Cameos in The Legend of Zelda

Nintendo enjoys cameo appearances and inside jokes. Here's a list of those that appear in Zelda games.

A Link to the Past

 * Several houses in Kakariko Village have a portrait of Mario in their house.
 * In Turtle Rock, there are Chain Chomps, an enemy from the Mario series.

Link's Awakening

 * Tarin is loosely based on Mario. They both love mushrooms, can turn into raccoons, and look similar
 * The chicken guy from the mountains looks like Luigi
 * The picture you give Mr. Write is a picture of Princess Peach
 * Mr. Write is based on Dr. Wright from Sim City.
 * The music in his house is a remix of the Sim City theme.
 * If you wait for the music to loop around in Richard's Villa, a new song will start to play. This is Totaka's Song and appears in several other games.
 * Mamu the frog is Wart from Super Mario Bros. 2. Mamu is Wart's Japanese name.
 * The Yoshi Doll is one of the items in the trade relay.
 * Madam Meowmeow has some pet Chain Chomps
 * Richard, the charater who lives at the villa, is the hero's rival from Kaeru no Tameni Kane ha Naru. The villa's music is a remix of the Kaeru overworld theme and the frogs are from the game too.
 * Many enemies from the Mario series make an appearance, including Blooper, Boo, Cheep-Cheep, Goomba, Piranha Plant, Pokey, and Shy Guy.
 * In Eagle's Tower, there's an enemy called Anti-Kirby, whose name was simply Kirby in the original. It looks and behaves exactly like Kirby.

Ocarina of Time

 * Talon and Ingo are loosely based on Mario and Luigi, respectively.
 * Malon and Talon wear Bowser-shaped pendants when you first meet them before you go to Hyrule Castle.
 * In the Hyrule Castle garden, if you look at the windows at the right, you'll see framed portraits of Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Bowser.
 * On the second floor of Dodongo's Cavern, there's a sign carved out of stone. The sign looks like the one under the Stone Star in Peach's garden in Super Mario 64. It most likely says "Eternal Star".

Majora's Mask

 * The Happy Mask Salesman's masks resemble several things, some of which are a mask of Mario, a mask that bears the same face of the Mirror Shield of Majora's Mask, and a Doctor Doom mask.
 * Mr. Barten is loosely based on Mario like Talon but Mr. Barten is much more melancholy and somber than his Hyrulean counterpart.
 * Head to the spot in the Astral Observatory, where the Scarecrow is. Break the pots nearby, and they will reveal a rough drawing of a dolphin. This is a reference to the GameCube's codename, "The Dolphin".
 * The Keaton Mask resembles Pikachu, however it is supposed to be more based on a kitsune fox.

Oracle of Seasons

 * Mr. Left is based on Dr. Wright from Sim City.

The Minish Cap

 * Dr. Left is based on Dr. Wright from Sim City.
 * There are also enemies called Bob-omb and Lakitu — both Mario enemies.

The Wind Waker

 * The Tingle Tuner highly resembles a Game Boy Advance.

Twilight Princess

 * Fyer has a Bullet Bill on one of his shirt's sleeves.
 * Gor Amoto's name seems to be derived from Shigeru Miyamoto.

Freshly Picked Tingle's Rupeeland

 * The Tingle Tuner, which highly resembles a Game Boy Advance, makes a reappearance.