A year ago, Swiss artist Nelde released some images of an idea for a deck of Zelda playing cards. They were, given the template, almost perfect.
He’s got enough to worry about without you banging on about saving this, or doing that, or going wherever.
Long-time readers of Kotaku may know that my absolute, unquestioned, favourite video game of all time is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. There are many reasons for this. The timeless art style, the “open world” design, the inherent charm and humour present throughout.
I found Tevis Thomson’s lengthy critique chronicling the decline and fall of the Legend of Zelda franchise to be very convincing. That doesn’t quite diminish my enjoyment of more recent Zelda games, but then, I’m no Zelda super-fan. But it was hard to argue with his points about how the series has changed and in his eyes gone astray.
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.
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.
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.
Meet Camille and Kennerly Kitt, identical twins and professional harpists. In the video above they crank out a rendition of “Ballad Of The Goddess” from Nintendo’s The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I should mention they’re dressed almost perfectly for the part(s) and well, to borrow from Lorraine Baines McFly, are dreamboats.
Last Year, Japanese artist ag+ put together one of the most amazing pieces of fan art the world has ever seen.