User:Jedimasterlink

I am Jedimasterlink, and I am a Rollbacker at Zeldapedia. My real name is undisclosed because I'm just paranoid like that. The Zelda series is my favorite video game series, and I also really like most of Nintendo's other franchises, particularly Fire Emblem, Metroid, and Mario. As you may have gathered from my username, I am also a Star Wars geek. I've read many of the books that chronicle its expanded universe (stuff that takes place outside the six movies, both before and after them) and can't get enough of the movies (well, the original trilogy plus Episode III, anyway). You'll probably never see me edit regularly at Wookieepedia, however. I figure since it's such a big wiki, there's sure to be someone else who is more than capable of being as productive as I might be.

I am also musically inclined. I have played the clarinet for almost four years now, and given my relatively low level of experience, I am very good at it. However, I pretty much only have classical music (and the Star Wars soundtrack =P) on my MP3 player, because frankly, I don't care for much else. I'm weird that way (among other ways). I can still appreciate the good bands and artists across a wide range of genres, though.

You can just call me "Jedi" or "JML" for short. "Master" would be appreciated, too. (That was a joke. You can laugh if you like.)

Unimportant Information Pertaining to Me

 * I am a Christian.
 * I have great difficulty picking favorites or a position in a debate unless I have a really good reason to do so. The upside of this is that considering alternative perspectives feels natural and logical to me (haha, feels logical).
 * I tend to pay little attention to details unless I absolutely have to because I find the big picture much more appealing.
 * I am extremely shy, perhaps to the point of having a social anxiety issue. People in real life tend to think I dislike them, and I assume that's because I am so uncomfortable.
 * I know 27 digits of pi, counting the first three--3.14159265358979323846264338. Yeah, that's nothing compared to what some people here know, but hey, it's more than most people know.
 * I really enjoy math and science.
 * By and large, I am a Nintendo fanboy; I have only owned one non-Nintendo console, which is pretty much neglected compared to my N64 and Wii. (My GameCube has never been used since I got the Wii.)
 * My best characters in Brawl are Ike and Falco, though I generally prefer Ike. Not exactly sure how that works, seeing how Fox was my best character in both of the past games, and I tend to prefer fast characters in all fighting games.
 * The word "I" appears seventeen times in this list.

Zelda Games I Have Played
I've played all of the console, games but none of the handhelds because I don't have a Gameboy or a DS. Shame. Listed under each game are achievements for each game, the number of times I have beaten them, and some things I'd like to achieve eventually. I have written reviews for the games I have played here.

Ocarina of Time

 * Beaten: 3 times
 * Master Quest: beaten once (had to borrow from a friend since I don't own it)
 * Gold Skulltula found: 52/100
 * Acquired Biggoron's Sword
 * Total hearts: 19/20
 * Beaten taking 3-heart challenge

Eventully, I might find those last 2 heart pieces and, if I have a TON of time, all of the Gold Skulltulas.

Majora's Mask

 * Beaten: 4 times
 * Found all 24 Masks
 * Total hearts: 20/20
 * All stray fairies recovered
 * Beaten 100%

I'll definitely try the three-heart challenge and the three-day challenge.

The Legend of Zelda

 * Beaten: twice
 * Second Quest: beaten twice
 * Total hearts: 16/16 on both quests
 * Beaten 1st and 2nd Quests 100%

All there is to do now is just minimizing my death count.

Zelda II

 * Beaten: yes
 * Found all life bar extensions
 * beaten 100%

I'm not sure I want to touch this game again, unless I feel like I need a really good beating.

Four Swords Adventures

 * Beaten: twice

Uhhh...there isn't exactly much to this game...

Twilight Princess

 * Beaten: 3 times
 * Found all golden bugs
 * found all imp poe souls (worth noting I used a guide for the last 6)
 * total hearts: 20/20
 * beaten 100%
 * Beaten taking 3-heart challenge (okay, that's not much of an achievement)

I may try to clear the Cave of Ordeals with only three hearts. Twice, if I'm having a good day.

A Link to the Past

 * Beaten: 4 times
 * beaten without upgrading sword/mail
 * total hearts: 18/20

I came really close to never dying last time I played, so that's my main goal, then it's finding those last heart pieces.

