With officially licensed LEGO sets based on the Super Mario franchise now available and receiving attention and interest worldwide, many LEGO and Zelda fans have begun to see the opportunity for our favorite video game series to be brought to life in the plastic medium. The latest example comes from avid LEGO artist Brixter, who…
With the imminent launch of the new LEGO Super Mario sets on August 1, many have been wondering if the collaboration between the two storied companies would continue past the aforementioned sets. Today, after a tease yesterday from the LEGO company and a leak from the German website Promobricks, we got our confirmation. The set,…
The Master Sword didn’t believe we were ready to wield it yet, so we’ve been sleeping for a few months. Did you miss us? If you found us through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauniverse.net; we publish Legend of Zelda and Nintendo related…
First 4 Figures have announced a new exclusive Majora’s Mask collectible available for preorder for dedicated Zelda fans. This new figure of the mask is smaller than the life-size version, allowing it to be wall-mounted. The vibrant and colorful figure also features LED eyes with both static and pulsing modes. Priced at $99.99, the Exclusive…
Ishaan Sahdev, owner of Game Design Gazette, and former managing editor at Siliconera, has digitally published a new ebook titled The Legend of Zelda – A Complete Development History. Researched and written after a period of four years, the book charts the history of the series from the arrival of Shigeru Miyamoto in 1977, to…
The seventh instalment of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga will be seeing an English release on August 11 2020. Viz Media has put up the preorder page on Amazon, with a price tag of $9.99. Volume 7 saw a release in other territories earlier this year and last year. The Japanese version launched…
On this day, May 9th, 2020, we at Zelda Universe honor the memory of lost socks. Whether it be lost in the laundry, forever rolled up under the bed, or eaten by the dog, it’s sad when we lose a matching set of socks, especially if you’re like me and have an abundance of specially…
As we reported earlier in the month, a LEGO, Nintendo, and Legend of Zelda enthusiast submitted a concept on the LEGO IDEAS website for a set based on the Hyrule Castle featured in Breath of the Wild. At the time, the project had reached over 5,000 supporters, but today, April 30, it has reached the…
With Nintendo and LEGO now partnering to create Mario-themed LEGO sets, BrickGallery, an avid fan of both companies, saw this collaboration as an opportunity for the creation of sets based on more Nintendo franchises. That is why he submitted this concept for a LEGO Breath of the Wild Hyrule Castle set on the LEGO IDEAS…
Medicom Toy, known for creating detailed collectible toys and figurines, has announced three new entries as part of its “Link Ultra Detail” collection, which stars incredibly detailed figurines of Links from across the Legend of Zelda franchise. Everybody’s favorite Hylian hero will brighten up your display space with depictions of Link from three of fans’…
Hyrule Historia is a beautiful book. A big, heavy, beautiful book. So it’s not always convenient or practical to pull it off of your Zelda shelf to look up that one little factoid that’s bugging you at 3am in the morning. Fortunately, Dark Horse Comics has announced a digital version of Hyrule Historia will finally…
Ichibancon captures the best elements of both large and small conventions. It’s big enough to draw in popular celebrity guests, and has one of the most organized con staffs I’ve ever experienced. At the same time, it still feels like a community. Nintendo cosplayers were spotted throughout the convention, including a few Zelda characters. At…
In an unexpected (but not entirely surprising) turn of events, Nintendo has launched an official Amazon page for merchandise and apparel. The announcement of the site’s launch came from a recent tweet from Nintendo of America. The site, which bears Nintendo’s official Seal of Quality, features apparel, accessories, and various other forms of merchandise from…
The Minish Cap already has two names for its unique race of tiny people: the “Minish,” and the “Picori.” The former is their true name, while the latter is a name used by the Hylians. To complicate things further, Nintendo initially had other names in mind for the secretive species. According to page 273 of…
The Minish Cap was one of my favorite Zelda games, and I still have such fond memories of it. The bright, vivid world of Hyrule it portrayed, the colorful cast of characters it introduced, and the enjoyable new mechanic of shrinking to explore new areas all had me captivated! It’s unfortunate that I was never…
