Where was this Zelda game based on?

Here are 6 video games that take inspiration from places in the real world, from Nintendo to SEGA, from Zelda to Sonic!
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SONIC ADVENTURE
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info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Adv...
www.flickr.com/photos/razor51...
Gameplay Credits
• Saturn Longplay [046] ... - Sonic Jam, World of Longplays & RickyC
• Longplay of Sonic Adve... - Sonic Adventure, LongplayArchive
SUPER MARIO KART
Sources
www.nintendo.com/super-nes-cl...
shmuplations.com/supermariokart/
www.squareenixmusic.com/featu...
Image Credits
shmuplations.com/supermariokart/
• SFC スーパーマリオカート CM(1992) Super Mario Kart, Japanese Ad
Gameplay Credits
• Longplay of F-Zero F-Zero, LongplayArchive
ACE ATTORNEY
Sources
Image/Footage Credits
www.court-records.net/art.htm
STAR FOX
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iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi...
Image Credits
www.nintendolife.com/news/201...
Gameplay Credits
• SNES Longplay - Star F... Star Fox, World of Longplays & RickyC
• Game Boy Longplay [181] X X, World of Longplays & FurretUber
PROFESSOR LAYTON
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Image Credits
Hideya HAMANO / Flickr
BREATH OF THE WILD
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www.theverge.com/2017/3/6/148...
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www.sado-kinzan.com/
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www.zeldadungeon.net/breath-o...
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[@ThomasGameDocs]

*This video was a HUGE endeavor! Six dev stories in one.* To support more videos like this, you can support me on Patreon! patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs

[@Jake_Josh]

Sounds like Thomas’s Big Storybook. Also happy 75th anniversary for Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends. The finest British television show on the planet.

[@geoleo965]

No, thanks.

[@lemondando6444]

@@arkethel you did (Where is Hyrule on earth video) but it was just needed as a base to that segment so it could build on it

[@Zeldinion]

Why do you keep changing the thumbnail?

[@greengrassvioleta]

ok

[@timberlago]

There is a connection between those weird trees on the Socotra islands of Yemen and the ones found in the Ridgeland area of Breath of the Wild. The trees are actually called Dragon Blood trees in real life (you can look it up), and if you look in the parts of the game files, they are referred to as just that- dragonblood trees. Its definitely no coincidence.

[@yasq]

I am so happy you made this point, as a Yemeni, I was proudly going to make it myself. There aren't many times Yemen gets referenced in a video game, so we've gotta claim everyone we can get

[@byksEBM]

Awesome

[@PatheticTV]

source?

[@safebox36]

Given what Nintendo are like for using real world elements as inspiration and references, I highly suspect that most of the "coincidences" are almost certainly direct references or at least nods. Not mere "could be".

[@safebox36]

@@PatheticTV mrcheeze.github.io/botw-object-map/ Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_01 Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_02 Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_03 Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_03_Trunk Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_04 Obj_TreeDragonblood_A_05 Obj_TreeDragonblood_Root_A_001

[@myfriendkirby]

Star Fox: This game is a space-shooter, so obviously, they went to s p a c e

[@IERServer]

I thought something like that when Thomas showed the title of the game, and couldn't avoid laughing for a bit lol

[@zenuko620]

Space*

[@zenuko620]

@Paul Parmahan You probably meant to say *What do you mean*.

[@anangrybird3402]

@@zenuko6202 wooooshes!

[@SliceJosiah]

Lol ｂｒｕｈ wat

[@xww6849]

My mind immediately went to Sonic Adventure 2, where the dev team created the first level as a love letter to and expression of rage against their base city of San Francisco. The reason you can knock over cars in the snowboarding part of that level is because the devs were mad at the traffic jams they were facing.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Xorn Was Wrong To this day I think that Speed Highway is based on Los Angeles. No other city could have that many highways straight through it.

[@Liamkbrown]

Also there are smaller three wheeler cars on that level which were added because heaps of staff members got frequent parking tickets visiting the office! So they added the traffic officer cars to take out their anger lol

[@ashklootwyk]

No, I've lived in SF pretty much my whole life. When I first played Adventure 2, I got the exact same vibe. It even looks really similar.

