An update to Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes has gone live and includes six new in-game T-Shirts for Travis to wear. One of those shirts features the classic NES title Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The other shirts in the update are of the games Jet Set Radio, Deadly Premonition, The Outfoxies, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, and…
It’s true what they say: taking breaks increases productivity. Getting some space from your current project can refresh your mind and provide an opportunity to view problems from a new angle, often leading to breakthroughs.For the developers of Ocarina of Time, a timely visit to a local theme park provided the inspiration for the groundbreaking…
Finally, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is making its way to the Nintendo Switch! In an announcement on Nintendo of America’s Twitter account, the divisive classic was shown alongside Blaster Master as the next NES games coming to Nintendo Switch Online. The games will arrive on January 16. Unfortunately for us in the West, we didn’t…
“Open your eyes…” We’ve been asleep for a hundred years—give or take 95 years—but the Zelda Universe Podcast, better known simply as the ZUCast, is finally back! If you found us through iTunes, Google Play, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauniverse.net; we publish Legend of Zelda and…
When I play Zelda, I play for the world. Not the world-building (although that’s fun too), but for the simple pleasures of exploring the vast, beautiful landscape of Hyrule. Indeed, I think Miyamoto concurs, “Zelda has an epic story and all, but the truth is, to me it’s all about hiking.” Yuga’s Art Gallery is a…
In a recent interview with CEO of Inti Creates, Takuya Aizu, Nintendo Force Magazine asked which Nintendo game from any of their franchises he would like to remake with an unlimited budget. He responded with Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Takuya Aizu must be a man of culture. Although this will likely never happen, it…
For those of you who are regular readers of this site, you might already know that I really like Zelda II. It was an experimental title for the series and compared to a lot of NES games of its time, it was leagues better in terms of quality than most other games. It was also my first Zelda game that…
It’s that time of the year again: another month of mushrooms — and mayhem! That’s right, the third annual Month of Mushrooms and Mayhem is set to start up really soon. What is Month of Mushrooms and Mayhem? Also known as MOMAM, “Month of Mushrooms and Mayhem” is an annual streaming event on Twitch beginning on March…
Video games are a hobby that, for a short time, ran in my family. My older sister has “fond” memories of having me in her lap while I was two, trying to press the buttons on her SNES controller while she played video games, and I would supposedly mess her up. Because my older sister…
Here’s an unpopular opinion: I adore Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. It took me years to learn to love the game, but now that I do, I find myself wanting to play it regularly. Just a couple weeks ago, I spent time standing in lines at PAX South, and Zelda II was one of my go-to…
A recent Jeuxvideo interview with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma conjured some new tidbits, including Breath of the Wild‘s DLC and the potential for a Zelda II remake. Specifically, the Hero’s Path element of BotW‘s first DLC pack released in June was brought up, with the question being why it was not included in the core game…
If you’ve ever played, and managed to finish, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you might have thought that the game ended with Link happily receiving a kiss from Princess Zelda. In the newest entry in his popular Boundary Break series, host Shesez peers behind the pixelated facade, and we now know exactly what Link and…
The bi-annual Games Done Quick charity marathon (known as Summer Games Done Quick in the Summer season) has begun this week, and there are speedruns of The Legend of Zelda games you won’t want to miss! SGDQ 2017 begins on July 2 and continues through July 9. SGDQ is raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Doctors…
With one tweet, Nintendo surprised its fans this quiet Thursday morning with the announcement of the mini NES Classic Edition, a new take on the “Plug ‘n’ Play consoles” of old that includes thirty classic NES games from “timeless favorites” to “cult classics.” In a press release, Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime…
I was first introduced to the Palace Theme in Super Smash Bros. Melee, playing in the background of the famous Temple stage. It wasn’t my favorite Zelda tune from the start, but over time I grew to like it. After finally playing the source game, the Adventures of Link, this song became very significant to…
