By Zachary Small and Rumsey Taylor May 4, 2023 The footage was only two minutes long, yet that was enough to conjure months of debate over sacred relics, goddesses and swords that could easily be confused for the arcane squabbles of medievalists studying Arthurian legend.But these self-taught experts were discussing a more recent hero's tale, one that has unfolded over the past four decades in a doomed kingdom called Hyrule .