[@xww6849]

`Ash Not to mention the one level that’s literally set on the Golden Gate Bridge.

[@thedeltatheorist597]

@@xww6849 Radical Highway?

[@hecatialapislazulli5426]

Employee: "SEGA, can I get my vacation period a bit early?" SEGA: "To relieve stress for the Saturn disaster?" Employee: "Yeeees...." *Actually travels to real world places to make a believable game*

[@ObeliskWithLimbs]

R E S E A R C H T I M E

[@blazethesteamdragon6202]

*like a boss.*

[@powerofthec5908]

**like a boss.**

[@Korbsio]

A D V E N T U R E T I M E

[@babylonian]

2:52 relatable

[@Pighairlol]

hi nick

[@PaulWhite253]

haha nice timestamp nick... loved your video about the monkeyball voice actor...

[@Korbsio]

he booked a ticket to japan...

[@Nitroade24]

yes

[@Helicopter7]

Nick

[@alandarkcaster2902]

13:54 are you kidding me? they look exactly like each other!

[@maxis2k]

"But Nintendo had never designed an open world game before." Zelda 1: "Am I a joke to you? They even used me as the basis for BotW!"

[@weegle.]

*3d Open world

[@Lexiosity]

Zelda OoT: Am I a joke to you?

[@keit99]

@@Lexiosity Final fantasy is square enix not capcom

[@Lexiosity]

@@keit99 ignore what i said, I've not played FF in a while

[@TheBaldr]

The Original Zelda was based on the more rural aspects of the prefecture of Kyoto(not really the city). I think the same for Breath of the Wild, Kyoto City itself is pretty flat.

[@prismoth]

-the entirety of pokemon :l all the regions are based on irl regions... -kanto: kanto, japan -johto: kansai, japan -hoenn: kyushu, japan -sinnoh: hokkaido, japan -unova: new york -kalos: france -alola: hawaii -galar: the uk :)

[@jembuenaventura7593]

gen 9 location: germany

[@goldi947]

Yeah, but we know that. They outright state that

[@Fsilone]

@@jembuenaventura7593 gen *nein

[@kiru5868]

Gen 11: San Francisco

[@wasdasdyasd849]

galar is SCOTLAND

[@BirdieSenpai]

So, this is only moderately-related, but I proposed something about New Donk City and people derided me as crazy and looking too deeply into it. I suggested that New Donk City Hall is the completed version of the construction site from the original 1981 Donkey Kong. Looking at the structure of the building, it has four tiers each the same height, roughly 25 meters, and the city is intended to be a reference in itself to the originals of Mario as a whole, going all the way back to Donkey Kong. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it's even easier to make the comparison between the Hall and the construction site since you get to fight at each level, starting at 0 meters and going all the way up to the roof at 100 meters, and the building appears to have roughly about the right width to be where Mario and Donkey Kong had their first throw-down nearly forty years ago. What do you folks think? Is everyone right in calling me crazy and saying I'm overthinking it?

[@jordanertz3034]

As a Zelda fan, particularly BotW fan, anxiously waiting for ANY news on BotW 2, overthinking things has become an impossibility.

[@BirdieSenpai]

I'm glad you think so and I appreciate your kind words, sugar bun! All this time, I've been wondering if I've been vastly overthinking the shared traits between the two locations, so it's very nice to hear that someone likes the idea and thinks it has some merit!

[@LuckySketches]

Checks out. The interior is even unfinished, for some reason, so there's still scaffolding to jump on.

[@ChaoticMushy]

Plus in the game you play through "Jump Up Superstar" while in 8-bit mode. It's a whole reference to Donkey Kong.

[@lordofbased6547]

"Hi there..." thanks to this man these words make me so very happy

[@fatimareyes2410]

ThatOneAkechiFan Eyyyy it’s my boi Akechi! I have spotted a man of culture.

[@4dollsandamovie]

*Thomas:* "Number 4, Star Fox." *Me:* OH MY GOSH THE DEVELOPERS TOOK A TRIP TO SPACE

[@TimeturnerJ]

Mario Kart is based on go karts? I never would've guessed.

