Shout Out / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Eiji Aonuma has stated that the game's art style takes inspiration from Japanese animation, though unlike The Wind Waker (which took cues from the old-school era) this game portrays its world in a gouache-inspired style that is more reminiscent of Studio Ghibli's filmography. This is most obvious in Kakariko village, which looks straight out of a Hayao Miyazaki film, and Impa bears a striking resemblance to Yubaba from Spirited Away. It's also very apparent with Vah Medoh's design, as the ancient airship covered in overgrowth carries a strong Castle in the Sky vibe to it. Not to mention Link's glider, default blue outfit and the post-apocalyptic setting littered with the wreckage of ancient killer robots is one big love letter to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
• In the E3 2016 build, line of Sheikah text that appears when new rune abilities are downloaded into the Sheikah Slate translates to "NOW LOADING, DO NOT TURN OFF, ALL YOUR BASE ARE", with the "BELONG TO US" being cut off.^note In the final build, the text was changed to "MASTER USING IT AND YOU CAN HAVE THIS", referencing the quote from the Old Man when obtaining the White Sword in the first game.
• The North American/Japanese box art alludes to Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog".
• One of the shields available to Link is a Sheikah artifact known as the Shield of the Mind's Eye.
• If you step into the "lane", This is Snow-Bowling! There are rules!".
• One of the Shrine Quests takes place around a "Mount Taran".
• The Radiant gear set has Link in a mask much like that of a Lucha Libre, complete with a championship gold belt. At night it glows over your body like a skeleton and has the added bonus of making undead not attack you. Very reminiscent of El Santo and the countless cheesy movies where he battled vampires, mummies and more.
• The Fire Rod shoots fireballs that repeatedly bounce off the ground, similar to Mario with a Fire Flower.
• The fact that there's a sidequest involving two Goron named "Fugo" and "Rohan" seems too coincidental to not be a reference to Panacotta Fugo and Rohan Kishibe. For added points, Rohan is said to be a "Famous Goron Artist".
• One of the DLC trials involves hunting down a larger, tougher Molduga known as the Molduking, which attacks by aggressively swimming towards anything in its territory and breaching (like all Moldugas do), but is distinguished by its extreme resilience, a number of lances and weapons stuck in its hide from previous attempts to kill it, and a white coloration as opposed to the usual dark brown.
• The Master Sword glows blue in the presence of certain enemies.
• Windblight Ganon's little flying attack organisms (AKA the spikes on its back) act a lot like the Nu Gundam's Fin Funnels, even forming an energy pyramid at one point (albeit for offense instead of defense.)
  • This may also double as a Xenogears reference due to Elly's gear Vierge using the same attack as inspiration.
  • When Vah Naboris (a massive quadrupedal robot) is on a rampage in the Gerudo desert, one civilian's idea to stop it is to tie its legs together.
• The Voo Lota Shrine requires Link to climb up an extremely long ladder at the beginning.
• One piece of promotional art◊ for the Champion's Ballad DLC depicting Link on the Master Cycle Zero has him recreating the famous AKIRA slide.
• While it could be a coincidence, Divine Beast Vah Ruta is a steam engine shaped like an elephant. Wouldn't be the first time this happened. Bonus points for the novel being set in India while the Zelda series as a whole takes cues from Indian/Hindu mythology (amongst other things).