- “Watch for the shadows of monsters hanging from the ceiling.”
- – Navi, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Wallmasters, alternatively Wall Masters, are giant hand-like enemies that fall from the ceiling. If they grab Link, he will be transported back to the entrance of the dungeon. While another enemy called "Wallmaster" or "Wall Master" appeared in the original The Legend of Zelda, they are regarded as a different, but closely-related enemy.
History
The Legend of Zelda series
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Wall Masters (originally known as Clutch[1]) are found in Skull Woods, appearing as large brown hands. They cast large shadows as they fall from the top of the screen. Sometimes, if Link enters a North-facing door, a rising Wallmaster will continue to rise through the next room. If a Wall Master is defeated, it is fairly quickly replaced.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wallmasters are dark brown and clawed, a design shared with Floormaster. They are first found in the rotatable rooms of the Forest Temple, and later appear in the Bottom of the Well, the Spirit Temple, the Shadow Temple, and Ganon's Castle. When Link enters a room with one, Navi will warn him about "the shadows of monsters hanging from the ceiling." A falling Wallmaster makes a loud but low whooshing sound, while a growing shadow appears where it is going to fall, which is capable of moving. In the originals, the shadow is a simple circle, but in Ocarina of Time 3D, it is hand-shaped. In some dungeons, a Wallmaster is spawned as a trap if an incorrect Sun switch is activated, with no warning from Navi. A defeated Wallmaster always gives a very large amount of Rupees in combinations of red and blue, often going between 15 and 80. They usually respawn if Link exits and re-enters a room, but will not if it is a switch-summoned one.
In the Master Quest mode of later re-releases, it can be seen that if a Wallmaster grabs Link while he is being latched onto by a ReDead, the ReDead will be pulled up with him, but have vanished by the time Link is deposited at the dungeon's entrance. In Ocarina of Time 3D, their texture details are given more contrast and thus are more visible, while their wrists are made light blue.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Wallmasters appear as they do in Ocarina of Time, but much less commonly. They appear Beneath the Graveyard and Beneath the Well. They give 15 or 20 Rupees upon defeat.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages
Wallmasters appear in both The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, where they are red and act like they do in A Link to the Past. However, they are now Link's size. Unlike Floormasters in the same games, they are almost always infinite when they appear. In the former game, they are unique to the Sword & Shield Maze, but in the latter, they appear as early as the Spirit's Grave. In Oracle of Ages, one also appears in a scene near the end where Veran uses one to bring Link back to her for a final battle; this one uses a Floormaster's sprites colored red.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Wallmasters resemble their design from Ocarina of Time, but with a color and pose similar to the ones in A Link to the Past. They appear solely in the Palace of Winds, where they fall onto small platforms that can only be reached by the level 2 Pegasus Boots while avoiding Traps. They quickly fade in and fall, so the Links must keep moving. Each only falls once, however.
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Wall Masters are huge and black with a glowing orange outline. Aside from their coloration, their graphics are shared with Floormasters. Their design is based off the aesthetic of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, having two large swirls drawn on their backs. They first appear in Fortress of Winds, and later appear in Dark Hyrule Castle. Defeating one causes it to stop falling until the room is reloaded.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
In The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Wallmasters are yellow and clawed. Like in A Link to the Past, they appear primarily in Skull Woods, but also appear in one area of Lorule Castle. Unlike previous appearances, they hover in the air over Link, following him around, until eventually slamming their palm down. Before they slam, they will wiggle their fingers an increasing amount. Aside from grabbing Link, their slams can be used to defeat other enemies, destroy some bombable blocks, and even press switches, thus making them potentially helpful. As they float, a repetitive wavering noise can be heard. Once again, a defeated Wallmaster is quickly replaced. The boss of Skull Woods in this game is a giant palm-eyed Wallmaster known as Knucklemaster.
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
In The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Wallmasters appear in a type of Drablands Challenge called Evade the Wallmaster. Unlike most enemies in the game that appeared in A Link Between Worlds, this Wallmaster has a wholly different model, being black with gold plates on the ends, and several glowing cyan rings and a similar glowing Sheikah emblem on the back. However, they act exactly the same, though getting hit causes the challenge to immediately be failed. They can also appear in the Coliseum.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch, the +Wallmasters Effect can be unlocked for the Chamber Dungeon by completing the Ticking Clock challenge. Entering the chamber they are placed in will activate them for the remainder of the dungeon, and if Link is caught, he will be sent back to the entrance.