[@TheOnlyBlancy]

Same

[@paulinaguzera8329]

Yh me too

[@TheOnlyBlancy]

I never would've guessed...

[@dermo59_26]

NOOOOOOO THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOOOOOOO

[@reeeeee4012]

I'm surprised

[@patrickeid1689]

Now we need a full length documentary about looking through windows and the history and philosophy of it.

[@imnostalgiacc]

Location: *exists* Game developers in need of a break: It’s free real estate.

[@DarkTyyp]

My favorite real life place in a video game is the Luncheon Kingdom from that one place in Finland. I love how they made the lava into such a delicious soup!

[@cashkromsupernerd1193]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but the mental image in my head is hilarious, so I don't think I want to know

[@ErikRaigoso]

Cash Krom Supernerd11 luncheon kingdom from Mario odyssey

[@internetchild2615]

What about Pikmin and Shigeru Miyamotos love for gardening

[@MEUProductions]

Yan Hernandez Unfortunately, gardening is not a place. It’s a hobby.

[@mfultimate]

For a second, I honestly thought I'd made this comment and then forgot about it

[@karl-heinz7390]

Gardening is not a place wth

[@vitemallight8818]

Monkey ball

[@yaniz_1453]

@Fabian *aphmau reference*

[@marenjones6665]

Spiral Jetty is the modern example of "earthwork" art, and used in most art textbooks. Other examples, like the Nazca lines, are also included, but as the product of ancient civilization, their means of construction and purpose are unknown. Tl;dr at least one artist for BotW would have studied Spiral Jetty in school.

[@Mayeko]

Spiral Jetty was also more well known than you might expect some random American earthwork sculpture to be because the artist tragically died in a helicopter crash while they were working on it, which made it into international news.

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

Yeah it's even in my grammar school art class textbook, I immediately thought BoTW, and I live in Serbia so still very far from Utah

[@fungi265]

Now totk has a reference of the nazca lines with the glyphs

[@AlphaC0re]

12:10 Therapist: T-posing Hinox can’t hurt you, it’s not real T-posing Hinox:

[@Jason75913]

Hinox SMASH!

[@gp3328]

I can just imagine miyamoto driving around in gokarts for rnd.

[@mrcolegreat3595]

12:08 Thanks for showing me a t-pose Hinox, now I won't be able to sleep at night

[@powergannon]

It’s really funny thinking about a team convincing their boss to let them go Go-karting on company time for research

[@idontwanttopickone]

13:25 I mean, that is a really famous Land Art sculpture. It's literally the first image on the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_art It's a bit like saying they wouldn't know of the Mona Lisa in painting terms (the first image on the painting wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting ) I think you underestimate the knowledge/inspiration that most games designers (especially the artists on the team who likely went to an art school and have some kind of art history education) need to develop such an in-depth and detailed world.

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

Other fun fact (I think it's mentioned in-game) The Last of Us ends in Salt Lake City Utah. It's the capital of my home state, and I remember the shock I felt the first time I was watching it in the background of someone's gaming video essay, and saw several famous landmarks, most notably the Salt Lake temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gotta give credit to them that they had the guts to reference something like that. Fallout New Vegas also has Utah in it (in an expansion I believe though) and similarly references the church in the game. Oh, yeah, and you mentioned the spiral jetty too - that's a bit dubious though.

[@ChaoticMushy]

Wait that's an actual thing? I just thought it was some thing made up by The Book of Mormon musical

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

@@ChaoticMushy Gosh I despise that musical. It has caused horrible damage to our religion. All popular culture depicts our church as a complete joke and has no desire to show positive aspects of our church, like our commitment to strong families, to healthy living, to being active in sharing your talents with society... No, despite our 16 million members worldwide the world still sees us as a backwater cult of polygamists (something that ended in 1890).

[@ChaoticMushy]

@@armchairrocketscientist4934 wow that's such a shame

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

@@ChaoticMushy It is. I hope you're not being sarcastic. I also am sorry if I got riled up. It... is just extremely frustrating. I can understand if people find it funny... but to me it is just another bout of laughter and finger pointing at us.

