Aléatoire: Connaissez-vous le secret derrière Zelda: Souffle des noms de sanctuaire de la nature?

Listen, maybe I’m late to the party and everyone else knows this, but did you know there’s a very likely explanation for all of Breath of the Wild’s weird shrine names?

This whole time, I’ve been thinking that there must be some explanation for the really weird shrine names, like Bareeda Naag and Daka Tuss Shrine, which both sound like a Sim ordering a curry. Eventually, quoique, I gave up on trying to figure it out — only to have the answer dropped on me like a bombshell, five years after finishing the game.

They’re anagrams of the developers’ names!

Here are some examples, courtesy of the Zelda Wiki (bolded = anagrammed part):

Bien sûr, it’s more obvious in Japanese, which is a more syllabic language than English, but still — it’s very cool to untangle a puzzle, finalement.

Did you know this? Did tout le monde know this? I need to go lie down.