Those Guardians in Breath of the Wild are fearsome beasts. Well, fearsome magical robot monsters to be more precise. Anyway, I’m still at a point where I’m stealthing past any I come across whilst traversing Hyrule, but xXAuntJemimaXx over on imgur has found a way of bringing the wily swines down a peg or two, by…
If you haven’t taken up all your shelf space with the Breath of the Wild amiibo set (and that Guardian takes up a lot of room, flailing its legs around like a madman), then you may just want to add First 4 Figures’ latest creation to your collection. Released in the United States on launch day,…
Since the Amiibo figurines were first announced for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild, many gamers, including myself, have been curious as to the exact purpose that each one will serve in-game. The Wolf Link figurine has already been confirmed to provide Link a temporary companion in game that can have upgraded health by…
The road to March 3 is almost over, and what a bumpy ride it has been. Ever since preorders went live back in January, the Internet has been inundated with reports of orders being mysteriously canceled from multiple retailers the world over. There was even confirmation of a batch of Switches being stolen, at least…
The Yetee is my go-to shop for video game-themed apparel. Here at Zelda Universe, we are partnering with The Yetee to bring you Zelda Universe T-shirts. The shirts sport the ZU logo and come in a Triforce of colors: Zora blue, Kokiri green, and Goron red (or as I like to call it, Groose’s hair-red).…
The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts, the latest book by Nintendo and Dark Horse, is out next week. Within its 400+ pages is an interview with Ocarina of Time artists Yusuke Nakano and Satoru Takizawa who created the Ganondorf model used in the game. The primary antagonist of the Legend of Zelda series, Ganon had only ever appeared…
Dark Horse Comics has announced a collaboration with Barnes and Noble Booksellers to celebrate the release of the upcoming Zelda art book, Art & Artifacts. At select store locations across the United States, fans of the Zelda series can take on a “quest” of sorts within the bookstore, journeying from location to location among the shelves and answering trivia questions…
The Minish Cap is one of my top five favorite Zelda games, and one of the manga I’ve been most looking forward to seeing put into the Legendary Edition format. Now that wait is nearly over! The front and back cover of the fourth Legendary Edition has been revealed. This volume collects both The Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass together in a…
Arts & Artifacts, the upcoming Dark Horse Comics book that contains artwork, Zelda designer interviews, and much more, recently had some preview pages shared by polygon, who had a preview copy of the book sent to them. In it, we see a few pages from different Link designs from the different games throughout the years,…
As if Breath of the Wild’s release date being little more than a month away isn’t exciting enough, we’ve received more info on the Nendoroids of Link based off of his appearance in the game! In fact, thanks to a preview yesterday, we now know everything that will come packaged with the two versions of Link. There will…
If you, like me, were a child of the 1980’s you might remember those choose-your-own-adventure novels found in your school libraries. These novels saw you skipping between various sections of the book as you tried to solve puzzles and find the best endings. You might have seen things like these recently with the Kickstarter projects To…
If you were shopping on Amazon this past weekend while still buzzing from all of the Nintendo Switch and Breath of the Wild announcements, you may have come across the official Piggyback Collector’s Edition Guide for the game. In a bizarre move, however, it appears the product is no longer available from the retailer. The UK and US product…
We’ve partnered with custom Amiibo maker GandaKris for a very special giveaway: custom Korok Amiibo from Breath of the Wild. We have four to give away, and the winners will have the chance to pick from the following characters: Irch, Elma, Aldo, and Olivio. These Koroks specifically have been spotted in the upcoming Zelda game, Breath…
Arts & Artifacts is the next Legend of Zelda book to come out of Dark Horse’s collaboration with Nintendo, following in the footsteps of its best-selling brother Hyrule Historia. The book is set to launch on February 21, 2017, and will feature over four-hundred pages of art and promotional material from every Zelda game to date, including Breath of the Wild. Now, a…
Nintendo recently announced a new book titled Hyrule Encyclopedia that will certainly complement both Hyrule Historia and Art & Artifacts as Nintendo’s official coverage of the history of The Legend of Zelda. The book, which is due to be released in Japan this coming February, will be rounding out Nintendo’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Zelda series, Siliconera…
