Khuutra on 30 June 2011
| Helios said: The Minish Cap's origin story is more symbolic than anything - aside from the fact that Link does get his cap, there is nothing that would indicate that it is the first of anything but the games of the Four Sword continuity (the Royal Family do feature, for the record). It's an awesome game - my favorite amongst the 2D Zeldas - and it introduced many of the concepts used by latter titles, but I don't it features actively into the Ocarina continuity. Just finished Link's Awakening. I'm impressed. Tezuka always manages to bring some kind of meta-commentary into his games - in this case, the game is a dream (or fiction), but as the Wind Fish says, isn't the memory of it the real dream? It manages to equate the player with Link in a way no other Zelda has. Now I'm pondering the meaning of the labyrinth within the egg. Is it a representation of the dark, maze-like recesses of our minds? Or a metaphor for the paralyzing fear brought on by the Nightmares? The solution to the enigma is found in a book you can't normally read - a supressed memory? It's amazing how rich and open to interpretation the setting really makes it. |
"Continuity" is a strong word, stronger than "timeline" - so do you think the Four Sword continuity is entirely separate from that featured in the other games?
