Last night on February 15, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences partnered with IGN to livestream the 27th Annual D.I.C.E Awards in Las Vegas, NV. The hard work and creativity of hundreds of people in the game industry were celebrated while the Awards show announced 2023’s winning game titles for various categories. This year…
While Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda Orchestra returns in its epic grandeur worldwide, fans are busy cooking up remarkable orchestrated renditions of their own. ZREO: Second Quest, the Zelda fan musical group formerly known as Zelda Reorchestrated, has announced their own one-of-a-kind musical project called Scoring Sessions. Fans get to decide through donations which Zelda songs…
Nintendo fans have much to look forward to this weekend. A special all-new Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert will soon be broadcasted online on Nintendo of America’s YouTube Channel on February 9, 2024 at 5AM PT / 8AM ET, followed by a Splatoon 3 Concert broadcasted the same time and place on February 10. Both…
Whether you enjoy cooking food, eating food, or doing both with a fun Zelda spin, the Homemade in Hyrule fan cookbook zine is back for preorders in their latest Volume II edition. The physical cookbook is a lovely eye-pleasing compilation of Zelda-inspired recipes and food-related Zelda fan art. The digital cookbook will include a food-based…
Yahaha! You found… Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto? No, this not a Korok. It’s not an internet joke, either. Last week a video reel from Instagram made its rounds across the internet from Universal Studios Japan. The video included screenshots of Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma in hard hats standing side by side. They were…
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Whether you have grown up with the nostalgic sights and sounds of video games or have casually hummed to their catchy tunes from time to time watching your family or friends play, you probably have this person to thank: Koji Kondo. This fine gentleman was one of the first individuals to master 8-bit music long…
Rumblings have been rippling in the online community that the Legend of Zelda franchise could arrive in officially licensed Lego sets in the near future. No official word has cropped up from the famous toy building brand or Nintendo at this time, but due to the fact that there are already officially licensed Super Mario…
Are you missing Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 already? Well don’t despair just yet, because the speedrunning charity group will soon return for their annual winter event Frost Fatales 2024. Slated for the week of March 3-10, 2024, this women’s speedrunning event will showcase mind-boggling technical talent that may help beat the winter blues. All…
“You shall not pass!” That was clearly the collective statement from Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) to the calamitous effects of cancer. Last week, hundreds of volunteers, speedrunners, and gaming enthusiasts alike came together in Pittsburgh, PA to host the renowned speedrunning marathon for a solid week straight. The fundraising event was for the Prevent…
Ever since Eiji Aonuma first revealed the gameplay of Tears of the Kingdom to the world, the adorable Koroks with rather heavy backpacks has been capturing the hearts of players. Thousands of them were able to help the forest cuties reach their friends, and some players displayed their affection towards them in rather peculiar ways.…
It’s been seventeen years since we’ve seen Ganondorf in a canon Zelda game, and while the wait was long and arduous, Tears of the Kingdom was definitely worth it. Being a sequel to Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom shares many traits with its sibling, which include telling the narrative in a nonlinear…
Ready to close out 2023 in fabulous style, Zelda fans? Well, the famous Zeldathon charity run, dubbed this year as “Zeldathon Dimensions,” is happening now all the way to next year on January 1, 2024. This time around, the Zeldathon team is raising funds for the Make A Wish foundation, and there’s a ton of…
We hope everyone is having a fun and relaxing holiday week! Last week on Zelda Weekly, we talked about going to DreamHack on the 16th-17th of December and we had lots of fun filled with Zelda activities, and we read your comments from last weekly’s episode. Check out the link below.
Much was discussed at length in the recently translated Nintendo Dream interview with Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi regarding Tears of the Kingdom, including the lore behind the sealing shrines, monster varieties, and Ganondorf’s development. But that’s not everything the dynamic developer duo revealed to the public, either. They had a lot to say on…
