any thoughts on Zelda lore youtubers who struggle to make lore videos constantly out of so little material to work with? (thanks to Nintendo not giving much care for the world of Hyrule as far as lore goes)
Twilight Princess vibes from Elden Ring
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any thoughts on Zelda lore youtubers who struggle to make lore videos constantly out of so little material to work with? (thanks to Nintendo not giving much care for the world of Hyrule as far as lore goes)
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It's a product of the two series telling different stories. Zelda is pretty plot focused with memorable scenes and iconic events. Dark souls is all about the characters, not only the NPCs who inhabit Lordran, but the bosses, too. Dark souls feels like a completely different game when you understand who you're fighting and why they have conflicting goals to you. Meanwhile zelda characters are just there to play their roles. Take koloktos from skyward sword and the gaping dragon from DS1. Koloktos we know nothing about, other than it being an obstacle for link. The gaping dragon however is known to be one of the few dragons remaining in Lordran. We know that seath is both aware of and interested in the gaping dragon due to the presence of the channeler above the boss arena. We know that someone, possibly an important person, died fighting the gaping dragon thanks to the clothing found in the room. This kind of obtuse storytelling is omnipresent and unique in dark souls, and seeing it in other games would honestly make dark souls less special
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Koloktos was a cannibal. jk. But that whole temple had a great theme that people have made great lore videos on for its Buddhist themes. I think a lot of thought when into that temple whereas not so much in the guardians for BOTW
Mikey the Moblin
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I'm not saying theres nothing to think about within the ancient cistern; koloktos is still a decent mystery (definitely smough in disguise you're right) but theres not a canonical answer to what it's doing there or where it came from like there is in dark souls. Dark souls rewards you for figuring this stuff out and specifically uses placement and environment to act as clues toward a correct answer
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i want a TP 2 being an open world game
Yeah, you are right. Miyazaki cares that you discover the lore and rewards the time you put in thinking about the world or the items or the characters. Nintendo doesn't seem to care for its lore theorist because they obviously give very little care for world building or lore building aside from a few minor hints or some of the language on things to be deciphered and even then it's just usually a base description for something and not anything rich or deep or open for debate or interpretation.
Twilight Princess 2?
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if someday nintendo make a sequel