a 48-hour contest in 2011 wherein 352 game developers made a video game with the theme "It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This!". The 2012 video game Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!! features the character Jake the Dog saying to fellow protagonist Finn the Human, "Hey, man! It's dangerous to go alone!" The game was developed in part as an homage to The Legend of Zelda series. In Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, a version of the quote appears on a barrel in Cranky Kong's shop and reads, "It's dangerous to go alone. Buy this!" Nintendo used the quote in 2015 as a tagline for The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, which features three different Links working together to save Hytopia Kingdom from a curse. Advertising for the game included the slogan, "It's dangerous to go alone...so don't". The quotation appears as a hidden message in the 2017 game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many messages within the game world are displayed on signs, walls, and books, written in Sheikah text which can be translated into English. The Sheikah Slate pins used by the player as beacons are translated to "it's dangerous to go alone". Nintendo reiterated the original quote in advertising blurb for the limited edition Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda unit, released in 2021, which includes versions of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. The quote was updated to read, "It's dangerous to go alone – take these!" See also I am Error Notes References Internet memes 1986 neologisms The Legend of Zelda Video game memes Quotations from video games