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ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 26: Zelda Monsters in Real Life

ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 26: Zelda Monsters in Real Life

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 - 8:27 Segment 1: What Zelda Boss Could You Defeat Yourself? - Jason and Zach 8:28 - 28:05 Segment 1 Follow-up 28:06 - 37:09 Segment 2: Zelda Monsters in our Everyday Lives - Shona and David 37:09 - 52:50 Segment 2 Follow-Up 52:50 - 1:04:13 If you found us through Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauni

ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 26: Zelda Monsters in Real Life

ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 26: Zelda Monsters in Real Life

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 - 8:27 Segment 1: What Zelda Boss Could You Defeat Yourself? - Jason and Zach 8:28 - 28:05 Segment 1 Follow-up 28:06 - 37:09 Segment 2: Zelda Monsters in our Everyday Lives - Shona and David 37:09 - 52:50 Segment 2 Follow-Up 52:50 - 1:04:13 If you found us through Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, or some other podcatcher, then I encourage you to check out our website, zeldauni

ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 25: Tears of the Kingdom Plot and Timeline

ZUCast: The Zelda Universe Podcast Episode 25: Tears of the Kingdom Plot and Timeline

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 and referenced throughout this episode. Podcast hosts: Connor and Amanda Welcome: How was "Tears of the Kingdom's" Story? 0:00 - 10:52 Segment 1: How well did "Tears of the Kingdom" carry over from "Breath of the Wild?" - Jory and Jason 10:52 - 31:08 Segment 1 Follow-up 31:09 - 43:39 Segment 2: The State of the Zelda Timeline - Mary and Elias 43:40 - 1:04:42 Segment 2 Follow-U

ZUCast Episode 24: Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay Roundtable

ZUCast Episode 24: Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay Roundtable

Happy Tears of the Kingdom release! With the game just reaching a month's time in our hands we wanted to discuss what we've enjoyed about the game and what fascinating directions it has taken our adventures. Instead of breaking it up into specific segments and hosts, our contributors instead gathered around our mics for a roundtable discussion. We specifically avoided all plot-relevant discussions, so no spoilers beyond the most general locations and activities you can expect in this game. Participants - Connor, Cody, Elias, Josh Howdy! 0:00 - 3:44 What's it like returning to this Hyrule? 3:45 - 10:07 What general area have you enjoyed exploring the most? 10:08 - 18:31 "Hand"-y new abilities 18:32 - 19:57 A side discussion about death and dying 19:58 - 23:10 Fusion 23:11 - 27:10 Ultrahand and Ridiculous Builds 27:11 - 33:07 Puzzles and Encounters 33:08 - 39:00 Recall 39:01 - 42:32 Ascend 42:33 - 45:27 Exploration 45:28 - 48:36 Shrines 48:37 - 5

ZUCast 23: Links Across Multiple Games

ZUCast 23: Links Across Multiple Games

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 adventures. Specifically the times our fearless hero gets himself a sequel. Not every Link simply rides off into the sunset after his adventure is over, and what Nintendo does with those second installments is something we hope to explore. Hosts - Connor and Zach Segment 1: What would you add to Phantom Hourglass to make it feel more like Wind Waker? - Jory and Joshua 6:35 - 23:56 Segmen

ZUCast 22: Celebrating Five Years of Breath of the Wild!

ZUCast 22: Celebrating Five Years of Breath of the Wild!

We're back, with our probably-highly-anticipated Breath of the Wild anniversary episode! 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 community! Real life tried to stop us, but much like Link when he was drawing the Master Sword, we pushed through the bad times to get this episode to your ears! (Yeah, I got Zelda simile game.) We pulled longtime ZUBCer Peyton, a.k.a. EmperorP, out of the Shrine of Resurrection and gave him a microphone, headphones, and a computer so that he could co-host this episode with everyone's favorite Amanda, Amanda VanHiel. We've also got two glowing appraisals of different aspects of BotW, plus a more critical discussion with the h

ZUCast 21: Dawn of a New Year!

ZUCast 21: Dawn of a New Year!

My computer did not want me to release this episode to you, but I gave it what for! 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 community! It's 2022, and we're ringing in the year with a fantastic episode of the ZUCast! Fan-favorite duo Alex and Amanda have returned to host, Shona wraps up her year-long franchise retrospective, and we've even got someone new behind the mic! (Well, I say, "new," but he's actually been around behind the scenes for the podcast's entire current run. And we've heard from him before.) And that's not all, so take a look below to get the full rundown: Zelda History, Part 7 (Finale): 2016-2020 Presented by Shona 0:02:21-0:10:39T

ZUCast XX: Celebrating What Was, What Could Have Been, and What Could Still Be!

