I didn’t want the day to be saved. I didn’t want hope to prevail. I wanted to see all the struggle, heartache, and pain that these characters endured and find out how they were able to overcome it. I wanted a firsthand account of how Calamity Ganon took over the Kingdom of Hyrule and ravaged…
I wasn’t always a Zelda completionist. As a kid, my idea of beating any of the games was to get to the final boss, beat them up, and then wonder what I was going to do with my life. But now that I’ve grown up, I feel that if I truly enjoy a Zelda game,…
The latest installment in the Hyrule Warriors series may be a controversial one, but its soundtrack has received near universal praise. It took themes and leitmotifs from Breath of the Wild and transformed them into the intense, bombastic, heroic music that many people were expecting from the iconic 2017 game in the first place. While…
Here I am, once again wishing that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity had a freeplay mode. Or a photo mode. Or both! Hyrule Castle Town draws me back again and again, and it’s frustrating to have to replay timed battles in order to explore it in more depth. So much of it is out of…
Age of Calamity brought to life the past of many characters from Breath of the Wild, and gave players the opportunity to explore the war that ravaged Hyrule one hundred years ago. One of those characters Wwas a younger version of Impa, wielding the magical abilities of the Sheikah, and proving once again that Impa…
Have you heard the news? Super Nintendo World opens in Hollywood for the first time, a hilarious Breath of the Wild moment is caught on Twitch and more in the latest Zelda Universe video with Amanda and the rest of the crew. In the video, Amanda also talks about what we’re did for the 5th…
On March 3, Zelda fans celebrated five years of the widely beloved game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. To commemorate the occasion, Zelda Universe hosted a live panel for voice actors Patricia Summersett (Zelda), Andi Gibson (Impa), Bill Rogers (King Rhoam), Joe Hernandez (Daruk and Yunobo), Jamie Mortellaro (Sidon), and Jacob Craner…
The Legend of Zelda fans are accustomed to the excitement that a new Zelda game brings every few years, but it’s safe to say that no other game in the series has had the impact Breath of the Wild has. While many games have their moment of high relevancy for a short while, this game…
My computer did not want me to release this episode to you, but I gave it what for! It’s 2022, and we’re ringing in the year with a fantastic episode of the ZUCast! Fan-favorite duo Alex and Amanda have returned to host, Shona wraps up her year-long franchise retrospective, and we’ve even got someone new…
DLC, the abbreviation for post-release “downloadable content” for games, is fairly commonplace these days. But it turns out the DLC packs Pulse of the Ancients and Guardian of Remembrance for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity weren’t actually planned for release at first In a recent interview with the Japanese publication Nintendo Dream, several members of…
If I could add one feature to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, it would be a freeplay mode where I could explore Hyrule as the balance tips from peace to war. I’d like to explore these environs at my own pace, rather than under battle conditions, but I understand that this game is not Breath…
Four million copies sold is an impressive milestone for any game, so congratulations are in order to Koei Tecmo’s teams for Age of Calamity hitting that benchmark. That number is 300,000 up from the last time we reported on the figures back in April. As I mentioned in that article, Age of Calamity is already…
Between the base game and the two waves of DLC that came out this year, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity provided all kinds of thrilling battles to take part in as Link, Zelda, and the other heroes from the Era of the Wilds. Some of the most memorable came from the main story, showing key…
While 2021 has come and (almost) gone with no main timeline releases for The Legend of Zelda, it has still given a lot to its Zelda community, not least of all included a remaster of Skyward Sword, two waves of DLC for Age of Calamity, and a teaser for the Breath of the Wild Sequel.…
The Legend of Zelda has never been shy about taking inspiration from Japanese and other Eastern Asian cultures for parts of its many adventures. In fact, the series was pulling from those influences even during the early years of the franchise. There is the Triforce, which was once the symbol of the ruling Hojo clan…
