The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda, Done In The Style of Game of Thrones

If Game of Thrones were set in the world of The Legend of Zelda, I reckon the intro to the show might look a bit like this. The way the sprites are animated by The Pixel Kingdom here is a really nice touch, yeah? I mean, look at this: So pretty. Video Game of Thrones:…

Some People Think Link Might Be A Girl In The New Zelda

While some people freak out about how cool the new open-world Zelda looks, there’s a segment of the fanbase that is currently debating one thing: could it be possible that Link is a girl? You don’t have to go far to see these discussions. Immediately after we posted about the new Zelda, there were huge…

New Zelda Wii U Screens Are Just, Ungh, Gorgeous

I know, we’ve already seen the demo in motion, but that didn’t afford us the luxury of gazing at HD stillness like these screens do. If Nintendo is on the level, and this is what the actual game can provide, then I am so far onto the hype train that I’m wearing one of those…

The Internet Reacts To Nintendo’s E3 Presentation

Nintendo didn’t go for a live presentation today, but they still had a lot to show this week—and some of that stuff was considered a megaton for fans. New open-world Zelda. Brand new games with fresh ideas. New characters and modes in Smash. Most of what Nintendo showed during their short E3 presentation was a…

The New Zelda Is Open-World, Looks Absolutely Incredible

We just got our first glimpse at the first new high-definition Zelda game, and it looks truly insane. Zelda is going open-world. Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the game during the Nintendo Digital Presentation this morning, promising that this Zelda will feel totally different thanks to their open-world structure. It looks like a cross between…

The Story of A Link Between Worlds In A Single Zelda Painting

As she played through The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on her 3DS, DeviantART artist EternaLegend painted and pointed out the main events of the game in one really big piece of artwork. The top pic is just a tiny part of it. The full image is below. If you haven’t finished the…

The Legend Of Zelda Didn’t Make The LEGO Ideas’ Cut

Fans of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise and LEGO toys breathlessly waiting for the results of the LEGO Ideas Winter 2014 review results can exhale now — the results are in, and Link won’t be appearing in plastic brick form. Wes Talbott’s submission to the LEGO Ideas (once CUUSOO) program did Zelda fans proud.…

ver1sa as Princess Zelda. Photo by Anton Kirsanov.

It’s Link, Just Not As You Know Him

Sketch Dailies is a website/exercise where every single day, artists from around the world – many of them top professionals – get together and contribute drawings based on a theme. Yesterday’s theme was “Link”. While some took it as a chance to simply bring their favourite character to life, others got a little more creative,…

Fan Animation Turns Link Pikmin-Sized

Some just can’t wait till a new, HD Zelda arrives and start working on their own fan-projects. This superb gif is from animator PencilTest ‘s upcoming fan-movie, which—if it’ll have the same overall quality as this teaser—will be quite ambitious. Zelda gifs by PencilTest [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

One of the coolest things in Hyrule Warriors, the upcoming Zelda spin-off for the Wii U, will be definitely the new look of Impa, Princess Zelda’s bodyguard. While she typcally appeared as an old lady in most of the previous games, this new warrior design is just completely awesome. Dayshot is an image-based feature that…

Watch Video Game Weapons from Zelda and Final Fantasy Come to Life

Swords are great, sure. But we all want to shoot things with a bow and arrow from The Legend of Zelda, don’t we? The work done by Tony Swatton and his Man-At-Arms crew is formidable. But they’ve mostly stuck with replicating one kind of video game weapon. The new season of Geek and Sundry’s Arcade…

Zelda’s Temple of Time, Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4

The Wii U might not get as many Unreal Engine 4 games as we’d like, and so animator Michael Eurek thought it would be a great idea to recreate the Temple of Time from the Legend of Zelda games, just to show how good an HD Zelda game would look like in 2014. It took…

A Game Boy That Looks Like It Could Survive Ten Thousand Years

The original Game Boy is sometimes affectionately known as a “brick”. So what better way to celebrate the handheld’s 25th birthday than by getting literal with one. Vadu Amka’s “Brick” work turns an old Game Boy into a brick wall from the Zelda series. Just so you know it’s a brick wall from the Zelda…

Artist Vincent Bisschop redrew two boss fights from The Legend of Zelda games in a really atmospheric way. Here’s Queen Gohma above, from Ocarina of Time, and Kalle Demos below from Wind Waker And here’s a bonus pic with Mario and Chain Chomp, from the same artist: Fan art by VincentBisschop [DeviantART] Dayshot is an…

That’s one cool, unexpected Marvel/Nintendo mashup by artist Vance Bell. Link and Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda games, back together as Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier. Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier by Vance Bell [via tips] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest…

The World’s Fastest Ocarina of Time Player Set Another New Record

Last month, speedrunner Cosmo Wright beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 18 minutes and 56 seconds. Over the weekend, he hit 18:40. That’s with glitches, but without tools or cheats. He plays on a Chinese version of the game that loads text faster than the others It’s not quite as fun to…

Surly Link Is A Terrific Video Game Figure

While Figma can try and do a “realistic” Link figure, the more cartoonish Nendoroid line is free to do something a little cuter. Yet also angrier. This Wind Waker figure, which comes with interchangable head, accessories, arms and effects, has already got my money. And yes, I know the “angry” face is really just his…

Probably The Biggest Thing On Video Game Inventories Ever Written

Inventories in video games? They matter. Rob Sherman, creator of interactive fiction Black Crown, explains why in painstaking (and painful) detail, weaving together a disastrous real-life hiking expedition, ownership, possessions, poetry, F2P, inhumanity, and how games get it all wrong. An absolutely amazing read

The Princess Zelda Statue I’ve Been Waiting For

First 4 Figures has produced some amazing pieces in its The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess line — the Link on Epona statue is gorgeous, and themassive Ganondorf is the centerpiece of my gaming statue collection — but there’s been something missing, until now. Finally, we have Princess Zelda. So wise and regal and just…