Tag: bokoblin

Amongst all this jazz we’ve been hearing about the game – things like graphics, story and Wii Motion Plus – I managed to hear some talk about the Skyward Sword enemies. Enemies are an important aspect to the game, especially if you consider the new combat with the Motion Plus controls, and the focus on it. Furthermore, besides the gigantic scorpion, we have also not heard much talk about the game’s bosses. Then there’s the main villain. So this article…

Have you ever wondered why so many Zelda bosses and enemies have similar prefixes or suffixes? Think about it, we’ve got a Moblin, Bokoblin, Miniblin, Bulblin, and the newest addition from Spirit Tracks, a Big Blin. Why are they always referred to as ‘Blin’? What the heck is a Blin anyway? It would seem to be based off enemies that could be classified as goblins. I personally don’t see what is so goblin like in a bulblin. There are a…