The Library -> What The...?! -> Akira ->
Twilight Princess?!
If you've heard of the subtitle for the new Zelda game (And if you haven't, where the *Navi* have you been?!), you may already have one question in mind: "Where's the 'the'?" Yes, many people are wondering why it's tLoZ: Twilight Princess and not tLoZ: The Twilight Princess. Strange as it may be, do get used to not inserting a 'the'; the Zelda Community isn't IGN(orant). However, the true problem with TP is the subtitle itself. Let me provide you with two hypothetical conversations to illustrate the problem:
| In 1998: | Dude #1: "Hey, man, whatcha' playing?" |
| Dude #2: "Ocarina of Time." | |
| Dude #1: "Cool, dude." | |
| In 2006: | Dude #1: "Hey, man, whatcha' playing?" |
| Dude #2: "Twilight Princess, dude!" | |
| Dude #1: *eyes wide, staring, as he scuttles away* |
As these conversations show, TP is a slightly effeminate subtitle; there's no doubting that. (To quote one person I interviewed, "It sounds like the title of a Barbie videogame." XD) Unfortunately, whether by their own choices or by pressure from gamers at large, I fear that a good number of people may choose to abstain from purchasing and/or playing TP. To not play a game simply because of its subtitle is, of course, ridiculous, but happen, it will. (Sorry, I went 'Yoda' for a second there.) If this doesn't become too terrible a tragedy, as I hope, then it will only be a "mini-tWW" incident, if you will. So start your hoping and, in addition to the first question asked above, add one more to your list: What were they thinking?!