Flagpole
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I'm posting this thread to discuss about the Black Tower's original roots, that is, how Nintendo got the idea to do it.
As many Zelda players know, the Black Tower is a very tall tower that appears in Oracle of Ages, built by some people of Lynna City, who got orders from Queen Ambi (is that her name?) to build it.
The story tells Queen Ambi was in love with a man who loved to sail over the seas, and who once sailed with his ship and never came back.
Queen Ambi, them, ordered to build the Black Tower: a tower so tall it had to reach the skies, in order for Queen Ambi to to look from there all the world of Labrynna, so that she could see the person she loved.
A nice and interesting love story, huh? While it may seem like a simple and crazy love story, I do think it is a bit more deeper than that, proven by the fact that I have proof for what I'm going to say, which shows the Black Tower's roots, based on the love story I've just told.
Most probably is that Capcom thought of the Black Tower basing on what I think most of you people should know about: the Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel is a big, colossal tower, which some people interpret was built so that it could reach the skies.
Though I do think many people had ideas like this without even knowing what the Tower of Babel is, I think Oracle of Ages pretty much makes a big reference to it.
A phrase from Sir David Lindsay names the Tower of Babel as a 'horrible fortress', which we could associate to the Black Tower, in which humans are exploited so that they could build the Black Tower, and we also can find a lot of monsters inside the Black Tower, which also makes this tower a 'horrible fortress'.
So, that is my opinion from the Black Tower's roots: the Tower of Babel.
Do you people agree? Why? Why not?
.I'm posting this thread to discuss about the Black Tower's original roots, that is, how Nintendo got the idea to do it.
As many Zelda players know, the Black Tower is a very tall tower that appears in Oracle of Ages, built by some people of Lynna City, who got orders from Queen Ambi (is that her name?) to build it.
The story tells Queen Ambi was in love with a man who loved to sail over the seas, and who once sailed with his ship and never came back.
Queen Ambi, them, ordered to build the Black Tower: a tower so tall it had to reach the skies, in order for Queen Ambi to to look from there all the world of Labrynna, so that she could see the person she loved.
A nice and interesting love story, huh? While it may seem like a simple and crazy love story, I do think it is a bit more deeper than that, proven by the fact that I have proof for what I'm going to say, which shows the Black Tower's roots, based on the love story I've just told.
Most probably is that Capcom thought of the Black Tower basing on what I think most of you people should know about: the Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel is a big, colossal tower, which some people interpret was built so that it could reach the skies.
Though I do think many people had ideas like this without even knowing what the Tower of Babel is, I think Oracle of Ages pretty much makes a big reference to it.
A phrase from Sir David Lindsay names the Tower of Babel as a 'horrible fortress', which we could associate to the Black Tower, in which humans are exploited so that they could build the Black Tower, and we also can find a lot of monsters inside the Black Tower, which also makes this tower a 'horrible fortress'.
So, that is my opinion from the Black Tower's roots: the Tower of Babel.
Do you people agree? Why? Why not?
