19th June 2007, 3:10 PM
In video games no, but Metroid is entirely based off Alien. Ridley even originally looked like Alien from the movie and is named after the director of it, Ridley Scott.
DJ/ First you said that they dont care about the story, I was alluding to the idea of hidden meanings that actually got a spotlight when it offended muslims showing how deep the story actually is, you said you didn't understand, so I said look up hidden meanings on wiki. If you still dont get it, the muslim chanting in the fire temple (as well as the indian chanting in the forest temple and etc) are to provide hints to the player that they're jumping between classical mythologies from different cultures. Each Zelda plays on it differently and sometimes its much less mythological and more tongue in cheek.
In WW you find yourself in a vastly different Zelda world where the old world has been frozen and forgotten. But when you're given a wand by the red dragon, you're able to change the direction of the wind. Get it yet? Nintendo even went further and added a subgame to collect statues, the store owner even mentions "We used to be cool and popular but lately it's gone downhill... things are gonna change though".
A red dragon stylized in Shinto architecture, in essence an icon of Japan called The King of Red Lions (related to classical Japanese culture), gave the game player a white wand that changes the direction of the wind. In other words, changes the direction of Nintendo and (hopefully) the industry giving the game player the ability to control things in a new way, which happens to be through the use of a white wand which will 'awaken' Nintendo's former glory (literally awakening the former glory of Hyrule). Usually Nintendo leaves its inside jokes to quick sound bytes or text like in Mario RPG's, but this time they went for a much grander approach. The newish director helped out here alot as Miyamoto is more inclined to focus purely on the idea of overcoming childhood fears and the excitement of taking risks while jumping through an iconic history of the real world of sorts.
Since Zelda 2, the game series has been built around the middle east, persia, asia and eastern europe with Japan being central to its universe, such as using the serpinski triangle (not sure on spelling) which is actually a very real Japanese crest of shoguns of which there are dozens that I know of anyway (hence Ganon trying to steal its power or destroy it, removing Japan's golden age and making it a unified government under one evil ruler, hence the pure of heart Zelda who represents peace being the true leader who cant fight for herself). The Zelda maps since then always contains each real-world equivalent which is always added to and fleshed out more with each game, such as adding the Goron race with their obvious asian overtones in OoT, a people responsible for making bombs (black powder) who live in their empire and nearly oblivious to the rest of the world. In TP, they take on a role of American Indian as that game is more or less based in an 'old west' style, selling you potions, arrows etc and using natural resources. The fun part is that American Indians are traced back to asian roots.
Getting back to the muslim overtones, in the fire temple you must destroy a chinese styled dragon named Volvagia using a magic hammer because Ganondorf turned Volvagia in to evil when it was, at one time, a god worshiped by the Gorons. An old tale in Goron history is that the God became angry and one of the Gorons would rise as a hero to destroy it. In effect: Link is named a 'brother' and an 'honorary Goron' for both bringing love back in to the life the leader and for removing the curse of the caverns that Ganondorf put in place (that curse: using ancient demons against its own people). Its also worth mentioning that Darunia than named his own son 'Link' sealing the bridge of the 'blood brother'.
In history there were many battles between muslims and china, with the mongols usually taking the victory. Entering the fire temple to destroy the chinese dragon, you hear a muslim chant which is a prayer. As Link, you defeat the old Chinese dragon that had been confused by Ganondorf's tricks, freeing the Goron people but at the same time, removing its leader from power (who awakens as a sage) and causes a new government within the Goron empire (dynasty) where they proclaim "We'll never fall for those old tricks again".
getting to the mirror shield we find Link between the persians (gerudo) and a temple of light in the desert which has been forgotten but was once a place of worship for the gerudo people. This is the battles of the ottoman empire. The gerudo are explained to have brought Ganondorf in to the world and raised by two evils called Koume and Kotake, sisters who are always arguing and fighting. Sound familiar yet? Ganondorf representing the climb to power and unity of a single ruler in fact comes from the government ideals within the empire and their constant battles. Getting the shield which contains the symbol used by Islam as a symbol of faith (also on flags) you're able to shield yourself from the evil of Koume and Kotake and reflect it right back at them - You're using the faith of the muslim peoples to reflect the conflict and anger back at those who try to overthrow and corrupt, creating evil kings and dictators. All said and done, the Gerudo people have renewed faith and align themselves against Ganondorf. Without the shield (faith in God) you cant help but be absorbed by the desire for power and corrupted by evil, always in conflict and at war with each other - Faith destroyed the mother who birthed war who in some respects took on the appearance of a sexually charged woman who even winks at you. Its not the first time a 'whore' is used to describe a mentality or a thinking, the whore of babylon in the bible is a representation of Rome's greed who's only goal is power and wealth.