The Wind Waker

 * Beaten: 4 times (counting second quest)
 * charts: 60/60
 * total hearts: 20/20
 * Nintendo Gallery: about 3/4 complete (I haven't bothered to count the figurines I have)
 * beaten taking 3-heart challenge

All that's left is finishing the Nintendo Gallery.

Zelda Game Rankings
This list starts with the best and goes down to the worst. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the games but the Zelda II and Four Swords Adventures. FSA was still decent. So, even most of the games in the bottom half are top-tier games.


 * 1) Majora's Mask
 * 2) The Wind Waker
 * 3) A Link to the Past
 * 4) Ocarina of Time
 * 5) Twilight Princess
 * 6) The Legend of Zelda
 * 7) Four Swords Adventures
 * 8) Zelda II

All-Time Favorites across All Platforms/Series
What the header says. These aren't in any particular order, mostly, so I'll organize them by tier. The only game with a set position is Majora's Mask, which is obviously #1. I mean, obviously.

First Tier

 * Majora's Mask

Second Tier

 * Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 * The Wind Waker

Third Tier

 * A Link to the Past
 * Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
 * Super Mario Galaxy

Fourth Tier

 * Metroid Prime
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2
 * Ocarina of Time

What's with the saturation of Zelda titles? Who knows. Why do I edit here instead of Wikitroid or MarioWiki (other than the obvious reason that this wiki is better)? I'll leave that for you to determine. Perhaps a better question is, why are there no Star Wars games listed? Oh, right...who would have thought Star Wars in first and foremost a fantastic movie series, despite everything else it has grown into. Not that there aren't good Star Wars games, mind you, they just aren't all-time-best-game-ever-quality.

A Note on the Zelda Timeline
Obviously, as the Zelda producers have stated numerous times, there is a definite timeline for the series, and a document with the information on said timeline exists, though only select people are allowed to see it. While I have thought about what the timeline may be on numerous occasions, I refuse to stand by any one timeline because as far as I am concerned nothing we can come up with can be right because there is information about the series all but a few key people lack. And, really, I would prefer it stays that way so the developers aren't constricted by following a set timeline that the stories must fit. Of course, these means more retcons, but if it also means more creative stories (hopefully), who cares?

Musical Trivia I Have Noticed
This is a list of reused musical phrases I have noticed in the Zelda series within different music. Some are well-known, while others are a little more obscure. This list also ignores remixed versions of songs, because those are just way too obvious to be worth mentioning. I hid the ones that contain spoilers. If you've played the game it spoils (or if you just don't care about that stuff), you can highlight the text to see it.


 * A phrase from "Kokiri Forest" from Ocarina of Time plays in Outset Island and Forest Haven in The Wind Waker. In both cases, it is the same phrase, though the two versions are slightly different.
 * A phrase in the music played when Wolf Link is trapped in Twilight in Twilight Princess is vaguely similar to the opening phrase of the music played when the happy mask salesman tells Link about Majora's Mask in Majora's Mask. (For the record, I don't believe the creators of Majora's Mask were the Twili. This is the only concrete evidence I have ever seen, except music rarely proves anything anyway.)
 * (Wind Waker Spoiler) The Title theme from A Link to the Past plays when the King of Hyrule assembles the Triforce of Wisdom, transforming Tetra into Princess Zelda in the Wind Waker.
 * (Wind Waker Spoiler) After Ganondorf is defeated in The Wind Waker, when the King of Hyrule speaks to Link and Zelda, the counter-melody of one of the phrases of this version of the "Royal Family" theme sounds similar to the counter-melody of the dungeon music from the original Zelda.
 * In Snowhead Temple, a dungeon in Majora's Mask, one phrase sounds vaguely similar to the main melodic line of the Ice Cavern mini-dungeon music in Ocarina of Time.
 * The final notes of "Ballad of Gales" from The Wind Waker are similar to the last notes of "Minuet of Forest" from Ocarina of Time, though the first interval is different.
 * (A Link the Past spoiler) When Link gets the Triforce after killing Ganon in A Link to that Past, the brief music clip played is similar to the music played whenever Link learns a new Ocarina song.
 * The music of Dodongo's Cavern from Ocarina of Time and Dragon Roost Cavern from The Wind Waker are also similar. (Lisa actually noticed this one first.)

