When it comes to damselling, Princess Zelda tries to take it all in stride. “Well, you sort of expect it to happen eventually. I mean, it’s a hazard of the job, isn’t it? Look at poor Princess Peach – can’t so much as get a cup of coffee without being kidnapped and dragged off by…
Today I was a seagull. The fish told me what I needed to know. Another island, another chart – what, am I new? Kargorocs circle the many peaks. On the flat behind me I find a gate barring a treasure chest.
There is a hero whose legend has been whispered on the wind for an age. A boy of destiny, dressed in green and bearing the sword of evil’s bane, or the golden arrow of evil’s bane, or… well, let’s just say evil is sufficiently baned whenever he comes swinging random objects at it.
In Which the Author Gets Slightly Personal, Among Other Things Here’s the thing – Behind the Rupees has been off the block for a while. Though at least a third of this had to do with Mother Nature dropping ‘bows on the States a while back, those of us in the team of writers took…
Your Shadow Self: An Examination of the Player’s Relationship to the Game He made his first appearance in Zelda II: Adventure of Link as our hero’s pixeled shadow come to malicious life. His most memorable role would perhaps be in Ocarina of Time as a fully-realized antagonist, cast in careful blues and greys so his…
(Cody’s Note: figured this one would be relevant again after the recent discussion so I brought it back from 2004. Enjoy!) Welcome to the first roundtable of Behind the Rupees. In this feature we will be discussing a set topic back and forth, and this way we hope to give everyone a look into the…
The 100-Year Itch a part of The Missing Link series of articles Guest Article By pipking Spirit Tracks, the sequel to 2007’s Phantom Hourglass, reportedly takes place 100 years after Link bested Bellum on the Great Sea. Phantom was an immediate successor to The Wind Waker, but for our next trip into Toon Link’s world…
…will not be seen this week. Instead…
Tons of new footage, great use of a familiar Zelda tune… so much to love in less than two minutes. Read on for the trailer and details from Aonuma’s GDC session.
Sunday. Bloody Sunday.
There are fans and there are Fans. Little ‘f’ fans enjoy the ride, dig the scenery and buy a few souveniers. They like what they like for what it is.
And us all… Tingle RPG headed to the UK in March?
Hello all, the ZU news team has yet another new member: myself. You may know me as the moderator of the I:SB section on the forums. I’ll be handling any news that appears on Saturday. (Not that today is Saturday, but I wanted to introduce myself and make sure that I knew how to work…
The nominees for the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards were annouced yesterday. Twilight Princess was given two shots at glory – for Best Game and… gasp… Best Writing?
The inestimable l-o-s returns to us with a meaty article discussing the many NPCs that populate Twilight Princess.