ZUCast XX: Celebrating What Was, What Could Have Been, and What Could Still Be!

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! 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 community! This is actually our twentieth episode since we returned from the dead in 2018! While I had wanted to do a little more for it than what we ended up doing, I did get to co-host this episode with my friend and yours, Elias Thompson, and had a great time doing it. Plus, we have a slate of thought-provoking content, including the

ZUCast 19: When Life Happens, We Still Make Podcasts!

ZUCast 19: When Life Happens, We Still Make Podcasts!

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 community! You waited with bated breath for the next installment of ZUCast, and we're here to deliver. We've got Amanda and Cody back in the studio-we-definitely-have to host this shindig, plus the fifth part of Shona's Zelda History retrospective, a Piece of Heart-warming ode to the online Zelda community, a nostalgic look back at Cody's shovel% run at Oracle of Ages during this year's ZUth

ZUCast: Looking Back at E3 2021!

ZUCast: Looking Back at E3 2021!

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 ZeldaUniverseTV on YouTube and Twitch, or join our large, welcoming forum community! As mentioned, this month, we've got a lot of stuff related to E3: Randy's finally returned to us to break down and offer his personal opinions on everything we saw during the E3 Direct, Realm and Ann tell us their predictions for the Breath of the Wild sequel based on the E3 teaser trailer, and episode

ZUCast: Gearing Up for E3 2021!

ZUCast: Gearing Up for E3 2021!

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 editorial content and features, game guides, and more. You can also subscribe to ZeldaUniverseTV on YouTube and Twitch, or join our large, welcoming forum community! Cody and Elias are back to host our pre-E3 ("prE3"?) episode, and because Cody is involved, you can safely expect some shenanigans! Besides shenanigans, Shona continues her ongoing Zelda History segment, looking at what are proba

ZUCast: More History, More BotW 2 Predictions, and More Skyward Sword!

ZUCast: More History, More BotW 2 Predictions, and More Skyward Sword!

A Wild ZUCast appeared! Ready for more of everything you loved from our last episode? We've got that! Ready to meet a new addition to our roster of talent? We've got that, too! Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the modern 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 editorial content and features, game guides, and more. You can also subscribe to ZeldaUniverseTV on YouTube and Twitch, or join our large, welcoming forum community! You can find the detailed lineup below, but here's a taster of what you have to look forward to in this episode. First off, Shona continues her look back at the history of the Zelda franchise, focusing this time on a five-year period in which Link and Zelda blasted out of the NES and onto other consoles and even beyond gaming. Realm and TheZeldaAnn sit down to discuss their

ZUCast: Kicking Off a Year of Anniversaries!

ZUCast: Kicking Off a Year of Anniversaries!

The ZUCast is back for 2021, kicking off a year of anniversary celebrations both for the Legend of Zelda series we all love and for Zelda Universe itself! In case you were unaware, the original Famicom game launched on February 21, 1986, and just shy of fifteen years later, on February 20, 2001, a Norwegian named Lars launched Zelda Universe. So all year long, we're going to be interspersing our regular juicy podcast content with some super-special retrospective content! 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 community! We actually have three new faces—er, voices—on our humble podcast team, and you'll hear one of them this episode: Connor Schultz, a Fea

ZUCast: The Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Special!

ZUCast: The Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Special!

Surprise! The ZUBC is bringing a little light to the end of a dark, dark year with our second episode release in a single month! And it's a super special episode, to boot! If you found us through Apple Podcasts, 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 community! Yes, as promised, this is our special Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity episode! We know that many of you have only just gotten your hands on the game, so we stuck by a strict code of only covering content available before Chapter 5 (roughly the first half of the game). That means that Chapter 5 and onward was off-limits to us, and Lynels were standing by to dole out punishment to anyone who mentioned anything from the latter half of the

ZUCast: Zoras, Age of Calamity Hype, and WOMAN POWER!

ZUCast: Zoras, Age of Calamity Hype, and WOMAN POWER!

