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Ganon the King · #17 [ ] 05-06-2008, 09:26 PM

It sounds to me that in the Japanese text, the shadow users were trying to establish dominion over Hyrule and the Sacred Realm had nothing to do with it. This makes sense. Then the light spirits were sent to Hyrule (from wherever they came from) and the shadow users were sent to a different world that came to be known as the "Twilight Realm."

But in the English translation they were trying to establish dominion over the Sacred Realm... they would not be able to get to the Sacred Realm unless someone pulled the Master Sword from the temple of time. From the way I see it, the only way anyone could get to the Sacred Realm was by someone pulling the master sword and their hearts had to be pure. So that means the shadow users (interlopers in English translation) tried to: 1. Established dominion over the SR and then touched the triforce.
2. Tried to establish dominion over the SR could not never even get close to doing that because they never got into the SR, but this doesn't mean they didn't "try."

The Japanese text seems to be correct because everything fits together.

After the Shadow users are banished, sometime later, the events of Ocarina of Time take place -> Link opens up the SR for Ganondorf and he makes his wish. Link defeats him to save Hyrule (adult timeline) and then Link is sent back to his previous time by the Ocarina of Time's power. However, no matter where Link goes, he will still have the ToC, Zelda will have the ToW and Ganondorf will have the ToP. A couple of years later, Ganondorf does something terrible in an attempt to gain power and is meant to be executed and because of his "granted" power the sages send him to the "other" world.

Now what doesn't make sense about the English version is that if the interlopers did manage to get to the Sacred Realm, they would have also obtained the Triforce and been granted a wish. Then the events in Ocarina of Time would have never taken place. Therefore, TP and OoT would be unable to "connect" with each other and they would be entirely different games.

Also what doesn't make sense about the English version is how the interlopers tried to gain dominion over the Sacred Realm and then they were chased across Hyrule? Now why wasn't it mentioned that they were chased out of the SR and then across Hyrule? This always confused me.

Another point I'd like to bring up is that in OoT, the place where the goddesses left the Triforce came to be known as the Sacred Realm. What strikes me as strange is that although the Sacred Realm is supposed to exist in Hyrule, it seems like everyone has gain accustomed to believing it is "another world." What if the Sacred Realm is a spiritual place... a place where only your mind exists? Also what annoys me is that when Link pulled the MS he stayed in the Temple of light for seven years, but then how did Ganondorf get in? Was there a shiny portal waiting there for him to stand on and take him to the SR or something?