This weeks Featured Fan Art goes to Ricardo Seda, also known as rikkirinku. This piece of artwork consists mainly around The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the Characters Link, Shiek and Ganondorf. There has been many pieces of artwork showing only Link and Shiek alongside their musical talents but this piece of art shows Link, Sheik, and Ganondorf. A lot of people seem to forget that Ganondorf’s somewhat a musician too. The combination of the colors used along with the effects really brings this piece of fan art out of the crowd. All the characters and details look spot on even the composition, and the stained glass look remarkable.

You can see the full image here on DeviantART.

Be sure to add it to your favourites!

Here’s an interesting video I found. It’s about 2 guys who take a break from playing Skyward Sword, and accidentally take a drug. There’s some mature stuff in this video, but I think it’s pretty simple. Don’t do drugs. Especially when playing video games.

This amazing work of art was made by studioofmm. It was made out of 65 pounds of card stock and measures 24 inches tall and between 16 inches and 20 inches from its front to its back. It looks like a real-life replica of the boat and I don’t see any flaws with it. Kudos to him!

If you like it, be sure to go check it out here and favorite it!

This next song is the main theme in Ocarina of Time. Although I have never played this game, this is a good score. It remindes me of the music in Resident Evil Code: Veronica. I haven’t played that, but the music there sounds good to. Enjoy.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is now being sold for $29.99. This price drop has also followed others as Donkey Kong Country Returns is also sold for $29.99. Pikmin 2 and Mario Power Tennis will be sold for $20 as Nintendo Selects for the Nintendo Wii and will have new Wii controls.

If you haven’t played Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I would suggest you do. And if you have played the series before, be sure to check out our forum topic on the Super Smash Bros. series!

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Apparently over at the Nintendo World Store there was a Skyward Sword Mosaic depicting one of the official artworks for Skyward Sword Link. Although I’m not sure what the mosaic is made out of, but it is quite possible it was made entirely out of screen shots and artwork from the game or possibly the staff who made each game in the series.

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This adorable Link bobble-head picture was published by RawmeatCowboy from GoNintendo. This custom-made Link bobble-head has very unique features shown, making him look beyond cute. The artwork has been done beautifully with no marks shown. This cute bobble-head makes me want to buy him and have him all to myself.

You can view the full image here at GoNintendo

What do you think about this Link bobble-head? Let us know with your comment below.

“You’ve Met With a Terrible Fate, Haven’t You?” is piece of work done by GreenHitodama. It depicts a scene based off of the Final Day from Majora’s Mask. What I like about the piece is how hopeless Deku Link looks like and how the words of the Happy Mask Salesman echo through his mind as he knows the end of the world was going to happen.

You can go ahead and favorite the work here. Be sure to leave the person some comments about their art work!

A public apology to the staff and members of Zelda Sanctuary and Nintendo Nebula Network:

My presence on the forums and the website have been a little less than sporadic lately. To clear up, I have not left, I have not quit, I have not died. I’ve simply been busy.

My course load at school requires twelve hours of medical lectures and lab a day, followed by a tremendous amount of homework. This means that aside from eating and sleeping (and sometimes not even those), I have no free time. My only ventures onto the internet have been a tweet or two here, or a facebook status update there.

Some of you may think that, with this work load, being an administrator and webmaster to this website and the Network seems an undoable task. Until yesterday, it was. Due to a lovely coincidence involving one of my fossilized profs (the lady is 82 here, folks) being forced into retirement, my twelve hour days have dwindled down to eight, and my homework has lessened to about an hour. That being said, I’ll be more active online in the forums (I’ll also be able to get caught up in Bleach).

Amy and I have known each other for years. We’ve seen the community grow in ways I can only describe as incredible. New games breed new fans, and longtime lovers of Zelda continue to amaze me with their dedication to a twenty year franchise. Be prepared to see some content flow into Zelda Sanctuary as we do our best to make this a place to remember. I’ll be trying my hardest to get recordings of my…questionable adventures with the CDI games online.

If you have faith in your ambitions, anything is possible. Zelda is my ambition. This website is my home. You are all my family.

Thank you.

Most Zelda fans know about The Legend of Zelda Hyrule Historia, released last year, which states the official timeline of our beloved series, including all of the games in their chronological order. However, nobody seems to have discussed the timeline of the items in the games, which is strange considering their importance to gameplay.

Firstly, let us discuss the items and equipment of the 2011 release, Skyward Sword. Several items in this game resemble those in Ocarina of Time, but in many cases, improved. For example, Link is able to hold two hookshot simultaneously, where he could only hold one in Ocarina of Time. Could this imply that the hookshot was a device designed in the time of Skyward Sword, and that their design and construction became somewhat of a lost art by the time of Ocarina of Time?

Let’s think about this for a second, now that we have thought about this, we can explore the many other items in the Legend of Zelda series that could possibly follow the same pattern as the Hookshot. Take the Bow for an example. In Skyward Sword, the standard bow can be upgraded to increase the bow’s accuracy and attack power. While charging, the bow will zoom-in, and when fully charged and released, Link’s arrow will spiral toward its target in a drill-like fashion. The Standard bow can be upgraded to the Iron Bow and subsequently the Sacred Bow, by purchasing them from the Scrap Shop in the Skyloft Bazaar, which increases the zoom level while charging.

In the next Zelda game in the timeline, The Minish Cap, the bow’s firing rate can be increased by catching the Joy Butterfly in the Wind Ruins, which appears after a successful Kinstone fusion with Din. The bow can also be upgraded to fire the more powerful Light Arrows through an optional sidequest. In Four swords, it is used to hit enemies from a safe distance. Charging the attack longer will cause arrows to fly faster.

Now let’s look at Ocarina of Time, a Zelda game further down the timeline yet the bow or “Fairy Bow” has more powerful effects than any other Zelda game in the series. It has the ability to shoot fire, ice and light arrows in lieu of the regular arrows.

It appears the Fairy Bow became more advanced in the games later in the timeline, while the hookshot became less advanced. Perhaps this indicates that the hookshot lost popularity and so development did not continue on its technology as it did with the bow.

Leave a comment below to tell us what you think.