#Botw Is such a goated game honestly

[lonely-cereal]

so me and my bestie may have made a kinda detailed TPN X breath of the wild AND sorta ocarina of time AU

(stuff in the tags bc it's SUPER messy rn)

[bluesdesk]

People. 50.6% of 87 votes are exactly 44 votes. And 49.4% is 43 votes. Tears of the Kingdom lost to Alttp for ONE VOTE

Anyway, I decided to yeet both off the poll! Let the 9th round begin! There are 8 games left, and these are really the best. I still have one game I want to vote but then the choice will be harder!

As I've written many things about totk but I don't want to give unwanted spoilers, this time the rankings are here and my opinions on the games are under the cut!

<< Previous round

The CDIs

Triforce Heroes

Zelda 2

Hyrule Warriors / Legends / Definitive

Cadence of Hyrule

Zelda 1

Four Swords Adventures

Four Swords

Oracle of Seasons/Ages

Age of Calamity

Phantom Hourglass

Link's awakening/LANS

Spirit Tracks

Tears of the Kingdom

A link to the Past

Soo! TotK and AlttP. I played AlttP shortly after BotW on nso, when TotK still wasn't out. I liked it a lot at first, but I have to say I didn't complete it. It was technologically advanced for that time for sure, but I don't think it aged well. The dungeons didn't leave me anything valuable to remember, like other games did, the items weren't equipped easily and the story was too simple and banal.

As for TotK. Oh TotK. I got to play botw another bit before returning it (I had borrowed it from a friend), after quitting alttp. And I still liked it! Then I bought TotK and at the beginning I was extremely surprised, it looked so great. I thought Rauru was the same first sage from OoT and he had a "goat disguise" to not be recognized, like his owl form. Of course I was wrong and then I was so disappointed, i left it almost one year ago and don't have any urge to play it again, I probably will though and give it another chance because something was really good like seeing grown up characters or finding those "Zeldas" or building things or finding amiibo costumes. - the story is great for a standalone game, but for zelda? The zonai make no sense to me and contradicted everything we knew. In the past right after sksw the gerudo weren't known, the zora and rito didn't exist, the gorons weren't on death mountain. They should have made another antagonist and not Ganondorf. Zelda's sacrifice was honestly a so great part, but the ending was awful. - the "dungeons" were copies of each other. And short and banal as heck, and the dialogues after each one were always the same. - People didn't remember Link. Only some of the major characters did but the majority of the npcs didn't know him. And Link didn't have the majority of his clothes. I know the outfits weren't mandatory to get in botw (nothing was mandatory tho) but at least the most known could have been left. The gerudo outfit, the climber set, the hylian set, the luminous stone set! They made up a story for the zora tunic and that's a good thing. - The depths were empty and too dark, even after the light roots were lighted. It was too easy to get lost. - the ultrahand and fuse mechanics are amazing as well as the ascend, but they should have made them mandatory at least for some parts of the game, to give them more spotlight. - I would have loved to have way more sksw references, this isn't a flaw of course but a personal preference! Also I would have loved to have Wolf Link as an ally again, instead of the spirits of the sages. - personal experience: the game crashed after I defeated Ganondorf for the last time. I was about to see the final cutscene when the screen went black and it never played (I saw it on youtube). Everything else on the swotch worked perfectly so it was just the game. Of course it doesn't autosave or let people save the game after entering the zone before the first fight with Ganondorf so I'm back there. I hated it.

[kuriboo]

hey have you seen the Nintendo direct today & if so how ya feelin

I saw some tweets earlier so I knew a bit of what I was getting into but I just watched it and HOLY FUCK MAN.................

under the cut i'll scream about everything i'm excited about! but this is one of the best directs of all time! this is SUPER long sorry but please know i am SO HAPPY this is one of hte best directs of all time i think

I WAS SO WORRIED MARIO AND LUIGI AS A SERIES WAS DEAD ;; I'M SO HAPPY IT'S COMING BACK!!! IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ART STYLE, THE GAMEPLAY! IT'S MARIO AND LUIGI!!!! I'm SO EXCITED!!! I'm behind on this series I still need to play dream team (I should probably start it over at this point, I have this digitally it came on my original 3ds and I've transferred it between systems twice now) and paper jam (I OWN THIS SOMEWHERE but my stuff is in disarray from room renovations...I'll find it some day) but I'M SO EXCITED! FOR BROTHERHOOD!

I'm more excited for the Dragon Quest remakes than I thought I'd be! I saw they were being remade and I was like okay yeah sure...this already was released on switch my brother already owns these...but this remake actually looks way better than the previous release on switch! I'm into this! I'm down for this!! It looks a lot better! I beat dq1 a while back, I need to restart dq2 because I haven't played it in so long... and I was just told I should've started with dq3, which I haven't played, LMAO so

Super Mario Party Jamboree...a third Mario Party on Switch! I'm excited for the return of Western Land, I'm excited for another Mario Party, I love Mario Party it's a longtime family favorite (though we barely played any between 3 and super, we have super and superstar on switch though) so anytime there's new Mario Party content I'm happy! I think I would've preferred an update/dlc of superstars, but...I can see why it's not! I'd like to play this online with family! I'm just a little scared at the possibility of not being able to play with pro controllers again...joy con exclusive gameplay is scary

ECHOES OF WISDOM! FEMINISM WINS! I saw screenshots of this on twitter but oh the trailer has me so hyped.... ZELDA SAVING LINK LETS GO........ I LOVE ZELDA'S OUTFIT AND HER FAIRY COMPANION AND MAGIC LOOK SO COOL! This is gonna be so fun to play. And I'll probably be a lot less anxious playing this than botw/totk since there shouldn't be weapon durability? so this might end up being my favorite switch zelda pretty easily lol. I'VE WANTED PLAYABLE ZELDA FOR SO LONG I LOVE THIS

Hello Kitty game I might pick up depending on the price.... it looks cute!

The Looney Tunes game looks so funny I kinda wanna play it SPACE JAM!!!!!!!!!

I'm probably not gonna get Luigi's Mansion 2 HD anytime soon but I LOVE LUIGI HE'S MY GUY HE'S THE DREAMBOAT THE GOAT THE DREAMGOAT.... I've never played any Luigi's Mansions though! I think I have 2 on 3ds but again, I'm not sure where it is.... Idr if we have 3 or not? We might? I'd like to play a Luigi's Mansion game someday but it's not my biiiiiggest priority. As much as I love Luigi, I love him so so so so much, but without ever having played it, I have this nervousness that I might not like the Mansion series...

I WISH I HAD EXPANSION PACK I WANNA PLAY FOUR SWORDS SO BAD

I have been screaming about the ace attorney investigations collection ALL DAY dude. This games have SUCH a good story (I've only watched playthroughs) so I'm excited to play them myself!!! The fantranslation has definitely impacted a bit of my excitement though. The name changes in particular... Verity Galile is honestly a good name, Eustace Winner is growing on me (I'm worried what they're changing Blaise to...), but Eddie Fender............I'm sorry but that is RAYMOND SHIELDS i DO NOT like the name eddie fender i CANNOT get behind it sorry.... BUT THE STORY OF THESE GAMES MAN I'M SO EXCITED!!! I JUST GOT THE APOLLO JUSTICE TRILOGY FOR MY BIRTHDAY (a couple of months late, but, uh, extenuating circumstances led to my dad keeping forgetting to order it, i am not mad) so i wanna play that before AAI and I STILL NEED TO PLAY THE GREAT ACE ATTORNEY COLLECTION TOO..... BUT MAN I LOVE ACE ATTORNEY I'M SO EXCITED I WANTED TO CRY

metroid prime 4! i still need to get into the metroid series (i need to give it another try, i haven't been able to get myself to really enjoy it yet) but i'm excited for metroid fans! this is such a long time coming...and now it's so close! the graphics look really good! i don't have much else to say about this one.