Theories I Believe

 * 1) Link is not mute. His "lines" are indicated by ellipses (...).
 * 2) The deformed tree seen near the beginning of Majora's Mask was the Deku Butler's son, whose soul was within the Deku Mask.
 * 3) Link was looking for Navi at the beginning of Majora's Mask. There aren't exactly many alternatives. (Read: There aren't any logical ones.)
 * 4) Stone Tower was created to blaspheme the goddesses of Hyrule. This is also worth considering.
 * 5) Death Mountain became Dragon Roost Island. Should be pretty obvious, given its location and its volcanic activity.
 * 6) The Skull Kid in Majora's Mask is one of the Skull Kids from Ocarina of Time. How else would he know about Saria?
 * 7) The Hero's Shade is the Hero of Time. He talks about being the Hero in life, and basically everything with "Hero" in its name has something to do with the Hero of Time.
 * 8) The Spirit Temple was converted to the Arbiter's Grounds. Makes sense to me, given its location and physical similarities.
 * 9) The Mirror of Twilight is the mirror in the Spirit Temple. Also makes sense, and here's something I haven't seen anyone mention: the pulley system used to lift the stone slab near the mirror may be the same mechanism used in OoT that Link used to reach the boss room, given its proximity to the mirror seen in Spirit Temple. Of course, it's not likely Nintendo thought about it that much, but still.
 * 10) Dark Link has no allegiance to anybody.
 * 11) The Sheikah became the Dark Interlopers. Their proficiency with magic and near extinction in OoT fits this theory.
 * 12) The Poe Soul Salesman may be the one-eyed man who can see the truth.
 * 13) Sheik is, mentally speaking, female. However, Zelda gave her Sheik persona a male body in order to make the disguise more effective. So essentially, Sheik is a female in a male body.

Theories I DON'T Believe

 * 1) Volvagia is female. Link of the Gorons would know better than that.
 * 2) The Man from the Curiosity Shop is the man from the Trading Post. Are the Bombers all the same person because they look the same? Of course not. There is more evidence against this theory than that, but that's all I care to say.
 * 3) Ganondorf was already inside the Sacred Realm when Link returned to his childhood. Yes, the Door of Time was opened, but if you pay attention, you will notice Link never put back the Master Sword; it was already there. Hence, the Sacred Realm was still locked. Hence, Ganondorf couldn't possibly be inside.
 * 4) The Twili made Majora's Mask. Seriously?
 * 5) Stallord is either Volvagia or King Dodongo. Neither of them are nearly big enough, they are the wrong shape in some way, and they died in Death Mountain while Stallord is the the desert.
 * 6) Jabun is Jabu-Jabu. This is one of the most groundless theories I have ever seen.
 * 7) Telma is a Gerudo. Something about that just doesn't click.
 * 8) The Twilight Princess Link is a descendant of the Hero of Time. In an interview with Nintendo Power magazine, Eiji Aonuma said that this isn't necessarily true.
 * 9) The Minish Cap comes before Ocarina of Time chronologically. I was already almost certain of this for several reasons, but when Aonuma confirmed that Skyward Sword comes before Ocarina of Time, he heavily implied that Ocarina of Time had been the first game in the timeline until this.

Annoying things in the Zelda series
Another thing plenty of other people have done, but hey, it's amusing for all of us (minus all you Scrooges out there --_), so let's have at it.

Overall

 * The "YOU HAVE ONLY ONE HEART LEFT SAVE YOURSELF!!!!!!!!11!!1231!!!!!!!!1!" sound. Yeah, I can SEE that, would you give me a break!? When I get a heart, I'm more relieved that the sound is gone that I am for having more health to spare.
 * Rupees are always either too hard or too easy to find. Can't there be a middle ground?

The Legend of Zelda

 * The inaptly named "Money-Making Game". No, wait, I take that back--I'm sure the Old Man makes a ton of money off of it.
 * Wizzrobes. They're the most overpowered enemy in the game when they're in swarms.
 * Heck, what am I saying? Everything past about level 6 is overpowered.
 * The lack of a true in-game map.
 * Until you have five or six heats, dying is extremely common. Of the 80 deaths I had on my first playthrough, perhaps just under half were during the early stages of the game.

Zelda II

 * That adventure that Link has. (The whole game, for those of you that didn't get the joke)
 * The title--"The Adventure of Link"? Seriously?
 * Thunderbird. That thing must have killed me at least 200 times.

