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Wind Waker Reimagined is a Wonderful Thing

Dave Rapoza’s Crimson Daggers (who we last saw taking on Gauntlet) has held another redesign competition, this time tasking artists with drawing alternate cover art for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Some of it stays with the cartoon theme. Some of it goes for a more realistic tone. Some of them are good. Some…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012

The Dorkly Weekly: When You Put it That Way Yeah, Zelda II Was Kinda Dirty (NSFW)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link briefly exchanged the series’ fairy-based healing mechanics with an going into a house with a strange woman and coming out healed feature. I’ve always assumed the worst. Dorkly does too, only they make it awkward for everyone. This one’s a little not safe for work, so those with delicate…

By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2012

Here’s A Bunch of Shit That Zelda Fans Say

I don’t know how many Zelda fans actually say any of this, but this Shit Zelda Fans Say video is kind of amusing if only because it’s so damn specific. Now let’s all agree to stop making Shit People Say videos. Thanks in advance. Shit Zelda Fans Say [YouTube – thanks, Andy!]

By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2012

An Enormous Zelda Painting to Blow Your Socks Clean Off

Last Year, Japanese artist ag+ put together one of the most amazing pieces of fan art the world has ever seen Well, obviously drawing inspiration from that image, here’s a slightly smaller, more focused effort by L-DAWB, which instead of spanning the series’ entire history just looks at Skyward Sword I’m really liking the different…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012

These Guys Cover Every Single Song From The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Whether you’re working, learning, or just straight up doing nothing today, there’s no excuse not to rock out to music from The Legend of Zelda. These talented folks have put together a lovely re-creation of every track from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, otherwise known as the series’ Super Nintendo entry,…

By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012

Watch This Amazing 16-Bit Legend of Zelda PC Case Come to Life Block-By-Block

You’ve seen his classic Final Fantasy-inspired PC cases. Now Richard “8-Bit Builder” Clinton upgrades to 16-bit with his amazing PC case rendition of Link from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. How does he do it? Watch the video and find out. Not only did Dr. Clinton (probably not a doctor) spend…

By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2012

Nintendo Teases 3DS Owners With Thoughts Of New Zelda

Check out what Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma, best known for directing and producing multiple Zelda games, just sent 3DS owners via Swapnote, the system’s text and picture messaging application. “Hello, this is Aonuma, Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda producer,” he says in the note. “Did you enjoy The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D? Thanks to…

By Jason Schreier Published February 22, 2012

Have You Ever Seen This Many Zelda Games at Once?

First Mega Man, then Street Fighter…there’s a video game collection arms race going on, and The Legend of Zelda just joined in. Reader Andy “thought this would be pretty cool to show on the site”. He’s damn right it would be. Note he doesn’t just have every game. For many he’s got multiple editions. Look…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

How To Turn A Bunch Of Beige Blocks Into The Legend of Zelda‘s Link

This time-lapsed video of YouTube user thorkon’s Zelda-themed building blocks is truly awesome, the type of intricate creation that must have taken many, many hours to put together. But now we can add Link to the ever-growing list of game-themed computer cases that thorkon, aka 8-Bit Builder, has been modding and constructing for a while…

By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2012

Zelda Just Keeps Getting Worse. But It Isn’t Beyond Saving

Late in the original Zelda’s second quest, I got stuck. I couldn’t find the relocated and very well-hidden eighth dungeon. Then one night I had a dream in which I took a map of Hyrule and drew large circles around the other seven dungeons. Somehow I had figured that dungeons were probably not right beside…

Tevis Thompson Published February 16, 2012

There’s a Link From Zelda Action Figure Coming, and it Looks Surprisingly Great

While there have been a few lines of gashapon pieces coming out of Japan, there hasn’t been a proper action figure from the Legend of Zelda series for years. Until now! Unveiled over the weekend at the Winter Wonder Festival in Japan, this Figma from Max Factory is based on Link’s Skyward Sword appearance, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012

A Zelda Movie Could Never Look This Cool

Come on, be honest. Someone, somewhere along the line would find a way to screw everything up. So these make-believe movie posters are probably as good as we’re ever going to get! These posters are the second batch we’ve seen from artist Olly Moss in this style, after the Super Mario ones we showed you…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012

Man Plays Every Zelda Game in a Month, Writes Paper on Timeline

So Nintendo has, more or less, settled on some semblance of an official timeline for the Legend of Zelda series. You may have thoughts/concerns about this. You also probably don’t have as many as reader Zach does, though. A little while ago Zach, who writes at website View From Heaven, sat down to play every…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2012

Watch Princess Zelda Beat Up Link In SoulCalibur V

Hey, look! It’s Link—who starred in the GameCube version of SoulCalibur II—making a triumphant return to the Stage of History along with that girl he’s always having to rescue. The folks at NowGamercrafted Nintendo’s iconic maiden-and-warrior pair with the character creator in Namco’s just-released fighting game, and then have Princess Zelda and her eternal savior…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 2, 2012

This Wind Waker Sequel Doesn’t Exist. But Its Trailer is Awesome.

Canadian animator Joel Furtado wants to see Nintendo make a sequel to Wind Waker. In HD. Since they’re likely to do no such thing, he went and made his own trailer for the dream project. Called The Legend of Zelda: The Lost Oracle, it looks…well, for a guy working on this for fun in his…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012

Zelda’s Travel Bureau Makes Beautiful Posters

Artist Dean Walton has put together these wonderful mock vintage travel posters, advertising the land of Hyrule (specifically, its Ocarina of Time incarnation) as a travel destination. Available for purchase either individually or as prints, you can order them from the link below. Hyrulean Travel – Full Series [GamerPrint]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012

The Bests

The 12 Best Games on the Wii

The Wii’s in a weird spot in its life cycle. Nintendo’s announced a successor and fans of the new eagerly await more details of the inbound system. But someone gave you the current system. Maybe that someone was you. What do you do once the parties are all over and Wii Sports has worn out…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 24, 2012

The Legend of…Old Honda Cars

Before we posted too many pictures of cakes, we used to post too many pictures of stupid license plates. For one day only, I’m bringing that back, because, yeah. This is too good. [via Super Punch 2]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012

This Zelda NES Mod Is Magical

Platinumfungi grew up playing The Legend of Zelda and decided the best way to say thanks was with a NES case mod and this lovely video. Platinumfungi did the casemod, custom NES guy Jayrod2 did the paint job, Will Chiles did the music, and Avid Productions 479 did the video. And I did this post.

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012

Mapstalgia Explores the Strange and Wonderful Ways Memory Changes Video Game Maps

What you’re looking at is obviously not the official map of The Legend of Zelda; it’s what The Legend of Zelda’s map looks like to themadjuggler, one of the many contributors to Mapstalgia, a website dedicated to reproducing video game maps from memory. Mapstalgia‘s Josh Millard is quickly assembling an impressive archive of video game…

By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2012