AND MAN

OH

MAN

THE UNEXPECTED GOAT

I DIDN'T SEE THIS GAME BEFORE WATCHING THE DIRECT BECAUSE NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT

BUT OH MY GOSH

PHANTOM BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PHANTOM BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW PHANTOM BRAVE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love phantom brave SO SO SO SO MUCH i wanna CRY i'm SO SO SO HAPPY!!!!! ASH AND MARONA ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET ANOTHER PHANTOM BRAVE! IT WASN'T EVEN A HOPE BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT COULD EVER HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!

PHANTOM BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

idk about the mech part that's gonna have to grow on me but YOU CAN FUSE CHARACTERS WITH MARONA AND GIVE HER CUTE NEW OUTFITS???????????????????????????

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

PHANTOM BRAVE PHANTOM BRAVE

when this came up in the direct i literally could not stop stimming and shaking i SCREAMED i am SO SO HAPPY

i think i'm more excited for htis game than anyone else because literally no one that i've seen is talking about it but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PHANTOM BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[seansilv25]

So that Partner Showcase and Indie World, huh?

In all honesty, this one kinda just went by me. Somewhat due to the lack of interesting stuff in it, but mostly due to you-probably-know-what. But nevertheless, let's cover this double whammy of a presentation

Balatro: Friends of Jimbo; DISTRACTION DANCE MUSIC HEARD. BEING THOROUGHLY DISTRACTED Neva; I swear I've seen this kind of game in like five different forms yet they all look the same. They're like Fromsoft games Moth Kubit; Corporately cute, I suppose Coffee Talk Tokyo; I don't drink coffee, so I can't really get the hype Sea of Stars; This just looks like the same kind of basic JRPG that you would see in any given anime when they need a "video game" to fill time PowerWash Simulator: Shrek DLC; someBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS GONNA WASH ME! Morsels; Why does this look like Cuphead plus Little Nightmares to me? Date Everything; Anyone else remember Chairem Anime? Or at least skipped to Sofaden? Peglin; Isn't this the kind of game that's best suited for mobile? Wobbly Life; So Human Fall Flat but free roam? Pico Park 2; If there's one thing Grian taught me, its that this game is far more toxic than the Indie World guys are making it out to be Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX; You're telling me there's still stuff to add for Shovel Knight on Switch? I thought that was all burnt through Europa; Kinda getting BOTW vibes, NGL Cuisineer; ...So is it a roguelike but Overcooked or something? On Your Tail; Wonder how much furry you-know-what has been uploaded to you-know-where already? Metal Slug Tactics; So did SNK sell off Metal Slug or something? How does this count as Indie then? The Plucky Squire; ...Honestly I got nothin' for this one Pizza Tower; Y'ALL READY TO GET FUNKY?!

Tetris Forever; You guys think there are actually 99 Tetrises by this point? Star Overdrive; Why is this giving me Marvel vibes? Goat Simulator 3; It's Goat Sim. What else can I say? Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st; Basic-looking RPG. I got nothing Star Wars Hunters; Is this Star Wars Overwatch or something? ...okay S.T.A.L.K.E.R.; What is this, "I Can't Believe It's Not COD"? Worms Armageddon; Alright, where's my Holy Hand Grenade? Disney Dreamlight Valley; What was new within this that wasn't here the last time? The Patrick Star Game; Is this a goat sim-like game? No, this is Patrick Fitness Boxing 3; I imagine if you made this into a VR game, it would become the new Wiimote-into-TV Capcom Fighting Collection 2; Power Stone & co rise from the grave (Except the one Capcom fighting game series that's all about things rising from graves) MVC Fighting Collection; Break out the Mango Sentinels and find where your curly mustaches at, because mid-September is MAHVEL TIME, BAYBEE! Atelier Yumia; Honestly this looks like a poor mans Xenoblade to me Suikoden I&II; When will these sprite on 3d rpgs END?! Dragon Quest III HD-2D; (read above) Castlevania Dominus; Huh... neat Civilization VII; Let's just hope that Ghandi is as far away from this one as possible this time round Tales of Graces f; Wait, there's more to Tales of than just Lloyd and Yuri? Wow MySims: Cozy Bundle; Miis plus Sims make this, apparently FNAF: Help Wanted 2; har har har-har har har har-har har-har FNAF: Security Breach - Ruin; Dude, even the trailer was kind slow in framerate. That's how you know that this game has it rough Epic Mickey: Rebrushed; Unless I'm mistaken, I think that was actually the first time we've gotten a look at Tomorrow City. Every other location in the Wasteland was shown off before, but not here Tales of the Shire; Neat Just Dance 2025; Just Dance must have found the Fountain of Youth with how little dying its doing Funko Fusion; This just looks like a lesser Lego Dimensions, to be honest EA Sports FC 25; Dude, who even cares about EA Sports games? (Outside of our goat and savior Madden 08) Lego Horizons Adventures; I just want to know if and/or when the next Tt Lego game will be Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma; In all honestly, the whole "Japanese" aesthetic has been far overplayed to me. It's completely lost any luster in my eyes Yakuza Kiwami; FOUND YOU ON SWITCH, KIRYU-CHAN!!!

All in all, kind of uneventful. But at least not in terms of the rest of today, because SONIC 3 TRAILER, LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!

[dearfriendsinhigherplaces]

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𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧

•i’m alexis

•i’m 21 years old

•i use she/her and they/them as my pronouns but i’m seeing if i’m comfortable with he/him as well rn. you don’t need to use them interchangeably in the same sentence, just use whatever honestly gender is hard. i do prefer she/they though

•i’m bisexual and i’m demigender (i just call myself queer mostly)

•my shifting journey started in 2021

•i had my first shift in october 2023 (minishift)

•i want shifting friends

•send me asks i love them

•i’m taken in this reality and me and my partner are trying to groupshift together

•the main theme in most of my drs is friendship and found family

•i’m a subliminal creator and i’ve been listening to subliminals for over 7 years

•i sketch portraits (traditionally and digitally), sew, do tarot, play the ukulele and the guitar, and play video games

•i’m a northwestern wolf and crested honey buzzard therian, and im otherhearted with barn owls

•i’m in an endogenic system and i have 3 headmates

•i have dyslexia

•i’m learning danish, jeg snakker og forstår lidt dansk men meget dårligt. and i’m also interested in learning asl, turkish, hindi, and korean in the future

•i’m a very nervous person

•infp

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𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧

•music: the beatles, will wood, idk how but they found me, the smiths, james and the shame, the mountain goats, bo burnham, tim minchin, chappell roan, mother mother, the crane wives, aeseaes

•movies: crimson peak, another round, a ghost story, nope, httyd, thor ragnarok, into/across the spiderverse, titanic

•tv shows: hannibal, barry, bbc’s ghosts, supernatural, good omens, ofmd, bridgerton, the great, all of us are dead, atla, hazbin hotel, love death and robots, the end of the fucking world, sex education, breaking bad, rita, the handmaid’s tale

•video games: bg3, rdr and rdr2, detroit become human, shelter 2, the sims 3 and 4, animal crossing, stardew valley, the isle, resident evil 7 and 8, minecraft

•books: the little prince, the handmaid’s tale, war of the worlds, high-rise, wings of fire, warrior cats, anything edgar allan poe

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𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚜 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧

•bg3

•bg3 isekai

•dnd (this dr also takes place in the forgotten realms dr but i’m a different person in it)

•hogwarts uni

•beatles

•adventure time

•hawthorne

•bridgerton

•rdr2

•sims 4

•camp half-blood

•bbc’s ghosts

•marvel

•wings of fire

•changeling

•vampire

•mermaid

•selkie

•magical boarding school

•supernatural

•fame

•the boys

•maleficent

•detroit become human

•mha

•waiting room

𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛/𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚜 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧

•botw

•beastars

•lore olympus

•heal inner child

i’ve got some other random/smaller/one-off drs that i won’t include in the list. also for the drs changeling, vampire, mermaid, selkie, those are drs that i made up and aren’t from any existing media. i just am those creatures in those drs. i’ve also got an entire made up realm that i’ve been making and doing world building for for years that i’m shifting to, it’s called Aurora.