[@ChaoticMushy]

@@armchairrocketscientist4934 considering that it was written by people who grew up in mormon households, I don't really see much issue

[@globalwarrior16]

Imagine your boss telling you that for today's work we go on go carts

[@tjeerdtrekkie1030]

14:01 it's not close Enough to draw conclusions.... Are you freaking kidding me.... name 1 thing that could be a bigger source of inspiration 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Scarabola]

Yeah, he got owned with Benjamin's comment further up.

[@coolnoah8183]

You seem to misunderstand, it is possible for game designers to design something without inspiration and have it happen to look very similar to something in the real world.

[@idontwanttopickone]

Yeah, that whole section made me laugh. Anyone with a tiny bit of art history knowledge or two seconds of googling the words "land" and "art" together would find that sculpture - which, you know, no concept artist looking for inspiration for an open-world game would ever do, noooo way, never ever, ever, ever. It's the first image on the wiki, it's that famous: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_art

[@healmore8716]

You forgot the fact that the nether in Minecraft is based of the Netherlands in real life

[@totallyahuman5055]

That's very obvious so he didn't mention it.

[@CreatureFeatureRlz]

Wow just last week I was studying Mayan ruins and noticed the site name 'Tikal' and I IMMEDIATELY thought back on Tikal from sonic adventures. Which then made me impressed at how well they captured the ruins and even how they must have somehow known about the site. Never did I think that the sonic team actually visited those sites!! Crazy how this video came at just the right time. Love the content!

[@onionbot2]

thomas: love layton me: ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well

[@theminorthirds]

Great video as always! But I think you might be underestimating just how famous Spiral Jetty is. It’s the sort of thing that always gets mentioned in a survey of important 20th c artworks, like Duchamp’s urinal or Pollock’s splatter paintings or Warhol’s soup cans...

[@glacialdreamss]

5:52 OBJECTION!

[@vitemallight8818]

OBJFCTION

[@jacksondavies8230]

OBJGCTION

[@critrawkets]

KBJGCTION

[@ZipplyZane]

I'd argue that the first two places mentioned to have inspired BotW look more like their game counterparts than the third. And it would be easier to come up with a split mountain than that exact spiral or those odd trees. I suspect they looked at a lot of things. They had ideas in that top down version that looks like Zelda 1, and then looked up real life examples to model the 3D versions.

[@brentonmah3258]

I thought there would be more worldly locations in this video but I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that the majority of them are right within Nintendo’s neighborhood, so to speak.

[@sydneybeaa]

So happy to see one of your videos in my subscription box! I always love them, thanks for putting so much effort into them

[@Jake_Josh]

Court House exists. Devs: Seatbelts everyone!

[@Astaroth73]

Sonic developers be like: "what, you can't design a 3D texture?, Well we've got you covered, just take a photo and slap in onto the design"

[@Jason75913]

that's far from being something rare or silly, if I'm not mistaken

[@ImNotGam]

Yoooooooooooo, I LOVE curious village. That is amazing that you have made a video that even includes it! Thank you!

[@_sparrowhawk]

As a designer, taking a trip for the study seems like a no brained. Kinda feel bad for the programmers though, they might feel overwhelmed but I’m glad they were inspired :))

[@cjsan2]

I visited Tokyo in 2017 some months after the release of Breath of the Wild, and the land sculpture in Utah was actually part of a feature exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in the city. So it is very likely that it’s from a trip to that museum.

[@Moncriefs]

Im so happy the Sonic team took that trip. That was my introduction to the "world" as a kid. I didn't watch movies or tv much but my mom got me every sonic game, so to see all those relics in 3D captured my interest

[@cupfulofeathers]

Thanks for mentioning the Layton series! It's my favorite 😊

[@Iggy30874]

Woah, you mentioned Sonic Adventure! I remember I mentioned that idea to you on Twitter a while back. Amazing video as always, Thomas!

