Lost Woods...

I was thinking that the Lost Woods is some kind of weak point in space-time (sorry about the sci-fi stuff) and that's why people get lost in it, it "magically" takes you to other locations, your body is malformed (stalfos, skullkid) if you remain in it too long, and the woods seem to jump across hyrule from time to time, I don't know, sure sounds better then "a wizard did it" though...

Huh, never thought about it like that, but I think that would only apply for the Oot, because in Lttp the lost woods had nothing magical about them, but I think that the warps were made for gamplay reasons. good idea thought.

Originally Posted by "I Am Error"

Huh, never thought about it like that, but I think that would only apply for the Oot, because in Lttp the lost woods had nothing magical about them, but I think that the warps were made for gamplay reasons. good idea thought.

Originally Posted by Labrynian Rebel

and the woods seem to jump across hyrule from time to time,

In Lttp they're to the NW and in Oot they are to the SW

In LoZ there were other "lost" areas besides just the woods. They all had similar mechanics in that it was a direction choosing maze, kinda how OOT did it.

Originally Posted by Labrynian Rebel

In Lttp they're to the NW and in Oot they are to the SW

Mabye Oot is in a more northern area, and Lttp is more south, we know that Hyrule is mountainous, as we see in wind waker, so death mountain could be a different mountains in each game, and death mountain could be a large range going south to north. and also there's no sancuary in Oot, so they could be different Castles.

I don't know that's just an idea.

I always viewed the Lost Woods as a homage to the Wood between the Worlds from C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.

Same basic set up, mysterious, dark wood with mysterious portals to other worlds. It also messes with your memory and sense of direction and time.

Sorry for the double post, seem to have a server error.

Phantom exe, wether or not you are correct in that, it's a very interesting comparison. The Magicians Nephew would have to be my favourite of the Narnia series. <3 Langford makes an excellent point though. The Lost Woods were probably simply a reinvention of that mechanic from LoZ.

That seems like a good thought regarding the magical lost woods(s), which really only applies to OoT and LoZ (and MM?), although it may be worth noting that both TP and LttP feature "Lost Woods" with no inherent magical teleportation capabilities-- just a confusing series of log-connected clearings.

and Langford, the only other "lost" area in LoZ was the Lv 5 mountain, which was really more about perserverance than being lost.

The Lost Woods will be in some kind of strange space-time dimension, or have one flowing though them, as the nature of the woods - turning into stalfos and skullkids, gettings lost, portals, and doors to other dimensions and worlds - is certainly not the nature of anything natural.

And the Lost Woods in each game could be different, or be a different set of the woods, like I view the Sacred Grove as western Lost Woods with the Temple of Time ruis and view the Lost Woods in Ocarina of Time as eastern Lost Woods with the Forest Temple.

The Lost Woods in A Link to the Past, for all we know, could be the Lost Woods of a post-flood Hyrule, making them different all together.

Originally Posted by Potent Col

The Lost Woods will be in some kind of strange space-time dimension, or have one flowing though them, as the nature of the woods - turning into stalfos and skullkids, gettings lost, portals, and doors to other dimensions and worlds - is certainly not the nature of anything natural.

TP and LttP do not meet those requirements unless you view the LttP MS entrance as a portal.

And the Lost Woods in each game could be different, or be a different set of the woods, like I view the Sacred Grove as western Lost Woods with the Temple of Time ruis and view the Lost Woods in Ocarina of Time as eastern Lost Woods with the Forest Temple.

I agree that TP's woods is part of the greater OoT forest area.

The Lost Woods in A Link to the Past, for all we know, could be the Lost Woods of a post-flood Hyrule, making them different all together.

they could be, but there's no indication of New Hyrule ever being founded while there is evidence to connect the forests of TP and LttP: the MS and the common nature of the "Lost" aspect.

Originally Posted by Slagr

TP and LttP do not meet those requirements unless you view the LttP MS entrance as a portal.



I agree that TP's woods is part of the greater OoT forest area.



they could be, but there's no indication of New Hyrule ever being founded while there is evidence to connect the forests of TP and LttP: the MS and the common nature of the "Lost" aspect.

Watch the Spirit Tracks trailer. They found New Hyrule, the games takes place 100 years after Phantom Hourglass - confirmed - they found New Hyrule. Oh, and the Spirit Tracks overworld shares strange similarities with A Link to the Past's Map... how ironic that I should notice that.

We don't actually know it's Hyrule yet, Potent.

I expect it is, but we don't know!

In A Link to the Past, there is a space-time weakening. If you lift the rock, you go to the Skeleton Forest, which is part of the Dark World.

And in TP, the door that leads to the past is also a tear in the fabris of time and space.

SOmething we can see is that EVERY lost woods in the series has some sort of irregularity, whether it be the same place repeating, a portal to another dimension, or whatever, there's always a way in, a way out, and another way!

Originally Posted by Darkus Triforce

In A Link to the Past, there is a space-time weakening. If you lift the rock, you go to the Skeleton Forest, which is part of the Dark World.

And in TP, the door that leads to the past is also a tear in the fabris of time and space.

SOmething we can see is that EVERY lost woods in the series has some sort of irregularity, whether it be the same place repeating, a portal to another dimension, or whatever, there's always a way in, a way out, and another way!

I suppose that's true, but LttP's isn't so much a weakness nor is it exclusive to the forest. TP's is also the only exclusively temporal rift.

Originally Posted by Potent Col

Watch the Spirit Tracks trailer. They found New Hyrule, the games takes place 100 years after Phantom Hourglass - confirmed - they found New Hyrule.

I already said this once; TP used to be pre-WW before release. Wait a few months.

Oh, and the Spirit Tracks overworld shares strange similarities with A Link to the Past's Map... how ironic that I should notice that.

you can't tell anything by that map. I've seen it.

I was thinking about the "Lost Woods"...

In OoT they bear that name
for the warping powers seen in OoT.
(easy to get lost)

But I believe that ALttP's "Lost Woods" are TP's Sacred Grove, in
this case, the name meaning the small woods containing the MS
that are lost because they are hidden deep in a huge forest...

yup, speculation

Am i the only one that notices you don't appear on the map when you're in the MS clearing in ALTTP? The mark on the map is the part in front of the log that leads to the MS clearing. It seems like the lost woods could be some kind, i don't know, doorway i suppose to other lands.

Originally Posted by Oni Dark Link

Am i the only one that notices you don't appear on the map when you're in the MS clearing in ALTTP? The mark on the map is the part in front of the log that leads to the MS clearing. It seems like the lost woods could be some kind, i don't know, doorway i suppose to other lands.

you're also not technically on the map in Holodrum's sword clearing, but it's not a portal or anything.

I always thought the Lost Woods were the Master Sword's way of preventing anyone unworthy from obtaining it.

Originally Posted by Mr Mander

I always thought the Lost Woods were the Master Sword's way of preventing anyone unworthy from obtaining it.

How does that make sense in OoT?