<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Malstrom's Articles News]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[seanmalstrom]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/author/seanmalstrom/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Fokka]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Breath of the Wild must have some sort of connection to Zelda 2. Zelda 2 has Thunderbird and these nasty, nasty guys:</p>
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<p>They are bird knights. We know them only as Fokka. What are they?</p>
<p>Perhaps they are the &#8216;bird race&#8217; that appears in Breath of the Wild. They certainly seem technologically advanced as they fire lasers and dart around the room.</p>
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<p>Come to think of it, Zelda 2 was the most futuristic technology of Zelda. Look at the palaces. There were lasers going off, knights riding <em><strong>HOVERCRAFT HORSES</strong></em> (so badass, holy cow), and other sorts of robots.</p>
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<p>Doomknocker always seemed like a robot to me.</p>
<p>There is the Final Palace with all its high tech strangeness that is done so well it hasn&#8217;t been replicated by anything since. Where did the Great Palace come from? Who built these palaces and why?</p>
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<p><em>Above: The most badass final stage ever made in Zelda.</em></p>
<p>Maybe Breath of the Wild will explain.</p>
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