[@andreaignesti3395]

I love how the Inkopolis plaza and Inkopolis square are both inspired by the Tokyo Sky Tree and Times Square

[@luciavarona8991]

Omg such a big video! Great as always, Thomas ^^. I didn't know about the ace attorney stories :00! Maybe they went to a concert for Apollo Justice, or to a Space Station for Dual destinies. I bet they even went to Nepal or India for Spirit of Justice! If you find more Ace Attorney stories, I'd love if you made a video about them! Keep the great work!!

[@zebdawson3687]

8:40 that’s a mugshot, dawg.

[@ONILEO00]

Aonuma or Miyamoto said that Dueling Peaks was part of a promotional art for the first Zelda Game and that they put it in because of that. I'm not saying it's not inspired by the mountain you mention but the inspiration my not have come for Breath of the Wild but for the first Zelda.

[@RydCook]

Brilliant video! Really enjoyed this. Didn't know any of these interesting things. Keep up the good work

[@zSphericle]

Dude, this is really interesting! Your content is awesome!

[@Lunapple1]

This was as an awesome and incredibly interesting, informative video! Keep up the amazing work!

[@MadamLava094]

Having been to Spiral Jetty recently, can confirm: there is a secret life-threatening training shrine inside

[@ddgaxelnilsson7855]

My mind immediately went to Breath of the wild, because the Guardians are inspired by ancient Japanese/Chinese pots (Or whatever at least they’re inspired by something old from Japan/China)

[@Jason75913]

Yeah, they do look a bit like they could be pottery-inspired. The four big robots and their pilots make me think of Power Rangers, which they are an inch away from being. The Power Rangers bit will be complete if the robots can combine into one colossal warrior for fighting giant monsters (crossing my fingers in amusement here, if they do this it will be in the sequel). The pilots are all ghosts, though. "Ghost Power Rangers of Hyrule," LOL!

[@Mommavery]

0:13 When you miss the premiere so you call in the bois to raid the time machine factory

[@datamaster3511]

I found you through the suggested videos.First, your videos are very entertaining and quality content. KEEP IT UP! FOREVER.🤭

[@missingindy]

8:38 reminds me of how innersloth was made, one guy knew how to make graphics and decals, but didn’t know how to code, and the other guy knew how to code, but didn’t know how to make graphics

[@supermiketendo1562]

Another awesome video! Very well researched :)

[@ChristopherMoom]

Games based on real places, huh? I think Super Mario Odyssey's world was based on this place called... Earth? I think it's some planet, and Mario explores it in Odyssey

[@thelostcowboy10]

first reply also hi

[@jbmagination2]

second reply gang please like me please my family needs it

[@KodakYarr]

"They took tens, probably hundreds, of pictures throughout their journey" lol

[@thejamesthird]

Welcome back my man! Please take off all the time off you need :)

[@rattyeely]

Phoenix Wright needs no introduction but Professor Layton has to be explained to everyone :(

[@bronysimpson3250]

0:37 I see the umbrella from Resident Evil.

[@rhombamcfierson]

Hello Thomas! My husband and I just adore your documentaries. We were watching this particular video when we remembered that on our trip to Machu Picchu, we had actually seen a few young Asian men with a sonic toy. We think it is the same bunch as is in the video 😂

[@mattzilla331]

You do good work man

[@bobcharlotte8724]

You have lost your mind if you think those mushroom trees arent the exact inspiration.

[@oddysee209]

The first 3d sonic video is part of a sonic compilation called sonic jam on the saturn.its like a hub world with sonic history, art, cheats etc.

[@deadlmao342]

I think the Dueling Peaks was based off of that mountain, an NPC (Shay) at the Lakeside Stable says how "Apparently, that used to be just one mountain a really long time ago. The legends say a dragon god split the mountain in half to forge a way through, and that's how it went from one to two" Then he goes on to talking about sightings of Dinraal, (Or another dragon)

[@wiiztec]

Title: 6 games you never knew were based on real places Video: Super Mario Kart actually used recorded audio from real go-karts Me: ???????????????????????

[@fnafboi9707]

TGD: He’s the man Behind- FNAF: Hi. TGD: did you expect me to say Slaughter?

