Lenzo

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Lenzo is a character in The Wind Waker.[4][2]

Biography

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The Pictographer, Lenzo
Birthplace: Unknown
Personality: Hard to grasp

Lenzo is a famed pictographer known to all. His mysterious personality is quite popular with the ladies in town.

In his earlier days, Lenzo sailed throughout the Great Sea, taking pictures of mystical beings and strange sights, but he has now settled into a Studio on Windfall Island.[5][6] Lenzo has been studying Pictographs and everything about them ever since he was young.[7] When Link first meets him, Lenzo is reluctant to trust him due to the fact that one of his Picto Boxes was stolen from him, so prompts the young hero to leave.[8] However, when Link shows him the Picto Box he found, the pictograph master urges him to look around his gallery upstairs,[9] and even asks him to become his Research Assistant to develop a box with "incredible pictography capabilities."[10]

After Link helps him with his research material, Lenzo tells him that he has been researching taking pictographs in color and determines that a Forest Firefly from the Forest Haven is needed for it to work.[11] If Link brings him a Forest Firefly, Lenzo will upgrade his current Picto Box into the Deluxe Picto Box which can take pictures in color.[12][13] In The Wind Waker HD, the Forest Firefly is not required, as Lenzo gives Link the Deluxe Picto Box directly after completing all the research tasks.[14]

Lenzo also sells Legendary Pictographs which Link can buy for 50 Rupees per photo in The Wind Waker, or for 150 Rupees in The Wind Waker HD.[15][16][17] Minenco, the woman who has a keen interest in pictography, can be often found discussing the topic with Lenzo.

Nomenclature

Lenzo's Japanese name, Genzō, is a pun on the Japanese word for film developing, 現像 (Genzō). Likewise, his English name is likely a reference to a camera lens.

Names in Other Regions
LanguageNamesMeanings
JapanJapan
Japanese
  • ゲンゾー (Genzō) (TWWThe Wind Waker)[18]
  • 写し絵師 ゲンゾー (Utsushie-shi Genzō) (TWWThe Wind Waker)[19]
  • From 現像Genzō (develop [a film]).
  • Pictographer Genzō
The French RepublicThe French Republic
FrenchEUEuropean
  •  
  •  
The Federal Republic of GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany
German
Fotomeister Immanuel Kogfa (TWWThe Wind Waker)[22] 
The Italian RepublicThe Italian Republic
Italian
  • Olivio (TWWThe Wind Waker)[23]
  • Olivio il catturatore di immagini (TWWThe Wind Waker)[23]
  • Masculine form of the name "Olivia"
  • Olivio the picture capturer
The Kingdom of SpainThe Kingdom of Spain
SpanishEUEuropean
Don Obturo (TWWThe Wind Waker)[24] 
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.

References

  1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker—Official Strategy Guide, BradyGames, pg. 219
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Pictographer, Lenzo
    Birthplace: Unknown
    Personality: Hard to grasp
    — Figurine (The Wind Waker HD)
  3. Lenzo is a famed pictographer known to all. His mysterious personality is quite popular with the ladies in town. — Figurine (The Wind Waker HD)
  4. Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 258(TWWThe Wind Waker)
  5. You see, in my younger days I was tireless, sailing far and wide across the Great Sea, snapping pictographs wherever I went... Have a look at them, young sir! — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  6. This foul ship, veiled in mist and fading in and out of sight like something of another world... Yes, my young sir... 'Tis none other than the Ghost Ship! — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  7. You see, young sir, I have been studying Picto Boxes since I was but a lad. — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  8. Once, long ago, I rented a room out to a traveler for a single night. The next dawn, my precious Picto Box was stolen... — Lenzo (The Wind Waker)
  9. There can be no villains amongst the ranks of Picto Box lovers! Take your time. Look around, I impore you! Heart Icon And while you're here, please do visit my upstairs Pictograph gallery! You're bound to find it quite exciting, young sir. I guarantee it! — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  10. My lifelong dream of creating a box with incredible pictography capabilities is at long last nearing fruition. But now I've grown old and have no real desire to leave this island... Young sir, I hesitate to ask, but... Could you perchance become my pictograph assistant? — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  11. My assistant, LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.! Allow me a brief query. Do you perchance know about pictographs with color? I have researched this concept for many years, and at long last I understand it! A stronger light is needed to imbue color in the pictograph. No normal light will do. In fact, normal light must be overcome! Color pictography requires a light of the very brightest intensity! Now, I have heard tales of a mystical creature in a place called the Forest Haven. It is said to be the tiniest of creatures, one that unleashes an otherworldly light... As an aid to me and my research, could you possibly use an empty bottle to capture one of the creatures of legend? — Lenzo (The Wind Waker)
  12. Is... Is that...? ...Why, I feared the secret light had been extinguished forever! Is that truly one of the long-fabled Forest Fireflies?! Oh, glory! My fine assistant, LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.... For ages, it has been said that the Forest Fireflies possess a mystical power. For your efforts, I shall place this one inside your box! Come on now, hand me your Picto Box, if only for a moment... — Lenzo (The Wind Waker)
  13. Hmph! Until now you could only take black-and-white pictographs, but now you can take color pictographs, allowing you to show the world as it was meant to be seen! Now! Go out there are snap pictographs. Snap them in color for me, for all the years I spent unable to do so! Fulfill my life's ambition! Go to it, Link! — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  14. Now then, my young sir... You have completed all of the tasks I set you to. My doubts about you have all been cleared up! I shall hereby be proud to call you my assistant, LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.! And... No assistant of mine will be seen going around taking pictographs in monochrome! Not in a million years! So here. Allow me to present you with this Picto Box. — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  15. A Legendary Pictograph is an image of a being or essence that has passed beyond the knowledge of this world. They're quite incredible, really. These are images that one comes across only in the rarest of circumstances, but as I am the leading pictographer in the land, I have managed to gather many of them. — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  16. This is, after all, a very precious thing. I cannot just give it away for free, can I? What do you say, young sir? Will you pay 50 Rupees for it? — Lenzo (The Wind Waker)
  17. This is, after all, a very precious thing. I cannot just give it away for free, can I? What do you say, young sir? Will you pay... Ahem... 150 Rupees for it? — Lenzo (The Wind Waker HD)
  18. Hyrule Encyclopedia, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., pg. 256
  19. (うつ)()() ゲンゾー
    出身地(しゅっしんち) 不明(ふめい)
    性格(せいかく) 少々(しょうしょう)つかみどころに()ける
    — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
  20. Encyclopedia, Les Éditions Soleil, pg. 258
  21. Autofocus
    Originaire de: nul ne sait où.
    Caractère: indéfinissable.
    — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
  22. Fotomeister Immanuel Kogfa
    Herkunft: unbekannt
    Charakter: etwas undurchsichtig
    — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
  23. 23.0 23.1 Olivio il catturatore di immagini
    Luogo di nascita: sconosciuto.
    Carattere: puntiglioso.
    — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker, Italian version)
  24. ¡El luminógrafo don Obturo y esa señora amante de las luminografías! — Pompie (The Wind Waker)
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