dark and forlorn wood. He’s an altogether different sort of cute Link, than the one…
By Brian Crecente Published June 17, 2011 -
The Cutest Link You Ever Did See
Wait a minute. There are no monsters here. Or convention centre staircases. What is this, cosplay, or a fashion shoot? It’s a bit of both, as we bring you the full range of pics from Ryan and Abigail’s Legend of Zelda afternoon we featured briefly last month. Be sure to click on “expand” to see…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2011 -
Nintendo Has Crushed Your Dreams of a Zelda 25th Anniversary Compilation
This being the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo of America thought it’d be an awesome idea to celebrate with the release of a special compilation of the series. Nintendo Japan said, um, nothankyou.jpg. Yes, as insane as that may sound, while the idea of throwing a bunch of old Zelda games on…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2011 -
Take Assassin’s Creed, Mass Effect and Other Gaming Greats, add Jedi
Everyone loves Star Wars. If you don’t love Star Wars, you’re wrong. Some people love Star Wars so much, they want more things to be Star Wars. Forevergeek.com has taken 50 Star Wars Mashups from all over the internet and thoughtfully put them all in one place. Here are the video game tie-ins from their…
By Jen Schiller Published June 16, 2011 -
Well Checkmaaaaaate, Princess
Ben Howard is the man to thank for this beautiful, hand-made set of The Legend of Zelda chess pieces. Drawing mostly from the designs of the Wind Waker era (though there are a few older styles thrown in, especially for characters not present in the GameCube title), there’s King Daphnes and Zelda leading the charge…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2011 -
Multi-City Zelda Concert Tour May Dip Into Canada, Ocarina Unconfirmed
Announced at E3, there will be a Legend of Zelda concert series this fall, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Link and Zelda’s first adventure. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime tells Kotaku that there will be tours in Japan, Europe and North America. He is hoping that the multi-city North American one, which is the…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 14, 2011 -
Here’s a Look at the Zelda Tribute Level in Super Mario 3DS
At E3, Totilo liveblogged a Nintendo developer Q&A which showed a Zelda-inspired level for the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. Pictures and video weren’t allowed, but a snipped of video just went up to Nintendo’s official E3 site, giving a glimpse of what Super Mario 3DS has in mind. This level is a top-down board, familiar…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Now You Can Download the E3 2011 Legend of Zelda Medley
Want a copy of the stirring Zelda tribute performed earlier today at Nintendo’s E3 2011 presser for your very own? Music masters FireGS and ZREO have remastered the medley and put it online for your downloading pleasure. Rejoice!
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Available Today on 3DS eShop
In The Legend of Zelda‘s 25th anniversary year, Nintendo has plans for Zelda games on all of its platforms, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto said today at the company’s E3 keynote. The first, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening will be available today for download from the recently launched 3DS eShop. The game will be available…
By Owen Good Published June 7, 2011 -
A Song of Fairies and Hookshots
If you’ve been watching the excellent Game of Thrones series on HBO (or, heaven forbid, have actually read A Song of Ice and Fire), you’ll know everyone’s stabbing each other over who gets to sit on the Iron Throne. Well, when all that stabbing is stabbed and done, only one swordsman was ever going to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011 -
Link Vs. Ganon, An Old-School Fight Reimagined to Frightening Scale
Link faces the original Legend of Zelda boss Ganon and gets an upgraded style while doing so by Eric Proctor. The Final Boss by Eric Proctor / TsaoShin (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 1, 2011 -
Only One Man Can Explain the Zelda Timeline
And that man is not series creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Nor is it current overseer Eiji Aonuma. It is Doctor Emmett Lathrop Brown. As a public service announcement, give the video a minute (literally) to warm up and get where it’s going. You’ll know when it’s got there, and then you’ll know why he’s the only…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2011 -
Don’t Get Too Excited About Zelda Universe
A lot of people are getting hot under the collar over a listing on the ESRB website for something called Zelda Universe. It’s down as an “online” title, which considering the publisher and the franchise sounds interesting Only, it’s not. Zelda Universe is listed as “online” because, as is pointed out here, it’s a website,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2011 -
Hey! Look At What’s New In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time does more than just give the Nintendo 64 original a visual makeover and bring it into magical stereoscopic 3D. It has (at least) three potentially exciting new features. As shown in the video above, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D has…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 25, 2011 -
Tesla Orchestra Gives an Electrifying Performance of the Zelda Theme
Sometimes called the Zeusaphone, a Tesla coil’s musical application is well known and long admired. We’ve heard it with the Super Mario Bros. theme, now admire a high voltage performance of The Legend of Zelda‘s title theme by Tesla Orchestra, a group of coilers from the Case Western Reserve University student and alumni community. [Thanks…
By Owen Good Published May 21, 2011