Talk:Death Sword

I know that this really doesn't matter but the Japanese name is ゴベラの剣 (Sword of Gobela). 04:25, June 23, 2008 (UTC)


 * Perhaps add it into the article, then? :P I'm all for the Japanese names that I couldn't find being added (I'm more of a get-the-Japanese-names-from-Majora's-Mask sort of dude). --Ando 13:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Go to the Japanese Wikipedia. It has a lot of them. Many have the intended English translation right next to it, already translated! 13:43, June 23, 2008 (UTC)


 * Here you go. You know Japs, they don't know that the URL should be that long. It goes to the Legend of Zelda character list 14:09, June 23, 2008 (UTC)

Theory
That theory just keeps popping up. I'm tired of it already. I know that people are making this theory up just by looking at the pictures on the page. His neck is not "bent". He is merely tilting his head as he is about to swing his sword. People, stop putting this theory up. 01:28, July 20, 2008 (UTC)


 * The theory, as Matt forgot to explain (or deemed unnecessary), is that Death Sword was hung. Stop putting it up unless you have evidence extending BEYOND his neck. --Felicia&#39;s Champion 08:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It is, however, quite possible he was hung. There is no way to know for sure how he died. The neck is a hint, though. Besides, if they say it's just a theory, then it's not fact and shouldn't be taken as such.


 * However, the fact of the matter is, there is no evidence of it whatsoever. Furthermore, this theory is assuming another theory, namely that Death Sword was ever killed in the first place. "Assuming theory x to be true, then theory y could be true" is, no offense, terrible logic, and it could never end, with people assuming that Darknuts in The Wind Waker chase cats because they look like dogs; we've yet to see any evidence of cats in that timeline! So you see why we find the theory itself to be a little crazy. 00:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Besides, the correct past-tense verb is "hanged"! >:O RAWR


 * Furthermore, does it really matter how he was killed? It's impossible to answer without knowing if he even was killed, for all we know, he was an apparition created by Ganon or even some alternate version of Phantom Ganon (there are some similarities between Death Sword and WW Phantom Ganon. It's hard to develop such a theory for a character with no given back story whatsoever. 8:14, 26 July 2008 (EST)


 * For all you without the answer, it is no. All we know is that he was [not killed/resurrected] and that he may never be killed. 00:18, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems to me that people think that because it can fly and become invisible, it must have died once in the past. Here is my response to that: "So, in A Link to the Past, Link can become invisible when he wears the Magic Cape. Using this logic, Link must have died in order to do that. Come on people. These games are all about magic! Death is not a prerequisite of being able to fly and become invisible." I say this to those that constantly cite his neck as evidence of its manner of [alleged] death: "Stop looking at the picture on the page and using that as the only evidence. If you'd actually play the game and fight it, you'll see that there is nothing amiss with its neck at all. It is as normal as is possible in a Zelda Game. Its neck is no more or less "bent" than Link's is." Phantom Ganon, in nearly every incarnation, is able to fly and disappear just like the Death Sword. Phantom Ganon was never killed prior to that and did not acquire his powers that way. Each time he was a creation of Ganon(dorf). In fact, in nearly every single Zelda game, all the enemies are created (or in some cases are awaken/freed/or revived) by the actions of the game's main antagonist(s), either directly or indirectly. Ganondorf himself as well as Puppet Zelda could do these things. Of course, those particular sets of powers were actually the same. So it stands to reason that the Death Sword. There are two different bosses in Ocarina of Time that were previously killed. They were Volvagia (Ooohhh... the irony!) and Bongo Bongo. However, there is no evidence that their deaths had given them any new powers. There is some non-conclusive, stereotypical evidence for Bongo Bongo, so that one holds more ground than the Dealth Sword does. But that is a weak assumption for Volvagia, as it was "revived" into life and was not a "walking", or in this case flying, dead. There is no ground for this Death Sword death theory to stand on. It has been beaten. If it is added back to the page, it will be removed on sight. If you still believe it to be true, then get some real, tangible proof. A picture that is easily misread by the untrained eye is not sufficient. I am not afraid to admit that I am a much smarter than most people and that I know that no evidence of any use toward that end exists in the pictures on the article. However it is not that there is any evidence against it, there is just absolutely none for it that is known at this time. If someone could go through the fight and examine it to find something else for proof, then do it. Until then, stop wasting our time. 02:20, July 27, 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, Matt, when still, Death Sword's head IS tilted ("bent"), as seen here. Regardless, though, I've seen plenty of enemies (such as the aforementioned ReDeads) that walk in ways that could "suggest" broken body parts, yet they obviously have none. 03:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Besides, if his neck were broken, wouldn't it be completely disconnected from the rest of his skeleton, therefore his head be unable to remain with the rest of his body?


 * I already knew that. But, as I said, I am a much smarter than most people. Note how the neck straightens out when it is on the ground, at its critical point (after being stunned). This is all do to physics. Nintendo was very careful to get the physics of gravity as accurate as they could in this game. The neck tilting is a response to the shear weight of its sword. This is a natural response. Go ahead, find something in your room you're in now that is too heavy to lift and just try to lift it. Do you see where your neck goes when you try? It tends to go to the side with the most weight and then on to the opposite side once the weight is overcome, as in the picture. When the Death Sword is not lifting its sword, there is no force pulling on its neck and it straightens out. As I said, it is misleading to the untrained eye. Luckily, I managed to train both my eyes :). 03:53, July 27, 2008 (UTC)

Haha! Not so, sir. Actually, in my experience with lifting heavy objects in one hand, my neck actually tilts away from the source of the weight - maybe that's just me? Regardless, if the heavy object is touching the ground, then there's no strain on the neck, and therefore no tilt (I tested this out just as you asked). In the video I showed you, at around 0:41, he's just... standing there. The sword's on the ground, thus producing no strain. And yet, his neck is tilted. And -- why the heck are we arguing about this anyway? Are we doomed to argue about everything? :P 04:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)