User:Baltro/Shadow or Spirit Controversy

Anybody having played and beaten The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will have an opinion in the argument of which temple was meant to come first: the Spirit Temple or the Shadow Temple. Some small basis in the argument can be found on the page Talk:Spirit Temple. However, finding that talk page inadequate, I decided to make this page for people to voice their opinions on the subject.

Please bear in mind that you can do either temple before the other, which is what gives us the controversy.

In favor of Shadow Temple first

 * Navi points towards Kakariko as your next destination right out of the Water Temple.
 * Going to Kakariko begins the fire scene, which obviously points towards the Shadow Temple.
 * After the fire scene, Navi will constantly bother you about "...playing that Nocturne of Shadow Sheik taught you..."

In favor of Spirit Temple first

 * The order of the Medallions on the menu screen indicates clockwise:
 * Light Medallion
 * Forest Medallion
 * Fire Medallion
 * Water Medallion
 * Spirit Medallion
 * Shadow Medallion


 * The same follows for the list of Ocarina tunes on the menu.
 * The order of the sages at the end shows Spirit before Shadow, giving the same impression as the two previous reasons.

For voting, please sign your comment with three tildes instead of four, because the time you posted is irrevelant, and merely takes up more space. Please also remember to post your comment with a # sign in front of it, not an asterisk (*). Also, please refrain from using word bubbles. They take up waaaay too much space in the table, and I'm not sure they would even function propley inside the table cells.

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Votes for the Shadow Temple first

 * 1) If I may be the first to vote, I shall vote in favor of the Shadow Temple. Frankly I was too lazy to rescue the carpenters, and my 'Navi'gation system pointed me to the Shadow Temple, which was all I need.  Baltro [  talk  ]

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Votes for the Spirit Temple first

 * 1) I've always done the Spirit Temple before the Shadow Temple. The Spirit Medallion comes before the Shadow Medallion on the quest item screen. The Shadow Temple has more of an air of finality to it, as well. And with the Hover Boots found in the Shadow Temple, certain puzzles in the Spirit Temple are easier to accomplish, indicating that they are not supposed to have been obtained yet. My memory's a bit blurry here but I do believe that you can complete the Spirit Temple without the Hover Boots. So in short, most of the evidence, if I may call it such, points to the Spirit Temple being the penultimate temple and the Shadow Temple being the final one. -- Auron  Kaizer Talk loud, hit harder! 05:16, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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