Ray

*"Picturesque!"*

 —Ray

**Ray** is a member of the ZNG. He first encountered the people of the ZNG in the *Majora's Mask* Termina Trivia series of posts by Nintendoer in February of 2015. He then stuck around. He's not sure when he exactly heard about the name "ZNG" first, but he knew others in the group, so he ended up finding his way into the group as it was in its relatively early stages.

Ray would sometimes make Zelda-themed drawings on Miiverse while it still was around. He also has made some piano covers of Zelda songs that can be found on YouTube and here on the wiki.

Another area of the ZNG Ray has been involved in has been as an admin on this wiki, alongside creator of the wiki, Christian. He has written and edited many of the articles, set up page templates, and uploaded a portion of the wiki's Miiverse post archive. Working on the wiki has been fun for him as it has afforded him the chance to, for one, fiddle with MediaWiki (wikitext is neat), and, more importantly, to consolidate and commit to written record memories of the times the ZNG has had as a group over the years.

He may or may not have intentionally or unintentionally launched a script to catapult Yee McGee into existence, with NoFaceFred providing the neural core of its advanced AI *Among Us*-playing and human-like text generation capabilities.

## Zelda Games Played

**Main Games and Their Remakes:**

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**Non-Canon Games:**

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## Top 10 Zelda Games

1. *Twilight Princess* *Twilight Princess*

2. *Skyward Sword* *Skyward Sword*

3. *Breath of the Wild* *Breath of the Wild*

4. *Ocarina of Time*

5. *Majora's Mask*

6. *A Link Between Worlds*
7. *The Wind Waker*
8. *The Minish Cap*
9. *Tri Force Heroes*
10. *Oracle of Ages*

## How He Discovered the Zelda Series

**Date Range:** 2003-2006

Both of Ray's brothers played Zelda games as long as he can remember, maybe even since before Ray was born. As a young child, Ray would watch his two brothers playing *Ocarina of Time* and the *Oracle* games on their N64 and Game Boy Color, along with other games, of course. As a four- to five-year-old, Ray wasn't too interested in video games, apart from a couple of educational games, *Maggie's Farmyard Adventure* and *Eager's Pet Shop* on his family's Windows PC.

Once Ray got to around first grade, he had already tried his hand at portions of the above mentioned Zelda games, but he hadn't really seriously buckled down and thoroughly dug into playing them yet. Sometime around that first grade year, Ray played fairly far into *Ocarina of Time*, by which point you could reasonably say had "discovered" the Zelda series.

## First Playthrough of *Ocarina of Time*

Ray recalls his first meaningful excursion into a Zelda game being with *Ocarina of Time*. He had dipped into a couple of other games in the series already at this point, but he reached getting the Master Sword and the Forest Temple in his first significant playthrough. It's a bit hazy what happened after that, he may have restarted his file a couple of years later when he got farther and reached the Shadow Temple, or he may have resumed his initial file. He did have quite a few tricky moments where the puzzles of the game baffled him; thankfully, though, one of his older brothers often knew what to do to help. As a result, no walkthroughs or internet resources were consulted.

Ray finally completed *Ocarina of Time* on the N64 in 2012, with renewed confidence his Zelda-playing skills after having played through to the credits of both Skyward Sword and its Hero Quest. A particularly difficult and frustrating section he remembers in that quest to finish *Ocarina of Time* was finding the last carpenter in the Gerudo Fortress.

## Miiverse Zelda Drawings

*A Link Between Worlds* LogoLink—The Hero of WindsEponaThe King of Red Lions*Majora's Mask 3D* LogoClock TowerWoodfall"Hyah!!" Link, the Hero of TimeLink from Zelda 1 and 2The Legend of 30 YearsTime 4 a Selfie!Wolf LinkHyrule Castle from *Twilight Princess*Hylian ShieldExplorations, Vistas*Breath of the Wild* and the TriforceHyrule Castle—Underwater!The 3 Spiritual Stones from *Ocarina of Time**Skyward Sword* 5th Anniversary TributeLink and Epona on the Bridge of EldinThe Sheikah symbol from *Breath of the Wild*A Guardian roaming a grassy landscape
## Favorite Games Outside the Zelda Series

### Series

* Rays finds the 3D *Super Mario* games great. Especially the exploration aspect, though the platforming is enjoyable too. He's played all of them except for *Sunshine*.
* In the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Ray has played all of the games except for *Melee*. He prefers to casually play them rather than stress over all the minutiae of techniques and strategy.
* Ray first played the *Kirby* series with the *Kirby's Adventure* 3D Classic version, which he got for free from Club Nintendo. He finds them to be very fun, lighthearted, games, and has since played *Kirby's Dreamland*, *Super Star*, *Triple Deluxe*, *Planet Robobot*, *Kirby's Return to Dreamland*, and the fantastic 3D entry on Switch,*Kirby and the Forgotten Land*.
* The *Mario Kart* series is one of Ray's long-time favorites. The simple joy of racing around, and great local multiplayer have been large parts of his draw to this series; He fondly recalls playing *64* with his older brothers. He has played *Super Mario Kart*, *64*, *Wii*, *7*, and *8*.

