: A [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] console with thefullversion of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|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.
: A [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] console with {{TLoZ}} was set to appear as an item, but was made unobtainable. It can still be played by hacking into the game.
: Tortimer tells a story about him defeating the great sea snakes at [[Pinnacle Rock]], which is what [[Link]] has to do in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''.
: In some villagers' houses, if the player triestolook in a cupboard ordrawer, they may get a message thatsaysthatthey'vefoundsomeRupeesbutcannot use them as currency in thegame.
: In some villagers' houses, if the player looks inside some furniture they may get the message "You found 10 [[rupee]]s! Talk about lucky! Too bad you can't use them in this town...".
: The Triforce and Master Sword also appear as furniture.
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: [[Majora's Mask (Object)|Majora's Mask]], [[Link]]'s [[Hero's Clothes#Hero's Clothes 2|hat and tunic]], and [[Midna]]'s [[Fused Shadow|mask]] all appear as items that can be worn.
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: Link's [[Hero's Clothes|hat and clothes]], [[Majora's Mask (Object)|Majora's Mask]], and [[Midna]]'s [[Fused Shadow]]s appear as clothing.
:''AnimalCrossing''for the Nintendo GameCube had an e-Reader feature. Scanning certain cards added ''Zelda'' based pattern designs to be used as wallpaper, clothing, etc.
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[[File:ACNL Zelda Items.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' ''Zelda'' items]]
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: [[Link]]'s [[Hero's Clothes#Hero's Clothes 2|hat and tunic]] appear as items that can be worn, as well as Link's pants and shoes.
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: The [[Triforce]] and [[Master Sword]]returnfrompreviousgames. PressingAby the Triforcewhenit'sdisplayedcausesit to spin and playthemusicalrefrainpriortothetitlescreen of {{ALTTP}},whilepressingAby the Master Sword causes the itemcollection jingle from {{SS}} to play.
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: The Triforce and Master Sword also appear as furniture. When interacted with, the three parts of the Triforce separate and twirl before reforming, mimicking the animation and sound effects of the {{ALttP}} title screen. When interacting with the Master Sword, it plays the get item jingle from {{SS}}.
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: Link's hat, clothes, pants, and boots appear as clothing.
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: Masks modeled after [[Midna]], [[Fi]] and [[Majora's Mask (Object)|Majora's Mask]] can be obtained and worn.
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: Majora's Mask, [[Tingle]]'s Hood, [[Makar]]'s mask, Midna's Fused Shadows, and [[Fi]]'s mask appear as clothing.
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: 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 {{ALTTP}}.
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: When eating a Fortune Cookie, the paper inside reads a fortune relevant to the item obtained from it. The ''Zelda''-related fortunes read:
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::*Hero's Clothes: "The land is in great peril, and soon you will be the Hero of (town name)."
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::*Hero's Pants: "Sometimes treasure is not hidden. It is only invisible."
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::*Hero's Cap: "A green hat may be just the thing to inspire you toward adventure."
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::*Majora's Mask: "If you leave my mask out there, something terrible will happen!"
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::*Midna's Mask: "Look to the sky when the sun sets. All will be revealed in this twilight."
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::*Master Sword: "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."
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::*Triforce: "He who believes he has a pure heart is probably just a beast in denial."
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::*Hero's Boots: "A door that does not open is not closed to you; it only needs a key."
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::*Fi Mask: "Sometimes a sword is just a sword. And sometimes it's a pretty girl."
The Legend of Zelda series has made numerous cameos and crossovers in other Nintendo games, and elements and characters from the series have even made licensed appearances in third party video games. This listing does not include unlicensed parodies and homages in other media. Please visit The Legend of Zelda in popular culture for examples of these.
In some villagers' houses, if the player looks inside some furniture they may get the message "You found 10 rupees! Talk about lucky! Too bad you can't use them in this town...".
On the back wall of Katrina's tent, there is a picture of the Triforce.
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The Triforce and Master Sword appear as furniture.
Villagers occasionally talk about a boy in green who shot things out of the air with a Slingshot.
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The Triforce and Master Sword also appear as furniture.
The Triforce and Master Sword also appear as furniture. When interacted with, the three parts of the Triforce separate and twirl before reforming, mimicking the animation and sound effects of the A Link to the Past title screen. When interacting with the Master Sword, it plays the get item jingle from Skyward Sword.
