Today, I bring you trivia from the land of Hyrule! Six facts mysteriously put into the world of Zelda, now brought forth to you, the reader! Let’s start, shall we?
So, why is it on Wednesday? Well, I had this all ready, I even published this and showed my brother the video! But, it didn’t work, and somehow deleted itself, and only part of it was able to be recovered. I’m going to try this one more time, and I am EXTREMELY sorry about this!
1. Link’s Awakening is a very beloved game! It was known for lot’s of things, like it’s extremely easy bosses, for example. But here’s something you may not know about it. There’s a simple nineteen-note melody in several games known as Totaka’s Song, because music artist of these games Kazumi Totaka has mysteriously placed them in games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi’s Mansion, and Mario Paint. It’s in this game, as well! If you wait 2 minutes and 30 seconds in Richard’s Villa, it will play for you. But, that’s not all! Putting you’re name as とたけけ which means, “Totakeke” will play another, more lively version on the file select screen of the Japanese version. Also, there’s a third version still in the code of the game, that cannot be found in the game… or can it? Perhaps you can search for it. Putting ZELDA in the English version plays a remixed version of the main theme. In the French version, putting your name as LOLO plays a secret song, too. Finally, putting your name as MOYSE in the German version plays a really cool song. To see all of these in action, watch this video from 11:48 to the end. (Forgive me if this is the wrong video, I’m doing this at school and Youtube is blocked.
2. Twilight Princess is perhaps one of the darkest in the games in the Legend of Zelda series, but it’s also hiding a secret. Jumping into a pit where Link accesses a death animation, using the quicksand in the Arbiter’s Grounds, will make Link go to what’s called the Bridge of Eldin. You know, the one from Smash Bros. Brawl? Anyway’s, once again, using the quicksand in this case, wait till about half of his fingers are visible and press the Home button on the Wii remote. Restart the game. If it worked correctly, you should be on the bridge, and leaving can take you to a strange Hyrule Field, the boss battle, and even the Faron Woods! It is a very, very strange glitch, and has a window of strange opportunities.
3. The Legend of Zelda has lots of video game references especially to other games, even Mario! Link several enemies in Link’s Awakening resembling Mario enemies, such as a Shy Guy. An extremely noticeable one is in Ocarina of Time and it’s 3D remake, in Zelda’s Courtyard. In the original, there were portraits of
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several characters from the Mario series, like Luigi and Bowser. In the remake, there was a little section of what seemed to be a level from the New Super Mario Brothers series.
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4. The Ooccas from Twilight Princess are quite strange, such as, they’re most likely based off of the strange creatures from M. C. Esher’s painting Another World. In fact, in the dungeon, City of the Sky, they are even walking on walls like the painting. In the American release of Twilight Princess, a character will say that Ooccas created Hylians, but this is incorrect. In the Japanese version, it is actually revealed they created HYLIA. Yup, apparently they were like some almighty god-like thing. The three goddesses made everything else. Also, the character Ooccoo’s name mostly like comes from the hexadecimal code for the color of Link’s tunic #00CC00.
5. Here’s a quickie. In the Master Sword Hall of Wind Waker, there are nice stained glass windows all around. But they obviously show something sweet, those are actually the sages from Ocarina of Time like Nabooru and Saria.
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6. Speaking of sages from Ocarina of Time, 5 of the 7 seven sages are named after towns in Zelda II. Impa, according to Hyrule historia, was named after the word ‘impart’ because in Zelda II, she imparts the news on Sleeping Zelda. Zelda, on the other hand, was named after the author Francis Scott Key’s wife, Zelda. Miyamoto also chose it because he really liked the name.
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