[@theotherlogan-1638]

I may be wrong, but I think there is a piece of artwork for Zelda NES that has similar-looking mountains to the dueling peaks. It could just be a coincidence, but they could have taken it from that

[@leahhooper6790]

I swear Thomas has some of these Devs’ personal diaries with the info he manages to get

[@hbarudi]

The real world idea of the dueling peaks looks much smaller than those mountains in the game.

[@tacticalnooblol4930]

the hinox t-posing is my favorite part of the vid lol

[@duye7635]

Just seeing that Hinox t-posing is worth watching the whole video

[@caseys2698]

I think the title should have been “6 Video Game Locations You Didn’t Know Were Inspired By Real Life Places” or something like that, as the title’s a bit misleading. But otherwise, great video!

[@JoshFlorii]

SORT OF SIMILAR???? Those trees are almost identical!!

[@karrotkek9352]

Nice video!

[@rockypikmin4493]

This channel makes me like learning

[@r033cx]

Rockport in NFS MW is based off North Vancouver, where BlackBox studio was located

[@linkalot7415]

Thank you for the amazing video and have a great day everyone

[@linussommersel4272]

Good video

[@Hijiri04]

Dude that coal mine tower looks bomb ass

[@yh0o]

2:58 sIMple! You kinda sound like Mario on that part ngl.

[@TheLegoMaster261]

You should’ve mentioned that Ace Attorney takes place in Los Angeles.

[@tuseroni6085]

in that map shown at 14:53 there is a marker reading "omiya" in tears of the kingdom there is a shrine called "yamio" which is just omiya backwards (in kana, ya-mi-o o-mi-ya) wonder how many other shrines got their names from locations in kyoto.

[@jonathankulesa]

This video was very interesting... Good stuff... 👌

[@cubedude8690]

2:57 "sImple!" *_vois cracc?_*

[@onionbot2]

that’s... not npc grian

[@crypticcorgi8280]

_"Next, I think we should set Phoenix Wright's next case in a first class plane trip to Disney world and where he receives a raise and his dad tells him he is proud of him and..."_

[@tpg1774]

That hinox t posing though lol

[@LuckySketches]

I will say that the Spiral Jetty is pretty well known. It was covered in my college art history class as one of 100 works we should know, right along with the Great Wave off Kanagawa and the Hagia Sophia. When I saw that part of BotW's map I recognized it instantly as that.

[@vgremasters4396]

Actually, Spiral Jetty is a real world earthwork art piece by Robert Smithson. I went to Art School for game development, and that is something we actually studied in Art history. I'm willing to bet that the artists on the Zelda team, who also probably went to art school, already knew what Spiral Jetty was from their own art history classes. As a matter of fact, when I saw that spiral in Zelda, the first thing I said was "Oh look! It's Spiral Jetty!"

[@slide0549]

Imagine being a kid back then in Japan being a Mario Fan at a that same race track and saw Miyamoto and the Mario Team racing around the track.

[@Onlyitsmereid]

This seems like some of the devs trying to go on vacation

[@user-sb8cs3le2j]

What if the place where you put the miis was actually in real life?

[@Fredo22]

10:49 Thomas: *Says he won't spoil* Also Thomas: *Proceeds to say there's a plot twist*

[@LuminothLumi]

The trees also resemble the artificial trees in the Singapore gardens... If you look hard enough you'll always be able to find something that fits

[@Sarim-Khan2008]

Duel link peaks would make sense from the gold mine because inbetween the duel link peaks there is salt and ore deposits

[@guyadam6131]

its actual based on real land marks that's amazing

[@Jamesharveycomics]

Six games where they went on research trips which is a very normal thing for a developer to do

[@jamaljarvison]

I can’t believe they made real places based of these games!

[@Normal_user_coniven]

Kyoto has an aceint Japanese castle between the center and the middle north of the city (Hyrule castle), Mt. Heie in the north east (Eldin), a forest to the south between Kyoto city and Nara city (Faron), a river sources in the mountain group to the nort of the city (Zora's domain) and the link between Kyoto small rivers with and the Kansai region main river to the south and the south west edge of Kyoto city (Lake Hylia). Basically, they used this map first in Ocarina of time, and then, in every other Hyrule in later Zelda games.

[@wihz2651]

Very good video