Fake Or Not Fake
For sure some people have tryed to make hoaxes of how to obtain the legendary triforce as we saw in a very early commercial for Ocarina of time. There have been tons of cases where somebody made up a story about how to obtain the triforce, but one case got really famous it all started back in 1999 by a girl called Ariana Almandoz.
Ariana started up a topic where she said she had found the triforce in Ocarina of time. First of all was the topic small, but after no time was it one of the biggest gaming mysteries ever. Ariana gave us alot of information about how to obtain the triforce, even a tutorial that doesnt work. Since many fans wants the triforce so badly, did they spam Ariana with E-mails since she said she knew how to obtain it. After many days (topic started 2/3/99 and ended 3/11/99) with hardcore doubt about Arianas topic could she not take anymore of all this hate, so she said it was a lie and everything was fake.
Here can you read the whole Ariana Almandoz case.
AA=Ariana Almandoz
As=Answer
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AA-
"Hiya!!!
I've found it!!!! I found the triforce about a week ago and I took the picture on Friday. But I will keep the secret because it was hard for me to find it, but is was also great to find the clue that lead me to it.
Please give me full credit for this, In about a month I will say where it is and how to get it.
Falco X I love your site and have been a fan of it since the beginnings thats why I'm sending this to you :-)
Ariana almandoz ( Kotake )"
[email protected]
AA-
"Hi,
Ok I'm sending the picture again, I have no idea why you couldn't get it. I'm very nervous I really want to be the first official triforce finder!!!
Please, give me the credits,this is real, If I can I'll try to take more pictures.
Unfortunatelly my sister made a mistake and saved the game where she shouldn't and now the only way to get the triforce again is playing from the beginning.
Ariana A. from Colombia"
As-
This screenshot is what we've been looking for in the last weeks!!! On saturday I was talking to Goldenboy7 and I told him that I wanted something that could prove that you can actually get the triforce.What a coincidence! on Sunday Ariana sent this amazing picture.
This screenshot is unbelievable. Ultima 9999 told me that it could be a screenshot from a Beta version of Zelda. I doubt it since I have never seen this picture before. The only early screenshots that shows Link getting the Triforce are very well known for everybody , and has nothing to do with this picture. The only simmilarity I can find is the floor texture.
Something that called my attention and also Wolfhang's is the fact that it is young Link who is standing there and not adult as most people suggested.
I tried to analize this picture. I made different close-ups. It's difficult to say at first sight wether it's real or not. Especially is we consider the picture quality, its a bit low. I assume that the picture was taken with a regular camera. She didn't say anything about though. Ariana, I will need to interview you dear. You'll not escape from me!!!
Also impressive is the prescence of other characters. This one is undoubtely RAURU the Sage. The elements that we can see in the picture make sense. At the moment I can't see anything that can lead me to think that this picture is false. I mean, look at this!!! We have three characters, the triforce (In a position I have never seen before), we have light sources and textures, I mean we have what looks like a screenshot of the game! and the graphics are of the same style as we can see in the game.
Something that makes me think that this is real is the imperfections of the picture. It is clear that it was not taken in the best conditions. But she did a great job anyway. It could have been worst"
AA-
"Ok, this is me Ariana,
First of all, I want to tell Falco-X that my email account will explode with emails!!! I didn't tell you to show it to the people. Ok, never mind.
As I can't answer every email I receive I will answer most of the questions in this, and other future emails.
Some people believe that I invented this to get fame. Ok I didn't invent anything, but I do want to be famous!!!
And I know I'm still the onlyone to find the triforce because all the theories I have from other people are false. It has nothing to do with the temple in the wasteland. It has nothing to do with the gossip stones or dark-link in Link's house!!! So stop saying nonsense!!! THATS
STUPID!!!!
WANT A HINT? THE ONLY TEMPLE RELATED TO IT IS THE TEMPLE OF TIME!!!!
ANOTHER?
You need a new melody.
Its really simple but I don't want to say anything else until everybody recognizes me as the one who discovered it. If I reveal the secret, everybody will have the knowledge I have. therefore It
wouldn't have any value for me.
I'll reveal how to get the triforce soon but not now.
and don't spam!!!! I will not answer most of the emails.
Ariana A.
:-) "
As-
"Ok Ariana, If you want to play let's play then. I like this. I'll follow your game. If this is true you have a job in this site. If you lie, then ... you'll get in serious trouble"
AA-
Hola Falco, soy yo Ariana.
Asi que hablas español tu tambien? pero mejor hablo en ingles asi me entienden todos estos que se creen los verdaderos dueños de la verdad. (Translated: Hi Falco, I'm Ariana.
So you also speak Spanish? but better so I speak English I understand all these that the true owners of the truth are created)
First of all I want to say that I'm really upset with most of the people who think that the picture I took is a fake, some sort of photo composition or something like that.
