We’ve seen lists before of generic ways Skyward Sword references various aspects of the many titles in the Zelda franchise. But more to the point, it would seem the developers made a concerted effort to pay homage to the very first game in the Legend of Zelda series. From the general to the specific, come along…
Every six hours or so over the past few days we’ve been getting updated bits and pieces of this long-awaited and much-debated piece of Zelda fandom. Finally, with our previous post of French fan flipping through their copy of Hyrule Historia and zooming in close enough to read the Japanese, Zelda fan-translator legend Glitterberri, famous…
Since as far back as 1991 with the introduction of A Link to the Past the Zelda series has been rife with controversy over something that seems fairly straightforward in most gaming franchises: in exactly what order do the games take place? Here at ZeldaUniverse we have an entire active subforum devoted to the topic where every minute…
Back in the days of yore for news and entertainment people would read paper-y things called “newspapers.” On Sundays, cartoons (often lampooning current events political and other) would feature in big bold colorful panels in said archaic medium. Today we present you with a modern equivalent to the “Sunday Funnies,” a very short spoof of Skyward Sword.…
UPDATE: According to IGN, Nintendo of America says the below applies to North America as well. For those who haven’t encountered the game-breaking bug in Skyward Sword or have not yet heard about it, you can read about it here. Thankfully, Nintendo has worked to quickly resolve the issue. While this has only been announced…
For those unable to tune in to Spike’s Video Game Awards 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was up for Video Game of the Year, but unfortunately lost to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. More after the jump.
Our beloved franchise’ latest entry has received a great deal of critical praise and fan love, but will it win any awards? In a matter of hours it may win its first: Game of the Year 2011 in Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, airing live tonight at 8pm EST. More after the jump.
In an interview with Edge Magazine yesterday, Zelda series creator and general producer Shigeru Miyamoto indicated that he has another Zelda 3DS remake up his sleeve. Or at least he intends on one. “A Link to the Past. Do you remember Xevious? It’s two-layered and I really wanted to create that at the time. So…
You may already be familiar with the infamous commercial for the original The Legend of Zelda and might assume that the rap mentioned in the title above is somehow related. Not so. A brand new rap paying tribute to the beginning of the Zelda series has recently been released, lyric written and preformed by The…
In a recent interview with USA Today, Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto was asked if he could say anything about the new The Legend of Zelda game, Skyward Sword. Naturally, Mr. Miyamoto was not allowed to say much of anything at all, but what he did say got an extremely quirky translation in USA Today. Hit the…
For those keeping up with the recently released Fable III, we did a story on how to dress your Fable character up as Link for Halloween. Little did we know that Link was already actually in the game. Or at least his tombstone. Just recently discovered, Tim from Destroyed Controller posted a vid showing the…
Late last month we had to bid adieu to Legend of Neil via its final episode, but it seems we won’t have to say goodbye to its star or creator anytime soon. Tony Janning (Neil) and writer Sandeep Parikh have just recently finished filming a new webseries entitled Suite 7 which is set to premier…
What’s more terrifying than Tingle, Skull Kid, a Re-Dead, and Paranormal Activity 2 combined? Right on the heels of Halloween, artist Josh Mirman released his depictions of various Nintendo characters zombie-fied. Hit the jump for more terrifying images!
We have all been speculating that Ocarina of Time 3DS would be one of the earlier games released. Some sites have even gone so far as to assume it will be a launch title. Well, we finally have word from Nintendo themselves – sort of. Hit the jump for more details!
Did you carve your pumpkin this year? I was half-tempted to do mine as the Triforce, but opted for a more traditional look. The following jack o’lanterns, however, paid homage to Nintendo. So they are clearly bigger fans than we are. Have a look at the Nintendo-fied pumpkins after the jump! Also after the jump,…
