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Salus Hyliae
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On the darkness of Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess
As a whole, the Legend of Zelda series is light-hearted and rather happy, so games like Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask seem more dark than they really are. If you'll notice, all of the major character in every Zelda game end up alive and happy, I think. For any of the games to be truly dark, this would not be the case.
I've been thinking about what a truly dark Twilight Princess would look like, without blood and gore and language and crap like that. Really, it's crap, believe me...well, for a Zelda game... For this example, I will only include major plot points, because doing the whole thing would take forever. So any way, it would be like this: The game would start out, and you would see that Link and Ilia loved each other very much; a true lasting love. And then the King Bulbo separated them. Then we get to Hyrule castle, and enter Zelda's chambers. There we would see her looking out her large window. Out of that large window we would see the public trial of the King. There he would be accused of treachery and then implied that he is hanged, without actually showing it (this is still a very reigned in series, mind you). Then Zelda would finally speak with epic intro lines, like: "The fate of Hyrule is slowly fading into darkness", and then a lot of talking, which I don't have time for. Then we get to the final area of Twilight, much later. There we would enter Telma's Bar, and lying on the table, weak and helpless, would be Ilia, and not the Zora prince. Let us say she still did not remember you anyway. So Link would be very troubled because he does, remember, still love Ilia. So we skip ahead to where Link helps Telma deliver Ilia to, uhhh, the dude in Kakariko (I can't remember his name), or even better, Link "romantically" takes her on his own horse. But here is the bombshell. She would be killed on the way by the monsters of Hyrule field. Wow. Didn't see that coming. Cue Sonata No. 2 in b-flat major, Marche Funebre. Link would be devastated, he would try to run from reality, ruthlessly slaying beasts right and left. Finally, he would be left on a lonely raining plain, and all he has are his memories of Ilia in the good days. From then on, Link would changed. He wants to take revenge for Ilia, but he is also a moral man, and understands the folly of revenge. He would have a very serious demeanor, and would always remember Ilia. He might even become detached, almost, from the world around him. He wouldn't necessarily hate the minions of Ganondorf, but he would hate Ganondorf himself, deep-down always wanting revenge for Ilia. Oh man, my storytelling is ugly. Oh well... Any way, when Link finally makes it to the top of Hyrule castle, he would Ganondorf, the one he hates so. Then Ganodorf would initiate the fight with cruel taunts about Ilia, while creating an impenetrable barrier between Midna and Link. I think, realistically, the fight would be by the sword alone, and it would be much more Epic. The battle would culminate into Link being thrown to the ground with the master sword shattered, which would suck. Now, here we could have one of two possibilities. We could have ultra-dark, or just semi-dark. One is that Midna could not stand watching any longer, and she would put on the fused shadows and break the barrier. She would then throw herself at Ganondorf, and with the help of light arrows from Zelda, Destroy Ganondorf. Or, say that Princess Zelda could not pray to the Gods for light arrows somehow. Then Midna would throw herself at Ganondorf only to be pathetically thrown aside. Ganondorf would then slowly walk toward the floored Link, cackling all the way with his evil Ganondorf laugh. Ganondorf would then stab Link and kill him. While Link is letting out his final breath, we have a fleeting flashback of Ilia, when she asks Link "Just promise me one thing Link...Stay safe" and a lone tear on Links face. I think at that point, hearts all across the fan nation would stop.
That is dark.
The Legend of Zelda is not like that though...
The thing is, The Legend of Zelda games are made primarily with thoughts of children in mind, and not teens or adults, although they may appeal to us, and I think it should stay that way. We should be less selfish in expecting the Series to grow up with us and let the children of this generation discover the amazing series. Axel said that once, but I can't remember where. Oh well... And Nintendo is a more soft option for games, if you think about it. Unlike Xbox or PS3, where mature games are the majority, Nintendo has a lot of e rated games. If they made a non child-oriented Zelda game, there would not be as many buyers, and that is not what the game makers want, I'm sure. It's almost suprising that they made a T-rated Zelda game.
So any way, what are your thoughts about the Darkness of Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask? Do you think there should be more, or even less, dark Zelda games? Tell me!
