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Youtube user, SwarfieldMusic, has made a cover of some of the music that plays in A Link to the Past. A couple of his friends helped him with this and they used an assortment of different instruments to make the music sound the way it does in the cover. I think the that their choice of instruments was a good one cause the cover sounds, in my opinion, pretty darn awesome! Please take the jump to hear the awesome cover…

Every group of people comes with a lot of idiots. No, don’t pretend that’s not true. You know it is. Even if they’re not exactly idiots, lots of people very often apply terrible logic to an argument when talking about video games, including Zelda games. Obviously, since this is a Zelda site, we’re familiar with haters coming up with terrible reasons to dislike the series. Unfortunately, there are plenty of terrible reasons to love Zelda games, too. I’m here to…

As I’m sure most of you have noticed, Zelda Dungeon normally publishes an article about Zelda every Friday. This feature is run by myself along with a staff of many dedicated writers and editors. Dedicated writers provide the articles you read, while editors help those writers and also work on articles submitted by other forum users so that they are brought up to standard. Now that we are trying to build the article feature of the other site on the…

Ganondorf is the iconic villain of Zelda, the one man we all love to hate. His appearances in three of the most critical titles of Zelda canon – Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess – have cemented his status not only as the most iconic villain, but also as the perennial, most influential one. His influence can be felt essentially everywhere in the Zelda series, from the seemingly unimportant Four Swords Saga to the original NES titles….

An article over at Industry Gamers talks about how Zelda has influenced many people in the video game industry and that if it wasn’t for Shigeru Miyamoto, many of these people would’ve never had the inspiration to follow their own dreams. Here is an excerpt of that article talking about it. Like many children, the talented video game designer enjoyed wandering through hillsides and forests, where his obsession with discovery led him to a mysterious cave. Armed with a lantern,…

This year, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the most beloved series in video game history: The Legend of Zelda. With the remake of the classic Ocarina of Time for the 3DS, the release of four Zelda games on the 3DS eShop, and the upcoming Skyward Sword, this year highlights the appeal of Zelda throughout the ages, and truly unites the veterans of the series with the new players. Let’s look back at what really makes the…

The Legend of Zelda, like many fantasy games before it, had a great many influences. Game developers often draw their inspiration from many different sources, like writers and artists do. Often inspiration can be pulled from the works of others or from similar real-world examples. Over the years the simple and straightforward world of Zelda has been expanded upon in so many ways beyond the standard fantasy genre into a new brand with a rich mythology of its own. The…

So much has changed since the beginning of Zelda. A little elf boy running around and trying to save a princess is but one of the many memories people have from the 80s. The Legend of Zelda, released in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, marked the start of one of the biggest adventure game series of all time. Everything about the original Legend of Zelda defines classic. The music, the sound effects, the story and the adventure all made…

The Legend of Zelda series has, for most of its lifespan, been viewed as a franchise with a quality story. Nowadays, we have rich lore to draw from, to formulate complex theories about multiple timelines and Hyrules, multiple versions of the main characters and side characters. But things weren’t always like that. The original Legend of Zelda was straightforward. The story was simply a quest from point A to point B, and the gamer was left to fill in the…

From the very beginning, Ganon has been the main antagonist of the Zelda series appearing in most titles. For a long time, he was the rarely seen enemy to Hyrule and kidnapper of maidens. Yet it was not until 1998 when Ocarina of Time was released that fans learned of his true origin. It is well known among fans that Ocarina of Time had an enormous impact upon the series as a whole. More than bringing Zelda into 3D, the…