Is it really that they are the same, or are they merely similar? Could I not play Devil's Advocate and say that you have made the exact same claim, that one thing is a coincidence and the other is a direct indication of the Dark Interlopers theory? The point at which something becomes distinct is really a subjective interpretation of aesthetics,[.quote]
I would indeed. The is similar and then there is using the same eye twice. Now Nintendo could have just used another eye, or just made an eye with a close structure. But instead they reused the same eye from Majoras Mask.
Now I would not call this irrefutable proof, or else we would not be discussing this in a theory forum and instead would be discussing the real nature of the singular tribe that crafted both the Mask and the fused shadow. Nintendo has hidden some red herrings in the past. The Tower of the Gods in Wind Waker has a large carving of the face on the moon from Majoras Mask as well.
How it got there and why is another topic all together and not my point. The fact is Nintendo does reuse images from previous games and plants easter eggs. Now was it done on purpose to show a closed continuity and connecting histories and tribes of Hyrule? Or was it only to have the more astute fans say "Hey look that's Termina's moon!" In some instances I might believe it is the latter.
and I have yet to see an objective statement in the in-game text that truly confirms the Dark Interlopers theory. While they are strikingly similar, I don't see enough connections from Majora's Mask forward to Twilight Princess to imply a concrete connection. Even most older games in the timeline have connections both forward and backward to other titles; does Majora's Mask have any such connections forward to Twilight Princess? They both reference a dark, isolated tribe -- but wouldn't that require for Termina to be the Twilight Realm, if the ancient Twili and the creators of Majora's Mask were the same? Again, what exactly constitutes distinction? Can I not say that they are indistinct for the very same reason?
Of course not, there is no objective statement. What I did was include the statements of another Dark Tribe mentioned in FSA who was also sealed in a mirror. So there is actually a little clearer evidence to connect the Dark Tribe of FSA to the Dark Interlopers of TP. The only connections to MM from FSA was the use of the term Dark tribe. Which I said in my earlier post could just be a term that modern Hylians use because of the tribe's evil connotations. Only after we see the little clues left here and there could we begin to form a connection between Majoras Mask, to Four Swords Adventures, then on to Twilight Princess.