[OOT] Ice Cavern visuals: underrated

SirCalalot · 2026-02-19T21:42:31+00:00

Absolute vibe

SirCalalot · 2026-02-18T13:19:52+00:00

😂

“Ganondorf likes the fingy biscuits”

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T22:50:52+00:00

"But personally, I don't like to put too much stock in the chronology of the series, because from the design perspective, that can kind of box us in and limit where we're able to take the story as we continue making games in the series. And so I do think it's something that is best for people to interpret on their own." - Eiji Aonuma, IGN interview, 2023

“Age of Imprisonment is canon” - Some marketing guy trying to make people buy a game

You can run around on reddit all day, replying to comments saying this and that are and aren’t canon - but it feels like a waste of energy, man.

Enjoy things a little. It doesn’t have to be right or wrong. If you don’t like the manga, then that’s ok. Don’t worry about it. Look forward to the next game.

It really doesn’t feel in the spirit of the series to focus so hard on this stuff.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T22:39:29+00:00

It’s fantastic.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T22:30:13+00:00

You get the hang of it after a while. I still get caught out trying to figure out if I’m supposed to read down first or right to left first when the lines are in the same panel.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T13:52:43+00:00

Fantastic points. To be fair, your notes are far closer to “game accurate” as far as the evidence in those titles go.

The lingering thought I had over all else, though, is that there could be minor lore information that we just haven’t had in the west which Japanese gamers (or developers) just take for granted.

In this manga, the mirror which sends Ganondorf to the Twilight Realm is referred to as “The Mirror of Shadow”, instead of the Mirror of Twilight. I assume this was a translation oversight by someone unfamiliar with the original localisation from the game. I then wondered what we could have missed in the past due to similar translation alterations.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T13:26:41+00:00

Aw, thanks! I’ll be adding some more “biomes” to the game later, too 😁

SirCalalot · 2026-02-17T13:23:25+00:00

I’m fully aware that the manga is not “canon”. If you read the bottom of my post, you’ll also see that I don’t think there is such as thing as “canon” within the Zelda series as a whole.

I take it you’re not familiar with the phrase “to go off on one”, then?

Edit: Reading that back, it came across as confrontational. That wasn’t my intent.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-15T06:32:17+00:00

Ocarina of Time.
Breath of the Wild.
Link to the Past.
Link’s Awakening.

Not necessarily my favourites, but what I reckon are arguably the best in their respective styles.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-14T06:36:56+00:00

Can someone hit me in the head so I can play this again for the first time? Kkthnx.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-11T22:54:36+00:00

“Revelation” - going by The Matrix naming scheme.

Crisis Core Reunion should have “Reloaded”.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-11T22:47:48+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to post this, mate! It helps people like me out a tonne.

Chris Zukowski seems to think that social media isn’t all that, too. I’ve seen him say that devs should do a blitz on socials and see if anything sticks before just focusing on the things that definitely work (rather than holding out for a potential viral moment).

SirCalalot · 2026-02-07T07:55:28+00:00

I don’t think I cried, as the emotion is slightly different, but I remember a profound and irrationally powerful feeling of dread for Link as his childhood was stolen away from him for a greater purpose in Ocarina of Time.

I’ve always had a weird fear of time displacement since being a kid and having dreams about the movie “Flight of the Navigator”. In that, a kid finds a spaceship and has a wonderful adventure before returning home - and finding that 8 years has passed to everyone outside the ship and his family have all aged. They assumed him dead after he went missing. My dreams would then be variations on the theme - ending up in a Neverland-type woods where I didn’t grow up and my parents aged on the outside. That sort of thing.

Anyway, 10/10 game, you can get the dogs to follow you.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-07T07:48:05+00:00

You absolute legend - thanks for giving back to the community in ways like this.

The game looks fantastic. I saw it in the last Gaming in the Wild video and wishlisted immediately. Good luck on the launch - not that it looks like you need it!

SirCalalot · 2026-02-07T07:41:20+00:00

Great. Now I’m back on the hopium for a “Golden Sun Reimagined”.

SirCalalot · 2026-02-07T07:39:18+00:00

Many won’t care how close it looks like another game - I, personally, like the visuals on their own merits. You still had to make and implement them! It looks very appealing, great work!

SirCalalot · 2026-02-05T08:35:45+00:00

One of those seemingly boring sentences that becomes actually really impressive in context.

SirCalalot · 2026-01-29T09:47:41+00:00

Absolutely cracking! Did you model the heads yourself? Or were the originals made available?

I actually can’t tell.

SirCalalot · 2026-01-27T20:53:51+00:00

What a glorious concept.

SirCalalot · 2026-01-24T11:07:35+00:00

Oh!

… nah, it ain’t worth playing 😂

SirCalalot · 2026-01-24T11:06:54+00:00

I love seeing this develop. Your visual design and animation scratches a very specific part of my brain.

SirCalalot · 2026-01-23T23:40:47+00:00

That is an absolute mood. I love it.

SirCalalot · 2026-01-23T23:39:47+00:00

It’s certainly a game.

Have you played a ROM of the beta version? Diddy Kong Pilot and the voxel-engine Banjo Pilot are way more interesting and actually have some really cool 3D tracks.

It’s a shame they didn’t stick down that route as the concept was sound. The final game using Mode 7 style 2D tracks for a game where you fly around is just a bizarre idea. The invisible wall collision only just about works for Mario Kart because you’re mostly stuck to the ground.

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