:Several enemies behave similarly to enemies from ''The Legend of Zelda''. Some of these enemies behave the same as [[Rope]]s and [[Darknut]]s. The boss Chub has the same weakness as [[Dodongo]].
:Several enemies behave similarly to enemies from ''The Legend of Zelda''. Some of these enemies behave the same as [[Rope]]s and [[Darknut]]s. The boss Chub has the same weakness as [[Dodongo]].
:When using the "Teleport!" item, there is a slim chance that it will take you to a secret room. The room contains a character who says "[[Iconic Quotes from The Legend of Zelda#"I am Error"|I AM ERROR]]".
:When using the "Teleport!" item, there is a slim chance that it will take you to a secret room. The room contains a character who says "[[Iconic Quotes from The Legend of Zelda#"I am Error"|I AM ERROR]]".
:In some endings of the game, the protagonist will open a treasure chest, and take out an item. he will then hold the item up high, exactly like the the ''Zelda'' series, while the "Item Get!" theme will play.
The Legend of Zelda series has been referenced several times within various forms of media. These forms include direct cameos from other Nintendo series as well as in other unofficial allusions from unaffiliated games, television shows or movies.
A Nintendo Entertainment System console with the full version of The Legend of Zelda was to be available as an item, but was made unobtainable. It can still be played by hacking into the game, however.
Kafei's shirt and Anju's shirt are available as clothes for the main character.
On the back wall of the fortune teller's tent, there is a picture of the Triforce.
Tortimer tells a story about him defeating the great sea snakes at Pinnacle Rock, which is what Link has to do in Majora's Mask.
In some villagers' houses, if the player tries to look in a cupboard or drawer, they may get a message that says that they've found some Rupees but cannot use them as currency in the game.
Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube had an e-Reader feature. Scanning certain cards added Zelda based pattern designs to be used as wallpaper, clothing, etc.
Link's hat and tunic appear as items that can be worn, as well as Link's pants and shoes.
The Triforce and Master Sword return from previous games. Pressing A by the Triforce when it's displayed causes it to spin and play the musical refrain prior to the title screen of Template:ALTTP, while pressing A by the Master Sword causes the item collection jingle from Skyward Sword to play.
The items obtained from Fortune Cookies contain a fortune relevant to each item. The fortune for the Triforce reads as follows: "He who believes he has a pure heart is probably just a beast in denial." This is referencing the Triforce's ability to transform people into a being that reflects their true nature, commonly that of a beast in Template:ALTTP.
Donkey Kong
Cranky's Video Game Heroes in Donkey Kong Country 2
If the game is beaten with 18 Video Game Hero Coins (in the form of DK Coins) or less, third place in Cranky's Video Game Heroes will be held by Link, behind Yoshi and Mario. Link's appearance is based on the design used for official art in A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, albeit with darker hair, possibly due to palette limitations. He appears unequipped, and looks around the room before crossing his arms. In the Game Boy Advance version, Link takes the second place instead of Yoshi (at the time of the original game, Yoshi's Island had just been released). As the game used pre-rendered sprites, this marks the first time Link had been rendered in three dimensions for a game.
If the main characters buy a shell from Bazaar's Shop, ask him about a castle, and refuse to pay for the story; Bazaar will tell them a story about another boy who asked about a castle and paid for it in Rupees.
In several games, starting with Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Sword ability makes many reference to Link, most notably with a hat based on Link's cap from A Link to the Past, the most recent design at the time of release (although with the addition of a bobble at the tip). The sword Kirby uses was also made into a design resembling the Master Sword, and Kirby gains many abilities based on those used by Link, such as the Sword Beam and Down Thrust, and in Kirby's Return to Dream Land he is even able to use Link's trademark Spin Attack, complete with him charging energy before the attack is unleashed.
In The Great Cave Offensive, one of the treasures to collect is the Triforce. According to Nintendo, the reason for this and the references to other Nintendo games are because the developers wanted to repay the favor of having Kirby appear in Link's Awakening.[1]
File:Link In Rose Town Inn.pngLink in Rose Town's Inn after Mario get the second star. If Mario sleeps at the Inn at Rose Town, Link will be sleeping in the bed next to him. If Mario talks to him it will play the classic Zelda discovery theme. As seen here.
