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Wii U Live Stream

If you plan on buying this shiny piece of hardware, you should deffinately watch this conference. One of the biggest let-downs during Nintendo’s E3 this year was the lack of information regarding Wii U’s release. We know the console’s scheduled to be released this year, but we have no date or price yet. Luckily, that…

Design A Boss competition takes off!

As some of you know, the latest edition of Design a Boss–Djinn–has officially been running since late January and many people have already submitted entries! We love to see each challenge up the amp on competition and we’re hard at work to make this the best Design a Boss Competition ever, but we need your…

Design a Boss Contest

While you’re waiting for the Sheikah Hoodie giveaway to be concluded, why not start looking to the next contest? Design a Boss is a contest that lets you create your own unique Zelda boss. This contest has been hosted on ZU before, but this year is special. This time around we’re designing 2D bosses and…

Nintendo’s Web Broadcast Dec 26th

Nintendo has revealed that they will be holding a web broadcast on December 26th (it’s actually the 27th for Japanese and European audiences). The broadcast airs at noon in Japan or 10PM US EST which means us Europeans will have to stay up till 3-4 in the morning to watch it as it airs. What…

Legend of Zelda: Timeless Haven Demo II

You know how on the Internet, fan games seem to come and go like women with George Clooney? You always see and hear about them but they’re never memorable and don’t last long? Well Zelda Universe’s official fan game Timeless Haven is not going to be one of those! Since debuting our first demo back…

Return of the Mailbag

So remember that mailbag thing we had running and how awesome it was? Whatever happened to it? Well it doesn’t matter because today I can say that we are bringing it back, with a new organisation system designed to not only keep it up and running without fault, but also bring you the very best…

25 Years in 25 Days – 2009

Co-written by Hombre and Lysia By 2009 it was time to yet again enter another Zelda controversy. At the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo announced the next Zelda game for the Nintendo DS: Spirit Tracks. While most people seemed to be excited for Link’s upcoming adventure, there was a fair share of fans that were concerned…

Zelda Williams – worst pick-up lines

As I was standing in line waiting to meet the people behind the London Zelda Symphony (including Zelda Williams, star of several Zelda commercials), a guy behind me jokingly asked if he should ask Zelda “How about a kiss? For luck!” which you may know as a quote from one of the infamous CD-i Zelda…

25 Years in 25 Days – 1998

Co-authored by Hombre de Mundo and The Missing Link Ah, 1998.  I was ten years old back then, and Nintendo released the Game Boy Color.  There was already so much love for the Game Boy back in those days, but the GB could only take the imagination so far.  Limited to just four colors in…

Impressions from the Legend of Zelda Symphony

Throats sore from cheering, hands burning from applauding, but a mind so content it doesn’t matter one bit. These are things that the Zelda fans in Europe were feeling as they left the Legend of Zelda: 25th Anniversary Symphony. Hundreds of fans attended the event on October 25th and Zelda Universe was present. I had…

Four Swords Released on DSi and 3DS

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords has been released today across the globe – and better yet, as a free DSiWare/eShop download! The game is essentially a port of the original Four Swords for the Game Boy Advance released back in 2002/3, though it has been enhanced in a few different ways. Firstly, those annoying…

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