A Link to the Past

 * Most Dark World enemies are OP.
 * MOTHULA...the second hardest boss in the series after Zelda II's Thunderbird...

Ocarina of Time

 * During the later part of the Adult portion, there is very little plot development.
 * The Spirit Temple's concept, while pretty neat, wasn't used to its full potential in my opinion.
 * The Marathon. Why does it even exist?
 * You can't Z-Target Moblins. it's not really that bad, but it still bothers me.
 * ONE HUNDRED. FRIGGIN'. GOLD. SKULLTULAS!!!1!!!123!!

Majora's Mask

 * You lose all of you're Rupees every time you go back in time. Sure, there's a bank, but going to it before playing the Song of Time every single time and making sure I have enough time to do so can be a pain after a while.
 * Some masks, like the Mask of Scents and the Circus Leader's Mask, have no practical use; they aren't need for beating the game, and their limited uses aren't that useful.
 * Tingle. Luckily, this is his most benign incarnation.

The Wind Waker

 * Tingle, in his most ANNOYING canon incarnation to date (I'm sure he's worse in his own games)
 * The Forbidden Woods. I just don't like it for some reason.
 * The game is centered on and takes place in water, yet there's no water dungeon.

Four Swords Adventures

 * (Wait for it...)...Tingle. What a surprise. At least in this game, there's a good reason to pop his balloon beyond the sadistic pleasure it derives.
 * The fact that it's broken into levels like a platformer when it plays like a simplified adventure game.
 * There are very few actual characters, and all of them are one-dimensional.
 * It's meant for four players, but few people are able to play it that way.

Twilight Princess

 * Wolf Link was sorely underutilized in the second half of the game.
 * There is a lot of searching in this game--60 Poe Souls, 24 Golden Bugs, and 45 Heart Pieces.
 * Rollgoal. It's not as bad for me as it is for some, but it's still annoying.
 * Agitha is the new Tingle...that squeal of a voice of hers drives me insane.
 * Despite being an entophiliac (yes, that's a word...it is now, anyway), she thinks snails are bugs while even someone with only a passing interest in this sort of thing (namely me) can tell you snails are gastropods, not arthropods.

Polls
Which version of the ReDead would be the worst to meet in an unlit back alley in real life? Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask ReDead Wind Waker ReDaed Twilight Princess ReDead Have you beaten Zelda II? Yes No Haven't played it (thank God) Didn't bother trying Which is the LEAST annoying? Tingle Navi Falbi Water Temple Zelda II None of the above

Ninja definition
Just what is "ninja"? As it turns out, there are many different ways to use the word "ninja":


 * 1) noun: a member of a feudal Japanese society of mercenary agents who were highly trained in martial arts and stealth; they were hired for covert purposes such as espionage, sabotage, and assassination.
 * 2) noun: someone who emulates the qualities of a ninja
 * 3) verb: to make a post on a blog or forum immediately before someone else, causing the second person's post to be canceled
 * 4) adj.: similar to awesome, only even more so, i.e. to the point of being as awesome as a ninja. (used hyperbolically)
 * 5) adj.: describes a person or group whose innate qualities are truly beyond awesome, e.g. ninjas, Shiekah, Chuck Norris, Jedi, and Sith.

So there you have it. One of the world's greatest mysteries has been unveiled. Use these truths wisely, or a ninja ninja just might ninja you to foreshadow his ninja sabotage of your pencil collection.

Superlatables
You might have seen these once or twice around here. Here they are again.


 * GENERAL:


 * CHARACTERS:


 * DUNGEONS:


 * MUSIC:

Hold up a second! Why are most of the tables conspicuously (or not) missing an FSA row? Er, well, really, I just didn't feel like putting anything together for that game. The characters are just...suffice to say even LoZ has more memorable characters. And I'm really not even sure what constitutes a dungeon in that game, if anything does. And virtually all of the music came straight from ALttP, so I'd just be repeating myself there. Why exactly am I talking about something that isn't even important since it isn't there? Ummmm...that...is an excellent qustion...say, isn't that a squirrel over there?

Signatures
Sign here if you'd like to. I don't feel evil enough right now to make empty threats, so I'll just leave it at that.

big sig Oni Dark Link 22:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

mircoscopic sig -- C 2   22:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I say the process of signing your page is done right about...................now! Sam samurai

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