Zelda Did You Knows?

[Darkfenian]

(08-19-2012 01:20 AM)CtrlAltDestroy Wrote:  Apologies in advance for the crude MSPaint jobs.

In Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you must travel through a maze of caves which is called "Death Mountain". When you finish with this maze, you emerge into a small rectangular area to the south which has some interesting terrain and no discernible purpose. No dungeons or secret items appear here, except for the caves to the north where you acquire the hammer and the magic potion, which are called "Spectacle Rock" by some townspeople in the game.



Look familiar? Take a look at this overhead view of the map from the first Legend of Zelda game, and see if you notice any similarities:



This small area in Zelda 2 is obviously supposed to be an abbreviation of the map from Zelda 1. The cave in which you acquire the Hammer in Zelda 2 is the same cave where you rescued Zelda in Zelda 1.

This is also supported by the artistic maps that you get with the NES game. It even says it on the map.


I've been doing some Zelda Cartography and noticing some interesting similarities. The whole Deku tree being Zelda 1 fact is what really got me started.

First lets take the Ocarina of Time Map. If you angle the Link to the past map 45 degrees to the right (Where Lake Hylia is at the very bottom) you can see the similarities of to the OOT map. Also note that the Zora waterfalls match up.

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Now if this is true and according to the DYKG Legend of Zelda video stating that in Zelda 1 that the Great Deku is Level one then I've Theorized these to maps.

This is Zelda 1 map compared to Ocarina of time.


This is Zelda 1 map compared to Link to the Past


If you notice that the grave yards where where the Hylian town would have been. This is further recognize that when Ganondorf takes over Hyrule the town is full of redeads.

I apologize for the super long post but I didn't know how to condense it any more.