User talk:LTL

Welcome, thank you for joining! I do apologize for mistaking you for being uninterested--like i said, I feel it can easily be misunderstood why another zelda wiki & have to explain to others what makes this one different. Thanks for sticking around. Whenever there's Zelda-type discussions to be done, you can come on Triforce Wiki. I'm considering on starting up a new logo for the wiki, since the generic triforce is just a placeholder for now. Otherwise, the style here is very similar to Super Mario Wiki, which is intentional.Results May Vary (talk) 00:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I can sometimes be somewhat socially awkward (and use lots of words), since i tend to go in-depth with my speech. You & Doc have been inspirations to me in that I try and adapt your naming hierarchy across wikis, and being careful not to use fan terms. Just wanted to let you know :) Results May Vary (talk) 00:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. Thanks for the kind words! LTL (talk) 14:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Degu/Dig
Lots of other languages seem to translate it as "big." It wouldn't surprise me if it's a combined corruption of "Deka" and "Big." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:45, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I had considered having them as part of a glossary, like Stal-, Geld-, Mold-, and -fos, which I know NIWA Zeldawiki does something similar. However, if that were done, we'd obviously want to keep speculation as to the in-universe reason for the root words existing (like claiming they're Hylian or something) to nil. As for Degrock, that may have not been in reference to Jeakrock/Zeeklock, but just boulders/rocks in general. The heads all break out from a huge boulder in the middle, after all.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:26, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Futubasha
Do you have any idea if the Futabasha guide for Zelda II was licensed by Nintendo? I ask because I'm curious if the artwork has any degree of officiality to it. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 03:49, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Acheman
Do you know if "Acheman" has a valid English source for the name, or is it just "this is a logical transliteration based off all evidence?" I couldn't find it in the manual, but I suppose Nintendo Power may have mentioned it? I don't think that Devil World thing counts. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 05:24, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah in addition, what should we call the Princess Zelda from Zelda II, since she is different from the one of the first game? Results May Vary (talk) 12:04, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we could just split same-name characters for each game where we know that they are different characters. For example, Link from OOT and MM would be merged to Link (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) as we know for a fact that they are the same character, while Link from Spirit Tracks would be separate from the Link from WW and PH. If this would happen there would also be a general page to direct users to the page for the character in each game, using the main template. This would apply to Zelda, so the Zelda II Zelda would have a separate page called Princess Zelda (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) as we know she is a different character from the Zelda in the first game. Doomhiker (talk) 12:59, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Nah, different reincarnations of Link should all share a page so we don't get a clusterf***. They're the same in spirit. The exceptions would be alternate forms, as well as Young and Toon Links in spinoff games. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:43, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm with Doc. Splitting character incarnations would be confusing, not to mention it can be subject to change depending on who is telling the legend; for instance, the Zelda from Zelda II is sometimes conflated with the Zelda from the first game as seen in Nintendo Power and the Valiant Comics, and the website version of the timeline implies that the Link from Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages is separate from A Link to the Past & Link's Awakening (as opposed to Hyrule Historia, which states that it is the same Link and has a more logical placement to suit that notion). LTL (talk) 16:07, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The Zelda series is really confusing with naming in general, correct? Results May Vary (talk) 16:19, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

The confounding case of Dark Black Shadow Link's shadow
So how do you think we should handle the Dark Link/Shadow Link/Black Link/Link's shadow situation? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:35, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * OK. I know there is some variance with the JP names as well, and given there's the similar case of Oyablin vs Bossblin (ie two similarly-named entities, though with them there's not a lot consistent between any of the incarnations), I figure we might try to get a complete view on that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:21, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Speaking of Oyablin/Bossblin, Zeldawiki claims that HWL's Big Blin, Stone Blin, and "Boss Blin" character are all Oyablin. Do you know if this is true or not? It'd have made sense to me to use the other name for Stone Blin/ "Boss Blin" as a bit of a continuity gag and actual differentiation.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:15, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Timeline redirect
Do you think it was a good idea to redirect Timeline to Hyrule Hystoria? Maybe add a "redirectshere" if there's another thing that discusses timeline? Results May Vary (talk) 19:25, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Lost Hills
Don't mean to be a bother coming at you with so many questions, but do you know the Japanese name of the Lost Hills from the first game? Because Hebra's Hill from FSA is suspiciously similar, right down to the rocks. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:17, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I see. Upon realizing that Castor Wilds is actually Tabantha Wilds (with Tabantha also being a group of locations in BotW) I've been wondering if various locations are the same as each other, but lost in translation. I'm especially curious if Tabantha Frontier specifically is the same as Castor Wilds. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 09:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Eyegore Statue
What is your opinion on how we should handle Eyegore vs. Eyegore Statue? I figured we could lump them together like Gamepedia Zeldawiki does, or have Eyegore Statue refer to the TMC one (and presumably the FS one, and potentially the other Eyegore-based statues with roles), but the FSA one presents a problem, as it more closely resembles the statues, but acts lik the LttP one. Thoughts? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 09:36, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The watching ones that are also key to solving the linked dungeon in the Oracle games are animate to a degree, though. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:47, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Those little decorative things that constantly watch Link and appear in most dungeons. They only take up one 16x16 tile. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Potentially. They have the right "ears" to be Eyegore-based, and there was also another in LA that had the "shoot the eye" puzzle. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm an idiot, I remembered that special ones appeared in the Ganon dungeon for combined Oracles (where Link has to travel the way none of them point to in ersatz Lost Woods style), but I forgot that they are given a name there. They are referred to as "Eyes of Deceit," though this clearly links to their special behavior. Other ones in the game simply have their eye follow Link as he walk by, some (with darker colors) have their eyes closed and can occasionally be pushed for puzzles, and at least open-eyed one is a "shoot the eye" puzzle. They come in numerous colors throughout, which is used for a puzzle in the case of the pushable ones. By the way, if the top banner on the former is of any indication, Zeldawiki is considering merging with Zeldapedia. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Link gets warned about them before going to the dungeon. The fact that the now-Gamepedia Zeldawiki never bothered mentioning them made figuring that puzzle out a bit of a pain for little me.... Anyways yeah I figured that would make replacing them at NIWA pretty much a given since everything's all going downhill even more than I thought it could. It would have been better for them to have not joined Gamepedia, even if their lack of funding would have killed it. Better to die a hero than live long enough to become the villain, you know? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:20, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Anyways, from what you've told me, I think the main immobile Eyegore statue article title should either be "Eye of Deceit" or "Eye statue," which do you think would work better? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:56, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I've played through both ways, and I think I recall it in both, though I could be wrong, as it's been a few years. It might be that different advice was given in the other. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Gonna bump this again after over a year, I'm honestly wondering if the decorative ones should be considered the iteration of Stone Statue (or given ambiguous casing, "stone statue") from ALttP onward. Before doing so, however, I'd like to see no-frills "Sekizō" used in reference for later entities, particularly given the "Aigoru no zo" you mentioned from Triforce of the Gods. On a related note, given the ALttP/FS guide that basically just transliterated JP names in the latter section just using "Igor," I'm curious if the JP guides identify the ones in that game as normal Eyegores or the "living statue" name from TMC. Similarly, Wizzrobe variants and the "(identifier)" usage. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:07, 3 July 2020 (MDT) Actually, for that matter, I learned about the similar "Gargoyle" enemies in Cadence as well, are those "Sekizō," perhaps? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:29, 4 July 2020 (MDT) ...and looking further, it seems the rectangular stone heads that act as the palace goal in TAoL are also called "stone statue" by that game's manual. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:52, 3 August 2020 (MDT) ...and also, both the tribal "puzzle" statues in the DS games and the fire-spitting ones in the latter one. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2020 (MDT)
 * Should the same be said of ESMB? On the Big Cheep talk, Chili brought up a thing regarding an alleged old Japanese name I'd never heard of for a Blooper Nanny behavioral variation in SMB3, so I wondered about your feelings on that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:23, 6 September 2020 (MDT)
 * TBPH given the lack of source for "Kuromame," I wouldn't mind merging Keronpa Ball with Keronpa outright, particularly since they originally only sometimes had faces and the differences in behavior can be chalked up to only having one prior appearance at the time. Regardless, thanks for the input, I can wait on the Bloopers for now. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:21, 6 September 2020 (MDT)

And again more things befuddle the Stone Statue situation. I watched a playthrough of Unicorn's Cave to refamiliarize myself with the 'Dogger, and I saw two obstacles that could fit under the Stone Statue obstacle umbrella. The first was this goofy gargoyle in side-scrolling segments that looked vaguely like SMB1 Bowser's head (and I'm pretty sure was used as a target for a hookshot or counterpart in some game(s)), which was similar to the mounted Mau or Ra except only firing energy balls straight forward. The second was this relief that appeared in a row constantly (and noisily) spitting fire that needed blocked with a magnetbol, and thus was similar to LA's Flame Fountain as well as some of the fire-breathing statues in Spirit Tracks. Any knowledge of any official names for these? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:59, 6 December 2020 (MST)

