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You have a very important mission ahead of you… I will wait here. That’s what we princesses have always done. From what I understand, it’s kind of a family tradition. – Princess Zelda (Spirit Tracks) If it were to be told as a legend, The Legend of Zelda is pretty much always the tale of a princess in peril rescued by a brave hero in green who vanquishes evil and restores her to her rightful throne. A few times she’s…

Zelda has repeatedly taken on the dual-map style, with a main world and a mirrored world that is usually accessable later on in the game. It was an idea introduced early on in the series, and has reoccured several times, even making its way into the two most recent Zeldas. The style has been used in many ways, including different worlds and time periods, but is it beneficial? Is it something that has been done well, and, more importantly, should…

A few months back the folks over at GameXplain did their usual indepth analysis of the trailer for the upcoming Zelda Wii U. This time around they are back, with an all round discussion of not only the trailer for the Zelda Wii U, but all other details that we currently know of the game. Clocking in at over 40 minutes, it’s a pretty solid discussion taking us through some brief history of Zelda, filled with their own opinions. Go…

Is the continued success of the series due to exploitation of nostalgia? This is the question that Jamin Warren of PBS Game Show has asked to the audience and he takes a look at the series as a whole and discusses what exactly keeps fans coming back. Jump inside to check out what he had to say for yourself.

Hey, everybody! Welcome to the Voidcast! After the bittersweet ending of the Z-Talk podcast, I needed to find somewhere else to prop up my microphone. Now, I’m back with more ranting, and this time I’m not alone. To jump-start the Voidcast, I brought together some of Z-Talk’s old contributors – Axle the Beast, Nerion, and AnimeBassoon – to talk about the ever-so-debated topic of putting Zelda on our TV and theatre screens. Hit the jump to catch the whole discussion!

There has been a lot of talk about the new Zelda spin-off game, Hyrule Warriors. And a lot of people have already developed opinions on the game and what they think the game will turn out to be. GameXplain has posted their video that discusses Hyrule Warriors and what they think about the game. Hit the jump to see the video!

IGN has been doing a series on the Zelda timeline which evaluates every game in the official timeline from Hyrule Historia. The discussions are accompanied by some gameplay, and include not just information about the game with regards to the timeline, but also contain interesting facts about the games’ development. The most recent video was on Four Swords, so hit the jump to watch!

A little under a week ago we posted about the first few episodes of Play With Your Food, a series by Nintendo for gamers to discuss recent game release. Now we have Episode Four: Done and Dungeon, where the main theme of the discussion is centered around the multiple different orders you can play the A Link Between Worlds dungeons in. Curious for the whole discussion? Hit the jump to see!

With the release of A Link Between Worlds looming, GameXplain got their hands on a copy and have released a video with their impressions of the game. We’ve seen screenshots, gameplay, and know the general premise of the new Zelda title for the 3DS, but how does it feel to a gamer? Does Nintendo seem to have gone in the right direction? Hit the jump to watch the video and find out!

[UPDATE 05/15/13 1:37pm: It turns out the following supposed press release was bogus.] Ever since the announcement of The Wind Waker remake for Wii U a few months back, there has been a lot of speculation from fans about just how much will go into the updated version of the game. Our sister site GenGAME even published an article detailing how this is the perfect opportunity for a “Director’s Cut.” Still, it is difficult to tell whether Nintendo is actually…