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Random: 'Princess' And 'Zelda' Mentioned On US Game Show Years Before The Game

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Contestant randomly links words four years early.

Here's a funny little thing. A clip from an episode of Password Plus - a US game show where celebrities would team with members of the public to guess 'passwords' from single-word clues - shows a contestant referring to a 'Princess Zelda' years before the world ever met Nintendo's princess.

Mention the name 'Zelda' these days and arguably most people will assume you're referring to the princess from Nintendo's eponymous legendary series - the franchise has become famous enough to seep into wider popular culture outside the realm of video games. On the other hand, some people might think of Zelda Fitzgerald, novelist and wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald (after whom Shigeru Miyamoto named his princess), or perhaps Zelda Spellman, one of the aunts of Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

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