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I do agree that an easier control scheme is needed to explore more sophisticated AI in battles. I have expressed satisfaction with Skyward Sword's controls as a gameplay mechanic, but I feel like the difficulty curve is based wholly on being challenged by the controls. To incorporate a second...

Game Theory's understanding of the Link Is Dead theory is that Clock Town represents denial, Woodfall represents anger, etc etc. Keith's explanation uses the dungeon areas as a map I believe. I don't really accept the Link Is Dead part, but that doesn't mean that the the main thrust of the...

This is a really good question. And I've collected many different thoughts on this, though I want to say them more coherently so I'll be back on this topic in one way or another. In the meantime, I'll respond: Yes, in general, gamers probably have too high of expectations for the gaming...

I am fine with fishing being excluded from future Zelda games entirely, though it is a fine idea for mini-games or sidequests to break up the game a bit. It cannot be a prominent feature, though.

This sounds like a great idea, although I only have concern about marketing the concept: Why do I have to buy the home console to play a particular game when it clearly plays fine on the handheld console? I get the feeling that most games would have to be exclusive to either console. Also, the...

I have used all three, and the sets I try with Choice items usually resemble those described in the OP. And all the items are useful, though I find without thinking it's easier for most people to slap on a Choice Scarf compared to Band or Specs, mostly because it's easier to tell when you're...

Da Vinci had lots of amazing scientific "musings" I would say. He wasn't formally educated, but wrote down a lot of cool things that are quite insane given his lack of official academic merit. He is best known as a visual artist, and all of the science he did can be boiled down to a science of...

A lot of the most important physicists are also mathematicians. Especially before the 20th century, it was impossible to detach physics from math. So many mathematicians like Newton, Fourier, and Galileo are noted for great contributions to "actual" science (although Galileo's work was really...

The role of combat is one of the larger existential questions for Zelda. I'd suggest two things. The first is just smarter AI and more dynamic combat, especially for more powerful enemies. Encountering, defeating, or losing to these enemies represent meaningful experiences in Zelda. Second...

If seasons are to exist for visual purposes, then it should be triggered by completion of a player event or by some other action of the player (like in OoS, for example). The change in color palette from winter to spring in Mountain Village does add to the experience by making the world feel...

I really liked seeing acknowledgement of the social sciences here (economics, psychology, sociology, political). The method of inquiry in all these is very similar to those in the big natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and biology. Mathematics is too classical-like for me to consider it...

Can races have some individuals speaking with different accents? I'm not sure how well-populated the Zelda universe is, but maybe there exist Gorons or Zoras that exist in places outside Hyrule? I tend to picture each race as maintaining the same accent though. I picture Zoras as having...

Civil engineering is my favorite...questions about transportation are most fun to think about, in particular. Life is just a big Poisson process, and transportation encapsulates all of it. I can't say I'm too familiar with the other areas of civil engineering, but stochastic processes are...

Yeah, I guess Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball are more ubiquitous than I thought. Levitate would be a great ability on Mega Metagross without breaking the game. EDIT: Of course, by high defenses I was talking about Defense. Metagross's Special Defense is a little icky.

I don't think I have characters that I liked and then subsequently disliked. However, I do have a hangup over Tetra. So I don't dislike her...just not as enthusiastic about her as I used to be.

Mega Metagross is really exciting, and it appears as though Levitate is a good candidate for the Mega's ability. That said, I do have to wonder if Levitate would make it OP...given that due to relatively high defenses, Metagross is not that vulnerable to physical Dark-type attacks. I don't use...

With Zelda, I actually only think about such changes after a first playthrough of the game. Struggles and disappointments within any game can be either good or bad, and it's really hard for me to distinguish between them until after the fact. I also change my mind about whether I think the...

Vodka (grey goose, of course), but never straight...with pomegranate juice or cranberry juice :). Favorite non-alcoholic drink is tea...green tea usually.

The only potential issue I see with a lack of voice acting for Hyrule Warriors is perhaps some people value *hearing* any messages given during relatively quick-paced Dynasty Warriors gameplay. Necessary information (i.e. controls, objectives) are generally not presented that way though. If I...

I always imagined that Poes would be acceptable as a race that Link could interact with. Although Link has already experienced many considerable interactions with seemingly dead, humanoid creatures like Poes, Stalchildren, Gibdos, and Garo. So this isn't really a great stretch, in my opinion...

