Hylians, Rito, Zora, Gorons, Gerudo & Koroks: The NPCs of Gaming series returns with a look through the camera lens at the NPCs of Hyrule! Settle in, because this is a long one.

* Opening Titles: 0:00 - 0:40
* NPCs of Hyrule Part I -- Hylians: 0:41 - 22:51
* NPCs of Hyrule Part II -- Worldbuilding and Design: 22:52 - 31:00
* NPCs of Hyrule Part III -- The Other Hyruleans: 31:01 - 53:05
* The Camera Rune: 53:06 - 59:24
* The Story Significance of Link's Photography (Minor Spoilers): 59:25 - 1:03:21
* Outro: 1:03:22 - 1:04:54

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-- What I Learned Photographing NPCs for a Year (Volume 1):    • What I Learned Photographing NPCs for...  

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Selected References:
-- "16 More Things You Didn't Know About Breath of the Wild" by Max Blumenthal (Gamespot):    • 16 MORE Things You STILL Didn't Know ...  
-- "Breath of the Wild's NPCs are actually Miis, modder confirms" by Owen S. Good: https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/5/2221...
-- "Breath of the Wild Dialogue Tumblr" by botwdialogue:   / botwdialogue  
-- Zelda Dungeon: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Mai...
-- "The Reason Why Gorons are Allowed in Gerudo Town" by kaialone: https://www.tumblr.com/kaialone/63603...

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BEHIND THE SCENES:

-- There's a shot of "Zelda" through the camera lens in this -- but for the spoiler-weary, fret not. It's not actually Zelda!

-- This ended up being the longest NPC standalone to date, but I still cut quite a few things from it! These were either:
(1) Because they were well-known or widely discussed already, especially with regard to spoilers
[Example: Kass, my favorite NPC, is one of the few not to return -- but he is at least mentioned in an off-handed comment by his daughter.]

(2) Amusing, but probably not intended on the part of the developers
[Example A: There's a Goron chef named Cooke, a Rito journalist named Penn, and a Gerudo jeweler named Jewel -- though, she doesn't want you to know it! In BotW, it's revealed that Isha's real name is "Jewel," but she thought it was too embarrassing of a coincidence for a jeweler and so she changed her name.]
[Example B: In BotW, Konora says she was out of town for so long that she forgot her own address. In TotK, she's straight-up left town.]

(3) More a cool fact about BotW than about TotK
[Example: When the Goron contractors strike rock with their pickaxes, sparks fly out on impact. When Hudson strikes rock with his pickaxe, it SHAKES THE CAMERA SCREEN.]

(4) Deserving of a full essay on their own (with full discussion of spoilers), by someone more well-suited than me
[Example: There's one sidequest I mention about gender dynamics that is incredibly interesting in light of the Gerudo Town arc in this game. There is an intentional parallel to the critical path drawn in it, but one that runs counter to what is depicted with some of the NPCs.]

-- Although I plan to re-use the intro/outro shots from this episode in future NPC videos, we filmed it with Legend of Zelda in mind. I hope someone picks up on why (beyond just the t-shirt).