Origins of Zelda Things

[Hyrulian Hero]

So there are a lot of things in Zelda that people remember from certain games that actually had their origins in earlier games or media. What other sorts of iconic Zelda things had their origins outside of the game for which they're known?

 

[Uwu_Oocoo2]

Everyone praises Breath of the Wild for being the first Zelda game with fully voiced cutscenes. As for us intellectuals, we know that isn't the case.

Spoiler

 

[GZ Zelda]

Watarara

The Watarara are a race in the Ocarina of Time manga by Akira Himekawa. The Watarara appear in the bonus story entitled "Rouru of the Watarara." They ride the seasonal wind to Hyrule once a year due to their migration. As a Watarara matures, they grow wings from their arms, giving them the...

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Remember when the Rito were in the OoT comic but they were called the Watarara? That was cool.

The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Riruto

The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Riruto (ゼルダの伝説: リルトの誓い, Zeruda no Densetsu: Riruto no Chikai) is a manga created by Junya Furusawa and Jin Munesue. The series was only released in Japan, where it was originally serialized in Shounen Oh (少年王), a bimonthly manga anthology magazine published by...

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"*Kalin is Riruto's childhood friend who gets kidnapped during the events of the story by monsters and Ganons henchmen. Her first kidnapping is what starts Riruto's adventure and the manga's plot."

Remember when they took a girl named Kalin who got kidnapped at the beginning of the story from the obscure 1994 Oath to Riruto manga , made him a boy named Colin and stuck him in the beginning of Twilight Princess?

No? No one remembers that cuz why the hell would you?

 

[Mikey the Moblin]

Jumping in botw

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Lol, I was going to do the Watarara next! They've been on my radar as the original Rito. Good call on them and jumping in BotW, lot of people entirely ignore the 2D games to their own detriment because there's so much to live about them!

Here's an obvious one that I've seen forgotten too often: the Deku in Ocarina of Time. What an odd introduction to the Deku, to have them show up only once in a pretty obscure location. Let's also point out that Link had a fairy companion in the cartoonsand the Valiant comics in 89 and 90 respectively.

 

[thePlinko]

Nearly every thing that people praise LttP for was done in Zelda 1 and/or 2, and in some regards way better.

Also, LA wasnt the first handheld Zelda, the Zelda Game and Watch released 4 years earlier. On top of that, the Zelda Game Watch released just 2 months after the Game and Watch. The names are confusing, I know, but they’re 2 separate products that both predated LA.

Jumping in botw

People just like to conveniently forget that you could jump wherever you want in SS, not just on ledges.

 

[Dio]

Skyward Sword had light up beacons you could place in the world so you could see what direction to go towards which was a useful feature of BoTW too but as Breath of The Wild reached a wider audience than SS, the beacon thing tends to be associated with the newer game instead.

 

[Fraxinus]

Demise's sword design in Skyward Sword as an anti-Master Sword was seen first in this 2007 movie pitch that Nintendo rejected

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Wow, that was deep. Some iceberg going on here. I remember watching that back in the day and thinking it was awesome as a fan-film and abysmal as a licenced product. But then I liked the old cartoons. Great call on the beacons too, I really appreciated that about SS. You could also mark your map in PH, we need that ease of personalization to return.

Here's three from the same episode of the cartoon.

Spoiler: Pictures

The telescope

Bees as weapons

And I'm definitely counting weapon durability!

 

[Chevywolf30]

Wow, that was deep. Some iceberg going on here. I remember watching that back in the day and thinking it was awesome as a fan-film and abysmal as a licenced product. But then I liked the old cartoons. Great call on the beacons too, I really appreciated that about SS. You could also mark your map in PH, we need that ease of personalization to return.

Here's three from the same episode of the cartoon.

Spoiler: Pictures

View attachment 56914The telescope

View attachment 56915Bees as weapons

View attachment 56916And I'm definitely counting weapon durability!

Looks like BotW and the cartoon have several similarities, if only characterization was one of them.

 

[Dio]

Demise's sword design in Skyward Sword as an anti-Master Sword was seen first in this 2007 movie pitch that Nintendo rejected

Sickening. Wish I didn't watch that again. Gonna go and wash my eyes with soap now

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Sickening. Wish I didn't watch that again. Gonna go and wash my eyes with soap now

You can't scrub out the shame.

 

[Dio]

You can't scrub out the shame.

No, but that doesn't stop me trying

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

You thought Twilight Princess was the first Twilight Princess? Wrong-o! Twilight Princess wasn't as Twilight Princess as the first Twilight Princess was.