Re:Fire Bago-Bago
I assumed as much. Since I don't trust Nintendo Dream's translation as far as a Deku Scrub can throw Biggoron, I'd just go with either what the JP version of the book calls them, or keep them merged. I'm pretty sure they have the same palette, just appearing different for the same reason as the "purple" Moas and Aches (ie color value differences simply based on location involving intended visibility of outlines in most cases). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:43, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Source tier
Mariowiki's source tier lists enclosed manuals and in-game at the same level. "Skeleton knight" seemed more of a generic thing Zelda said to me, sorta like how Princess Toadstool/Peach calls the boos in SMB3 "ghosts." Granted, I can't really remember the capitalization situation to a T... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:53, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * While that makes sense for current games, in older games, there was often inconsistencies that could be traced to technical reasons or just literal translation. What's with the second name in the Niol box? Was that in game in the JP version? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Since the equivalent Japanese name was clearly intended as a generic term (particularly with Master Stalfos's JP name), I'm inclined to believe "Skeleton Knight" was a literal translation of the line and nothing more. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I do not know. The only game-specific guidebook I own is for Tri Force Heroes. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:06, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * They have a badge in Nintendo Badge Arcade it would seem. I do not know where to find out what it is named there, if anything. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It seems they're going to appear in Cadence. Perhaps that may help later? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:51, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's actually out? Do the other names match up with pre-established JP names? It seems too similar to the ALttP one to be coincidence, and isn't it a Western-produced (and 3rd party) game anyway? If so, they may have been unaware of the JP names to begin with and assumed they were the same. I'd check Darknut and Iron Knuckle specifically. Remember the "Rudy the Clown" thing on MarioWiki.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:39, 14 June 2019 (UTC) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:39, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I was talking about this dude. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I see. Regardless, they're still "Zoras" in most games, and ALBW went out of its way to ensure they were the same thing. Again, I'd consider a 3rd party game to be a good clue for names, but not for separation on what is generally the same subject. (Speaking of, I'm still not sure how to handle sword/spear/bow Moblins...my preference would be to keep them in the same article, but that could get convoluted for some games, and doesn't even scratch the surface on the situation with Soldiers) Is the Stalfos Knight kind of like King Ikana in that way...? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:36, 15 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Anyways, I think we should treat Sutarufosu Naito as simply a recursive translation error (but still valid enough for the NioL box), as I find it highly unlikely that a game that references so many obscure enemies as once (Daira, Puffstool, Shrouded Stalfos, and what appears to be the Zombies from Awakening, to name a few) would unknowingly create an enemy with the same name and highly-comparable appearance and behavior to a previous enemy. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:55, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Quite interesting! Technically speaking, 'nut and 'knuckle coexisted in The Wand of Gamelon, though this is the first time a game with direct input from Nintendo had them both. Additionally, Kargarok should have been Kargaroc on the wiki anyways, as only the TWW spelling was actually in-game. Anyways, hope Nintendo gets inspired to bring Lanmola, Daira, and (real) Wallmaster back because of this. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:03, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, it makes sense to have all the color variations on the same scale. Just because Moblins, Guards, Lizalfos, and Bokoblins debut in different games doesn't mean they should use different scales because their debuts had different palette systems, it would get confusing. Admittedly, it does trip me up with Tektites in ALttP/ALBW... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:55, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Quite interesting! I think we should stay fairly close to the Mariowiki policies, but we're still in the beginning stages so I mostly just want to see what works. Anyways, the Moldorm situation has been on I'v puzzled over quite a bit. For the original, it was in an enclosed instruction book and the "Tail" one was in-game, though it might be more convenient to refer to at least one by the alternate name. I'd prefer to keep the original on Moldorm since it's the actual Moldorm, though. If I ever help to make a Zelda game in a similar situation to Cadence I'll rectify the hell out of the Tail situation. And that's not even getting into whether Moldworm is the same as the original, because I'm really starting to think that was the intent. Of course, we'd need the JP ALBW guide to ascertain that.....additionally, on the subject of the OoT Great Moblin, I think it'd be best to refer to it in-text on the Moblin page as "large Moblin with a club," as using the Versus Book name when it already gave normal Moblins an alternate translation seems iffy. On the OoT page and template, probably "Moblin (club)" would do. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:38, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. A further note on the Dark Palace/Shadow Temple thing, the Hyrule Warriors games use "darkness" for its purple element/barrier; that being the same as OoT's shadow seems likely, and makes it so all but the orange "lightning" one match OoT ones. (Sorry if that didn't make as much sense as I hoped, I'm tired right now.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:43, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Tartnuc and Soldier
This is a bit of a long shot, but I've been playing ALBW recently. Anyways, as you probably know, one of the two main armor designs for the Soldier enemies closely resembles the typical design for Darknuts. The armor is used for the Ball & Chain Troopers, Bomb Troopers, red pitchfork-wielding soldiers, the unused cannon dude, and indigo/blue sword-wielding soldiers. In ALttP, the indigo sword-wielders are unique to the upper floors of Hyrule Castle iirc, but in ALBW, the blue sword-wielders are as common as the generic green sword-wielding soldiers. Anyways, what I'm curious of it whether these blueish sword-wielders, whose behavior is used for the sword-wielding Darknuts(/Moblins/Pig Warriors/Shrouded Stalfos/glitch Trendy Game operators) in the GBC games are ever indicated by JP materials to be Tatonakku themselves. I'm particularly curious as this design is absent from FSA, which has its own Darknuts (Cheif Soldiers) and its Ball & Chain Troopers are given a vastly different helmet. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

It's a really minor thing based on a fairly easy mistake, but...
I do find it amusing that this thing that is the spitting image of Daira's artwork is being misidentified as a Zazak here. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, they eventually fixed it. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Moldorm vs. Moldworm
I'm curious, do you know what Swamola is called in the ALBW Japanese guide? Because I considered that "Moldworm" might just be a rename for Moldorm in Japan, since Moldorm is a worm in the original game and the Satellaview variant. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, now I'm even more suspicious about this, since I've seen that Moldworm's TMC behavior is pretty much Moldorm's TLoZ behavior, but with the "eating" part added. The whole "coming out of the dirt segment-by-segment and slowly looping around thing." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:55, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Wall Master CDi
Do the guides you cited also refer to the small punchy ones in TWoG as Wall Masters? Also, is "Sancromy" the proper spelling of the thing in Ganon's Lair in TFoE? Because Gwonam pronounces it as "san-CREW-me." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:25, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Hoo-hah
You are on fire today! Thanks so much! Results May Vary (talk) 19:26, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm fresh off Cadence of Hyrule (even though I'm not very good at the whole rhythm thing right now), so I figured I'd get us some new game info. I also intend to upload screenshots and maybe create articles on the exclusive content. LTL (talk) 23:59, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Nut and Knuckle relations
I considered them as being roughly the same situation as Stalfos and Stalfon, ie an extremely similar substitute that's basically the same thing, and as such is basically a variant. I suppose following that logic, Ache should count as well for Keese. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:36, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. Ultimately, the nonspecificity with the parameters is what I was going for, so as to not misuse words like "species." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 03:28, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 * At the same time, though, Darknuts act basically like adaptationally-difficult N64 Iron Knuckles in TP, with the "moving slow and having two phases" thing. The Darknuts in there just seem to be encountered in pairs more often. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Cadence screenshots
I'm curious, why are the screenshots of Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the overly-long extended name you are uploading of the .jpg file extension? Is it one of those screen-eating games or something? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I suppose the game's download-only? When I downloaded Odyssey on my connection it took the entire night XD. By the by, TSR has been getting a lot of rips up for it by the admins, you should check it out some time. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:33, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd sure hope it's a lot smaller, given it's a sprite-based game inspired by a game I only know as a Steam game a friend of mine made an esoteric mod for, and SMO's a vast 3D game of high-poly HD models. Anyways, I may look into it. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:00, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Ganon and Ganondorf's alternate forms
I suppose, although Agahnim (which side note I hate spelling) is at least a humanoid and seems to be a middle-east-desert-inspired person (particularly given that concept art of "Ganon the thief" in Hyrule Historia). Calamity Ganon has a humanoid face in his battle, so it seemed valid to me at the time of writing, though now that they've shown a presumably-Ganondorf in the teaser for the sequel, it may need reevaluated. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Soldiers vs Guards
Sooner or later, we're going to need to make a decision on how exactly to handle troopers/soldiers/Soldiers/Guards and their numerous varieties. Since it seems the best thing to do regarding Moblins is to keep all the weapon-based variants on the same page, I'm not sure what to do with the soldiers. With Moblins, keeping them on the same page is what avoids clusterf*ck, but with soldiers, having them all in the same place seems more liable to cause that. Additionally, if I'm to understand correctly, Cadence ' s "Guards" were only the bow, sword, and "Ball 'N Chain" types. Since I have the Tri-Force Heroes guide, I can confirm in it they are called Soldiers with a capital S. However, aside from the Sky Soldiers and the unlisted Den of Trials "dark" Sky Soldiers, that game only has six variants (Green Sword Soldier, Blue Sword Soldier, Spear Throwing Soldier, Silver Ball & Chain Soldier, Gold Ball & Chain Soldier, and Bomb Soldier; there are also six sky ones, with one corresponding to each). I am unaware how the ALBW guide calls its much more exhaustive amount of variants, nor the FSA one, and I suppose the ALttP one pretty much generically addressed them. Anyways, we need to decide how to split and name these, especially with the "Guard" name only being used for a few. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:48, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It probably wouldn't hurt that much to have them have inconsistent identifiers. I suppose the "base" page would be "Soldier," since that's what they were called the last time the generic Soldiers with small blades appeared, correct? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:40, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Following that, I suppose we'd use the same article used for the short-blade for referring to Soldiers in general from games that lack said "base" variety, like TFH and CoH. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:38, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

