What would Link look like as an elderly warrior? Thanks to freelance CG artist Damien Canderle, we now know! His depiction of Link was his entry into Comicon’s Age of Legends contest wherein the artist needed to choose a heroic character and re-imagine that character in his/her old age. Hit the jump for additional images of this…
Part 4 of TheMaverickk’s visual examination series is finally here! This time around, he focuses on our favorite green-clad hero, noting changes both in Link’s appearance and the design of his equipment in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. View the full comparison after the jump, along with additional speculative notes from TheMaverickk himself. And while…
Does your desktop not have enough Skyward Sword on it yet? Did you not like the other fan wallpapers we’ve released? Well, this might be your lucky day – this one’s got a dash of creativity and originality thrown in. Titled “Os Lados Opostos” (Portugese for “opposite sides”), our newest fan wallpaper by André Levy…
While at E3, IGN had a chance to sit down with Eiji Aonuma and throw some interesting questions at the producer about Zelda‘s future. The fate of Toon Link? Mr. Aonuma was quick to say that Toon Link wasn’t retired, but he wasn’t exactly sure that they’d ever use him again. He didn’t want to…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play as Link in Super Mario Bros? Well, the guys over at Exploding Rabbit have done just that. In their Super Mario Crossover, you can play as Mario, Link, Mega Man, Samus, Bill Rizer or Simon Belmont. Each character comes with their own music and…
LoZ.com has recently launched an article series which offers critique on different aspects of the Zelda series. In their first article, they discussed the Triforce, calling it just a plot coupon and suggesting that it could have a much larger role in the series. Yesterday, they released part 2, in which they discuss Link and come…
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For Legend of Zelda fans, voice acting is a touchy subject. Go to any Zelda forum and suggest that maybe Link could have a voice in the next game, and you will be met with the enraged howls of long-time Zelda fans, who insist that if this was implemented the Zelda series would be “ruined…
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Recently, Club Nintendo offered a set of three Zelda posters in return for Club Nintendo Coins. One of the posters chronicled all of the different styles of Link through the ages, while the other two were from Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass. Unfortunately, they were backordered, but it looks like they are now ready and…
Those of you who are going to get Spirit Tracks on release day (December 7 in the US and December 11th in Europe) have a chance of getting a sexy limited edition, consisting of (other than the game, of course) a tin box and miniatures of Link and the Phantom.
GameSpot recently held a poll battle between Link and Gordon Freeman, as part of its “All Time Greatest Video Game Hero” tournament. The battle was extremely close, and the two remained within 0.5% of each other the entire match. That is, until the creators of Gordon Freeman, Valve Corporation, stepped in on the last day,…
Gamespot is currently running a competition in which gamers vote to decide the greatest video game hero of all time, and, of course, Link has made it to the final four. He is currently locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Gordon Freeman of Half-Life fame, and is just barely losing by 0.4%. You can check…
Interested in getting a Zelda-themed ocarina so that you can be like Link in Ocarina of Time? Blast Magazine recently interviewed ocarina-makers STL Ocarina about their Zelda-themed products and plans for the future. You can read the interview here. Alongside replicas of the Ocarina of Time itself, the site also has other Zelda-themed products, such…
“All of the classic Zelda elements are there – Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, the Triforce, Hyrule – yet the story is a new Zelda tale in its own right.” The Hero of Time is a full-length independent Zelda film which is loosely based on the events of Ocarina of Time. Lysia of the Sacred Realm has…