I've experienced only one of these while playing Majora's Mask, but the failure scenes during the Couple's Mask sidequest represent the saddest moments: The Astral Observatory theme also does a pretty good job of invoking feelings of sadness, although no events in the Astral Observatory...

First, from my reading of the petition...from the word "playable" it seems like they are asking for the option to play as a young, black female...not the character to be young, black female only. I don't agree that Link is as established of a character as you say he is. His personality is not...

But in any study of mathematics, there are questions that come from inherently algebraic, geometric, or analytic points of view. Though, it doesn't take much to turn an algebra question into a geometry question. I agree that the study of any particular problem is going to involve applying some...

Calculus is pretty straightforward, so I can't say it's that fun. Though antidifferentiation is very fun in its not being straightforward for some functions. Geometry has the proofs, but honestly those proofs are just basic generalization of problems you've done a lot already. I remember...

I agree with the main point of the argument, that too much of the discussion is focused toward art style when more of it should be focused on gameplay and innovation. That said, I disagree with most of the flaws you point out. Mainly, I think you blame The Wind Waker too much for linearity...

I agree with this completely, although I would add that contradictions can come up independently from Majora's Mask's particular time mechanics...there are a lot of crazy things that happen in the Zelda universe if we judge them as events consistent with our world. I do agree the idea was...

That's fair. Outside of live conversation, it is a little bit heavy-handed to go and clarify everything that each of us have said. I'm sorry if I misinterpreted your first post. That said, it did appear as though you were criticizing the existence of the "Defeated" timeline. As to this...

It is logically consistent for there to be only one failure timeline acknowledged by the games, because acknowledging only one failure timeline through several Zelda games is not asserting that other failure timelines don't exist. There just hasn't been interest in exposing what might happen in...

But every Zelda game theoretically does have a failure timeline. There are just not enough Zelda games out there. EDIT: But yeah, I do not get too hung up on the word "Failure". I don't think it's either too negative or super edgy. It is what it is. "The Hero Is Defeated" is more official...

I love the weather changes in The Wind Waker more than I should, probably. As a component to the atmosphere of the game, it makes the world a little more vibrant and interesting. As far as incorporating weather into gameplay, there are a couple ways I'm hearing that it could be incorporated...

I think interaction with NPC's is a key element to Zelda, so improving the frequency and severity of interactions is crucial. That said, I do not believe that the number of cities/towns is related to this question. Good NPC interaction can exist in town and out of town. I think future Zelda...

As someone who might be perceived as defending Skyward Sword's design for controls, I do not think the flicking motions in Twilight Princess (or Super Mario Galaxy?) are a worse implementation of motion controls. They allow for another control dimension, so that you may only need 8 buttons on a...

I thought the WM+ controls for Skyward Sword were very well done. I agree wholly with those saying that sword attack errors are caused almost wholly by player error. I would get frustrated at the game sometimes, but it was a good kind of frustration that I deal with when trying to adapt to...

All the transitions from Ocarina of Time to Wind Waker are interesting questions, so it would always be fun to know what happened in between. A lot of that can be said of the transitions from Ocarina of Time to Twilight Princess as well, though. As such, I think the best thrust for your...

Throughout the game, I did like Skyward Sword's artstyle better for being more colorful and making the world seem more vibrant. Twilight Princess kind of made everything (including Faron Woods) look the same color depending on what area you were in. Trying to not let each game's artstyle...

It is annoying to have to evolve Pokemon by trading if you don't have someone to help you. That said, in the past if I wanted to complete the game quickly to access tough-to-reach items (e.g. Dawn Stone in Gen 4, or just duplicate one-of-a-kind Pokemon in general), being able to evolve a newly...

The first one I played was Ocarina of Time. I got it as a present on my 5th birthday, but it wasn't something I knew existed (dad got it for me so he could play it). I played it, not sure what kind of a game it was, and quit after a while thinking it was really boring. Mario Party just seemed...

While I don't look for much coherence with Zelda, having a sense of coherence between games does add to a sense of grandeur about the franchise. So the discussion on necessary or unnecessary parts of the timeline is good. I may be rationalizing, but I have never had much issue with the...