Tag: Groose

The Groose is loose with this awesome rock style cover of Groose’s theme by YouTuber Shady Cicada. This cover takes Groose’s bumbling theme music from Skyward Sword and gives it enough edge to make you put this in your list of favorites. He chose to do Groose’s theme because Skyward Sword is one of his favorite Zelda games, with a special appreciation for the orchestrated music of the game…

When Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U still reigned, a total of 4 DLC packs released, including new Adventure Mode Maps, New Characters, and sometimes even New Modes. With Hyrule Warriors Legends releasing, it’s been detailed already that it will include all previous DLC- and there may even be more on the way. But the question is, what could it be? Now that we’ve knocked some characters and themes out of the way, it will be somewhat difficult to find…

As the first in the timeline, Skyward Sword introduced a number of races and sacred figures that we see reappear throughout the series and explained the everlasting conflict surrounding the bearers of the Triforce. One race the game doesn’t explicitly reference, though, is the Gerudo. But Zelda Theorist, GameOver Jesse recently published a video showing evidence that Groose is actually the first Gerudo, and that Ganondorf is his direct descendant. Aside from visual clues and similar personality traits, GameOver Jesse…

Welcome to the ninth installment of Piece of Heart, where we look at The Legend of Zelda series through the eyes of a literary professor and examine how its literary elements enhance the gaming experience. This week’s lesson is titled “Flights of Fancy”. This chapter could be wholly devoted to Skyward Sword since the name itself implies a departure from land, but instead we’ll examine literal, figurative, and ironic instances of flight that occur throughout the Zelda series. The Legend…

There are a lot of themes from the Legend of Zelda series that fans will mash together. One fan by the name of JeffIsTheCorn noticed that Groose’s theme and the Wind Waker pirate ship had a certain something going on and decided to do something about it…

It’s that time of the week again where we present your comedic creativity and put it to work in the form of one-liners, the Caption Contest! The 

Star Fox was strong with you last week as different iterations of the “Do a barrel role” quote were prominent. I especially liked Viking Link’s “The Hobbit” reference, but alas it did not garner enough votes. Honestly, I really enjoy looking through everything you all post throughout the week, not just the “winners”. So keep at it, because you are still making people laugh. This week, the Groose is loose and he is giving Link the finger. No, not that finger, he’s just pointing at him with…

Skyloft is probably one of the best hub towns I’ve ever visited in any game. It’s a happy yet bustling community nestled atop a handful of boulders floating over the clouds, where players are free to mingle with the locals and explore the island’s countless secrets.

In many ways Skyloft is a beautifully crafted environment, but it is also home to abusive relationships, mishandled portrayals of human interactions, and some negative messages for players. There’s a lot of ground to cover here, but let’s get the most obvious bad signal Skyward Sword sends players out of the way first…

I believe it’s safe to say that the secondary (and probably tertiary) characters of the Legend of Zelda games contribute in part to our opinions about individual games. By that I mean characters aside from the Big 3 (Link, Zelda, and Ganon/Ganondorf) inform how we regard things like narrative interest, the “world,” and sentimental attachment to a particular game. But what of those “other” characters…

For those of you that do not know, there is a widely accepted theory surrounded by much controversy that states Groose from Skyward Sword is the first Gerudo. Whenever I saw this theory I never bothered looking into it, thinking it was just a few fans making connections that weren’t there. However, it has stayed in my subconscious ever since and has lately piqued my interest. Bear with me as I delve into the mystery surrounding our favorite pompadoured pal.

This article was originally published on December 24th, 2013

Some have Christmas. Some have Hanukkah. Some have Festivus. But we Zelda fans? We have nothing. So many of the world’s major religions have traditions celebrating love and togetherness to help us brave the long, dark nights of winter, but Zelda fans have no such tradition to fill our hearts with meaning. For us, the wintertime means only despair. But what if I told you that wasn’t always the case?

During my extensive and very credible academic research in historic anthropolological religionic study, I have made the shocking discovery of a tradition called “Groosemas,” a long-forgotten holiday celebrated by ancient Zelda fans thousands of years ago. Every year on December 24th, or “Groosemas Eve,” ancient peoples would welcome a power known as “Groose” into their homes. Materializing itself in the shape of a large red-haired man, Groose would deliver treasure chests to young girls and boys pure at heart, to be opened the next morning. Families would gather at the dinner table that night and enjoy a large feast centered around the main dish, “Groose Beef.”

Without further ado, I present to you an ancient Groosemas poem entitled “The Night Before Groosemas,” a first-hand account of the ancient tradition celebrated so fondly so many years ago. Head past the jump to read it all!