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Celebrating 15 Years of Ocarina of Time

Yesterday’s release of A Link Between Worlds was the culmination of weeks of intense media coverage, and of speculation that this installment could bring about a leap in the Zelda series not seen since 1998. It was November 23 of that year that Ocarina of Time was released in the United States. This first Zelda…

Eyes of a Young Gamer: Link’s Awakening

There are some things you just can’t control. I mean seriously, it’s not my fault that I wasn’t around for the formative years of Zelda. The world welcomed me during the N64’s rule, two years before the release of Ocarina of Time, and my family’s SNES was stolen before I was old enough to remember…

The Demons of Zelda

The fantastical world of Hyrule is diverse in its population; many different species reside within its confines as well as within the vast areas of other Zelda worlds. Yet one race stands out with its known numbers in few: the Demons. Certainly there are characters in the series who can best be described as “demonic”:…

Zelda Wii U should take a vacation from Hyrule

The video game world is a living, breathing beast; year to year, graphics and technology improve, allowing for drastic shifts in style. Nintendo began a new trend just a few years ago and geared itself more so toward family games, leading shelves to explode with a mass of multiplayer sports and dance discs. This opened…

Fan Art Friday: CD-i Pompadour

With the release of Skyward Sword, many fans became captivated with a new hero – Groose. His hair is certainly a talking point for many admirers. So artist jakface, in association with tumblr user Dat-Pompadour, created a piece which captures both the spirit of CD-i and the wondrousness that is Groose’s hair. Hit the jump to feel the…

YouTube Poop Load

The CD-i games brought to the Zelda world content that resulted in infamous YouTube poop. Many fans shake their heads at the ridiculousness and abundance of poop created, but it is because of these videos that the CD-i games are as eminent as they are today. So sit back and feel your brain melt with…

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