The Legend of Zelda

Get Back In The Kitchen And Make Me Some Mushroom!

Spotted this Super Mario Bros./Legend of Zelda apron on Etsy today while searching for scarves and hats. I guess there’s nothing that absolutely forbids a guy from wearing it while he cooks — as long as he doesn’t mind lace.

By AJ Glasser Published December 22, 2009

Realism’s Place In The Legend Of Zelda

Edge magazine has an interview with Legend of Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma in their 211th issue feature, Links To The Past. His feelings on Twilight Princess? Regret. In a snippet of of the interview reprinted on Edge Online, Aonuma says that the realistic look and feel of Twilight Princess presented challenges for the designers…

By AJ Glasser Published December 22, 2009

Well, Excuuuuuse Me, Hulu!

The Legend of Zelda, that Friday special cartoon that ran on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the late 80s, is now on Hulu for your trip down memory lane pleasure. I feel kind of silly now, having bought the whole thing on DVD some years back. At the time I thought it…

By AJ Glasser Published December 17, 2009

Behold, Spirit Tracks Multiplayer Screens

Those of you familiar with The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords will have no trouble recognizing the color coded chaos going on in these screens. The rest of you will want to check out my multiplayer preview.

By AJ Glasser Published November 24, 2009

Nintendo Plans “Surprising” Zelda Showing At E3 2010

Nintendo fans are in for more than just new Wii Vitality Sensor software at E3 2010. The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma says Nintendo hopes to show something “surprising” about Link’s next Wii-bound adventure. Aonuma tells the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that the Zelda team has been trying “something new in terms of…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 18, 2009

Bring Me Link’s Head On A Platter… Lots Of ‘Em

A morbid scene from First4Figures’ Zora and Goron Tunic Link assembly line.

By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2009

Imagining Lyrics To Zelda

First there was Mega Man. Then Duck Tales. Now YouTube singer/songwriter Brentalfloss takes on his biggest challenge yet: The Legend of Zelda. Does he triumph, or will Ganon win the day? Brentalfloss applies his unique vocal stylings to Link and his original quest to rescue Princess Zelda and save the day, donning an odd beard…

By Mike Fahey Published September 25, 2009

Papercraft Link is Enormous, Lifelike

Are there plans and printouts for this life-size Link? You bet there are. There are also plans on the Internet for atomic weapons – doesn’t mean I could build one of those either. Holy Hyrule this thing defies words. Haywan of PaperCraft Museum is responsible for this. Looks like it even has a detachable shield…

By Owen Good Published September 11, 2009

A Link For All Seasons

The Design Inspiration has a collection of Legend of Zelda artwork up in the style of their amazing Super Mario Bros. artwork we some some time ago. Sadly, I don’t see any Links that could pass for Daniel Day-Lewis — but there’s one that kind of looks like Jeff Bridges before he went to seed.…

By AJ Glasser Published August 17, 2009

My Little Pony Meets Gears of War, Zelda

Internet human out4bear has a special talent: Taking My Little Pony toys and making them awesome. Above are two My Little Gears figures. Below? My Little Legend of Zelda. These are fan sculptures, and out4bear is currently selling the Gears toys for US$125 a pop. My Little Pony Custom ART Commission apoxie sculpt ooak [Ebay…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2009

Old News ’87: Zelda Is Going To Be Bigger Than Mario

Once a week, let’s dig up an old bit of news and see what became of it. Today we’ve got Nintendo in 1987 predicting that the Zelda NES “game pak” will be huge. Bold words, Nintendo. It’s May of 1987, the year after Nintendo started selling the Nintendo Entertainment System in America. Super Mario Brothers…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 23, 2009

If Zelda Was First-Person And In 3D…

Guess it would look like this. Maybe it would look different. Some guy named Radix (rad name) thinks it would look like this. He released a demo to prove it! The demo lets players walk around a dungeon and attack baddies from The Legend of Zelda all from a first person p.o.v. and in 3D.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009

Yes, Someone At Google Is Slightly Triforce Obsessed

When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda‘s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. Google apparently has an… enthusiastic Legend of Zelda fan on staff, as Google Blogoscoped points out, highlighting eight of…

By Michael McWhertor Published July 17, 2009

BioShock Designer Picked “Zelda” Over Girlfriend

The original The Legend of Zelda made quite an impact on BioShock designer Ken Levine — so much so that it cost him his first serious girlfriend. Levine had just graduated from college and moved to San Francisco. The lady friend was a few years younger than him, and at the end of the summer,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009

Nintendo Girls Aren’t Bad, They’re Just Drawn That Way

As seen on A Scoop of Melon. Thanks, Luke!

By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009

Miyamoto: New Zelda Won’t Be “Radically Different”

So Nintendo is making a new Zelda. Exciting! And with the new Wii MotionPlus, the possibilities are endless. Since the last console Zelda, Twilight Princess, was originally developed for the GameCube and ultimately released on the Wii. The upcoming Zelda would be developed for the console from the ground-up. Guess that means we’d be getting…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009

The Clips Of E3: Day Two

Shigeru Miyamoto dominates day two of E3’s clips selection — appearing not once but twice to talk about the absence of Zelda from E3 and sort of talk about a new game mechanic. Other highlights include some hands-on with the PSP Go and the first real look at Final Fantasy XIV. Also, Mike McWhertor thinks…

By AJ Glasser Published June 4, 2009

Video Game Girls Go Burlesque, Strip Off Their Varia Suits

This weekend, burlesque troupe Devil’s Playground did its best video game cosplaying, then did what normally happens at such events: they got mostly naked. But the undressing was handled with respect for the games referenced. While the folks at Nintendo may not approve of Princess Peach, pictured, and Metroid‘s Samus Aran getting on-stage nude codes,…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009

Edge Picks “The 100 Best Games To Play Today”

The latest issue of Edge—which happens to be the magazine’s 200th—not only features 200 different magazine covers, it lists “The 100 Best Games To Play Today,” compiling the best of what’s still extremely playable. This isn’t a “These Are The Best Games Of All-Time” list, nor a rattling off of the 100 most influential. It’s…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009