A player ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomshared their in-game recreation of a scene from the 1980sZeldacartoon series, highlighting the similarities between the two to hilarious effect.Tears of the Kingdomhas proven to be quite an impressive sandbox for exercising one’s creativity, and this recent example also doubles as an amusing callback to one of the oldest parts of theZeldafranchise.A lot of players have been drawn toTears of the Kingdomsince its debut in May, with many agreeing that it manages to surpass its critically-acclaimed prequel,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, in many ways. Much of that can be attributed to Link’s new Fuse and Ultrahand abilities, which gives players the power to create all sorts of weapons, vehicles, and more that could only be dreamed of inBreath of the Wild. Throw in some video editing skills and a little imagination and one can even recreate footage from other media such as, fittingly enough,theLegend of Zeldaanimated series produced by DiC Entertainmentin 1989.RELATED:Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Player Builds All-Terrain TrainTwitter user Dan Schettini shared a side-by-side video showing shots from the cartoon alongside footage fromTears of the Kingdom. In the original version, Link can be seen launching himself into the air by jumping onto a bomb with his shield beneath him, backflipping out of the way of an enemy attack, and hitting one with a beam from his sword. Schettini managed to recreate these scenes inTears of the Kingdomby havingLink perform a shield-jumpwith a Bomb Flower fused to the shield, activating a Flurry Rush with a perfectly-timed dodge, and unleashing a ranged attack with the Master Sword.
Fan reception to the comparison video has been overall very positive. Praise was given to how faithfully and hilariously Schettini was able to capture the essence of the cartoon inTears of the Kingdom, while fans joked that the animated series introduced things like shield-jumping long beforeBreath of the Wildand its sequel did. Naturally, a few jokes also alluded to one of thelongest-lastingLegend of Zeldamemes: cartoon Link’s snarky, oft-repeated line, “Well excuse me, Princess.”
Now thatTears of the Kingdomhas been out for almost two months, many players have gotten their fill of the game’s story and all the new content it has to offer and taken to creating their own fun using its versatile toolset. Others have taken the opportunity to pay homage to earlierZeldamedia like Dan Schettini, like one player whorecreatedBreath of the Wild’s opening inTears of the Kingdom, on top of building crazy contraptions to fight enemies and explore Hyrule with. With the sheer amount of creativity players have shown in just a few weeks, it’ll be exciting to see what they are able to achieve next in the coming months.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available for Nintendo Switch.
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