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 the player got it.
Throughout the game Mario is guided by a hint giving Pixl named Tippi. She has the appearance of a rainbow colored (but mostly light blue) butterfly, and is obviously a parody of Navi. Also, when Mimi insists that Mario pays for a vase he broke, she will not accept coins, since she prefers to use octagonal gems called Rubees, again a parody of Rupee. There is a Pixl inside a bathroom on the moon named "Fleep" which requests a piece of paper. Mario then must buy a map, which is then used a toilet paper by Fleep (in a similar way to ???), who rewards him by joining his team.
Game director Yoshiaki Koizumi said in an interview with Nintendo Power (issue #225) that the battle strategy against the boss character Megaleg is inspired by what was going to be used for the final battle against Ganon in Ocarina of Time, but that was scrapped due to difficulty on camera control. Also, in the third mission of Good Egg Galaxy, Mario fights giant creatures that resemble Deku Scrubs firing cannonballs at him. In one galaxy, a giant Rupee appears and grants Mario a large amount of star bits.
In one of the galaxies, a Gearmo will ask Mario for a Goomba. After the plumber gives him the Goomba, he will hold it up in the air exactly like Link does when he gets an item.
World 5-2 is heavily based on the Zelda series and was created to honor the game's 25th anniversary. Played predominantly from a top-down perspective and involving Mario moving from room to room in a similar manner to a traditional Zelda dungeon. A puzzle to obtain a Star Coin involves lighting torches using Fire Mario which causes the Zelda "puzzle solved" musical cue to play, and the dungeon includes traps that mimic those that appear in Zelda games, such as Guruguru Bars, Spiked Rollers, and Spinies appear as enemies, who also appear in the Zelda series in the form of Spiked Beetles.
In Mission C-3: Roundhouse Brawl in the Old Clockworks, the Ancient Poltergeist (Elder Boffin in the PAL release) is briefly seen arranging six bricks into the shape of the Triforce. As he does this, the background music briefly plays the "item found" refrain from the Zelda games.
One of the Luiginoid moves is called Hookshot, which is a reference to the item of the same name. This Luiginoid move works as same as the aforementioned item.
A secret area in one level of the game takes Mario to an area composed of black blocks that form an 8-bit Link sprite from the original Template:LOZ. Lighting them all up to reveal the sprite causes the "item found" refrain from Template:OOT to play, and a Green Star to appear. After this, the music will change to a remix of part of the main theme of the Zelda series until Mario leaves.
The game's concept of light/dark duality, as well as the collection of Temple Keys, was compared to the gameplay mechanic from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. In fact, the developer of the game, Retro Studios, was assisted by one of the creators of the SNES Zelda game to properly incorporate the aforementioned concept into the new game.[2]
Interestingly, some game journalists and critics also compared this game to Majora's Mask, as both games are credited for being darker and more challenging than their respective predecessors, albeit also less influential.[3][4]
Players can unlock a special feature known as Ship Bumper Stickers, which decorates Samus Aran's gunship with stickers based on certain Nintendo games that have data stored in the players' Wii consoles. One of these games is Twilight Princess, which makes the gunship have a sticker portraying the crest of the Triforce.
As an extra note, the drawn pictures on planet Bryyo (which house scanable lore data for Samus) are reminiscent of The Wind Waker's cel-shading art style.
There's a part in the game where the player goes to Sunny Peak and pulls The Legendary Spoon out of its pedestal, similar to Link pulling the Master Sword out of its pedestal. It references A Link to the Past, in which Link also had to get a blue, red and green orb before he could pull the sword from its pedestal. This specific quest has also been featured in several other Zelda games.
Ham-Merchants across the game say "Buy something, will ya?", like the merchants from the first game.
One of the minigames is called The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, and is a direct homage to the series, where the player takes on the role of Link and fights many monsters from the series in familiar landscapes.
Aside from the obvious Zelda references relating to Battle Quest, the Triforce makes an appearance in Yoshi's Fruit Cart in Gate 30, where the player must make the shape of the relic using the stylus to complete the stage.
