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Link replaces Pegman in Google Maps today (Updated)

The folks at Google are pretty awesome with integrating video game-based Easter eggs on their websites. Remember that playable Pac-Man logo? Plus, try searching “do a barrel roll” into Google, or play Snake over your YouTube video while it buffers.

Presumably to commemorate the launch of Twilight Princess HD, Link has now set on a new adventure inside Google Maps. In place of the Pegman in the right-hand corner, you can instead drag and drop a familiar green-garbed hero instead! See for yourself.

Update: GameXplain has discovered that the Easter egg doesn’t end there. Through the Google Maps app, you can find a fun little description of the “Zelda World Map”, and you can also discover many familiar Zelda locations like Hyrule Castle and Kakariko Village across the world. Happy hunting!

Reece Heather
Reece is the former leading news editor and columns editor at Zelda Universe, and is the greatest video game journalist in the history of video game journalism. He recently won an award for "World's Most Influential Video Game Critic," but had to decline his certificate as his ego is now too big for him to leave his front door.

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