Thats why because youre all losers, sorry to say this but you don't have the guts to go and find it for yourself, you need my help. And this guy that claims to have found it before me... C'mon boy, you just want me to reveal the secret. And I will never reveal it unless you treat me with the respect I deserve. I found it and I deserve something, maybe Nintendo should give me a prize or at least a disscount for the next game.
And you still believe that Dark Link has something to do with this!!!! DARK LINK?
Something else... it is not DARUNIA, its RAURU the SAGE WHO KEPT THE TRIFORCE SAFE FROM EVIL MINDS INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT!!!!!! WHICH IS SEALED THANKS TO THE TEMPLE OF TIME!!!!!!
Unfortunatelly, Link opened the seal and Ganondorf entered the sacred realm....BUT.... if you can skip this step you can GET INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT AND SEE THE TRIFORCE FLYING IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.
STEP 1) first of all you should know that KAEPORA GAEBORA is RAURU incarnated. The OWL is RAURU helping you at the beginning of the game. If you want to know from where I get this information go to the SACRED FOREST MEADOW at the LOST WOODS and talk to the two GOSSIP STONES in there. They don't say that RAURU is the OWL , but they suggests this theory, and in fact RAURU IS KAEPORA GAEBORA.
Ok, now....
STEP 2) .... ( I WILL NOT INLCUDE STEP 2, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND THIS PART OF THE CHAIN BY YOURSELVES, OR WAIT A MONTH UNTIL I REVEAL EVERYTHING)
STEP 3) SOMEWEHERE, SOMETIME, KAEPORA GAEBORA ( that is RAURU) will teach you a song. A song that you MUST LEARN ( Like the Scarecrow song) , so write it down on a paper or try to remember it.
"THE OVERTURE OF SAGES" is called and goes like this
C(up) + C(down) + A + C(right) + C(left) + C(up)
OF COURSE, you MUST LEARN the song in the game , therefore nothing will happen if you play the OCARINA, so don't be fool and say that the melody doesn't work.
By the way, You will learn this melody when youre child. ( what else do you need?)
STEP 4) Ok, now this is pretty simple, go to the TEMPLE OF TIME BEFORE YOU GET THE SWORD. IF YOU GET THE SWORD AND BECAME AN ADULT THEN THIS WILL NEVER WORK.
STAND IN FRONT OF THE MASTERSWORD ( don't get it please!!!!!! ) and play the "Overture of Sages"
STEP 5) Just watch the Cinema display showing Link travelling to the TEMPLE OF LIGHT. If you followed the story you'll see that this time you'll not be sealed inside the temple just as the regular way. And therefore Ganondorf will not be able to get the triforce because the SEAL IS STILL INTACT because you DIDN'T MOVE THE SWORD.
NEXT STEPS) RAURU will talk and talk about you, him, Hyrule, The triforce and so on. He will ask you if you want to see the sacred relic ( its very funny to see the different dialogues, so don't worry, say no, say yes.... eventually he will show it to you inside a dark room or something like that.
Rauru stands in front of you. The camera moves to an angle from behind Link. Rauru will move his arms and a hole will open in the ceiling. You'll see a light beam. The Room will turn blue. And one by one the triforces will come out from the hole and will get together. Then theres a rotation of the camera around the whole scene. You can even see the triforce from behind and inside the triangle that is formed you can see Link looking at it.
Then Link will move forward as if he would like to touch it but Rauru will tell you that its not the time for you to get it. So I'm sorry to dissapoint all of you but
YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY GET THE TRIFORCE, YOU CAN ONLY WATCH IT FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES, NO MORE.
Later Link will be returned to the Temple of Time and everything will be just as before, as if nothing had happened. So I'm sorry but , the mark among the medallions in the status screen is just that, a mark and will never hold the triforce icon in it because its only a decorative element. ( but IN FACT IT GIVES THE CLUE.... notice that the image with the medallions and the triforce in the quest status screen looks identical to the pedestal where the mastersword is kept)
So as you can see it was not that difficult. You don't need to do stupid and silly quests like exploding the gossip stones or talking to Dark Link... Or that GLITCH in the wasteland that everybody thinks is a temple!!!!!
BUT OF COURSE, I'm not telling the most important part... how to get the "Overture of Sages". Do you think I'm stupid? I'm sorry , this is my little secret and believe me, You'll suffer, you'll suffer a lot. ;-P
PS: Falco, the picture is real. I took the picture with a Kodak Gold film inside my room in complete darkness. Obviously I didn't use flash. ( I'm not stupid, I don't know how to use pictureshop or painter but I DO KNOW HOW TO TAKE A GOOD PICTURE!!!!)
