23rd January 2005, 3:33 PM
That's not a plot hole is it? A plot hole is when the story contradicts itself, but how exactly do multiple tingles contradict anything? I mean, as far as I can tell, the only thing you need to accept is that, by sheer chance, the same weirdo personality was given the same name 3 or 4 times in history, with no connection at all. I gather this from the fact that each new Tingle seems to have no recollection of the previous one's meeting of Link. Now as to the odds of that sort of thing happening being astronomical, well, no matter :D. First off, that only makes it improbable, not impossible, so not really a plot hole, just silly really. Second off, being that Tingle is a totally ridiculous comic relief character, the odds being so ridiculously high of that happening actually works for him :D. I guess that's why I don't think of Tingle as an actual plot hole.
Haha, you do describe pretty much every shooter ever made there don't you? They ALL have a secret one of a kind (or 4 of a kind, limited at any rate) fighter you either pilot from the start or eventually get a hold of (usually by stealing it).
Oh hey! I just realized something after getting Minish Cap and playing it for a bit. I had wondered for some time where humans really fit into Zelda's storyline. From what I could tell there were a total of like 12 or so humans in the whole Zelda series, and all of them are unimportant townspeople NPCs (for example, the teacher in Wind Waker, or that indian salesman in LTTP, I mean, bottle salesman that looks indian, not a salesman of... never mind). I thought as much because these few NPCs have round ears instead of pointy ears. I also remember reading something in one of the official game guides (back when game guides really had a LOT more than just walkthroughs, this one had official exclusive artwork and all sorts of extremely elaborate storyline info and everything, I mean REALLY mundane stuff like the type of jewelry Hylians wear, the sorts of details apparently character designers actually do come up with very often during game design but never bother sharing outside the company, or so I've been told). What I read was that it was said in hyrule that hylians with pointed ears had those ears to hear the voices of the gods. Also, it's clear that those rounded ears weren't exactly an accident or anything because Wind Waker begins by making that distinction, with that giant bird kidnapping only hylian girls with pointed ears.
For some reason, I had assumed the hylians with pointed ears were actually a seperate species, hylian. However, Minish Cap seems to be saying that rounded or pointed, BOTH are HUMAN, totally human. That in mind, having pointed ears would seem to be a racial trait that for some reason us on Earth lost. Anyway, makes me see Link, all Links, a bit differently.
Haha, you do describe pretty much every shooter ever made there don't you? They ALL have a secret one of a kind (or 4 of a kind, limited at any rate) fighter you either pilot from the start or eventually get a hold of (usually by stealing it).
Oh hey! I just realized something after getting Minish Cap and playing it for a bit. I had wondered for some time where humans really fit into Zelda's storyline. From what I could tell there were a total of like 12 or so humans in the whole Zelda series, and all of them are unimportant townspeople NPCs (for example, the teacher in Wind Waker, or that indian salesman in LTTP, I mean, bottle salesman that looks indian, not a salesman of... never mind). I thought as much because these few NPCs have round ears instead of pointy ears. I also remember reading something in one of the official game guides (back when game guides really had a LOT more than just walkthroughs, this one had official exclusive artwork and all sorts of extremely elaborate storyline info and everything, I mean REALLY mundane stuff like the type of jewelry Hylians wear, the sorts of details apparently character designers actually do come up with very often during game design but never bother sharing outside the company, or so I've been told). What I read was that it was said in hyrule that hylians with pointed ears had those ears to hear the voices of the gods. Also, it's clear that those rounded ears weren't exactly an accident or anything because Wind Waker begins by making that distinction, with that giant bird kidnapping only hylian girls with pointed ears.
For some reason, I had assumed the hylians with pointed ears were actually a seperate species, hylian. However, Minish Cap seems to be saying that rounded or pointed, BOTH are HUMAN, totally human. That in mind, having pointed ears would seem to be a racial trait that for some reason us on Earth lost. Anyway, makes me see Link, all Links, a bit differently.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)