Talk:The Legend of Kyrandia

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I noticed that the 3 parts of the game are called "books" - why didn't they call them "volumes"? (clem 15:22, 20 May 2005 (UTC))

Maybe to give it a more "fairy tale" feeling? Volume sounds too modern... Purple Rose 05:36, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Origin of Kyrandia 3 Different arrangement 4 Screenshots 5 The Real Killer?

[edit] Trivia

In the second Lands of Lore game, entitled Guardians of Destiny, a brief reference is made to the Kyragem, while Book Two has an easter egg where letters written by Scotia (the villainess of Lands of Lore 1). Verb missing. --Sébastien Goulet 14:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, in the first Lands of Lore game, there is a part where the character sees a bush, that if clicked on makes the character say "Is that a pseudobushia hugiflora?" (in reference to Kyrandia - Book One).

[edit] Origin of Kyrandia

This is crazy. There's no mention of the original Kyrandia, a door game for MajorBBS! At least the beginning part of the graphical adventure was taken step for step from this old game. The Major BBS article mentions "Kyrandia 1989 by Scott Brinker and Richard Skurnick". I for one would be interested in hearing how it made the transition and what precisely is the relationship between these two titles. 71.202.20.91 07:29, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Note: The first version of the Kyrandia article was a redirect to this article, followed by a dump of the (BBS) game's introductory text. Since the latter violates WP:NPS, I reverted that to the redirect, and since LoK is much better known, I made it redirect to this article and added a disambig link to Kyrandia (Major BBS), which I started as a stub. I also fixed all the links to the BBS game in other articles.

Kyrandia is not a widely-known game. (Search the web, and you'll see what I mean.) The fact that there is another game with 'Kyrandia' in the title doesn't help matters. There was no "transition": they are two separate games with different premises (and the graphical adventure certainly does not include the BBS game "step for step"). But they are not at all unrelated: one of the external links I included is to a discussion on the connection between the two. To be fair, a couple of puzzles and objects were lifted (e.g. the birthstone puzzle, the Kyragem); overall, though, they aren't directly related (e.g. different plots, no Tashanna, different magic system, etc.)

As to this article mentioning the other game (aside from the disamig I stuck in there), go ahead and add appropriate info if you think sources justify it. Personally, I'm quite convinced, but I don't know what the standard should be when the sources (especially "reliable" sources) are almost nil. Anyone? Ddawson 16:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Different arrangement

If no one is against it, I'll divide the article up in a different manner soon. I would like this to look a bit like the Space Quest article, except with more details. If it's OK with everyone, I'll create a section for each individual game, with subsections for plot, interface, puzzles, gameplay, characters, etc. Since I am a fan of the trilogy, I want this article to be as expansive and informative as possible. Cromag 17:51, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Sure, go right ahead. In general, if an article is not yet a featured article you should feel free to make any edit you like. If other users don't like what you've done it will be raised on the talk page. If the information you add for each game is very extensive, you might consider creating a seperate article for each one, which could then be linked to from the article using {{main|Game Name}}. You might consider using the infobox from the Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games for the games (it's at the bottom of the page). Jacoplane 20:51, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Screenshots

I am now working on expanding this article and hope to add some new info soon. Meanwhile, I have a question. How many screenshots of each individual game am I allowed to upload and include in the article? Can I create a gallery, similar to what I did in the Mixed-Up Mother Goose article? Thanks in advance. Cromag 17:44, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Real Killer?

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Wow, this just reminded me of one of the best adventure games I played back in the day. Good times, good times. Anyway, this is not really related to the article, but does anyone know if the games ever tell you who the "real" killer was? I beat the 3rd game, and while the ending didn't show you anything other than that Malcolm was innnocent, some of the stuff that happened in the final chapter seemed to point the finger at either Kallak or Herman, or both of them together. Nothing conclusion, but pretty strong hints all the same. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joylock (talk • contribs) 12:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC).

That's just something they left us to conclude, but I agree with your assessment. Personally, I don't think Herman had the brains for it (not ruling him out, just saying he didnt do it himself imo). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.179.167.113 (talk) 19:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

the real killer was the knife, it was enchanted to stab to death any member of the royal bloodline who touched it, so if Brandon or Malcolm (sorry spoiler) touched the knife it would kill them, so in truth none of the aforementioned suspects are guilty (even though i personally think Kallak was an @$$) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.218.63.124 (talk) 02:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)