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::All right, so! I've since obtained a bunch of official Japanese guides in bulk, including the Shogakukan guides for ''Link's Awakening'' and ''Link's Awakening DX'' and the officially authorized Nintendo Dream guide for the Nintendo Switch remake. Firstly, to touch up on [[#Re:Shroudley|this]]: Shrouded Stalfos and Sword Stalfos are indeed 「ドクロナイト」 and 「ドクロナイト・ソード」 on page 105 and 106 of the original version's Shogakukan guide, respectively. However, their descriptions are very interesting. Here's a transcription of the first sentence of the former: 「口ーブをまとったガイコツ兵士。」 (''A skeleton soldier wearing a robe.'') And the latter: 「剣と盾を装備したスタルローブ。」 (''A Stalrobe equipped with a sword and shield.'') As the later guides were largely rewritten, there doesn't seem to be any reference to Stalrobe in those, so my guess is that the enemies were renamed shortly before publication. In ''DX'' Shogakukan, Stone Hinox is 「デクドン」 on page 103, while in the Nintendo Dream Switch guide, Avalaunch is 「デグドン」 on page 132 like the internal glossary. The earlier guides do not name Gel and only mention that Zol can split, but the Nintendo Dream guide indeed separates it as 「ミニゾル」 on page 127. The Shadow Nightmares do not have the individual names they have in the internal glossary; the original Shogakukan guide gives the names 「シャドー」 as a whole, 「ゾルの影」 for 1st, 「アグニムの影」 for 2nd, 「デグテールの影」 for 3rd, 「ガノンの影」 for 4th, and 「シャドー」 for 6th on page 110, skipping identifying the 5th form. ''DX'' Shogakukan just refers to the boss as 「シャドー」 as on page 90. The Nintendo Dream guide gives the name  「シャドー」 as a whole on page 123 and individually 「シャドー（第1形態）」 for 1st, 「シャドー（第2形態）」 for 2nd, 「シャドー（第3形態）」 for 3rd, 「シャドー（第4形態）」 for 4th, 「シャドー（第5形態）」 for 5th, and 「シャドー（第6形態）」 for 6th on page 133. The Thwomps remained basically the same across guides, with the Nintendo Dream guide adding furigana for Spiked Thwomp's name (「ひとつ<span class="explain" title="め">目</span>ドッスン」 on page 27) and ignoring the Thwomp as seen in ''Four Swords Adventures'' Shogakukan, although Stone Elevator doesn't seem to have a listed name and is only generically referred to as 「<span class="explain" title="あしば">足場</span>」 on page 55. I also noted the small Thwomp's description on page 108 of original Shogakukan: 「プチサイズのドツスン。」 (''A petit-sized Thwomp.'') And page 102 of ''DX'' Shogakukan: 「ひとつ目ドッスンのミニサイズ。」 (''A Spiked Thwomp of mini size.'') This description is missing from the Nintendo Dream guide, but it may indicate that Spiked Thwomp was supposed to be analogous to the ''Mario'' Thwomp instead of Mega Thwomp, though unsure how to organize that in regards to Mega Thwomp-looking ''Four Swords Adventures'' Thwomp. Finally, Beamos is still named 「ビム」 on page 27 of the Nintendo Dream guide despite the model filename indicating otherwise. If there's anything I missed or something you want to know, lemme know. I'm considering scanning the enemy and obstacle pages from my guides like I've done for Mario Wiki, but I wouldn't be able to get on it right away. [[User:LTL|LTL]] ([[User talk:LTL|talk]]) 19:06, May 23, 2021 (MDT)