I've started on the Guards, from what I can tell from TSR, the ones in CoH that have shields and point their swords upwards are the "normal" guards while the ones that point the swords forward and lack shields are the "sword" guards (or at last, the red ones are). Not sure how this jives with the JP names, though. I'm also curious if the Soldiers that charge with spears should be separated from the ones that throw the spears, since "Yari Heishi" is the only name I can find. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:07, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
 * From what I've seen, she's only called "Syrup" in the Oracle games and The Minish Cap, and in all of those, her sprite and theme music is based off the one in Link's Awakening. Due to the "Mapes" in ALBW (who the textbox called "Witch" anyways), it might be best to either have "Witch" be split from Syrup or to have "Witch" be the main title for the concept in general. Additionally, "Syrup" is depicted with turquoise hair while the "Witch" has white hair, but I'm not sure if it's been shown how the new LA will do that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:39, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I haven't a source for Archer, myself. Does the crazy indigo sword soldier also have that sort of identifier? Worth noting on the Witch vs Syrup debate is that "Witch " is still the most recently-used "name," so that's where the article would go. I am also curious how to go about "Tower of Hera" vs. "Mountain Tower," since I'm pretty sure in-game dialog calls it the former name multiple times, primarily through telepathy tile hints. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Personally I'm for having "Hylian/Hyrulean Soldier" be a separate article, due to the enemies appearing outside Hyrule in TFH and them appearing extremely differently alongside each other in ALBW. I'm not sure what should be done about Ambi's guards aside from probably having their own page, or the various types of Lorule Soldiers since as far as I can tell, they're just "Lorule Soldiers" despite having DekuGuard/Sword/Spear/Fireflail variants. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:18, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Imp Poe
Do you know if Imp Poes referred to as generic Poes in Japanese? Since apparently the bigger "Poes" from Arbiter's Grounds are "Pōfī" instead. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Re:Armos Knights (about shared dungeons in different places)
Yes. There could be some exceptions if it's extremely likely it's a coincidence (like the Earth Temples of TWW and SS, that might seem like too...esoteric and random of a callback, particularly with the different themes), but again, I feel the grand majority should be treated the same as the various inconsistent depictions of the Lost Woods and Death Mountain. I've been considering having the forest areas of LA and MM in the same article too, since their JP names are at least pronounced the same, and are both "discount Lost Woods from another world." Turtle Rock should specially stay on the same article, since all three were in different locations, and the ALBW one's existence called back to the original while using the fire theme of the LA one. Additionally, I think any dungeon to share a name with an OoT dungeon should b on the same page as it, as it is both figuratively and literally the nexus of the entire main series, and as such references to it are far less esoteric. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:09, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

About the King of Hyrule article I'm envisioning
I think the article should be about the unnamed Kings primarily, with the named ones being mainarticle'd. One of the main reasons for this is TMC having both King Daltus and the ghost of the previous King Gustaf. Anyways, I think thy can all go in the "counterparts" section of the infobox. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:09, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:28, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Pyramid (of Power)
So should we consider the FSA location an iteration of the same place? It'd certainly fill in a lot of holes. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:17, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Progress
Thank you again for helping to clarify and fix some of the naming regarding A Link to the Past. I kind of quickly put together a list, so we could work around the confusion of ALttP names. It's always embarrassing when I realize how much of the naming I got wrong, haha. Thanks so much again -- now six Zelda games have their lists filled in, the first five being from the 20th century (Zelda 1 until Ocarina of Time) and The Wind Waker. Things are going at a pretty good rate I'd say! I just fixed up the main paragraph of Link's article, so now that too looks nice.

By the way, would you consider Legends of Localization reliable? I ordered a digital download of their Book 1 on the first Zelda game. Results May Vary (talk) 20:30, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, and yes, I consider Legends of Localization pretty reliable. I actually had a copy of that book, but I seem to have misplaced it. LTL (talk) 21:15, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Link to the Past Bubbles' names
Which page in the NP guide are the Bubbles from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past named? And where did the different GBA name come from, and which page? Doomhiker (talk) 18:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Regarding the guide that the Japanese name is sourced from in this edit, did I spell/format the guide correctly? I'm not familiar to the Shogakukan guides. Doomhiker (talk) 14:36, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Flying Mushrooms
The flying mushroom enemy has seemingly been called Zirro and Bomber in the past, but the new game's site calls it "Zirros" while in singular. What do you think we should do there? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:39, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thing is, there are two Goombas on the screen, but only one Bomber. Might be good to check the ALttP Player's Guide to see how it handles it (though of course the LA one calls it Bomber. Still trying to figure out why it's not red.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:51, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * There's only one Octo getting focused on though, both in the gameplay shown and in the thumbnail. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:35, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Didn't realize this was the same site. Remember when Zeldawiki all but made fun of them for their game-defying fanwanking? How times change. Anyways, most recent Player's Guide called them Bomber, so if we're doing this akin to MW, that overrules PRIMA's later guides for page name. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah the CiaoCiao thing made me raise an eyebrow for sure. So it would be like "pagename:Zirro, ALttP: Zirro, LA: Bomber, ALBW: Zirro?" Last I checked MW has it as NPG before PRIMA regardless of era. (I've actually had a few meme-type things in my mind involving comparing Zeldawiki's situation regarding DH and LANS to a cartoonish burning office panic thing....) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:47, 30 September 2019 (UTC) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:47, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Apparently the art book has some names in it? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * According to Gamepedia, the "Dreamer" edition of the game comes with an art book, which also renames Camo Goblin to "Goo Specter." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:50, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but on the flip side those names are A:better-suited systematically with the related subjects, B:clearly by someone actually paying attention, and C:absolutely awesome OMG I love those! Anyways, I don't know the full situation, but I think it should probably be treated like that little book that came with SMAS 25th anniversary....which was essentially an expansion of the instruction manual. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:18, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Re:Encyclopedia Oddities
I actually own the book, but have never opened it (though I probably should for curiosity's sake). You'd think with their dependence on it and over-sourcing in general they wouldn't have stuff slip through like that (ESPECIALLY with the series of BotW bridges named after corruptions of the AoL boss names), but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at incompetence at incompetence. I thought "Hand" was the most blatantly-stolen-from-GPZW thing there was, but I found another, a generic description used on the MM enemies page for years now an allcaps "name." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:31, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Goriya
So Zeldawiki has partially split the "normal" and "Coppie" Goriyas (amusingly for entirely the wrong reasons). Anyways, the talk page says that the Oracle of Seasons Japanese guide lists the boomerang-wielding Moblins there as Goriyas. This seems a tad strange to me, since they already had a Goriya sprite in that style, though it would explain why the miniboss is a pair of Goriyas. Do you have any way of confirming or denying this? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:51, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Japanese official guidebooks are fine, from what I can tell. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:45, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Regarding Hebra
What should we do in regards to ALttP/FSA/ALBW's "Hebra Mountain but we're calling it Death Mountain for English lol" thing? Since BotW had a Hebra Mountain Range, but not a singular "Hebra Mountain." The one in those games itself is a pair of mountains, so I wasn't sure if we should have that under the "Hebra" article or just have a "Death Mountain (A Link to the Past)" article. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 07:27, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hm, I was unaware of the ending thing. That guide description almost seems like it's still saying it's a different version of the prior Death Mountain, so I concur that that's something. If we include both in the same article, we'll definitely need to go in-depth there. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:49, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Mau and Ra
So Zeldawiki has "Mau" as being TAoL's flying wolf-head statues and "Ra" as being the flying dragon-head statues, but in A&A (and as such, likely Hyrule Graphics) has "Mau" labeling the flying wolf head and "Ra" labeling both types of wall-mounted statue. Any idea which is the real Mau and Ra? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 07:00, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Hippo Model -- Thanks for catching that
I forgot about the Switch version. I just saw an earlier version of the ZW page say that Hippo Model was a fan name (which searching for an official name). This was probably a coincidence. Source: https://archive.is/yMgul Results May Vary (talk) 16:41, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

