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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Adventure Time

Oliver Sparkes brings the worlds of Zelda and Adventure Time together in a mathematical way! Zelda Time by Oliver Sparkes / OlinMercury (deviantART) Via: gamefreaksnz | EPICponyz 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 January 26, 2011

Truly, This Is Twilight Princess’ Midna’s Better Side

True form Link and Midna team up in this rad Twilight Princess illustration by GENZOMAN. This is a reverse look at his “Midna and Wolf Link” piece. Related Rampages: Thor | Fantasy Street Fighter | Midna and Wolf Link Zelda – Midna and Link by Gonzalo Ordonez Arias / GENZOMAN Need your daily fill of…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011

So, Is This Your Legend of Zelda Rip-off, Gameloft?

On the one hand, the next iPhone and iPad game from the copycats at developer Gameloft has airships. One the other, the “legendary” unnamed game also has talking trees, will o’ wisps and adventure on horseback. See a link? Since Gameloft already has at least one Final Fantasy-like—Eternal Legacy—on its long list of iOS clones,…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2011

You’ve Probably Never Been This Close To Princess Zelda Before

Normally, the art of cosplay is best served with pictures. Movies only show up the costume’s inadequacies. But this Zelda gear is so good it looks better in motion. Filmed at Youmacon, held late last year in Detroit (which explains why things look like a GT5 photo mode shoot by the end), it shows a…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2011

Someone Wants $15,000 For Legend Of Zelda Dishware

The starting bid is not yet met on this set of new-in-the-box Legend of Zelda dishware from 1989, a three-piece set the seller hopes to sell for $100,000 but will be willing to part with for, presumably, $15,000. “This is really a rare find and it is likely that there is no other such set…

By Owen Good Published January 9, 2011

Listen To Nintendo’s Amazing Live Performance Of Their Best Video Game Music

One of the most charming highlights to last night’s Nintendo World event showcasing the 3DS wasn’t the device or the demonstrations of its game, but the wonderful live performance of many iconic themes in Nintendo games. Here are three clips from the show, a suite of music instantly recognizable to any gamer raised right on…

By Owen Good Published January 8, 2011

A Rare Look At What The Legend of Zelda Used To Be

A prototype version of The Legend of Zelda—or Zelda no Densetsu, if you’re a Famicom owner—has been released by the folks at The Lost Levels forums, a Nintendo curiosity that offers an early look at the NES classic. This version of the original 8-bit Legend of Zelda was for the Famicom Disk System, the add-on…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010

Paper Link Vs. Octorok Ink

Link is about to get inked in this killer stylized artwork by FOLKFIDDLE. Watch out for the Octopus by FOLKFIDDLE 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 December 13, 2010

CultureTotal Recall

These Are Not Action Figures, They Are Nintendo Games

You’ll usually find something being crammed in a “blister pack” when it’s an action figure or a control pad. You don’t normally see video games shipped that way. But it turns out that in Western Europe (and very rarely Canada), in the 1980s and 1990s, you could find classic Nintendo games encased in plastic, hanging…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010

This Is Not A Single Zelda Screenshot

It is hundreds of screenshots, composited into recreations of artwork featuring the two stars of Nintendo’s famous adventure series, Link and the Princess Zelda. These screenshot mosaics were made using shots from every single Zelda game ever made. Yes, even the handheld ones, and yes, even the new ones, and yes, even the awful CDi…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010

The Choicest Cuts Of Bowser, Ganon, Yoshi & Chocobo

What’s the sweetest meat of Mario’s eternal rival, Bowser? Artist Jude Buffum breaks down the choicest cuts of Nintendo villains Bowser, Ganon, Blooper and more in a new series of meat diagrams that video game butchers would swear by. Buffum answers the questions we never really wanted answers to, like “What’s the best way to…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010

Link Doesn’t Get More Mature Than This

The Legend of Zelda’s Link re-imagined as an aging elf—and looking like he’d be right at home in World of Warcraft—by artist Damien Canderle for ZBrush Central’s “Age of Legends” Comicon Challenge. Elder Link [ZBrush Central – thanks, Corey!]

By Michael McWhertor Published October 19, 2010

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone (In This Neighborhood)

Link battles graffiti in an unidentified urban landscape. Seen via Twitter by reader Corey S.

By Owen Good Published September 29, 2010

The Legend of Zelda, Filtered Through God of War

Artist David Hsu Yen re-imagines Link and Ganon from The Legend of Zelda with God of War flavor in his gorgeously rendered “Link of War,” quickly following that with an unlikely Metroid-Shadow of the Colossus artistic mash-up

By Michael McWhertor Published September 24, 2010

What Nintendo 3DS Games Is Japan Excited About?

The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s 3D-glasses-free portable, isn’t out yet. Nintendo has only said it will be out before next April. Yet, Japanese people are excited to play games on it. But which games? Website 4Gamer polled over 21,000 of its readers about which Nintendo 3DS games they were most excited about. Here are the results…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010

Why This Lady Has a Zelda Tattoo

On a recent episode of cloak-and-dagger thriller series Rubicon, a female analyst explains to Miles Fielder, played by actor Dallas Roberts, why she has a Triforce tattoo. Haven’t seen this show yet — is it any good? Thanks for the tip, Jeff!

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2010

Link Is Silent, And Nintendo Wants To Keep It That Way

One of the enduring appeals of Link, hero of The Legend Of Zelda series, has been the fact that he’s mute. You can’t spoil a man’s character with bad writing when he never speaks! As technology marches onwards, though, some people may expect Link to make like the characters from other long-time mute series like…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010

Italy, You Are Cosplay Champions

This Sunday, a cosplaying duo representing Italy beat out rivals from 14 other countries to take first place at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya. The winners dressed as Link and Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda. Luca Buzzi cosplayed as Link, while Giancarlo Di Pierro was Ganondorf. The finalists performed a 3-minute live-action play…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 2, 2010

It’s Dangerous To Look At This Alone!

As seen at Wonder Festival by Akiba Blog

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2010

Is It Hyrulean Fashion Week In New York?

Boomerangs, the androgynous adventurer’s must-have accessory this season, as we’ve learned from this Legend of Zelda-themed display at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, captured by The SinfulKnight.

By Michael McWhertor Published July 19, 2010