The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been around for long enough now that a lot of people are finished with the story and are looking for other ways to keep the game entertaining. Fortunately, with a world as big as this, that is a pretty easy task.
We have seen players building huge and intricate vehicles, torturing Koroks in creative ways and discovering even more glitches by the day, but what we hadn't seen was all that many throwbacks to a part of Zelda history that most fans are keen to forget: the 1989 animated series. That is, until today.
Dan Schettini (@joga_dan) has managed to recreate a scene from the show in Tears of the Kingdom, matching all of the details from background locations to Link's outfit. Sure, some of the shots in the recreation make use of TOTK's features a little more than in the original series (we don't remember Link having a Paraglider or Fuse abilities in the '80s), but Schettini's take is pretty spot-on, all the same.
You can find the clip posted as a side-by-side comparison in the tweet below:
Of course, despite Ganondorf and Zelda being fully voiced now, Link is still the silent type so there is no "excuuuse me Princess" to be heard here. Fortunately, the dialogue from the original show comes through at the right time, so we can imagine that those words are coming out of TOTK Link's mouth — as upsetting a thought as that is...
Other in-game recreations that have wowed us so far include Ocarina of Time's 'Song of Storms' and Metal Gear Rex. How long will it be before somebody manages to string together an entire episode of the animated series in TOTK's Hyrule, we wonder?
What Zelda project would you like to see recreated in TOTK next? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Wait a second! Shield surfing, bomb jumping and flurry of attacks were invented years ago in the cartoon???
@Bobb yeah that took me by surprise also. Not to mention shield parrying
@Bobb.. and also backwards somersaults, since I assume the cartoon predates OoT?
@KingdomTears Hehehhh, yes, very much predates it.
@KingdomTears now we know Aonuma's secret inspiration
Excellent work. I loved that cartoon as a kid
Me and my girlfriend have been recently watching this show and then we play TOTK afterward! I thought everyone hated it but she likes it. She giggles everytime Link says "excuse me princess!" They really should make another Animated Zelda show.
I like this. I’d love to see smooching time get recreated.
@KingdomTears predates by almost a decade haha
I still unironically love that cheesy cartoon and I wish its second season didn't get cancelled.
Watched the Black Cauldron last night. That animation style would have been great if Nintendo worked with Disney to make a Zelda movie.
The Zelda in the cartoon looks like Zelda in the beginning of the game. So there's that...
Okayyyy... didnt expect the shield surf lol.
Classic.
I want a game that looks like the cartoon.
This sounds brilliant I hafta watch it now. Lol
That's great! I love it.
@KingdomTears It was an 80s cartoon and aired alongside the Super Mario Bros. Super Show on either Friday or Saturday.
Several things were done in the cartoon that showed up in later games. Such as a ninja girl, Link riding his own horse, a more proactive Zelda, a wall merging witch, and a sassy fairy companion. Though I'm not sure if they ever took direct inspiration from the cartoon.
@JONOFTHEJONS lol
Wait, the Zelda series predicted the ability to shield jump with a bomb? Sounds hilarious.
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