There's alot more but hopefully this kinda gives you an idea.
DJ/ First you said that they dont care about the story, I was alluding to the idea of hidden meanings that actually got a spotlight when it offended muslims showing how deep the story actually is, you said you didn't understand, so I said look up hidden meanings on wiki. If you still dont get it, the muslim chanting in the fire temple (as well as the indian chanting in the forest temple and etc) are to provide hints to the player that they're jumping between classical mythologies from different cultures. Each Zelda plays on it differently and sometimes its much less mythological and more tongue in cheek.
In WW you find yourself in a vastly different Zelda world where the old world has been frozen and forgotten. But when you're given a wand by the red dragon, you're able to change the direction of the wind. Get it yet? Nintendo even went further and added a subgame to collect statues, the store owner even mentions "We used to be cool and popular but lately it's gone downhill... things are gonna change though".
A red dragon stylized in Shinto architecture, in essence an icon of Japan called The King of Red Lions (related to classical Japanese culture), gave the game player a white wand that changes the direction of the wind. In other words, changes the direction of Nintendo and (hopefully) the industry giving the game player the ability to control things in a new way, which happens to be through the use of a white wand which will 'awaken' Nintendo's former glory (literally awakening the former glory of Hyrule). Usually Nintendo leaves its inside jokes to quick sound bytes or text like in Mario RPG's, but this time they went for a much grander approach. The newish director helped out here alot as Miyamoto is more inclined to focus purely on the idea of overcoming childhood fears and the excitement of taking risks while jumping through an iconic history of the real world of sorts.
Since Zelda 2, the game series has been built around the middle east, persia, asia and eastern europe with Japan being central to its universe, such as using the serpinski triangle (not sure on spelling) which is actually a very real Japanese crest of shoguns of which there are dozens that I know of anyway (hence Ganon trying to steal its power or destroy it, removing Japan's golden age and making it a unified government under one evil ruler, hence the pure of heart Zelda who represents peace being the true leader who cant fight for herself). The Zelda maps since then always contains each real-world equivalent which is always added to and fleshed out more with each game, such as adding the Goron race with their obvious asian overtones in OoT, a people responsible for making bombs (black powder) who live in their empire and nearly oblivious to the rest of the world. In TP, they take on a role of American Indian as that game is more or less based in an 'old west' style, selling you potions, arrows etc and using natural resources. The fun part is that American Indians are traced back to asian roots.
Getting back to the muslim overtones, in the fire temple you must destroy a chinese styled dragon named Volvagia using a magic hammer because Ganondorf turned Volvagia in to evil when it was, at one time, a god worshiped by the Gorons. An old tale in Goron history is that the God became angry and one of the Gorons would rise as a hero to destroy it. In effect: Link is named a 'brother' and an 'honorary Goron' for both bringing love back in to the life the leader and for removing the curse of the caverns that Ganondorf put in place (that curse: using ancient demons against its own people). Its also worth mentioning that Darunia than named his own son 'Link' sealing the bridge of the 'blood brother'.
In history there were many battles between muslims and china, with the mongols usually taking the victory. Entering the fire temple to destroy the chinese dragon, you hear a muslim chant which is a prayer. As Link, you defeat the old Chinese dragon that had been confused by Ganondorf's tricks, freeing the Goron people but at the same time, removing its leader from power (who awakens as a sage) and causes a new government within the Goron empire (dynasty) where they proclaim "We'll never fall for those old tricks again".
getting to the mirror shield we find Link between the persians (gerudo) and a temple of light in the desert which has been forgotten but was once a place of worship for the gerudo people. This is the battles of the ottoman empire. The gerudo are explained to have brought Ganondorf in to the world and raised by two evils called Koume and Kotake, sisters who are always arguing and fighting. Sound familiar yet? Ganondorf representing the climb to power and unity of a single ruler in fact comes from the government ideals within the empire and their constant battles. Getting the shield which contains the symbol used by Islam as a symbol of faith (also on flags) you're able to shield yourself from the evil of Koume and Kotake and reflect it right back at them - You're using the faith of the muslim peoples to reflect the conflict and anger back at those who try to overthrow and corrupt, creating evil kings and dictators. All said and done, the Gerudo people have renewed faith and align themselves against Ganondorf. Without the shield (faith in God) you cant help but be absorbed by the desire for power and corrupted by evil, always in conflict and at war with each other - Faith destroyed the mother who birthed war who in some respects took on the appearance of a sexually charged woman who even winks at you. Its not the first time a 'whore' is used to describe a mentality or a thinking, the whore of babylon in the bible is a representation of Rome's greed who's only goal is power and wealth.
There's alot more but hopefully this kinda gives you an idea.