Hey, did you notice that a prequel to Breath of the Wild came out a couple weeks ago? It's pretty neat! If you found us through Apple Podcasts, 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 community! This episode of the ZUCast has been in the works for a couple months, so just consider this our pre-AoC episode. Hey, don't be disappointed! We've still got some great, fascinating content for you this time! Brian T. starts us off by hyping you up for Age of Calamity so that you cross your fingers that you get it for the holidays. Shona continues her "Zelda Enemies" series with a look at the fascinating evolution of the Zola race. Er, Zora. (Did you know they were evil at first‽) Randy is bac

ZUCast: Celebrating Twenty Years of Majora’s Mask!

ZUCast: Celebrating Twenty Years of Majora’s Mask!

The fine people of the ZUBC are back to celebrate two decades of one of the most unique and divisive games in the Zelda franchise: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask! Join us, won't you? If you found us through Apple Podcasts, 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 community! Yes, it's been twenty long years since Majora's Mask graced our N64s, pulling us into a world more alive than any in gaming before it. I mean, the world was about to be very much not alive, but that's what Link is for! Anyway, this episode, we're celebrating this spoopy game with lots of MM content! Brian T. has a special edition of "Hey Listen!" about his hate-love journey with the game over the years, Shona examines a

ZUCast: Monsters, Master Swords, Merch, and More!

ZUCast: Monsters, Master Swords, Merch, and More!

The Master Sword didn't believe we were ready to wield it yet, so we've been sleeping for a few months. Did you miss us? If you found us through iTunes, 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 community! We're back with your favorite Legend of Zelda-related content! Brian Thomas's "Hey Listen!" is back with a look at the history of that Evil's Bane-iest of blades. Shona's "Creature Features" is back to profile three of the toughest monsters in the series. And Randy's "Hyrule Away from Hyrule" is back for one last hurrah. Plus, we're proud to present our newest recurring segment, "Inventory Inquisition," in which our newest ZUBCer, Brian Pope, takes a look at some drool-worthy LoZ merch! Here's

ZUCast: Elias and the Ilia Deathmatch!

ZUCast: Elias and the Ilia Deathmatch!

It's the episode you may or may not have been waiting for: we finally "settle" the Ilia debate! If you found us through iTunes, Google Play, 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 community! It's been a hot minute, but we're back with the ear candy you crave! Kicking off the new year is beloved/tortured Host Kelly the Editor, with very special guest Host Elias Thompson; we've been crediting the latter on here for months for doing nothing, but now he's finally back to do something! Plus, your favorite contributors like Shona, Randy, RealmWings, and TheZeldaAnn have cooked up some great stuff for this episode! And it all leads up to the long-awaited deathmatch debate between Elias and Amanda: is Ilia a good character or

ZUCast: Celebrating the Animated Series!

ZUCast: Celebrating the Animated Series!

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess! If you found us through iTunes, Google Play, 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 community! This episode has been a couple of months in the making, so we're celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Legend of Zelda animated series a little late, but you know what? It's always a good time to pay homage to the trainwreck and/or masterpiece that is this extremely important part of the LoZ legacy! To guide us on this journey, the terrifying pair of Alex and Peyton has stepped into the recording booth we totally have. Spooky! In addition to animated-series stuff, we have some Link's Awakening stuff and an exclusive discussion on Breath of the Wild and its upcoming

ZUCast: Warning! Breath of the Wild Sequel Approaching!

ZUCast: Warning! Breath of the Wild Sequel Approaching!

In case you're a Korok who's been hiding under a rock, Nintendo announced a sequel to Breath of the Wild during this years E3 Nintendo Direct, and the nerds of the ZUBC are finally here to give you their angles on the über-anticipated game! This…is the ZUCast! If you found us through iTunes, Google Play, 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 community! In addition to our first BotW2 content, we have some exciting stuff in store for you this episode, including a look at the franchise's presence in the Super Smash Bros. series, a relaxing tour of the game's water themes, news from the ZU Forums, and even an impromptu rant about Ilia, for some reason! Plus, a look back at ZUthon 2019, during which a certain podcast

ZUCast: Sometimes It’s Great to Be Late!

ZUCast: Sometimes It’s Great to Be Late!

Sorry for the wait, folks, but we figured we should wait until E3 was over so we could include at least mentions of the epic announcements. It was probably worth it! If you found us through iTunes, Google Play, 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 community! This episode exists in two different timelines: one in which E3 didn't happen (yet) and another in which it did. Most of the segments were recorded before E3, but everything else was recorded afterward. So if your favorite Segment Host doesn't mention Chamber Dungeons or a certain teaser trailer that had you and everyone else screaming, then you know which timeline that segment is from. See? Isn't podcast timeline theorizing fun? (Also, back by popular demand: Ke