Interesting discovery in "The Legend of Zelda"

DRW · 10-30-2008, 01:15 PM

Not really important, but interesting: Has anybody ever noticed that "The Legend of Zelda" doesn't have one, but two old men in it? The old man in the caves (left) looks different from the one in the dungeons (right):

Do you have an idea why they did that? The characters are similar enough so that you don't really see the difference, especially not on a TV screen. But they are different enough so that it isn't the same sprite.

**Deku Trii** · 10-30-2008, 01:45 PM

You just blew my mind.

DRW · 10-30-2008, 02:08 PM

What?

Seeking Attention · 10-30-2008, 03:05 PM

Wow... That's pretty scary.

Robotazy · 10-30-2008, 04:32 PM

The other one looks like an elf :/

I guess he lives on Soundwaves, that's why he can live walled up in a dungeon.

Dizzy · 10-30-2008, 05:22 PM

One of them is Booyakasha. Mystery solved.

**Valigarmander** · 10-30-2008, 06:08 PM

Ah, um...

Well, there. Ah, yes. Hmm.

Luigiman7 · 10-30-2008, 06:14 PM

wow, amazing. This fact has changed my life forever.

lol sorry

I am nobody · 10-30-2008, 06:35 PM

I doubt there's a reason behind it. It could have been an accident, or just something they did off a whim.

Dizzy · 10-30-2008, 06:43 PM

May even be a glitch. You never know with these things.

**Valigarmander** · 10-30-2008, 08:30 PM

^ A glitch? Do you know what a glitch is?

Anywho, they're registered as a separate sprites within the game, so it was intended.

Blake · 10-30-2008, 11:27 PM

Wow, that's pretty cool. I never noticed that. If they were intended to be two separate characters, why didn't they add more distinguishing features between the two? Interesting...

Dizzy · 10-31-2008, 06:11 AM

^^Yes, I know what a glitch is.

And I'm not talking about an in-game glitch; I mean a glitch in production. Perhaps there were some errors in the tile layout.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-31-2008, 10:22 AM

ONE OF THEM IS A BEAR

LOOK HIS HEAD IS PEELING OFF AT THE SIDES

O **** RUN

10-30-2008, 01:15 PM	#1
DRW Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Gender: Posts: 106 Thanks: 16 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Interesting discovery in "The Legend of Zelda" Not really important, but interesting: Has anybody ever noticed that "The Legend of Zelda" doesn't have one, but two old men in it? The old man in the caves (left) looks different from the one in the dungeons (right): Do you have an idea why they did that? The characters are similar enough so that you don't really see the difference, especially not on a TV screen. But they are different enough so that it isn't the same sprite.

10-30-2008, 06:14 PM	#8
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	wow, amazing. This fact has changed my life forever. lol sorry __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

10-30-2008, 01:45 PM	#2
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	You just blew my mind.

10-30-2008, 02:08 PM	#3
DRW Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Gender: Posts: 106 Thanks: 16 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	What?

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Seeking Attention Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Gender: Posts: 0 Thanks: 489 Thanked 185 Times in 153 Posts	Wow... That's pretty scary.

10-30-2008, 04:32 PM	#5
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	The other one looks like an elf :/ I guess he lives on Soundwaves, that's why he can live walled up in a dungeon.

10-30-2008, 05:22 PM	#6
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	One of them is Booyakasha. Mystery solved.

10-30-2008, 06:08 PM	#7
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Ah, um... Well, there. Ah, yes. Hmm.

10-30-2008, 06:35 PM	#9
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	I doubt there's a reason behind it. It could have been an accident, or just something they did off a whim.

10-30-2008, 06:43 PM	#10
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	May even be a glitch. You never know with these things.

10-30-2008, 08:30 PM	#11
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ A glitch? Do you know what a glitch is? Anywho, they're registered as a separate sprites within the game, so it was intended.

10-30-2008, 11:27 PM	#12
Blake Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: A generic place such as a house Gender: Posts: 4,628 Thanks: 1,489 Thanked 206 Times in 148 Posts	Wow, that's pretty cool. I never noticed that. If they were intended to be two separate characters, why didn't they add more distinguishing features between the two? Interesting...

10-31-2008, 06:11 AM	#13
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	^^Yes, I know what a glitch is. And I'm not talking about an in-game glitch; I mean a glitch in production. Perhaps there were some errors in the tile layout.

10-31-2008, 10:22 AM	#14
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	ONE OF THEM IS A BEAR LOOK HIS HEAD IS PEELING OFF AT THE SIDES O **** RUN