History Headscratchers / TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass

[[folder:King of Red Lions]]

* What happened to the King of Red Lions in between the previous game and this one? Link and Tetra were supposed to be searching for new lands as per his final wish, and while I can understand that they would do a little pirating on the side and that Link would have a need to sleep on board her ship instead of in his teeny, tiny sailboat, but...Such a deep, dynamic and emotional character as the King of Hyrule in ''The Wind Waker'', and yet there's absolutely ''no'' mention of him in the beginning, Link doesn't seem to consider boarding his smaller, faster sailboat in order to chase after the Ghost Ship, and the only reference we see toward the late king is almost a quarter of the way through the game, in practically what amounts to a joke.

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*** A black rupoor is a [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]]? [[FridgeLogic What would happen if there were too much of them]]?

* Maybe the magical stasis isn't activated by air, it's triggered by Link's presence.
* I've always imagined Rupoors as made of antimatter, which would cause a massive explosion upon contact with matter- Link's hand or shovel in this case. Why don't they react to air or dirt, which is also matter? Why do they only destroy Rupees? Answer: [[AWizardDidIt Magic!]]

*** [[InsaneTrollLogic Maybe they react to Item Get poses as well.]]

* How does one press two maps toegether if one had a Nintendo 2DS?

* Who the heck designed Linebeck's ship? It's supposedly a steamboat, but when you go below deck, the engine doesn't posses anything resembling a furnace, and when it's docked, it makes a "putt-putt" sound. Despite the ship being shown to have a bridge, the helm is located ''below deck'' and is mounted directly to the engine where Linebeck shouldn't even be able to see. Not only that, but it seems that the bridge doesn't even have a door on it; is it just decorative? Since the cannon and salvage arm are shown to pop up out of the deck, one would assume they are being folded up and stored in a compartment below deck, despite both of them being about half the ship's size, and the engine room clearly not containing anything of the sort.

* Who the heck designed Linebeck's ship? It's supposedly a steamboat, but when you go below deck, the engine doesn't posses anything resembling a furnace, and when it's docked, it makes a "putt-putt" sound like an internal combustion engine. Despite the ship being shown to have a bridge, the helm is located ''below deck'' and is mounted directly to the engine where Linebeck shouldn't even be able to see. Not only that, but it seems that the bridge doesn't even have a door on it; is it just decorative? Since the cannon and salvage arm are shown to pop up out of the deck, one would assume they are being folded up and stored in a compartment below deck, despite both of them being about half the ship's size, and the engine room clearly not containing anything of the sort.

* Who the heck designed Linebeck's ship? It's supposedly a steamboat, but when you go below deck, the engine doesn't posses anything resembling a furnace, and when it's docked, it makes a "putt-putt" sound like an internal combustion engine. Despite the ship being shown to have a bridge, the helm is located ''below deck'' and is mounted directly to the engine where Linebeck shouldn't even be able to see. Not only that, but it seems that the bridge doesn't even have a door on it; is it just decorative? Since the cannon and salvage arm are shown to pop up out of the deck, one would assume they are being folded up and stored in a compartment below deck, despite both of them being about half the ship's size, and the engine room clearly not containing anything of the sort. Also, how does Jolene recognize Linebeck even with fully customized ship.

* Where are all of Link's items from his last adventure during the events of this game - the Wind Waker, his Hero's Sword and Mirror Shield...So many things that would probably be helpful to him. He's shown to still have these things during ''The Wind Waker's'' ending, and Tetra's the only one who's shown to have any personal quarters on the pirate ship, so if not on his person, where was he keeping them?
* Ciela says at the end of their adventure that she wishes she could stay with Link...Why not just split her soul again? She could do it in a way so that her personality and memories could go with him, while her spirit-power half would continue to serve the Ocean King. The Ocean King himself could probably help...so why doesn't she?

** How did Bellum get people to think there was a great treasure within the Ghost Ship? He's a giant squid-ish monster who lives at the bottom of the Temple of the Ocean King, and it seems the only things he creates are mindless monsters.

** There should be a sleep mode switch somewhere on it. Apparently it does the same thing as shutting one of the other models.

** Hey, if [[Hiimdaisy The King Of Hyrule Is a Jerk]], I don't see why King Mutoh doesn't have to be a jerk.

** Because th Black Rupoor isn't actually a stone, it's a solidified black hole in magical stasis. It activates itself only when in contact with air, so it will only be effective when Link digs it out. And once it's out, it'll suck any Rupees in its effect radius, and the rupees closest to it will be, invariably the ones in Link's... uh... pockets? Anywhat, then it destroys itself taking the Rupees away. So it's not a matter of "taking or not taking", it's about finding at all. Hey, ''you'' asked.