Throughout the different video games of The Legend of Zelda We have seen weapons and utensils of all kinds that have been of great help to Link to progress in the various adventures he has starred in. Some of these items have become very classic and have even appeared in a fair number of titles in the series.
For example, one of them is mirror shield, whose main feature is to reflect magical attacks, but is also used in some games to bounce light rays off of it. The first appearance of it was in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and later it could also be obtained in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, among others, but the most striking case was that of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina. of Time.
The Mirror Shield was obtained in the Temple of the Spirit in the legendary Nintendo 64 video game and was decisive in defeating Twinrova, since she was capable of making her magical attacks bounce off it, apart from solving various puzzles with the use of the light. However, what made it so peculiar was the original design.
Among the symbols that appeared on it, it could be seen that most of the shield was occupied by a crescent moon with a star right next to it. The problem was that this design was practically identical to that of the Ottoman Empire, and that it is now used as symbol of islam
On the left the new version of the Mirror Shield. On the right its original version
Even so, the resemblance between one and the other is perfectly obvious, so Nintendo He had no other solution than to censor it
Instead Nintendo chose to change it in later versions and the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In turn, since that was the symbol of the Gerudo, they were given a different one from that moment on, which is the same one that happened to appear on the Mirror Shield.
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