Skyward Sword is already famous for the vast number of references to other Legend of Zelda games that the developers included in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary. New Skyward Sword players will encounter the first reference as soon as they journey outside the Skyloft Knight Academy, which just so happens to be celebrating its…
Video gamers around the world look to IGN for their opinions about what games they should or shouldn’t buy and in this year’s “Best of 2011,” sparks were flying in a heated battle between everyone’s favorite games of 2011. “The Best of 2011 Awards” tend to spark controversy between video gamers, especially with this year’s…
In order to aid Zelda fans in their celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary, Club Nintendo released a limited edition set of two Skyward Sword posters and one 25th anniversary poster, as seen above. Fans were able to purchase this commemorative collection of Zelda posters for only 400 coins, but, as of now, the set…
Many Zelda fans were disappointed when Nintendo didn’t release a golden nunchuck to go along with the golden Wii remote that came with special copies of Skyward Sword. True, an official model was made available via Japan’s Club Nintendo, but it has not been put on the market as a mainstream item. Then along came…
Dorkly Bits is dedicated to producing humorous videos of videogame spoofs, including Legend of Zelda skits. Their latest one has Link becoming really frustrated and super annoyed at Fi’s constant statistical speaking. Those of you who have played Skyward Sword would know all about this. Hit the jump and be prepared for a laugh.
Those of you who bought the Skyward Sword limited edition bundle will know that the pack came with the game, a CD of orchestrations of music throughout Zelda history, and a very special gold Wii MotionPlus controller. This original bundle was considered a limited edition, and in Japan it is no longer available. It has…
Zelda characters and themes have made numerous appearances in non-Zelda games over the ages, including Link as a guest character in Soul Calibur II and an entire Zelda level in Super Mario 3D Land. However, the most popular and definitely the most highly-publicized of all such appearances can be seen in the Super Smash Bros. series. Link…
“Travel back to 1992…” could be a way to describe this video series. A group of gamers have decided to dedicate their lunchtimes to playing one of the most popular games in Zelda history, A Link to the Past. Hit the jump to watch the video!
Every now and then there is a piece of fan-art that is so amazingly detailed and beautiful that one might mistake it for being a piece of official art. Deviant Art user L-DAWB has created a long, flowing mural of many of the major characters and races in Skyward Sword, creating a work of art…
Well hello there, Universe! It is once again Monday, and that means it’s time for Music Monday! Today, we are going to see some excellent fan interpretations of two of my favourite songs in Skyward Sword, first, Skyloft’s theme, and then, yet another amazing rendition of “Ballad of The Goddesses”! Like always, I’d like to…
Since its release in Japan, Hyrule Historia has been getting a huge response from the western world, with fans worldwide crying out for non-Japanese copies to be released. Fortunately there are some great fan translations out there, but of course we’d all like to view the pages for ourselves, as well. Unless you purchase a Japanese…
What you see above is the heavenly city of Skyloft, Link and Zelda’s aerial home in Skyward Sword. However, it didn’t always look quite like this. Official concept art of this city in the sky has been released depicting what Skyloft looked like in its early days, consisting of many multiple islands, differently stylized buildings, and…
Over at tikisaurus, news writer John reported on a new release over in Japan, Zelda playing cards, in celebration of the Japanese Zelda anniversary. Each suit is based off of a different game, with hearts being The Wind Waker themed, spades are the original Legend of Zelda themed, diamonds are Ocarina of Time themed, and…
If you’ve been a Zelda Universe regular for a while, you may remember that back in December there was a bit of controversy over a joke news post that appeared on the site while G4TV’s 2011 Game of the Year Deathmatch was ongoing. Skyward Sword came up against Skyrim, and the match was almost neck-and-neck…
The series is named after her, but Zelda is often little more than the name of a damsel in distress who needs to be rescued. In some games, she’s more of an idea than a character and we learn little of her story or her personality. It’s no wonder that from time to time people…
