Clemson University marching band performs Zelda tribute in a Nintendo medley

Growing up in the South, I’ve been surrounded by college football all my life. My dad went to Clemson, and now I’m married to a Georgia Bulldog, so I was excited to see Clemson University’s Tiger Band perform an incredible tribute to Nintendo during half-time at Thursday’s game against Georgia Tech. Check out the video after the jump!

They kick off the show by forming an NES controller, followed by the famous “It’s a me, Mario!” over the loudspeaker. The band plays selections from Super Mario Bros. while morphing into classic Mario formations, including a Goomba, Super Star and even the castle flying a Clemson flag.

Once the Mario tribute ends, the band plays a Zelda medley while putting together all their power, wisdom and courage to create the Triforce. If you want to skip straight to the Zelda portion of the video, go to 2:55.

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Their performance is enough to make this Georgia fan say, “Go Tigers!” My dad will be so proud!

In case you were wondering, Clemson beat GA Tech that night 55-31.

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Amanda Vanhiel

Amanda is the host of our weekly segment Zelda Weekly and streams every Thursday on our Twitch channel ZeldaUniverseTV. You can also hear her on our newly resurrected podcast: ZUCast. She has repped ZU as a panelist at cons such as PAX and MomoCon, and as a guest on videos and podcasts with GameXplain, The New 8-Bit Heroes, Nerd Lunch, and more.