Princess Zelda, in the new Zelda games, is VERY similar to a certain Emilia Clarke (the woman who played the dragon princess in Game of Thrones):



1) The braids on top of her head.
2) The thick eyebrows.
3) The surprisingly fat ass.

Game of Thrones reach its peak popularity just before Breath of the Wild was released in 2017, so it's pretty obvious where Zelda's new design comes from.

Before this, Nintendo also copied the birds from the first Avatar movie in Skyward Sword:




Just like in the movie, Link runs and jumps off a cliff to catch a flying bird, and then explore islands floating in the sky.