And let me say something If you don't like Link's cap then go complain with Nintendo. Link is looking up to the triforce, the angle is different as the one in the actual game. Also, its not easy to take a picture to a screen, I was luky that its possible to see the triforce. I think I did a great job taking that picture. But if you need more, well give me sometime, I have to play the game again.
But as youre SOOOO smart, I'm sure that everybody will find it before I can take more pictures.
Gracias FalcoX por la oportunidad que me das, realmente te lo agradezco mucho, y gracias por creer en mi. No gracias, no quiero ser miembro del staff. A proposito tengo varios dibujos que quiero mandarles para el Fan art, asi que si me lo permites te los mando pronto ok?
Thanks and Din bless you all
A.A.
AA-
Guess?
Its me Ariana again. Boys you can't imagine, I have hundreds of emails, I don't have time to read them all!
So don't expect any answer from me.
Ok you wanted them I'm sending them, two pictures I took yesterday.
-(Note from the Editor: it was saturday 6th)-
One is when Kaepora teaches you the song, the other is a shot from the entrance to the temple of light.
By the way sorry about this but I forgot the step 6 the other day,after you travel you actually walk through the temple of light after watching the first part of the cinema but is really short. Its like a maze, not a big one but as you don't have a map it turns to be a bit difficult.
Not big deal just follow the right way , find Rauru and watch the next part of the sequence.
and I REPEAT.... THE TRIFORCE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE STATUS SCREEN OK?
I'm not affraid of anyone, I have the truth in my hands, therefore I have nothing to be affraid of.
I know this is true, I know I'm not a liar, I know I'm a woman, I know I have something in my head , I know all these guys that email me saying that I'm a liar are envious, I know, I know, I ****** Know how to see the triforce and I will prove all of you that I was the first player ( W-O-M-A-N ) to find the sacred relic!!!!
I know I'm telling the truth and my friends also know that I have found it ( well they saw it in my video but I never told them how to it!!!)
Because I know this secret is gold REAL GOLD!!! and if Nintendo denies this is because they don't want this to be known, why? well I have no idea. but maybe they didn't want this to be known until they have sold all the copies they wanted.
see you next time babys.
Your friend/enemy
Ariana Almandoz, woman, 17, from Colombia (no boyfriend yet)
;-)
I'll send you a pictures of mine soon!!!
Tengan paciencia, ya les dije que les dire dentro de un mes!!!! ja ja ja!!!!!!!!!!! (Translated: Be patient, I told you that I will tell you in a month!! ha ha ha!!!!)
As-
"Pretty amazing Ariana, your new pictures kicks serious butts. The one of the Temple of light is the most incredible screenshot I have ever seen. And the other, the one of the Overture of Sages looks convincing, except for one thing. I noticed that the sword is is in the right side, not in the left as it is supposed to be. So Ariana, how can you possibly explain that?"
AA-
"You know, when I received your email I thought you were crazy or something like that. I also thought that you inverted the picture by mistake before putting it in the site. But obviously this is not the case, I looked at the picture again and you're right, The sword is in the right shoulder. Why? well I know nobody will believe my words but, I have no idea. I can't explain that"
As-
"Ariana, what do you want? an Oscar to the best performance? Maybe for best special effects?"
AA-
"I know, nobody will believe me. They say the first picture is a fake, now the third picture I sent looks inverted, I also said that the Owl is Rauru incarnated when in fact, it says it's a reincarnation. Ok,ok....
Now, I can't explain these things, I just took the pictures thats all. If the sword appears in his right side is not my fault. I think about this and I can't even believe myself!!!.
I don't know, for some reason something is not right here, maybe it was a glitch, maybe the song has some weird effects on Link that I couldn't figure out before.I Don t know Falco. Now everybody will think I'm a liar. THis is making me mad sorry. I think I'll dissapear from the net for some time, I don't' want to receive more emails, I just dont care if people think I'm the first to find the (#####) triforce or I'm a liar, now its the same for me, and I'm sorry Falco-X but I think this will be the last time you'll all hear about me. I feel bad, for some reason"
As-
"Why ( if your story is real) would you like to keep it in secret ?"
AA-
I keep the story in secret because its the first time that something like this happened to me. But now, I guess I have no choice but to reveal all the steps right? WRONG.
I feel terrible. Now, this goes for all the people that claims to have found the trifore before me. Go ahead, reveal YOUR secret, I don't want to be known anymore.
I will not reveal anything else, I'm upset. Maybe in one month I will come back and tell the people what I know unless an hearthquake kills me first!!!!
And please don't write anymore, I will not read my yahoo account. I have another, and this is over until I decide to come back.
As-
"Ariana, you know that now you can only show the world that you're not a liar if you reveal the secret. Are you aware of that? What will you do?"
AA-
"I know that my only way out is to tell all the steps, to reveal the secret and show the people that I've found it. Then they would be able to see that these "mistakes" are from the game, not from the pictures. Yes I will reveal all the steps. But as I said before I will tell you in a month, not before."
