Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

That doesn't really change... anything, though. The entire thing's a dream sequence that may or may not have any bearing on Hyrule (Unless we get into the bizarre Marin twist from the best ending), and the only thing placing it without an immediate sequel does is confound matters further.

Mind you, I'll fully recant that if ALttP2 starts with Link coming off a boat or whatever.

 

I personally have a thing for creator's intent. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if ALTTP2 (now ALBW) references LA.

 

Thank you for your theory. If Nightmare IS Ganon's spirit, I hope ALBW will tell us that along with the details of how Ganon was ressurected for LOZ.

 

Actually, I feel that FSA and OOT should be on separate branches.

 

I agree with all of this except that my FSA timeline placement is based on Ganon (although he could be retconned into being the Ganon, but no longer accepted by the Gerudo) as well the FS-FSA connections. The FSA sea levels idea is based on an extremely zoomed out beta map. We have oceans too!

 

Is Red Ice hot and Blue Fire cold? (considering the "cool blue flame" in-game description of Blue Fire)

 

Is anyone here familiar with Demise's curse?

 

"Though this is not the end. My hate... never perishes. It is born anew in a cycle with no end! I will rise again! Those like you... Those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero... They are eternally bound to this curse. An incarnation of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness for all time!"

 

Thank you! I was going to say that Demise's curse resembles the Sith. Does anyone else see that?

 

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I tend to think of Demise and his curse whenever play through the Spirit Temple. Do you? The2ndQuest

 

Too bad. I LOVE the Spirit Temple.

 

According to Amazon.com

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
This item will be released on November 30, 2013.

Has an official release date been announced?

 

I think blood-soaked sea of darkness means stuff like the adult era market in OOT.

 

Hello, Zelda Thread. I have only recently learned of your existence, which is quite a coincidence considering recent occurrences in my life. I have a friend, a girl who HATES Star Wars, which out of the gate is NOT a thing we bond over. But last night, we're hanging out playing NBA Jam and she spots Zelda: OoT in my N64. She remarks that she's always wanted to play a Zelda game. Needless to say, it didn't take much time at all before a new play through of OoT was underway, with her at the helm and myself providing 'backup'. In one session we got from Kokiri Forest to almost the end of Dodongo's Cavern, and by the time we were gamed out, it was 1:30 AM. She knows literally nothing about OoT so I can't wait to see her reaction to the various revelations and events further along in the story.

A couple funny moments we had:

I'm trying not to outright give her the solution to any puzzles, but she was stumped by the Deku Tree room with the eye. I told her, "ponder the eye". 30 seconds later, I whisper "you have to shoot it."

She thinks dancin' Darunia and the cuccos' revenge are priceless.

A number of times, she found herself in sticky situations where she's about to die; at these times we share a knowing glance of "You can get me out of this/you need me to get you out of this", and we exchange the controller wordlessly.

I will keep you appraised of the situation as it proceeds; we will probably play Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess once we're finished with OoT (skipping WW because I'm not a fan of that one), if she wants to keep it up. Could be a fun journey to document.

 

TiniTinyTony, November is the release month for it, the 30th sounds like a placeholder date for Amazon until it is narrowed down.. though there was a chart which suggest the 11th November for the US release. European/Australian release date is not confirmed yet but hopefully not too far off.

Darth Eddie, it sounds like she is enjoying it. It's rare to experience something so beloved for the first time, let us know how it goes. Will you be giving The Wind Waker Reborn a try when it comes out around November for the Wii U? What is it about the GCN game that had turned you off?

I've been reading about the Symphony of the Goddesses: Second Quest and about the new content added to the concert. It should be great to go again!

 

I'm sorry to say the Gamecube was the last Nintendo console I had. From then I got the Xbox 360, and at this stage I feel like giving up on consoles altogether and taking up PC gaming. But the classic nintendo games are where my heart is at when it comes to my favorite console games.

As for Wind Waker, I actually rather enjoyed it at first, but I was never really sold on the flooded Hyrule premise, both from a lore and a gameplay standpoint. A) it sucks that Hyrule gets flooded, and B) it sucks that I have to derp around on a boat from place to place. So when Twilight Princess came out, which essentially fulfilled my wildest dreams of what a Zelda game could be, it was a case of Wind Waker being *knocked out of the water*. However Ocarina of Time is still my favorite video game ever.

Much ado is made about WW's innovative art and expressive characters, which is fine and dandy - but I have never felt more in tune with Link as a character than in TP during that cutscene where he's galloping down intently on some moblins that kidnapped the village kids.

Same here! Lately I've been wondering how *I* ever figured any of that stuff out!

Oh, right... strategy guides...

And now, I have BECOME the strategy guide.

 

Does anyone else suspect that Koume and Kotake raised Ganondorf to further Demise's goals?