You’ve heard Reven’s angelic vocals and fanciful arrangements in Zelda covers including Rozen’s Twilight Princess EP King of Light and Shadow, and Times End II, a Majora’s Mask album from Theophany. In celebration of her recent birthday, Reven released a Skyward Sword cover of her own — Ballad of the Goddess. Not only does she provide vocals for the piece, the…
Now that Eimear Noone’s album The Celtic Link is complete, it’s headed out to the Kickstarter backers. Missed out on the Kickstarter? Don’t fret, by joining the Post-Kickstarter, you can download the album before it goes public and receive some pretty sweet extras including bonus tracks, excerpts from the Video Games Live: Level 5 documentary, and additional video…
In the latest post from the official Breath of the Wild blog, the game’s lead cinematic designer Naoki Mori discusses creating cutscenes. With Breath of the Wild being significantly less linear than previous Zelda titles, the developers had to determine how the incorporate cinematic sequences in a story-driven game without hindering the players’ freedom. That’s where the Memories come in.…
Ever wonder what goes into being a full time YouTuber or Twitch streamer? I’ll give you a hint, it’s way more than just playing video games and talking about gaming for a few hours a couple of times a week. I moderated a panel this past weekend at MomoCon where I interviewed Mr. Creepy Pasta, Raqib,…
More than 31,000 animation and video game fans took over the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta this past weekend for MomoCon. The convention, which originated as a small student-run convention at Georgia Tech in 2004, now holds the largest gaming showfloor in the southeast. With that many gamers in one place, Zelda cosplayers were out…
Code developers Chadderz and MrBean35000vr have created Accio Master Code, a cheat code — or really more like a “fun code” — allowing the player to spawn pretty much anything in the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild. Whether you want to fight Waterblight Ganon in the desert or have enough Mighty Bananas to make Donkey…
Breath of the Wild’s Prince Sidon has quickly become a favorite in the Zelda community, and for good reason. His killer smile, those abs, and charisma have everyone swooning over him like the Bimbettes do over Gaston from Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Hey, if Belle can fall for a beast, we can fall for a fish! YouTuber RogersBase, the…
When we first learned the release date for Breath of the Wild, several of us here at Zelda Universe thought it would be fun to get together and celebrate, but that casual meet-up quickly evolved into something much bigger. Instead of just a few friends hanging out, we wanted to get the Zelda community involved and do something…
The Yetee is my go-to shop for video game-themed apparel. Here at Zelda Universe, we are partnering with The Yetee to bring you Zelda Universe T-shirts. The shirts sport the ZU logo and come in a Triforce of colors: Zora blue, Kokiri green, and Goron red (or as I like to call it, Groose’s hair-red).…
When thinking about love in The Legend of Zelda, a few couples come to mind. Link and Zelda are of course a big one, then there’s Anju and Kafei, and Yeto and Yeta. But what about the other townsfolk like Guru-Guru, the Windmill Man in Ocarina of Time? One day he was minding his own business, happily playing…
One of the key features of the Nintendo Switch is portability. Hook it up to your television and while you’re laid out on the couch, or play it on a flight to see your friend on the other side of the world. But the gaming doesn’t have to stop once you get there! Let’s say that…
This past summer, the Triforce Quartet, a classically trained traditional string quartet who plays music from a variety of video games, released their second album Ultima Phantasia featuring music from Skyward Sword, Super Smash Bros., the Final Fantasy series and other popular titles. The Triforce Quartet is performing at MAGFest this weekend, and if you are there, be sure to attend at…
Less than three days remain until the Kickstarter campaign for Materia Collective’s Hero of Time comes to a close, and the moon comes crashing down. Okay so maybe not that last part. But you are running out of time to make a pledge toward funding the Hero of Time album. The guys from Materia Collective…
Rozen’s Zelda arrangements always have the ability to invoke intense emotions about the characters. “May We Meet Again” gave me a new respect for Fi from Skyward Sword, and I felt the overwhelming sense of foreboding as the residents of Clock Town helplessly awaited total destruction in “Termina’s Demise”. This time, he partners with singer/songwriter Jose Madrid to…
Last month, the 30th Anniversary Legend of Zelda game music collection went up for pre-order, and the track listing has been revealed at last. The two-disc set holds 93 tracks in all, and they are arranged chronologically starting with the original Legend of Zelda, all the way up through Triforce Heroes. With this being a…
