Life Gauge: Difference between revisions

The {{Term/Store|Life Gauge|Life Gauges|Series, ALttP, OoT3D, FS, PH, ST, SS}},{{Exp Game|ALttP, OoT3D, FS, PH, ST, SS}}<ref name="Life Gauge">{{Cite manual|quote= |game= OoT3D|page= 8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= ALttP&FS|page= 16 {{Exp Game|ALttP}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= ALttP&FS|page= 38 {{Exp Game|FS}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite manual|quote= |game= PH|page= 9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite manual|quote= |game= ST|page= 14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= SS|page= 9}}</ref> also known as '''Life''',{{Exp Game|TLoZ}}<ref name="TLoZ">{{Cite|{{Color|TLoZ Red|-LIFE-}}|Inventory|TLoZ}}</ref> {{Term/Store|Life Point|Life Points|TAoL|plural}},{{Exp Game|TAoL}}<ref name="Life Points">{{Cite manual|quote= |game=TAoL|page=18}}</ref> {{Term/Store|Heart Container|Heart Containers|ALttP|plural}},{{Exp Game|ALttP}}<ref name="Heart Containers">{{Cite manual|quote=Heart Containers This displays the extent of your life-force with Heart Containers. If you are hurt, your Heart Containers will empty. If all your Heart Containers are empty, the game ends.|game=ALttP|page=11}}</ref> {{Term/Store|Life Energy|Life Energies|MM, MM3D, OoS, OoA, TWW, TWWHD, TMC}},{{Exp Game|MM, OoS, OoA, TWW, TMC}}<ref name="Life Energy">{{Cite manual|quote= |game= MM|page= 16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= OoS|page= 42}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= OoA|page= 42}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|{{Color|TWWHD Dark Blue|Sturgeon's One-Point Lessons}}<br/>{{Color|TWWHD Red|Lesson One}}<br/><br/>The Energy of Life<br/>To be young is to know no limits to one's stamina. To become stronger, one must first know oneself. The {{Icon|TWWHD Heart}}{{Icon|TWWHD Heart}}{{Icon|TWWHD Heart}} in the upper left shows one's current {{Color|TWWHD Red|life energy}}. Perhaps a fancier way to describe it would be to call it a life gauge. As one experiences trials and hardships in life, one will naturally gain more {{Icon|TWWHD Heart}}{{Color|TWWHD Red|s}}. However, if one is injured and takes {{Color|TWWHD Red|damage}}, those {{Icon|TWWHD Heart}}{{Color|TWWHD Red|s}} will decrease. At such times it may be possible to replenish one's health by using a potion or a fairy.|The Energy of Life|TWWHD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You got a {{Color|TMC Red|Piece of Heart}}! Collect four to make a new Heart Container for even more {{Color|TMC Blue|life energy}}!|N/A|TMC}}</ref>, the {{Term/Store|Heart Meter|Heart Meters|LA, LADX}},{{Exp Game|LA, FSA}}<ref>{{Cite Guide|game= LA|publisher= Nintendo|page= 14}}</ref><ref name="Heart Meter">{{Cite manual|quote=Heart Meter This is each player's endurance. When it runs out, your character is downed.|game=FSA|page=22}}</ref> or the {{Term/Store|Life Meter||ZA}},{{Exp Game|ZA}}<ref>{{Cite manual|quote=Each time Zelda finds and grabs one, her Life Meter increases by one heart.|game=ZA|page=3}}</ref> is a recurring element in {{TLoZ|Series}}.{{Note|The {{Term|Series|Life Gauge}} was known as {{Term/Store|Life Energy|Life Energies|OoT}} in all versions of {{OoT}} prior to {{OoT3D}}.{{Fact}} However, as the name was changed to Life Gauge in {{OoT3D|-}},<ref name="Life Gauge"/> this name is not considered [[Guidelines:Canon|Canon]].}}{{Note|The {{Term|Series|Life Energy}} is also known as '''Life Hearts''' in {{T&T}},<ref name="Life Hearts">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= {{T&T}}|publisher= Nintendo|page= 34}}</ref> However, as these names contradict the name given in-game, it is not considered [[Guidelines:Canon|Canon]].}}{{Note|The {{Term|Series|Life Gauge}} was referred to as the '''Heart Meter''' in {{Guide|TMC|Nintendo}}.<ref>{{Cite Manual|quote= |game= TMC |page= 10}}</ref> However, as this contradicts the name given in-game, it is not considered [[Guidelines:Canon|Canon]].}} It is a meter that measures [[Link]]'s current amount of health in [[Heart]]s.