In regards to handling loanwords
So, since I'm assuming we'll be putting English-to-Japanese loanwords as the English words (such as Bazu -> Buzz), should the TAoL enemies with English names (as in, like, people names) written in Japanese also be transliterated to English? I mean like ウォース to "Worth" and アーネル to "Arnel." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thing is, "Worth" is a name in real life, while "Gooma" is as far as I know not. Specifically, "Worth" is an old English-sounding name, which makes sense given at the time, they were trying to capture a pure medieval feel. Admittedly, I was always pretty curious if it was intended to be a corruption of wolf. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:19, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * So what about Pikku from ALttP? Safe to transliterate here to "Pick?" It is essentially a pickpocket, after all. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:38, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Regarding Error, it wouldn't surprise me if "Errol" was a sort of double-meaning thing that only works with Japanese phonetics, ie one an actual Englishy name and the other a theme naming with Bug. Sort of like the "Larry Rally" joke from the Mario Character Encyclopedia. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 07:41, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Piranha redirect
Uhh what about the jumpy fish dude? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Well there were the Cloud Piranhas in TMC....Four Swords have a guide? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Guess "Fish (enemy)" it is, unless there's an in-game sign we're forgetting. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:48, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't surprise me if it were an "obvious name"-type fan nickname that people forgot was a fan nickname. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:29, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Big Keeses
According to Doc on Discord, Big Keeses are named Piccolo in Japanese, which proves that they are only a Keese relative, not a variant. May you source the specific book and page, please? Doomhiker (talk) 00:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * May you please add that to the page (and the Grim Creeper page for his JPN name) itself? I'm not an expert of Japanese or said guides and how to add their citation. Regardless, thanks. Doomhiker (talk) 01:23, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I personally feel like Big Keese is still a better name, as whenever Battle Bat is used it's when stating that they're either regular Keese, or a specific group of regular Keese. Doomhiker (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, does the exact source you added on the Big Keese page also cover the Grim Creeper's JPN name? Doomhiker (talk) 02:18, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. If I remember correctly, Vires are the devils in Turtle Rock. In that case, the bats they turn into look differently from Big Keeses. I couldn't find a source that names them. Doomhiker (talk) 03:04, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't own the guide, RMV just sent me a screenshot of page 106 on Discord a while ago. There Big Keese is just Big Keese in the title, unlike other titles, as the Winged Demons (Vire's name in the guide), Bone Putters, Kara-koros, and Camo Goblins. Notably, the Anti-Kirby title is also singular. As for the Vire's Keese, while they do have different appearances in LA they still don't look like Big Keese. Also, in the Big Keese description, is only uses the Bat name, which is plural, despite the Big Keese name not being plural. Anyways, I suggest asking RMV for more on the guide. Doomhiker (talk) 03:28, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not really sure. However, it should be noted that in the Switch version the Keese he splits into more closely resemble Vires (though the original ones still looked like they had fangs), while Big Keese more closely resemble their original versions, as they look nearly identical. And regular Keese almost look like regular bats. I don't know how to interpret this change, especially since I never played the Oracle games and thus don't know what Vires split into there. Doomhiker (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Docky here, I'd say the later design for Vire Keese is more due to it being on a monochromatic system (and even in the color version, the body of normal Keese is the constant "outline" color). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 03:26, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Walltula vs. Skullwalltula
Which should have title precedence: Walltula or Skullwalltula? Skullwalltula's technically been used more recently due to the 3DS games, and since they changed "Freezzard" and "Dinofols," it's apparent they went over the scripts to be up-to-date. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 07:22, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thing about the LA thing is that it's such a thorough reworking of the naming system in many cases. It seems very deliberate. I understand where you're coming from, but ultimately I feel it may cause more harm than good if followed to a T. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:24, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Most items are already on a "sometimes they do and sometimes they don't" situation with capitalization, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:34, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Highly unlikely, though I have no plan on getting an "HD" version of an already realistic-graphicked game. I'm about to go to sleep for the night, but another thing I've been puzzling over is Trap/Blade Trap/Spike Trap. I know it was "Trap" in-game in TMC, but is there much consistency with either of the others in guides? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Re: LADX guides
I've no idea, sorry. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:45, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Re: Manondork
I thiiiiink that's Handy Ganny because of the upper panel, the "I was one of them" seems like a way to justify Mr. Random Tree having such specific knowledge. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:45, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I have no real preference, though I myself only blank text if it's a label for artwork. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I am a tad curious if that's really one of the talking trees or if that's intended to reference the shrub-like storyteller. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:52, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with "comic." As for the two mangas, either name or year could work (if the latter are different), though the manga that isn't really obscure (I've only seen the other mentioned only on Agahnim's page) could take priority for a "manga" identifier. And yes, I am well aware of the many liberties, such as the comic having multiple Helmasaur Kings identified as "Gleeocs" (which I'm curious if that was a false cognate for the Japanese name), and the manga having Vitreous by a giant friendly cyclops girl. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:46, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Is that later one the source of the Armos that looked very suspiciously like the OoT artwork? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:48, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * That's it all right. I was curious due to blatantly having that game's design, since OoT was released after ALttP original. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:34, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Horseface and Oxface
Well, there was a sole Guma midway through Parapa Palace iirc....might have been more there, but I think it was just one. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:35, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

AoL Nintendo art not in A&A
Arts & Artifacts lacks a Carock artwork, but Gamepedia Zeldawiki has from the old Zelda Universe....wonder what the true source is, and if there are any more enemies that have artwork stashed away in a guide? The artstyle is in-line with the other NoJ AoL artworks.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:04, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Myself
I discussed this with some others yesterday -- summing up the zeldapedia incident -- but I figured you'd also like some context on this. The events in November tied in with how because I didnt feel confident in my ability to run a wiki on Zelda games, especially having been raised with the Mario franchise nearly all my life. I'm also a 22 year old who isn't an expert in translations, and I generally specialize in western platforming wikis (Donkey Kong is pseudo-western, at least because Rare had a large involvement with it, and then there's Retro Studios).

I played Star Fox Adventures, which borrowed heavily from Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and I really liked Star Fox Adventures (more love-hate relationship with it). It was one of the major reasons I thought it would be good to start a new Zelda wiki, as I'm a big fan of a lot of Rare's games, and I wanted it to have a proper wiki to trace back to. I also had a childhood friend who had both Nintendo 64 games and another with the OoT compilation for GameCube, so I had some Zelda experience growing up. I also played Link's Awakening DX and Ocarina of Time 3D years ago, both of which are games I really like. I actually linked to Star Fox Adventures' Lylat Wiki page on the opening section of the OoT article here too.... And then I saw discussions on Super Mario Wiki, realizing the circumstance was worse on Zelda Wiki than i had thought (I didnt notice them adding Dark Horse references everywhere).

The Zelda Archive thing didnt work out, so I asked hylian pi (the site's webmaster) for all the content that he didn't write and i moved it to zelda.shoutwiki.com briefly for safekeeping. I still wanted something larger, and nobody in NIWA wanted to host a Zelda wiki to prevent drama. However, I had a bit of an outsider's perspective and was really annoyed about the situation, so I thought "this is total nonsense. i'm making a wiki with others whether or not they like it". I'm still with my parents, and I don't make much money (Seattle minimum wage & i work part-time), so I almost got broke when paying for a 3-year hosting plan on BlueHost, but I was that determined to try and make this work. I also wanted to learn how to configure MediaWiki & follow in porplemontage's footsteps (he's like a dad to me).

At first I didn't have much faith in my ability and I felt against all odds, Triforce Wiki would be a failure. The big mistake was when I founded this wiki, it was more out of animosity toward the Gamepedia wiki, rather than trying to host a community. After the Zeldapedia mistake, I realized that Triforce Wiki was a better option, despite far fewer articles, and it had a unique vision from the start. It's the only Zelda wiki to originate from a Mario community (Super Mario Wiki), and to focus more accommodating for Mario gamers than Zelda gamers (the latter are accommodated in places such as Zelda Dungeon or Zelda Universe). Mario and Zelda are sibling franchises, and the main series (Super Mario series and Zelda series) are usually developed concurrently by the same staff at Nintendo.

Basically I felt it was an embarrassment to be hosting a wiki on Zelda, given some unappealing facts about me (such as being a 22 year old who grew up on platforming games). Other saw something that I didn't, such as leadership potential. The DK Wiki merge got ahold of my anxiety big-time, and I wanted to return to the Rare wikis, as I felt i was neglecting them too much. Since the mistake with Zeldapedia, I felt really, really terrible for letting the community down, as I didn't want to go down the same path as zeldawiki.org and sell out or alienate my community. Since the mistake, I've made a Discord server and added some userboxes on Triforce Wiki, and I've been trying to add more community spirit around the place, WiKirby being a major inspiration. That makes it more a community thing and less of a 'pet project', as they would call it. Results May Vary (talk) 16:25, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome back
I saw in your edit summary that you planned an article for Marin. Admittedly I've been wanting to do one since 2019, but I wanted to ask what kind of technical issues did you encounter? Results May Vary (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2020 (MDT)
 * Shortly after the new year, my graphics card started failing and soon my laptop screen suddenly ceased functioning altogether. I've been ignoring some other issues with it for a while, but this finally made it unusable. I'd recently given an older desktop away as a hand-me-down so I didn't have any immediate backup devices (I could've resorted to mobile editing, but it's inconvenient for larger-scale wiki writing). That left me without my own personal computer for over a month. LTL (talk) 19:23, 30 April 2020 (MDT)
 * Ah hi LTL, I know to decrease Triforce discussion on Mario Wiki but this was the wiki's 1st birthday & I wanted to tell you about this on the first birthday. Sheik should be a comprehensive page & I decided for it to be the featured article. Results May Vary (talk) 19:47, 30 April 2020 (MDT)

