Tag: Hylian Shield

Three days into April and we’re already launching our second giveaway! This is a replica shield valued at $53 and truly no Zelda fan is complete without one. Since this is a simple sweepstakes lets just skip the particulars and get right into the entries! Like The Wind Waker HD yesterday, there are three ways to enter. For starters, you can check out this post on facebook. You have to “like” our facebook page, share that post, and comment on it! You can also naturally do what the below tweet says to enter a second time:

You can also enter a third time by follow our brother site, Gamnesia, on Google Plus, share this post, and be sure to leave a comment! EDIT: As a bonus, you will get a mystical 4th entry by commenting on this post explaining why you, and not that nasty neighbor next to you, deserve this shield. and “sharing” this post on facebook and/or twitter! You can share it via the share icon on the right side of the comment area.

Among the many new features included in Skyward Sword was a refined inventory system. The addition of the Adventure Pouch made for some interesting choices when it came to resource management. The beginning of the game started the player off with four slots to fill with extra items, and that amount is doubled by the end. But that is about the peak of the Adventure Pouch’s significance: something extra. While the customization of Link is something that could lead to…

Zelda equipment is some of the most interest and exciting parts of a Zelda adventure. Whenever I received equipment in any Zelda game, I would always be excited to try it out and see how it’s applied. But something that really intrigues me and many others is the equipment lineup for the Wii U. The lineup is something that many look at before they buy a game in the Zelda series. Today, I will describe some expected, wanted, and even…

Welcome to another edition of Fanart Spotlight! Most of the time we share really amazing hand drawn art, but of course there are many different mediums that artist choose to express their love for the Legend of Zelda series. Today we are looking at an artist who has some amazing skill with clay and is creating really detailed and beautiful sculpture pieces. Some of them, like the one we will be looking at today she transforms into jewelry to make…

Advertising is everywhere. An average walk down the street typically yields at least a dozen or two advertisements begging people to walk into X store and buy Y item. Having seen most everyday items get pitched to us a million ways, sometimes we have to wonder just how some of our favorite video games would advertise items. There are occasionally examples to be found in the games themselves, but they are not always easy to see. Enter graphic designer Steph…

Welcome to Majora’s Memes, where we bring you memetic madness weekly! Like scouring Hyrule Field for bushes that hopefully contain Rupees or bombs or arrows, we search the Internet for Zelda-related laughs. And wow, you guys really stepped it up this week! We have a lot of memes contributed by users this week, so yellow rupees will be distributed to blue, Tito Burgess, Merv?, smallchocolatebar, RubyDragonCat, and Link. With the help of these contributions, this may very well be the…

LEGO bricks are a magical thing. People have built thousands of impressive constructs with the foot-murdering little blocks for decades now, and yet there still manage to be some artists who surprise me with their amazing creations. Reddit user remig is one of those artists. After building an impressive reconstruction of the tower of Orthanc from The Lord of the Rings entirely out of LEGO bricks, this amazing man has come back and creating something just as staggering: a nearly…

The Hylian Shield has become one of the most recognizable items from the Zelda series. Making its first appearance in Ocarina of Time, this item has helped cement Link as the legendary hero of Hyrule. Now, thanks to a creative fan, you can have a Hylian Shield of your very own. Follow the jump to read more about this.

You know those kids in high school that were always sitting in the back of class and drawing cool stuff on their shoes with an ink pen and markers? Well some people never grow out of that phase. The people behind HandmadeZeldaShoes on Etsy have gone far and beyond the call of shoe art with some fabulous designs inspired by Zelda. These shoes have a Hylian Shield design painted onto some blue slip-on Vans. There are also small Triforce symbols…

In the Zelda community, fan-made merchandise has become a staple for a lot of collectors with the demand for these items seemingly growing higher. There has been everything from T-shirts to altered video game consoles that don the iconic image of the Triforce. A few months back we reported on a beer glass shop featuring many Zelda-themed glasses. Recently, this Zelda fan known as MC Etcher has created a new beer glass exhibiting a very familiar image from the Zelda…