Yes, I know Whocares already has a favorite recurring character thread, but this one is different. Characters from Majora's Mask actually count because Majora's Mask is a Zelda game!
Ouch.
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I'm going to have to say Tingle, if only for the sole purpose of cheesing a lot of people off.
...And he is pretty interesting...I guess. ;)
I choose the Happy Mask Salesman! He's creepy, yes, but some of that creepiness makes him so cool, especially when he's trying to stalk you.
Dark Link... or Ganondorf... or Link... or Vaati... I'm going to go with misc. Zora number 5.
*Ahem* *Cough* *Choke* *Puke* *Ahem*
Only characters that are basically like the old man in the absoveratory (?spelling) and the Bank Owner don't count, because the only thing that makes them recurring is that they actually have the same figure, but besides that have no similarity that matters. Basically, all of the characters that are listed here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_in_The_Legend_of_Zelda_series) are recurring.
Hey! This is my topic! If you want to be a dictator and say who doesn't count, then go to your thread! I created this thread so that MM characters won't feel excluded!
And what the hell? You just changed the title of your topic to match mine, but with one extra letter.
So, which ones do you consider excluded? (<--- Trying to work things out)
That's my point! No one is excluded!
*Slaps HNS in the back of the head*
I mean from mine! :-*
*punches Whocares in his face*
You don't flipping get it, do you?
[size=16]I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM A THREAD ASKING WHO YOUR FAVORITE IS!!!!![/size]
*Punches Bobo the Clown*
Than why is it that this topic is for recurring characters, when only about 35-40 characters are recurring?
And, by that, I meant LIST THEM. :-*
Any character that makes an appearance in any Zelda game, including Majora's Mask. It's not that hard of a concept to grasp, Whocares. Do you really think I care about what some list on Wikipedia says? I don't. I could care less if someone mentions a character that doesn't even show up in another game. I made this frigging thread to joke you and your annoying habit of excluding everything for lame reasons.
Okay, this time I'll say everything I mean to say:
Which characters in The Legend of Zelda video game series do you consider recurring characters?
8)
*stabs self multiple times*
You. Don't. Freaking. LISTEN!
*Slices Wrist*
QuoteWhich characters in The Legend of Zelda video game series do you consider recurring characters?
Neither. Do You. 8)
*innocent bystander walks by*
Hmm, SOMEONE loves to rip off people, 'm i rite?
And besides, with Majora's Mask a lot of the characters got the chance to flesh out more, as a result, many, MANY favorites are from Majora's Mask or originated there.
No, I mean guys like the absoveratory owner. Are they really recurring? That is the question I'd like answered, for the minor ones like him and the Bombers. Are THEY recurring, not every character in MM?
Potentionally, anyone in the bomber's notebook and others are reoccuring. Give it up; you can't force people to make a decision on what can and can't be their favorite. Example: Many people love the Happy Mask Salesman even though he's allegedly a 'clone' of his OoT self and appears only in OoT and MM.
He isn't a clone, it was directly mentioned in the game he owns the happy mask store in Hyrule Castle Town, making him one of the only characters in the game to not be a parallel version of an OOT character.
By recurring, I mean are in multiple games. Unless every time I've played a game is wrong, then they are not recurring.
Then your argument for characters in Majora's Mask appearing in OoT is defeated by your own logic. Whocares if they're basically 'clones' if they look the same? I mean, isn't a recurring character SUPPOSED to look the same, and by that logic, a 'clone'?
Even though some are given different names from their OoT counterparts, the very nature of the game was meant to be a parallel, and by that extension, filled with strange characters that are somehow familiar. So I rule that they are recurring, no matter how you think otherwise. To make a point that characters in OoT that appear in Majora's Mask is to diss Nintendo on points that are inconcievable.
And think about this for a moment, over many games, the same model is used for certain characters, sometimes with unique characters. What then, seperates a 'clone' from a 'recurring' character if they appear more than once?
Touche. :)
Well then, if so, than every. single. character. in either game would be considered recurring, even if all they do to count as recurring is be there. There are many more characters that deserve the name recurring more (Anju, Skullkid, Ganon, Link, Zelda, etc.) rather than someone who is only considered recurring because of how they have a parallel clone. Scratch that, than in fact every character in the game would count as recurring, because in Termina they have a parallel twin. Even if they only make an appearance of simply being there (like just about all of the people in TP's Castle Town).
