'Legend of Zelda' fans, check out Google Maps today for a cute surprise
Google Maps has a neat little easter egg today for fans of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game. Pegman, the yellow figure that you drag onto the map from its lower right corner in order to enter Street View mode, has been replaced with Link, a character from Zelda.
The trick is probably a promo for Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD game -- the latest in the Zelda series -- which is out today for Nintendo Wii U.
UPDATE: March 4, 2016, 10:02 p.m. CET According to a Google spokesperson, the Link figure was created by a group of Zelda fans at Google to celebrate Zelda's 30th anniversary. "The team worked to get every little detail perfect on a miniature scale in 360 degrees: shied, master sword, satchel, hat, even the sideburns," she told Mashable.
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We tried it out in several regions, and it seems to be working globally, in the browser version on Google Maps.
There's not much you can do with the little Link figure except enter Street View -- just like the regular Pegman -- but some users have immediately found ways to have some fun with the new "feature."
Google is known to insert nifty little easter eggs such as this one into its services. We've reached out to both companies find out what's the real reason behind the new Link-shaped Pegman and will update the post when we know more.
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.
