
05-10-2008, 07:50 AM
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The Death Mountain Problem
I was playing WW last night, and came upon a rather interesting island. It's a pretty small place, where, as far as I know, the only thing you can do on it is some ridiculously easy cannon and barrel game. However, that's not what's interesting. What is interesting is its name: Spectacle Island.
Now, it would seem to me that that's a pretty clear reference to Spectacle Rock, which is a rather regular feature of Death Mountain. Here's the problem. If Dragon Roost Island is Death Mountain (as it is hinted at), then one would assume that this Spectacle Island would be pretty close to it. Only, it's not. The two islands are separated by two whole squares of sea. Since the chart says that each square is 1000, and the Japanese use the metric system, I'd say its a fair assumption that each square is a kilometer. This being the case, how did Spectacle Rock get three kilometers away from its home?
Now, assuming Dragon Roost Island is Death Mountain (which I'm beginning to doubt more and more), it's possible that Spectacle Rock could have been erupted out of Death Mountain. I doubt that for two reasons though. One, if Death Mountain could spew things halfway across the map, then OoT Hyrule would have been pretty thoroughly screwed (plus we see in OoT that the eruptions usually barely even make it to the base of the mountain). And two, even if Spectacle Rock was spat out three kilometers away, did it just coincidentally land on another mountain? I mean, how else would a rock that's relatively small end up having part of it stick above the Great Sea?
So, the real problem is this. Either we call the area that Spectacle Rock is on Death Mountain, or we call Dragon Roost Island Death Mountain. Since there are hints on both sides of the coin, it is rather hard to tell. So I ask you ZU theorists, is there any way we can conclusively prove which is Death Mountain, or can we even prove that either of them is Death Mountain?
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