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𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧

•i mainly post about reality shifting, but i also post about therianthropy and subliminals from time to time

•i post about my bg3 dr A LOT as it is my main one

•the drs that i’m most connected to and have been trying to shift to the longest are bg3, hogwarts, and my beatles dr

•my hogwarts dr is a university, but i’ll always just refer to it as my hogwarts dr

•i deal with intrusive and obsessive thoughts (i have ocd tendencies but i’ve never gotten a diagnosis for ocd so i’m not sure if i have it), so if i make a post talking about those I’ll put a trigger warning

•i have undiagnosed social anxiety

•i swear, but i’m not going to put trigger warnings for swearing

•i’ll never talk about anything explicitly sexual on here

•dni: if you are an anti shifter, transphobic, homophobic, biphobic, arophobic, acephobic, terf, transmed, racist, just a bigot in general, anti-Palestine, anti-Ukraine, against therians/otherkins, sysmed, anti endo

•while i don’t talk about being in an endogenic system (much), my account is still very pro endo. i’ve been in an endo system (more specifically a tulpa system) for over 5 years. i do not have DID and i would never claim to. my system was formed completely by choice and without trauma. endo neutrals can interact

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feel free to ask me any questions about my drs/about my interests, i’m happy to share. you can ask about literally anything in this introduction, doesn’t have to be about shifting. happy shifting :-)

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[mrlimesapper]

What’s your favorite:

Daft Punk Song?

Legend of Zelda game?

Undertale/Deltarune Character?

Gravity falls Episode?

(For me it’s Touch, BOTW, Spamton (Noelle is very close though) and uh I guess I haven’t watched gravity falls in a while, I should rewatch it)

Starting with the heavy hitters here I see. This is hard, because I love so many of them. I'd say it's a tie between Aerodynamic and the Too Long/Steam Machine mix from Alive 2007. I would just say all of Discovery though lol

Also kind of tough, but I think it's Breath of the Wild. OoT and Four Swords are pretty close after that, but BotW really had me obsessed for a while!

Undertale: Honestly, Toriel. Goat mom is goated. (Napstablook is close second though) Deltarune: Spamton. Wait- no, it's this guy:

4. The Reanimated Episode I helped host and also contributed to yes I'm plugging it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6g8MZpqkYY

(In all seriousness though... probably Double Dipper. Rest in peace, Tyrone.)

These were some hard questions. ;u; Really making me think here!

[zenjestrr]

opinions on Ganondorf in TotK (giga spoilers)

honestly the fact that this Ganon is clearly a different person from the Ganondorf from Ocarina of Time (and thus Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, A Link to the Past, NES Zelda, Zelda 2, Oracle games, ALBW....all the same guy) actually detracts from the game tbh by making this guy a whole different guy, they lost the ability to connect this game to the rest of the series because as it stands, this game has WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY too many lore inconsistencies for it to be part of the same timelines as the previous games. BotW and TotK are now clearly their own thing in their own separate universe. Which is fine. Disappointing but whatever. However, if they had made this game's Ganondorf the same Ganondorf that's been harassing Hyrule for the entire series, then they actually could've done a lot more with him and the story and legacy of the franchise as a whole. In the beginning of the game when dehydrated Ganondorf reawakens, he mentions Zelda and Link by name and name drops Rauru (this is before we find out King Furrybait is Rauru). My mind immediately went !!!! because yes! Ganondorf WOULD know who Zelda and Link are. He's run into them at least 8 times by this point. And he would 100% know who Rauru the Hylian Light Sage is because he was one of the guys involved in his first sealing back in Ocarina of Time and Rauru was a legacy sage from a time even before the events of OoT. but then you see all the dragon tear memories and you realize no this isn't OoT Ganon. This is a whole new guy. The reason why he recognizes Zelda is because she, in the next like 5 minutes, is going to jump back over 10,000 years into the past and interfere with his plans so even though Zelda hasn't met him yet he already has met this incarnation of Zelda. and as for Link, "you, the one who wields the swords that seals the darkness, must be Link". He's never met Link before. He surmises that this is Link because of what he was told 10,000+ years ago right as he was getting sealed. And yea then you find out goat daddy is Rauru and yea. this isn't the same Ganondorf and it's super disappointing. also the events of the Imprisoning War (more like the Imprisoning duel...it was just one battle) do not line up with the events of the Imprisoning War in the backstory of A Link to the Past. anyway. it's a shame this isn't the same guy cuz it actually would've made this game's Ganon way cooler if it was. This Ganondorf is also the coolest one by far.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

honestly solid fuckin direct - paced well, not overblown on one specific genre, none of the games dragged, and a good amount of solid news and information and stuff. I’d say in terms of like, huge hype reveals there really wasn’t much, but this was still solid all around!

and also Tears of the Kingdom is looking absolutely fucking goated, I think in the back of our heads a lot of us are kinda worried about if the game’ll do enough to differentiate it from BotW and I definitely think this trailer more than any other so far has worked to put that fear to rest. Cars, baby!!!!!

but despite that the Xenoblade 3 stuff is what made me lose my mind the most lol

[lucky-clover-gazette]

weird things i adore about twilight princess

when wolf link does a little spin after he sings a song

the way human link does that thing with the sword & scabbard when he's readying himself for battle or has just beat a boss

illia's pure undiluted horse girl energy, whether you like her or not

malo

the way link's musical theme cuts in seamlessly to the music whenever he's doing damage to bosses

hyrule field theme

the mailman being an actual cryptid

several prolonged shots of link being eye-level with telma's... telma

gay dads in karariko village

monkey

midna facepalming and rolling her eyes when link literally perishes

malo's dialogue. all of it

link being viewed as universally handsome but clearly valuing the company of animals over hero worship

like. he has a picture of him and epona in his house. also a goat

pumpkin soup snowpeak yeto and yeta true love and comedy that entire portion of that game honestly

the fact that zant is played off as a totally serious villain but is actually a completely unhinged dance major wearing crocs

zant killing ganon after being exploded by scary midna and the narrative itself being like "yeah we don't even know what just happened"

malomart

the random-ass western shootout with the most perfect music imaginable

the SAME FRAMING AND MUSIC EXCEPT YOUR ENTIRE GOAL IS TO TALK TO 20 CATS???

so many cats and dogs

puppet zelda like that was just cool i gasped do it botw 2 i dare you

hyrule's lgbt alliance being a secret anti-ganon resistance who genuinely come to link's aid

i don't think there is a single cishet adult character in this game. maybe the yetis.

that one character, you know the capitalist baby-man?

midna and zelda having something going on between them esp in the manga. they will not elaborate and i'm happy to fill in the blanks

no forced romance between link and zelda. they're coworkers. if you see them in this game and think they're shippable you're not looking at this game independently

zelda having a sword

the entire manga even though it's not canon

goth trans girl and dark academia trans guy it's like a liberal arts college in telma's bar

agatha's dialogue

shit i can't forget malo

OOCCOO

there's definitely more.

[cyborgbuddy]

1996-2004 genuinely goated era of vgm 

like yeah before that you got the tim follin and doom and megaman shit that whips ass and other stuff here and there like the f-zero soundtrack

and you also shouldn’t downplay the more atmospheric stuff they make for everything now cause it adds its own feel to the gameplay like botw. when indie devs too go for a more arcadey-style song it can really work well

but like 96-04 you have soooo many classics too many to even list. not just the big classics everyone knows about like earthbound and OOT and shit but even the depth of it is nuts. pick a game from that era it has killer music. 

just off the top of my head you got some real underrated classics. paper mario, kirby 64, banjo-kazooie, dk64, pokemon gens 1-3, throw in the tracks they made for smash 64 and melee too if you want. any sonic game from 96-04, aaaaany of them. final fantasy 7 and 8. age of empires 2, diablo 2. a lot of the free-to-play runescape tracks and honestly some maple story stuff too. katamari freaking damacy, incredible crisis and doshin the giant too. cave story. every single arcade-style racing game made by anyone especially ridge racer. devil may fucking cry and metal gear freaking solid sooooo fucking badass. tony hawk and need for speed and guitar hero 1/2 with banging soundtrack choices (i’m biased for this era of real music too but it’s a good selection even for then). even fucking buck fucking bumble and wave race and bomberman sixty-fucking-four it doesn’t matter. i endorse every single one of these

[doubleddenden]

You know, after how much love my post from September got for analyzing the timeline, I thought maybe I'd have some more material for the literal last week of 2021

Other than personal stuff things seem pretty normal. I mean there's some stuff but nothing absolutely as outlandish as horse meds.

