As a boy, legendary video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto spent countless hours exploring the hills, trails, waterways, and caves near his home outside of Kyoto, Japan. Those experiences later helped inspire him to create the fantastic worlds we now enjoy in games such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, and Pikmin. To this day, Miyamoto stresses the importance of going outside and exploring the natural world. As geocaching is a hybrid of technology, gaming, and the great outdoors, this cache is dedicated to all the future Shigeru Miyamotos out there, who, while exploring their worlds through geocaching, are gaining inspiration for the fantastic universes they may some day create.
To find the coordinates of the cache, correctly answer the following Legend of Zelda trivia questions. Then take the first letter of each answer and match it to that question's assigned number. Use the corresponding numbers to replace the letters in the encrypted coordinates listed below, and discover the location of the hide!
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0. The name of the hero in The Legend of Zelda games: ____
2. This fairy companion is summoned by the Great Deku Tree in Ocarina of Time: ____
4. The magical kingdom that serves as the setting for many games in the Zelda series: ______
5. The water dwelling creatures in The Legend of Zelda: ____
6. Power, Courage, and Wisdom make up the three parts of this sacred relic: ________
7. These creatures dislike smoke: _______
8. The name of this race may have originated from a Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a rolling boulder: _____
9. The item most often acquired first in a game: ______
The cache initially contained a kinstone, hearts, rupees, a Hylian Shield tin, and the Minish Travel Bug. Small video game themed trade items are encouraged.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
This cache is in the same general area as "Finnish" What You Started was. It should hopefully be more muggle resistant.