Photo

Template:Object Pictographs are a sort of photograph in the Zelda series.

Location and Uses

Majora's Mask

Pictographs are first introduced in Majora's Mask. With the Pictograph Box, only sepia-toned Pictographs can be taken. Pictographs in Majora's Mask are mostly used for minor parts of the game, such as bringing a Pictograph of either Tingle or the Deku King to the Swamp Tourist Center Guide, as well as bringing a picture of a Gerudo Pirate to the Fisherman at the Great Bay Coast.

The Wind Waker

In their reintroduction in The Wind Waker, color Pictographs are made possible by using a Forest Firefly, creating a Deluxe Picto Box. In The Wind Waker HD, Forest Fireflies are unnecessary and Link may obtain a Deluxe Picto Box by assisting Lenzo in his Research Assistant sidequest.

The Picto Boxes in The Wind Waker HD feature a "selfie" mode in which Link can turn the Picto Box backwards to include himself in the photos. By holding the left analog stick in certain ways, Link can display various expressions. The expressions and their corresponding triggers are: happy (up), distressed (left), pained (down) and surprised (right). Link can also make a crazed, silly face by pushing the analog stick in.

The happy expression
The distressed expression
The pained expression
The surprised expression
The crazed expression

Color Pictography Quests

Windfall Island also includes various sidequests for the Deluxe Picto Box. Link must find the people requesting pictures and construe exactly what or whom to take a Pictograph of. Each quest has it own reward, from Treasure Charts to a Heart Piece. These quests include:

Kamo asks Link for a colored Pictograph portraying the full moon. The reward is the 31st Treasure Chart.
Minenco asks Link for a colored Pictograph portraying herself. The reward is the 33rd Treasure Chart.
The Anton and Linda reunion. Linda tells Link that she feels that someone is looking for her love, but hasn't succeeded yet. Link then takes a full-body picture of her and shows it to Anton, who tells Link that, indeed, he's the one interested to have a concrete relationship with the girl, and resolves to talk to her. One day passes, and Link finds the couple in the Cafe Bar; Linda thanks Link for pairing her with Anton, and gives him a Heart Piece.
Showing a Pictograph of Lenzo talking with Minenco to Pompie and Vera near Zunari's Shop gives Link the 24th Treasure Chart.

Figurine Collection

Link may bring Pictographs of characters and enemies to Carlov to make them into Figurines for the Nintendo Gallery. In The Wind Waker HD, a special, golden Carlov icon appears over Pictographs that are suitable for turning into Figurines.

Legendary Pictograph

Legendary Pictographs are special Pictographs featured in The Wind Waker which depict rare subjects. These subjects, with one exception, cannot be captured on film by standard methods. Instead, Link must purchase these Pictographs from Lenzo for 50 Rupees each (150 each in The Wind Waker HD). However, they can only be purchased after Link officially completes the Forsaken Fortress and has obtained the Deluxe Picto Box. In addition, each individual's Pictograph can only be purchased after Link has encountered them at least once. The Pictograph that is offered changes with the phase of the moon.

Despite Carlov only accepting color photographs, the Legendary Pictographs are sepia-toned. In The Wind Waker HD, they are in full color instead, with altered poses.

These are the Legendary Pictographs that can be obtained:

Image	Image	Subject	Lunar Phase
		Fado	Waxing crescent
		Laruto	First quarter
		Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule *	Waxing gibbous
		Ganondorf **	Full Moon
		Great Fairy	Waning gibbous
		Jabun	Last quarter
		Queen of Fairies	Waning crescent

* Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule's Pictograph will also earn Link a figurine of Princess Zelda when presented to Carlov. However, as with Ganondorf (see below), Link can also take a picture of her during the final battle.

** The Pictograph of Ganondorf can be obtained by taking it during the final boss fight, then saving the game and quitting.

Twilight Princess

A Pictograph of the Fisherman from Ocarina of Time appears in the Fishing Hole in Twilight Princess. Hena claims that he may be her ancestor.^[1] Pictographs of Hena and her family can also be seen.

Gallery

Pictograph of the Fisherman from Ocarina of Time
Pictograph of Coro from Twilight Princess
Pictograph of Hena from Twilight Princess
Pictograph of Hena from Twilight Princess
Pictograph of Iza from Twilight Princess

References

↑ "That's one of Hyrule's legendary master fisherman! Look, he's got a Hylian loach, doesn't he? He just may be one of my ancestors! Of course, I can't exactly PROVE that... It's kinda just wishful thinking on my part" — Hena (Twilight Princess)

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	Template:Japanese	Legendary Magic-lantern Picture
	French	Photo de Légende	Photo of Legend
	German	Legendäres Lichtbild	Legendary Photo
	Italian	Immagini Leggendarie	Legendary Image
	Spanish	Luminografía legendaria	Legendary Photograph

[1] "That's one of Hyrule's legendary master fisherman! Look, he's got a Hylian loach, doesn't he? He just may be one of my ancestors! Of course, I can't exactly PROVE that... It's kinda just wishful thinking on my part" — Hena (Twilight Princess)

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