Link's hat, clothes, pants, and boots appear as clothing.
Majora's Mask, Tingle's Hood, Makar's mask, Midna's Fused Shadows, and Fi's mask appear as clothing.
When eating a Fortune Cookie, the paper inside reads a fortune relevant to the item obtained from it. The Zelda-related fortunes read:
Hero's Clothes: "The land is in great peril, and soon you will be the Hero of (town name)."
Hero's Pants: "Sometimes treasure is not hidden. It is only invisible."
Hero's Cap: "A green hat may be just the thing to inspire you toward adventure."
Majora's Mask: "If you leave my mask out there, something terrible will happen!"
Midna's Mask: "Look to the sky when the sun sets. All will be revealed in this twilight."
Master Sword: "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."
Triforce: "He who believes he has a pure heart is probably just a beast in denial."
Hero's Boots: "A door that does not open is not closed to you; it only needs a key."
Fi Mask: "Sometimes a sword is just a sword. And sometimes it's a pretty girl."
Donkey Kong
Cranky's Video Game Heroes in Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
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.
Donkey Kong Land 2
As a remake of the SNES adventure, this game also includes the same Video Game Heroes lineup as the Super NES equivalent.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
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.
Funky Kong references the Zelda series' infamous "it's dangerous to go alone" phrase when selling Crash Guards in Funky's Fly'n'Buy.[1]
Kirby
Sword Kirby firing a Sword Beam in Kirby Super Star
Kirby series
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.
Kirby Super Star
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.[2]
Kirby: Canvas Curse
On Level 3 of Paint Roller's minigame, Kirby sometimes has to draw a Triforce shape.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
One creature named Bonehead resembles a Bubble, which may or may not be a reference.
Link in Rose Town's Inn after Mario get the second star in Super Mario RPG
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 in a similar manner to the aforementioned item, causing multiple Luigis to stretch out in a chain to latch onto targets and pull Mario and the remaining Luiginoids to it.
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.
Metroid
The Royal Crest bumper sticker from Metroid Prime 3
The game's concept of light/dark duality, as well as the collection of Temple Keys, was compared to the gameplay mechanic from 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
Players can unlock a special feature known as Bumper Stickers, which decorates Samus'Gunship with stickers based of certain Nintendo games that have data stored in the players' Wii consoles. One of this stickers is the Royal Crest from Twilight Princess.
A few Nintendo references appear in the form some of the Treasures Wario can obtain in each level. The treasure found in the Story "Get in the Tea Cup" is a gem that appears similar to a Rupee, while a blue Ocarina much like the Flute from Template:ALTTP appears in "Stop that Train!". A staff resembling the Cane of Byrna appears in "Get to the Castle!!", while "Return the Hen to Her Nest" contains winged boots resembling the Boots from Template:AOL.
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.
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.
Kid Icarus: Uprising
The Idol description for the Fairy Orbitars references Navi in the first sentence.
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.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
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.
In the Wii U version of Bayonetta that is packaged with retail copies of Bayonetta 2, the titular character, Bayonetta, appears with multiple Nintendo-inspired outfits, including a Link costume. With this costume, she uses the Master Sword and Hylian Shield. Multiple other elements from the Zelda series also appear, such as collectible Rupees and doors requiring Keys, which will play the "puzzle solved" jingle.[7]
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.
Ittle Dew bears homage to the classic 2D Zelda titles and contains similar puzzle elements as well as Hearts and Chests. The protagonist herself greatly resembles Link, and she is accompanied by a winged companion, similar to Navi.
Costumes of Link in his Skyward Sword incarnation for the players with the Master Sword, Hylian Shield and the Sacred Bow are available after completing a quest where you have to defeat monsters known as Jinouga, Kirin, and Rajang. These monsters are chosen to represent Power, Wisdom and Courage, the three aspects of the Triforce. Defeating them grants the player a Triforce ticket that can be used to obtain the Zelda item set.
Along with other Nintendo-themed cameos such as Samus's Power Beam, the Hylian Shield appears as a Shield weapon in the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Zero. It is only available using a special code.
The Legend of Zelda Zone is a free DLC-level for Sonic Lost World. In the level, Sonic the Hedgehog is dressed like Link in a green tunic and boots. The Zone features many elements from Zelda series, including enemies, objects, and sounds. Link himself appears in his Skyward Sword incarnation.
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.
