If you’re looking for a way to upgrade your gaming collections with some higher-end but still adorable figures, some of the best you can find out there are Good Smile Company’s Nendoroids. These versatile and super cute figures have all sorts of anime and gaming tie-ins, including one of gaming’s best franchise,Legend of Zelda.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Link
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Link DX Edition
Most Nendoroids come with a bunch of accessories, alternate face plates to change the character’s expressions, and flexible stands to help pose and mount your characters. If you love the more classic Zelda looks or have been obsessed with exploring the worlds of more recent games, there’s a Nendoroid for you.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild - Link
After a long nap Link is here with a new outfit and a ton of accessories to save Hyrule with. This version of Link has everything you need to take down everything from Guardians to Gannon himself.
Straight from Hyrule comes Link in his Breath of the Wild outfit. This version of Link features a ton of iconic imagery from the game, including Link’s new blue tunic, a number of weapons that were introduced in the game, and the Sheikah Slate to complete the scene.
Like most Nendoroids, the Breath of the Wild figure for Link includes a bunch of accessories. You get his trusty bow with some ancient arrows for a dazzling blue effect, a sword and shield to pose Link to be ready for combat, and a total of three face plates to swap in an out, one serious, combat one, a more inquisitive face, and then a smiling version of the hero of Hyrule.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild - Guardian
Get ready to take down your other figures with the Guardian from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This figure comes with bonus beam attacks and tons of customizable poses to explore.
Everyone who has played Breath of the Wild knows of the terror that creeps down your spine when you hear what you thought was a destroyed Guardian start to target you, and now you can experience that horror at home with your very own Guardian Nendoroid.
Despite not being an actual character from the Legend of Zelda franchise, the Guardian Nendoroid has a ton of character and customization options for you to explore. The head piece rotates around 360 degrees, letting it look in any direction it needs to fire its massive beam attack, which you can set up since it comes with a plastic beam effect that looks like it is ready to take Link out.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Zelda
Ready to save the sunken kingdom of Hyrule before returning to her pirate life, its Tetra in her Princess Zelda outfit. She comes with all sorts of fun accessories, and includes ones for The Wind Waker version of Link to use too.
From the sunken kingdom of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Princess Zelda has returned in her princess of Hyrule outfit. Having temporarily given up the high seas to fight against Gannondorf, Tetra has come into her Hylian heritage in this Nendoroid.
The figure comes with three expressions, one of which is her iconic wink that she gives Link throughout The Wind Waker. This Zelda also comes with her bow and light arrows, and a bonus Master Sword and Mirror Shied accessory that either she or The Wind Waker Nendoroid of Link can equip and pose the two heroes together.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Zelda
Link might have been sleeping for a hundred years but the inquisitive Princess Zelda has been working nonstop to keep Ganon in check. This Zelda Nendoroid comes with her own horse that she can ride and pose on.
Link isn’t the only character from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to get the adorable Nendoroid treatment, Princess Zelda also has a figure based on her newer design from the game. This Nendoroid has a total of three face plates to accessorize with, her normal one, a smiling one, and then an angry one.
This figure doesn’t come alone either, Zelda has a bonus Royal White Stallion that she can actually mount and ride, a Sheikah Slate to study, and then a super cute Hot-Footed Frog figure that she hand hold that comes straight from one of the Captured Memories in the game. You also get a bonus Master Sword accessory that you can use with any of your figures.
Nendoroid The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D - Link
Don the mask of the Nendoroid and have the little Link become any character you want with the customizable Link figure from his time in Majora’s Mask. It even comes with a unique face plate for Majora’s Mask itself, letting you turn any of your other Nendoroids instantly terrifying.
One of the most memorable Legend of Zelda games from the game’s massive history has been Majora’s Mask, between the ever-present threat of death inching closer and closer to you every second you play to the terrifying transformations and tragic disasters that plague the world, Majora’s Mask has certainly left an impression on many fans.
If you want to take your favorite iteration of Link and make him the center of your Zelda shrine than this Nendoroid is going to be perfect. It comes with a bunch of accessories and items to equip, including the Kokiri Sword that Link uses throughout most of the game, his smaller Hero’s Shield, a Red Potion to keep your health up, and two masks, the Bunny Hood and the imposing Majora’s Mask itself.
The goofy and expressive version of Link from The Wind Waker is here in Nendoroid form. Trading in the high seas for your bookshelf, Link comes with a ton of fun accessories to customize him with, along with some of the funniest face plates among the series.
One of the most imaginative games to come out of the Legend of Zelda series is The Wind Waker, a world where Hyrule has become submerged under a great ocean, leaving the few survivors of the world to rebuild on what little land is left.
This more cartoony version of Link makes for a fantastic Nendoroid, especially given how expressive Link is in the game. Complimenting his figure are a bunch of fun face plates, a Heart Container to help survive the ocean, and some neat slashing effects to accent his attacks.
An enhanced version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Link from earlier, the DX Edition comes with bonus accessories to help pose and customize your figures. You get a wide range of weapons to equip this version of Link with, including his sword, shield, bow, a quiver for his arrows and a sheath to hold his sword in, as well as an axe, club, and a chicken leg to equip!
Link also gets a bit of an upgrade to his look with a sleek new hood and a horse to ride on, one that he can ride and pose on. With all these accessories, you can make Link the centerpiece of your display and even pair him with Zelda to have them both riding off to a saved Hyrule.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the first Nendoroid?
There are hundreds of Nendoroids out there, but the very first one ever made was for the character Neco Arc from the visual novel Tsukihime: Blue Blue Glass Moon, Under The Crimson Air, Moon Princess from studio Type-Moon, the team behind the Fate/Stay series.
Are Nendoroids better than funko pops?
Both are a lot of fun to collect and have differences that can appeal to collectors of both. Nendoroids provide a lot more options when it comes to collectibility and posing, but are generally restricted to gaming and anime series. Funkos are a bit more budget-friendly and have a wider range of franchises to pick from.
Can you pose Nendoroids?
There are a lot of things you can do with your Nendoroids, from posing various scenes from games or anime, to swapping accessories and face plates to change expressions, all to customize and make your Nendoroids truly unique.