But I'll try to scrap some stuff together

Idris Elba is Knuckles the Echidna. We knew that from an announcement, but we all saw a trailer for the second Sonic movie and he was actually Knuckles. It wasn't a prank. Man apparently was so excited he did a ton of research for the role. Tails is there too I guess.

Putt Putt and Freddie Fish are coming to the Switch. I am 5 again

Prince of Bel-Air is relevant again. Shit what year is it

YouTube took away the ability to see dislikes, benefitting their advertisers and corporate accounts and literally nobody else. Luckily you can either install an extension that let's you see it anyway, or just down vote anyway to make an intern cry privately

There's several BoTW style games in the works coming next year. Pokémon Legends Arceus, Sonic Frontiers. A couple of indie titles. Craziest one is this small title known as, get this, Breath of the Wild ***2***. Crazy shit. Maybe it'll actually come out this year

Yall know that giant Swedish goat thing that people used to set on fire? It hadn't been burned down since 2016 due to increased security measures. Well a MAD LAD FUCKIN DID IT AND WE GOT A BURNED ASS GOAT. Maybe the timeline will stabilize now.

Matrix released a new movie again. Apparently it sucks, like it's 2 other sequels. But Keanu Reeves is still a handsome man with a heart of gold, so we'll let it slide.

Matrix also released a pretty cool tech demo for Unreal Engine 5 on PS5. Shit looks realistic af and honestly is more hype than the movie. If you're one of the 10 people in the world that actually owns one, great!

Bleach released its teaser for the Thousand Year Blood War arc. Maybe we won't have to wait 1000 years for the arc to actually finish before breaking off into another filler arc

Speaking of 1000 years, Queen Elizabeth seems to "not be doing well." Let's see if it's legit or if there's going to be a Weekend at Bernie's scenario

Facebook is now META and is pushing for VR type stuff. This is very useful to all the Boomers that use FB and definitely know how to use technology without the help of their kids and grandkids on tiktok abd twitter. Now they can receive medical and political misinformation by guys pretending to be catgirls with giant honkers, jiggling in real time! Gib me ur cwedit cawd infurmation, uwu

Companies are still upset people are working in the comfort of their own homes and sitting countless hours typing on a computer and making calls, and still aren't shutting up about wanting them to come to the office in awful traffic with awful gas prices with awful coworkers in the middle of a pandemic to sit countless hours typing on a computer and make phone calls

Spider-Man No Way Home is out I guess. BUT YO WE GOT A SICK TRAILER FOR INTO THE SPIDER VERSE 2! PART 1!!!

And of course, Apple is prodding into Tumblr's business again with an extensive list of tags that are going to be forbidden on their iTunes app. These include tags such as "girl", "mental illness", "racism", and of course, "MILF." Of course, in true Tumblr fashion, users found a workaround by either using Tumblr in a web browser, or literally owning anything but an overpriced Apple product that already has an expiration date the moment it leaves a factory. But if I were an iPhone owner, I would be very sad that now I would have to hop over to Reddit to find literally hundreds of subreddits dedicated to milfs, anime tiddies, and specifically anime milfs and tiddies, and if i wanted to see racism, I would be forced to log into FB again to see how my high-school classmates are doing. A tragedy, I tell you. Ain't leaving tho. No siree.

New Year. Won't say Happy because we all know that's a trap. Won't say bad either because that was taken literally this year too. So have yourselves a year.

[certainempatheticturkeymuffin]

BOTW Challenge Ideas

So, I made a giant list of botw challenges. They’re under the cut, because trust me, it’s looong.

I might add more, I might not. Didn’t do it on a google doc because google docs look horrible on mobile. Please note that challenge runs are for fun and you don’t need to adhere to these exactly, if you have an idea, or like one of these, but want to tweak it slightly, it’s your game, you should have fun with it. I’m not gonna hunt you down or anything. Anyway, I recommend you give it a look over anyway because I added in-universe justifications for Link acting this way and some of them are funny.

The more indents they have, the more difficult I think they are. Then again, I haven’t attempted all of them, so I don’t really know. Italics are the “rules”, Bold is the name, and normal is the in-universe justification. Idk if Tumblr actually did justice to my formatting, so you may have to ignore this entirely.

This took several hours to make, and several more to put into tumblr, because tumblr hates Quotev’s formatting.

Edit: Formatting is fine, but only for the desktop version :(

Limited Teleportation: Purah dared Link to do it, not thinking that he’d take her seriously. You pick 5 shrines, and those are the only ones you can use to fast travel.

No Teleportation: Fast travel makes Link very queasy, so he’s not going to use it. No fast travel.

Only Foot Travel: Link’s allergic to horses, and fast travel makes him want to throw up, so he’ll stick to the tried and true method of walking and running. No horse, fast travel, or bomb launches.

Random Limited Teleportation: Purah dared him to do it. She has the names of each of the shrines and randomized them, she didn’t think he’d actually do it. Input all the Shrines into a randomizer, the top five are the only ones you can use to fast travel to.

Horse Only: Link loves horses very much. They don’t make him want to throw up, and they’re faster than walking. Sure it may be a hassle to drag them up mountains, but he always has a friend, so it’s fine. No fast travel, get a horse as soon as you can, you must have a horse beside you at all times (excluding the desert or other areas where your horse is literally blocked from entry)

My Best Friend!: Link thinks it’s cruel to have a lot of horses and pay very little attention to them, so he decides to keep one horse so they can be best buddies! You get one horse and it needs to be by your side until you defeat Ganon (once again, excluding the desert), try to keep it alive, you only get one horse and I hear the trip to Malanya will take quite a while without your best friend. (Bonus points if you name the horse Epona) If your horse dies, you must go to Malanya IMMEDIATELY and abandon whatever you were doing. No fast travel! (Teleporting horse is yours to decide though.)

Farmboy: Link and his horse have befriended a wolf! Link decides to officially name it Wolfie, and they’re a trio of best friends! The above, except add the Wolf Link Amiibo to it. Same rules apply, keep them with you at all times unless they are forbidden from entry.

I Do What I Want Old Man!: Link is honestly just doing it to spite the old man for leading him on for so long. The Plateau isn’t even that tall, he can climb down! It was only the fog that made it look scary! No paraglider. That's it. Have fun.

Limited Upgrades: Turns out, the Great Fairies have limited magic, even with him supplying the materials. That’s fine though, He doesn’t want them to waste their magic on him when they need it for themselves. You can only upgrade 3 outfits (9 articles of clothing) though you can upgrade them to their maximum.

Restricted Upgrades: Turns out, he can’t find the last two fairies. He feels bad, but it’s fine, he’ll just restrict his upgrades to repay them. It’s not like they’ll ever find out... You can only upgrade 5 articles of clothing, and only half-way.

No Upgrades: What are Fairy Fountains? Link doesn’t know! He’s too busy looking for memories to chase rumors. Fairy Fountains are not to be used for upgrading clothing.

Limited Clothing: Link thinks the clothes are cool, but he doesn't want to waste money on them when he has a perfectly good doublet and perfectly fine pants. He'll have a backup pair, but anything more is just excessive. You get 2 Armor sets and that's it, you can mix and match, but you can only have 2 pieces of headgear, 2 shirts, and 2 pants.

Small Wardrobe: Several travelers have given him the advice to "pack light" and "only bring as many clothes as you need" but a girl also said that "mixing and matching clothes is the worst thing ever" so he'll play it safe and pack lightly but avoid mixing two different outfits together. They’ve been in this world longer than him, so surely they’re right? You get two clothing sets, no mixing and matching

It's My Favorite Outfit: Several travelers have said to pack lightly, and some even said that it was only worth it to bring the pair of clothes that you wear. Smell apparently doesn't matter if you're a wanderer, which is good to know. You only get one clothing set, and if you plan on getting Vah Naboris, you know which one it'll be.

