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The marketing campaign for the newest Zelda title has expanded to the United Kingdom, where they’ve received a brand new television advertisement featuring some awesome footage of the game! This follows yesterday’s release of an advertisement in the United States, and certainly serves its purpose in making me want to buy the game! Though I haven’t seen any advertisements for the game on TV yet, it’s great to see that they’re out there on a global scale! Check it out…

New York Comic-Con: The place where the most diverse city in the world shows its nerdy side! Residents of the Empire State wait all year for the massive event, featuring anything from comic books to card games, and of course, demos of soon to be released video games. With A Link Between Worlds just around the corner, it is no surprise that the show floor was absolutely abuzz with Zelda talk. Among all of the hustle, we Zelda fans were…

With tons of new information for A Link Between Worlds being released through both today’s Nintendo Direct and some official artwork, we have now been able to finally compile a decent understanding of the structure of this upcoming 3DS title, specifically, the abundance of characters both new and old. Come November 22nd, we’re all going to be treated to some curious new characters, as well as some pleasantly surprising old faces! So which characters will be making their glorious 3D…

A Link Between Worlds, the brand new Zelda title being released on November 22nd for the Nintendo 3DS, features an interesting new power for Link: the ability to become a painting. We have recently been informed that this ability is the player’s link between the two available worlds, but we had not yetbeen told how the transformation would occur. That is, until now. Jump in to find out all about it!

2013 Gamescom has come and gone, being the biggest Gamescom of all time. People came from all over the world to attend the massive convention, which had about 23% more people than last year’s. While the focus point was mostly Activision’s Destiny, Nintendo also took home a few awards for themselves, including one for the brand new Zelda title, A Link Between Worlds. Jump in to read more about it!

Let’s talk about stories. To those of you familiar with my article work on this site, you will know that I have a deep passion for storytelling, and specifically, story structure. I’ve written about the monomyth — or, as it is more commonly called, the “Hero’s Journey” — and how this literary phenomenon is reflected within the Zelda series. I’ve talked at length about Joseph Campbell’s theories and their pertinence to both the series and video gaming at large. It…

Hey Zelda Dungeoners! You asked, and you shall receive. This week’s Ocarina Time is for the “Dark World Theme” from A Link to the Past. Jump on in to learn more ocarina goodness!

The topic of whether a Zelda movie would be a positive or negative idea is a major subject. I have seen more debates and threads on this topic than it’s possible to read. When I examined critically the process of creating a Zelda movie I quickly discovered that more questions were raised, rather than answered. Problems arose regarding decisions on plot sequence, length, format, budget, and many other incidentals. Walking through the process of making a hypothetical movie has allowed…

Demise’s speech at the end of Skyward Sword was a significant moment for Zelda theorists and timeline enthusiasts, giving us a lot of insight into other aspects of the series (for better or for worse). However, as some fans have shown recently, what we read in the game might not have been entirely accurate. When games are localized, lots of statements are changed for various reasons, often just so they’ll sound better or be more identifiable. Sometimes, however, interesting details…

Today’s Zelda Fanart Spotlight is on deviantart artist tunetherainbow‘s Zelda fanart, “Ending to a Legend”. In this fanart it features the artist’s own interpretation of A Link to the Past’s ending. Link and Princess Zelda have just laid the Master Sword to rest for what is considered to be the last time. The two are walking away from the pedestal holding the legendary sword and a golden emblem of the Triforce is shown on the ground before them. The artist…