#zelda: twilight princess
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
Feeling your spirit and warmth beside me. Brings me joy.
#zelda: twilight princess#zelda twilight princess manga#tp: manga volume 11#the legend of zelda#thelvadams#twilightprincessedit#akira himekawa#oot: link#tp: princess zelda#nintendo#i screamed so much at this panel and broke down#my stuff
188 notes
·
View notes
Text
Chronicling The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - The Final Entry
Gosh, what a game huh?
I'm not even sure where I want to begin with this. The Final Entry. I have so much to say. So much I've been thinking about throughout this wonderful little game. Where do I even start?
Well, I suppose I'll start off by saying that I had a very wonderful time with this game. It's my first time playing a game with the secondary intent to analyze and write down my thoughts here on my blog. It's been a delight to do so, and I'm looking forward to analyzing other games in this manner going forward.
As for my thoughts on Twilight Princess: I think it's an excellent game, with a lot of heart and a commendable focus on story and emotional connections. This game has dealt me a few sour blows that stick out like an ugly blemish on an otherwise spotless surface. But those blemishes in turn give contrast to just how competent the rest of the game really was.
In fact, that's what I would love to call this game more than anything else. Competent. It was made by people who knew what they were doing, and were fucking excellent at doing it. It shows how much heart the people involved put into this title, despite how under cooked and rushed it felt at a few moments.
One of my favorite moments in the ending part of this game, which is also one of the clearest signs of how this game was developed, is what you see above.
Your allies come in to save you from a sticky situation. It's a lovely moment, showing the care and respect that these characters have fostered for you, after all the time you've spent working together for this common goal.
And yet, it also shows off how much this game wanted to do, but couldn't. What it tried to say, and what it left unsaid.
Because these people just show up. You don't tell them when or where you're going, and neither do they show up later to help you. They show up for this scripted event where they get to save you from a menial threat, so that they can show their appreciation for Link always having their backs. It leaves me wanting a bit more, and wondering what potentially was planned before or after.
And these moments aren't rare. There are many moments, that become more frequent as the game progresses, where it feels like the developers had more to say or do, but didn't have the time to implement it.
And I think no point shows this better than the presence of Ganondorf, and Midna's true form.
Ganondorf is name dropped once in the story, but isn't elaborated upon. Later, he shows up in this weird, incorporeal form, which Zant interprets as a god. This spectre then combines into Zant(?) to take over him as a sort of puppet. As such, Zant is kind of just thrown aside so that the player can have their badass final boss against Ganondorf. I was honestly a bit disappointed.
But not necessarily because it was yet another Ganondorf ending. But because there was so much more room to explore Zant and his relationship with Ganondorf, that I really wanted to see.
I think another sign of this was Midna's true form. Her true form was first shown in a cutscene, right before the second to last dungeon of the game. Before this, we have never even heard of Midna being anything but the imp we've known since the start of the game. And it makes me wonder a lot about what the developers wanted for Midna. Did they always intend for her to be this humanoid form? Or is their vision of Midna actually the imp we spend the whole game connecting with?
I ask this because Midna's imp form appears later in Hyrule Warriors alongside her true form, which makes me wonder if the devs couldn't decide which form they liked more. It's a bit of a weird moment for me because I love imp Midna a lot, but never got to see or interact with her true form self until after the journey was over.
What's more, Midna then destroys the Mirror of Twilight. This moment made no sense to me at all. I couldn't justify it, or understand how Midna would justify it. Why would she do this? Zelda just made a small speech about how their worlds are two sides of the same coin. Midna then says that as long as the Mirror exists, they may meet again, only to say "see you later" before destroying the mirror.
I understand this was likely thought of from the start, as Midna establishes that Zant could only fragment the mirror due to his incomplete power. But Midna, having regained her true power, is the only one capable of utterly destroying it. What I really wish though, is for the game to have explored why she feels the need to do this, because I think it would serve the game better if it were spelled out. It's a genuinely sad moment! I'll never get to see Midna again! Why is the credits continuing with the triumphant music!