Birthday Suit: Link doesn't like clothes, they chafe and they get in the way. Underwear are the minimum he needs to be decent apparently, so he can't completely get rid of clothes. Someday though, he'll do it anyway. No clothes. Period. I don't recommend combining this with No Meals.

Restricted Clothing: Link figures that "packing light" would mean that he only has one set of clothes. If he plays it smart, one set is all that he'll need anyway. You only get one headpiece, one shirt, and one pair of pants. Mixing and Matching is allowed

I don't like pants: If he's being honest, Link hates pants. He likes the breeze on his legs and the grass, or rocks or sand or snow, beneath his feet. Pants also restrict his movement more than a loose shirt does. He's far more flexible without pants. You can only wear shirts.

This is my favorite shirt: Link doesn't like pants. He also got attached to one specific shirt. He loves it and he's not changing. Sure, he'll take it off to wash it, but he won't put a different shirt on or anything. You can only wear one shirt. Choose wisely

Aren't I beautiful?: Link doesn't like clothes, but headpieces are fine. A lot of them look really interesting too! People keep saying they'll look better with clothes, but his comfort is more important than looking good to other people. He looks good to himself, and that's all he needs. Only headpieces are allowed.

Safety First: Link doesn't like clothes. They're a waste of time and they feel weird. He doesn't really like headpieces either, well, except for one specific piece. Only one headpiece is allowed. (The name is a reference to Hard Hats.)

Shirtless Chad: Link can admit that he likes the attention when he goes shirtless. He isn't particularly muscular, but he's made more than one person blush, and he counts that as a win. If it means he's less restricted when using his bow or a weapon, well that's just a plus. Become that one buff guy that never wears a shirt. Pants only.

I don't smell!: Link doesn't like shirts, and he doesn't like anything on his head that might pull on his hair or block his vision. Pants were a bit of a compromise, until he realized how painful it was to step on a rock barefooted. Still, only one pair of pants is actually comfortable for him, and he rarely takes them off. One pair of pants, choose wisely.

No Shops: Link...doesn’t like asking for things. It makes him feel stupid or greedy, so when he found out that there was a whole profession where people gave things to you if you asked, he didn’t want anything to do with it. Even if it was technically a trade, it made him feel bad. You're not allowed to purchase anything from any shops or wandering merchants.

No Gifts: The king said not to trust strangers too much, and after his first encounter with the Yiga, he understood why. He doesn’t know if they’d try to poison him or use money to lure him into a false sense of security, but he isn’t going to trust it. He’ll be polite, and then immediately throw it away once their back is turned. He isn’t going to let his guard down. If an NPC gives you something, you ain't allowed to keep it or use it. If that thing is rupees, spend them on bugs and set the bugs free.

No Selling: Link didn’t know you could sell things to the shop owners, and even if he did, he’d feel greedy and stupid for trying to sell a shopkeeper bugs and plants, so he’d probably avoid it anyway. You're not allowed to sell anything to get money, if you want money, win it from a mini game.

Wiser the Miser: Link doesn't like spending rupees, so he doesn't. If he can steal or get something for free, he will. Someone gives him rupees? Their loss. Who needs to buy things when there's a world full of resources? Don’t buy anything. If you want exceptions, like getting into Gerudo Town, it’s your call.

No Selling or Shops: Link doesn’t like stores. They make him uneasy. Enclosed spaces where people ask for your stuff? No thanks. You’re not allowed to buy from shops or merchants, and you’re not allowed to sell anything either.

No Selling, Shops, or Gifts: Link doesn’t trust anything that people give him. Maybe it’s paranoia, but it’s entirely justified. Shops are the same, people asking for his stuff when he has more important things to do than barter. Shops are honestly a waste of time when he can get everything for free, except maybe goat butter. If an NPC gives you something, you must drop it, or, in the case of a food item, use it at full hearts/full stamina and if it has an additional effect you will stand in the middle of an inn and wait for the effect to wear off. You’re also not allowed to sell or buy at shops or from merchants.

No Chef Here: Link can make a good elixir, but he can’t cook and he’s not even going to attempt it. He’ll make do with raw apples and meat and whatever else he can find. He’ll be fine. Elixirs are fine, apples and stuff are fine, cooked food is not.

What's a Cooking Pot?: Link doesn’t know what the giant bowl thing is, so he stays away from it. If people give him stuff to eat or drink, he tends to throw it away, because he’s smart enough not to risk being poisoned. If it requires you to use a cooking pot, you ain't allowed to ingest it. This includes gifts from NPCs because we all know not to take candy from nice strangers

Don't Eat Raw Food!: The king warned Link against eating raw food, so he isn’t taking any chances. If you want to eat something, you need to cook it first.

No Meals: Link doesn't understand why people waste time eating. Nor does he understand the whole hunger thing. Maybe it's a Shrine of Resurrection thing? Essentially, you aren't allowed to eat or drink anything, including elixirs.

I Can't Cook: Link thinks his cooking is pretty good. Sure, he thinks it's weird that people eat Moblin guts and wood, but who is he to judge, he doesn't really know anything, and he hasn't died yet, so it's fine! No elixirs or proper food, only Dubious food and Rock-hard food.

Insomniac: Link wants to sleep, but he can't, not when there're so many things he needs to do. He can sleep after he saves Hyrule. No beds, including the one in your own house.

No meals or inns: Link doesn't need to eat, and it's unsafe to sleep in a room full of strangers. Mipha has his back, and Hylia does too, if he rests, he'll do so where there aren't any strangers or wild animals to stab him in the back. You can only heal via Mipha's Grace, Heart Containers, or buying your own home.

No Meals or Beds: Sleeping wastes time, and he doesn't need to eat. He needs to save Hyrule, and he can relax when that's done. You can only heal via Mipha's Grace and Heart Containers.

No Meals, Beds, or Heart Containers: Link uses all of his Spirit Orbs for Stamina, because anything that makes him faster will also help him save Hyrule faster. He does wonder why Purah freaked out and tried to force him to sleep when he admitted that he hadn't slept since he woke up, or eaten for that matter. Eh, maybe Zelda will know, and the only way he can ask her is if he saves her. Only Mipha's Grace and three hearts, have fun!

Ew: Link refuses to drink elixirs when he knows exactly how they're made. It disgusts him, and he's not letting them anywhere near his mouth. No elixirs/tonics.

Normal Hylian: Link isn't some sort of god, he can't just freeze time in the middle of battle to heal or change his clothes or grab a new weapon. He can only heal or change after a battle and if he breaks his weapon, he can take cover and switch out or he can just use bombs. Like a normal person. No changing clothes or healing during battle, no flurry rushes or bullet time. If you break a weapon, take cover and get a new one, or use bombs.

Actual Normal Hylian: Aside from not being a god, Link also needs to eat and sleep. Sure he can go without for a day or two, but eventually he'll just crash. And whether it's five raw apples or a five course meal, he needs something to eat. He also needs to stay hydrated, but that's what rivers are for. Try to make him sleep in a bed once every three days at least, and make him eat one meal a day (it doesn't have to be cooked, but it is generally preferred). Also, let him go for a swim every once in a while to stay hydrated, because I doubt he's carrying around any water. (This one adds on to the one before it, though not combining them is totally your call!)

Carnivore: Link got messed up in the Shrine of Resurrection, and now he can't digest plants. You can eat it raw or cook it, but you can only eat meat. Inclusion of Elixirs is up to you

Herbivore: Link gets queasy when he has to kill innocent animals, so he's doing fine just eating plants. He refuses to drink Elixirs too, knowing what they're made of. No meat or elixirs.

Liquid-Only Diet: The Shrine of Resurrection messed up and now Link can't ingest solid food, he also happens to be lactose intolerant, so no milk for him. Elixirs only.