Zelda's Adventure
In Zelda's Adventure, Wallmasters appear in a single room near the end of the Shrine of Illusion, where they randomly fall from the ceiling.
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
In Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Wallmasters appear, but not as enemies. By using a Hand Potion on a Hand Statue, Tingle can call on a Wallmaster to take him from the dungeon through the player's own choice. They appear as black with a purple outline and surrounded by similar-colored smoke, similar to the Floormasters in The Wind Waker. However, they have claws.
Names in other languages
Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Japanese |
フォールマスター Fōru Masutā |
Fall Master
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References
- ^ M. Arakawa. The Legend of Zelda – A Link to the Past Player's Guide. Page 155.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
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Characters
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Protagonists
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Link • Princess Zelda • Ravio
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Sages
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Gulley • Oren • Seres • Osfala • Rosso • Irene • Impa
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Supporting
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Blacksmith • Dampé • Fairy • Ganon • Great Fairy • Mother Maiamai • Princess Hilda • Sahasrahla • Sheerow • Thief Girl
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Other
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Bag Guy • Bard • Bee Guy • Bird Lover • Bird-Masked Man • Blacksmith's Wife • Bomb-Shop Man • Bouldering Guy • Boy • Captain • Craftsman • Cucco Girl • Customer • Dampé? • Derby Boy • Derby Girl • Devilish Girl • Dungeon Bros • Flute Boy • Fortune's Choice Guy • Fortune-Teller • Girl • Gramps • Great Rupee Fairy • Hinox • Hint Ghost • Housekeeper • Hyrule Soldier • Item Seller • Lakeside Item Seller • Mama Turtle • Masked Elder • Masked Followers • Masked Granny • Milk Bar Owner (Talon • Ingo) • Mysterious Man • Octo • Official • Papa • Philosopher • Priest • Racing Bros • Rumor Guy • Runaway Item Seller • Rupee Rush Gal • Rupee Rush Guy • Shady Guy • Spear Boy • Street Merchant • Stylish Woman • Swimmer • Treasure Hunter • Veteran Thief • Witch • Woman • Young Woman • Zora Underling
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Bosses
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Yuga • Margomill • Moldorm • Gemesaur King • Arrghus • Knucklemaster • Stalblind • Dharkstare • Zaganaga • Grinexx • Yuga Ganon • Shadow Link (optional) • Gramps (optional)
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Species
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Fairy • Human • Maiamai • Turtle • Zora
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Enemies and minibosses
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Armos • Arrghus • Arrgi • Ball and Chain Soldier • Bari • Bawb • Bee • Biri • Big Ice Gimos • Big Pengator • Blob • Bomb Soldier • Bow Soldier • Buzz Blob • Chasupa • Crow • Dacto • Dark Rat • Deadrock • Devalant • Eyegore • Fire Bubble • Fire Gimos • Fire Wizzrobe • Firebat • Flamola • Freezor • Geldman • Ghini • Gibdo • Gibo • Gigabari • Gimos • Golden Bee • Goriya • Gyorm • Hardhat Beetle • Heedle • Helmasaur • Hinox • Hokkubokku • Hyu • Ice Bubble • Ice Gimos • Ice Wizzrobe • Karat Crab • Keeleon • Keese • Kodongo • Ku • Kyameron • Leever • Like Like • Lorule Soldier • Lorule Soldier (ball and chain) • Lorule Soldier (spear) • Lorule Soldier (sword) • Lynel • Mini Moldorm • Moblin • Moldorm • Octorok • Peahat • Pengator • Poe • Popo • Rat • Ropa • Rope • Rupee Like • Sand Crab • Skullrope • Slarok • Sluggula • Snap Dragon • Soldier • Spear Soldier • Spear Throwing Soldier • Stal • Stalfos • Swamola • Sword Soldier • Taros • Tektite • Terrorpin • Vulture • Wallmaster • Water Tektite • Zazak • Zirro • Zora
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Traps and obstacles
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Arrow Trap • Ball • Beamos • Boulder • Bumper • Fire bar • Flying Tile • Giant Ball • Lightning Lock • Magma bomb • Medusa • Moldola • Mole • Rolling Pin • Spiked Iron Ball • Trap
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Items