The Triforce also appears as a possible shape in the Pachinko game found in the main Plaza.
Two of the stages are based on the original Legend of Zelda, utilizing sprites of Link, Zelda and Ganon. Each stage is accompanied by a remixed theme in a chiptune style; one based on the main theme, and the second being a rock-themed remix of the Death Mountain music.
In the special episode "Igglybuff the Prodigy", there is a cutscene involving a room in a dungeon filled with many Zelda dungeon puzzle-like implements that a character explains are probably all used to open the door in that room. A later cutscene involves the same character talking about a single simple, common (but reverse-solution) Zelda puzzle type found in front of him inside another dungeon.
Released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS, the game features a costume of Link in his Skyward Sword incarnation (along with a costume of Zero Suit Samus). He is equipped with the True Master Sword and the Hylian Shield; however, he does not use them as it is only a costume and not a full character.
In one episode, Mario is rescuing some aliens known as Quirks from Moon Man Koopa. In the episode, the Quirks sing a song to stop Koopa. The song that the Quirks play is the beginning theme from the Zelda cartoon.
In the kitchen, Lotus criticizes Junpei for being unable to identify an appetizer plate and its use. Junpei responds with "Well, excuuuuuuse me, princess".
This game is about bringing back the 8-bit nostalgia, and shows many hints from many popular games, especially for The Legend of Zelda. Many of the Zelda similarities include:
The over-world is very similar, it has many areas such as towns, dungeons, a lost forest, a castle, and a mountain area where rocks bounce while falling.
If the chicken gets hit a many times, they will get mad and bring back up.
The enemies resemble the Armos, Darknuts, Gibdos, Moblins, Keese, Lynels, Like likes, Octoroks, Stalfos, Tektikes, Zols, Wizzrobes, Patras, and a Ganon with extra arms, all in 3d pixels.
The sword will shoot beams is the health is at its max.
If a character breaks into a secret cave, he can either be rewarded or fined. Even an old man tells "It is a secret to everyone"
A fairy will join the hero's party.
One of their characters is called Moyomoto, who is brother to Wigy. A reference to the Zelda creator.
The fight with the Dark Bishop Fuelle is very similar to the boss fight with Agahnim in Oracle of Season.
The final boss name is Onyx, similar to Onox. Onyx is also a dragon, much like Onox's true form.
The dungeons and it's puzzles are the same but in 3D.
In part 4-1 of the second case in Justice For All, Phoenix utters the line "Well, excuuuse me, Princess", a reference to The Legend of Zelda cartoon series.
The creators of the game have stated they have been heavily influenced by The Legend of Zelda-games, and that the structure of the game is much like a Zelda game.[1]
One quest involves collecting the four pieces of the Quadforce. One piece is found outside Linken's house. The Quadforce is like the Triforce and the boss of the quest is Gananana, a name which sounds similar to Ganon, and the rewards are a dagger, sword and staff of eye-rule, which sounds like Hyrule. The rarest price which can only be sold for 250 gold is Ocarina of Thyme.
In the Morning Wood Graveyard, one of the tombstones has the description of the famous original The Legend of Zelda quote: "It's dangerous to go alone, take this." If the player digs up the grave, they will obtain a toy sword.
If the main character reads a certain tombstone in Final Fantasy I it reads "Here Lies Link". It is in the town of elves, Elfheim, near what could be called the bottom of the map. The original US localization for Final Fantasy I was done by Nintendo of America and this tombstone was changed to read "Here lies Erdrick" referring to the legendary hero from the Dragon Quest series. Subsequent ports and remakes changed the reference back to Link.
At one point in the game, it mentions a Great "Dekuh" which was "the most gorgeous tree in the forest" and its "magical power protected the forest from the attacks of dark creatures", obviously a reference to the Great Deku Tree.
Although Okami does not contain a direct reference, director Hideki Kamiya admits he has been influenced by The Legend of Zelda series in developing the PlayStation 2 title, which was also adapted to the Wii in 2008.[2] Coincidentally, both Ōkami and Twilight Princess feature a wolf as a playable character.
In the Ponc'tan area, the houses' doors show a symbol identical to that of Kokiri's Emerald.