No Map: Link doesn't want to waste time climbing the towers, he'll figure it out. Don't get the towers (except the Great Plateau), you have to use your surroundings, get a feel for the land. Use of Minimap, Divine Beast Maps, and Teleportation is Allowed (No Hyrule Castle Map though)

No Map PRO: Link doesn't want to waste time climbing the towers and realistically, he doesn't have a HUD in the corner of his vision telling him where North is. No Map+Pro mode, so have fun with that. You'll be very reliant on Death Mountain and Hyrule Castle. Divine Beast Maps are still allowed

I'm Lost: Link promptly forgot about the fast travel function and he really doesn't want to climb the towers. You can get the shrines, which are recommended for the spirit orbs, but you aren't allowed to teleport and you must be on Pro Mode. Divine Beast Maps are allowed. You can get the towers if you want to waste time, but you won't be looking at the map, so it's not recommended

The Legend of Zelda: Link has no idea where he's going, but he figures he'll be able to figure it out the more time he spends awake. He feels like he's forgotten something though... We're going back to the NES days! No teleportation, no horses, no bomb launches, and absolutely no map! Have fun getting lost just like the good old days where tutorials didn't exist and maps were reserved for dungeons. And, like dungeons, Divine Beasts do have maps and you can in fact use them.

No Retreat!: Link isn't a coward and he's stubborn. He isn't running from a fight even when he probably should. If you hear the battle music, you can't run away.

No Rest for Heroes!: Link doesn't need to sleep and he doesn't really care that it's dangerous at night. He'll beat whatever stupid monster picked a fight in the first place. You can't sleep through the night to avoid monsters, and you must stay and fight if you hear the music. You have bombs if you run out of weapons

I'm Not Failing Again: Link is guilty and angry. He is Hylia's hero, Protector of Hyrule, it's high time he did his job. If you happen to be near a monster, attack it. Monster camp? Destroy it. It doesn't matter if they don't see you. If you see them, you kill them. Simple as that. No intentionally avoiding monsters either. Best paired with No Map, but I'm not your minder.

FOR THE FALLEN!: Link is the Hero of Hyrule and he will do his job. Sure, he has a problem with rushing into battle, but really, what hero didn't? It's essentially the same as I'm not failing again, but you aren't allowed to do Stealth Takedowns, you see a monster, you run in and do melee combat, bows are allowed if you're close range and the battle music is playing.

Boss Hunter: Link doesn't like boss monsters. Taluses especially are literal death traps for travelers. He's sure he'll get a reward too, they're called Boss Monsters for a reason, right? Kill every boss monster in the game.

Lynel Hunter: Link knows they pose a threat to the people of Hyrule. At least you can run away from most boss monsters pretty easily. For the safety of Hyrule, he will kill every single lynel.

Limited Weapon Slots: Link never meets Hestu. No Koroks to expand your weapon or bow slots.

Spears Only: Link didn't feel comfortable using a sword because he felt like he didn't live up to who he used to be. But the claymores and other two handed weapons were bulky, and he was horrible with a bow. And then he found a spear, and he's never regretted grabbing it. The only weapons you can use are spears, no bombs either. Have fun getting a spear in the first place. (The Korok Limitation does not apply to the rest of these unless you want it to)

Elemental Spears Only: Link likes spears, but elemental spears are way better, in every way. He's never going back. Spears Only too easy? Well now you can only use spears that have an elemental effect.

One-handed Weapons Only: Link's muscles have atrophied from the time in the Shrine. He'll have to make do. What it says on the tin, only use one-handed weapons.

One-Handed Swords Only: Link would rather not use a stick, he's been trained with a sword so by Hylia he will use a god dang sword! One-handed swords only.

One-handed Elemental Swords Only: Link hates that he can't handle larger swords because these elemental ones are great. They just seem way harder to come by than the bigger ones. These disappear the further you get in the game, so have fun with that I suppose. Rationing is going to be your best friend.

One-Handed Elemental Weapons Only: Link loves elemental weapons, but he still hasn't built up enough strength to use the big ones, and he wasn't great with spears or the bow, but the Wizzrobe rods are fun too. One-handed too easy for you? Have fun with this. Options are the Wizzrobe wands and the small elemental blades, the further you progress, the less of the weak blades that'll pop up, and the stronger ones are two-handed weapons, so you'll be killing a lot of wizzrobes if you want to keep a good supply.

Rods Only: Link doesn't really like swords or bows, or really any other weapon. He couldn't really pinpoint why. Until he grabbed a wizzrobe's rod. Power that he didn't know he had coursed through him, and he decided that he wasn't using anything but rods from now on. Only use wizzrobe rods. If it's easier, use any weapon until you find your first wizzrobe, whatever works for you.

Boomerangs Only: Link didn't like getting in close, but he also sucked at archery. Then he found his first boomerang. His aim was good and it came back! It didn't break upon impact, it was perfect! Boomerangs only

Two-handed Weapons Only: Link feels inferior to his Before-Calamity Self whenever he wields a one-handed weapon. Because BC Link was trained with a sword, so there's no way Post Calamity Link can ever compare. To get rid of that feeling, Link only uses two handed weapons, weapons that he's pretty sure BC Link was never trained in. Use only two-handed weapons

Claymores Only: The king, upon Link's inquiry, said that he used a royal claymore. In an effort to remember him, and an irrational fear that he'll forget everything again, Link decides to wield a claymore. Even when he finds out the less than stellar parts of the King's personality, he's too used to the claymore to give it up. Claymores only.

Korok Leaves Only: Link doesn't like swords or traditional weapons, and the Wizzrobe's rods are a bit too...hostile? Yeah, hostile. But the Korok Leaf's magic is quieter and more serene. It also seems...familiar, but he can't pinpoint why. It's also pretty hard for him to break, so he's fine with using it to blow opponents away. Korok Leaf Only, have fun beating Ganon, though Dark Beast is impossible with only a Korok Leaf.

Bow Only: Link likes the bow. He likes it very much. Past Link was good with a sword, but Present Link is not Past Link, Past Link is never coming back and Present Link will grow to become his own person. What better way to distance himself from Past Link than to specialize in a weapon that knights rarely use? Bow only

Normal Arrows Only: Link does not like the sensation he gets from using elemental arrows, and really, they are much too expensive, he'll stick to his normal arrows. Bow only, with only normal arrows.

Elemental Arrows Only: Link finds them very effective, and very fun to mess around with. He kind of forgets that boring normal arrows exist. Bow only, only elemental arrows.

Bomb Arrows Only: Link likes explosions, and the ones he gets from bomb arrows are much more satisfying than the ones he gets from plain old bombs. Sure they're expensive, and sure the rain keeps them from exploding, but...really, after being killed and resurrected, he can afford to give into a few whims, right? Bow only, bomb arrows only

Ancient Weapons Only: Robbie said they were more effective, and Link'll be the judge of that. He'll have to scavenge a lot of dead Guardians, but it'll all be worth it for these supposedly more efficient weapons! Ancient Weapons only, go to Robbie's immediately after the Plateau, I don’t think you actually need the quest, until then, all weapons are allowed

Master Sword Only: Fi is calling out to him, and Link will get to her as quickly as possible. Get thirteen hearts without weapons or using bombs as weapons, then go straight to the Great Hyrule Forest to retrieve Fi. Fi is the only weapon you're allowed to use as a weapon. Other weapons can be used to cut down trees and such, but if they damage a living creature or a monster, then you must reload your previous save.

Trial of the Sword: Fi is weak, and Link hates seeing her like that, so he wants to help her as quickly as possible. It shouldn't be hard for a chosen hero, right? It’s essentially the above challenge, but you also do the Trial of the Sword immediately after getting Fi. Weapon rule is obviously exempt for the duration of the Trial.

Wooden Weapons Only: Link doesn't like the sound of clanging metal. He only uses wooden shields, bows, and weapons. He doesn't care if it makes Death Mountain difficult, his poor ears don't like the sound. Only use wooden weapons, shields, and bows, if it attracts lightning, it's not allowed. Korok leaves or other non-metal but still non-wood items are also banned.

