Our new Let’s Play of Skyward Sword over on our YouTube channel has been updating regularly, with a new episode every day. Episodes two, three and four are out now, so if you’re looking to follow the series be sure to subscribe to our channel. We also keep people updated on all our news and…
Our Youtube channel ZeldaUniverseTV hasn’t been too active over the last few months, so we got together to record a Let’s Play of Skyward Sword. Updates will be coming out daily, so subscribe to our channel if you’re interested.
[youtube]xuG8hEwQ-6U[/youtube] A lot of new content is heading to ZeldaUniverseTV, starting with this guest feature from Geek Bomb about some of the cool things about the Zelda series. They’ve also recently done an interview with Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario (and about 10 other Nintendo characters), where they get him to do impersonations of…
[youtube]rYLOummYYYM[/youtube] With the Australian launch of the Wii U (finally) we’ve gotten together to make a video showing off the new Zelda-themed minigame in Nintendo Land, known as Battle Quest. The video may also contain the King of Hyrule from the CD-i Zelda games and a variety of Groose Facts.
The original Legend of Zelda was a revolution in exploration. When game director Shigeru Miyamoto created it, he had a distinct vision in mind – he wanted to infuse the game with the same thrill and sense of wonder as he had as a child exploring forests, caves and lakes, and as a result children…
The weekly poll used to be a fairly regular feature here at Zelda Universe, but lately we have been having issues with everyone being able to successfully vote, which has delayed our attempts at making the poll weekly again. What we will be doing instead (at least for now) is a weekly poll conducted via…
A couple of weeks ago, Melpomene made a video discussing the idea of a female Link in Zelda. The answer from fans was largely a “no”, but looking at the reasons, amongst them were several that I just couldn’t agree with, from reasons of just straight-up 1950’s sexism (“GIRLS CAN’T SAVE PEOPLE THAT’S WHAT MEN…
Whenever the subject of developing the character of Link is brought up, Zelda fans appear in droves to insist that Link should be a blank slate for the player to project themselves onto, complaining that it would ruin the Zelda experience that they know and love if Link became a character of his own. The…
[youtube]vibHTnxqIyQ[/youtube] The mailbag is back once more and right on schedule! We plan to have a mailbag out every Sunday, and this week I have taken over the mailbag, discussing such subjects as M-rated Zelda games and technology in the Zelda series. Leave your questions for the next mailbag in the comments here or on…
The Speed Gamers are back for another marathon run of Zelda games for charity, this time for the Rocking H Ranch and its associated charities. Head over to their site to watch and donate, or you can take a look by hitting the jump.
So earlier today we posted about the latest G4TV poll pitting Skyward Sword against Skyrim, but controversy seems to have erupted in comments over the apparent claim that the members of this site, “as Skyrim fans”, needed to join forces against the armies of those dreaded Zelda fans and take victory for Skyrim. Just to…
A new video review has been released by Youtuber Kwing that comprehensively covers his thoughts on the various aspects of Skyward Sword. The video is free of new plot spoilers, but does reference many of the game’s plot and gameplay points that have already been covered by Nintendo’s official trailers and commercials for the game.…
OCRemix (a website dedicated to remixes of video game music) has recently released a new free-to-download album, titled 25YEARLEGEND. The album has 18 tracks from different artists covering several Zelda games, including one from Laura Shigihara, who created the music for popular game Plants vs Zombies. If you’re interested, you can download the songs here…
Skyward Sword was released across the US and Canada today, meaning that there are now a whole lot of Zelda fans looking for somewhere to discuss the new game, whether in the form of sharing their experiences, pondering the game’s mysteries or even asking for help with one of the game’s puzzles. If you’re one…
G4TV have recently launched a new “Video Game Deathmatch” to find out which new game is considered the 2011 game of the year, and Skyward Sword has been paired off in the first round against Uncharted 3. Just yesterday Skyward Sword was losing the vote 42%-58%, but since then Zelda fansites have started posting about…
