Last weekend at PAX West, the Legend of Zelda inspired game Secret Legend quickly entered into the conversation of coolest titles on display at the annual gaming festival. The video below features an interview with lone creator and developer Andrew Shouldice, along with footage from the game. Shouldice — who quit his job to create this game…
After recently sharing some Breath of the Wild footage featuring The Temple of Time and then the Koroks, Nintendo has another tease in store for fans, this time through its Nintendo Console Gaming Facebook page. The video features Link cooking up five Endura Shrooms to create an Enduring Mushroom Skewer, which temporarily increases his stamina limit and replenishes some…
If the recently announced NES Classic Edition by Nintendo doesn’t suit your fancy — since it doesn’t support cartridges and instead has 30 pre-loaded games — perhaps the AVS by RetroUSB will. This NES clone outputs via HDMI at 720p, and accepts both NES and Famicom cartridges as well as four controller inputs. The console has…
Shigeru Miyamoto, a man all of us here at Zelda Universe owe a debt of gratitude to, sat down with Game Informer recently to talk about Breath of the Wild and the shape that the franchise could take beyond this new adventure. Miyamoto points out that despite all the hubbub about Breath of the Wild redefining the Zelda franchise,…
Confirming once more that Nintendo really does listen to feedback from their fans, Eiji Aonuma discussed in an interview with Polygon how user reactions to Skyward Sword influenced the development of Breath of the Wild. “A lot of the fans that played Skyward Sword said that they were really bummed out that they couldn’t find…
One of the many new features being introduced to the Zelda series through Breath of the Wild is cooking. In lieu of cutting grass and smashing pots to find Hearts, Link must now scavenge for food to replenish his health. Cutting grass now functions as a way to reveal insects and other small creatures. Throughout the adventure,…
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the game begins with adult Link lying in a resurrection chamber, as he is woken up by a mysterious voice. We hear the voice commanding to Link “open your eyes.” A barely clothed Link rises from the shallow pool that has contained him within the chamber, and makes his…
A new study is seemingly confirming what might possibly be Nintendo’s worst nightmare. This recent study by the marketing research firm Influence Central indicates that smartphones and tablets are being used in place of Nintendo handhelds for many children, many of whom receive their first mobile device as early as age 10. Such an early introduction…
What if the successor to your Game Boy was a Phone Boy? Or perhaps a Game Phone? Whatever the name might’ve been, there was apparently a time when Nintendo threw around the idea of creating a gaming system that would’ve also allowed your mother to interrupt the adventures of Link and call to remind you to wear…
Ocarina of Time‘s transition into Unreal Engine 4 by YouTube user CryZENx continues with this latest upload featuring young Link in Gerudo Valley. In case you haven’t been following along with these videos, CryZENx has been showcasing just what a modernized version of Ocarina of Time might look like. The YouTube user has accomplished this feat by…
Nintendo has at last been added to the list of exhibitors for June’s E3 expo in Los Angeles, California. This is merely a formality, but serves as confirmation that Nintendo will be present. For the past three years, Nintendo has forgone the typical press conference at E3 in favor of a special Nintendo Direct presentation,…
Back in late 2014, Nintendo released the Retro NES Edition 3DS XL. That release spawned the desire of many players to style their new handheld systems after the consoles of old. Continuing in the tradition of the Retro NES Edition, Nintendo has recently announced a Super Famicom New 3DS XL, which will be available in…
Mario just keeps adding to his gallery of suits and shape-shifts these days thanks to Super Mario Maker. Within that game, Mario is able to transform into all sorts of characters across the Nintendo spectrum, an ability frequently activated by the use of Amiibo. In a new video by Nintendo Japan, you can see Wolf Link…
The streamlining of gameplay in Twilight Princess HD continues. If you had a rough time tracking down all of the Poes in the original game, your experience on the HD version will be slightly less frustrating due to the new Ghost Lantern item. According to a new video by GameXplain, the Ghost Lantern can be…
For a long time, many fans have dreamed of the idea of a film based on the rich characters of Nintendo. Dreams that likely picture a Legend of Zelda film treated with the same reverence received by The Lord of the Rings, or envision an animated adventure crafted by Studio Ghibli. Those same fans are quickly reminded…
