So yeah. This is the symbol that has always been on the Hylian shield.

Turns out the symbol is a Loftwing, one of the giant guardian birds from The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

That symbol first appeared in Ocarina of Time, on the Hylian Shield.

They knew to put this symbol of a Loftwing, a creature from a game from 2011, on a shield game that came out in 1998.

They planned this shit out more than a decade in advance.



(And yes, I know this is not anime. But I HAD to post this cause I freaked out when I realized it.)