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Although the Zelda drought continued in America and Europe, in 1995 Japan was lucky enough to still get new ways to play Zelda games. Today, in Zelda Universe’s 25 Years in 25 Days, they look at the Broadcast System X or BS-X for short. Due to their tech-savvy nature, Japan was first to be able to offer players downloadable content. They created the Broadcast System X or as it was commonly referred to, Satellaview, an add-on for the Super Famicom….

 Today, Zelda Universe descended into one of the saddest times in Zelda fanhood as they continued their 25 Years in 25 Days series. With amazing titles like A Link to the Past and Link’s Awakening now behind them, Zelda fans were left with a sad period of time without seeing much from their beloved series. Nineteen ninety-four, at least for gamers outside of Japan, was the beginning of what would be the longest drought of Zelda games so far in…

In their vigilant quest to regale us with the history of Zelda year by year, day by day, Zelda Universe brings us 1993! A special year in my heart because it gave us my very first Zelda Game, Link’s Awakening! On the other hand it also brought the CD-i games Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. If there’s a single year that should have been the best year for The Legend of Zelda out of…

What were you doing in 1992? Many of us were probably playing A Link to the Past that had just been released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This game went on to become a fan favorite and to be considered one of the greatest Zelda games in the series. Yesterday, in Zelda Universe’s 25 Years in 25 Days article they primarily focused on A Link to the Past. Because of this, today, for 1992 they look back at the…

The year 1991 was a big year for The Legend of Zelda series, and for gaming in general. This was the year that the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES was released. It was also the year that brought us one of the best Zelda games, A Link to the Past. Although it was only available in Japan at this time, the rest of us would only have to wait until the next year to play. Today, Zelda Universe’s 25…

Zelda Universe’s 25 Years in 25 Days continues today with a look back at the year 1990. Although there was not a new game released, there were still plenty of Zelda goodies to go around in the forms of television and comic books. While the Legend of Zelda cartoon series had a short run of only 13 episodes, Link, Zelda, and Ganon would soon reappear as guests in another show. This was also the year that the Legend of Zelda…

 As with the past two days, Zelda Universe has again covered another year of Zelda today. Continuing their segment 25 Years in 25 Days, they moved on to the year 1988 today, and what an interesting year it was. Consisting of the North American release of Zelda II, 1988 was especially notable for its huge influx of Zelda (and Mario) merchandise. Zelda Universe writes: The late 1980s was when Nintendo really latched onto the popularity of The Legend of Zelda…

Our friends over at Zelda Universe recently attended the Zelda Symphony Concert in London and they had quite a lot to say. Hombre de Mundo, one of the staff members at the site, has written a detailed impressions article and also put together a 15-minute video from all the footage that he took. You can see a quick tidbit of the impressions article, but head on over to Zelda Universe to read the whole thing. Make the jump to see…

With this year celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda and with Skyward Sword only weeks from release, fans all over are finding different ways to celebrate. While many people are attempting to play through all the games, the team over at Zelda Universe is writing an article every day to commemorate each year of the series with a feature they call 25 Years in 25 Days. Today’s article features the year 1987 and focuses on Zelda II:…

Our friends over at Zelda Universe have launched a brand new article series at their website entitled 25 Years in 25 Days. They are counting down the last 25 days to the release of Skyward Sword while also celebrating 25 years of the Legend of Zelda. Each day they they will be posting an article representing one of the years in Zelda, starting with today’s article, 25 Years in 25 Days: 1986. The Legend of Zelda was released on February…