Hey, all. The forums are currently in the process of being converted to IPB, but there’s still a few glitches. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we hope to have your logins working soon!

You can always join us on Skype in the meantime, though! Contact Noah or myself to get added to the chat room! Our Skype names are as follows:
Justin:sirtweek
Noah:publicdesigns

I have a friend who works at Gamestop, and owns our affiliate site, The Knights of Hyrule and she just sent me this photograph showing that Skyward Sword, according to their records, is set to to be released on April 1, 2011. However, this date is not set in stone as Gamestop puts “SD” next to the games with a finalized release date.  This image also is showing that Skyward Sword will be bundled with a Wii Motion Plus addon.

Today I just wanted to do a quick update on some pages we have been working on recently. First of all, we now have the A Link to the Past Soundtrack added to our official Legend of Zelda soundtracks page. We will keep on working on this page and hope to get the Link’s Awakening files online soon.

Next we have updated our Zelda Fan Fiction page with another chapter to the Legend of Mizu by our forum member, Josie. She is a fantastic author so it is certainly worth a read. More fan fiction is also being edited to go online soon.

Finally, I just wanted to let everybody know that in a couple of days LegendZelda.net will be moving to a brand new server and will be getting an upgrade to our Zelda Forums.

Ign is featuring an article displaying the full history of Miyamoto’s Legend of Zelda. After 23 years the series is going strong, with Skyward Sword making a release next year. To read the their account visit the link at here.

Hey, everybody! I’m proud to announce that we now have a public chatroom on Skype that’s specifically for Legend Zelda members, followers, fans, whatever! If you’re interested in joining, you can contact either Noah or myself on Skype and we’ll add you into the chat room. Our Skype names are as follows:
sirtweek (Justin)
publicdesigns (Noah)

Skype is a free messaging program which can be used to communicate via text OR voice (yes, they have text!) It’s completely free of viruses, adware, etc. so feel free to download it!

You can download it RIGHT NOW by clicking this link!

See you around, dedicated fans!

We now have a Zelda Fan Fiction page set up here at LegendZelda.net. So far we have one chapter up from the very talented writer, Josie from our Zelda Forums. She will be adding onto the story as it is completed.

More fan fiction will be added briefly as well so if you have some Zelda Fan Fic, please feel free to send it in.
You can either email us or join the Zelda Forums and drop me a PM (Dark Link).

Earlier today, the Official Nintendo Magazine posted a new interview with Legend of Zelda director, Eiji Aonuma. News about the upcoming Zelda Skyward Sword has been scarce lately and unfortunately this interview did not provide much more insight.

First of all, Aonuma was quick to restate that Zelda is not the mysterious feminine figure that we saw in the art work released at the round-table after 2009′s E3. However, he still refuses to delve into the matter much more.

The most interesting bit of information about Skyward Sword came from Aonuma when he said they were, “reimagining some of the traditional gameplay elements.” This meaning of course that the traditional elements of the Zelda franchise will remain intact, but that the development team is coming up with new ways to bring these concepts to us gamers.

An example of this can be found in this quote from Aonuma, “So what we’ve tried to do is to introduce some new elements – this time we have larger fields and there are dungeons that don’t really feel like dungeons but will incorporate some of those elements.”

During the interview, Aonuma was asked about the possibility of there being any vehicle for transportation. Though this was not confirmed, Aonuma did not entirely dismiss the notion and said that Link would have some way of traveling from Skyloft to Hyrule.

Lastly, Aonuma spoke briefly about the Ocarina of Time for the 3DS. For more information and to read the interview check out this link.

In other news, we are still looking for donations to support the site and renew our hosting for a year. We would appreciate all contributions.

Our affiliate site, Legend of Zelda.com has begun their annual Lozzies awards in which they recognize several sites within the community for a variety of things. Throughout this week they will be updating with the winners and their respective fields.

So far, The Exploding Deku Nut has won the Rembrant award, for the most visually appealing site. And the North Castle has won the The Philanthropist for being the site with the most community outreach. Both of these two amazing sites are affiliates here at LegendZelda.net so I suggest paying them a visit.

To stay updated on the Lozzies and who is winning what, please visit Loz.com

And last of all, just a reminder that our site donation drive is still continuing. We have received 20 dollars in donations so far. Any contributions are welcome and hopefully we can reach our goal of 350 to pay for our hosting and forums.

To donate, click here.

I was very hesitant to make this post as I originally planned to stay away from taking user donations. However, our hosting bills and Vbulletin Forum License is coming due next month and I am looking at about 350 dollars to pay at one time. So for the first time ever, we here at LegendZelda.net are looking for donations to help us stay online.

Any amount would be of great help and contributions are highly appreciated. We have set up a donations page that accepts Paypal.

In return for your donation, your name (and a link if you choose) will be posted so everybody can see how generous you are. In conclusion, I would like to thank you all in advance.

It has been a few weeks since we last updated our Zelda Skyward Sword Fact Sheet, so I decided it was time for me to redo the page. Our new Skyward Sword Information page is filled with everything you need to know about the upcoming title. All questions are answered and I will be updating the page with more information as it is released. Please stay tuned for more Zelda Skyward Sword News.

In the meantime, we would like to welcome you to our Zelda Forums and remind you to subscribe to our Zelda Videos Youtube Channel