Termina

[Knil]

This might be something someone has already said but I just saw the Triforce on the shield Link has in MM.  So does that mean Termina is not another dimension or parallel world?

[Eralk Fang]

No, Termina is a parallel world to Hyrule. Link brought that shield through with him from Hyrule. Most Hylian shields have the Triforce on him, and the new Hylian design could be explained away as the shield being a gift from the Royal Family for saving Hyrule.

[Commodore Axilon]

You can buy them from shops in MM though. I have no idea how to explain that.

[Eralk Fang]

Hylian shield smuggling ring? Heh.

The designers just didn't make a Terminan shield to sell in Terminan shops. Probably an oversight, but Termina's still a parallel world.

[Vaati]

After all, not all Termian shops have to sell Termain products. When I go down to Maxwell Street downtown Chicago, lots of the booths that are set up mostly only sell stuff that's not from America.

[Commodore Axilon]

Yes, but Termina being an alternate dimension makes that problematic, no?

[Hi no Seijin]

It could just be coincidence.  The Triforce could very well mean something else to the Terminians.  Or, this article from Ice's Zelda Central Forums could help explain the Triforce's presence in Termina.

[Commodore Axilon]

Interesting theory. He makes a lot of assumptions, though.

[Eralk Fang]

I actually love that article. It's a very interesting theory.

[Hi no Seijin]

Which is pretty much what any theory is.  After all, look at Cell Theory.  It assumes that all living things are made out of cells, but I haven't taken a slice of my skin and looked at it under a microscope, so as far as I'm concerned, I'm really made out of carpet.  And looking in the dictionary, one of the definitions for theory is abstract though:  spectulation.  Another is a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation; an unproved assumption.

[Knil]

Some of it makes sense, but others are kind of out there.

[Vaati]

Or it could be that the Triforce is just a popular symbol. Like for us, lots of countries use and eagles for symbols: Poland, Mexico, America, and England, too, I think.

[Eralk Fang]

I think the Triforce has a more religious connotation than it just being a symbol of Hyrule as a country. It, after all, is a symbol of the three goddesses. You could compare it to a Christian cross. It was very odd to find it in Termina, as they seem to have a different belief system all together. That's why I love the previously posted article; it deals with all of that very neatly.

[Commodore Axilon]

Maybe the Ikana did believe in the three goddesses. But seeing as how they're long gone the religion just died out. Religions do die, you know. Look what happened to the Roman pantheon.

Everything doesn't have to be all exciting and dramatic, you know.

[Potato_King]

Maybe the Ikana did believe in the three goddesses. But seeing as how they're long gone the religion just died out. Religions do die, you know. Look what happened to the Roman pantheon.

Everything doesn't have to be all exciting and dramatic, you know.

Looks like someone needs to start writing lines:

"Everything in Zelda is a consipracy and must be exciting and dramatic.
Everything in Zelda is a consipracy and must be exciting and dramatic.
Everything in Zelda is a consipracy and must be exciting and dramatic...."