Players can create a set of vanity items called the Hero's Clothes which look very similar to Link's iconic tunic. The set is made of three parts: Hero's Hat, Shirt and Pants. The clothes do not affect the player's stats in any way.
This indie game by Edmund McMillen of Team Meat is an isometric dungeon crawler heavily influenced by the original Legend of Zelda. The most notable influence graphic-wise is the status bar, which closely mimics the design and style of the one in Zelda.
Multiple items in the game are references to items in the first Legend of Zelda. Among them are Hearts, Bombs, and Keys, but there are also items that function the same and resemble the Compass, Map, and Stepladder.
Several enemies behave similarly to enemies from The Legend of Zelda. Some of these enemies behave the same as Ropes and Darknuts. The boss Chub has the same weakness as Dodongo.
When using the "Teleport!" item, there is a slim chance that it will take you to a secret room. The room contains a character who says "I AM ERROR".
In some endings of the game, the protagonist will open a treasure chest, and take out an item. he will then hold the item up high, exactly like the the Zelda series, while the "Item Get!" theme will play.
The Longest Journey
The keyholes on the communication statues on the Island of Alais have a symbol that resembles the Triforce.
In Warcraft III and the expansion, if the player clicks a "Druid of the Claw" enough times he will say "Can't ... stop ... DANCING!" possibly in reference to Darunia (with music in the background somewhat like "Saria's Song").
A long quest chain is available in the zone Un'Goro Crater which heavily references The Legend of Zelda series.
It begins when the player locates a stranded raft (a reference to Link's Awakening) in Un'Goro Crater, which starts the quest "It's a Secret to Everybody". The player must then find a bag nearby it, containing a Curled Map Parchment, a Large Compass, a Lion-headed Key, and a Faded Photograph. The photograph shows a picture of a pair of gnomes dressed similarly to Zelda and Link, standing in front of a ruined castle. The player then has to find the gnome dressed as Link in the photo, named Linken, who is located at a camp in the zone, to continue.
Further down the quest-line, the player is tasked with stealing a plant from a gnoll named Miblon Snarltooth. Miblon will respond with "Grumble grumble" if he is spoken to. To distract Miblon to steal the plant, the player must purchase a Bait item from a nearby dwarf, who will sell it to the main character with the quote, "Buy something, will ya?" Both quotes, and the ability of meat to distract monsters, are a reference to the first Zelda.
Near the end of the quest-line, the player must summon a water elemental named Aquementas to do a task for them, in reference to the dragon Aquamentus.
The end of the quest chain, named "It's Dangerous to Go Alone", involves the player slaying a fire elemental and taking the Golden Flame it was guarding back to Linken. The Golden Flame resembles a golden triangle, and Linken says it is "dangerous in the hands of those with an evil heart." The rewards for completing this quest are Linken's Sword of Mastery, Linken's Boomerang, and the Spirit of Aquementas.
There is a kodo in Un'Goro Crater named Dadanga, and its owner says it "dislikes smoke." A reference to the first game, when a man says "DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE."
In the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion pack, Linken reappears as a guest party member at Sethria's Roost in Mount Hyjal. He rides a brown horse resembling Epona. Linken also says some of Link's quotes, "Excuuuse me, princess!" and "Oh boy! I'm so hungry I could eat a fire elemental!" Patch 4.3 revamped the Darkmoon Faire and added a three headed Hydra named Gleok in the Darkmoon Faire Zoo as a reference to Gleeok.
If you talk to Farkus after he turns into a werewolf in Dustman's Cairn, you can ask if all the Companions have that ability. He will say that only members of The Circle can turn into werewolves and that "It's a secret to everybody."
In the episode "Child Fearing", there was a character who resembles Link. The character was not officially announced as Link, but it has many of Link's key features, as well as what looks like a Fairy. The character was in a game, controlled by the Mayor of Townsville. The Mayor made the character slash his sword, get smashed by giant brick squares twice, run into walls, and kill the creature which looks like a Fairy. Afterward, the Mayor gets a "start over?", in which the screen zooms out of the game, and the viewers can clearly see that the character was in fact in a game, as well as the Mayor holding what looks like a Nintendo 64 controller.
