06-16-2019, 10:35 PM
Random: Have We Been Missing A Zelda Easter Egg In Mario 64 All These Years?
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Zelda Ocarina of Time" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/9c6c78e242e2f/zelda-ocarina-of-time.original.jpg"><img src="http://images.nintendolife.com/9c6c78e242e2f/zelda-ocarina-of-time.900x.jpg" alt="Zelda Ocarina of Time"></a></figure>
<p>Easter eggs in video games aren’t a new thing, but it’s rare to spot one <em>decades</em> after the event – but that’s what Twitter user <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/HiteiGG/status/1139259008739663872?s=19">Hitei</a> he’s found in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/super_mario_64">Super Mario 64</a></strong>.</p>
<p>There’s a picture in Peach’s castle which we’ll all have dashed past many, many times over the years, and Hitei thinks this image has been hiding a reference to <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</strong></a>. Look at the image below and compare the stars at the top to the sequence of button presses needed to play the iconic Song of Storms in Ocarina of Time.</p>
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Zelda Ocarina of Time" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/4cdd61f91bcd3/zelda-ocarina-of-time.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/4cdd61f91bcd3/zelda-ocarina-of-time.900x.jpg" alt="Zelda Ocarina of Time"></a></figure>
<p>Now, this might seem like a bit of a stretch, especially when you consider that Super Mario 64 was a launch title for the N64 and Zelda didn’t come out until a while later, but we know that both were in development at the same time, as Zelda was shown off (in a rather different form) before the console hit the market.</p>
<p>Therefore, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that the designers could have snuck in a reference to the song, as the music element of the game could have been locked down early in production. Alternatively, the <em>reverse</em> could be true, and the pattern for the song could be taken from the painting in Super Mario 64.</p>
<p>Of course, there’s also the chance that it could just be a massive coincidence, especially when you look at the small gap between the two sets of stars and the relatively basic nature of the pattern itself. We’ll let you decide, but if this does turn out to be a direct reference, then it’s surely a case of god-tier Easter egg placement by Nintendo.</p>
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<p>Easter eggs in video games aren’t a new thing, but it’s rare to spot one <em>decades</em> after the event – but that’s what Twitter user <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/HiteiGG/status/1139259008739663872?s=19">Hitei</a> he’s found in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/super_mario_64">Super Mario 64</a></strong>.</p>
<p>There’s a picture in Peach’s castle which we’ll all have dashed past many, many times over the years, and Hitei thinks this image has been hiding a reference to <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</strong></a>. Look at the image below and compare the stars at the top to the sequence of button presses needed to play the iconic Song of Storms in Ocarina of Time.</p>
<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Super Mario 64" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/8b50185f49080/super-mario-64.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/8b50185f49080/super-mario-64.900x.jpg" alt="Super Mario 64"></a></figure>
<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Zelda Ocarina of Time" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/4cdd61f91bcd3/zelda-ocarina-of-time.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/4cdd61f91bcd3/zelda-ocarina-of-time.900x.jpg" alt="Zelda Ocarina of Time"></a></figure>
<p>Now, this might seem like a bit of a stretch, especially when you consider that Super Mario 64 was a launch title for the N64 and Zelda didn’t come out until a while later, but we know that both were in development at the same time, as Zelda was shown off (in a rather different form) before the console hit the market.</p>
<p>Therefore, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that the designers could have snuck in a reference to the song, as the music element of the game could have been locked down early in production. Alternatively, the <em>reverse</em> could be true, and the pattern for the song could be taken from the painting in Super Mario 64.</p>
<p>Of course, there’s also the chance that it could just be a massive coincidence, especially when you look at the small gap between the two sets of stars and the relatively basic nature of the pattern itself. We’ll let you decide, but if this does turn out to be a direct reference, then it’s surely a case of god-tier Easter egg placement by Nintendo.</p>
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