the legend of zelda
Nintendo

No, Nintendo Didn’t Call Wind Waker’s Tutorials ‘Annoying’

An article floating around the web yesterday claimed that Nintendo had sent them a press release calling Zelda: Wind Waker‘s tutorials “annoying” and sailing “a bit of a chore,” but the Zelda makers tell Kotaku that’s not true.

15 May 2013

In Real Life

The Largest, Most Awesome Video Game Castles

Inspired mostly by Medieval architecture and the Middle Ages, fortified stone castles in video games are always among the most exciting locations. These bastions are the keepers of many secrets, hidden cellars and lost knowledge all awaiting the player to find them.

10 May 2013

In Real Life

You Probably Wouldn’t Be Able To Afford Hyrule Castle In Real Life

Let’s say you were in the market for something grandiose and fictional — like maybe The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule Castle. How much money, hypothetically speaking, would you have to drop for a pad like that?

8 May 2013

In Real Life

School Cleaner Wins Internet With Amazing Zelda Drawings

Most claners are satisfied with keeping things clean. This high school custodian might be too, but he also has a hankering to do something else: draw incredible pictures.

7 May 2013

In Real Life

Japanese Person Apparently Picked Zelda’s Triforce For Tombstone

In Japan, there are family crests called “kamon”. They’re similar to a coat of arms in the West. One Japanese Twitter user claims to have changed his family’s crest to a familiar mark: The Legend of Zelda Triforce. Apparently, the iconic symbol even ended up on the family’s gravestone.

1 May 2013

In Real Life

This Man From Melbourne Made A Hylian Shield From Scratch. It’s Awesome.

In The Legend of Zelda Hylian Shields are important — you know why? Because they don’t completely burn to ashes when touched in the frickin’ fire dungeon ya dingus! Leigh Klaver from Melbourne loves this shield so much he attempted to make one in real life. Then he put together a fairly comprehensive guide on how to build it from scratch.

30 April 2013

Retro

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’80s

Video games in the ’80s only depicted a certain amount of pixels on the screen. Fortunately, that didn’t hold developers back from pushing the limits of the available hardware to play with our imagination by creating beautiful, handsome characters.

23 April 2013

In Real Life

There Will Be A Legend Of Zelda Documentary

These folks are making a documentary about The Legend of Zelda. Check out their website for more details — and a very cool Zelda-like Flash game full of details on the film.

20 April 2013

In Real Life

Real-Life Photos Mixed With 16-Bit Video Games Are Amazing

The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colourful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking parts of these memorable games and mixing them with a real life environment might sound odd, but if done right the results are beautiful.

19 April 2013

Nintendo

This Is What A Boss Battle In The New Zelda 3DS Looks Like

Yesterday, after the Nintendo Direct announced a new Zelda set in the world of A Link To The Past, Kotaku was given a chance to have some hands-on time with the 3DS title. We saw the new wall mechanic, and Kirk Hamilton was able to work his way to a caterpillar boss battle in the demo — you can see that encounter in the video above.

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