Zelda=Disney

[Vaati]

Ever notice how a lot of stuff that happens in Zelda has happened in a Disney movie? Like in OoT, when Link pulls out the Master Sword is like the Sword in the Stone; Link looks kinda like Peter Pan, and Navi/Tatl looks like Tinkerbell; and when Vaati steals Ezlo's magic cap is like the Sorcerer's Apprentice when Mickey Mouse puts on the sorcerer's hat without permission.

[Eralk Fang]

I don't think it's so much a Disney thing as much as it is a fairy tale/fantasy thing. Both the Legend of Zelda and some of the best Disney movies have common fairy tale/fantasy themes- a mystic sword, fairies, and mystical helms (in Greek myth, Hades possesses a helm that allows you to turn invisible). I think it's a common source material.

Although I must say, when I went as Link for Halloween, I got mistaken for Peter Pan most of the evening. Should've drawn a Triforce on my hand.

[Vaati]

I did that also, this year, last year, and the year before. People thought I was Peter Pan, or Robin Hood, or a pirate. Only one person knew I was supposed to be Link.

[LadyNintendo]

I agree with Eralk Fang.

Both are simply based on the same material. The Master Sword is a lot like Excalibur. And it really wasn't Disney who came up with that story.

Link's outfit is really standard. If you'd have to come up with a farmer/peasant outfit for a fantasy-medieval boy, how different will it be from Link's or Peter Pan's outfit?

Same for the others.

[Vaati]

There's also that thing about the Sorcerer's Apprentice.

[LadyNintendo]

Don't ask me to count the number of times a fantasy story starts with a magician's apprentice stealing/"borrowing"/touching something that belongs to his/her master that he/she isn't supposed to.

[Hi no Seijin]

Of the three examples you pointed out, that reduces it down to one example, and I don't think that would be enough to say that Nintendo is copying from Disney.

I would also like to point out that Peter Pan is not Disney's creation either.  Peter Pan was originally written by J.M. Barrie.

[Potato_King]

I don't think he was accusing them of copying anything, merely observing the similarties.   Which we have seen are simply due to using similar source material.

[Evahn]

This is almost as bad as comparing Twilight Princess to Star Wars.

[Eralk Fang]

Everybody's go-to space opera and Twilight Princess? How you do even begin to compare the two (excluding the Hero's Journey, of course)?

[DW]

Vaati has a point. they do have things in common, just like Star Wars. It all depends on what you are like and how you look at things. I could probably find something in Zelda similar to a Barney episode if I wanted. Vaati isn't saying it IS disney, she is just noticing similarities. Unlike the people who accused Zelda of copying Legend...

[Vaati]

I don't think he was accusing them of copying anything, merely observing the similarties.   Which we have seen are simply due to using similar source material.

That's exactly what I was trying to point out. And, I'm a "she", not a "he".

[DW]

yes, I know you are a girl, I just make typos...a lot. and I also don't always remember who I'm talking about either. I have short-term memory for names in a way.

[IronKnuckle]

 Your saying Legend of Zelda can compare with Disney just because of a few similatities? This is just insulting. Thats like saying Kenny G can compare with Metalica just becuase they're both musicians.

[Vaati]

I'm not saying that Zelda is like disney because they're both fantasies. I'm just saying that it's so coinsidential that they just so happen to have the same little mini plots.