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Apple • Arrow • Big Key • Bell • Blue Potion • Bombs (Rented, Nice) • Bomb Flower • Boomerang (Rented, Nice) • Bottle • Bow (Rented, Nice) • Bow of Light • Compass • Dungeon Map • Fire Rod (Rented, Nice) • Foul Fruit • Hammer (Rented, Nice) • Heart • Heart Container • Hint Glasses • Hookshot (Rented, Nice) • Ice Rod (Rented, Nice) • Lamp (Super) • Letter in a Bottle • Milk • Monster Guts • Monster Horn • Monster Tail • Net (Super) • Pendants of Virtue (Courage, Power, Wisdom) • Piece of Heart • Premium Milk • Purple Potion • Red Potion • Rupee • Sand Rod (Rented, Nice) • Scoot Fruit • Small Key • Smooth Gem • Tornado Rod (Rented, Nice) • Yellow Potion
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Equipment
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Bee Badge • Blue Mail • Forgotten Sword • Green Tunic • Hylian Shield • Master Ore • Master Sword • Master Sword Lv2 • Master Sword Lv3 • Pegasus Shoes • Pouch • Power Glove • Red Mail • Ravio's Bracelet • Shield • Stamina Scroll • Sword • Titan's Mitt • Zora's Flippers
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Locations
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Hyrule
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Blacksmith's Forge • Death Mountain • Desert of Mystery • Eastern Ruins • Graveyard • Hyrule Castle • Inn • Kakariko Village • Lake Hylia • Lake Hylia Shop • Link's House • Lost Woods • Miner's House • Mountain Cave • Ravio's Shop • Rosso's Ore Mine • Sacred Grove • Sahasrahla's House • Sanctuary • Southern Ruins • Spectacle Rock • StreetPass Meadow • Swamp Ruins • Waterfall of Wishing • Witch's House • Zora's Domain
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Lorule
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Blacksmith's Forge • Bomb Flower Store • Dark Ruins • Death Mountain • Graveyard • Lake of Ill Omen • Misery Mire • Skull Woods • Southern Ruins • Thieves' Town • Vacant House
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Other
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Fairy Fountain • Great Fairy Fountain • Item Shop • Sacred Realm
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Dungeons
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Hyrule
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Secret Passage • Eastern Palace • House of Gales • Tower of Hera • Inside Hyrule Castle • Desert Palace
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Lorule
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Dark Palace • Swamp Palace • Skull Woods • Thieves' Hideout • Ice Ruins • Turtle Rock • Lorule Castle (Throne Room) • Treacherous Tower (optional)
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Miscellaneous
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Gallery • Pre-release and unused content
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (DX) (Nintendo Switch)
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Characters
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Main and supporting
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Link • Marin • Tarin • BowWow • Owl • Flying Rooster • Wind Fish
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Other
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Bear Cub • Chef Bear • Christine • CiaoCiao • Crazy Tracy • Dampé*** • Fairy Queen* • Fisherman • Gar and Dion* • Ghost • Grandma Yahoo • Goriya • Great Fairies • Henhouse Keeper • Hippo Model • Kiki the Monkey • Li'l Devil • Madam MeowMeow • Mamasha • Mamu • Manbo • Mermaid • Mr. Write • Old Man Ulrira • Papahl • Photographer** • Quadruplets • Raccoon • Richard • Sale • Schule Donavitch • Shopkeeper • Toucan • Trendy Gamester • Walrus • Witch
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Species
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Bee • Bird • Chicken • Fairy • Fish • Fox • Frog • Mini Bow-Wow • Monkey • Mouse • Rabbit • Seagull
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Enemies
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Normal enemies
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Armos • Ball and Chain Trooper • Ballereen • Beetle • Birky • Blooper • Boarblin • Bomb Trooper • Bombite • Bonewing* • Boo • Buzz Blob • Cheep Cheep • Crow • Cukeman • Dacto • Darknut • Firebat • Ghini • Giant Ghini • Gibdo • Giant Goponga Flower • Goo Specter • Goomba • Goponga Flower • Hardhat Beetle • Helmasaur • Hollow Mimic • Hue Ball* • K.K. Sniper • Keese • Leever • Like Like • Mini Angler • Mini-Moldorm • Mini Zol • Moblin • Octorok • Pairodd • Peahat • Pincer • Piranha • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pols Voice • Rope • Sand Crab • Sea Urchin • Shrouded Stalfos • Shy Guy • Spark • Spiny • Spiny Beetle • Stalfos • Sword Moblin • Sword Stalfos • Tektite • Three-of-a-Kind • Vire • Voidmaster • Water Tektite • Winged Octorok • Wizzrobe • Zirro • Zol • Zombie • Zora
