Cameos of The Legend of Zelda

A cameo is the appearance or mention of a character, place, or item from one game, TV show or movie in another. Thank you to Nintendo Database for this information.

Mario

 * Super Mario Bros.
 * The warp whistle plays the same tune as the one in The Legend of Zelda. It also summons a cyclone in the same way. This cameo appears in remakes of Super Mario Bros. 3 (Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World, and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3).


 * Super Mario RPG
 * If you sleep at the Inn at Rose Town, Link will be sleeping in the bed next to you. If you talk to him it will play the classic zelda discovery theme.


 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Link is a playable character, Hyrule Castle is a stage, and the Heart Container is an item.


 * Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Link, Young Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf are all playable characters.
 * Termina: Great Bay and Hyrule: Temple are both based on locations in the Zelda series.


 * Mario and Luigi: The Superstar Saga
 * One of the items is the Great Force, a yellow triangle. The people at TMK discovered that the item was originally supposed to be the triforce and Link was supposed to appear when you got it.


 * Mario Golf
 * Random names of characters from other Nintendo games are put on the scoreboards. Darunia, Deku Scrub, Goron Kid, Impa, Link, Malon, Navi, Saria, Sheik, Talon, and Zelda are included.


 * Yoshi's Story
 * You can read the word 'Zelda' on the newspaper background in Stages 2-3 and 2-4.


 * Yoshi's Island DS
 * When you turn the game on and leave it so you watch the opening video, when you see the Magikoopa taking all the babies, one of the babies has blond hair and pointed ears. It is obviously Link.

Donkey Kong

 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
 * If you beat the game without enough coins, third place in the Video Game Hall of Fame will be held by Link.


 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
 * If you buy a shell from Bazaar's Shop, ask him about a castle, and refuse to pay for the story; Bazaar will tell you a story about another boy who asked about a castle and payed for it in rupees.


 * Donkey Konga
 * A version of The Legend of Zelda theme is featured in this game.
 * You can buy a Zelda-themed Bongo set.


 * Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade
 * A version of The Legend of Zelda theme is featured in this game.


 * Donkey Konga 3: Tabehoudai! Haru Mogitate 50 Kyoku
 * This game contains a song based on The Legend of Zelda theme.

Other

 * Animal Crossing
 * Gulliver and Kapp'n make references to Hyrule.
 * If you catch a loach, your character says, "I wonder if it's Hylian?"
 * The Master Sword is available as an item.
 * Kafei's shirt and Anju's shirt are available as clothes for your character.


 * Animal Crossing: Wild World
 * The triforce and the Master Sword are available as furniture.


 * Big Brain Academy
 * One of the puzzles to complete is the triforce.


 * Daigassou! Band Brothers
 * One of the Nintendo-themed songs is a medley of Zelda songs.


 * F-1 Race
 * Link roots for you on Course 5.


 * Game and Watch Gallery 4
 * The Legend of Zelda Game and Watch game is available as an unlockable bonus game.


 * Kirby Super Star
 * In The Great Cave Offensive, one of the treasures to collect is the triforce.
 * When Kirby gets the sword ability, his hat resembles the one Link wears.


 * Picross NP Vol. 5
 * All of the puzzles in Character Mode are from The Legend of Zelda series. The images used are of Navi, the Fairy Ocarina, the Keaton Mask, the Fairy Slingshot, Kaepora Gaebora, Princess Zelda, Link, Princess Ruto, Epona, Darunia, Deku Scrub, and Ganondorf.


 * Pokemon Stadium 2
 * In My Room mode, you can decorate your room with consoles. On the NES, you can see The Legend of Zelda; on the Super Nintendo, you can see The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; and on the Nintendo 64, you can see The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.


 * Tetris
 * If you beat Game B on Speed 9, Height 5, you are shown a Russian Party with popular Nintendo characters. Link is shown playing the flute.


 * Trace Memory
 * In the U.S. version, the bookshelf in the Silver Bird Room contains a book called "The Legend of Zelda Chronicles".


 * Warioware: Mega Microgame$
 * Warioware: Mega Party Games
 * One of 9-Volt's games is based on The Legend of Zelda.
 * During the credits, if you push down the stars turn to triforces.


 * Warioware: Touched
 * Warioware: Twisted
 * One of 9-Volts games is based on The Legend of Zelda.
 * If you press down during the credits, the stars turn into triforces.


 * Kirby: Canvas Curse
 * On Level 3 of Paint Roller's minigame, you sometimes have to draw a triforce.


 * WarioWare Smooth Moves
 * Two of the minigames are based on the Legend of Zelda. One is based on The Wind Waker where you fly with the Deku Leaf onto the wooden platform to reach Forbidden Woods. The other is based on Ocarina of Time, where you pull the Master Sword out of the Pedestal of Time.

Other games

 * Dragon Fable
 * One quest involves collecting the four pieces of the Quadforce. One piece is found outside Linken's house.


 * Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
 * There's a part in the game where you go to Sunny Peak and pull The Legendary Spoon out of its pedestal, similar to Link pulling the Master Sword out of its pedestal. It references The Wind Waker because you need blue, red and green marbles to get it. To unlock the Master sword in The Wind Waker, You must get Nayru's Pearl(blue), Din's Pearl(red) and Farore's Pearl(green). It may also reference Ocarina of Time with the Kokiri's Emerald, Goron's Ruby and Zora's Sapphire.
 * Ham-Merchants across the game say "Buy something, will ya?", like the merchants from the first game.


 * I'm O.K. - A Murder Simulator
 * Some of the opponents wear shirts with the triforce on it.


 * Soul Calibur II
 * Link is a playable character in the Gamecube version.


 * World of Warcraft
 * Linken starts the quests called "It's Dangerous to Go Alone" and "It's a Secret to Everybody" at Un'Goro Crater. The rewards are Linken's Boomerang and Linken's Sword of Mastery. Un'Goro seems to incorporate Gorons.
 * An item called "Golden Flame", according to Linken, is "dangerous in the hands of those with an evil heart."
 * You must also get a Silver Totem of Aquamentus, referencing the first boss in the series.
 * At 63,68 coordinates, there is a wrecked raft of Linken's, a reference to Link's Awakening.
 * There is a Kodo in Un'goro named Dadanga, its owner says it "dislikes smoke." A reference to the first game, when a man says "DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE."
 * There is a Tauren named "Gamon" in the Durataur Inn.
 * Finally, in a quest you need meat in, a vendor will say "Buy something, will ya?" (Another reference to "Buy something, will ya?" is under Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak.)

TV and movies

 * Catscratch
 * The episode "Zombie Party a Go-Go" is ripe with Zelda references. Zelda's Lullaby is played both times that Waffle is ridiculed by Mr. Blik, the zombies may represent Wind Waker ReDeads, the stone-tipped sword an undrawn Master Sword, Hovis' mace the Skull Hammer, Waffle's lasers some Beamos, the high-society party a Wind Waker auction, the dust of the zombies when they are hit the ReDead death cloud. Episode found here.


 * Powerpuff Girls
 * In the episode "Child Fearing", there is a scene where Mayor can be seen playing Ocarina of Time on his NES, he accidentally kills Navi and gets frustrated.


 * Murder, She Wrote
 * In the episode "Sing a Song of Murder", the funeral song is the Ballad of Gales.


 * Shrek 2
 * While the song "Accidentally in Love" is playing in the beginning, Shrek bottles a fairy. He and Fiona are seen surrounded by bottled fairies, referencing the Bottle Glitch from Ocarina of Time.


 * Codename KND Operation Zero
 * The name "Treehouse of Coolness" is such an obvious spoof of "Triforce of Courage."