It hurts, man. But it does make sense, after I thought about it. Because the mirror was what allowed the Twili to escape into the Light World and cause havoc, so, by destroying the mirror, that connection is severed, forever. No more evil forces invading each others worlds, causing problems.
Which makes Midna's words all the more tear-jerking. 'Cause she won't see us later. She'll never get to see us again. But she doesn't have the heart to say goodbye. So she says she'll "see us later."
I'm not sure how to feel. I think I feel sad, and a smidgen disappointed. I mean, all this time, we've been fighting to help Midna restore peace to her realm, and to prevent Ganondorf/Zant from wreaking havoc on the Light World. And then, only for Midna to get the reward she deserves so much, and yet she doesn't get what she seems to actually want, which is to stay with Link. She cries, knowing she'll never see him again.
I think that right there shows the beauty and magic of this game. No other Zelda game has grabbed a hold of me with its story, its characters quite like this. I felt emotionally invested throughout, and I truly wanted to make good for this world, and to help Midna. It even feels selfish to say that I wish she could have stayed an imp and gone on more adventures with Link. But I think narratively, it is not only perfect this way, but it also couldn't end any other way.
Because not all stories should end completely happy. I think it does a bigger service to showcase how meaningful these emotional connections truly are by taking something from us in this way, than it does if everything ended like a story book.
It hurts, because we care.
This is the best outcome, where everyone can be happy, with the clear exception of Midna's and Links relationship to each other. That meant something, which is made all the more clear because of them never getting to see each other.
In closing...
More than anything, I wish this game had a bit more time to fill in the empty rows before and after some of its more significant beats. But still, I am so grateful that what is here was fantastic from beginning to end. And I'm glad that regardless of what was lost before the print to disc, what was left was something forming a beautiful and complete whole. A whole that I love with my whole heart. Wholeheartedly.
Thank you Shiggy Miyamiggy for this wonderful game. Please don't shy away from this kind of narrative and emotional focus when making future Zelda titles. I want to cry when it's all over, they way Twilight Princess made me. What you've got here is truly special, and I'm so very glad I got to experience it.
#zelda: twilight princess#tloz: twilight princess#the legend of zelda: twilight princess#TLOZ:TP Journal#the legend of zelda#twilight princess#lyraposting#midna#midnaposting#link#zelda#zant#ganondorf
28 notes
·
View notes
Text
Anyone of you who played Zelda: Twilight Princess; I wish to know something.
This happened during Gamecube days, so I don't know if this happened to other versions too. I was looking for videos to prove this incident to my partner and found nothing much about it.
If you remember the postman from the game, he would mail you stuff from other NPCs sometimes when you're out in the field.
So there were some mails that I didn't get from him, and I went ahead to fight Ganondorf.
During the horseback fight, I recall falling down from Epona and wanted to hurry back. Then the postman suddenly came running to deliver mails.
In the middle of war.
I wanted to know; did this happen to any other player out there? Was it something glitchy that wasn't supposed to happen?