As-
"Now I just want to know why you don't go to other sites? Why did you choose "Hyrule:TLoZ" and not the official site or other popular Zelda site. I mean, why don't you go out there and give your story to everybody?"
AA-
"I said that I've been a fan of your site since the beginning. I like the staff and I knew you would treat me with respect (except for Wolfhang who has always been very proud of himself)"
AA-
"Hi, Its me Ariana again. I returned as I promised. Well it was more than a month anyway but, here I am. I just want to explain step two. Yes you listened well, step two does exist.
As I said before, step one was nothing else than an introduction to the quest. Now the moment has come.
People from all over the world wrote to me, I received more than 4000 emails, in fact I just saw some, most of them were erased, erased because I just don't like all that crap:
"ho please, Ariana please you are the Goddess please tell me". And then those silly little liars that tried to scare me saying that they knew all the steps and would show it to the world... of course nothing of that happened. Just lies, pathetic lies.
And the people that didn't believe me; I don't hate them, I don't hate them at all. In fact I want to say that I respect peoples opinions, I respect what Falco-X said, what Wolfhang said, what Gamer-X said (although he was rude, and used my story without my permission) and many more like IGN64.
My pictures looked faked for many people. They even said that the pic of the Temple of Light was Dampés Graveyard!!! How can someone be so stupid, are they blind? show me that place in the game and I'll pay you.
well well. Its now over.
Step 2 is here, are you ready to read?
STEP 2:
-People from all over the world will try my story, they will swallow it like candies no matter that the pictures are a total fake, the mistakes I made in purpose were to show how silly can some people be. Some idiots will show proofs against the pictures, will try to show their knowledge in the usage of software like Photoshop and will prove me that they know nothing, (none really discovered how I made them) people will play play and play non stop and will not even sleep,everything just for me, ja ja ja, I'm still receiving emails !!!! I can't believe this.
That is STEP 2. Satisfied?
Now I want to thank the staff of this site ( THIS SITE NO OTHER OK?) for their attention, I had a good time laughing, and I want to give special thanks to the editor Falco-X for the section he put up just for my story although he probably knew that all this was just a lie almost since the beginning.
And as many people thought, I'm not from Colombia. Maybe I'm not even a girl, but you'll never know.
Now, yes, the case is closed, officially closed by the creator of this story.
Stop writing emails, it's useless, I never read them and this was all a lie, if you didn't believe it then you're smart, If you believe it, then you probably need to grow up and shut your mouth up.
Thanks H:TLOZ for everything, good bye.
***Ariana "Kotake" Almandoz. (Kotake is a witch don't forget that)"
As-
"At last!!! You're back. Thanks for telling the truth,and as you said, case closed!!! Any doubt?"
Source: platypuscomix.net
Ariana started up a topic where she said she had found the triforce in Ocarina of time. First of all was the topic small, but after no time was it one of the biggest gaming mysteries ever. Ariana gave us alot of information about how to obtain the triforce, even a tutorial that doesnt work. Since many fans wants the triforce so badly, did they spam Ariana with E-mails since she said she knew how to obtain it. After many days (topic started 2/3/99 and ended 3/11/99) with hardcore doubt about Arianas topic could she not take anymore of all this hate, so she said it was a lie and everything was fake.
Here can you read the whole Ariana Almandoz case.
AA=Ariana Almandoz
As=Answer
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AA-
"Hiya!!!
I've found it!!!! I found the triforce about a week ago and I took the picture on Friday. But I will keep the secret because it was hard for me to find it, but is was also great to find the clue that lead me to it.
Please give me full credit for this, In about a month I will say where it is and how to get it.
Falco X I love your site and have been a fan of it since the beginnings thats why I'm sending this to you :-)
Ariana almandoz ( Kotake )"
[email protected]
AA-
"Hi,
Ok I'm sending the picture again, I have no idea why you couldn't get it. I'm very nervous I really want to be the first official triforce finder!!!
Please, give me the credits,this is real, If I can I'll try to take more pictures.
Unfortunatelly my sister made a mistake and saved the game where she shouldn't and now the only way to get the triforce again is playing from the beginning.
Ariana A. from Colombia"
As-
This screenshot is what we've been looking for in the last weeks!!! On saturday I was talking to Goldenboy7 and I told him that I wanted something that could prove that you can actually get the triforce.What a coincidence! on Sunday Ariana sent this amazing picture.
This screenshot is unbelievable. Ultima 9999 told me that it could be a screenshot from a Beta version of Zelda. I doubt it since I have never seen this picture before. The only early screenshots that shows Link getting the Triforce are very well known for everybody , and has nothing to do with this picture. The only simmilarity I can find is the floor texture.
Something that called my attention and also Wolfhang's is the fact that it is young Link who is standing there and not adult as most people suggested.
