The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pastwas released in 1991 for the SNES, and since then, it has become a fan favorite. Among the reasons for its success was the expansive world players could explore. Playing as Link, gamers traveled to many excitinglocations across the Hyrule Kingdomduring the adventure. To help players get their bearings, the game included a world map showing the location of Link in relation to the many landmarks in Hyrule. Recently, one fan decided to recreate this iconic map in an interesting medium.
In a post on Reddit, a user known as oldmanchadly shared a picture of a recent cross-stitch project they had been working on. What made this particular piece of art stand out was that the Reddit user had decided to recreate the world map fromA Link to the Past. Remarkably, they had managed to make a near facsimile of the map seen inthe classic SNES game. In order to pull off this incredible likeness, they utilized the same top-down perspective and pixelated art style. Some of the iconic spots recreated on the world map were Kakariko Village, Death Mountain, Desert of Mystery, and Hyrule Castle, just to name a few.
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In addition to showing off the recreatedZeldamap in a picture, oldmanchadly shared some details behind making the cross-stitch. They revealed that they had started the project over a year ago, and since then, they had worked on it for 316 days. While the design already looked stunning, they revealed that they were only 74% finished. According to the creator, they still had approximately 33,000 stitches left to complete the map. If all goes according to plan, they hoped to be done with the project by the summer.
Unsurprisingly, a number ofZeldafans on Reddit took notice of this incredible cross-stitch of the world map fromA Link to the Past. With over 660 upvotes in only a day, many were impressed with the work put into the project. In addition, some pointed out that the design looked as good as the map seen in the game. “Legit thought I was looking at a screen cap. Awesome work!” squarefan80 said on Reddit.
While this cross-stitch map ofLink to Pastis doubtlessly impressive, it is far from the only artwork made by passionate fans over the past couple of weeks. For example, another gamer recently baked an incrediblepie that looked like the Majora’s Maskworn by Skull Kid. As players revisit these retroZeldatitles, it will be interesting to see what creations fans design next.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pastis available on the SNES and the Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass.
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