Zelda Saves Link in This Fan Hack of 'Legend of Zelda'

What would happen if Princess Zelda was the one to save Hyrule, and adventurer Link was trapped in one room waiting to be rescued?

That's the question a fan hack of a Legend of Zelda ROM asks. Professional animator Kenna W. changed the sprites for the ROM of the decades-old, 8-bit NES game so that Princess Zelda was the hero of the story, playable through the campaign, instead of just being the titular character of the series.

Kenna said in her blog she was inspired by last week's story of a father who modded Donkey Kong so the princess Pauline would save Mario.

"I wished I had someone who could have done that for me. Then I remembered. I'm an adult now. If he could work it out, I could too," she wrote.