I tried to analize this picture. I made different close-ups. It's difficult to say at first sight wether it's real or not. Especially is we consider the picture quality, its a bit low. I assume that the picture was taken with a regular camera. She didn't say anything about though. Ariana, I will need to interview you dear. You'll not escape from me!!!
Also impressive is the prescence of other characters. This one is undoubtely RAURU the Sage. The elements that we can see in the picture make sense. At the moment I can't see anything that can lead me to think that this picture is false. I mean, look at this!!! We have three characters, the triforce (In a position I have never seen before), we have light sources and textures, I mean we have what looks like a screenshot of the game! and the graphics are of the same style as we can see in the game.
Something that makes me think that this is real is the imperfections of the picture. It is clear that it was not taken in the best conditions. But she did a great job anyway. It could have been worst"
AA-
"Ok, this is me Ariana,
First of all, I want to tell Falco-X that my email account will explode with emails!!! I didn't tell you to show it to the people. Ok, never mind.
As I can't answer every email I receive I will answer most of the questions in this, and other future emails.
Some people believe that I invented this to get fame. Ok I didn't invent anything, but I do want to be famous!!!
And I know I'm still the onlyone to find the triforce because all the theories I have from other people are false. It has nothing to do with the temple in the wasteland. It has nothing to do with the gossip stones or dark-link in Link's house!!! So stop saying nonsense!!! THATS
STUPID!!!!
WANT A HINT? THE ONLY TEMPLE RELATED TO IT IS THE TEMPLE OF TIME!!!!
ANOTHER?
You need a new melody.
Its really simple but I don't want to say anything else until everybody recognizes me as the one who discovered it. If I reveal the secret, everybody will have the knowledge I have. therefore It
wouldn't have any value for me.
I'll reveal how to get the triforce soon but not now.
and don't spam!!!! I will not answer most of the emails.
Ariana A.
:-) "
As-
"Ok Ariana, If you want to play let's play then. I like this. I'll follow your game. If this is true you have a job in this site. If you lie, then ... you'll get in serious trouble"
AA-
Hola Falco, soy yo Ariana.
Asi que hablas español tu tambien? pero mejor hablo en ingles asi me entienden todos estos que se creen los verdaderos dueños de la verdad. (Translated: Hi Falco, I'm Ariana.
So you also speak Spanish? but better so I speak English I understand all these that the true owners of the truth are created)
First of all I want to say that I'm really upset with most of the people who think that the picture I took is a fake, some sort of photo composition or something like that.
Thats why because youre all losers, sorry to say this but you don't have the guts to go and find it for yourself, you need my help. And this guy that claims to have found it before me... C'mon boy, you just want me to reveal the secret. And I will never reveal it unless you treat me with the respect I deserve. I found it and I deserve something, maybe Nintendo should give me a prize or at least a disscount for the next game.
And you still believe that Dark Link has something to do with this!!!! DARK LINK?
Something else... it is not DARUNIA, its RAURU the SAGE WHO KEPT THE TRIFORCE SAFE FROM EVIL MINDS INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT!!!!!! WHICH IS SEALED THANKS TO THE TEMPLE OF TIME!!!!!!
Unfortunatelly, Link opened the seal and Ganondorf entered the sacred realm....BUT.... if you can skip this step you can GET INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT AND SEE THE TRIFORCE FLYING IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.
STEP 1) first of all you should know that KAEPORA GAEBORA is RAURU incarnated. The OWL is RAURU helping you at the beginning of the game. If you want to know from where I get this information go to the SACRED FOREST MEADOW at the LOST WOODS and talk to the two GOSSIP STONES in there. They don't say that RAURU is the OWL , but they suggests this theory, and in fact RAURU IS KAEPORA GAEBORA.
Ok, now....
STEP 2) .... ( I WILL NOT INLCUDE STEP 2, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND THIS PART OF THE CHAIN BY YOURSELVES, OR WAIT A MONTH UNTIL I REVEAL EVERYTHING)
STEP 3) SOMEWEHERE, SOMETIME, KAEPORA GAEBORA ( that is RAURU) will teach you a song. A song that you MUST LEARN ( Like the Scarecrow song) , so write it down on a paper or try to remember it.
"THE OVERTURE OF SAGES" is called and goes like this
C(up) + C(down) + A + C(right) + C(left) + C(up)
OF COURSE, you MUST LEARN the song in the game , therefore nothing will happen if you play the OCARINA, so don't be fool and say that the melody doesn't work.
By the way, You will learn this melody when youre child. ( what else do you need?)
STEP 4) Ok, now this is pretty simple, go to the TEMPLE OF TIME BEFORE YOU GET THE SWORD. IF YOU GET THE SWORD AND BECAME AN ADULT THEN THIS WILL NEVER WORK.
