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I think a big advancement was in TP how you got shot out of a bazooka.
How Advanced IS Hyrule??
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Bazooka?
I have no clue what youre talking about..
The cannon you mean?
I have no clue what youre talking about..
The cannon you mean?
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Bongo_Bongo
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The noob with his first post is going to butt in here and mention those huge lights at the forsaken foretress. I don't think they were powered by ganondorf's magic, and I doubt that bokoblins could power them 
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tanonkatt
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Have in mind that MM don't takes place in Hyrule. Termina seems quite more advanced, especially the zoras. They have a rock band with amplified intruments in a very wet enviroment, wich indicates that they really know the art of electronics and it's risks. Great bay temple is another example of this, with its well lit, thight tunnels under the surface. Termina itself are a quite different country compared with Hyrule so I don't think MM fits into this thread.
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I agree with that. I wasn't bothered by the MM picto box because it seemed like Termina was supposed to be more advanced. There was sort of a clockwork, quasi-steampunk vibe. The Zora of course had plumbing, and there was the bomb shop, and so on. I'm pretty sure the Zora didn't have 1960s or 70s tech, though; that I'm chalking up to magic. And if they are using electricity in a wet environment, perhaps they don't know its dangers! But then Zora with magic could actually generate their own electricity...and detach parts of their body...it was weird.
And half of everything in Link's Awakening was a joke, and the whole thing was a dream anyway. So the phones didn't bother me. There was a crane game too, although it was not particularly realistic because it was possible to win. Maybe the Wind Fish just has prophetic dreams?
When it comes to Hyrule, though, I think that a more careful balance should be struck. But then this isn't an opinion thread, so I'll keep a lid on that. Let's see, how would this stuff actually work?
I'm going to have to chalk the hookshot up to magic, with maybe a dash of tech. No way the chain would stay perfectly straight like that, and if anything like real physics were involved, the tip would certainly fall down like in Smash Bros.
I assumed the pocket watches in the original were just powerups and not intended to convey that there were actual clocks. I could be wrong. Maybe they ran on mini-gossip stones?
As for the neon lights, I can't say at all. Possibly fashioned from some kind of naturally glowing stones, but that's kind of stretching it. There was no visible source of electricity in that screenshot.
Ceiling fans? I got nuthin. Springs maybe? Windfall had a windmill, maybe there was a public hookup? Uh...
Bokoblin spotlights I figured were just fires in front of mirrors. It's a stretch considering the shape of the things, though.
The Gorons had robots. No getting around it. (Not like droids, I mean industrial robots. But still.) I'm chalking it up to the same magic (well, I'm calling it magic) that kept upside-down Link from falling out of his iron boots. Come on, really, Nintendo? Robots?
Funny that the Oocca said they had "technology" but their artifacts (the Dominion Rod and owl statues) were pretty clearly magical. You could make a case for the fans being tech, and the clawshots, but then you also have to wonder how they could use that stuff, let alone make it, without a little thing I like to call thumbs. The canons were more robots. They got up and walked.
Knowing its captain, I'd say the S.S. Linebeck runs on the finest in wound-up-rubber-band technology. I'm kidding of course.
I don't think the Hyrule of Spirit Tracks was really up to the level of steam trains without magic. After all, they only had Spirit Tracks. No one ever bothered to build any tracks of their own. Sure, you could say that up until the Spirit Tracks started disappearing they didn't need to, but my guess would be that the choo-choos wouldn't work if you built regular steel tracks for them to use.
Also note that Ferrus has a cam--er, picto box with a burst mode and a nice fast shutter speed.
This is fun!
And half of everything in Link's Awakening was a joke, and the whole thing was a dream anyway. So the phones didn't bother me. There was a crane game too, although it was not particularly realistic because it was possible to win. Maybe the Wind Fish just has prophetic dreams?
When it comes to Hyrule, though, I think that a more careful balance should be struck. But then this isn't an opinion thread, so I'll keep a lid on that. Let's see, how would this stuff actually work?
I'm going to have to chalk the hookshot up to magic, with maybe a dash of tech. No way the chain would stay perfectly straight like that, and if anything like real physics were involved, the tip would certainly fall down like in Smash Bros.
