Octo Rocked
Dr. Octorokapus BLAAAAAH!
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- Dec 8, 2009
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Warning: Contains spoilers.
I've read a theory somewhere that the reason so many of the games are similar is because the Legend of Zelda series is just that: a series of legends. The theory stated that the games were all one legend: that of a boy named Link saving a princess named Zelda from a man/beast named Ganondorf/Ganon. The games are all just retellings of the same story, and the storyteller took a few liberties and made each version his/her own.
I don't completely embrace this theory, but I've noticed some similarities between games. For example, Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past share some similarities (3 MacGuffins, transportation between a "lighter" and "darker" world, then 7 more MacGuffins; final battle where the main (human) villain then becomes Ganon), and could quite possibly be the same game. Similarly, Oracle of Seasons and the original Legend of Zelda have many of the same bosses (due in part to Seasons' original role as a remake).
There are other such cases where there are glaring similarities, such as with Link's Awakening and Phantom Hourglass: Link at sea and washed ashore at the beginning, the Windfish/Ocean King, and notably, the non-Ganon Big Bad. I say "notably" because, unlike the forms of Majora, the Nightmare and Bellum are draining someone's power and both seem to deal with the mind--Nightmare, obviously, but Bellum could be short for Cerebellum.
Now, some games are quite obviously different, but who says that all of the games in the series are different stories> Couldn't some be the same story, just told in a different way?
Discuss.
I've read a theory somewhere that the reason so many of the games are similar is because the Legend of Zelda series is just that: a series of legends. The theory stated that the games were all one legend: that of a boy named Link saving a princess named Zelda from a man/beast named Ganondorf/Ganon. The games are all just retellings of the same story, and the storyteller took a few liberties and made each version his/her own.
I don't completely embrace this theory, but I've noticed some similarities between games. For example, Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past share some similarities (3 MacGuffins, transportation between a "lighter" and "darker" world, then 7 more MacGuffins; final battle where the main (human) villain then becomes Ganon), and could quite possibly be the same game. Similarly, Oracle of Seasons and the original Legend of Zelda have many of the same bosses (due in part to Seasons' original role as a remake).
There are other such cases where there are glaring similarities, such as with Link's Awakening and Phantom Hourglass: Link at sea and washed ashore at the beginning, the Windfish/Ocean King, and notably, the non-Ganon Big Bad. I say "notably" because, unlike the forms of Majora, the Nightmare and Bellum are draining someone's power and both seem to deal with the mind--Nightmare, obviously, but Bellum could be short for Cerebellum.
Now, some games are quite obviously different, but who says that all of the games in the series are different stories> Couldn't some be the same story, just told in a different way?
Discuss.