Upon taking a tour through Link’s Room in Skyward Sword, now we travel to another part of the Skyloft Knights Academy and give another notable resident’s room a visit! Now is the time to explore none other than Zelda’s room! Zelda’s room in Skyward Sword was a place that I thought was impossible to access.…
What’s a great endnote for a turbulent, remarkable year? Another heralded ranking for Breath of the Wild. What’s an even better way to cap off 2021 for Zelda fans? Mr. Miyamoto himself taking over Nintendo’s Twitter account to talk about it. On December 27, 2021, the Japanese television network TV Ashai ran a special three-hour…
Hey, Zelda fans! 2021 has been a rough year for many of you—this has been, like, the longest year for me—and the general lack of Zelda stuff has not made it any easier. Hopefully, the five episodes we put out before this one this year have made it just a little bit more tolerable! If…
While 2021 has come and (almost) gone with no main timeline releases for The Legend of Zelda, it has still given a lot to its Zelda community, not least of all included a remaster of Skyward Sword, two waves of DLC for Age of Calamity, and a teaser for the Breath of the Wild Sequel.…
Swords, bows, or spears? Over the years, Link has built a pretty impressive arsenal of weaponry to choose from, yet he is perhaps most famed for his skills with a sword. Short or broad? One-handed or two? Power or beauty? With plenty of options to choose from, it’s hard to narrow down what the best…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword turned 10 years old on November 18 (UK release date) and on November 20 (NA release date). To celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary, we at Zelda Universe put together a tribute project, hosted on the Zelda Universe YouTube channel. Skyward Sword: English Dub – 10th Anniversary Tribute presents a…
Link’s room is diagonal to Groose’s room and next to Fledge’s room. I’d never noticed before that Link and Fledge’s rooms aren’t divided by a wall but panels, so they could see one another’s floors. I wonder which came first: the dividing panels or the residents? Since Link’s room has a bed, it allows you,…
Princess Zelda, holder of the Triforce of Wisdom, has always been a central and pivotal character of the Zelda series since the very beginning. She is a prominent member of the royal family, with a duty of protecting the inhabitants of Hyrule. Though, have you ever wondered what Zelda would be like without her regal…
Ahhh, the loremaster. Keeper of records, rich with knowledge unknown to the always-trying-to-catch-up Link, and, generally speaking, someone with a tendency to have really interesting information presented in the most “Is it over yet?” manner possible. As equally important as they can be long-winded, loremasters are always a great help in guiding all Zelda players…
The Legend of Zelda has never been shy about taking inspiration from Japanese and other Eastern Asian cultures for parts of its many adventures. In fact, the series was pulling from those influences even during the early years of the franchise. There is the Triforce, which was once the symbol of the ruling Hojo clan…
One of the multitudinous reasons I thoroughly adore the Zelda series is that, despite all the thematic threads that draw the stories together into one cohesive saga, each game possesses its own distinct personality that allows it to stand out from the others. A Link to the Past is a brutally harrowing trek through a…
Late-game fetch quests have been known to rear their heads even in some of the greatest adventure games of all time, like Metroid Prime’s Chozo Artifacts and The Wind Waker’s infamous Triforce hunt. Skyward Sword was also guilty of this when it sent you all over the map to piece together the Song of the…
Skyloft is brimming with life, filled with various characters full of unique personalities and stories, from the wacky bazaar shop owners to the residents of the Lumpy Pumpkin and the knights that keep everyone safe from the monsters of the night. Creatures of the sky weave through their culture, forming the statues that roam their…
There’s a lot to be said for the open-world exploration mechanic that we have come to associate with, and expect from, the Zelda series. Dropping into the middle of a vast, sprawling landscape teeming with beauty, danger, and hidden secrets is absolutely exhilarating, especially when you have no clear destination and must carve out a…
Linktober has come and gone yet again, and we’ve once again collaborated with the kind folks who run the program to host a Linktober contest! So many talented artists submitted their beautiful pieces to our DeviantArt Gallery for the raffle and once again I am blown away by the amount of talent that each artist…
