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25 years, 17 games, three Triforces, one princess, one evil king, one hero, one legacy. Perhaps the most enduring contribution The Legend of Zelda series has given to video games is the sense that as you play, your character gets stronger and can do more things, opening up more of the world to the player. It's a massive shift from previous games like Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. where you cleared one stage at a time, and one that couldn't have been possible without the world-based, player-driven structure of the game. The strategies through which this kind of dynamic progression is accomplished have changed somewhat over the years, particularly with the series' shift to 3D which introduced greater story and puzzle elements than the 2D predecessors. But as it focuses on going "back to basics," can Skyward Sword accomplish a clean fusion between the two styles?...

Welcome back to another episode of Z-Talk! Rish and I apologize for the delay as we were away on a Las Vegas trip, but now we are back to bring you more Zelda discussion as always! Continuing news; Z-Talk is now on iTunes! You can listen to all the previous podcasts as well this brand [...]

If this doesn’t push Nintendo for a Smash Brothers 3DS I don’t know what will. Studio, Crave Games announced that they will be doing a multiplayer brawler which from videos looks like it’ll be similar to Smash Brothers in style. Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion is thet itle of the game and by the looks [...]

That’s right folks! It’s time for the results of the second month of the Community Competitions, hosted by various users from our forums. We even have a new competition this month, the Writing Community Competition (WCC)! If you wish to participate in these competitions yourself, register on our forums and send a Private Message to [...]

Zelda Informer was experiencing some major technical problems with their servers the other day, making their website completely inaccessible to their readers. It seems as though now that they have fixed the problem and are back online. So we here at le...

Many of you may remember that a while back someone came forward with what he claimed to be a Majora’s Mask cartridge that was haunted by the spirit of a drowned boy named BEN. Since the initial writings and videos from Youtube user Jadusable, we’ve learned that it was faked. What we never reported on [...]

Part 6 of Mas’ Zelda Collection is now online and this one covers a somewhat common Legend of Zelda T-Shirt. The shirt shows Link holding up the completed Triforce piece that he collected during his quest in the original Legend of Zelda. It is the final boss battle room where the background is shaped like [...]

"I've been thinking this ever since I joined you... You never want to give up. You always want to try. I admire you!" - Tatl We've all experienced moments when nothing at all seems to be going right. When nothing goes according to plan. It's a part of life. Whether it's to do with relationships, your career, or your goals for the future, there will be times when it unavoidably all goes wrong. We know the feeling here at Zelda Informer, where as we were pushing the site forward to new heights and achieving our goals we got set back over a week by server malfunctions. As with so many other aspects that make up life, we can find this notion of failure all throughout The Legend of Zelda series. There are so many times when it all goes wrong for The Hero of Time and The Hero of Winds, but they persevere, and because of that it is only their successes that are remembered, not their failures....

When Ocarina of Time 3D first debuted, the theorizing community was hopeful that at least some changes would be introduced that would clarify the timeline. As time went on, and it began to seem more and more than no real new content would appear, hope began to fade, but a recent video pinpointed the first of such changes to ever truly appear in the Zelda series. You've probably already guessed what was changed from the news title, but click inside for more info on this intriguing moment in theorizing history....

25 years, 17 games, three Triforces, one princess, one evil king, one hero, one legacy. Yesterday I sang praises for Skyward Sword's game world and its steps towards a denser and more dangerous Hyrule. If you were wondering why the article was so short, it's because there's a lot of stuff that falls under the diverse blanket of "user discovery," and based on the demo, that's another of the game's strong traits. There's a lot of Zelda series traditions from both the classic and modern entries that could return in a fine-tuned, better-than-ever way in Skyward Sword. And today, they're all about the player's experience....