Unused Content from Legend of Zelda

A recent video posted by Nintendo News Network takes a look at the unused content from Legend of Zelda. Going by a leaked prototype from the original game we get to see some of the early elements from the game that were altered or not included in the final product. They show some of the changed overworld screens, different looking sprites and significant changes to the dungeons from the complete game.

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Most of the changes such as the sprites make sense to me, it is clear why some more details would be added to them later on. Same with the less detail in the overworld and lack of music in certain areas. That is just evidence of an incomplete game. The different dungeon designs are more interesting since it looks like they were going in a very different direction with them at the time. Rooms full of darknuts as early as level three sounds horrifying.

Source: Vimeo