The Legume of Zelda

On April 1, 1999, Nintendo of America posted about the discovery of the Triforce in Ocarina of Time and how to obtain it. #zelda #ocarinaoftime

In the E3 2016 demo of Breath of the Wild, Sheikah text on the guidance stone somehow references the poor translation of Zero Wing with "All your base are". The final game replaced it with a reference to the first Zelda game instead.

Source: zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Sheikah...

#breathofthewild

"Sound Programming" is misspelled in the credits of Tri Force Heroes in the Japanese and European versions. This was caught and corrected in the American version

#triforceheroes

In early footage of A Link Between Worlds Link can be seen with a blue colored shield. When the shield is seen again in footage from the August 7 2013 Nintendo Direct, it has been recolored into brownish orange, which was also kept in the final game. The blue colored shield was not removed though, as the captain of the Hyrule soldiers still uses one.

The blue shield

#alinkbetweenworlds

The Save Data Update Channel for Skyward Sword contains DLC items for Animal Crossing on Wii. The assets and the banner song suggest the channel was repurposed hastily from an unreleased Animal Crossing channel of unknown intent.

Source: tcrf.net/The_Legend_o...

#skywardsword

The Tower of Spirits is 30 floors high in the Japanese version compared to the 31 in other versions. This discrepancy is because floor 25 was made optional in the Japanese release and was relocated behind a secret wall in the corner of the floor. It rewards a treasure worth 500 rupees

#spirittracks

The American kiosk demo of Phantom Hourglass contains an earlier localization with various differences. The grappling hook is called the clawshot, possibly by mistake.

#phantomhourglass

Twilight Princess received a Korean release in 2009 for the Wii and notably it features an overhauled file naming screen making use of the Wii Remote cursor.

#twilightprincess

While not very practical, Vaati Transfigured can be pushed with the Cane of Pacci to avoid him from blocking off the clone tiles

#minishcap

Early footage of Four Swords featuring rougher looking Links from an E3 2002 online press kit.

#fourswords

In the Japanese kiosk demo of The Wind Waker Beedle's ship plays music while it is sailing. This was removed in the final game for unknown reasons.

#windwaker

Three shelves in Lynna Village's post office use a different design which accidentally have the breakable property set, resulting into interesting interactions.

This was fixed in the European version by simply using the other design for all shelves.

#oracleofages

An early rougher version of Din's introduction cutscene in Oracle of Seasons from the Space World 2000 press kit

A box for the first Zelda game in the style of launch era "black box" games from a CES press kit ad. It is unknown if this was just a mock up or an actual consideration for the release.

Photo by @martinlindell.bsky.social

#zelda #hyrulefantasy

Artwork of Link praying in a church from the second volume of strategy guides for A Link to the Past from Shogakukan.

Scanned by @historyofhyrule.bsky.social

#alinktothepast

A 1987 guide by Futami for The Adventure of Link jokes that people who think anything lewd of the healing lady interaction have consumed too much unsavory media.

Sources:

NorkiNorkiGaming (www.youtube.com/watch?v=siuz...)

Guide scanned by @zeldadungeon.bsky.social

#zelda #theadventureoflink

PCCG-00475 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - VGMdb Commercial (CD) published by NINTENDO64 SOUND SERIES, PONY CANYON on Dec 18, 1998 containing original soundtrack from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Interestingly the Ocarina of Time soundtrack in Nintendo Music is based off of the Japanese Pony Canyon CD release from 1998 as is evident by the abruptly cut 40 second Fire Temple theme #zelda #ocarinaoftime vgmdb.net/album/293

"Christine's" photo received a surprising amount of retouching in the DX version. The original fingers holding the photo are certainly a sight. Whoever added the color also accidentally merged the corner of the photo with the hand. Screenshots by @MarioBrothBlog #linksawakening

While the posing hippo in Link's Awakening is well known, what's less talked about is the portrait itself that Schule Donavitch is working on. Pressing "A" in front of the portrait opens a new screen showing what it looks like. Many have wondered if the painting is meant to represent something specific, though the idea has also been dismissed due to its abstract nature. An unexpected development occurred when internal Nintendo files were leaked online in 2020, including source code and assets for Link's Awakening. Among the hundreds of files were early scratchpads used by character designer Shigefumi Hino. The following art containing alternate takes on the portrait and the file's name, "hana-e" (nose picture) revealing that the painting is actually an extreme close-up of the hippo's nostril! With this knowledge the red and green colors the DX version and the 2019 remake went with come across quite unfortunate.

The hippo painting #zelda #linksawakening

The dungeon map in Jabu-Jabu's Belly is obtained upon defeating the red tentacle located in the westernmost room of split pathway room. It is not required to open the chest, which also makes it impossible to obtain after completing the dungeon, as accessing the room requires pressing a blue switch down with Ruto. This oversight was noticed and corrected in Ocarina of Time 3D, where a box will appear near the entrance of the preceding room upon completing the dungeon.

Jabu-Jabu's dungeon map oversight #zelda #ocarinaoftime

The red, green and blue slimy things around Jabu-Jabu are actually part of Barinade. This connection was made clearer in Ocarina of Time 3D where the two other tentacles attached to the ceiling during the battle were recolored to match the slimy things.

Barinade's tentacles #zelda #ocarinaoftime

During the jam session cutscene Zoras can be seen gathering in front of the door to listen in. In the original game the door is wrong, leading to Mikau and Tijo's room. This error was caught and corrected in Majora's Mask 3D.

Jam Session goof #zelda #majorasmask

Skull Kid's hidden sketch #zelda #majorasmask