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!

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 host—guess who—spent hours digging virtual holes in an effort to extort donations from viewers (lol).

Here's the episode breakdown:

Feedback fuels this Master Cycle Zero and it's running on empty, so please let us know what you thought of this episode! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], on in our thread on the ZU Forums, or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. We also have an Instagram, YouTube channel, and Twitch channel, which you'll find @ZeldaUniverseTV.

Check out the credits for a hint about the next episode! (Hey, I gotta get you listen to them somehow!)

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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!

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: Kelly the Editor/Host! #SaveKelly)

Here’s what you have to look forward to this month:

Feedback fuels us and we’re running on empty, so please let us know what you thought of this episode! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], on in our thread on the ZU Forums, or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. We also have an Instagram, YouTube channel, and Twitch channel, which you’ll find @ZeldaUniverseTV.

We should be back on track, so we’ll see you in August, when we’ll have more content related to the new Zelda stuff on the horizon! And also look out for an extra goody or two from us in the near future…!

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We’re only two weeks late, so the joke’s on you! (What?)

It’s finally time for another episode of the ZUCast! This one’s got mainstays like Randy’s Hyrule Away from Hyrule and Realm’s Realm’s Realm(‘s Realm’s), plus some extra special content in the way of exclusive interviews with pianist Laurence Manning and ZU’s own forum admins, Pietro and Ty! It’s chock full of greatness! So great, in fact, that the extra two-week wait was totally worth it!

Here’s the breakdown:

Help us bring Feedback Back! Let us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], on in our thread on the ZU Forums, or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. We also have an Instagram, YouTube channel, and Twitch channel, which you’ll find @ZeldaUniverseTV.

Catch you in June!

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You’d better prepare yourselves because it’s about to get groovy in here!

Hot on the heels of the surprise announcement of Cadence of Hyrule, a Zelda spinoff and crossover with my personal favorite rhythm game, Crypt of the NecroDancer, we’ve got a new episode of the ZUCast for you, less than a month after the last one! This episode has it all: jokes, music, news, travel audio-brochures (for Hyrule), and yes, one Cody Davies!

Hold onto your breeches, folks, because this one’s a doozy! Here’s what’s in store for you:

Once you’re all tired out from all that dancing, take a breather and let us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], on in our thread on the ZU Forums, or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse.

See you in a couple weeks for our next roundtable discussion! Well, not see you, but…

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It's like we never left! No, we haven't streamlined our production process so much that we can release new podcast episodes every two weeks (yet). Instead, our Roundtable Moderator, Peyton, has crowded into a tiny studio with three very special panelists for a feature-length discussion on a central aspect of the Zelda franchise: combat!

That's right: the ZUCast Roundtable is now a separate release on the same channels as the main podcast. We figured that Peyton and his guests could use more of a free-range environment in which to…graze…or, you know, discuss things, and it's tough to do that in a main ZUCast episode without stretching the whole thing to several hours in length. Was this a good decision? I don't know! Let us know in the comments! Or one of our many other feedback avenues!

Anyway, as I mentioned, this month's roundtable is all about combat in the Zelda series: controls, style, balance, etc. If it's combat-related, you'll probably hear about it in this discussion!

Special thanks to this month's panelists (of whom you might lose track occasionally because they apparently like trolling listeners):

As usual, Peyton Garrett (a.k.a. EmperorP) serves as discussion moderator.

Enjoy the roundtable, and look out for our next standard-format episode at the beginning of April!

Please give us feedback! You can do so directly at [email protected], on in our thread on the ZU Forums, or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse.

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*Gasp!* A new Zelda game was announced! ZUBC, mobilize!

That’s right: in a recent Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced a remake of Link’s Awakening for Switch. Unfortunately, they haven’t given us many details yet, so we’re going to leave the deep analysis and opinions for later in the year. That doesn’t mean that Brian can’t talk about what he hopes for the remake, and that’s just what he does in this episode of the ZUCast! We also got Randy back into the recording booth for another “Hyrule away from Hyrule,” and Community News reporter RealmWings tries his hand—his voice?— at a Zelda-related segment, singing the praises of the controversial DS outing Spirit Tracks! Speaking of controversy, controversial ZUCast Host Cody Davies recently sat down with Let’s Player Chuggaaconroy to discuss his relationship with the Zelda franchise, and you can hear the whole interview in this episode!

Thanks for checking out this episode of The Resistance, much more officially known as the ZUCast! #SaveKelly

Here’s this month’s lineup:

Wake up, and let us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. Audio feedback is also welcome!

Look out for a full-length, combat-related roundtable discussion right here in a couple of weeks! Until then!

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For our most recent podcast episode, we dedicated over an hour and a half to celebrating one of the greatest video games ever, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. As part of that celebration, our Roundtable Moderator, Peyton, gathered four panelists for an epic discussion the likes of which the ZUBC had never before produced! Unfortunately, it was too epic to fit into our regular episode without being cut down drastically; almost forty minutes is missing from that cut.