STAND IN FRONT OF THE MASTERSWORD ( don't get it please!!!!!! ) and play the "Overture of Sages"
STEP 5) Just watch the Cinema display showing Link travelling to the TEMPLE OF LIGHT. If you followed the story you'll see that this time you'll not be sealed inside the temple just as the regular way. And therefore Ganondorf will not be able to get the triforce because the SEAL IS STILL INTACT because you DIDN'T MOVE THE SWORD.
NEXT STEPS) RAURU will talk and talk about you, him, Hyrule, The triforce and so on. He will ask you if you want to see the sacred relic ( its very funny to see the different dialogues, so don't worry, say no, say yes.... eventually he will show it to you inside a dark room or something like that.
Rauru stands in front of you. The camera moves to an angle from behind Link. Rauru will move his arms and a hole will open in the ceiling. You'll see a light beam. The Room will turn blue. And one by one the triforces will come out from the hole and will get together. Then theres a rotation of the camera around the whole scene. You can even see the triforce from behind and inside the triangle that is formed you can see Link looking at it.
Then Link will move forward as if he would like to touch it but Rauru will tell you that its not the time for you to get it. So I'm sorry to dissapoint all of you but
YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY GET THE TRIFORCE, YOU CAN ONLY WATCH IT FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES, NO MORE.
Later Link will be returned to the Temple of Time and everything will be just as before, as if nothing had happened. So I'm sorry but , the mark among the medallions in the status screen is just that, a mark and will never hold the triforce icon in it because its only a decorative element. ( but IN FACT IT GIVES THE CLUE.... notice that the image with the medallions and the triforce in the quest status screen looks identical to the pedestal where the mastersword is kept)
So as you can see it was not that difficult. You don't need to do stupid and silly quests like exploding the gossip stones or talking to Dark Link... Or that GLITCH in the wasteland that everybody thinks is a temple!!!!!
BUT OF COURSE, I'm not telling the most important part... how to get the "Overture of Sages". Do you think I'm stupid? I'm sorry , this is my little secret and believe me, You'll suffer, you'll suffer a lot. ;-P
PS: Falco, the picture is real. I took the picture with a Kodak Gold film inside my room in complete darkness. Obviously I didn't use flash. ( I'm not stupid, I don't know how to use pictureshop or painter but I DO KNOW HOW TO TAKE A GOOD PICTURE!!!!)
And let me say something If you don't like Link's cap then go complain with Nintendo. Link is looking up to the triforce, the angle is different as the one in the actual game. Also, its not easy to take a picture to a screen, I was luky that its possible to see the triforce. I think I did a great job taking that picture. But if you need more, well give me sometime, I have to play the game again.
But as youre SOOOO smart, I'm sure that everybody will find it before I can take more pictures.
Gracias FalcoX por la oportunidad que me das, realmente te lo agradezco mucho, y gracias por creer en mi. No gracias, no quiero ser miembro del staff. A proposito tengo varios dibujos que quiero mandarles para el Fan art, asi que si me lo permites te los mando pronto ok?
Thanks and Din bless you all
A.A.
AA-
Guess?
Its me Ariana again. Boys you can't imagine, I have hundreds of emails, I don't have time to read them all!
So don't expect any answer from me.
Ok you wanted them I'm sending them, two pictures I took yesterday.
-(Note from the Editor: it was saturday 6th)-
One is when Kaepora teaches you the song, the other is a shot from the entrance to the temple of light.
By the way sorry about this but I forgot the step 6 the other day,after you travel you actually walk through the temple of light after watching the first part of the cinema but is really short. Its like a maze, not a big one but as you don't have a map it turns to be a bit difficult.
Not big deal just follow the right way , find Rauru and watch the next part of the sequence.
and I REPEAT.... THE TRIFORCE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE STATUS SCREEN OK?
I'm not affraid of anyone, I have the truth in my hands, therefore I have nothing to be affraid of.
I know this is true, I know I'm not a liar, I know I'm a woman, I know I have something in my head , I know all these guys that email me saying that I'm a liar are envious, I know, I know, I ****** Know how to see the triforce and I will prove all of you that I was the first player ( W-O-M-A-N ) to find the sacred relic!!!!
I know I'm telling the truth and my friends also know that I have found it ( well they saw it in my video but I never told them how to it!!!)
Because I know this secret is gold REAL GOLD!!! and if Nintendo denies this is because they don't want this to be known, why? well I have no idea. but maybe they didn't want this to be known until they have sold all the copies they wanted.
see you next time babys.
Your friend/enemy
Ariana Almandoz, woman, 17, from Colombia (no boyfriend yet)
;-)
I'll send you a pictures of mine soon!!!
Tengan paciencia, ya les dije que les dire dentro de un mes!!!! ja ja ja!!!!!!!!!!! (Translated: Be patient, I told you that I will tell you in a month!! ha ha ha!!!!)
