Why temples?

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

Yes i agree!! Zelda games have a lot of spirituality going on in them!!! What would you like the Temples to be called....fortresses, Towers? They are Temples!! But you are correct!! maybe they should add not only Temples but other things too!! Like is said, Towers!!Link_Soul

Well there was the Tower of the Gods. It had a spiritual sense and was also a tower.

I hope that in the TP we will find out more info about the war that happened before OOT and ofcourse how the Temples were built and stuff like that!!

But the most exciting part of the TP will be the fact that the Hero returns to Hyrule after 2 games in the Zelda series!! Burning questions are coming into my mind right now!!! For example, what happened to the sages, what happened to the rases, which cities that we know have changed or destroyed and how many new ones have been built!!! What happened to OOT Link?And ofcourse  i want know the legend of TP!! Every Zelda game has one, but i thnk the TP's is going to be the best of them all!!

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

Well I suppose they fit the games stories and aren't the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light the same temple or am I wrong?

[QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

Link-from-Hell

Well I suppose they fit the games stories and aren't the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light the same temple or am I wrong?

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

I agree they could also name things without temple and give them a spiritual name:

The hyrule´s ruins

The shadow catacombs

The phantom mansion

The breeze fortress

The waterfall´s heart

The flame cathedral

The spirit pyramid

The grass labirynth

Only to name quick ones they could replace temple for cooler things

[QUOTE="Link-from-Hell"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

Well I suppose they fit the games stories and aren't the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light the same temple or am I wrong?

Ah ok, I understand, was it destoryed when Ganon made the sacred realm the Dark World?

I hope that in the TP we will find out more info about the war that happened before OOT and ofcourse how the Temples were built and stuff like that!!

But the most exciting part of the TP will be the fact that the Hero returns to Hyrule after 2 games in the Zelda series!! Burning questions are coming into my mind right now!!! For example, what happened to the sages, what happened to the rases, which cities that we know have changed or destroyed and how many new ones have been built!!! What happened to OOT Link?And ofcourse  i want know the legend of TP!! Every Zelda game has one, but i thnk the TP's is going to be the best of them all!!

Link_Soul

[QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

h8td1

Um, I usually notice just about everything in Zelda games. Like, for instance, in Ocarina of Time, if you talk to the guard in the Castle Town guardhouse at night, he will talk about how he studies ghosts or something, and how that knowledge might be useful someday, and 7 years later, there is a guy who buys ghost in the guardhouse. Which leads me to believe that he may be the guard from 7 years ago. Maybe not, though.

[QUOTE="h8td1"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

Um, I usually notice just about everything in Zelda games. Like, for instance, in Ocarina of Time, if you talk to the guard in the Castle Town guardhouse at night, he will talk about how he studies ghosts or something, and how that knowledge might be useful someday, and 7 years later, there is a guy who buys ghost in the guardhouse. Which leads me to believe that he may be the guard from 7 years ago. Maybe not, though.

[QUOTE="h8td1"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

Um, I usually notice just about everything in Zelda games. Like, for instance, in Ocarina of Time, if you talk to the guard in the Castle Town guardhouse at night, he will talk about how he studies ghosts or something, and how that knowledge might be useful someday, and 7 years later, there is a guy who buys ghost in the guardhouse. Which leads me to believe that he may be the guard from 7 years ago. Maybe not, though.

Nice theory!!

[QUOTE="metalsamurai"][QUOTE="h8td1"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

Link_Soul

Um, I usually notice just about everything in Zelda games. Like, for instance, in Ocarina of Time, if you talk to the guard in the Castle Town guardhouse at night, he will talk about how he studies ghosts or something, and how that knowledge might be useful someday, and 7 years later, there is a guy who buys ghost in the guardhouse. Which leads me to believe that he may be the guard from 7 years ago. Maybe not, though.

Nice theory!!

spirt pyramids coolSkull_Kid_Rox

[QUOTE="Link_Soul"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"][QUOTE="h8td1"][QUOTE="metalsamurai"]

It seems like the 3D Zelda games went a little crazy with the temples as dungeons. I'm not complaining but I just wonder why.

Ocarina of Time: Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple (not to mention the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light, which were not actually dungeons).

Majora's Mask: Woodfall Temple, Snowhead Temple, Great Bay Temple, Stone Tower Temple.

Wind Waker: Earth Temple, Wind Temple.

I have always found this to be curious.

metalsamurai

Um, I usually notice just about everything in Zelda games. Like, for instance, in Ocarina of Time, if you talk to the guard in the Castle Town guardhouse at night, he will talk about how he studies ghosts or something, and how that knowledge might be useful someday, and 7 years later, there is a guy who buys ghost in the guardhouse. Which leads me to believe that he may be the guard from 7 years ago. Maybe not, though.

Nice theory!!

I knew that thats no theroy that fatc belive it!

temples are part of the essence that is Legend of Zelda, it is just something that needs to be in the zelda games, they are part of it and need to be there, Legend of Zelda is unique and great in every way, temples are just part of that LeafyTree

Two things about temples, challange and power. A temple is always a way to prove your stength and do it while pushing your mental capabilities. Its a great way to add a little darkness or lightness into the game as well.RErikku12

Thinking out the strategies has always been a big part of Zelda games.:wink:

Temples, Cavers, even Tower are words that are related to Zelda!! Its like Zelda tradition to have these names in!! I like that!!Link_Soul