ALttP: 20 years and still taking me to school

[Glenn the Great]

I just had my mind blown by an image posted on 4chan's new /vr/ board for Retro Games.



It is with sadness I report that, for me, for the last 20 years, it was the image on the right.

[Glenn the Great]

On a somewhat related note... just like convenience stores and gambling, having your fortune told is just a front for what REALLY goes on inside this creepy building:



Goatse, anyone? (Link's eyes just scream "Can't unsee!")

[SUCCESSOR]

I had to go back an look at the screenshots of Agahnim but I was looking at it right. Easy mistake though. I am pretty sure when I first play on the SNES I saw the version on the right.

LMAO @ the Fortune Teller sign.

[erm2003]

I used to think it was the one on the right too, but at some point I realized the white spots were eyes. I am not sure what made me realize it. It was probably when I took a closer look to how he was depicted in the comic series that ran in NP. Compare the image and you can see some resemblance.

Agahnim_(comic).jpg

[Glenn the Great]

I think the problem is that Agahnim's head is positioned too low, and the turban+circlet hat combo is too large.

[SUCCESSOR]

I think the problem is that Agahnim's head is positioned too low, and the turban+circlet hat combo is too large.

I think the main problem is that with the sprite it is hard to see the perspective they were going for. Neither one of the interpretations of the sprite get it right. It is an overhead view and he is not a short pudgey wizard. He is a tall, large wizard with a very big cloak. Notice both drawing show his feet but the sprite does not?

[CJC]

I always pictured the one on the left, but I've had this problem with other games. For example, in FF4 I always thought the Goblin's sword was actually its nose. Probably should have taken a closer look at those pixels!

[mrz84]

The image on the right distrubs me, yet also makes me laugh.

[Anthus]

Holy shit. Wow, till seeing this, I totally thought it was the one on the right (sans the long hair, I thought it was a hood). I've seen Agahnim's artwork, and knew he was supposed to have have a burka looking thing, and I never could figure out, why one, he was green, and two what was going on with what I thought for years was his face/ head.

This makes a little more sense of it. By looking at him (and later, Ganondorf) one has to wonder why the Hylian kings trust such sketchy looking motherfuckrs.

[Saffith]

I never saw it that way, but looking at it now... Kind of looks like Porky/Pokey, doesn't he?