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Zelda Marathon to Raise Money for Autism Charity

With the huge success that was Zeldathon fading into the background, another team of Zelda fans hopes you’l help them raise money for a different charity. This group of Zelda fans are marathon-ing in an effort to raise money for Act Today, a charity for autism care and treatment. The Nerd Gamers will be broadcasting…

Page Update: Everything You Need To Know About Skyward Sword

With the recent clarifications and revelations from Eiji Aonuma, we have updated our all-in-one page on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword with that relevant info. In case you missed it the first time around, one of the most intriguing new tidbits is that there will very possibly be a dungeon wherein Link loses his sword and must…

Original Zelda Manga Fully Translated

Many, many moons ago our friends at Kasuto scanned and posted the 1989 manga The Legend of Zelda written and illustrated by Yuu Mishouzaki. Since then many Zelda fans have been clambering for an English translation. There has never been an official English translation released, and, strangely, until now there has never been a fan translation. Thank…

LoZ on the Floor!

Why are we reporting on a speed run through the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda? You are surely wondering what the angle is that makes this interesting. It’s difficult to explain adequately. You will have to see it with your own eyes to understand. View the video after the jump!

Getting Nostalgic Over an Instruction Manual

We Zelda fans are lucky: we are still graced with fairly elaborate quality instruction manuals. While most most videogame franchises have given in to the trend of few pages and black-and-white only, each The Legend of Zelda game continues to be accompanied by a colorful and detailed manual. However, even modern Zelda games’ manuals pale…

More Proof Skyward's Graphics Are Superior?

Zelda Universe member Lint22, perhaps more commonly known as TheMaverickk (responsible for the beautiful album artwork from Essence of Lime), is at it again! A while back we posted Part 1 of his Visual Examination series, which compared the Deku Baba model from Twilight Princess with the updated and altered version from Skyward Sword. He’s…

More Proof Skyward’s Graphics Are Superior?

Zelda Universe member Lint22, perhaps more commonly known as TheMaverickk (responsible for the beautiful album artwork from Essence of Lime), is at it again! A while back we posted Part 1 of his Visual Examination series, which compared the Deku Baba model from Twilight Princess with the updated and altered version from Skyward Sword. He’s…

Ten Ways to Improve Ocarina of Time

By now we have all heard that the arguably best videogame of all time is heading to the Nintendo 3DS. Yes, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will make an appearance on the new handheld system. You didn’t know that? Have you been living under a rock without a Power Bracelet? If so, Ocarina of…

More Skyward Sword Story Details Revealed

Aonuma, Aonuma, Aonuma! It seems we have interviews with Eiji Aonuma coming out our ears! NZGamer’s, however, is one of the more interesting. It covers everything from Aonuma’s favorite Zelda game (Ocarina of Time still holds a special place in his heart, being the first Zelda game on which he worked) to his own life…

Multiplayer Zelda Without Four Swords?

In a recent interview with GameInformer, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma discussed his ever-growing desire to incorporate a multiplayer aspect in the Zelda series. Strangely, however, he never mentioned Four Swords. Instead, he had this to say: “Having people play together is a theme that’s always stuck in my mind, but it’s about trying to create…

Jimmy Fallon Loves Zelda

Jimmy Fallon is a geek for videogames, and he doesn’t care who knows it. Unfortunately he was not able to make it out to E3 due to his television program, so he’s bringing E3 to him. On his Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show, he is honoring E3 with Videogames Week, each day featuring a new…

Skyward Sword Wins GameInformer's Best of Wii

Predictably, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is on the top of everyone’s Wii games list. Including GameInformer’s. About the game winning their Best of Wii E3, they had this to say: Everyone knew we’d be seeing a new Zelda title this year, but that didn’t take away any of our excitement for it. After…

Skyward Sword Wins GameInformer’s Best of Wii

Predictably, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is on the top of everyone’s Wii games list. Including GameInformer’s. About the game winning their Best of Wii E3, they had this to say: Everyone knew we’d be seeing a new Zelda title this year, but that didn’t take away any of our excitement for it. After…

Skyward Demo Area Not in Final Game?

There has been a great deal of talk and speculation about the landscape featured in the E3 demo of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Many people were surprised to see such large mushrooms in Hyrule (which is interesting as the demo seemed to take place in Skyloft, not Hyrule). Many people expressed confusion at seeing…

Bill Trinen Walks You Through the Skyward Demo

Bill Trinen, for those not in the know, is part of Nintendo of America’s localization team. He also acts as Shigeru Miyamoto’s translator at E3 and in interviews. Today GameTrailers released a brief video of Bill Trinen walking us through the Skyward Sword E3 demo a bit. While the video may be short and not…

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