#zelda reference

[mairynz]

some sketches of starfox 🌠

[i-love-zelda-16]

okay, so i noticed this insane reference to Skyward Sword in the Age of Imprisonment trailer today.

and no, it’s not Fi’s Theme.

here’s the reference.

here, i compared the two melodies side-by-side, in case you couldn’t pick it up from the video. insane, isn’t it?!??!?!

anyways, thanks for reading/listening!! … i wonder if i’m the first person to pick this up…. hmmm maybe!!

[interlink-au]

⭐Big news!⭐

The most basic version of the Zelda Enemies Spreadsheet is (sort of) complete! (See below for better link)

I'm still filling out some missing areas, and I'm going to add some more enemies that I skipped back when the goal was just to compare enemies in games, but it's usable in its most basic form. Unless you're looking for Hyrule Warriors or Cadence of Hyrule stuff. That's also one of the things I need to go back and fill in. But the general A-Z list of enemies and games is complete!

You should have access to commenting via the link above, so if you have additions or corrections, please leave a comment. I would appreciate it very much.

Thank you for your continued support of this big project. I hope to continue to clean it up and improve it.

FYI, the spreadsheet is best viewed on a computer. If you're on mobile, I highly suggest using the Sheets app. You should be able to filter for various games and enemy characteristics. (The characteristics are still a bit of a work in progress.)

Go! And fulfill your fanfiction, fancomic, fangame, fanart, homebrew ttrpg, etc. dreams!

Edit: I am realizing that visitors to the spreadsheet do not have access to filters unless they have permission to edit the document. This completely ruins the point of all the hard work I'm putting into this.

Due to this, the above link is a comment only version and should only be used if you really don't want to make a google account or if you have a comment to make. Click this link to make a copy of the spreadsheet so you can edit it and filter it however you please. You might have to check with me in occasionally for updates. Follow the #project zelda enemies spreadsheet tag for that. And feel free to contact me directly if something isn't working for you.

I'm a spreadsheet noob but I really want to make this work for people.

[zelda-references]

light dragon (tears of the kingdom)

spoilers for the dragon's tears questline under the cut:

[ziskeyt]

The Ancient Gerudo and the Zonai

While playing Tears of the Kingdom I was struck by the choices made for the Lightning Temple, and this resulted in me going around to all the Gerudo ruins to compare what was different. I'm going to share what I collected through screenshots with you here today. Now, I do not know how to do free camera in my Switch games, and I'm not interested in attempting to mod my Switch to try, so you'll have to endure my game screenshots that will include Link just standing around. Sorry! Let's start with the ancient Gerudo ruins we have in game. Some existed in Breath of the Wild, some are new for Tears of the Kingdom. So let's explore!

Hallway leading toward the Eighth Heroine statue in the Gerudo Sanctuary. What you'll notice in the ancient Gerudo ruins, same in both game ruins, are the ornamentation patterns on the bottoms and tops of pillars and the bands near the top of the screen (mid-pillar) that look like they could either be further ornamentation or a language. New to the Tears of the Kingdom though, we have ruins with stairs and here we see the Gerudo of whatever time period made these liked to do designs on the faces of the stairs. Two more ruins from BotW that show this ornamentation band, one from the North Gerudo Ruins, and from the walls around the Seven Heroines. When I first noticed this band on the wall in BotW around the Heroines I honestly thought it must be some kind of language.

A refresher on the Seven Heroine statues from BotW: They have Gerudo text on the bottom parts of their robes that reads "The Seven Sages" in repeat. There are parts on the robes and on the ornamentation either of her head covering, or hair, that look like they were either painted at some point or somehow made of a different stone. The pedestals by their feet read "pedestal" in repeat where the balls go for the puzzle, these aren't in TotK.

In TotK they are the same, but they have now mostly fallen and are easier to get a look at:

The eighth Heroine in BotW is the same as the ones in the desert in model, but she her detailing doesn't look like it was ever painted, and her text still says "The Seven Sages" only for her, it is mirrored.

In TotK she is defaced to make way for the new cavern with the Tingle clothing piece. She has a Zonai device on her collarbone area now meant to receive the light beam for the puzzle to access the cavern in her head.

The eight statues in the Yiga hideout are a different model type than the desert. They are more blocky in styling, and here we do have all eight together in a circle before a raised platform in the middle. The text down the swords reads: "Gerudo an unblemished desert flo". (likely says "flower" at the end) They have triangles on their top parts, that along with the details on their collars are painted, and further unpainted designs that are meant to be the borders of their robes. The top front of their headwear has an oval with four lines around it a little like a child's sun drawing. The text on the walls to the sides of the statues reads "Gerudo there is no strife Gerudo like water we flow with life"

Note the designs on the sides of the statue by the swords, we see those again around the Yiga hideout, showing that this was fully something important to the ancient Gerudo and not just this area with the statues and Gerudo text.

