Have you ever woken up before your alarm went off? Well, the Wind Fish probably experienced that when speedrunner Astronumous beat Link’s Awakening DX in 54 minutes and 34 seconds. Astronumous’ run for the GDQ event, Flame Fatales, is classified as an “any percent” and “no out of bounds” run of the game. This means…
Years ago, I might have looked at the word “fanzine” and figured it goes best with alfredo sauce and a hint of red pepper. But then, years ago I was not yet quite so invested in fandoms like ours. As most of you likely knew before I did, the silly lad I am, a fanzine…
Friend of the site Waikuteru is back with some new finds from the beta version of Breath of the Wild. Digging into the bowels of the game revealed unused poison water that injures Link, but also enemies. Every enemy, other than Ganon and the Blights, can be damaged by the poison, but it happens at…
It’s high time we saw Hyrule through a reverse-engineered lens, don’t you think? The good folks at Zelda Reverse Engineered Team, aka ZRET, seem to think so. They’ve been pecking away at an Ocarina of Time code decompilation for 18 months strong, transforming one of the greatest video games around into a modernized programming language…
Terms like “ray tracing” are all the rage these days among video game tech enthusiasts, and not for no reason. Remakes of older titles, like Bluepoint’s excellent Demon’s Souls, tap into every fiber of modern technological improvements to provide players with jaw-dropping visuals in every nook and cranny. With Breath of the Wild now over…
Fan art comes in many forms and shapes, and sometimes that includes animation. One such work was built in the Unreal Engine to imagine what The Wind Waker could look like with more technical fidelity. We’ve seen similar works with other games like Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask a number of times, but this…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s — Super Smash Bros? Yes, that’s right, you’re not seeing things. That really is collage art of every single Smash Ultimate fighter you’re looking at, and all of them in the style of famous comic book characters from DC and Marvel. The daunting task was reimagined and…
Time-travel shenanigans and The Legend of Zelda go together like peas in a pod. We often think of Ocarina of Time first and foremost in this regard; even that game’s title tells us what we’re in for, after all. From the main quest’s colossal temporal ramifications to the causal loop behind the “Song of Storms,”…
TheSpeedGamers is one of the longest running charity streams, and this weekend they are marathoning the Zelda series to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The marathon began June 15 and runs until June 19, and the team will be streaming around three to four games each day. Upcoming games on the stream include…
With how wacky and wild the world of speedrunning is, there must be something that will be crowned the wildest. Well, Summer Games Done Quick delivers. Paper Mario speedrunner JCog began his run the way that all great speedruns start: by playing Ocarina of Time. “By the end of this we are going to use…
Yiga Blademaster, you are the light, our light, that must shine upon Hyrule once again. Surprisingly, that statement could actually be true according to the recent Breath of the Wild video by YouTuber ThornyFox, and the real heir to the Master Sword is a random Yiga Blademaster. Escort missions in games are rarely done right and while this…
That’s Never Happened Before is a monthly show on the Games Done Quick YouTube channel that focuses on glitches and exploits of individual games. This month, streamer and Ocarina of Time speedrunner ZFG did a glitch-heavy run of the game that features glitches that are normally not seen in regular speedruns. Ocarina is no stranger…
Hello there folks, Zelda Universe’s Amanda VanHiel is back with another Zelda News round-up! This week Amanda takes a deeper look into the Breath of the Wild sequel trailer (including theories around Link’s arm, clothing, abilities, and more), Kazuya from Tekken making it into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the special edition of Metroid Dread, and…
Breath of the Wild’s cooking mechanic inspired many players to become Hyrulean chefs in their own kitchens. The Legend’s Cookbook allows fans to do just that, providing detailed recipes inspired by the game and other entries in the Zelda franchise. The team behind the project recently announced a reprint of the original and confirmed that…
It all starts with an innate desire to win. Somewhere deep inside, we have the ambition to become better, to get stronger, and do it all over again even faster to claim a prestigious world record. Perhaps this is the core of what speedrunning is about, a niche-within-a-niche that’s garnered increased attention over the past…
