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Majora’s Mask contains two hidden, unused cutscenes

Majora’s Mask was always known for having unique cutscenes, but it turns out that there’s even more available than we thought.  Someone managed to discover two cutscenes from Majora’s Mask that never made it into the final game.  While they’re a bit unpolished, it’s interesting to see what the developers originally had intended to put…

Skyward Sword ranks ninth in November sales

Despite its huge popularity and rave reviews, Skyward Sword ranks only ninth in November game software sales within the United States.  The only Nintendo title to make the top ten list, this most recent installment in the Zelda series has been out for less than a month and when viewed objectively, has done very well…

Celebrities celebrate Zelda’s 25th Anniversary

The celebrity fanbase of Zelda has been utilized recently to advertise the series more and more by Nintendo, most noticeably via Robin Williams and his daughter, Zelda.  Nintendo has released a series of videos on their YouTube channel in which celebrity fans of the games, most noticeably Chris Evans of Fantastic Four and Captain America fame, talk…

Time ranks Skyward Sword third best game of 2011

Time Magazine, a widespread, non-videogaming magazine in the United States, released a series of 54  “Top Ten Everything” lists to catalogue the best and worst things of 2011.  In their top ten videogames list, Skyward Sword, the only Nintendo game present on the list, was ranked number three.  This is quite a feat, as 1)…

Artist draws Link entirely out of salt

Salt–we’ve all encountered it at some point in our lives, but you’ve never seen it like this before.  That is, unless you’ve seen one of Bashir Sultani’s “Art with Salt” videos.  Released on YouTube a few months ago, his latest video shows him making a portrait of Link, Twilight Princess style.  His only tools are a shaker…

Skyward Sword manga in the works

Last month, Akira Himekawa,  the manga artist who creates the manga adaptions for The Legend of Zelda series, announced on her Twitter that a new manga creation for Skyward Sword is currently in the works.  Confirmed by next month’s issue of Nintendo Dream magazine, this is great news not only for manga fans, but for…

Skyrim needs your help!

As many of you know, G4 is hosting their annual VideoGame Deathmatch in which the top games of the year are put head to head in a vote by fans to see which title truly deserves to be crowned the best of 2011.  The competition has reached round four, and our favorite game of the year…

Zelda among Kotaku’s best cosplays

Kotaku has put together a collection of the best video game cosplays on the Internet, and one of them is none other than Princess Zelda, seen above.  The costume has beautiful detail, and the ears look great (which anyone who’s ever seen a Zelda cosplayer before knows is a challenge!).  Not only that, but the…

“Flyrule:” Zelda tracks remixed

Artist Shag, an 18 year-old university student who “likes to make beats,” released an album of Zelda remixes back in August.  He took ten familar songs from Ocarina of Time (plus a bonus track featuring sound effects) and gave them a hip-hop flair by adding beats, using sound distortion, and slowing down the tempos.  He…

Surprise cameo in Skyward Sword

Someone over at The Bit Block was playing Skyward Sword and discovered a secret cameo appearance by a familar Zelda character, albeit in the form of a small, plushie doll.  The video is placed after the jump in case you haven’t gotten to play the game yet or you wish to discover this hidden cameo…

Top ten Zelda dungeon themes

Music has always been a big part of the Zelda series, whether as a gameplay mechanic or simply as ambient background noise.  Out of all the songs from the series, some of the most beloved and recognizable melodies are the dungeon themes.  PeanutButterGamer has compiled a list of the top ten dungeon themes from the series,…

Two (sort of) new Skyward Sword trailers

You may have seen these trailers before, but previously they were only in Japanese.  Now they’ve been released in English, so character text and action icons can finally be understood.  The first trailer showcases a particular island in the sky that Link can travel to, and the second features more of the game’s main location. …

The origins of the Zelda series: “Adventure Mario”

The Zelda series has been around for 25 years, but how many of us really know its origins?  CVG has decided to give us a history lesson, detailing how Nintendo’s “Adventure Mario” ultimately became “The Hyrule Fantasy:  Legend of Zelda,” known today in most parts of the world as The Legend of Zelda.  In February 1985,…

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