Apologies for Sheik edit
Hi, I'm sorry I didn't thoroughly read & conclude about the Sheik email. I think the reason why I jumped too quickly was because I thought of the irony of citing something from their talk page in a similar way to how Mario Wiki did with the Wario Land II (especially if Nintendo's Sheik article didn't mention it itself). I'll try and be more careful next time. I do wonder, how did Nintendo give a thoughtful response for the Wario Land II enemies? Wonder why they did that for WL2 but not the Sheik gender thing. Results May Vary (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2020 (MDT)
 * That's fine, no need to apologize. Interesting choice for the anniversary article. The only issue I have with it is that it's unfortunately pretty repetitive to write around pronouns in English. I'll look into it and try to come up with ways to read more naturally while maintaining accuracy, which I'll propose on the talk page first. Regarding the Wario Land enemies, I'm really not sure how the stars managed to align on that one since it's somewhat rare for Nintendo mail reps to give an individualized, careful response. There must be some sort of trick to it. LTL (talk) 21:07, 30 April 2020 (MDT)

Zelda.com fanon?
I've heard that zelda.com had fanfiction information on it. Do you know anything about this? Results May Vary (talk) 16:23, 1 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Oh yeah, a lot of the information on zelda.com was pretty iffy in its heyday. You can read about some of it here. Even the modern redesign has a few flaws, such as resurrecting the long-buried Dragmire argument for no good reason. I was just going by how some articles like Cheep Cheep already use a Zelda Universe profile, but I'll leave it to your and Doc's judgment on whether it should be banned. LTL (talk) 17:27, 1 May 2020 (MDT)
 * I'd say include the profiles because it's technically official. I just wondered if theres any deep history as to why because Doc told me about it Results May Vary (talk) 17:33, 1 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Ah, that's a good question, but I'm afraid I'm not privy to those details. LTL (talk) 19:07, 1 May 2020 (MDT)

Octive and Water Octorok
So, Octive of Spirit Tracks and the Water Octorok in BotW have the same Japanese name. However, this could easily be incidental, as Octive is hardly the game's most common or otherwise memorable enemy (aside from how weird it looks), and while they attack similar, it's ultimately an adaptation of the OoT behavior. What has me curious, though, is if the Water Octorok in TFH has the same JP name, as that could link them better, particularly since TFH brought Squiddy back. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:21, 12 May 2020 (MDT)
 * In the interim, I had also noticed HH calling Ocean Octorok's concept artwork from PH "Ink Octo" while calling Octive's various design interpretations simply "Octorok." Does this mean we should probably split each of BotW's land-based Octos? I've been considering going ahead and splitting the elemental Wizzrobes, it just seemed awkward with them commonly appearing without a "normal" type, and other times the "normal" type using variable elemental magic. On the subject of ZE selectively regrouping things, MannedTooth reminded me that it considers Eyegore and Eyegore Statue the same as well. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:13, 18 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Mysterii has the JP Spirit Tracks guide, so I can ask him I suppose. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:41, 18 May 2020 (MDT)
 * OK, turns out he was actually using previous citations for names. He found スミオクタ for ST's Ocean Octorok, but nothing for PH's. This is also in conflict with ZW's name for this, but given they didn't have a citation for it I'm leaning towards trusting his more. "Sumi" here also likely refers to a word for cephalopod ink, which explains "Ink Octo" succinctly. On an only tenuously related note, given all the oddities in HH regarding PH Octoroks (Cyclok being labeled simply as Octorok, the "Ink Octo" thing, Bellum being intended as a giant Octorok, and Octomines being intended as his minions), it makes me wonder if they initially intended to have Octoroks as a whole be the villains of that game (potentially to make up for them being AWOL in TP), with that not panning out in the finished product.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:24, 18 May 2020 (MDT)
 * I was thinking the same thing regarding the Moblin parallel. If those labels are true to the actual design notes for each piece of concept art, that indicates to me Cyclok's design was intended for the basic Octoroks, and was adopted by the "wind boss" after they decided to give them a more traditional design for a fixed-camera game. It certainly fits better alongside Ocean Octorok's design. Regarding the Hinoxes, it seems likely, given their only behavioral parallels to normal depictions of Hinoxes (the stronger ones pulling powder kegs out of the ground occasionally) seems like such an afterthought it might as well not be there. Not to mention the other miniboss species being new, particularly given Molduga could have easily been identified as Malgyorg without it being too unbelievable. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:23, 18 May 2020 (MDT)
 * From what I can tell, "Mold" more refers to sand in general, hence why the aforementioned Malgyorgs are apparently Moldgyorgs in Japan (though given the OG Moldorm went from sand in the first game to swamps in ALttP, maybe it's inconsistent). I do wonder what "Molduga" is otherwise supposed to refer to, since "Moldrassic" making a "Jurassic" joke makes sense given its prehistoric-looking design, while the SandWorm makes sense as yet another reference to the only part of Dune anyone ever cares to know about. Anyways, the Octo thing is certainly possible, though it might have just been hard to resist the non-phonetic alliteration. Back on the subject of the Wizzrobes, TFH has only Ice Wizzrobes without a Fire Wizzrobe in sight. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:27, 18 May 2020 (MDT)
 * ALBW-acting normal Octoroks are in the Den of Trials too, so that's likely what one of those refers to. I do find it interesting how Grim Repoe's name there is referencing the things it carries instead of "Po(e)Boss" or something, particularly since a lantern is already mentioned. The Moldworm thing is no surprise at all; it's probable that they always intended for the "worm" part to be obvious but had a simple disconnect with English phonetics, resulting in "Morudoāmu," with "Morudowāmu" being a very minor way to fix it. Not to mention how TMC Moldworm acts like the original Moldorm aside from the eating thing, and TP Moldorm acting like Swamola aside from location and aggression. Not to mention that that'd be such a random enemy to give an ascended role to....any chance of a file name or guide reference pointing to what those probably-Moldorms in the Molgera fight are called? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:56, 20 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Yeah, much like my recent merge of fence and chain-link on MarioWiki, I only came to the technicality realization as I was finishing....at least there's less links here to fix. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:03, 20 May 2020 (MDT)
 * On another note, it wouldn't surprise me if the things in TWW are actually the first appearance of Moldbaby, given they're larval Moldworms that help a boss through sand-jumping. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:46, 21 May 2020 (MDT)
 * The Armos thing explains why only Armos Knight has artwork (which itself reminds me of the situation with Spiky Piranha Plant in SMG), but I guess we'll need to wait and see on a Japanese guide for the Molgatorbaby things. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:58, 21 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Oh, another thing about Moldworm, "Moldorm" actually is used in-game for Link's Crossbow Training.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:13, 23 May 2020 (MDT)

I'm playing PH some more, and it occurred to me that until I corrected them, The Models Resource called Tail/Moldorm "Lanmola" and Moldworm/Sandworm "Moldorm;" I was wondering if perhaps Tail is called Lanmola internally, which would also explain its more centipede-like appearance. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:13, 31 May 2020 (MDT)
 * OK, so it's just a case of jumping to conclusions. How about the Gyomazon/Geozard/Zora Warrior? I'm curious if it has anything to do with actual Zoras or if PRIMA's the only maker of that claim. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:28, 31 May 2020 (MDT)
 * My preference would be "relative," personally. What was the source for "Geozard," again? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:47, 31 May 2020 (MDT)
 * He's not quite sure where to go either, though if they wanted an explicit connection "Zoramazon" or "Amazora" would have worked better than "Gyomazon." Another thing, I've been considering splitting Fire Bubble (TP/PH/ALBW) from normal Bubble, since ultimately it's in a similar situation to Wisp, which I do have separate. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:14, 4 June 2020 (MDT)
 * I've been frenzily playing through PH and writing as I go, and wanted input on one thing before getting there: Mazaal and Eox on one page or not? Their only similarities are being ancient Golem things, but on the other hand, they were only two games apart, and PH has another returning boss with Gleeok from the first game, and the Rupee Like enemy from Four Swords and TMC is there too, not to mention the Cobble civilization he is found near has those references to the carpenters. I don't know if "Oisu" is some sort of Japanese pun they happened to come up with twice or if it was a legitimate callback that was missed in the English translation. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:23, 15 June 2020 (MDT)
 * I was more asking your thoughts in general on it than about the books, but I'm not opposed to factoring it in. XD Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:57, 15 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Sounds good. On that note, do we have a file name or guide name for the slimy eye thingies Bellum spawns? ZW and ZE use "Slime Minion," though this seems to stem from a name of an image file on ZW as there's no actual guide cited from what I can tell. If the English guide does indeed call them that, then that's well and good, it'd just seem odd to me that given how many things they name "Eye-something-or-another" (Eye Plant, Eyeball Monster, Eye Brute, Eye Slug) they wouldn't do that in a case where it's fairly appropriate to. On another note, if I had an "Eyeball Demon" monster, I'd name it "Bel-eye-al." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:14, 18 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Looks like "Muddy" it is, then. I'd like your input on another PH thing, too: ZW treats "Cobble" as a "race," but from what the game itself seems to say, it was merely a kingdom. While there are some similar traits between members (namely the off-colored noses), this isn't even close to unique to them among the game's cast, and it seems more apt to call them a Hylian civilization (since Zauz and Astrid have clear pointed ears). Your thoughts? Anything from a guide swing this either way? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:17, 19 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Right then. Is "Pirate Miniblin" in the PH guide or is that another invention? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:10, 20 June 2020 (MDT)
 * OK, I was trying to decide between "Pirate Miniblin" and "Umiburin," but looks like Team Umizoomi wins the day. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:00, 21 June 2020 (MDT)
 * We also need to determine what to do about Squiddy. The wording of the Miiverse post seems to indicate Jellyrich (called Squiddy in TFH's PRIMA guide) is original to TFH, and as such we should probably have them split. Since Miiverse was more directly connected to Nintendo, should that name take priority with Squiddy getting an "about," or should the DS enemy also have an identifier while using a disambig page? Granted, there's still the possibility of a full merge in case I'm missing something... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:10, 23 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Aside from Squiddy up there, how about the Mini Freezards in ST? ZW has them on Freezard, but they look and act infinitely more like the Mini guys. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2020 (MDT)
 * Also, do the whip-bar carrying birds have any specific name? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:19, 1 September 2020 (MDT)

