Zelda’s chief struggle isn’t against Ganon and his minions. It’s about living up to the expectations destiny has for her. When Zelda’s powers finally manifest, they do so in spectacular ...

Making Zelda a bland "strong female character" would be a missed storytelling opportunity. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of ...

If the male characters were anonymous, the female ones were too often in peril. “It’s safe to say that since long ago the majority of game designers themselves were men,” said Miyamoto in ...

Since launching in the year of our lord 1986, "Legend of Zelda," has gone on to become one of the most successful video game franchises in geek history with nineteen entries and counting, an ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Amanda Cote of Michigan State University about Princess Zelda being cast as the protagonist for the first time in a main "Legend of Zelda" game.

Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series) Image: Nintendo. By Arianne Blanco. Although the swordsman Link stars as the main character of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series, the titular Princess ...

“Legend of Zelda, as a series, makes a POINT of designing masculine and feminine characters in slightly (or not so slightly) exaggerated ways to let you know that they’re male/female ...

Link has to infiltrate the predominantly female Gerudo tribe to finish quests, while Zelda, in the Ocarina of Time, takes on the persona of a male character, Sheik. Long-time Zelda producer Eiji ...

Zelda is the priestess of wisdom, and the game's challenges require more logic than battle, but the way the princess and her lore lines up with the game's themes wasn't exactly planned, Aonuma said.

It’s hard to forget one of the first disabled women I ever saw on the big screen. In the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, “Pet Sematary,” Zelda (Andrew Hubatsek), the deceased ...