Metal Weapons Only: Link doesn't like splinters, he'd rather be a lightning rod. He also doesn't really trust the durability of wooden weapons, so he'll avoid them like the plague and use only metal shields, weapons, and bows. Only metal weapons, shields, and bows are allowed, if it attracts lightning, it's good to go.

Nuzlocke: Turns out, Link forgets how to use weapons once he breaks them. It's an annoying little quirk that means Link can only use each weapon once. You break a stick? You can't use another stick for the rest of the game, same goes for all weapons, bows, and shields.

The Moon's Curse: Every Blood Moon, Link loses all of his weapons, shields, bows, food, elixirs, and items. He only keeps his clothes and the special items. Link thinks it's Ganon trying to stall his inevitable defeat. Every Blood Moon, clean out your inventory, your hands must be empty, whether or not you count clothing is up to you, and you can eat meals to get rid of them.

Tech Mage: Link....has forgotten how to use weapons. It's a bit unfortunate but the king told him to collect the runes for a reason right? And the Wizzrobes' rods just need to be waved around, no training needed, so he'll be fine! Runes and Rods only.

Techie: Link...doesn’t really know how to use weapons, which makes it hard to kill anything. But, he does know how to use the runes. He did just learn how to after all. He doesn’t...really need weapons...right? Runes only, no weapons, shields, or bows. Well, allowance of shields can be personal preference, since Guardians will probably be a nuisance until you get Daruk’s Protection, if you allow use of the DB Powers.

No Shields: Link finds them bulky and useless, he'll just go without. Simple as that, no shields.

Fragile: Link doesn't really find the need for heart containers when he's mostly running around. Besides, it's just more incentive to get better at fighting. No Extra Heart Containers. Divine Beast Heart Containers can either be kept or traded in for stamina at the Hateno statue.

Asthma: Link can deal with not being able to run for long periods of time. What he can't deal with is how fragile he is. If he hadn't had that fairy, the Moblin would've killed him in one hit! No, he needs to be way more durable than he is now. No Extra Stamina Wheels.

I Don’t Need A Goddess’s Help: Link looked at the statue once, and saw it as a waste of time to pray. He's failed once, he doesn't need a goddess's help to do what previous heroes did alone and on their first try. No praying to statues, so no extra Heart Containers or Stamina Wheels.

Zero Deaths: Link isn't immortal, Mipha's magic isn't as powerful, and fairies don't work on him after the Shrine of Resurrection, so Link has to be careful. He won't get a third chance if he dies again. Disable Mipha's Grace and don't collect fairies. If you die, it's over. Ganon wins.

Sorry, Your Gifts are Worthless: Link appreciates the thought behind the champions giving him their powers...but he can't actually use them. He's not a trained medium or anything, and he needs to communicate with them to make the powers work....soooo.... Don't use the divine beast powers.

I'll Be Quick: Link never got the memo that he was supposed to help the Divine Beasts, but, well, Zelda was alive and the champions aren't, and the only one actually causing any immediately dangerous issues was Vah Ruta, but the Zora will be fine, they're fish people. Defeat Ganon without the Divine Beasts.

Time for Fun: Link is bored, then he remembers all the mini-games around Hyrule. Get the best score on all the mini games.

Photogenic: Link likes taking pictures and getting information for things. It's a fun pass-time that also helps out Symin and Purah. Take a picture of everything, it doesn't matter if you fill your compendium, but you must take a picture if you see something new (obviously only starts once you get the camera rune)

Everything Breaks: Link finds breaking things fun, and if it keeps him sane, might as well indulge his urges. Make a list of all the breakable items in the game, and then break every single one. Maybe you'll defeat Ganon, maybe not. Vandalism is more important.

Economist: Link doesn't really know how to hunt, or which fruits are safe, so he collects things, sells them, and proceeds to buy things that he knows are safe. He buys all his clothing and food, weapons are perhaps the only things he can get for himself. He helps out NPCs too, on the off chance that they'll give him something. Once a city boy, always a city boy. If you pick it up in the wild, you can't use it unless it's a weapon. Sell everything you pick up, and instead buy all your food and clothing. Elixirs too. If you have a picture of a recipe from the stables, you can use those, but only those.

Eventide Challenge: Link is a bit of a completionist, but he also hates back-tracking, so, using the towers as a measure of his progress, he decides to do everything he can in one region before going to the next. You do all you can in one region, or as much as you feel like doing anyway, then you collect the next tower and get rid of all your food, weapons, shields, bows, meals, and clothes. You must make your way directly to the tower if you leave the region, collecting shrines or fighting monsters before collecting the tower is sort of cheating. (You can decide for yourself if previous regions are off limits or not. If they are, I recommend planning out which region would leave you in the best position for Ganon. If not, just have fun!)

Reverse Dungeon Order: Link expected the Divine Beasts to get harder as he progressed, but they got...way easier... Vah Naboris, Vah Ruta, Vah Rudania, Vah Medoh (people say Rudania is the easiest, and I can't even get past the puzzles, so...maybe Fireblight is easier, but Rudania kills me via my unintelligence and I did Vah Medoh in less than five minutes, just go for the hardest ones first and the easiest one last, since I guarantee someone found Vah Medoh to be challenging and Vah Naboris easy. This one is probably the most customizable.)

I'm Not A Hoarder!: Link doesn't like using his resources, because he might need them later and it's such a bother to backtrack and get more if he runs out. He collects things because he might need them later. And really, it's better safe than sorry. You see something, you pick it up. Don't sell anything, try to eat or use as little of it as possible, actively seek out more rupees via mini games.

I may have a problem: Link acknowledges that it isn't exactly normal to have so much of everything, and to immediately restock upon using some, but...he can't stop. Max out all your inventory space. 999 of everything. Max out your rupees while you're at it.

I'm Actually Not A Hoarder: Link doesn't see the value in wasting time picking up useless crap. He has bombs, and he doesn't need to eat, he'll be fine. Don't pick something up if you don't intend to use it immediately. Keep your inventory as sparse as possible. Only collect rupees if you intend to use them for something.

Speedrun: Link has a task he needs to get done, and he needs to do it quickly. Pick a speedrun category and do it. Don't compare to the world record, compare your time to your previous times and measure your progress that way. World record doesn't matter, only having fun does.

Where does this go again?: Link is currently in a pickle and has no idea where the blue flame is. He found one in Akkala and decided that it was the one Purah was talking about. He couldn't find it again when Robbie asked, but he did find the one in Hateno, so he used that one. Use the Hateno Blue Flame for the Akkala Lab, and the Akkala Blue Flame for the Hateno lab.

Impaired Senses: There has to be some consequences for resurrecting, and only losing his memories is a very light consequence. A blindfold is the most obvious one, though you can also turn off sound, which still has a little bit of impact, though it isn't as drastic.

Auto Saves Only: Link is subject to the whims of the goddesses. What it says on the tin, no manual saving for you!

Hunger Games: Link has the rules of the game outlined to him by a goddess. He can do nothing but submit, fearing her wrath. Pretend that towns and stables don't exist (avoid them like the plague), Master Mode, Only Foot Travel, the only time you enter a village is if you intend on completing the Divine Beasts and/or Memories for Impa. If you see an NPC don't interact, only wear clothing sets without set bonuses or special effects, if you see a Yiga, kill them, the Yiga are the only NPCs (aside from the Main Story NPCs) that you are allowed to interact with. Interacting with Koroks and Great Fairies is fine. Every blood moon, you choose one tab at random and completely empty it (special items tab doesn't count, Master Sword and Hylian Shield are exempt from this), and every time you collect a tower you can scan an amiibo, try to ration them.

Pacifist: Link doesn't like killing. Never has, never will, and he avoids fights like the plague. There's no need for excessive loss of life, he'll defeat Ganon and save the Champions, but that's it. Only kill the blights and Ganon and any other mandatory fights for the true ending (Like, I think Kohga is mandatory.)

I'll use this until it breaks!: Link doesn't see the need to stockpile weapons, not when almost anything can be used as one. He'll be fine. Essentially, you pick up the first weapon you see, you use only that weapon until it breaks, when it breaks you, again, pick up the first weapon you see, rinse and repeat. Master Sword is allowed, since Ganon’s going to suck without it.

