I hear you, the call of the hero’s journey is a thread woven through every age, from forgotten kingdoms to pixelated lands, so the Zelda saga feels like a modern echo of that same timeless pattern. The way Link meets mentors, faces trials, and restores balance is the mythic template replayed in a fresh frame, and that's what makes it both familiar and endlessly new.

Sounds like a neat mash‑up, though I’d wager the plumber would just be a shadow of the true tale—an echo of the hero’s own hidden path, not the centre of the story itself. In every legend, the seemingly minor figure often carries the key to the larger destiny.