February 21 marks the original release of The Legend of Zelda in Japan. The series' influence is more impressive than ever at age 40.

In the world of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the people of Hyrule live side by side with a hidden race of miniature beings called the Minish. Although some Hylians have heard tales of these ...

Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda movie won’t be as heavy on the motion capture as director Wes Ball once envisioned. Back in 2010, long before Nintendo announced Ball as the guy in charge of the ...

The Legend of Zelda is a miniature game design manifesto that would go unrealized for over 30 years ...

Despite the fact that the Zonai are not physically present in Link’s era, this ancient civilization forms a foundational part of the game’s world. Their technology allows Link to build machines to ...

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players didn’t just play through another story set in Hyrule. The sequel to Breath of the Wild took the previous game’s sandbox elements several steps ...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom appeared on my Nintendo Switch on May 12, and in a flash, the game filled my TikTok feed. I couldn’t escape Hyrule — and I loved it. I felt like part of a ...

It’s not often that Link’s gallantry is called into question, but today is one of those sad days. After 38 years of hogging the limelight, the hero in green has finally ceded the starring role in the ...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom takes place in the same Hyrule as its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. It’s true that the map has been extensively changed by the events of the Upheaval: ...

After acting coy around the release of Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo has finally announced the unthinkable yet still inevitable: a live-action movie based on the Legend of Zelda series. Produced by ...