Re:Recorder and Magical Rod
I have given my responses now. I must apologize for the lateness; I was taking a break from the wiki both to get schoolwork in order and do some things on MarioWiki. I have a deli job now for most of the week, so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to contribute in the upcoming days. Also, if it's not clear by now I have more fun writing about monsters than items. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:43, 18 May 2020 (MDT)

Snow Gooze
TFH Prima guide just says "rat" and has a picture of both types. Anyways, on the subject of rats, do you know if the TWW bomb rats being alternatively "Bombchu" is in the JP script or a western addition? I have a similar question regarding TMC's red crows being "Takkuri." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:30, 19 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Given they're basically the same thing, that wouldn't surprise me at all. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:01, 20 May 2020 (MDT)

Internal name template?
So I had an idea. Why not make a template similar to the niol template that's about file names? Like we'd list a name, in the next column, we'd list the meaning or reference if it's not self-explanatory, and in the last one we'd list the games it's apply to. Row down, rinse and repeat. Now, due to the potentially large amount of rows, it might be best to simply do it as a table without specific parameters so as to not have it contradict itself in coding, but I'm just at the idea stage with this right now. It solves the not-fitting-in-the-niol-table problem but still lists them in a similar way, and honestly, they're just as important from a game design/development standpoint. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:04, 19 May 2020 (MDT)

Final Fantasy
I know you arent a Final Fantasy expert (neither am I), but for some reason I can't help but compare Final Fantasy to The Legend of Zelda constantly. For instance Final Fantasy VII is pretty much the Final Fantasy equivalent of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Another reason I keep comparing them is possibly because Final Fantasy games are long adventure games (as are Dragon Quest games), except both Square franchises have a greater focus on RPG gameplay rather than puzzle-solving like The Legend of Zelda. I think the first Final Fantasy having a medieval setting and some dungeons (as well as a crystal at the end of each) is what really reminded me of The Legend of Zelda, especially the first game. Results May Vary (talk) 09:32, 21 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Another reason could be because I usually play platformer games, with the exception of these two franchises. Also both Zelda and Final Fantasy do not have a fully established independent wiki counterpart unlike most other franchises in NIWA and SEIWA respectively. Both Zelda Wiki (Gamepedia) and Final Fantasy Fandom have a dark theme, and the independent counterparts have a brighter, contrasting design. I guess my comparisons are based on personal experience. Hope I didnt bother you, I just don't talk with you often. Results May Vary (talk) 10:11, 21 May 2020 (MDT)
 * Interesting, so are you saying some Zelda 3 elements were literally reused for Dragon Quest IV? Results May Vary (talk) 11:06, 21 May 2020 (MDT)

ALttP/FS PRIMA
So Mysterii shared some images of enemy sections with names from PRIMA's ALttP/FS guide on the Discord server. A majority of the ALttP ones are really weird, and I have a sneaking suspicion that they recycled them from an SNES guide from their pre-Nintendo-partnership days (though given Deadrock is called "Goron," then there were some alterations if that were indeed the case). The FS ones, on the other hand, are for the most part done better, but for the most part seem to have been simply trans(liter)ated from JP names without any checking of conventions (though this does provide a source for "Fin Piranha"). I was just wondering if you knew of this and if so, what your take on it was. For reference: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:45, 27 May 2020 (MDT)
 * I'd noticed how they used the "Bombclops" image for Zora, though the mention of fire and being a Light World enemy make it clear it's referring to the actual Zora. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:11, 31 May 2020 (MDT)

Zelda II "names"
So apparently, while NP calls the white wizards "Wizards" in issue 4, the manual calls them "magicians" in the reflect magic description and issue 5 refers to Mago as "wizards." Also, in the CE guide, the Parapa Guma is consistently called a "goblin," while Bots are called "Slimes." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:03, 29 May 2020 (MDT)

In coming days
Hi LTL, I'm just giving you a heads up to expect some downtime in coming days. I'm planning to move the domain to triforcewiki.com & possibly another server. I will make sure all the data is safe if or when this happens. Just thought I'd let you know :) Results May Vary (talk) 11:54, 31 May 2020 (MDT)
 * No prob, enjoy the promotion. :) Yes it will stay a redirect for a while. it might go the same route as khwiki.net -> khwiki.com, which was a redirect domain for a while before expiring. Also, I might be really busy in coming weeks, so that's why i promoted some staff. Results May Vary (talk) 19:52, 31 May 2020 (MDT)

Re: Hyrule Graphics; or, "Deconstruction" Part 1 of 2
I took note of the OoA ??? thing yesterday while coming off my uploading frenzy. The Poe thing is a bit troubling to me, given HH called Imp Poe simply "Poe," which combined with ZW misattributing the "Pofi" name to the tall guy led me to believe Imp Poe was the "normal" Poe. The Octo thing intrigues me; it reminds me of how the Doki Doki Panic guide and the (hopefully official) Japanese SMRPG guide both colored red Beezo pinkish. Other than that, looks to be about what I expected. Thank you! Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:18, 15 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Yeah, I think I mentioned the positioning of the "Gooma" art before. Honestly at this point I'm curious if it ever was explicitly used for the Western boss. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:21, 15 June 2020 (MDT)

"Ocarina" of Seasons/Ages
Is that what the guide's actually called...? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:40, 19 June 2020 (MDT)

TurtleS
The manual also used "Gibdos" where everything else is singular, so I think the most logical conclusion is "Gibdos" is a one-time singularization, likely to go with Stalfos. Ergo, I insist keeping Terrorpin's old name listed as "Turtles." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:00, 21 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Honestly, I feel this is more like "Moneybags" from SM64. It just seems odd to have that be the only pluralized thing, with the Gibdos already being explained. Also, even if they did just "slap a capital" on that, that's still just as much a proper noun as "Rat" or any of the more generic PRIMA names. It's not like a broken telephone effect can't result in official names. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:00, 21 June 2020 (MDT)
 * If we do things game-by-game, Armos can be like spike in SMW. As for the "named between," what choice do we have? The earliest names are the earliest names. As for Turtles, I think PRIMA can be thrown out of the determination since they ignored many previous official names (and called something a beetle when it was obviously a mushroom). The fact of the matter is I feel "Turtles" is safer with what info we do have, since nothing else is definitively plural. Saying it was meant to be "turtle" in the NP I feel is an unsafe assumption, all things considered. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:14, 23 June 2020 (MDT)
 * I still think it's a (hilariously lazy) way to make it seem non-generic. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2020 (MDT)

Winder
So if they're Fire Snake in ALttP, Firewinder in TMC, Moldola in ST, and completely unnamed in English in ALBW, is that to mean that "Winder" is actually never used officially in English? Guess there's still PH remaining from the list.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:26, 21 June 2020 (MDT)
 * You mean in the English "Fire Snake" naming? Likely, though I think that's a Western connection, like with the SMW enemy. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:14, 23 June 2020 (MDT)

Red Mighty Dark Nuts and Bolts
So my research has led me to believe that "Tartnack Aka" is the JP name for both Mighty Darknut and Red Dark Nut (even though I'm preeeeetty sure the former came in more colors than red). What I'm curious about is if that's true and if so, whether that is the name of the Red Darknut in Cadence. "Tartnack Aka," "Tartnack (Aka)," and "Aka Tartnack" are going to make a lot of difference here. (Also, I'm curious over the file names regarding TWW Darknuts, given the separate figurines for shieldless ones and shield-bearing ones, as well as Mighty being created via "Darknut with cape" when that is otherwise not indicated to be the distinction). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:27, 25 June 2020 (MDT)
 * Huh, wonder if "Tartnack Aka" came from a guide or a Tingle comment then. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2020 (MDT)
 * Coming back to this subject, since the figurines in the JP version of TWW give them the same names, would you support a full merge simply noting the three levels of protection (shieldless, shielded, caped)? Of course, the question about what to do with Red Dark Nut remains, since The Minish Cap refers to them, in fact, as タートナック・赤, which is the same formatting used for the Chuchu bosses as well as the Gyorg Pair. I suppose if we split Black Knight, it seems fair to split this too, though it still seems likely that the green, white, and red Dark Nuts are stand-ins for the shieldless, shielded, and caped Darknuts, respectively, since the first resembles the Tower of the Gods palette, the second the most common TWW Darknut color, and the third the Mighty Darknut miniboss color. That being said, there were black Mighty Darknuts too, though we could also do like how we don't consider the Wizzrobes in MM Fire and Ice Wizzrobes. On that tangent, I noticed that the TMC names for those transliterate to "Firerobe" and "Icerobe," which were also their Commonwealth English names in that game. Know if those are used for later appearances or if they just went with them as separate words? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:33, 31 October 2020 (MDT)

