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Link’s silhouette is surrounded by glowing Sheikah crests
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Head’s up Zelda collectors: A new Zelda-themed Switch Pro controller just dropped from PowerA. You can grab the new “Sworn Protector” controller for $45 at Amazon.
The Sword Protector controller sports a unique design based on Link’s iconic weapons, with an off-white and blue color scheme, a red Hylian crest in the center, and a decal of the Master Sword and Hylian Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the left grip. The design is officially licensed by Nintendo.
Along with the heroic theme, PowerA’s Sword Protector controller also includes two extra programmable buttons on the rear of the gamepad. While it does not support rumble, Amiibo, gyro, or IR functionality that you get on a standard Switch Pro controller, it does include Bluetooth 5.0–meaning you can also connect it to your PC or mobile devices–and boasts a battery life of up to 30 hours on a single charge.
To help celebrate the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Splatoon 3 is hosting a special Zelda-themed Splatfest.
Tears of the Kingdom is only less than a month out for release, and now that Splatoon has those special tricolour matches, what better a Splatfest to hold than one that is themed around Zelda and the Triforce? Nintendo announced the Splatfest on its official Twitter account, with this one asking you to choose between the three aspects of the Triforce, power, wisdom, or courage – but really it’s about choosing Ganondorf, Zelda, or Link.
The Splatfest is being held from May 6 to May 8, starting at 1am and ending at 1am UK time on both days. Interestingly, this event is also getting a unique stage that is triangle shaped just for tricolour battles. You guessed it, it’s the Triforce, and it appears to be made up of other smaller Triforces too. It’s cute! Though it looks quite small, so expect some intense matches if you’re planning on diving into this particular Splatfest next month.
A GameStop employee was reportedly fired after posting about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch OLED system before its announcement. The now-former employee leaked details of the special edition system just before Nintendo officially announced it on March 28.
According to a Kotaku report, the now-former employee, Mike (who requested the publication not use his last name), was initially suspended for leaking the Zelda Switch early, before being terminated. When Mike went to work on April 11, he was terminated by the store manager who he claims said “off the record” that Nintendo requested the leaker be fired.
Mike said he was unaware that leaking the system on social media was against GameStop’s policies and that he was simply trying to give the community a notice to allow people to preorder the system as soon as it went live. Historically, preordering certain special edition items at GameStop has caused problems for customers due to allocation constraints and other issues.
If you’ve ever been on Lego Ideas, you’ve probably seen some fan The Legend of Zelda sets. Well, not any more, as Lego has apparently banned Zelda ideas from the service.
If you haven’t been on Lego Ideas, however, let me quickly explain it for you. Fans can submit ideas (get it?) for Lego sets, providing proof of concepts for what they might look like. Sometimes it’s simple things like a car, but there have actually been some notable licenced entries, like a Steamboat Willie set. So of course, fans have attempted to get some Zelda sets through, but according to Brick Fanatics, that won’t be possible any more.
According to Brick Fanatics, the issue comes down to a “licence conflict,” which the Lego Ideas site notifies you of when submitting an idea as an existing IP. Brick Fanatics also provided an example of what it looks like when you attempt other IP, such as Mario Bros, which isn’t allowed due to the already existing sets, or Pokemon, which also has a licence conflict, though in this case it’s because Mega Construx (which you probably remember as Mega Bloks) holds the rights for brick-based creations.