100%: Link is going to do everything. He has no memories, and he's been dropped in this giant world. He's doing everything and nothing will stop him. You know exactly what this entails and I don't recommend it unless you're speedrunning, and even then, it's a bad idea.

Don't get hit: Link's stubborn, he doesn't like getting hurt, so he won't. Take no damage, even a quarter of a heart means you failed. Doesn't matter if it's a golden heart or not.

[loregoddess]

I just shot up in bed because I had a realization. if yunobo is daruk’s descendent that implies that daruk had kids, right? and since yunobo is a goron, that implies daruk had kids with another goron. all gorons are male. does daruk is gay?????? pls give your input on this revelation (like lowkey he gives big gay himbo vibes so we done been knew but—)

*slaps hands together* Do I have some Goron theories and headcanons to share with you, dear anon. (Under the cut bc guess who cannot shut up).

But first, for whatever it’s worth I end up headcanoning all fictional characters as LGTBA+ which totally plays into how I interpret the Gorons. So just know that that’s my bias as I write these theories and headcanons.

And also yeah, Daruk does seem very gay, and we love him for it.

So I’ve seen a lot of speculation about the Gorons and their reproduction, and also some interesting ideas about gender in Goron society. To start, I’ll go over some of the theories about Goron gender I’ve encountered. There’s this wonderful post which I reblogged recently, which looks at why Gorons are allowed in Gerudo Town in BotW. I’ll let you read the post for the full explanation, but in short the original Japanese text of the game suggests that the Gerudo don’t view the Goron as “men”, possibly because of how the Gerudo construct gender in their own society.

This then suggests that it was other races, such as Hylians, who started referring to the Gorons as “men” when they first met, and that the Gorons just kinda went with it because they might have figured that’s just how Hylian language works, which also might explain why they refer to literally everyone as “brother” (although “first meeting” is a bit vague because Gorons are literally one of the oldest races, possibly older than the Sheikah, if SS is anything to go by, so it could also just be a linguistics thing where the Gorons are speaking Hylian rather than their own language, and trying to work around the cultural linguistic differences as best they can). If the Gerudo don’t view the Gorons as “men” then it’s possible that the Gorons don’t actually have a strict set of gender roles/identities in their own culture, and fall on the nonbinary spectrum rather than into the “women/men” binary of other cultures. If the Gerudo understood this, then obviously the Gorons aren’t men and so it’s fine if they enter Gerudo Town.

Now, this obviously raises the question of, “So what’s up with those three Gorons who are obsessed with becoming manly men in the BotW shrine quests?” And for that I have two possible explanations. One, we do still have to remember that LoZ is a piece of fictional media written by humans who are going to project their own cultural and societal ideas into the writing, which likewise means that the potential nb coding was entirely unintentional and that the manly men Gorons of BotW were written, unfortunately, as a joke. Hate to be the cynic, but I’ve been burned by writers too often not to at least consider this possibility. However, canon is dead and fans build their own understandings and interpretations of fiction to suit their desires, SO I am also allowed to build off the cultural exchange I was talking about earlier--it’s entirely possible that while the Gorons don’t have any strict definition of gender in their own culture, their interactions with other cultures would have introduced them to different concepts of gender, and the three Goron in BotW therefore could be acting out “men’s” gender roles (or at least behaviors they view as masculine) intentionally as an exploration of gender, rather than as an enactment of Goron culture.

So, in short? I headcanon the Goron as nonbinary, with a few members exploring different gender identities found outside their culture.

Now, onto reproduction. I can’t find the original source, but I once came across a theory that Gorons are essentially uh...asexual (in reproduction, not sexual orientation, although I’m sure we could have ace Gorons as well). The specific theory I remember was someone speculating that the rock formations on Gorons’ backs are actually their future progeny, and “fall off” to become tiny baby Gorons, which is why some of the Goron elders have far, far fewer back-rock formations than the younger Gorons. Building off this, I’d speculate that the Goron’s diet of rocks could change the “genetics” of their future offspring just enough to cause genetic variation in Gorons, leading to the variations in physical appearance that we see in the Gorons’ designs, while also still allowing for things like Daruk’s Protection to be “passed down” to future generations.

To be fair though, I honestly don’t spend too much time thinking about fantasy reproduction because otherwise the Gerudo become a never-ending headache for me, and I also gave myself a headache with a different fictional media trying to figure out how a human-alien hybrid was even vaguely possible. Also, looking into various fictional media theories, there’s always those homophobic fans I inevitably come across trying to justify why certain couples “can’t have children” even though the fantasy world has like, dragons and magic and could therefore also steal the “ye olde stork brings baby to couple” myth, and the hypothetical baby has their parents stats bc a game world is fictitious and built on mathematic algorithms that do not give a shit about characters’ genders. But I digress. Headcanon whatever floats your goats honestly.

[aimeewoodworks]

Yo! That cookbook looks awesome and I am gonna try and watch so I can get in on day one. One question though. Are you restricting to BotW recipes, or branching out? For instance... I know theres an official 'Yeto's pumpkin soup' recipe by Nintendo, but... I don't think it was any actual fish in it, which seems odd as reekfish was the in-game soup base.

Hi!!! It’s not just Breath of the Wild (though, I’d say the majority of it is, just because there are so many recipes in that game!)! Stuff like Elixir Soup, Hyoi Pears, I have a chapter full of Chuchu Jelly/Jam preserves based off of all the different types of Chu Chu Jelly you can find in all of the games, Rock Roast! Honestly, I’ve been working on an edible Yeto soup recipe for a long time, and it needs help, so it’s not in the cookbook yet, but I have a spot for it. I have like 5 versions, and all of them are various shades of disgusting, as the in game ingredients are: Fish. Goat Cheese. Pumpkin. Potatoes/Turnips. :| Hence the ‘taste tester’ part of the Kickstarter, lol- there are a few recipes I want some feedback on (and not just feedback from friends and family, lol) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aimeewoodworks/640098097?ref=1i8bk3&token=22f4b153

[kyoupann]

For the Zelda ask game: 🐳🗻⛩️💃😤🙊👍

Have fun! :D

Loz Ask Game

🐳 If you were a Zelda character, what race would you be?

I like the idea of being a Zora🤔 ... but the temptation of being a walking mini tree with no care in the world is strong. So either a Zora(TP) or a Korok.

🗻 If you were in a Zelda game, where would you live? What would you be doing? (aside from being the hero or princess)

lmao, I wouldn't want to be the hero, anyways. Thinking about TP, I'd love to live outside of Castletown, maybe somewhere between it and Lake Hylia. As to what I'd do... a little bit of everything; tending to a small garden, baking, mending clothes, maybe selling some stuff at the Marketside in Castletown. I want to be that character you never know where they are or what they have available and you just have to try your luck at finding them where you last saw them.

⛩️ Favorite Zelda Dungeon/Location?

Honestly, I'm just answering all of these with TP in mind. My favourite dungeon in TP has to be the Lakebed Temple and my favourite place are the various springs all throughout the map. (a special mention to King Zora's Grave, that place feels and looks so special every time you visit it.)

💃 Favorite BOTW Outfit?

I love the Hylian set (: yes give me tons of straps just for show and big hood for mystery (It's giving AC vibes and I love it)

😤 Any Zelda-related Pet Peeves?

Not really? most of my pet peeves come from the fandom itself. I guess uhhh I hate that you can't interact with animals other than horses and cuccos and goats? I'm a Harvest Moon girl and I want my farm simulator inside a Zelda game lmao.

🙊 Unpopular Zelda Opinions?

Not so unpopular after that one post I saw going around but Hylia is kinda ??? uhh ??? . I hope that after BOTW2 we change the focus to other deities or idk.

👍 Favorite Zelda Headcanons?

Can't think of any deep ones so have silly ones:

Bookworm TP Link <3

Postgame TP Link being a fugitive of the law <3. (even funnier when this one mixes with him being the official mayor of Ordon)

MC/4S Link being a thing of nightmares.

Aryll becoming a monster researcher. hell yeehaw go girls in STEM