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Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Strell on March 25, 2003, 06:46:01 PM
Check out the story in the Wind Waker instruction booklet.

First sentence of the second paragraph: "And then a day came when a fell wind began..."

"Fell" wind? Pretty sure they meant "foul."  Although, admittedly, it's incredibly hard to believe such a typo could exist.  You'd have to really screw the word up and then just blindly let spellcheck do your job for you to really let this happen.

This is right up there on the OoT box, when it said "environonments," or something to that effect.

Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: RahXephon on March 25, 2003, 06:48:51 PM
fell can be used in that context, it is more old english though.  It refers to a change in times for the worse.  To be litteral, a sudden gust of change that sends the society around it into a downard spiral.  It could also be a typo.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Strell on March 25, 2003, 06:51:29 PM
Mmm, ok, dictionary.com agrees.

Still an odd choice.  BUt then again, "hotdog" would have been an odd choice too, so I guess have no real complaint here.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Joshums on March 25, 2003, 07:05:21 PM
That is hilarious.  One of the first things I did when I got my copy today was scour the back cover for any misspellings and/or bad grammar.  When i have a little more time I hope to read the instruction book carefully for any errors.  If there are any, it would be GOLD (hahah, get it?).
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Strell on March 25, 2003, 07:47:57 PM
K.  I'm wrong indeed.  If you watch the intro, "fell wind" is used again.

Again I note that had other words been used, it would have been odd.  Like "spankamotron" or "jiggly."  Please note this for your records.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: CijaroDSK on March 25, 2003, 07:56:45 PM
I am an english major and I use the word "fell" in that context all the time...
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: GoldShadow1 on March 25, 2003, 08:18:46 PM
Everyone has seen Lord of the Rings - remember when Saruman is causing the avalanche, and Gandalf (or is it Legolas?) says "There is a fell voice on the air!"? Same thing. "fell" can be an adjective.

Even better, it can be used as a present-tense verb.  For example... "he will fell thy enemies" or some such nonsense.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Mr_Denim on March 25, 2003, 08:29:03 PM
fell adj : CRUEL, FIERCE; also : DEADLY
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Joshums on March 25, 2003, 09:32:51 PM
I will make an effort to make fell a part of my daily vocabulary.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: PaLaDiN on March 26, 2003, 12:40:36 AM
Straight out of the old GB Jurassic Park game instruction manual:

"(Velociraptors) can fell a fully-grown man."

Don't ask me how I remember.  
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Hemmorrhoid on March 26, 2003, 04:40:49 AM
Shut the fell up you freaks!
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: RickPowers on March 26, 2003, 04:41:25 AM
That's a completely different usage of "fell", Paladin.  
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Fazer on March 26, 2003, 07:17:41 AM
THe intro was trying to be very lord of the ringsy fantasy esque, which I feel validated the use of the word "fell".  I thought the intro was very well done.  The legend has me intrigued, and really gets me into the story of the game.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Stex on March 26, 2003, 10:17:17 AM
The entire game has a middle ages feel IMO, with the intro music, some of the language used, and some of the artwork like the boat.  

Very cool indeed.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 26, 2003, 01:08:43 PM
Yeah, "fell" is often used by people when they want to sound smart and mysterious-like.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: PIAC on March 26, 2003, 05:33:51 PM
i fell on my bottom

very smart and mysterious indeed
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: thecubedcanuck on March 27, 2003, 04:43:19 AM
the music in the intro was very well done. It really reminded me of the show I saw in Vegas at the Excalibur.
On a side note, seeing Link move with the sword with this graphical style is simply breath taking.  
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: RahXephon on March 27, 2003, 05:33:03 AM
I am selfishly taking up this space to say this is my new favorite game with a bagillion gazillion miles in between the next.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 27, 2003, 12:45:50 PM
Nice, PIAC.  Brilliant, to say the least.
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: theaveng on March 28, 2003, 01:21:17 PM
ooops
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: theaveng on March 28, 2003, 01:21:18 PM
Read Shakespeare's plays written in Middle English and you'll learn all kinds of new ways to use words (or even obsolete words).  Imagine that... stuff you read in English class was actually useful for something.

Troy (Sidles out of the room)  
Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: theaveng on March 28, 2003, 01:21:20 PM
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Title: Zelda and misprints go hand it hand it seems
Post by: theaveng on March 28, 2003, 01:21:22 PM
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