Tag: money

Because the price of college has been increasing rapidly over the past few decades, all kinds of scholarships pop up to help kids pay for their education. The Zelda community is no exception, and Hidden Triforce has stepped in to make a contribution to some aspiring student. Hit the jump to learn more.

What are Rupees?

February 02 2014 by Legacy Staff

The Zelda series tends to change from one game to the next. The gameplay mechanics might be different, the controls may be reworked, and the roles of the characters could change from princess to pirate to poltergeist. However, there is one aspect of the Zelda universe which is always the same. In every single canonical game and in most of the spin-offs, the currency is always rupees. But what are rupees exactly? And what would they be worth in the…

If you think back to about last week, you’ll remember I posted an article outlining just some of the ridiculously inflated prices people are selling the Collector’s Edition of Hyrule Historia on eBay. As I mentioned in the article, some prices were so inflated that one Buy It Now price was set at around $391, which is just nine dollars short of being ten times more expensive than the original retail price (assuming that the book originally was going for…