Today’s spotlight focuses on one of ZU’s most praised artists- Eternal Legend. This user has been sharing her artwork with the community consistently since early 2008, and although her first pieces were quite impressive, she only continues to improve. Her subjects range from anime and mythical creatures to popular series such as Harry Potter and,…
It’s hard to believe that we’ve finally reached our $250 goal – when the Bank of Hyrule opened as ZU’s rather experimental contest fund, we weren’t sure how things would turn out, or if we would ever have enough money to run the contest that everyone donated money to support. Well, now is finally that…
Have you ever wanted to play Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in 3D? I certainly have. And while this may not be exactly what I had in mind, Michael A. Johnston has just released a fan game based on the first area and temple of that Nintendo classic. At every turn, it is clear…
Made by the fans for the fans, The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods is in production with the intent to adapt the full Akira Himekawa manga into animated form. Archer Animation is the force behind this beautiful work. According to their website, they intend to have the full first episode “The Voice” completed with the…
If you’ve ever paid a visit to the Creativity Corner over on our forums, you’re likely very much aware that ZU’s community is full of talented writers and artists alike- painters, photographers, poets, musicians, and more! Today, I’d like to shine the spotlight on a user who seems to have perfected a rather unique art…
Gaming marathons for charity aren’t rare, they’re always fun to watch, and they’re usually for a great cause. No, we’re not talking about helping three or four guys become sleep-deprived. We’re talking about charity – you know, that thing you always want to give to but can never find a good excuse to do so?…
Does the image to the left look familiar to you? If so, it might be because it’s one of two wallpapers submitted by super-fergus to our fan wallpaper gallery– and one of the several impressive digital art pieces he’s created. Having joined Zelda Universe in 2007, super-fergus has been sharing his art with the community for…
It’s been a while, but Ciroton is back at it again, updating our Wind Waker walkthrough with Section 2: Dragon Roost Cavern. Ciroton famously wrote our Twilight Princess walkthrough, and has recently returned to the walkthrough trade to create a walkthrough for The Wind Waker. This is right off the heels of the launch of…
We saw some pretty amazing comments over the last week, all detailing where you’d wear this awesome Zelda t-shirt if you were to win it from us. Unfortunately, there can only be three winners – and only one of them gets to strut their stuff in the Zelda shirt. Did you win? Well, you could…
Ah, spring. The birds are singing, bees are buzzing – and you’re not out there sporting an awesome Zelda t-shirt. We know, we know – why must situations like this always occur? Well, never fear. Zelda Universe is teaming up with SplitReason, and we’re giving away an awesome Zelda t-shirt to one lucky guy or…
One of our members on ZU, Deimos-Remus, has put together some well-designed artwork, detailing how characters, enemies, and bosses would look like from the original Legend of Zelda, comparing each piece of art from the original in-game sprites to put together this magnificent collection. You can view his thread which was created a few months ago…
Exploding Deku Nut’s Golden Item Awards for Zelda fansites have wrapped up again for the year, and this time we were lucky enough to win the Golden Mirror Shield Award, also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is based on a site’s long-term contribution to the Zelda community. If you’re interested in hearing the…
[youtube]yYu_dMZUOLk[/youtube] So, I was missing last week, not posting a video. I have no good reason for not posting, but I hope you all understand. If anything good came out of me missing last week, it was I was able to launch the mid-week mailbag for everyone. What do I have to do with the…
Whew! After a bunch of work, ZU’s video pages have (mostly) all been updated to reflect the new video layout introduced yesterday with our Phantom Hourglass visual walkthrough. So, I’ll just give you all a rundown of the pages updated, and those that will be updated soon or in the near future. Updated right now…
As I said in a recent post, visual walkthroughs and video pages are getting an overhaul here on ZU thanks to our new YouTube channel, ZeldaUniverseTV. We’re making with the fancy javascripts to give you all a nicer, cleaner layout for watching tons of videos – this is just the first step. You can view…
