If you are a huge Donnie Darko fan such as myself, or even a fan of the song “Mad World” by Tears for Fears (covered by Gary Jules), you are sure to thoroughly enjoy this parody of “Mad World” by Farce Deity of YouTube called “Dark World”. The lyrics are slightly altered to be applicable…
Club Nintendo of Japan has received a very special soundtrack as a reward which includes the end credits music from a number of classic Nintendo titles. Not surprisingly, there are some included on the CD that come straight from our very own Zelda franchise. Those available on the soundtrack are the staff roll from Spirit Tracks, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, and Majora’s Mask 3D,…
We previously reported that the A Link to the Past comic that appeared in Nintendo Power in 1992 was due to come out as a graphic novel sometime this year. It has now been revealed that the graphic novel by Shotaro Ishinomori will be due out on May 5. Ishinomori is also known for his work on Cyborg 009 and was…
There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it: Link and Zelda are my favorite romantic pairing in the Zelda franchise. This came full circle in Skyward Sword, where there were actually romantic inklings between the two. BlackberryAuthor of DeviantArt has created this beautiful piece called “Let’s Fly Away“, depicting Link and Zelda lying down in the fields in the…
Official merchandise from the Symphony of the Goddesses tour is now being sold through the concert’s official website. They total six in all, with three posters and three t-shirts available for purchase. The most striking shirt of the lot is the one that features the Skull Kid donning Majora’s Mask. Each product — shirt and poster…
With the ongoing rumor that a Zelda television series is in the works and will be a “family-friendly” version of Game of Thrones, YouTube user Megasteakman created a beautiful intro for this uncertain project called “The Game of Hyrule”. The overworld is based on A Link to the Past, with the tagline being “in the Game of Hyrule you…
According to popular gaming journalist Geoff Keighley, the Zelda U presentation at The Game Awards came together rather last minute. American rock band Imagine Dragons showed up about two or three weeks before the presentation, and everyone in Keighley’s camp was pushing to show the new Zelda. Aonuma was thinking about doing something related to Zelda, but Keighley believed this to be an…
This initial scene from Ocarine of Time was a classic. In a tell-all scene where the Great Deku Tree lays bare the secrets of Hyrule. Link can’t help but sit down and sink in the news. The tree then grants Link with a request: to purge the world of the evil known as Ganondorf. After receiving the…
As we reported last month, Tommy Tallarico and Video Games Live released a brand new arrangement of “Zelda’s Lullaby” on their latest album, Video Games Live: Level 4. The music video features the full song from the album and was shot in the California redwoods, which gives the video a very Zelda-esque feeling to it.…
Earlier this afternoon, much to my shock, I got an e-mail from Nintendo informing me about Women’s History Month. It wasn’t so shocking that they were commemorating the month (although I didn’t quite know it was Women’s History Month), but it was shocking that they were featuring The Wind Waker’s very own Tetra as one of the…
In the midst of today’s huge news about Nintendo’s partnership with DeNa and their move to mobile gaming on smart devices (we will get to that news later!), Nintendo President Satoru Iwata assured consumers that while Nintendo is pursuing this brand new avenue, they are not abandoning their game platform business. In a statement, Iwata re-iterated that this…
YouTuber dekuNukem has accomplished an amazing feat in Majora’s Mask 3D — he has managed to play both the Clock Town and Gerudo Valley themes using the Zora’s guitar! As someone who used to try such things myself, I know how hard it can be as it requires a lot of note transcription and an incredibly good ear for music. dekuNukem makes…
For many, Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda that they experienced. For everyone (at the time), it was their first experience playing Zelda in a 3D world. It opened up brand new gameplay avenues and brought the series to even higher heights than it had already reached. I remember being a 12 year old, being entranced by…
With CD-ii U Month in our midst, we at Zelda Universe would like to take a step back and commemorate some of the best pieces of content from last year’s CD-ii Month. While there were so many pieces to chose from, we picked out content which we believe are some of our strongest work from last year. To start…
Jodenstone’s speedrunning record of 18 minutes and 7 seconds managed to hold the world record for a single day, as speedrunner skater82297 managed to beat Jodenstone’s record by four seconds, clocking in at 18 minutes and 3 seconds. It raises the question, how long will this record stand? Will Jodenstone come back and reclaim the top…
