Ancient Cistern based on old Japanese short story

***Marilink*** · 12-07-2011, 09:36 PM

This may cause some spoilers for level 4 of Skyward Sword, but if you've played it, it's totally worth reading.

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Daos · 12-07-2011, 10:47 PM

That's pretty sweet man.

CuccoLady · 12-08-2011, 12:45 AM

Omg. That makes so much sense.

Everything that previously seemed cool but random about the dungeon is now EXTREMELY AWESOME AND SIGNIFICANT.

The Missing Link · 12-08-2011, 03:04 AM

Wow... that IS pretty amazing. I love how little things like that can get translated into videogame stuffs.

***Ace Mercury*** · 12-08-2011, 08:03 AM

That's a cool story. We're totally a remix culture and this is a great example.

It also reminds me of the story of Kaguya-hime (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) elements of which has been repurposed a bunch in contemporary Japanese stories. I can totes see Zelda repurposing the story since the five impossible tasks involve item collection; just surround each item with a dungeon and you're set. And then Princess Zelda goes to the moon and then there's a fight with Space Ganon.

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CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	Omg. That makes so much sense. Everything that previously seemed cool but random about the dungeon is now EXTREMELY AWESOME AND SIGNIFICANT.

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The Missing Link Professional Lurker Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: New Hyrule, Washington, US Gender: Posts: 17,128 Thanks: 405 Thanked 606 Times in 368 Posts	Wow... that IS pretty amazing. I love how little things like that can get translated into videogame stuffs.

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,275 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	That's a cool story. We're totally a remix culture and this is a great example. It also reminds me of the story of Kaguya-hime (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) elements of which has been repurposed a bunch in contemporary Japanese stories. I can totes see Zelda repurposing the story since the five impossible tasks involve item collection; just surround each item with a dungeon and you're set. And then Princess Zelda goes to the moon and then there's a fight with Space Ganon.