I assumed the pocket watches in the original were just powerups and not intended to convey that there were actual clocks. I could be wrong. Maybe they ran on mini-gossip stones?
As for the neon lights, I can't say at all. Possibly fashioned from some kind of naturally glowing stones, but that's kind of stretching it. There was no visible source of electricity in that screenshot.
Ceiling fans? I got nuthin. Springs maybe? Windfall had a windmill, maybe there was a public hookup? Uh...
Bokoblin spotlights I figured were just fires in front of mirrors. It's a stretch considering the shape of the things, though.
The Gorons had robots. No getting around it. (Not like droids, I mean industrial robots. But still.) I'm chalking it up to the same magic (well, I'm calling it magic) that kept upside-down Link from falling out of his iron boots. Come on, really, Nintendo? Robots?
Funny that the Oocca said they had "technology" but their artifacts (the Dominion Rod and owl statues) were pretty clearly magical. You could make a case for the fans being tech, and the clawshots, but then you also have to wonder how they could use that stuff, let alone make it, without a little thing I like to call thumbs. The canons were more robots. They got up and walked.
Knowing its captain, I'd say the S.S. Linebeck runs on the finest in wound-up-rubber-band technology. I'm kidding of course.
I don't think the Hyrule of Spirit Tracks was really up to the level of steam trains without magic. After all, they only had Spirit Tracks. No one ever bothered to build any tracks of their own. Sure, you could say that up until the Spirit Tracks started disappearing they didn't need to, but my guess would be that the choo-choos wouldn't work if you built regular steel tracks for them to use.
Also note that Ferrus has a cam--er, picto box with a burst mode and a nice fast shutter speed.
This is fun!
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Flute Boy
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in oot, you left out that they had record players!
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Uh oh. My first kill-joy post.
2009 Interview between Kataku and Aonuma
Kotaku: Spirit Tracks features a train, which may be the most modern piece of technology included in a Zelda game. How modern do you think the Zelda universe can get? Could it include, for example, a radio? A car? A gun?
EA: Technology actually was not a major concern for us when we decided to use the train. In The Legend of Zelda
: Phantom Hourglass, the boat was the key mode of transportation. Now that Spirit Tracks takes place on land, we needed a new way for players to get around, and felt that the train offered the best sense of exploration and discovery. We don't think it feels out of place in the game world
. Trains are also a popular mode of transportation in Japan. My children and I still feel a great sense of adventure when we ride trains in Japan.
Regarding use of other forms in technology in the future, as long it adds to the overall game experience and is something we feel the player would enjoy, we wouldn't be afraid to implement it. As a matter of fact, we have used the Hook Shot in several previous games, which would be considered a very modern type of technology, even by today's standards.
The varying levels of technology in Zelda is seemingly inconsistent compared to our reality.
2009 Interview between Kataku and Aonuma
Kotaku: Spirit Tracks features a train, which may be the most modern piece of technology included in a Zelda game. How modern do you think the Zelda universe can get? Could it include, for example, a radio? A car? A gun?
EA: Technology actually was not a major concern for us when we decided to use the train. In The Legend of Zelda
: Phantom Hourglass, the boat was the key mode of transportation. Now that Spirit Tracks takes place on land, we needed a new way for players to get around, and felt that the train offered the best sense of exploration and discovery. We don't think it feels out of place in the game world
. Trains are also a popular mode of transportation in Japan. My children and I still feel a great sense of adventure when we ride trains in Japan.
Regarding use of other forms in technology in the future, as long it adds to the overall game experience and is something we feel the player would enjoy, we wouldn't be afraid to implement it. As a matter of fact, we have used the Hook Shot in several previous games, which would be considered a very modern type of technology, even by today's standards.
The varying levels of technology in Zelda is seemingly inconsistent compared to our reality.
Flute Boy
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oh, and i dont believe the spinner is 'magic' operated, and dont forget working connons on boats and trains, and salvage arms on boats. and i dont know how modern a fishing pole is, it is a simple machine, but it wasnt really tought of for a while, wasnt it?