Hyrule Fantasy like it was called in japan, we know about the exceptions but the next big game will always go back to Hyrule in some way
As if it's ever really left Hyrule.
Hyrule Fantasy like it was called in japan, we know about the exceptions but the next big game will always go back to Hyrule in some way
I hate to be that guy but saying that made me think, like how many games don't take place in Hyrule? Koholint, Termina, Labrynna, Holodrum, The Great Sea, New Hyrule, Hytopia...I'm too lazy to look it up but I think that's somewhere around 8ish games. You could totally count the Great Sea and Maybe even New Hyrule as Hyrule for the sake of argument but I think it's fair to say that The Hyrule Fantasy might not really fit every game. Although it's a sick name, it would totally fly these days even if it didn't fit all that well.As if it's ever really left Hyrule.
I hate to be that guy but saying that made me think, Luke how many games don't take place in Hyrule? Koholint, Termina, Labrynna, Holodrum, The Great Sea, New Hyrule, Hytopia...I'm too lazy to look it up but I think that's somewhere around 8ish games. You could totally count the Great Sea and Maybe even New Hyrule as Hyrule for the sake of argument but I think it's fair to say that The Hyrule Fantasy might not really fit every game. Although it's a sick name, it would totally fly these days even if it didn't fit all that well.
LA didn't have much to do with Zelda except that the game kind of revolved around Marin, who was something of a dreamy representation of Zelda. Still, you could say that LA and the Oracle twins don't have a lot of Zelda in them so the name doesn't fit perfectly there.
Hyrule Fantasy like it was called in japan, we know about the exceptions but the next big game will always go back to Hyrule in some way
you'd call a completely new continent an "aspect" of a previous continent?I'd call the Great Sea, Hytopia, and New Hyrule all aspects of Hyrule. I suppose it's more that I want a game that steps out of Hyrule without having to minimize it by claiming it's a parallel world.
it's really just in the fact that it's called Hyrule, even if unrelated to the main Hyruleyou'd call a completely new continent an "aspect" of a previous continent?
you'd call a completely new continent an "aspect" of a previous continent?
Yeah, totally, like how the Caribbean was once called the "West Indies".you'd call a completely new continent an "aspect" of a previous continent?
Yeah, totally, like how the Caribbean was once called the "West Indies".
This makes me imagine a game with an expansionist, colonial Hyrule that Link has a genuine moral dilemma about serving and Ganondorf is kinda right about wanting to overthrow.
THAT game could totally be called The Hyrule Fantasy.
But yeah I'm definitely of the belief that The Legend of Zelda is a confusing title, and that if they'd stuck with The Hyrule Fantasy we'd have achieved world peace or something.
You seemed to take an awfully specific idea from someone's use of the terms "expansionist" and "colonialist," but yes, people generally soured on those things after World War II.If Nintendo made a Zelda game where Link was a 21st century westerner who believed that settling in a new land because your home had been destroyed was "evil imperialism", I would be done with the series. No matter your view on the morality of it, no human in the history of the world (smell the extreme figurative language!) thought that expanding ones country was a net negative until our privileged butts did several years ago. And much less if their country has been destroyed and they needed to resettle in a new place.
Yeah, it's a concept pretty specific to this moment in time. I know a lot of games like the idea of a modern game (and modern Link by extension) but I've always appreciated the timelessness of the series. Before your know it, Link will have pink hair and be riding a motorcyc- you know what, scratch that, he's always had an identity crisis.You seemed to take an awfully specific idea from someone's use of the terms "expansionist" and "colonialist," but yes, people generally soured on those things after World War II.
I was not specifically referring to the necessary resettlement seen in the "New Hyrule" from Spirit Tracks. I was merely jesting that a game featuring a "Hyrulean Empire" with a conquistador complex could reasonably be titled "The Hyrule Fantasy". Everything I said was a hypothetical remark about that title. I am not here to make this a political discussion about actual imperialism in real life.If Nintendo made a Zelda game where Link was a 21st century westerner who believed that settling in a new land because your home had been destroyed was "evil imperialism", I would be done with the series. No matter your view on the morality of it, no human in the history of the world (smell the extreme figurative language!) thought that expanding ones country was a net negative until our privileged butts did several years ago. And much less if their country has been destroyed and they needed to resettle in a new place.
Totally agree, I just hope Nintendo doesn't want to make it political either. It would turn so many people off. I'd RP that story for sure though. "The Hyrule Fantasy" does have a romantic ring to it, if they choose to do something a bit more broad with the movements of the kingdom, they could absolutely do like an RTS spinoff series under the heading "The Hyrule Fantasy".I was not specifically referring to the necessary resettlement seen in the "New Hyrule" from Spirit Tracks. I was merely jesting that a game featuring a "Hyrulean Empire" with a conquistador complex could reasonably be titled "The Hyrule Fantasy". Everything I said was a hypothetical remark about that title. I am not here to make this a political discussion about actual imperialism in real life.