We hope you’re all enjoying CD-ii Month. This week we are featuring more musical stylings of King Harkinian. Who knew The King could both rule over Koridai and have a successful music career? Amanda’s picks: King Harkinian goes punk in this video of Liam Lynch’s “United States of Whatever.” His rockin’ performance tells the entire…
A long day of bombing Dodongos leaves a hero disheveled. Stargazer-eyes illustrates Link using his trusty brush to freshen up his beautiful golden hair in preparation for the King’s dinner. After all, Zelda will be there. Maybe this time he’ll get that kiss. With hair as perfect as his, there’s no way she could resist!
Morshu’s the kind of shopkeeper who’s more than happy to help you get what you need… as long as you have enough rubies. YouTuber Marquis of Edamamae wanted to bring this iconic CD-i character to life and began by recreating the costume: “I spent some time fashioning a mustache that looked accurate … the vest is an…
There’s a certain level of attention to detail that makes the Zelda franchise memorable. The setting, plot, and characters just have a relatable “human” feel to them. I believe that a large part of this is due to the strong presence of cultural references. The world’s heritage, especially in its Eastern and/or ancient forms, pops…
I hope you jump as high as I did when you first see this wonderful work of art. Dark-Mantis-Ninja is responsible for it, and I can safely say that my day was made when I found this. If you like this particular piece, then that’s awesome! If you don’t, well, I guarantee that you will…
The relationship between Link and Zelda has long been debated. Some see the two as a romantic pair, often nicknamed “Zelink,” while others see them as simply friends or even relatives. It’s time to put an end to the arguing and discover the truth. I have definitive proof that Zelink is indeed canon, thanks to…
We wouldn’t be celebrating CD-ii Month properly without holding a contest and giving away some great prizes. Don’t worry, we’re not giving away copies of Wand of Gamelon or Faces of Evil! Fangamer have kindly sent us some of their awesome Zelda-themed merchandise which the winner of this contest will receive.
The CD-i Zelda games are especially memorable for their animation, which was considered state of the art during the ’90’s. These cartoon forms of the characters have since served as the template for some prime videos on the web, in the form of YouTube Poop. The video-sharing website is abundant with poop featuring Phillips’ take…
The Zelda CD-i games get a bad reputation on the internet. Fans and critics alike deride the games for their seemingly poor gameplay, ugly and washed-out graphics, and for poor voice acting. Even Nintendo themselves have tried to forget that the games exist. But the critics of the game are wrong — the games are…
One year ago, the team here at Zelda Universe decided to spend the month of March celebrating the Zelda CD-i games. As was said at the time, “It is written, the month of March on ZU is also the month of the Zelda CD-i games.” The month of March is upon us once again and…
Have you ever imagined what life would be like if it was a bit more like the CD-i games? How would you wake up in the morning, how would you talk to strangers and how would you react to being woken up in the middle of the night? Well, we made a video showing you…
“Cute” is not normally a word that is associated with any of the characters from the CD-i Zelda games. In today’s piece of fan art, Flitter-Flutter has managed to depict Link and the two versions of Zelda in just that way. Instead of the obnoxiously annoying heroes we’re used to, the trio seen here look…
We’re more than well aware, especially after reading numerous protests against our CD-i Month posts, that there are a lot of Zelda fans who would love nothing more than to scrub the CD-i Zelda games out of existence and remove these stains from the series’ otherwise (mostly) shiny history. So if you were to meet…
The third and final Let’s Play of the CD-i Zelda games is Zelda’s Adventure. This game is very different from the first two CD-i Zelda titles, and we’re following HalfBlindGamer as he plays it to find out just how different it is. Hit the jump for the first video in the series, and the playlist, to watch…
King Harkinian is by far the most widely cosplayed character from the CD-i Zelda games, but occasionally he does not cosplay alone. The two cosplays I have lined up today feature the king with his beloved daughter, Princess Zelda herself. Interestingly, I could not find any other examples of someone cosplaying CD-i Princess Zelda outside…
