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A lot of people miss the point of who and what Fi is. While many see her as a simple and often obtrusive guide in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, she serves a much more important — albeit subtle — purpose. And this purpose continues to have lasting effects on the games and the…

Here at Zelda Universe, the entertainment team over on our YouTube channel has completed a full dub of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. You may be asking yourself: “Isn’t the game already dubbed?” This question has been thrown left and right in regard to the project, and it is a valid question…

As part of The Legend of Zelda’s 35th-anniversary celebrations, it was announced that Skyward Sword would be making a return on July 16th, this time as an HD port to Nintendo Switch.  Zelda players have had mixed feelings about this release announcement, as well as some divided opinions about the game itself. Skyward Sword takes place at the very beginning of…

In the realm of the video game industry, there are many people who have earned the highest level of respect among both professionals and fans. The late Satoru Iwata was and is one such person. His contributions to HAL Laboratories, Nintendo, and the industry as a whole were nothing short of remarkable. But his business…

One of the biggest reasons why the Legend of Zelda series resonates so deeply with players is because of its ability to create powerful and emotional moments. These are the moments that stick with people years after they have played the games. There are plenty of scenes that have made Zelda fans laugh with joy…

The sages of Hyrule are often imperative to Link’s quest to rid the land of evil. They can provide essential wisdom on quests, serve as guardians of the Sacred Realm, and they can even seal away the most sinister of villains. Being a sage is one of the highest honors a resident of Hyrule can…

Breath of the Wild is entrancing for one main reason: its world. It may not be packed full of sidequests, but it’s absolutely brimming with gorgeous scenery, whether it’s a beautiful forest, a snowy mountain, an active volcano, a breathtaking landmark, a desert oasis, or so much more. It’s the joy of discovering all these…

Today, April 7, a brand-new podcast all about the Legend of Zelda series has been launched. This podcast, “Sacred Realms: A Zelda Retrospective Podcast,” is hosted by brothers Lyndon and Matt Willoughby and will feature multi-episode series that take entertaining and in-depth looks at the various design and narrative elements of the Zelda games. Lyndon…

There is certainly no shortage of bosses with giant eyeballs, or just one giant eyeball, like Gohma and the Hinox. What the Zelda games also have, however, is an abundance of bosses who are little more than – or no more than – giant eyeballs.

Have you ever stopped and really thought about why Nintendo hasn’t released Breath of the Wild 2 yet? Time and time again, the company says the game needs more time. They say that development is proceeding smoothly. They say more information is coming. They say we just need to be a little more patient. The…

In the Zelda series, Link is a silent protagonist that takes on immense challenges, all alone. He has no party to aid him in his ultimate quest. Long stretches of these games involve traveling through diverse landscapes to epic, and sometimes somber, music. In games like Breath of the Wild, he can travel for 20…

It was around this time 10 years ago that the Nintendo 3DS made its international debut, launching in North America, Europe, and Australia following its Japanese release. The portable console promised to be a worthy successor to the hugely popular Nintendo DS, with stronger hardware that allowed for console-like experiences on the go, revolutionary 3D…

The Ys (pronounced “eess”) series seems perpetually stuck in the shadow of other pioneers of the action, adventure, and RPG video game genres. The Ys series began in 1987, just one year after The Legend of Zelda and the same year as Final Fantasy, but it remains relatively unknown today. So, I should not have…

A Link Between Worlds has a dark story. The darkest in all of the series, despite the fact that it doesn’t deal directly with “death” in the way that Majora’s Mask or Twilight Princess does. Rather, the idea that the story puts forward, in regard to fate and the cyclical nature of time, caused me…

When designing a new Zelda title, Nintendo always takes inspiration from the preceding games. Whether they are trying to reach some large-scale advancement or simply borrow elements for the sake of familiarity or novelty, the developers find plenty of reasons to implement older features. That was the case for Breath of the Wild. It borrowed…