As-
"Pretty amazing Ariana, your new pictures kicks serious butts. The one of the Temple of light is the most incredible screenshot I have ever seen. And the other, the one of the Overture of Sages looks convincing, except for one thing. I noticed that the sword is is in the right side, not in the left as it is supposed to be. So Ariana, how can you possibly explain that?"
AA-
"You know, when I received your email I thought you were crazy or something like that. I also thought that you inverted the picture by mistake before putting it in the site. But obviously this is not the case, I looked at the picture again and you're right, The sword is in the right shoulder. Why? well I know nobody will believe my words but, I have no idea. I can't explain that"
As-
"Ariana, what do you want? an Oscar to the best performance? Maybe for best special effects?"
AA-
"I know, nobody will believe me. They say the first picture is a fake, now the third picture I sent looks inverted, I also said that the Owl is Rauru incarnated when in fact, it says it's a reincarnation. Ok,ok....
Now, I can't explain these things, I just took the pictures thats all. If the sword appears in his right side is not my fault. I think about this and I can't even believe myself!!!.
I don't know, for some reason something is not right here, maybe it was a glitch, maybe the song has some weird effects on Link that I couldn't figure out before.I Don t know Falco. Now everybody will think I'm a liar. THis is making me mad sorry. I think I'll dissapear from the net for some time, I don't' want to receive more emails, I just dont care if people think I'm the first to find the (#####) triforce or I'm a liar, now its the same for me, and I'm sorry Falco-X but I think this will be the last time you'll all hear about me. I feel bad, for some reason"
As-
"Why ( if your story is real) would you like to keep it in secret ?"
AA-
I keep the story in secret because its the first time that something like this happened to me. But now, I guess I have no choice but to reveal all the steps right? WRONG.
I feel terrible. Now, this goes for all the people that claims to have found the trifore before me. Go ahead, reveal YOUR secret, I don't want to be known anymore.
I will not reveal anything else, I'm upset. Maybe in one month I will come back and tell the people what I know unless an hearthquake kills me first!!!!
And please don't write anymore, I will not read my yahoo account. I have another, and this is over until I decide to come back.
As-
"Ariana, you know that now you can only show the world that you're not a liar if you reveal the secret. Are you aware of that? What will you do?"
AA-
"I know that my only way out is to tell all the steps, to reveal the secret and show the people that I've found it. Then they would be able to see that these "mistakes" are from the game, not from the pictures. Yes I will reveal all the steps. But as I said before I will tell you in a month, not before."
As-
"Now I just want to know why you don't go to other sites? Why did you choose "Hyrule:TLoZ" and not the official site or other popular Zelda site. I mean, why don't you go out there and give your story to everybody?"
AA-
"I said that I've been a fan of your site since the beginning. I like the staff and I knew you would treat me with respect (except for Wolfhang who has always been very proud of himself)"
AA-
"Hi, Its me Ariana again. I returned as I promised. Well it was more than a month anyway but, here I am. I just want to explain step two. Yes you listened well, step two does exist.
As I said before, step one was nothing else than an introduction to the quest. Now the moment has come.
People from all over the world wrote to me, I received more than 4000 emails, in fact I just saw some, most of them were erased, erased because I just don't like all that crap:
"ho please, Ariana please you are the Goddess please tell me". And then those silly little liars that tried to scare me saying that they knew all the steps and would show it to the world... of course nothing of that happened. Just lies, pathetic lies.
And the people that didn't believe me; I don't hate them, I don't hate them at all. In fact I want to say that I respect peoples opinions, I respect what Falco-X said, what Wolfhang said, what Gamer-X said (although he was rude, and used my story without my permission) and many more like IGN64.
My pictures looked faked for many people. They even said that the pic of the Temple of Light was Dampés Graveyard!!! How can someone be so stupid, are they blind? show me that place in the game and I'll pay you.
well well. Its now over.
Step 2 is here, are you ready to read?
STEP 2:
-People from all over the world will try my story, they will swallow it like candies no matter that the pictures are a total fake, the mistakes I made in purpose were to show how silly can some people be. Some idiots will show proofs against the pictures, will try to show their knowledge in the usage of software like Photoshop and will prove me that they know nothing, (none really discovered how I made them) people will play play and play non stop and will not even sleep,everything just for me, ja ja ja, I'm still receiving emails !!!! I can't believe this.
That is STEP 2. Satisfied?
Now I want to thank the staff of this site ( THIS SITE NO OTHER OK?) for their attention, I had a good time laughing, and I want to give special thanks to the editor Falco-X for the section he put up just for my story although he probably knew that all this was just a lie almost since the beginning.
And as many people thought, I'm not from Colombia. Maybe I'm not even a girl, but you'll never know.
Now, yes, the case is closed, officially closed by the creator of this story.
