legend of zelda

November, 2009

The video can be found here. But I must warn you, it can be very painful to watch. If you like corny humor though, you should find it to be quite entertaining. The part worth watching starts at around 4:40 into the video and continues to the end. Overall, there isn’t much new here. I [...]


To my friends who are afraid of Zelda going Star Wars, I give you this: “Regarding use of other forms in technology in the future, as long it adds to the overall game experience and is something we feel the player would enjoy, we wouldn’t be afraid to implement it. As a matter of fact, [...]


These guys are awesome. They’re playing Zelda games for the Big Brothers Big Sisters charity. Be cool like the rest of us and donate here. You can watch their sleep deprived misery unfold here.


As many of you know, SimplyAdorable won our first Hidden Triforce Contest and thus winning the prize of  the new Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Again congratulations to her. Dark Link is in the process of making the second edition of our contest. The aim is to get it on site next Sunday, 6th of [...]


Any fan of the Legend of Zelda series knows that character dialogue is always very limited. Talking to a character will generally result in the same responses over and over again. Not only this, but characters in Zelda games will often speak to you and open their hearts to you with no prior relationship of [...]


Mr. Aonuma has been fairly talkative recently. In an interview with Eurogamer, he said the following concerning his working relationship with Shigeru Miyamoto: “When we were creating Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask, the department we were working in, called Entertainment, Analysis and Development (EAD), was rather a small team. So with something as big [...]


I just want to wish you all a great Thanksgiving. I hope everybody has a great time with their friends and family. Try not to eat too many Cuccoos, er Turkey that is. Take it easy and have a great time! Regards, All the staff of The Hidden Triforce


Eiji Aonuma is at it again. This time he’s talking about difficulty and what gamers want. “One of our lead planners for the game is a programmer, so he has a different, more scientific or mathematical approach, so to say, to creating puzzles. Development team members, including [senior Nintendo developer] Mr. [Takashi] Tezuka and myself, [...]



Throughout the Legend of Zelda series us gamers have never had the pleasure of getting to know much about Link’s back story. On some occasions we will find out Link’s job and or hobbies. But outside of the obvious details are kept scarce. What is even more weird is the fact that Nintendo keeps hush [...]