Have no fear, though, for this is your opportunity to hear the full, hour-long discussion, with all of the yelling and shenanigans that you missed out on in the main podcast episode!

Thanks to the panelists:

Peyton Garrett (a.k.a. EmperorP) serves as moderator for this roundtable discussion.

(NOTE: If you already listened to the preview in the podcast episode, the new stuff starts at 15:41.)

This is an official side-release of the ZUCast, the audio podcast of Zelda Universe, and was produced by the ZUBC. If you don't know what the ZUCast is, you can find subscription links below, or you can find us on zeldauniverse.net.

Feel free to us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse.

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Ohai! Here’s that Ocarina of Time episode we promised!

November was Ocarina of Time‘s 20th birthday! Unfortunately, we were still getting our act together at that time, so this is the earliest we could pump out something to honor what many nerd-folk consider one of the finest video games of all time.

Aside from our usual Community News segment, which is still worth listening to if you have any interest in the Zelda Universe community, everything in this episode is related to Ocarina of Time! Two returning segments cover highs and lows from the classic game, plus we’ve got two special guest segments: one from longtime ZU writer and professional game designer Max Nichols, who takes a look at a few of the challenges the developers faced transitioning the franchise into 3D; and a short and very sweet tribute to the game from none other than the legendary Chuggaaconroy! Finally, we got a group of nerds together to yell at each other about Ocarina of Time for almost an hour in a roundtable discussion, and you can hear the first quarter or so of that in this episode! (You can listen to the complete roundtable as a separate release on our podcast feed, website, or YouTube channel.)

So grab your dopey, green sock-hat and your Kokiri Sword, and get ready to celebrate two decades of a timeless classic…two months late!

And for the discerning among you, here’s the complete lineup:

Hey! Listen! Let us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. Audio feedback is also welcome!

We’ll see you again soon…using our Lens of Truth!

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It took a little bit longer than we expected, but we managed to finish a new episode of the ZUCast, just for you!

We got a little carried away this time around, so this is our longest episode ever! Unfortunately, because there was so much to edit, post-production took extra time, so some of the time-sensitive stuff, particularly within the Community News, may be a tad out of date. Our sincerest apologies! *bows*

Now that the "bad" news is out of the way, let's talk about what amazing stuff you can expect to hear in this feature-length episode! The highlight for me, as the Original Raving ZUCast Fanperson™, is a special, ~20-minute segment on the current state of Zelda Theorizing by ZUBC alumni and veteran Theorists Hombre de Mundo and Humulos! There are also two segments relating to the music of the Legend of Zelda series, which I can totally get behind; a new segment highlighting some of the latest content on Zelda Universe and its various media outlets; an epic roundtable discussion/debate about one of my favorite Zelda games, Twilight Princess; and of course, some ZU Community News…from, er, the first half of November…!

So we hope you'll sit down and enjoy another fabulous episode of the ZUCast while you Super Smash it up! Happy listening!

Here's a breakdown of the episode, in case you lose your place among the 2 hours of audio:

Okay, so I know you're busy beating up gaming's finest in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but we'd really appreciate it if you were to put down your JoyCon for a few minutes to let us know what you thought of what you heard here! You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse. Audio feedback is also welcome!

We're celebrating Ocarina of Time's 20th anniversary in the next episode! Sure, it's a little late, but…it's Ocarina of Time, so can you really complain?

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“Open your eyes…”

We’ve been asleep for a hundred years—give or take 95 years—but the Zelda Universe Podcast, better known simply as the ZUCast, is finally back!

ZU’s homegrown audio podcast originally ran from 2008 through 2011, with an attempted reboot in early 2013, and a total of almost 40 episodes was produced in that time. Unfortunately, we had to go away for a while, but given the unprecedented popularity that the podcast medium is currently experiencing, it was high time to turn our microphones back on for some Zelda-related discussion and shenanigans!

Whether you are a veteran listener who has been wishing really hard for this day to come, or you have never heard of the ZUCast before today, we here at the ZUBC (Zelda Universe Broadcasting Corporation) are confident that you are in for a treat! We’ve worked hard over the past couple of months to put this show together, so we sincerely hope that you enjoy it!

Here is what’s in store for you in this episode, including times for the discerning among you:

We’re back, baby! Once you’ve come down from your nostalgia high, why not take some time to let us know what you thought of this episode? You can leave us feedback directly at [email protected], or on our Facebook or Twitter, @ZeldaUniverse.

Before you ask, yes, we’ve already started working on the next episode of the ZUCast! I cannot promise anything, but we hope to have the next one available within a month or so.

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Special thanks to Joshua Lindquist for all his help getting this release to work technologically!