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Essence of Lime, the Oracle of Ages Remix Project, Released

[youtube]BPRks6SPfbE[/youtube] For those of you who know of OCRemix, arguably the single largest repository of fan recreations of video game music on the planet, you can attest to the quality of the work that comes out of there. More often than not, groups of composers get together on OCRemix’s site to build collaborations around a…

Aonuma Repents for Water Temple’s Difficulty

Remember Ocarina of Time’s Water Temple, where you had to keep taking on and off the Iron Boots? Remember how tedious that was? Well, apparently so do a lot of people. Enough that producer Eiji Aonuma took the time during Nintendo’s E3 post-keynote Roundtable to explicitly apologize for the difficulty – about ten years too…

Aonuma Repents for Water Temple's Difficulty

Remember Ocarina of Time’s Water Temple, where you had to keep taking on and off the Iron Boots? Remember how tedious that was? Well, apparently so do a lot of people. Enough that producer Eiji Aonuma took the time during Nintendo’s E3 post-keynote Roundtable to explicitly apologize for the difficulty – about ten years too…

Skyward Sword Trailer Screenshots Added to Gallery

As the title proclaimeth, we’ve added a bunch of screenshots taken from Skyward Sword‘s official E3 trailer to our Skyward Sword screenshot gallery. The update includes 27 new shots, straight from the E3 trailer, submitted graciously to us by a fan who goes by the name HoG. Thanks, HoG! And don’t forget to check out…

Miyamoto: Skyward Sword Takes Place in Hyrule

In an interview with Joystiq, which covered everything from Donkey Kong to Kid Icarus, Shigeru Miyamoto let it slip that Skyward Sword actually takes place in Hyrule while discussing the importance of the new MotionPlus controls: “Even something as simple as the aiming, which is handled not necessarily with a pointer but by moving your…

Eiji Aonuma Talks Skyward Sword Story, Controls

In an interview with Gamespot, producer Eiji Aonuma clarified some of the finer points of Skyward Sword‘s storyline – namely that the Skyward Sword is found above the clouds in Skyloft and not below the ground. Furthermore, he continues on to say that prior to his finding the Skyward Sword, Links character knows nothing about…

Skyward Sword Wallpapers Galore

As if yesterday’s wallpapers weren’t enough to get you started dressing up your computer for the Skyward Sword craze, just this morning we got in a whopping four new wallpapers. Even our own staffer, silver-hero, has felt compelled to aid you in your quest for desktop image glory, with a set of three wallpapers derived…

Skyward Sword Gets New Fan Wallpapers

Wow – barely more than a day after Skyward Sword’s announcement and we’re already receiving wallpapers in the mail! Our very first set of Skyward Sword fan wallpapers come courtesy of Art1st4786, and use Nintendo’s official art of Link that we put up in our Skyward Sword Official Artwork gallery yesterday. The wallpapers come in…

Zelda Universe Mentioned in Swedish Magazine

It’s not every day that we get some print publicity – nor is it every day that we feel flattered by the mention. Famous Swedish web design magazine Cap&Design ran an article about the box art design throughout the Zelda series in their March 2010 issue, and in an orange box on the side pointed…

At last – the polls are working again!

Okay, we’re really sorry – for something like six to eight months, the polls system on the site has actually been, well, kinda broken. But no longer! To celebrate, we’ve put up a new poll. Go voice your strong opinion on Skyward Sword‘s graphics right now and let everyone know what you think! We’ll report…

Skyward Sword’s Story Revealed

You thought you were out of the woods – with today’s crazy E3 coverage, you’d think that everything was said and done by now. But no! Nintendo, at their usual evening roundtable following their press conference, finally let loose the plot of Skyward Sword. Skyward Sword is, indeed, the very first Zelda – before Ocarina…

Skyward Sword Screenshots, Artwork and Logo Added to Gallery

Whew! After a long day of news about Skyward Sword, we’d like to offer you this little treat: some ultra-high resolution screenshots and artwork from Nintendo’s recently unveiled Skyward Sword. The shots are absolutely gorgeous – and they’re in nearly full HD. Along with that, we’ve added some artwork of Link as well. You can…

Nintendo’s Skyward Sword Fact Sheet

Nintendo today released a fact sheet for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. If you missed today’s coverage, and have been a bit too lazy to catch up, it offers a pretty decent summary of what Skyward Sword will do for the Zelda series. Click the image to embiggen and learn all about Skyward Sword.

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