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Hyrule has provided refuge for a plethora of unique and important races throughout its history. We’ve met with Zoras, Gorons, Kokiri, Hylians, Deku, Picori, Koroks, Rito, Kikwi, Gerudo, Twili, and Sheikahs– just to name a few. No matter how long the list of races, each manages to be important to the game or games it appears in and fully developed both visually and culturally. Just when I think the Zelda series can’t possibly create another distinctly memorable race, one appears…

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Join us this week as we celebrate the holidays with (almost) all of our friends! A bunch of us got together and created this fun little series of christmas sketches, all revolving around a holiday party Adam threw for the podcast. What weird shenanigans will guests and members of old get into this year, in our first annual christmas special? Grab a cup of hot cocoa, a warm blanket, and sit by the fireplace, as Adam and the gang take you on a fun filled fest of tom foolery…

In addition to the amazing orchestrated soundtracks and enchanting overworld themes from throughout the Zelda series, come the sometimes under-appreciated playable tunes. These catchy and often short musical quips are played on a multitude of instruments and present themselves as important to players for a multitude of reasons. Some songs are elevated by their musicality, some by their functions in-game, and others by pure nostalgia. Whatever the reason, these little ditties have become the cherries atop an already magical set…

Nintendo certainly prizes one of its most important franchises, The Legend of Zelda, so it would make sense that the teams chosen to create each Zelda game are carefully crafted. Making a Zelda game is a serious ordeal, and all of the people who consistently work on them, Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Hiromasa Shikata, for example, take their jobs seriously. This isn’t to say they don’t have fun creating the games, but certainly the Zelda games leading up to and…

Medleys seem to be the most popular way to cover Zelda music, and I’ve often wondered why that is. I suppose it would be rather disappointing to listen to music in 30-45 seconds chunks, and considering a lot of Zelda music is designed to loop after a short period of time, single pieces that lasted 2 minutes could get boring. Either way, hit the jump to listen to a fantastic piano and violin medley!

Sometimes it’s the simple humor in comics that makes them great. We love Magical Game TIme’s messages and detailed art style. His animations are stellar and capturing. But for that quick chuckle nothing beats a quick comic. Bill Watterson, author of Calvin and Hobbes once stated something along the lines that a joke can save bad artwork, and artwork can save a bad joke. And in this case, one of those is demonstrated. Hit the jump to read!

About a year and a half ago Nintendo released two music books of official arrangements of Zelda music for guitar and piano. While many people did, and still do create their own fantastic arrangements of Zelda music, this gave people a “standard” source, and is really helpful for people that aren’t as good at playing music by ear. Soon after the books came out, Sathoshi Aikawa, by the YouTube handle GilvaSunner uploaded every single guitar cover in great quality. Hit the jump to…

Zelda Reorchestrated is one of the greatest parts of the musical Zelda fanbase, and one of my favorite Zelda tracks, Dragon Roost Island, is perfectly orchestrated by the team. For some reminder of what the original The Wind Waker theme sounds like, check out this video before reading on. Zelda Reorchestrated actually has two versions of the theme, their original orchestration and a redux, and both have their merits. So hit the jump to listen!

Recently our favorite YouTube pianist, Kyle Landry, uploaded a video of him playing some tunes on an old upright piano instead of his normal electric keyboard. Not only does this medley contain Zelda music, but also some Kingdom Hearts, Pokémon, and Mario themes! Overall it’s a very soothing medley and definitely worth a listen. Hit the jump to watch the video!

I hope by now all of you have heard of the great conglomeration of people called Overclocked Remix, and have heard at least a few of the Zelda related music that originates there. Overclocked Remix is exactly what it sounds like, music remixes that are superb, and far surpass most other remixes that are out there. Luckily the popularity of the Zelda series has made Zelda remixes commonplace, but unfortunately that also means we can’t feature everything here in one…