This was just a funny thing I remembered while watching others play Zelda games, I thought it'd be fun to write this down for memory. xD
#legend of zelda#loz#loz tp#Zelda: Twilight Princess#postman#zai writes#personal records#zai play games
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
All of the zeldas so far in order of release
This took me so long lol i don't even know why i did this but here it is :>
And also i have not played eow yet so no spoilers pls
1. Classic Zelda
2. Zelda I
3. Alttp Zelda
4. Cdi Zelda
5. Other cdi Zelda
6. Oot Sheik
7. Oot adult Sheik
8. Oot downfall Sheik
9. Ssb Zelda (i needed to get to 25 lol)
10. Oox Zelda
11. Fs Zelda
12. Tetra
13. Fsa Zelda
14. Mc Zelda
15. Mc stained glass Zelda
16. Tp Zelda
17. St Zelda
18. Ss Zelda
19. Albw Zelda
20. Hw Zelda
21. Botw Zelda
22. Ancient princess (named after Sonia from totk)
23. Coh Zelda
24. Aoc Zelda
25. Eow Zelda
#art#the legend of zelda#fanart#zelda#tloz#sheik#tetra#the adventure of link#a link to the past#zelda cdi#wand of gamelon#zelda's adventure#ocarina of time#oracle of ages#oracle of seasons#four swords#four swords adventures#the wind waker#phantom hourglass#the minish cap#twilight princess#spirit tracks#skyward sword#a link between worlds#hyrule warriors#breath of the wild#tears of the kingdom#cadence of hyrule#age of calamity#echoes of wisdom
10K notes
·
View notes
Text
I made yeto’s pumpkin/goat cheese/salmon soup and it’s changing my life a little bit, like holy SHIT this yeti knows what he’s doing
9K notes
·
View notes
Text
For Hyrule!
#twilight princess#a#legend of zelda#princess zelda#fanart#illustration#illustrator#artist on tumblr#illustrator on tumblr
11K notes
·
View notes
Text
Lesbians requested midzel for pride so midzel ye shall receive 🩷🧡🤍
#loz#legend of zelda#twilight princess#Loz tp#midna#zelda#midzel#trying to secure some powerful allies (lesbians)
9K notes
·
View notes
Text
That's what twilight princess is all about!!
10K notes
·
View notes
Text
Linktober Day 28, Bones
If he wasn't already dead that kid would've been the death of him
#poor old gramps#the legend of zelda#loz#zelda#linktober#linktober 2024#twilight princess#link#wolf link#heros shade
6K notes
·
View notes
Text
A Strange Sadness As Dusk Falls
#zelda#twilight princess#tloz twilight princess#tloz#tloz fanart#wolf link#midna#midna twilight princess#zelda twilight princess#sgdq 2024#games done quick#art#fanart
10K notes
·
View notes
Text
Oh, she so smol.
#the legend of zelda#echoes of wisdom#eow#loz#loz eow#zelda#twilight princess#botw#wind waker#oot#skyward sword
8K notes
·
View notes
Text
Chronicling The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
I think if Midna held me like this, I would cry to death
#zelda: twilight princess#tloz: twilight princess#the legend of zelda: twilight princess#TLOZ:TP Journal#the legend of zelda#twilight princess#lyraposting#midna#link#midnaposting#I will never be normal about Midna sorry
19 notes
·
View notes
Text
homesick
#big ordon village enjoyer#uh uh maybe hot take I actually really love the slow opening in tp#getting to run around ordon village and meet everyone made it 10 billion times worse when The Horrors struck#twilight princess link#link#midna#twilight princess#legend of zelda#loz#Snowpeak Ruins#comic
11K notes
·
View notes
Text
caution: dog will bite
#wolf link#twilight princess#tp#loz#tp link#legend of zelda#i might end up reposting this in a set later on. i am just impatient god bless <3#he was fun though. i feeeeeel like i should make my main pencil a little thinner in future but otherwise Yay#my art#artists on tumblr
5K notes
·
View notes
Text
Linktober day 3 - Zelda (part 2 here)
Holy shit she fell and NO ONE is helping her up that’s so fucked up !!!
Not all Zelda’s bc I underestimated how lazy I am (also why the lineart is black, could not be bothered so sorry)
Sheik technically shouldn’t be here but who cares am I right
#linktober 2024#linktober#october challenge#art#drawing#legend of zelda#zelda fanart#digital art#fanart#zelda#my art#botw#ww#oot#majoras mask#zelda skyward sword#loz sheik#sheik#loz twilight princess#four swords#loz phantom hourglass#ww tetra#tetra#loz minish cap#minish cap#skyward sword#twilight princess#ocarina of time#zelda eow#echoes of wisdom
5K notes
·
View notes