Have you started to wonder what kinds of challenges will appear in the upcoming Legend of Zelda title, Skyward Sword? If so, you definitely don’t want to miss the chance to design your own boss! [youtube]W0v6wqiyzEU[/youtube] This is a great opportunity to jump into the Zelda community to share your challenging boss ideas for the…
Nintendo is preparing to set up a booth at the upcoming Paris Games Week, a Video Game software and hardware event in France similar to E3 and Gamescon, starting off on October 27th. What’s more important is that Nintendo is bringing Skyward Sword along with them! The last time people got a glimpse of Skyward Sword was during Gamescon and…
[youtube]u1_IAvU0vjU[/youtube] In my latest video I discuss several possibilities for the villain of the upcoming Skyward Sword. Who do you think Link will end up fighting?
Nintendo finally announced the release dates for the Wii Remote Plus for everywhere but the Americas. Europe will be the first to receive the new and improved device on November 5th. Japan follows nearly a week later on November 11th. But what about North America? Though there has been no official word from Nintendo of…
Pointing to the famous Miyamoto quote, “Twilight Princess will be, without a doubt, the last Zelda game as you know it in its present form,” the gaming site Player Affinity put together an article asking if Skyward Sword can evolve the series beyond what they call the “ultimately staling Zelda formula.” Whether you agree with…
Last week at the Nintendo Conference, Satoru Iwata (President at Nintendo) confirmed the existence of the Wii Remote Plus, a Wii Remote with the Wii MotionPlus peripheral built directly in. Mr. Iwata had this to say: “For the convenience of the users, Nintendo is developing Wii Remote Plus, which integrates Wii Remote and Wii MotionPlus. We will…
October is finally upon us, and what does that mean? Changing seasons, pumpkins, candy, ZU’s awesome Halloween-themed layout… and a new poll! Last month, we asked for your opinion on the rumors that Skyward Sword will ship with Wii MotionPlus. After 2,108 votes, the results are in! Do you think Skyward Sword will ship with…
In our previous post, we mentioned the color palette of the new Skyward Sword screenshots revealed at Nintendo’s recent press conference appears bit darker and duller than those from E3 back in June. Thankfully someone (going by the name Soul_Alchemist) pasted together a pairing of four matching (more or less) areas to compare. And it’s…
As part of their 2010 conference today, Nintendo offered up some “new” Skyward Sword screenshots. While they seem to be taken from the same demo area we saw at E3 and the lava-filled cavern seen in the E3 trailer for the game, it is interesting to see new still shots from the game. And is…
After reading through over 93 valid entries and struggling to choose a top twenty, and then a top ten, and finally a winner with five runners up (what is this, ZU’s Next Top Contest Winner?) we are excited to present the winner of our Skyward Sword Giveaway! Back on July 15 we posted an article…
Everybody has friends, and we’re no exception here at Zelda Universe – but there is a pretty big difference between our friends and most people’s friends: all our friends have awesome gaming websites. Here’s some of the newest highlights from some places outside the Universe you should be checking out.
Most people don’t usually rely on release dates given by stores, but Gamestop has listed April 1st as the release date for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. We often see the 1st, 15th, or 30th as placeholder dates at Gamestop, which is why this Gamestop release date may only be tentative. It’s not a…
Whoa, has it been nearly two weeks already? Looks like it has! This is just to remind all you folks who have not yet entered our Great Skyward Sword Giveaway that you only have until midnight tomorrow, EST, to submit your entry! If you’re still unsure what to submit, keep thinking – and the submission…
No, these are not your workplace managers sent to space (wouldn’t that be nice?). Instead, these are two videos of the boss battles from the Skyward Sword demo, courtesy of GameTrailers at GamesCom. While they do not show us anything we haven’t really seen before, it’s still nice to get another perspective on these battles,…
Note: Readers may have noticed my mistake yesterday of referencing a female figure in the trailer, where I meant to reference the one in the concept art – I sincerely apologize for the mistake, and it has been fixed. Posted earlier today on the website of none other than Official Nintendo Magazine, is a new interview…
