The end of the year comes the annual celebrations and gift giving that bring friends and families together. For this festive season the Zelda Universe Podcast looks to the real world and appreciate the many Zelda-themed gifts we've received over the years. Then, we turn to the winter months and examine the snowy environments in Zelda. Podcast Hosts: Connor and Matthew Welcome: Hyrule's Environment & Weather 0:00 - 8:54 Segment 1: Zelda Gifts 8:54 - 33:30 Segment 1 Follow-up 33:30 - 43:42 Segment 2: Winter in Hyrule 43:42 - 1:00:02 Segment 2 Follow-up 1:00:02 - 1:08:35 If you found us thr ..read more

Happy Halloween! In a time where the spooky and the dangerous are celebrated, we turn our attention away from the heroes and villains that dominate the Zelda story and focus more on the legions of baddies that haunt our every step. By the time we've slain our thousandth keese, they seem pretty uneventful, but what would happen if they were in our world? Could you handle swarms of chuchus? What about a Gohma? Today, our Zelda experts look at what it would mean if Zelda monsters were a part of our real lives. Podcast hosts: Connor and Zara Welcome: What Zelda Monsters Do You Like/Hate? 0:00 - 8 ..read more

A happy end of August to you all and happy returns to ZUCast! Our focus on "Tears of the Kingdom" continues with a stronger focus on how its story relates to our other adventures in Hyrule. Our first segment looks at how well the game fulfilled its role as a true "sequel" to a previous Zelda game, while the second looks at its overall placement in the Zelda Timeline. A lot of questions to be asked, and a lot answers that may or may not be given (or make sense). We'd love to hear your theories. SPOILER WARNING: Major and minor gameplay and plot details for "Tears of the Kingdom" are discussed a ..read more

Welcome back to ZUCast! Now back and ready for a new format filled with discussions, banter, and plenty of opinions. We're happy to have you along with us. With this setup we're going to dive into themes and topics that will look at the Zelda franchise in new and interesting angles; creating a forum for our hosts to explore new facets of Hyrule. Each episode will surround a theme, with the segments exploring a question based on that theme. Our segment hosts will discuss and debate while the podcast hosts will tie them all together. Our first foray into this adventure involves multiple adventur ..read more

We're back, with our probably-highly-anticipated Breath of the Wild anniversary episode! div.aside { display: block; color: #fff; margin: 40px 40px; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); padding: 40px; } @media only screen and (max-device-width: 640px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-device-width: 667px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait) { div.aside { margin: 0px !important; padding: 16px !important; } } div.aside strong { font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 200; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: italic; } div.aside a { colo ..read more

My computer did not want me to release this episode to you, but I gave it what for! div.aside { display: block; color: #fff; margin: 40px 40px; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); padding: 40px; } @media only screen and (max-device-width: 640px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-device-width: 667px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait) { div.aside { margin: 0px !important; padding: 16px !important; } } div.aside strong { font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 200; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: italic; } div.aside a { color: #f ..read more

Hey, Zelda fans! 2021 has been a rough year for many of you—this has been, like, the longest year for me—and the general lack of Zelda stuff has not made it any easier. Hopefully, the five episodes we put out before this one this year have made it just a little bit more tolerable! div.aside { display: block; color: #fff; margin: 40px 40px; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); padding: 40px; } @media only screen and (max-device-width: 640px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-device-width: 667px) and (orientation: portrait), only screen and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrai ..read more

Good news, everyone! The ZUBC is still alive! We’ve been away for a bit on account of I started my career back in August like an adult, but we’re back in the nick of time or something or whatever. Anyway, cue the shenanigans! If you found us through Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauniverse.net; we publish Legend of Zelda– and Nintendo-related news, exclusive editorial content and features, game guides, and more. You can also subscribe to ZeldaUniverseTV on YouTube and Twitch, or join our large, welcoming forum commu ..read more

We’re back with our first episode since this year’s E3, and we’ve dedicated a significant portion of it to dissecting Nintendo’s E3 Direct and all the juicy stuff we saw! I know it’s been a hot minute since then, but some of us are still riding high from that hour or so, so please suck it up! d===(￣▽￣*)b If you found us through Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauniverse.net; we publish Legend of Zelda– and Nintendo-related news, exclusive editorial content and features, game guides, and more. You can also subscribe to ..read more

This year’s virtual E3 conference is just around the corner, and we’re all really excited for whatever Nintendo has in store for us on Tuesday! (If you’re listening to this after the Direct, feel free to laugh at our ignorance.) We even brought in a couple of very special guests to talk E3 hype and other stuff, so you’ll definitely want to check out this episode of the ZUCast! If you found us through Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauniverse.net; we publish Legend of Zelda– and Nintendo-related news, exclusive editor ..read more