Take a look at these two stunning eShop point cards. The artwork features Mario and Link, from three of their older games. The “Link’s” featured are from The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and Ocarina of Time. Not only are these nice to look at, but they also tell us something about…
You may remember earlier this year, I featured a little amigurumi pattern made by Japanese pattern creator Becchin and translated by tanoshimou. For those that don’t know, amigurumi is art of knitted/crocheted stuffed animals. In the previous post, I showed by first attempts of the pattern as a beginner. I now want to try it…
[youtube]Bq5-hvU2J1g[/youtube] Finally, we’ve got an official trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D! This game is just looking amazing. The trailer shows a few of the more memorable parts of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, such as watching Impa escape across Hyrule Field with Princess Zelda, fighting Queen Gohma, King…
[youtube]mPq9K7M0-XE[/youtube] Ever wondered what the Song of Healing would sound like if it had lyrics? The Song of Healing, most prominently featured in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, has always been famous among Legend of Zelda fans for its sweet yet melancholy melody. YouTube user adrisaurus has created a video featuring lyrics to the…
Good day Zelda Universe! The day has finally come: today is a historic day in the world of video games. What day is it, you ask? It is the day that The Legend of Zelda was released for the NES 25 years ago! This year alone is already huge for the Zelda franchise . IGN…
Guess what! Another reference! This time, it’s on a Facebook game called Treasure Isle. This one is probably the most specific of all of the recent references: an old man, two fires in exactly the same place as the original, and a gift to the player. Pretty neat, if you ask us. Source: GoNintendo.com
You guys remember that Zelda reference from Fable III? Well, we’ve found another one, and it’s even more direct. Beluga Billy warns Mickey, “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” as he hands Mickey some sort of watch item drawn on paper. Beluga, an old man handing the hero an item, quoting a line from…
Gaming is fun. It always has been. Simple enough, right? But wouldn’t it be so much better if you could give while you game? That’s the idea behind gaming marathons – and at Zelda Universe we tend to report on them often. After all, they are Zelda-centric and are always for great causes. Another upcoming…
For those keeping up with the recently released Fable III, we did a story on how to dress your Fable character up as Link for Halloween. Little did we know that Link was already actually in the game. Or at least his tombstone. Just recently discovered, Tim from Destroyed Controller posted a vid showing the…
Need an extra terabyte in the form of an external hard drive and want to show off your love for old school Zelda? The crafty guys over at 8BitMemory are offering up external hard drives built within re-purposed The Legend of Zelda NES classic cartridges. The price is a mere $179.99. But perhaps you don’t…
In the beginning there was a golden artifact which many in the land fought tooth and nail for. And all these years later, the legend of that golden artifact lives on. No, we are not talking about the creation of the Triforce, we’re talking about the NES The Legend of Zelda cartridge! Luke Osterritter at…
Many, many moons ago our friends at Kasuto scanned and posted the 1989 manga The Legend of Zelda written and illustrated by Yuu Mishouzaki. Since then many Zelda fans have been clambering for an English translation. There has never been an official English translation released, and, strangely, until now there has never been a fan translation. Thank…
Why are we reporting on a speed run through the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda? You are surely wondering what the angle is that makes this interesting. It’s difficult to explain adequately. You will have to see it with your own eyes to understand. View the video after the jump!
We Zelda fans are lucky: we are still graced with fairly elaborate quality instruction manuals. While most most videogame franchises have given in to the trend of few pages and black-and-white only, each The Legend of Zelda game continues to be accompanied by a colorful and detailed manual. However, even modern Zelda games’ manuals pale…
Zelda is one of the oldest and most successful series still alive today. With each new title using elements from the previous games, the series advances while remaining enjoyable. With all of the similar elements used in each games, could we look at the series’ rich history to predict its future? IGN decided to delve…
