Encounter Princess Zelda, become tasked with defeating a great evil, collect a few things, retrieve the Master Sword from some mysterious place, collect another greater number of things, break some sort of barrier, defeat Ganon. While this formula has been used and reused in many Zelda titles, Nintendo always finds a way to make it feel fresh…
After reading through over 93 valid entries and struggling to choose a top twenty, and then a top ten, and finally a winner with five runners up (what is this, ZU’s Next Top Contest Winner?) we are excited to present the winner of our Skyward Sword Giveaway! Back on July 15 we posted an article…
The fourth episode of this season’s Legend of Neil finally graces our computer screens today with a hilarious look at Hyrulian racism, debauchery, sacrifice, and dance offs! What are you waiting for? Hit the jump to view the episode now! Disclaimer: Show contains vulgar humor and strong language.
While you’re clicking on Ganon’s ugly mug for Best Villain as mentioned in our previous post, why not take the time to vote for the newest handheld Zelda as Best Portable Game of the Year? That’s right, our beloved Spirit Tracks is up against two different Assassin Creeds and two different Call of Dutys and…
Yoshio Sakamoto, co-creator of the Metroid franchise and current executive producer of the WarioWare series and Metroid: Other M, amongst others, recently spoke with Spanish videogame site 3DJuegos. During that interview he gave a vague hint that the successor to the Wii will be unlike anything we’ve yet seen in the gaming market. Mr. Sakamoto…
We first met him as a hulking blue pig monster in the original The Legend of Zelda in 1986. We’ve seen him in many incarnations throughout the years, but his objective is nearly always the same: acquire the complete Triforce and dominate the kingdom of Hyrule. He has stood against us for more than twenty…
We’ve certainly heard a great many covers of pieces of music from the Zelda series, but it isn’t every day you hear a brand new song not based on any pre-existing melody, but merely inspired by the game. In this rare instance, Baltimore student Mike Perrie (who goes by the moniker “somethinglikemusic” on YouTube) posted…
While not at all Zelda-related, we just had to share with you this magical mural. Created and painted by students at Columbus College of Art & Design, the mural was created by twelve students to advertise their first Town Hall Meeting where students can voice their questions and concerns. The mural took the twelve artists…
We’ve stumbled across another fantastic Zelda-related artist that we just have to share with you. Ryan Shiu, known as Ry Spirit on deviantART, is a fantastic artist in his own right, with a gorgeously detailed style of painting that feels equally real and fantastical at the same time. But being a Zelda fan, I feel…
Beloved SNES masterpiece A Link to the Past won top honors in VGChartz‘s Top Ten Super Nintendo Games. The chart was compiled via voting on their forums, with members listing their top five SNES games in order with numerical values applied to the rankings. A Link to the Past is in great company, with amazing games…
For those following development with either of two very different 3d fan remakes of Link’s Awakening in, you will be sad to learn that both have been cancelled. This is unsurprising if you take into consideration that the percentage of fan remakes that actually make it to completion is next to nil. Still, it’s sad…
AaronLite, a member at EmuTalk, has started a hi-res texture pack for the GameCube version of Twilight Princess. While we certainly do not encourage emulation here at Zelda Universe, it is still nice to see an already gorgeous game made even more so by such a talented fan. So far, there are only two sets…
We’ve all been there: embarassing status updates on Facebook, embarrasing comments on Facebook, embarassing pics on Facebook. For all its usefulness, Facebook also offers us every oportunity to make fools of ourselves. Link is no different. The guys over at Dorkly captured some priceless moments in the lives of our favorite Hylian citizens via their…
No, these are not your workplace managers sent to space (wouldn’t that be nice?). Instead, these are two videos of the boss battles from the Skyward Sword demo, courtesy of GameTrailers at GamesCom. While they do not show us anything we haven’t really seen before, it’s still nice to get another perspective on these battles,…
Some of you might remember us reporting on a collection of Zelda parody vignettes done in construction paper a couple months ago. Well, ericpowerup is at it again! Back with another set of Zelda parodies done in construction paper, Eric pokes fun at everything from lazy Link in A Link to the Past to creepy Ruto’s crush…
