Saturday, 26 November 2011

Fairy Tale Elements used in Video Games


The Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time

The legend of Zelda Features various aspect of Fairy tale within it, the characters themselves are that of a fairy tale realm such as; a king, a princess, fairies, elves, goblins and so on.
The setting also is fairy tale inspired featuring environments such as; enchanted woods, castles and mountain landscapes.
The feature of magic’s and witches also emphasizes this aspect.
In terms of plot, link is looking to rid the land of Hyrule from evil, which is a plot that is featured in many fairy tales. He is also trying to save Princess Zelda that again is a common plot element.



Super Mario Franchise

Mario is looking to overcome evil and save the princess peach by questing for various magic stars. The Princess aspect of the story is Reminiscent of stories such as “Sleeping Beauty”
Princess peach is also being held captive within a tower, which is based upon Rapunzel’s which features her being imprisoned within a large tower waiting for her prince to save her.
Again the Environments feature Mountains and Castles.

peach's Castle



LoZ: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda05/Link-and-Ganon-Battle.jpg 
Mario: http://images.wikia.com/mario/images/4/40/Peach's_Castle.jpg

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