What Culture is Ikana based off?

Hiya. Not completely sure if this is in the correct forum or not but I'll try my luck.

I've been wanting to find this out for awhile. In Ikana from Majora's Mask they seem to have a very definite artistic style that is reflected in their buildings like the top of Stone Tower, Ikana Castle, and the small little homes surrounding the area.

Is there a historical or real life culture that Ikana is based off of? For some reason I want to say Inca because Ikana looks pretty similar. So I'm thinking either Southern Native American like the Inca or Aztecs but also I'm thinking there's a bit of a Middle Eastern/Indian feel too. I think I'm wrong, though. :|

Anyway, can someone give me their opinion? It's really been bugging me.

My wording sucks today.

I always thought Inca or/and Aztec. Both were warrior nations, like Ikana was, and even Inca sounds like Ikana.
Anyway, very interesting question. I'd like to know other opinions, too.

Yeah, because their artistic style really interests me, especially the top of Stone Tower.

Hmm..I don't know why but I always felt Ikana was more of a Dark Age Europe/Medieval Japan type warrior culture. But I'm going more with the Ikana Castle theme instead of considering the architecture of the Castle and Stone Tower. The Inca/Aztec and Middle Eastern/Indian references are interesting to consider for sure.

I always thought of it as somewhere between Medieval Europe and old-school Arabic cultures.

It's not based off of anything really.

Just like the rest of the fictional locations.

Although I don't think they are based on anything, Mayans seem to have similarities with the Ikana. Their building structures are similar and both tribes disappeared mysteriously. The difference is the type of land though. Mayans lived in topical environments while the the Kingdom of Ikana is mostly barren lands and stone.

Who knows, probably Nintendo took different aspects from different locations and created a fictional tribe just like Aziel suggests.

Really isn't anything Mayan about the architecture.

People need to stop looking for connections when there are none.

Just because you are cursed with pattern recognition does not mean there is an actual pattern people.

Don't be ignorant, Mayan buildings look like the structures in Ikana. Besides, I have already said I don't believe it is based on anything. I am watching simple similarities. You should do some research before you start speaking about something you clearly know nothing about.

I wouldn't really draw the connection between Mayans and the Ikana anyway apart from the statue shapes at the top of Stone Tower. Other than that, it reminds me more of a cross between feudal societies in Europe and Arabic ones. But as Aziel says, just because there is a similarity doesn't mean they're based on them, simply inspired at best.

Yes, similarities exist. It ends there. Some people insist on putting words in others moth.

Mayan buildings do not look like the Ikana castles. I'm surrounded by pictures of Mayan crap and walls of books about archaelogy.

Like I said, you are suffering from pattern recognition which is unconscious neurological process.

Like seeing Jesus on a potato chip. The mind likes to make familiar connections.

No i'm not. The faces and figures on the Ikana buildings are very similar to the ones on Mayan structures. Also, the entrance to the stone tower does look like a Mayan building. In my country we have a Mayan city, I have gone there countless time, don't you think I would know about this stuff? I suggest you quit as I know a lot more about this than you do.

No, you are simply not talking about the same thing as I am apparently.

Why are you even arguing then? I stated what I was talking about, and it's only now that you suddenly say you are talking about something else.

I have always been speaking of similar architecture between Mayans and Ikana. I hadn't specified anything in my initial post. I haven't changed subject. What are you talking about?

You specified something about faces and figures, I wasn't talking about that at all.

I can't pass judgement on something I don't have pictures of.

Therefore, we aren't talking about the same thing.

Further argument is largely pointless.

Well, it isn't what you are talking about. I am talking about the structural similarities between Mayans and Ikana. There is some similarity between them, but that is all. You can keep denying it all you want but at the end of the day you know your knowledge on the subject is slim. If you want pictures go look at them yourself.

You need to quit insulting people. You are digging your own grave.

You know absolutely nothing about what I know. So how about you stick to what you can rightfully speak on, and be silent on the rest, ok?

I used to study ancient architecture. I am talking about architecture. Not faces and figures.

There are no pictures posted here. You better start posting them.

It is funny how in every thread you pretend to be someone else just to prove your point. It's quite pathetic. No need to be an archeologist to notice similarities between two structures.

I never said I was?

I said I studied ancient architecture, I never said I went to school for it. Are you trying to get yourself into trouble by being insulting?