A long time ago, in a streaming galaxy far away, there was a rumor that Netflix was bringing a live- action adaptation ofThe Legend of Zeldato the small screen. As far as we know, that was never true. But it still hasn’t stopped fans from daydreaming about the possibilities. Now, the enterprising force known asMegasteakmanhas taken theGame of Thronesintro and reimagined it as the opening forGame of Hyrule. Says the team behind this cool video.
“The Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past world map undergoes a Game of Thrones transformation in this epic, CG intro sequence. Netflix should hire us to do the intro for their ‘canceled’ Hyrule romp. I hope you guys like it, and remember: in the Game of Hyrule you win… or you look up the answer to that puzzle online.”
Game ofHyrulewas imagined by a small group of video editors who obviously want to seeZeldabrought to life outside of the video game world. And this definitely has aLegend of Zelda: Link to the Pastflavor to it. The video works to draw out the similarities between both the world of Hyrule and the Westeros universe. The two fantasy realms aren’t that dissimilar. And there is an attention to detail here the elevates this past just plain old fan video.
Way back in February of 2015, it was widely reported that Netflix was moving forward on a live-action adaptation ofZeldathat was being compared toGame of Thronesbut for a family audience. At the time, the show was said to be in the very early stages of development. And it matched reports that Nintendo was finally ready to start moving forward on movies and TV shows based on their immensely popular game franchises. At that time, it was saidNintendoand Netflix were working very closely together to ensure that things were done right.
Nintendo has been very protective of its properties over the past couple of decades, especially after the debacle known as the live-actionMario Bros.movie. There was aZeldaanimated series that debuted in 1989, but it only lasted one season. It wasn’t a month later that the Netflix rumor was called false by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata. And he claimed no such show was in development. But there’s still hope for aZeldalive-action movie to happen. As early as this past February, it wasThe Lego Movieproducer Roy Lee who teased that Nintendo was getting ready to announce a big tentpole blockbuster that brings Mario, Link, Zelda and more together in one big movie. But we haven’t heard any further movement on that front in the last three months.
Nintendo did dip their toes back in the water of live-action entertainment with two recent projects. WhileWreck-It Ralphwas quite popular, and featured the company’s Mario character Bowser,Pixels, which was one of 2015’s bigger bombs and featured Donkey Kong in a prominent role along withMarioand the Duck Hunt dog, may have caused Nintendo to retreat back into their hole. However it shakes out, at least we have this reimaginedGame of Thronesto tide over our want and need for aLegend of Zeldaseries.
