After over a year, an artist finished work on a dresser themed afterThe Legend of Zelda. The completed dresser was embellished with personal touches and multiple references to theZeldafranchise.
Very few game series have the same degree of longevity thatThe Legend of Zeldahas. Given that the series has existed for nearly 40 years, it should be no surprise that most gamers have their own personal history with the franchise. This can be from playing one of the series' many entries which span across a good chunk of Nintendo’s history or from seeing the franchise be referenced in other games such asSuper Smash Bros. WithTears of the Kingdombeing less than 100 days from release, anticipation from the game’s fanbase is running high.
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Given that theZeldaseries is known for having large gaps of time between entries, the lead-up to a newZeldagame is a period in which fan creations based on the series tend to become particularly prominent. Some are based on fan-favoriteZeldagames such as one fan who madea poster based on Death Mountain fromOcarina of Time, but other fans have made things that take from different parts of the franchise’s history. One artist known as by.the.ash.tree on Instagram has taken the latter approach by making aZelda-themed dresser as a gift for their brother.
By.the.ash.tree posted a time-lapse of their work on the dresser on their Instagram page and shared a photo of the dresser on theZeldasubreddit. Their progress video, filmed over the course of a year, shows them drawing and painting each side of the dresser by hand while including allusions to multiple games in the series. These include buildings taken from the overworld of the recentlyreverse-engineeredA Link to the Past, a drawing of Majora’s Mask from the Nintendo 64 game of the same name, as well as the classic, “it’s dangerous to go alone, take this,” dialogue from the originalZeldagame on the NES.
Nintendo has some of the longest-running game franchises under its belt, many of which are beloved by multiple generations of gamers.The Legend of Zeldais one of the biggest examples of this asZeldagames are some of the most celebrated and popular games of all time and continue to sell well withBreath of the Wildbeing one of theten best-selling Switch games. Fan works like this serve as proof of how much significanceThe Legend of Zeldacontinues to hold for gamers around the world, something that is sure to continue for years to come.
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