### Individual Games

* *Animal Crossing: New Leaf* was on sale one September after Ray got his 3DS, and he had heard good things about the game, so he dove in and gave it a try. He found himself entranced, captivated into raising fruit trees, doing the villager's irritable little tasks for them, and so on... but, all in all, Ray had discovered an enjoyable free-form experience. He was quite pleased that the *Welcome amiibo* update made the game compatible with his Link amiibo, too. *New Horizons* on Switch once again sucked Ray into the strangely compelling world of *Animal Crossing*, along with the millions of others who experienced the game as a distraction from some of the global hardships of 2020.
* *Splatoon* was perhaps the most colorful, innovative, and surprising game from Nintendo on the Wii U. The only shooter that Ray has ever owned, it snagged his interest from the moment it was shown at E3 2014, to the Global Testfire demo, to launch day and beyond. He has all the weapons in the game, and all the scrolls from the single player campaign, and participated in nearly all the Splatfests.
* *Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure* found its way to Ray's 3DS through the 2016 Nindie Humble Bundle. He thought the bundle was a great way to support charity and get some games, but didn't expect anything of very high quality to be included in such a low-priced package. But *Rhythm Thief* defied his expectations. A charming narrative set in Paris, with some light puzzles, a wonderful toon art style, and an engaging variety of rhythm games all contributed to Ray truly enjoying playing through this game.

## Hobbies Outside of Video Games

### Japanese

Ray studied the Japanese language at school for a few years. He’s still not very good at speaking the language, but appreciated learning about a culture and linguistic system quite different from the American Anglosphere.

### Music

Ray has some piano playing experience, and has played some other music at various points, either in groups for school or independently.

Ray has made four *Breath of the Wild* piano music covers and two piano covers from Studio Ghibli films, which are available to watch on YouTube.

In terms of listening to music, Ray is a big fan of the Zelda series' music and video game music in general.

## Miiverse Posts

#### *Breath of the Wild*

* BotW - Kakariko view distance glitch
* BotW - New font thoughts
* BotW - The name, Breath of the Wild
* BotW - If there is voice acting in Zelda U
* Guardian Stalker drawing
* Sheikah Icon Drawing

#### *Ocarina of Time 3D*

* Picturesque Lake Hylia in OoT3D
* OoT3D - Natural sedimentary stone arches in Gerudo Valley
* OoT3D - The tower visible in Castle Town
* Spiritual stones drawing

#### *Twilight Princess HD*

* TPHD - Wolf link amiibo functionality discussion
* Link & Epona on the Bridge of Eldin drawing

#### *Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam*

* Mario & Luigi Paper Jam - It now became ALBW, ha
* Mario & Luigi Paper Jam - King Bob-omb, you return
* Mario & Luigi Paper Jam - Of course that's what they're saying, Luigi

#### *Super Mario Maker*

* SMM - Lava Bubble Bobble Fortress
* SMM - Hills, Mountains, and Mario
* SMM - Golden Spiny Caves
* SMM - SM3DL Main Theme Music
* SMM - NSMB2 1-A
* SMM - Super Bell Hill (SM3DW)
* SMM - Upside-down Mario
* SMM - Super Plains Adventure
* SMM - Cave Adventure 4 Bounce & Fly
* SMM - Save the Forest!
* SMM - Rainbow Road Music (MK7)
* SMM - Above & Below Ground
* SMM - Mario's Explorations
* SMM - P-Door Puzzles
* SMM - Bowser's Little Fortress of Doom
* SMM - NSMB2 1-1
* SMM - Bob-omb Caverns
* SMM - Air Brigade
* SMM - Castle Coaster Travel
* SMM - Saria's Song
* SMM - That's Fishy
* SMM - Mario's Backyard Garden v2
* SMM - Bowser Jr.'s Castle v2
* SMM - Invading the Castle v2
* SMM - Rocket Adventures
* SMM - Goomba City v2
* SMM - Mario Plateau
* SMM - Toad, Exploring Onwards
* SMM - Cave Adventure 3
* SMM - Square Land
* SMM - The Box v2
* SMM - Mushroom Climb
* SMM - Cave Adventure 2
* SMM - Hold Dash - An Afternoon Drive
* SMM - Precise Swimming - Sunken Harbor
* SMM - The Thwomp Sea
* SMM - Mario's Backyard Garden
* SMM - Plains Adventure
* SMM - Haunted Trail
* SMM - Ice & Fire
* SMM - Explore!
* SMM - Cloudy Jumps
* SMM - Spin Jump!
* SMM - Ghostly Tricks
* SMM - Bowser's Lair
* SMM - Reach that flag!
* SMM - Cave Adventure
* SMM - So heartless, Yoshi. What have I ever done to you?

#### Other, Zelda-Related

* There'll be 10! Link amiibo
* 5th Anniversary of Skyward Sword Drawing
* Zelda Symphony Concert Impressions
* HWL - Demo in US?
* Comparison post between TFH and ALBW
* TFH - Beat the Den of Trials
* The Triforce... It's fading drawing
* The Legend of 30 Years drawing

#### Other

* Switch Preview Event Impressions
* Switch Preview Event Announcement
* ACNL - Completed Main Street
* List of Every Game I've Played
* StreetPass Mii Plaza - Who did you StreetPass the most?
* School's back
* Mario Party 10 Regrets
* Star Fox Zero - First impressions
* 100 follows
* Nintendo Direct Mar '16 thoughts
* Sign-ups for the Nintendo Account are now available
* 3DS play time posting Feb '16
* I'll be visiting Puerto Rico
* My HOME screen Nov '15
* Abstract drawing c.f. Christian
* Great Fox drawing
* I drew my living room