ZW's TP translation inconsistencies
Looking over ZW's TP translation pages, I'm coming up with a few confusing inconsistencies. Bombling is called "Bomuchuu" (with "chuu" using a 蟲 kanji that is also alternative to "mushi," unlike the spelled-out version for Bombchu) on the enemy page, but the "pocket" version on the items page is "Bakudanchuu" instead. Furthermore, they list Deku Like as "Deku Raiku" on it, but on Big Baba's page it says they're "Dekureshia" as a play on Rafflesia. Also, Big Baba is listed as "Babareshia" on its own page but "Dai Deku Baba" on the translation page, which also lists "Big Deku Baba" in English and links to the OoT enemy. Any idea what's going on here? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:15, 29 June 2020 (MDT)

Four Swords things
I've been hunting for Wisp in FS high and low, and can't find head or flame of it. ZW claims they appear in Vaati's Palace, but I cannot find them behind any of the three doors. Since they're in the PRIMA guide, I at least know they're used in some capacity, but I'm having no luck. I'm determined to find them primarily because I don't know how they act in that game (though I assume similar to in TMC), as all three other main wikis just have a blank FS section for them. On another note, Wizrobe. The PRIMA guide uses a picture of an ice version, TSR has a red one that looks like the fire type without the layered fire graphic, and ZW has a mostly unused old sprite of a green one that isn't on any of the stage pages, which use a picture of a fiery Wizzrobe for "Wizzrobe." Since I'm also having no luck finding "normal" Wizrobes in the game itself, I'm getting a suspicion that they aren't in it either outside of the elemental ones. Anyways, I'd like confirmation, be it from a guide or otherwise. On a related note, an old ZW edit says that the JP guide identifies the skeletal enemies (called "Stalfos" by PRIMA) instead with Stalchild, which if true should be done here as well. If the JP guides treat the elemental Wizrobes and statue-like Eyegores/"Igors" as the normal ones and not Ice/Fire Wizzrobes and Eyegore Statues, we also should probably reflect that, as it's a distinction based off a certain game's appearance a la Boarblin. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:36, 20 July 2020 (MDT)
 * I am. That being said, I can't find a visual for a FS "normal" Wizrobe aside from inconsistent sprite rips. Does HE at least describe what Wisp does in that game? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2020 (MDT)
 * Also, there's still the question on Eyegores. Does I know ZE lists TMC as an appearance of basic Eyegores, does HE do the same? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:49, 17 August 2020 (MDT)

So, I have come across a Japanese guide for ALttP/FS that has a Nintendo copyright, namely this one. Is it official? If so, there's some things to share with you, namely this section. A few things to note: Bow and Spear Moblins and Fire and Ice Wizrobes have their differentiators outside of parentheses (in TMC, the former two were in parentheses, as were both pairs in the PRIMA guide for this game). Normal Wizrobe actually has a proper picture, while Wisp and Bombarossa are AWOL. Stalfos, Igor, and Bubbling Lava are indeed Stalchild, Eyegore not-statue, and Lava Bubble. Rupee Wraith was mentioned in a blurb elsewhere, which is why it is not there. The ALttP section is set up similar to the SNES NP guide, and as such has no actual "enemy" section. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:45, 11 October 2020 (MDT) Continuation: However, there are dungeon and overworld sections; a header for Like Likes in the Palace of the Four Sword reads "ライクライクに要注意", with the section itself saying "真っ暗な部屋に, 何体ものライクライクがひそでいる." Meanwhile, a section regarding the new shield shop (grouped with Thieves' Town exterior, ie Village of Outcasts) has "ライクライクに注意すこと" in an image description. A reference for Pikit took a long while to find and even longer for me to parse thanks to the kanji, but a section for the item shop near Ice Lake and the Plains of Ruin (in the Swamp Palace exterior section) reads "ところでアイテム屋の前には, 盾を食べるライクライクがかならずいる." As such, they appear to both be ライクライク, unless the thing in front of the item shop is a "normal" Like Like in the GBA version. Curiously, the Misery Mire section has a screenshot of Swamola, but I cannot find it specifically named in the accompanying blurb, or anywhere else in that spread. Finally, the PotFS bosses are listed by the names of their origin with various ways of saying things such as "again" while the text refers to their typical names, so they aren't considered different, while the main bosses are called ダークリンク. Finally, Chain Chomps are still called ケルビン. (...I sincerely hope at this point this guide is officially licensed, because otherwise I just wasted several hours). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:41, 12 October 2020 (MDT)
 * Ah well. I don't have any sort of online currency, so I only ever go with what free/leaked .pdfs I find. On the plus side, I got experience with deciphering kanji, so they're no longer the stonewall they were before. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:08, 20 October 2020 (MDT)

NIWA discussion continuation
Hi LTL, so there are some discussions that I suppose could be continued from here, mostly NIWA stuff, as this is off Mario Wiki. I'm highly critical of NIWA, and I'm a very infamous person related to that organization (I haven't been a rep there since May 2019 when I was shooed out for being very blunt about Zelda Wiki & them not being independent, also getting in the Zeldapedia conflict -- it's honestly an era that I'd like to forget because it was some huge mistakes on my end). This discussion is going to get very long because it has been a very long journey for me with NIWA:

I don't mean to sound egoistical (and it does take a certain type of person to do this), but I'm the only person who has been brave enough to abruptly call out NIWA on their mismanagement. I've been in their private Discord, and it's very, very apathetic and incompetent. There's no real spirit for independent wikis -- I felt extremely disappointed because from the start I had high spirits for this whole thing & thought this was a group that shared that. They take months, sometimes don't even do anything, to make some sort of decision. I'm the kind of guy who's like "action, action, action", which is how I see it with Mario Wiki and its sibling, WiKirby. I can't live with inaction -- I need communities to continue serving and doing action.

Porplemontage's style (at least Mario Wiki-wise) is one that I've heavily replicated while doing wikis, such as this one. I'm basically a knockoff porple, but the biggest difference between me and him is probably that I'm extroverted. He doesn't say much and only maintains the backend of the wiki rather than doing major editing. I felt that he has a lot of untapped potential but doesn't use it, so I've been trying to apply the porple style to several wikis on several subjects (as said on your Mario Wiki talk). I'm not as experienced as porple, and my style is barebones (though his wiki SmashWiki is pretty barebones). He shared the whosonline with me before, and I've since given it for WiKirby to use. Lot of wikis I manage also make use of it.

November 2019 was the Zeldapedia incident, as I call it. At first I felt happy because I thought justice was being done to a wiki that was being wastefully closed (I remember seeing some people who were sad about Zeldapedia closing). I thought that porple was starting to agree to stand against NIWA, which I felt he had way enough leverage to go against since his wikis are the most successful within NIWA. Simply because some people complained, he closed the entire Zeldapedia, saying that if he were to reopen it, that it would have to be "re-evaluated after the zeldawiki vote". I was really upset at his idea of Zeldapedia.com, which I thought was promising, but he nearly tanked Triforce Wiki in the process.

I was also upset that he did not persevere despite the criticism -- so from an ethical standpoint he could've de-branded the Zeldapedia name and keep working with me to try and expand Triforce Wiki. I've come to where I am today from defying NIWA, SmashWiki, and others who wanted me to be a certain way. I did not want to be what others wanted me to be -- I wanted to do what was right and sacrifice my reputation and sanity in the process of calling out things where it's due and trying to find alternatives for others. Triforce Wiki is currently the only alternative, but some day I might work on bringing out some more for wikis that are very badly managed and essentially beyond repair (like Metroid Wiki).

This has led me down a spiral of struggles and some pain, but if it ultimately works in the benefit of others, I'm happy to have gone through it. My status is not what is important -- it's about giving everyone a fair chance at having a good, open wiki with a healthy community. Despite my tantrums & short-tempered nature, I am very strict from a moral standpoint -- I even tell off others for arrogance and condescending language.

Porple -- I used to be good friends with him for about a year, but SmashWiki is a wiki of his that I really don't like. The community (at least a few admins) there are too harsh, strict, and is infamous for pressuring others into abiding to NIWA, which they suck up to so much. Once I started a fight with SmashWiki (who are actually my least favorite NIWA wiki -- a lot more than Zelda Wiki, believe it or not), and that ended my friendship with porple. He quietly unfriended me back in April. The irony of all of this? I stick up for the Mario Wiki standard more than him (even the Mario Wiki admins) since I try and carry it over everywhere. It's not a who's good and who's bad game -- it's just an ironic observation.

