sudden gaming realizations you've had recently

[strongbad]

that videogames are a giant waste of time and only add to the instant vs. achieved satisfaction style that our society is moving towards

but i still love them

[Wrench]

the hyrule field theme in ocarina of time changes after every completed dungeon

WHAT WHAT FUCK SHIT WHAT WHAT HOW WHAT

[Kalahari Inkantation]

oh wow i get it

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kks53g-UETY[/youtube][/spoiler]

When in Hyrule Field, this song only ever plays for enemies at night, when there is no Hyrule Field theme playing.  During the daytime, the music of Hyrule Field itself changes when enemies are nearby.

i may have to reevaluate my placement of ocarina of time on my list of favorite zelder games

[Kalahari Inkantation]

and, of course, there's the fact that the song that plays in the skyward sword trailers is zelda's lullaby backwards but i've already posted that elsewhere

[wawi]

POWER ARMOR IS FOR PUSSIES

[Kalahari Inkantation]

now that i think about it, i can't help but wonder if all of this is also true of twilight princess' hyrule field theme

[spoiler]it is[/spoiler]

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyjBrU0orfE[/youtube][/spoiler]

the parts from 1:11 to 1:49 and 3:50 to 4:27 only play in the presence of enemies, and it seems the parts from 1:49 to 2:15 and from 4:27 to 4:53 only play when link is standing still

and once again, the 'enemy approaching' theme:

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEHNqy-e_i0[/youtube][/spoiler]

only ever plays in hyrule field at night

OH MY GOD I'M SO EXCITED I LOVE ZELDA AND VIDEO GAMES AND MUSIC AND VIDEO GAME MUSIC AND

I wonder if all this is true of Wind Waker too.

it isn't true of majora's mask because mm simply uses an updated version of the original zelda theme :'(

And now I can't help but wonder if they'll continue this trend in Skyward Sword as well.

[spoiler]god i feel like an autist >_<'[/spoiler]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

so the overworld music calms in wind waker, spirit tracks, and phantom hourglass as well when link is stopped, though it's far more obvious that the music has changed because link stopped moving in those games

unfortunately the overworld theme doesn't change for enemies in ww/ph/st, instead an entirely new piece is played :'(

This trend is a trend that has appeared in some form in every 3D Zelda game but Majora's Mask thus far and I'm only now realizing it.

[Nyerp]

...i thought it was pretty obvious that certain parts of the theme only played while enemies were around in tp and oot

but i had no idea about the standing still thing or the post-dungeon rearrangement thing

still, calm down tec holy shit

[Kalahari Inkantation]

...i thought it was pretty obvious that certain parts of the theme only played while enemies were around in tp and oot

it was more obvious in tp because it actually sounded like the real enemy theme, but in oot, while i noticed it, i never realized it was only for enemies :'(

still, calm down tec holy shit

i so excite

[Kalahari Inkantation]

in wind waker, the wind god's aria and the earth's gods lyric are taken directly out of the title theme

[spoiler=1][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3lz6-Wltg[/youtube][/spoiler]

[spoiler=earth god's lyric:][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaldralJ9Y[/youtube][/spoiler]

can be heard from 0:06 to 0:07, 0:12 to 0:13, 0:18 to 0:19 and 0:24 to 0:25 in spoiler 1

[spoiler=wind god's aria:][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoKrd-TaYuU&feature=related[/youtube][/spoiler]

can be heard from 0:30 to 0:31 and 0:42 to 0:43 in spoiler 1


This was probably meant to be blatantly obvious considering Fado/Makar and Medli/Laruto actually play certain parts of the title theme immediately after being awakened as Sages, which requires Link playing the Wind God's Aria or the Earth God's Lyric, but it took me years to finally realize it.

[Samus Aran]

yeah that i've known since forever

[Hiro]

I didn't know any of this holy shit
The only thing that  wasn't a surprise to me was the OoT overworld theme changing in the presence of enemies

[Mando Pandango]

in wind waker, the wind god's aria and the earth's gods lyric are taken directly out of the title theme

[spoiler=1][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3lz6-Wltg[/youtube][/spoiler]

[spoiler=earth god's lyric:][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaldralJ9Y[/youtube][/spoiler]

can be heard from 0:06 to 0:07, 0:12 to 0:13, 0:18 to 0:19 and 0:24 to 0:25 in spoiler 1

[spoiler=wind god's aria:][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoKrd-TaYuU&feature=related[/youtube][/spoiler]

can be heard from 0:30 to 0:31 and 0:42 to 0:43 in spoiler 1


This was probably meant to be blatantly obvious considering Fado/Makar and Medli/Laruto actually play certain parts of the title theme immediately after being awakened as Sages, which requires Link playing the Wind God's Aria or the Earth God's Lyric, but it took me years to finally realize it.

I don't understand how anyone could possibly not immediately realize this.

As for the OoT Hyrule Field theme, 1:22-1:35 is a major part of the Wind Waker overworld theme.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

also i think i now understand why koji kondo swears by midi so much, the silly tricks he accomplished with the overworlds of tp/oot/ww etc.  would be much more difficult to do as effectively and as seamlessly using a real orchestra

Meaning, if Skyward Sword's overworld theme is orchestrated, I would not be surprised if SS does not follow the trend. :'(

[spoiler]or maybe nintendo loves midi because it's just cheap and lazy [/spoiler]

[silvertone]

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