Skyward Sword – Review
Title: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Genre: Action-Adventure System: Wii Developer: Nintendo EAD, Monolith Soft Publisher: Nintendo Back in 1997, Nintendo managed to define a genre with Ocarina of Time. With its legendary targeting system, battling in a 3D environment felt incredibly natural. 14 years on and Nintendo have again managed to define a genre with another truly remarkable … Continue reading
Original Skyloft Concept Artwork
Most of you will now be feeling right at home wandering around Skyward Swords beautiful Skyloft. It may surprise you to know that it might have looked a lot different according to this original concept art. It appears to show Skyloft as a much more densely populated village, set on much steeper slopes across multiple … Continue reading
Zelda Timeline Explained
As some of you might have heard, a new book has been released in Japan called ‘Hyrule Historia’. Containing original concept art, character designs and a range of information. It’s also shed some light on the much debated Zelda timeline. It’s been leaked that this might actually be the official timeline. For many years there … Continue reading
Limited Edition Zelda 3DS Coming Soon
Feast your eyes, Zelda fans, on this beautiful Black and Gold Limited Edition The Legend of Zelda 3DS. This Zelda 25th Anniversary model has just been revealed by Nintendo of Europe today, and boy is it looking hot. The bundle will also include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. You will see this on … Continue reading
Zelda News Round Up
As we edge ever closer to next months release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, excitement and anticipation is through the roof. The first reviews are coming in, all reporting that this is hands down the most spectacular Zelda adventure to date. ONM gave it a staggering 98% (read more about it here), while … Continue reading
Skyward Sword – No left handed mode
It seems that all you left handed players out there are going to have to get used to swinging Links sword with your right hand. Various reports indicate there won’t be an option in Skyward Sword to switch it over to a lefty mode. Traditionally Link has been left handed in most of his major … Continue reading
Zelda Flipnote Studio Winners announced
As part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations, Nintendo recently challenged all you artistic types to create a Zelda animation using the DSi’s Flipnote Studio. Well Nintendo has selected 15 lucky winners and they are all available to watch via the official website. All the winning animations are brilliant, with a broad range of art styles … Continue reading
Skyward Sword Intro translated
Last week we bought you the intro trailer for Skyward Sword but it was difficult to understand what was going on due to it being in Japanese. So here is the English version in all its glory for those of you who are interested. It’s simply stunning. As i mentioned before, if you want to keep the … Continue reading
Stunning new Skyward Sword Videos
More footage has been released for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword in these jaw dropping new videos. I should warn you that if you want to keep the experience fresh and spoiler free, it might be an idea not to watch them. The first shows the full intro. It appears to follow a similar … Continue reading
Skyward Sword to have a fully orchestrated soundtrack!
Its been announced that the highly anticipated Wii title The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is to have a fully orchestrated soundtrack. If it’s good enough for Mario in Galaxy 2 then surely Links latest adventure deserves no less. I guess it was always likely to happen and various hints have been dropped in the last … Continue reading