One example of their inaction is a year or so ago, which is when I suggested a Rare Wiki branch to NIWA, but nobody cared & I could feel the "meh" attitudes in the air. Another time is when I mentioned ways that NWiki could be improved & point out some flaws, some of which they didn't care to fix. The most famous example is, as we know, Zelda Wiki. They have no real passion to stand up for the core values of independent wikis. Someone once said that I've done more for NIWA & independent within 1-2 years than the whole organization has done themselves. WiKirby and Lylat Wiki had new life breathed into them, Pikipedia had a major image cleanup, and so forth. Here are the NIWA wikis besides Zelda Wiki that I've had issues with and that I would definitely not mind having independent alternatives for:


 * Bulbapedia -- I never joined them, but I do not like the fixed width display, the forced layouts (yea I had a friend edit there before, and he was reverted for simply changing a layout), and they're owned by HAVAmedia, which is a corporate owner. They've done some extremely shady things before, and their former editor-in-chief (TTEchidna) has called them out for it in 2011.


 * StrategyWiki -- Owned by Prodigon, he has bias toward this wiki over his other three NIWA wikis: Icaruspedia, Metroid Wiki, and Wars Wiki. I've told him numerous times about things such as the annoyance of being required to preview edits before saving (an option that he ticks for his wikis), layout that does not bring a comfortable experience for other users, and the spambot registration. He doesn't care about the spambots as long as they aren't editing. It's more than that -- it's about the recent changes piling up and making it difficult to determine whether an actual user registers in between. Simply put, he's incompetent and doesn't accept help outside of his own. Once I told him about Conker Wiki, and he said that "generally I encourage dead wikis to be merged into StrategyWiki" and linked me the CBFD page of StrategyWiki. I felt that was extremely condescending and I felt angry because I put love & care into making Conker Wiki from scratch. The first ever successful wiki that I've ever made from scratch.


 * Metroid Wiki -- Dead as a doornail, Metroid Wiki has 5x or 6x less articles than Wikitroid. The reason is because of mismanagement -- in 2018 & 2019, I repeatedly said what needed to be changed. Prod, the host of StrategyWiki, also hosts Metroid Wiki. As I've said, he does not listen to when people point out obvious issues with wikis, because in the end, it's all about what he sees. I really wanted to make Metroid Wiki have an editable & enjoyable experience for everyone, but he didn't want to cooperate. I even showed "you can change these link colors in the meantime". He didn't add to the css, his excuse being that he needed to redo the entire css. Every bit counts though...


 * NWiki -- A general wiki on Nintendo that does not have a comfortable UI and editing experience. User registration is closed, the wiki & the NIWA main site does not have https, and IP's can make edits but they need to wait for an administrator to "approve" of it first. Way too much gatekeeping, not to mention forced UI. No third party game pages are allowed either, which is also annoying. Porple owns the nintendowiki.com and nintendopedia.com domains and redirects it to NWiki. It's a minor disagreement I have, especially if the .com means that he owns both the Nintendopedia and Nintendo Wiki brands only to redirect to the mediocre NWiki. It feels anti-competitive to those who want to make a better alternative. Several times I have said that Nintendo's Fandom wiki is better, and hopefully there can be an independent wiki based on them some day.


 * SmashWiki -- The very reason me and porple are no longer friends, and the very reason why I've lost so much to begin with. SmashWiki are arrogant pharisee-like characters. All they care about is law and order -- not about grace, sympathy, or compassion toward others. I made a mistake by intervening in the Zeldawiki/Zeldapedia merger in May 2019. People were disappointed & annoyed at me. It was fine until a bureaucrat demanded that everyone ruthlessly told others to disassociate with me for "ruining NIWA's image". I felt so angry -- like he was trying to rip away all my friends and what my true passion was -- independent wikis. I uncontrollably sent an extremely angry message to him with tons of swearing on SmashWiki. Others from NIWA wanted me removed entirely for interfering in the merger. I already admitted that it was a mistake that I made. They care more about the image of a petty organization than standing up for their core goal and reason for existing. Ironically their "pandering" to Zelda Wiki and Gamepedia is what is making NIWA's reputation decline dramatically. Incident aside, what affects the wiki on a more global level is their mismanagement of content. One admin does not like high quality images because he says it "slows load times". No other NIWA wiki I know of has taken issue with that. The wiki barely caters to casual Super Smash Bros. players and mixes in technical information with the casual information. It does not serve both sides of the fanbase properly. Others I've talked to also have SmashWiki for a least favorite NIWA wiki. It's the only bad wiki that porple hosts.

From all of this, the takeaway could be that I'm close-minded and selfish. Yes, that's what is shown on the front, but deep down I care for editors and fans and that they would have a good wiki home for the franchises that they love. This is why I went against NIWA's will and founded Triforce Wiki (cost me 550 dollars in 2019 and I'm minimum wage). Recently I have realized the benefit with alternatives, if it's justified and does not copy from the original wiki simply because someone wants "wiki power". Mario Wiki, Pikipedia, and WiKirby are great as-is, so none of them need an alternative and are something that (most) agree upon. Zelda has Triforce Wiki, so that's taken care of. So far, the only other NIWA wikis that could have a better alternative are Metroid, Nintendo, and Super Smash Bros. Bulbapedia is good with coverage, but the layout is inflexible, like NWiki and Zelda Wiki, so it doesn't feel like a solid editing experience. Trying a Pokemon wiki in a Mario Wiki style would be fun -- it could take inspiration from the Final Fantasy Wiki i've been helping develop for tacopill.

Me & friends are in charge of several wikis, and all of us make sure they live up to the Mario Wiki standard. There's already enough wikis outside of NIWA run by me & friends to justify a powerful alliance network (not organization with a website like NIWA -- just a webring and an about page to explain its purpose). The future could very well see alternatives to wikis that I mentioned earlier (this does not include StrategyWiki). Results May Vary (talk) 23:21, 23 July 2020 (MDT)

Harla
A strange thing I noticed that I can't quite figure out: the Japanese names for two otherwise-unrelated undead bosses contain "ハーラ" (Hāra, potentially Hahra/Harla), being Jalhalla (Jai Hahra) and Stallord (Hahra Gigant). Closest thing I can find is "Hāra" being a Maori word for "sin," which while that admittedly fits for a culmination of the evil in a combination temple/tomb, a random New Zealand word seems a little far-flung. Do you have some insight into this? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:21, 1 September 2020

Deku and Scrubs
While I'd personally assume we would do so, I'd like some input: should we treat the "Deku tribe" of Majora's Mask as being the same subject as typical Deku Scrub/Dekunuts? I'd remembered the Bombers calling Deku Link a "Deku Scrub," so I'd assumed it would count, though I'd wondered if it was more along the lines of how "Octarock" is specifically rock-spitters, while certain other "Octas" like Octaballoon, Daiocta, Octamine, Mizuocta, and the rather in-name-only Octaeel don't spit rocks (though of course plenty of other Octas still spit rocks...but I digress). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:32, 6 September 2020 (MDT)

Shield Moblin
So I've been trying to determine if there is any reason to split "Shield Moblin" (focusing on the HW captain) from Moblin since other captain pages are to be split. Anyways, in SS, "Metal Shield Moblin" is "モリブリン (鉄の盾)" (as shown here) and in HW, "Shield Moblin" is "鉄盾モリブリン" (as shown here). Since I don't like splitting identifiers, I'm not really comfortable splitting SS's. Nintendo Land's alleged "Shield Moblin" is not given a specific name in-game for any version, so it likely came from a guide (if it's not made-up completely). What I want to ask of you is if that one type of Moblin from ALBW has a specific name in any language (or for that matter, the "Sword Moblin" from LA got a new specific moniker in the Switch version to go along with its more advanced behavior). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:04, 6 October 2020 (MDT)

Parasitic Tentacle and Dexivine
So a while ago, it can to my attention that Parasitic Tentacle and Dexivine have not-identical-but-strikingly-similar generic Japanese names. Combined with their similar role of winding through a dungeon connected to the top of a strikingly similar looking boss which they support and being cut with the boomerang, I was wondering if we should count them as the same thing or merely related. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:54, 19 October 2020 (MDT)

Shrouded Stalfos
So a long time ago I noticed that Shrouded Stalfos's Japanese name is Dokuro Knight. Is there any reference in Japanese materials stating it's an actual Stalfos? I recall the Bottle Grotto hint added "skeletal" to the English script in the remake... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:35, 20 October 2020 (MDT)

Keeleon
While not as important as most other subjects I ask you about, there's one thing gnawing at me right now. Do you have any idea what the heck Keeleon from ALBW and TFW is even supposed to be? Most enemies in ALttP and ALBW actually look like something recognizable, but this doesn't really look like anything outside of obscure cnidarians. Is it based on some Yokai I've never heard of, perhaps? Going off shape, it miiiiight have initially had its model made for Pikit (which according to Zeldawiki is referred to by the ALttP+FS Shogakukan as ライクライク (亜種), making it indeed simply treated a minor variation of Like Like in the same manner as the different types of Spear Soldiers) only to be scrapped and used for something else, but that's still a long shot. ZW claims Keeleon's JP name is ネオリーク (Neo Leek?), which is almost close to "Neo Like" and could even be some sort of unholy cross of Like and Leever, but is also basically "Keeleon" backwards. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2020 (MST)

The "Monblin"
So previously, ZW had the club-wielding Moblin from OoT listed as Bossblin in JP, ie the same name as the Great Moblin. However, an edit that incidentally just happened yesterday has changed it to Oyablin, ie the name of Moblin Chief/Big Blin. Do you know which is right or if both are used in different texts? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:00, 1 December 2020 (MST)