John Rairdin NWR

Director of @Nintendo_NWR.
Video guy Star Fox historian.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

Got some new followers from recent Star Fox news (the best reason to gain followers) so let me introduce myself.

I'm a games journalist and part time video game historian with a specific fascination with Star Fox. I make video and documentaries. https://t.co/iMS6Ouyvby

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@BoTalksGames Funny thing is my water gets poisoned no matter what the intention is. There is a world in which AI can be used ethically where data centers are built using more sustainable systems but given the current infrastructure I can't support any of it.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

For those highlighting the more accurate japanese translation angle. You are correct, this IS a thematic element that has always been in Ocarina of Time. Its more overtly talked about by characters in the remake :)

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

For people who didn't catch it being leaned into more in the remake. The Hylians are extremely prejudice against the Gerudo. We're fresh out of a war. The Gerudo worship different gods than them. This is the name the Hylians gave it not the Gerudo. The Hylian monarchy sucks.

[violet @empyrealviolet]

I heard about this name change from a friend and I'm still baffled by it. Genuinely what did we gain by adding "Evil" to the name?

[D.M.Triad @DMTriad]

Making clear that all of our games, Broken Reality, Astrodogs and Broken Reality 2000 are completely free of any kind of AI involvement and are 100% human-made, code & art, with a lot of love. Thank you for playing ❤️

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

As a midwesterner who's watching data centers eat up the landscape, harm the water supply, and drive up energy costs, there is no ethical use of AI. I don't care how inconvenient that is for a game developer who found some part of game development difficult.

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Big Walk used AI in 'the final stretch' of development, kicking off intense awards debate:

https://t.co/Pf9Zn5Tr0r

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

Got our thoughts out on Ocarina of Time while also getting some great insights on what it's like for a kid playing this for the first time in 2026. https://t.co/7Zt2jlGdPf

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@BoundaryBreak Thanks I hate it

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

Fado, I highly doubt anything like that would ever happen to the Hero of Time. I'm sure it will be totally fine.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

Good news. Not only does the remake NOT invalidate my lost Gerudo City theory from a little while back. It actually further supports it by adding additional ruins to the desert. https://t.co/MPk6c2y8nj

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@kaialone02 They are on the timeline the same way they have been since they were initially added. They're both at the end (no argument there) but not connected (no actual line) to the rest of the timeline, so pre-botw events are simply restated.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@fablemaster3478 @3DSgraphics They still have the wilds era disconnected from the rest of the timeline.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

This cat was 100% animated by someone who's cat sleeps exactly like this.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@majora_ytb Shouldn't cause any issue. Skyward Sword takes place long before the forming of any formal hylian monarchy. There is presumably some time between the people skyloft settling and the formation of proper countries with rulers and such.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

Zonai iconography has been added to Rauru's design in Ocarina of Time. Supporting the idea that the flashbacks in TotK are to the core timeline kingdom founding not a separate timeline. Presumably Rauru was named after the first king.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@TheHylian64 oh it was friendly fire, no worries. I put a ton of work into my zelda theory but I'm also fully aware I'm making jumps. Heck I'm the guy who translated the zonai swirls as Gerudo for Seal Ganon. Spoilers, that didn't turn out to be Gerudo, but it was still fun :)

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@nautilus494 Could be, it would just be weird to call him the first king of hyrule if he was aware of hyrule kingdom already existing and having kings

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@TheHylian64 lol Zelda theory is always 100% straw based :P

Hope this makes it easier to see. The eyes at the bottom of the crest are there too but they're behind subtitles.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@fablemaster3478 @3DSgraphics They still have the wilds era disconnected from the rest of the timeline.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

for anyone struggling to put it together. Its the zonai eye over the proto-royal family crest. Notice the lack of triforce.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

@3DSgraphics Nope, Nintendo has never placed the Wilds Era on the timeline. Some folks have seen that as them saying its entirely separate (which is fine) but that's never been the official canon.

[John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92]

In honor of Ocarina of Time's remake, here's a look back at Miyamoto showing off the original in 1998 https://t.co/1EzIM5ue1J