As a whole, the Legend of Zelda series is light-hearted and rather happy, so games like Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask seem more dark than they really are. If you'll notice, all of the major character in every Zelda game end up alive and happy, I think. For any of the games to be truly dark, this would not be the case.
I've been thinking about what a truly dark Twilight Princess would look like, without blood and gore and language and crap like that. Really, it's crap, believe me...well, for a Zelda game... For this example, I will only include major plot points, because doing the whole thing would take forever. So any way, it would be like this: The game would start out, and you would see that Link and Ilia loved each other very much; a true lasting love. And then the King Bulbo separated them. Then we get to Hyrule castle, and enter Zelda's chambers. There we would see her looking out her large window. Out of that large window we would see the public trial of the King. There he would be accused of treachery and then implied that he is hanged, without actually showing it (this is still a very reigned in series, mind you). Then Zelda would finally speak with epic intro lines, like: "The fate of Hyrule is slowly fading into darkness", and then a lot of talking, which I don't have time for. Then we get to the final area of Twilight, much later. There we would enter Telma's Bar, and lying on the table, weak and helpless, would be Ilia, and not the Zora prince. Let us say she still did not remember you anyway. So Link would be very troubled because he does, remember, still love Ilia. So we skip ahead to where Link helps Telma deliver Ilia to, uhhh, the dude in Kakariko (I can't remember his name), or even better, Link "romantically" takes her on his own horse. But here is the bombshell. She would be killed on the way by the monsters of Hyrule field. Wow. Didn't see that coming. Cue Sonata No. 2 in b-flat major, Marche Funebre. Link would be devastated, he would try to run from reality, ruthlessly slaying beasts right and left. Finally, he would be left on a lonely raining plain, and all he has are his memories of Ilia in the good days. From then on, Link would changed. He wants to take revenge for Ilia, but he is also a moral man, and understands the folly of revenge. He would have a very serious demeanor, and would always remember Ilia. He might even become detached, almost, from the world around him. He wouldn't necessarily hate the minions of Ganondorf, but he would hate Ganondorf himself, deep-down always wanting revenge for Ilia. Oh man, my storytelling is ugly. Oh well... Any way, when Link finally makes it to the top of Hyrule castle, he would Ganondorf, the one he hates so. Then Ganodorf would initiate the fight with cruel taunts about Ilia, while creating an impenetrable barrier between Midna and Link. I think, realistically, the fight would be by the sword alone, and it would be much more Epic. The battle would culminate into Link being thrown to the ground with the master sword shattered, which would suck. Now, here we could have one of two possibilities. We could have ultra-dark, or just semi-dark. One is that Midna could not stand watching any longer, and she would put on the fused shadows and break the barrier. She would then throw herself at Ganondorf, and with the help of light arrows from Zelda, Destroy Ganondorf. Or, say that Princess Zelda could not pray to the Gods for light arrows somehow. Then Midna would throw herself at Ganondorf only to be pathetically thrown aside. Ganondorf would then slowly walk toward the floored Link, cackling all the way with his evil Ganondorf laugh. Ganondorf would then stab Link and kill him. While Link is letting out his final breath, we have a fleeting flashback of Ilia, when she asks Link "Just promise me one thing Link...Stay safe" and a lone tear on Links face. I think at that point, hearts all across the fan nation would stop.
That is dark.
The Legend of Zelda is not like that though...
The thing is, The Legend of Zelda games are made primarily with thoughts of children in mind, and not teens or adults, although they may appeal to us, and I think it should stay that way. We should be less selfish in expecting the Series to grow up with us and let the children of this generation discover the amazing series. Axel said that once, but I can't remember where. Oh well... And Nintendo is a more soft option for games, if you think about it. Unlike Xbox or PS3, where mature games are the majority, Nintendo has a lot of e rated games. If they made a non child-oriented Zelda game, there would not be as many buyers, and that is not what the game makers want, I'm sure. It's almost suprising that they made a T-rated Zelda game.
So any way, what are your thoughts about the Darkness of Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask? Do you think there should be more, or even less, dark Zelda games? Tell me!