Stop writing emails, it's useless, I never read them and this was all a lie, if you didn't believe it then you're smart, If you believe it, then you probably need to grow up and shut your mouth up.
Thanks H:TLOZ for everything, good bye.
***Ariana "Kotake" Almandoz. (Kotake is a witch don't forget that)"
As-
"At last!!! You're back. Thanks for telling the truth,and as you said, case closed!!! Any doubt?"
Source: platypuscomix.net
The Pictures From Ariana
Source: platypuscomix.net
On the picture above can we see link standing in the "Temple of Light" but its sadly a hoax. how i can see it is a hoax is because of the kokiri sword. The original kokiri sowrd does not have a huge yellow cirkle around the red ruby like the one from the beta. As you can see on the picture below is the kokiri sword the exactly the same as the one there is in the beta of Ocarina of time. FAIL!!!!
Another "weird" thing is the text. It looks to sharp to be on the blurry hoax picture. The original text there are used to describe which temple you are in does also have a bold black shape, but on the hoax picture is it just a thin black line. The text is also blurred so it fits better to the picture, but it doesnt work.
Another "weird" thing is the text. It looks to sharp to be on the blurry hoax picture. The original text there are used to describe which temple you are in does also have a bold black shape, but on the hoax picture is it just a thin black line. The text is also blurred so it fits better to the picture, but it doesnt work.
Source: angelfire.com
As you can see on the picture above, does link play an ocarina song called "Overture of Sages" This song is completely fake, due to one fatal photoshop mistake. It´s the sword this time, links sword is turning to his right side instead of the left side that it normally do. Another thing is the red text that says "Overture of Sages" The letters doesnt look like the other letters from Ocarina of time.
On the picture below is "Overture of Sages" now called "Song of Sages" It looks like its true since we can see the letters on the screen. Im nearly 100% sure that Nintendo would never use the word "song" in a ocarina melody like they possible should have done here, but who knows. Another wierd thing is the picture is really dark, but this could also just be a fail while taking the picture. Sooo in my opinion is this one of the greatest tryes seen up to date.
On the picture below is "Overture of Sages" now called "Song of Sages" It looks like its true since we can see the letters on the screen. Im nearly 100% sure that Nintendo would never use the word "song" in a ocarina melody like they possible should have done here, but who knows. Another wierd thing is the picture is really dark, but this could also just be a fail while taking the picture. Sooo in my opinion is this one of the greatest tryes seen up to date.
Source: angelfire.com
Source: platypuscomix.net
On the last picture above Ariana send us can we clearly see link obtaining the triforce. For sure this picture looks awesome, but you can spot many photoshop fails on this too. first of all is the tunic color wrong, its much lighter than the original kokiri tunic. Second, the floor looks like the beta
ice cavern we saw on early screenshots. And at least why is the "Hyrule: The Land of Zelda " logo so blurry? A good thing with this picture is that you can see the sage Rauru standing in the background like he gives link the triforce. Interesting!
ice cavern we saw on early screenshots. And at least why is the "Hyrule: The Land of Zelda " logo so blurry? A good thing with this picture is that you can see the sage Rauru standing in the background like he gives link the triforce. Interesting!
Other peoples have also tryed to make hoax picture of how to obtain the legendary triforce, some better than other.
Hopefully a joke. If somebody think someone gonna fall for this, then they must be retarded.
Hmmm interesting. The triforce piece looks turned a bit, like its not in the same dimension like link. Its also a f**kin giant triforce piece, definitely a hoax.
Yea that how i like it. The triforce piece has the perfect size and the letters in the text box looks real. But the player have weird enough obtained bombs and boomerang before he even have met, this is impossible without glitches and/or codes. Link also stands in the same possition as he do when he receiving "zelda´s letter" Sadly this is a hoax picture.
Stupid just stupid.
This is definitely one of the best hoax pictures ever. nothing here is wrong, the C buttons are not avaiable as normal and this version of Ocarina of time doesnt look like a modded/beta version. ALl this could indicate that this picture isnt fake WOOHOO!! But if the picture is fake then is the idea about the triforce could be in the middle of all the medalions a great idea, since it looks like it could have been holding there before.
Its hard to says that this picture is fake or not. We can see the interface with A, B and the C buttons is definitely not true, they are from Zelda Majoras mask instead. But the map logo looks quite true since you can see through it, but who knows it it could be good photoshop skills. But why should they put a map in the lower right corner when they didnt added that in the other fountains?
This picture is quite interesting. The eyes on the unicorns glow, each unicorn has its own color (probably the three colors the stones are green, red and blue) That would make sense, but this pictures does also have some fails. first of all does the back unicorns eyes glow purple (wierd) and they are glowing thourgh the right front unicorns platform.... The second wierd thing is that Navi glows yellow which means the unicorns should be an enemy, what the hell this must be fake in some way.