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Now we've seen what we had in BotW for ancient Gerudo ruins styling. We got some more in TotK with the advent of the caves, so let's take a look at those.

In the Gerudo Underground Shelter, likely the first place you'll go and see them, we have a new model for the Heroine statues. They are much smaller and seem to either be painted or made of different colour stones. The reddish stones is a little similar to the stone of the highlands we find the Eighth Heroine only it's a different hue that leads me to believe these are painted.

Once you give them all their relics and open the chamber below we see a slab of Gerudo text, untranslated, but the game tells us what it is meant to say. The Zelda Wiki doesn't have anything from TotK on their Gerudo page, and I cannot find anything on ZeldaDungeon either, if you do know of anyone who has translated the Gerudo we got in TotK, please share! In front of it we see another new statue model. The new statue has designs on what seem to be the robe borders as with the larger ones in the Yiga Hideout, and then the same design on the sword. She has a stone in the front of her head covering, similar again to the larger blocky statues.

In the shelter itself we have a few other Gerudo ruins, the ancient Stele (only two pictured, and untranslated, but we are told what they are meant to say in game.) They do appear to at least have different Gerudo text from Stele to Stele.

And this mural that leads us to the quest to get the temple to rise from the sands. Gerudo text untranslated again, but we are told what it should say in game. It would still be nice to have them translated though! And, oh, what's this? Zonai ornamentation on the bottom? How curious. the Gerudo pillars framing the entrance to this area have a similar design detailing as the robe borders of the Yiga and new smaller statues.

From the shelter we can flow into another ancient ruin site, the Valley of Silent Statues where we get another new heroine statue, or well, a bust of one anyway. She seems to just be the model with stone, no detailing at all. She holds the magic Zonai lamp used for the puzzle in this area.

Along with her are the familiar ornamentation on the walls and stairs, and more of the smaller Gerudo statues.

There is another new model (hidden here slightly as this is taken after solving the puzzle) with Zonai detailing on her where the Gerudo designs were. These new models have the light receivers where the swords would be and they have reactive eyes, where the Gerudo designs on on the robes, we now have Zonai. We'll see her model again.

If we go into the Gerudo Sanctuary under the North Gerudo Ruins we encounter these stones that are usually used as tomb / grave covers. They have Gerudo text on them but we never get any in game text or dialogue that tells us what these are supposed to say, and honestly, I cannot get any visual on them good enough to be able to attempt it myself.

Once you make it through the winding pathways down in the cavern you'll get to the sanctuary where you find this slab with the story of the Eighth Heroine on it:

Again, untranslated, though this text is darker and likely could be, the game itself does tell you what it is supposed to say.

And then eight more of the smaller heroine statues. Interestingly, the eighth one, in pride of place, does not have the stone at the front of her head covering.

There are two more ruins with the Heroine statues with the Gerudo script, the Ancient Prison ruins have some that guard the hallway and final one who has her back covering an entrance to the cavern with the hidden shrine.

Then there is another another in the West Gerudo Underground Ruins guarding the Vah Naboris helm.

And then finally, we have the Gerudo statues that I'm not sure the name of who point you through the desert. Here you can see her surrounded by smaller pillars with the same designs as the others. She is made of a much lighter stone than any others around Gerudo, all or most hold a rusted sword for you to take if you need.

Okay, aside from repetitive ruins that just have the same assets in different ways and no new ones, these are all the ruins of the Ancient Gerudo in BotW and TotK aside from the Lightning Temple. As I'm now at the limit of images for a post, the deep dive into the temple will have to come in a reblog. Part Two | Part Three

[yetanothersomebody]

"What's that in your pocket, Luke?"

"Oh, wait a moment, Professor."

Happy Luke Lukes!

[geekynerdydorkyme]

Random useless post about my life

So, I'm in-between jobs right now, and have wayyyy too much time on my hands. As it stands, when I'm not taking care of my cat, running errands, doing chores, reading the news, gaming, or making intricate playlists for imaginary scenarios, I'm browsing the internet. And wouldn't you know, apart from my overly enthusiastic fanfic reading, one of my latest hyperfixations has been this little Zelda roleplaying website, that I first came across because the guy I had a crush on in high school (yep, I had crushes some 15 years or so ago; on males, no less...) was on it.

I have seldom read such deep, mature and compelling plotlines in my own language (since I mostly read fanfics in English). I've spent a few nights scanning through political intrigue, epic battles, romances and betrayals. The ironic thing is, most of the posts are from 2014-2019 and have been waiting for updates ever since. Guess I'm never gonna know what comes next. 🥲

[coralcatsea]

My favourite hairstyle for her is the high ponytail, and when she lets it down I envision it to look like the style below it.

A while back, I also discovered a short style (middle right) that I thought really suited her. It's based on Harley from the White Knight comics. This is the first time I've drawn it, but you might see me play with it more in the future.