And the only thing they have in common with their OOT counterpart is simply being a parallel clone, they have no other relationship from their counterpart and no real significance at all for their clone. Even if they die, then their counterpart won't feel anything and just continue their lives. Some of them are distinctively different from their counterpart (King Zora, for example) in every way besides looks and personality, but those only count because they are parallel counterparts.
Except almost none of the 'clones' of Majora's Mask are 'simply being there', because many, MANY of them become more fluid, with some more human development. Even the swordsman in the dojo isn't 'simply there', because right when the moon is falling, you can find him shaking behind a false wall, coward
That's what I (and many others) love about Majora's Mask.
Oh yeah, and you mentioned Anju as 'recurring', but according to your logic, seeing as how she appeared solely in OoT and Majora's Mask, she should be considered a 'clone'.
That's what's great about the Zelda series (for the most part), even small characters can be interesting. Who cares if they use the same model? Nintendo uses the same model for some characters many times.
The NPC's of OoT served primarily to tell you little things, little hints, with the exception of a few more prominant ones. But in Majora's Mask, they're given character and the chance to develop beyond someone that is 'simply there', as was with the case of MANY NPC's of OoT.
Quote from: Gendo Ikari on June 12, 2007, 02:14:49 PM
Oh yeah, and you mentioned Anju as 'recurring', but according to your logic, seeing as how she appeared solely in OoT and Majora's Mask, she should be considered a 'clone'.
Actually, she was in Minish Cap, too.
I was about to make that point, but thank you, Fisk.
What about the points in the rest of my post?
What about that fact that this is my thread and I said that MM characters count even though they're not on some unofficial list on Wikipedia? There is nothing to argue about here. I don't care what you have to say about recurring characters, Whocares. If you want to mention a recurring character from MM here, then you can. I don't care about the technical crap you keep on spouting.
Fine Kaepora Gaebora. I'll choose him. (Not a pun on Pokemon)
What other games did he appear in besides OoT and (parallel-y) Majora's Mask? We don't even know if the owl in MM is Kaepora; in your words, he's little more than a 'clone'.
You apparently haven't played alot of Zelda games, have you? He appears in FSA too. The owl statues in TP could be a reference to him, along with the ones in MM and the Oracles.
Only Zelda game I haven't played is FSA. A 'reference' isn't the only good it should be.
The statues were symbols. So many, many recurring symbols.
OOT, MM, FSA, LA... more than just a few. I do love him, too, though.
And HMS... and Skull Kid and Anju.
Any further argument whocares, I will pm ZV and Gamefreak about this matter and they can deal with you.
Who's HMS?
And the better way to have worded that than "deal with you" JQ would be "deal with this problem", because they could also have mixed opinions about the matter. And mabye I'm not the only one who hasn't been a very good camper during this argument, correct? And you also forgot about Maggy, who was recently promoted.
The Happy Mask Salesman.
... I think the conflict should stop. Just drop it, both of you.
Happy Mask Salesman, and I already said at the very beginning of this thread that MM characters count. It's a problem because you're arguing about recurring characters here when you should be arguing about it in your thread where you didn't include MM characters.
No one was posting in my thread, HNS. I would have, but no one was posting in it.
Oh boo hoo. No one's posting in Whocare's thread. The world's going to end.[/sarcasm]
I already told you I don't care about your technical crap. I stated from the beginning that no one is excluded. Just accept it already and stop arguing about recurring characters here.
Wow HNS, I had no idea you could be so mean sometimes. This came as a shock. (I'm not being sarcastic, I'm serious)
Says the guy metaphorically slapping me in the face in my thread which was a joke on his habit of excluding certain things for some abstract reason.
Whoa, easy guys, this isn't worth fighting about. Whocares, HNS did make the topic, so we should just go by whatever rules he places. I don't want to hear another word about this.
I'm going to be one of the few people here who actually says there favorite character.
Mikau and Ilia, it's a tie right now, but fish people are awesome, and Ilia seems to actually like Link, and will have a relationship with him.
Quote from: Azure Kite on July 12, 2007, 10:47:22 PM
I'm going to be one of the few people here who actually says there favorite character.
Mikau and Ilia, it's a tie right now, but fish people are awesome, and Ilia seems to actually like Link, and will have a relationship with him.
Um... they have to show up in more than one game. I'm fairly certain Mikau and Ilia are only in one game. At least, I don't remember Mikau being in any other games.
Fine. Then, Nayru. She shows up in Seasons if you do a linked game.
She is also in Minish Cap.
Yeah, but I like her when she can control time.