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Zelda fan trailer harkens back to a simpler time

[youtube]WF-7jPXvPEA[/youtube] Miss video cassette tapes, cereals based off of your favorite game characters, and the amazing and stylish fashion sense of the 1980’s? Well then, all your dreams are about to come true. The fine folks over at GamerVision have created a trailer that combines Zelda and several 80’s movies, including The Breakfast Club. If…

Feast your ears: ZREO releases 8 minutes of Twilight Symphony

Beginning to lose hope in your favorite Zelda music reorchestrators’ abilities to produce gloriously reworked versions of Twilight Princess’s score? Well, the ZREO team has come forward with something that’ll certainly satisfy you. Eight straight minutes of their latest ambitious project, Twilight Symphony, are now out in the open – and you can listen to…

STLOcarina Giveaway Redux Winners!

It’s been a few days since our second ever ocarina giveaway ended, and we’ve been serving you guys up a ton of suspense since then. We saw some really great lists of Zelda songs, and the time has now come to reveal the glorious winners of the STLOcarina Giveaway Redux – all six of them.…

Bank of Hyrule: STLOcarina Giveaway Redux!

It’s been a while since we’ve done something with our friends at STLOcarina, makers of fine Zelda ocarinas and more. So when they approached us and said they had some new Zelda ocarinas, our first reaction was to ask how we could get those things you guys, our dear readers. And those generous folks sent…

Did it just get colder in here?

Whoa! A little late for the winter season, but it returns – ZU’s holidaytime wintertastic themeaganza! Enjoy the festive lights, wave to Santa in the background, and cuddle up with some hot chocolate and a copy of your favorite Zelda game. As for us, while you guys tolerate the freezing cold, we’ll be on Death…

Page Update: Spirit Tracks Items Guide Totally Revamped!

Our dear Melissa might have retired from staff, but her work is continuing to pop up around Zelda Universe. The first of the fruits of her labor? A brand new Spirit Tracks guide for Items and Equipment. What’s new? Aside from being totally rewritten and redesigned, we’re introducing a brand new type of navigation with…

New Affiliate: Zelda Eternity

It’s always nice to make some new friends, right? Well, today we’re announcing our affiliation with Zelda Eternity, a growing Zelda fan site that, since the end of the summer, has held a Zelda marathon for charity and opened up their very own message boards (which may or may not feel strikingly familiar to anyone…

Nigel Silva Returns With Your Music Requests

It’s awesome when someone keeps their promise – Nigel Silva, featured in our fan music spotlight a few days ago, has already completed two music requests! For the curious, these include the Windmill theme from Ocarina of Time, as well as the Hyrule Castle theme from A Link to the Past. You can download them…

Page Update: Dawn of Shadows, Part 13

Our longest-running interactive story has received yet another update, this time by fellow Zelda fan Legacy of Link. If you thought Dark Heart was finished in Part 12… well, just keep reading! You might be surprised what happens… For the uninitiated, our interactive stories are community-written fan fiction works where a new person submits each…

Ads No Longer Showing Above the Temple (Huzzah!)

It took a bunch of debate and thought (okay, not really), but we’ve decided to, for the foreseeable future, remove all ads from the top area of the temple. Why? Because we want to use that space for something much more useful – featured content. So, from now, on, you can look up there to…

Ryu-Gi Returns With Skyward Sword Wallpapers

Ryu-Gi, a member who has submitted wallpapers to ZU in the past, is back once more – and this time with a Skyward Sword-themed wallpaper for the masses. The graphic features Link falling from the cliffs in Skyloft through the clouds to Hyrule below, arguably one of the most powerful moments we know about in…

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