One of the best Zelda songs ever played on one of the best instruments ever. Stupid xylophones only get the attention because they start with the letter X.
I noticed, and I grinned after doing a double-take.
I personally believe that anyone who thinks that the "improvements/changes" ruin it and make it "not OoT anymore" are probably purists who are far too obsessed with the game.
I think I'd like shopping at Malo Mart. Sounds like they're not about to turn you away and tell you to come back when you're a little, MMMMMMM, richer.
Hmm...that is a good point. Technically, the version in Wind Waker was the original LoZ title, not the actual Overworld theme, and the version in Spirit Tracks segued into the Spirit Tracks overworld. Of course, I originally was going to put in a line about how the games all have bits and pieces of the Overworld theme in them somewhere (I'm Octo Rocked, incidentally...hi!), but I replaced it with the line about how the overworld themes all have similarities to it.
The Overworld theme in its best-known form? Technically not in any of those games. On the other hand, it's technically in all the games.
No, it wasn't. I don't believe it was in the Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, or Spirit Tracks either.
Hence the "borderline" part. I personally would have liked to take it for what it was: a tragically beautiful love story. However, may I remind you that Tatl actually points out (oh so helpfully) that "They're lovers, but they look like a mother and child!" Really, that line alone pushes it from unfortunate undertones to something that cannot possibly remain unseen. Not pedophiliac, but it sure looked a lot like it.
I'll admit that I loved Spirit Tracks on my first playthrough, but was extremely torn once I thought about the game. I found the Spirit Flute incredibly innovative, the story and characters intriguing, and the music quite possibly the best in the series (Although Wind Waker and Majora's Mask are also struggling pretty hard for first). On the other hand, the sidequests were pretty lame (there were essentially two), you were, quite literally, railroaded the entire game. The plot could have made up for it if it weren't for the fact that it would just simply stop. Really, from the first temple to the end of the four Tower of Spirits segment, nothing significant happens. That's some major pacing issues.
This was an amazing article. There's only one problem: where exactly is the mention of Anju and Kafei's borderline pedophiliac relationship (especially considering how Tatl helpfully points it out)? That could easily have been on the list instead of the clearly accidental ones (such as the "tap me" one, where there was really no way around the innuendo).
Docjazz! This man was almost enough alone to convince me of just how amazing the ocarina is. I want one now.
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