Termina

[LadyNintendo]

So? A jungle and, say, a forest in France both have a lot of trees and animals, but are significantly different. Death Mountain is a volcano, Snowhead clearly is not.

[Penguin dude 2]

Death MOUNTAIN. it's a comparison between MOUNTAINS. We never saw all of Snowhead, so we don't know if a valcanoe is there, maybe furher norht than the dungeon.

[Fishalicious]

There are mountains in lots of places.

The Rockies in Canada... well, it's cold and your generic mountain.

The Andes in Chile are warmer and much different.

Just because Death Mountain and Snowhead are mountains, doesn't mean they're both the same... or even similar. Death Mountain is a desolate place, full of rocks and lava. Snowhead has grass, a mild climate, etc.

[MagmarFire]

But they ARE both suitable places for Gorons to live, apparently. There's a similarity there...

Anyway, it is possible that Snowhead may be a volcano, or at least have a volcano in the vicinity. Remember the hot springs around there? Magma is what heats the water up, so magma has to be near the surface of the earth. A volcano would be possible, thus.

[LadyNintendo]

while still keeping things logical and diverse.

That is what I said. If Nintendo wanted to reuse OOT's models, they had to give the different races suitable homes. Gorons live in rocky areas; what other environment Nintendo could have created to let the Gorons live than Snowhead? It IS signifcantly different from the volcanic, hostile Death Mountain. Just like an ocean is very different from a lake and a swamp is very different from a forest, even though there are similarities.

I'd also like to point out that most of the water in Snowhead is not warm and that in most cases, hot springs caused by volcanos are WAY to warm to survive standing in. It is possible, but very unlikely that a volcano is the cause for the Snowhead's hot spring.

[darkphantomime]

What about the hot springs of Japanese mountains? I hear that they too, can also have Snowhead's general appearance.

[DW]

What about seasons, though? Maybe it's Winter at Snowhead and Summer at Death Mountain...

[LadyNintendo]

It's called Snowhead, right? I think that says something about the most common temperature. I'm not entirely sure, but several parts of Snowhead stayed snowy, right?

And even apart from the snow, Snowhead's climate is more friendly than Death Mountain, even when it's summer/spring.

Can semi-active volcano's be covered in snow?

[darkphantomime]

I THINK they can... Japan might have them. Though I'm not 100% sure.

[MagmarFire]

As long as the snow's not exposed to the magma from the volcano, probably. But the heat from the hot springs had to come from somewhere, so there has to be some kind of activity in the crust that heats the water up. It doesn't necessarily have to be a volcano, per se, but anywhere where the heat from magma can rise up from under the crust and heat the water.

[Peka]

Snowhead Temple has lava on the basement level if I remember correctly.

[Keaton]

Snowhead Temple has lava on the basement level if I remember correctly.

Touché, Salesman.

[IronKnuckle]

Death Mountain is a volcano, Snowhead clearly is not.

Well, you are right and wrong. It is not a volcano. However, it has a hot spring, so Snowhead is defenantly over a geothermal hotspot. Technically, it could become a volcano if the magma were to burst through the crust.

Maybe my geology classes actually do have a purpose.

[Vaati]

It's called Snowhead, right? I think that says something about the most common temperature. I'm not entirely sure, but several parts of Snowhead stayed snowy, right?

And even apart from the snow, Snowhead's climate is more friendly than Death Mountain, even when it's summer/spring.

Can semi-active volcano's be covered in snow?

Yeah, they actually say there is a coldsnap there. But that doesn't mean that there isn't normally snow there. I mean, Snowhead must have gotten it's name somehow.

[Gulliver]

I'd like to think that termina's just an island or a country over the seas near hyrule, close enough to trade with. but, since i've never played MM, there might be some things to disprove this theory.