A Zelda parody is shown in Robot Chicken's episode 5 from season 3. Link goes to free Zelda with excitement after killing Ganon. Zelda, on the other hand, is bored and states that this is the eighth time she has been rescued. She gives Link eight Rupees and goes away.
In the second episode of the Imaginationland trilogy, when the wall breaks away and the bad imaginary characters charge out to cause havoc, Link, who is one of the good imaginary characters, can be seen running away within a second.
Ganondorf can also be spotted in the third episode of the same trilogy, during the war of the good imaginary characters versus the bad imaginary characters.
In the animated TV series Drawn Together, the character of Xandir’s girlfriend is largely based on Zelda, voiced by Cree Summer. From the episode Gay Bash, she was Xandir's girlfriend before he came out of the closet. The evil Lord Slashstab used to capture her for no reason, leading to Xandir's never-ending quest to save her. She seems to be a terrible homophobe, refusing to allow Xandir to rescue her once he informs her he is gay, even though at the time she was being lowered into a pit of megacobras in Lord Slashstab's castle.
Xandir's appearance is also based on the Zelda series. Xandir has blond hair, blue eyes, pointed ears, and green clothing, much like Link.
At the beginning of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the movie plays the Great Fairy Fountain theme song and, later on, it plays the chime from when Link obtains an item.
At a sketch titled "Peach and Zelda Catch Up". Both Peach and Zelda are in a cafe reunited after a long time talking about their frustrations, while admitting that they actually enjoy being kidnapped.
In the episode "Bowl-R-Rama Drama", fanfare music sounds every time Baljeet holds the "World's Most Pointless Records" book over his head, similar to how Link raises every new item he finds. Also, in some episodes like "S'Winter" or "We Call it Maze", the Triforce can be seen in the background.
In the episode "Gaming’s Next Top Princess", Zelda appeared as one of the contestants with Peach and Samus. She later had a modeling picture with Ganondorf as Sheik. Also, in the episode "Minute to Flynn It", Link appeared on the head of Clu when his head malfunctioned.
In the final episode of the seventh season, Marshall Eriksen gets drunk and attempts to use an ATM. Instead of the ATM information, he imagines scenes from The Legend of Zelda on the screen.
In the episode "Massively Multiplayer Online Children's Card Game," Yugi, Joey, and Mokuba find a fairy that repeats the infamous "Hey! Listen!" over and over. Later, Joey activates the Ocarina of Time, immediately followed by the beginning of Saria's Song.
Homestuck
The webcomic Homestuck makes several references to the Zelda series:
Just before John Egbert launches into the sky to help his friend, Jade, play Sburb, Vriska messages him via Pesterchum and demands that he changes his attire, insulting his taste in fashion. John agrees to change his clothes, but rejects the idea of discarding his current pair, claiming to be like Link and comparing his power over wind to being like the Template:It.[6]
In the playable flash segment, ">[S] GET UP JOHN, THIS IS NO TIME FOR SLUMBER.," two references to The Legend of Zelda can be seen. By hitting AltGr+T, a small window appears asking for a trickster code, which is 024913. Following the code being entered, John Egbert's appearance changes to resemble Link from Twilight Princess and his hammer is replaced with the Master Sword. Alongside John is a Tier 2 Prototyped Sprite of Guru Guru which serves no purpose other than to accompany John.
The band Showbread have expressed devout appreciation for the series in several ways. They came onstage to The Wind Waker intro music during their Reptilian Empire Tour in 2006. Three members of the band can be seen wearing matching Triforce rings in their music video for mouth like a magazine.
Joe Pleiman created a song parody of the main Zelda theme. It was recorded by his band "The Rabbit Joint" for their 1998 album of the same name. The song is commonly falsely attributed to System of a Down.
In The Kids in the Hall Season 5 Episode 5, Gavin (played by Bruce McCulloch) wears a green cap like the one Link commonly wears.
Robin Williams named his daughter "Zelda" because Zelda is his son's favorite video game series.
Countless references have been made to the Zelda series, among other Nintendo franchises, in the Homestar Runner cartoons and games.
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