A fan recreates the map of the game Zelda on NES with tens of thousands of LEGO bricks. Guess how long it took him!
LEGOs are gaining in popularity day by day, and it shows especially among adults. Whether by LEGO Ideas creations, or those of certain passionate amateurs, small colored bricks are at the heart of many projects as crazy as they are magnificent. This is once again the case with this giant fresco, faithfully reproducing the map of Hyrule from the first game The Legend of Zelda on the NES.
We owe this wonderful creation to Ian Roosma, an unconditional fan of this opus which marked his childhood. While he was wondering how he was going to be able to fill one of his empty and white walls, he then had the idea of building this fresco, brick by brick, all alone like a grown-up. A colossal task, which not only required a lot of time, but also a lot of money.
Who has room in their living room?
In total, the fresco consists of more than 25,000 colored bricks, which form a map of the most faithful compared to the original. The design and construction of the mural took a total of nearly 4 months, for a final mural 76 cm high and 2.18 meters wide. But things don’t stop there since this one is in 3 dimensions, which means that certain parts of the map are more or less deep.
The artist thus reveals to us that the rivers are lower than their terrestrial environment. The trees are also in 3D, and are of different sizes, as in a standard forest. But there are also some hills, dunes and mountains that complete the picture. An impressive result, which has a special meaning for its creator:
” Zelda on the NES is particularly nostalgic for me because that was the start of open-world games for me. The developer drops the player somewhere and you decide where you want to go and what you want to do, that’s the best kind of game in my opinion. »
At the moment, Ian Roosma does not yet have any other ideas for projects he could build using LEGO bricks. However, we are not immune to a new discovery from him in a few months. On your side, if you have time and money, you too can embark on this crazy process, using Ian Roosma’s video to help you build your own map of Hyrule.
