Our annual summer fundraiser, ZUthon: Zelda for Eternity, returns for a fifth year in 2021 to once again raise money for Direct Relief’s COVID-19 pandemic response. This year’s event is scheduled to take place August 12-16, and we will be streaming a plethora of Zelda titles and challenges via our Twitch channel. Specific times, guests,…
Zelda Universe is partnering with Spanish 3D artist The3DHut to give one lucky fan a unique and stylish Hannya-style Majora’s Mask, printed from an original design by concept artist and illustrator David R. Sainz. To enter, simply follow both The3DHut and Zelda Universe on Twitter and retweet our Twitter post below. The contest is international…
Artist and modder BigSharkZ recently released a trailer for a The Wind Waker hybrid mod that gives the 2002 GameCube classic a partial Ocarina of Time visual and story overhaul. Titled “The Legend of Zelda: Winds of Time,” the three-and-a-half minute video showcases a young, cel shaded version of Ocarina’s Link traversing an equally stylized…
The races are on for The Wind Waker 100% speedruns after the online speedrunning community discovered new glitches that will allow them to beat the game even faster. The revived momentum began late last March when glitch hunter LegendofLinkk discovered a way to bypass cutscenes with the pause menu and published it on YouTube. Then,…
Showing off parts of their latest project, Second Wind, Breath of the Wild modder Waikuteru is back with a new video to enjoy. A project with over 50 contributors, Second Wind is a free, fanmade, large-scale DLC pack for Breath of the Wild that features new content including quests, weapons, NPCs, and enemies. The video…
A new Legend of Zelda fan film titled “Courage” is in the works, with a teaser recently going live on YouTube. The film, produced by Niebla Design, pays a tribute to the 35th anniversary of the Zelda series. In a tantalizing teaser trailer, we get a sneak peek of what appears to be Link walking…
It’s not rare that you hear about a team (or even a single person) working to port old Nintendo games to PC via emulators, which often leads to DMCA strikes from the big N for illegal use of copyrighted materials. It is, however, a lot less common to hear about a team working to manually…
We’ve seen speedrunning for bread as well as zero-damage speedruns, but speedrunners are finding no short of creativity when it comes to Breath of the Wild! Twitch user Joedun is finding all sorts of new ways to keep the game interesting. Instead of using his hands to play the game, Joedun decided to give the…
The Legend of Zelda series turns 35 this year and one can’t help but wonder if Nintendo will celebrate the occasion similarly to how the Super Mario anniversary handled its festivities last year. There’s been a ton of speculation on the possibility of the release of the sequel to Breath of the Wild which was…
Breath of the Wild has been out for a few years now, but the new content just keeps coming — mainly from the modding community. Noted modder Waikuteru has released a full version of the MarioClubTestDungeon which was used as a debugging stage during testing. The video, clocking in at just over 18 minutes, shows…
What’s up, Zelda fans? Another episode of our Zelda News series is live on YouTube. Check out the video to hear Amanda discuss all the latest! Nintendo has released a tentative schedule for 2021 that details new releases for the upcoming year. The list includes the Sequel to Breath of the Wild, which is still…
A YouTube video recently posted by charity marathon site Games Done Quick explains some of the glitches used in their Majora’s Mask and Twilight Princess speedruns. Zelda speedrunner Popesquidward plays through both games on livestream while giving explanations of the glitches he uses, and answers audience questions along the way. The video features an all-dungeons…
Nintendo has a tendency of applying unique and interesting art styles to their games, but it seems that it’s not only the company itself that is capable of reimagining iconic characters in different ways. Fans can be just creative, as this charming cardboard figurine of Linkby Reddit user CactusComics proves. Their work is even more…
YouTuber Yianni Papazis has rebuilt parts of the legendary Nintendo 64 classic Ocarina Of Time in Unreal Engine 4, and it is gorgeous. Tasting the nostalgia, many commenters agreed that this build is “seriously amazing, [Yianni Papazis] captured the way I saw the game as a 12-year-old.” Featuring the locations Castle Town, part of Hyrule…
The Retro Room released a beta demo of Paper Zelda, combining characters and locations from the Zelda series with the RPG elements and style of Paper Mario. The demo features turn-based combat with familiar enemies like Octoroks and Darknuts. If you enjoy Paper Mario or just love anything Zelda, be sure to check out the…
