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Posted by Kotaku Apr 14 2014 02:00 GMT
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While Figma can try and do a "realistic" Link figure, the more cartoonish Nendoroid line is free to do something a little cuter. Yet also angrier.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Apr 01 2014 20:30 GMT
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First 4 Figures has produced some amazing pieces in its The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess line — the Link on Epona statue is gorgeous, and themassive Ganondorf is the centerpiece of my gaming statue collection — but there's been something missing, until now. Finally, we have Princess Zelda. Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Mar 20 2014 22:00 GMT
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There are Zelda fans, and then there are Zelda fans. Chrisaixa is a Zelda fan.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Mar 19 2014 10:30 GMT
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Digital artist Steph Caskenette picked a couple of iconic NES moments from games like the Castlevania, Contra or Metroid, and made them look like it's all curved paper.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Mar 11 2014 12:30 GMT
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Inspired by various stop-motion movies, Gabriel Salas used the exact same 3D tools and a hand-made diorama to create this really special Legend of Zelda fan-art. I'd love to see something like this coming to life as an animated-short.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Mar 07 2014 18:00 GMT
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The prettiest Zelda game, now playable in virtual reality and in a new perspective. Awesome.Read more...

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Feb 26 2014 18:00 GMT
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Zelda games shall be forever gripped close to Nintendo’s chest, but remakes, demakes and homages frequently turn up on the shores of PC gaming. Zelda VR aims to re-build The Legend of Zelda – yeah, the original, top-down, NES Zelda – for virtual reality headsets.

An early build is available to download now, and I’ve had a go in a video below. … [visit site to read more]


Posted by Kotaku Feb 25 2014 03:46 GMT
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Cute joke, but it would take a thick skin to pull it off. [The Shirt List]Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Feb 23 2014 21:15 GMT
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Video gaming's biggest craze of 2014 appears to be the "Twitch Plays" phenomenon, which hit a couple of weeks ago with Pokémon, then grazed Tetris and now has moved to something much more complex: The Legend of Zelda. Watch it streaming on the jump.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Feb 21 2014 20:34 GMT
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Maybe changing the perspective on the original Legend of Zelda is a little weird—everything looks so different here—but that's exactly what makes this Oculus Rift version of the game interesting. Its almost like you're playing (or in this case, watching) an entirely new game.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Feb 13 2014 02:00 GMT
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Realistic Deku: Remember the realistic Zelda enemies by Nate Hallinan? Well, now Hallinan is back with a with this, an interpretation of "what real Deku might look like living deep in the forest." Neat.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Feb 08 2014 17:04 GMT
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Someone at a Halloween party in Saskatchewan nearly lost his nose. That's not in dispute. But a judge must determine if it was nearly severed by a broken beer bottle or by a very sharp shield carried by someone dressed up as Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda.Read more...

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Posted by Kotaku Feb 01 2014 20:25 GMT
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The history and evolution of the Moblins are no longer a secret to everybody, thanks to this all-encompassing feature by GameXplainGameXplain. Here is something I did not know until today: The etymology of "Moblin." It's derived from the Zelda brutes' name in Japanese, which itself comes from the Japanese words for "Forest" and "Goblin."Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Jan 31 2014 05:00 GMT
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Just think, somewhere out there is a parallel universe where we all grew up watching La Légende de Zelda, a European stop-motion animation series starring this chubby but lovable hero.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Jan 30 2014 21:44 GMT
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One of the greatest games of all time is now on the Wii U Virtual Console, finally. Just two months after The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds, you can get Link to the Past on your GamePad today.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Jan 20 2014 23:00 GMT
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With the right mods, you can turn Skyrim into almost anything. Even, it seems, a Legend of Zelda game.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Jan 10 2014 16:34 GMT
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Artist Jeesh, who we've featured here before, plunders sounds from more than two and a half decades of The Legend of Zelda and mixes them all up to to create some of the most delicious ear candy I've heard in ages. Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Dec 30 2013 18:30 GMT
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Awakened In 2013: first, we imagined what the new wall-merging mechanic might look like in an older, classic Zelda game. Today, we're going to imagine what a 2013 remake of Link's Awakening might look like—here's a rendition by artist Jonatan Iversen-Ejve. (Via Tiny Cartridge) Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Dec 25 2013 16:00 GMT
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They've got Dark Souls and Mass Effect coffee mugs. Of the two of them, she's got a bigger and better game collection. Their little mini-dachshund is called Ico. Yeah, Omar Avila's marriage proposal to his girlfriend of seven years was going to have to be special.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Dec 23 2013 15:47 GMT
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Here's an early Christmas present for Legend of Zelda fans: a live-action preamble to the story of Majora's Mask, giving the backstory of the Skull Kid who stole it, fell under its spell, and emerged as the principal antagonist of the game.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Nov 23 2013 03:00 GMT
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Just in time to get me psyched about the excellence of Zelda music all over again.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Nov 21 2013 07:00 GMT
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These illustrations of Link and Zelda were done by Haruhiko Mikimoto. You may not know him by name, but if you've ever seen Macross, you'll know his work.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Nov 19 2013 20:30 GMT
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When the people behind the new Zelda game decided they wanted to use a top-down camera angle, they realized that looking at Link's green hat for 20-something hours wouldn't be all that interesting or pleasant. So they came up with a simple solution: MAKE EVERYTHING SLANTED.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Nov 16 2013 21:40 GMT
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Happy Birthday, Shigeru Miyamoto. The creator of Mario, Zelda, Pikmin and many more games we love turned 61 today.Read more...

Posted by Kotaku Nov 12 2013 03:00 GMT
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It was only a matter of time before video-game a cappella master Smooth McGroove took on the Zelda theme. Now, he has—or rather he, his cat and his seven doppelgängers have.Read more...

Posted by IGN Nov 07 2013 20:02 GMT
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Location of Zelda and Doctor Who Easter Eggs in Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Posted by Kotaku Nov 07 2013 01:30 GMT
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Call of Rupees: check out this unexpected Zelda easter egg in Call of Duty: Ghosts...if you're squinting, the award is for 'most bushes and pots smashed.' And the award to the left? It might just be a TARDIS... (via r/Zelda)Read more...

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Posted by Kotaku Oct 29 2013 12:15 GMT
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Nintendo confirms that sexy The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 3DS XL bundle for North American release on November 22. Aw, and they made poor Eiji Aonuma go out on the roof to do it. The $219.99 bundle comes with a 3DS XL much better than mine, and a download code for some elf game. Read more...