Poll of the Day > why is everything in hyrule always in a different spot

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like what the FUCK? why is everything in a different spot in every game this is RIDICULOUS

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It's like it's a legend being recalled by different people or something

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Lokarin posted...

It's like it's a legend being recalled by different people or something

no FUCKING way

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Lokarin posted...

It's like it's a legend being recalled by different people or something

Or it's just lazy game developers who keep using the same settings/names/concepts over and over again to make different games, which were never meant to actually be connected until after annoying fans complained too much. At which point they made up a bullshit timeline to pretend like it was always intended to be connected all along.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

it's just lazy game developers who keep using the same settings/names/concepts over

its almost as if all of the games are in the same series

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the chickens did it

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Whenever something like that happens, it's accounted for by Triforce magic. Aka the ol' "A wizard did it."

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We should take Hyrule and push it somewhere else!

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Did you enter the name "ZELDA"? Did you beat the game once and start it again?

Both of these would explain your, "All the damn items are in the wrong place" conundrum.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

its almost as if all of the games are in the same series

Its almost as if this doesn't actually defend the premise.

Plenty of other series either come up with new settings every game (a la Final Fantasy), or are much more consistent in using the same setting (ie, establishing a map of the world/setting bible and actually sticking to it). Or series that do both (like Dragon Quest).



DirtBasedSoap posted...

can you believe they went to another halo ring in halo 2 and 3? such lazy developers.

That actually supports my point. They went out of their way to establish that there was more than one Halo in the setting, which allowed them to create new maps that were still internally consistent.

They put effort into world-building, not just reusing old character and place names over and over in different ways. You don't have to use mental gymnastics or convoluted time-travel shenanigans to try and explain how Halo 1 relates to Halo 2 or Halo 3. "Yep, there are multiple Halos, and they're not identical." Boom, now you can change things up all you want. And you can still have action taking place on entirely different planets, in different installations, or whatever.

To use your example as a metaphor, imagine playing Halo but there's an in-game map that shows you that the Silent Cartographer is in the north, the Library is in the south, and the whole ring orbits a gas giant. And then they followed that up with a Halo 2 set on the same ring, except now with no explanation the Cartographer is in the south, the Library is in the east in the middle of a vast desert, and the ring is orbiting a black hole. And then in Halo 3 it's the same ring again, but now the Cartographer is in the west, the Library is in the north in the middle of a volcano, and the ring is orbiting a binary star and has a massive asteroid floating in the middle of its loops. And none of those changes are ever explained, and are more treated as something that doesn't actually matter.

Keep in mind, it's not necessarily a terrible thing to not care about establishing an internally consistent or unique setting. But it indicates that Nintendo didn't really give a shit about that sort of thing early on, until the fanbase wouldn't shut the fuck up about it. They were more focused on the gameplay than the setting.
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Continental Drift and Climate Change

Smiffwilm posted...

Whenever something like that happens, it's accounted for by Triforce magic. Aka the ol' "A wizard did it."

Also this.

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uhh yeah I really dont think reusing names (because theyre all Hyrule) is lazy or implies NINTENDO DOESNT GIVE A SHIT. It would be more bizarre if they were all in hyrule and everywhere had a different name in every game

extremely dramatic tbh

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

And none of those changes are ever explained, and are more treated as something that doesn't actually matter.

because its a legend being retold countless times lol

it cant just be an artistic design choice, no, we have to be entitled and say theyre lazy developers

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PO is the epitome of "I typed a lot of words so I'm really smart and made a great point"

CoorsLight posted...

PO is the epitome of "I typed a lot of words so I'm really smart and made a great point"

sometimes Im like, yeah I get why people like this dude but most of the time Im thinking wow what a pedantic weirdo lol

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I can appreciate having an analytical mind or whatever but sometimes I just like to make dumb posts, especially at a place as dumb as gamefaqs

Cause Nintendo doesnt care anywhere near as much about the Zelda series as the fans do

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Mead posted...

Cause Nintendo doesnt care anywhere near as much about the ______ series as the fans do

F-Zero, Metroid, Mother, Pokemon...

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KodyKeir posted...

F-Zero, Metroid, Mother, Pokemon...

Star Fox

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