- The colors on the pipes of the Spirit Flute correspond the six Lokomos you meet - Gage, Steem, Carben, Embrose, Rael, and Anjean - as well as the Forest, Snow, Ocean, Fire, Sand, and Dark Realms.
- Why Fraaz needs to inflate to use his fire-based abilities:
- Snow often falls at higher elevations, and the air gets thinner the higher in elevation you go so he would need to be able to take in large amounts of air to fuel his magic.
- Alternatively, due to less air pressure by elevation, he's sucking in the same air he needs, but the air can expand more, due to less air pushing back, thus making him bigger than he would normally need to.
- Link receiving the Shield of Antiquity from Niko becomes this when you consider that the shield the Hero of Winds used in The Wind Waker (which was also identical to the one used in The Minish Cap) was said to be a family heirloom. Maybe he wanted continue that tradition by leaving a similar memento for Niko or to bequeath to one of his descendants, if he had any. (Though it's still a mystery why he would choose to leave the less-significant shield from Phantom Hourglass as opposed to one of the ones from The Wind Waker, the latter of which also included said heirloom.)
- Possibly the lesser shield from Phantom Hourglass was passed down to his friends, but the more important shield from Wind Waker is enshrined in the palace after he and Tetra founded the kingdom.
- Alfonzo being easily defeated despite being known as the best Swordsman in New Hyrule seems like an Informed Ability… until you realise that Alfonzo hasn’t picked up a sword in years … it isn’t an Informed Ability; he’s just very out of practice.
- Also, the only opponent we see him face is Byrne, who still acknowledges that he’s not overselling his skill with the blade. It’s only because Byrne is not human that he’s able to trounce him so easily.
On the headscratchers page.