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Traps and obstacles
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Anti-Faery • Blade Trap • Boulder • Eye Guard • Face Lamp • Flame Fountain • Flying Tile • Giant Bubble • Laser • Lava • Mega Thwomp • Podoboo • Quick Sand • Shadow Link*** • Spiked Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Thwomp • Wallmaster***
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Minibosses
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Armos Knight • Avalaunch* • Blaino • Dodongo Snake • Giant Buzz Blob* • Gohma • Grim Creeper and Creeps • Hinox • Hydrosoar • Lanmola • Master Stalfos • Moblin Chief • Rover • Spike Roller • Turtle Rock
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Bosses
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Moldorm • Genie • Slime Eye • Angler Fish • Slime Eel • Facade • Evil Eagle • Hot Head • Shadow Nightmares (Giant Zol Shadow • Agahnim Shadow • Moldorm Shadow • Ganon Shadow • Lanmola Shadow • Death Shadow) • Hardhit Beetle*
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Equipment
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Weapons
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Bomb • Boomerang • Bow and Arrows • Hookshot • Magic Rod • Pegasus Boots • Power Bracelet (Powerful Bracelet) • Shield (Mirror Shield) • Sword (Koholint Sword)
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Items
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Blue Clothes* • Compass • Dungeon Map • Fairy • Flippers • Golden Leaf • Guardian Acorn • Heart • Heart Container • Magnifying Lens • Nightmare Key • Piece of Heart • Piece of Power • Red Clothes* • Rupee • Secret medicine • Secret Seashell • Small Key • Stone beak • Toadstool • Trading sequence items (Yoshi Doll, Ribbon, Canned food, Bananas, Stick, Honeycomb, Pineapple, Hibiscus, Goat's letter, Broom, Fishing hook, Necklace/Bra, Mermaid's Scale)
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Dungeon Keys
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Tail Key • Slime Key • Angler Key • Face Key • Bird Key
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Instruments of the Sirens
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Full Moon Cello • Conch Horn • Sea Lily's Bell • Surf Harp • Wind Marimba • Coral Triangle • Organ of Evening Calm • Thunder Drum
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Locations
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Koholint Island
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Animal Village • Cemetery • East of the Bay • Goponga Swamp • Koholint Prairie • Mabe Village • Martha's Bay • Mt. Tamaranch • Mysterious Forest • Pothole Field • Rapids Ride • Shrine Waterfall • Signpost Maze • South of the Village • Tabahl Wasteland • Tal Tal Heights • Tal Tal Mountain Range • Toronbo Shores • Ukuku Prairie • Yarna Desert
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Dungeons
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Level 1 - Tail Cave • Level 2 - Bottle Grotto • Level 3 - Key Cavern • Level 4 - Angler's Tunnel • Level 5 - Catfish's Maw • Level 6 - Face Shrine • Level 7 - Eagle's Tower • Level 8 - Turtle Rock • Wind Fish's Egg • Color Dungeon*
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Buildings
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Crazy Tracy's Health Spa • Henhouse • House by the Bay • Manbo's Pond • Madam MeowMeow's House • Marin and Tarin's House • Old Man Ulrira's House • Quadruplets House • Raft Shop • Richard's Villa • Sale's House o' Bananas • Seashell Mansion • Telephone Booth • Town Tool Shop • Trendy Game • Under the bridge • Village Library • Weird Mr. Write • Witch's Hut
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Other
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Ancient Ruins • Camera Shop** • Chamber Dungeon*** • Dampé's Shack*** • Dream Shrine • Faerie Spring • Fishing Pond • Kanalet Castle • Mermaid Statue • Moblin Cave • Warp point • Weathervane • Well
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* Not in the original version ** Exclusive to Link's Awakening DX *** Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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