Mr. Write
Mr. Write
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Mr. Write is a character inLink's Awakening.[1][2]
Biography
Mr. Write is as a lonely letter-writer who sends countless letters to various people, but never gets any replies.[3] He lives in a house on the border of theMysterious Forest.[4] He is part of the game'sTrading Quest. Fittingly, theItemLink delivers to him is aLetter fromChristine, a resident of theAnimal Village.[5] He gives Link aBroom in exchange, seemingly because he has nothing better to offer.[6] When the letter is delivered, it is revealed that it is a love letter, and that Christine has enclosed a photograph.[7] Although Mr. Write believes the photo to be of Christine herself, it is actually an image ofPrincess Peach from theMario series.[8] This is a reference to long distance relationships, since she is lying about what she looks like and Mr. Write believes he is writing to a beautiful woman.[9]
Mr. Write owns an orangeBird (also the color of Christine's bow) while Christine owns a green bird (also the color of Mr. Write's hair).
Trivia
- Mr. Write is based on the near-identical advisor Dr. Wright from the SNES port ofSimCity, himself an avatar ofSimCity andThe Sims creator (and real human being) Will Wright.[10] An adaptation of his theme from that game plays in his home.
- The SNESSimCity port itself replaces the generic "disaster" event monster with Bowser, fitting neatly with the other Mario franchise references littered throughout the dream world ofLink's Awakening.
- A similar character later appeared inOracle of Seasons, going by the pun of a nameDr. Left. The latter also a makes a returning appearance inThe Minish Cap.
Nomenclature
His name is a reference to the fact that he loves writing letters.
 Names in Other Regions | ||
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| Language | Names | Meanings |
 EnglishBRBritish | Mr. Write(LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch))[11] | |
 Japanese |
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 ChineseSISimplified | 莱特博士 (Láitèbóshì)(LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)) | |
   ChineseTRTraditional | 萊特博士 (Láitèbóshì)(LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)) | |
 FrenchEUEuropean | M. Write(LALink's Awakening |LADXLink's Awakening DX)[13][13] | Mr. Write M. is short forMonsieur (Mister). |
 German | Dr. Wright(LALink's Awakening |LADXLink's Awakening DX |LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch))[14][15] | |
 Italian | ||
| This table was generated from Zelda Wiki'stranslation data. | ||
References
- ↑Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 233(LALink's Awakening)
- ↑
Mr. Write
— N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch) - ↑
Well... I pretty much stick to myself, me and my letters... My name's Write! The only thing I don't like about my hobby is that I never receive a response...
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑
I would like you to take this letter to a Mr. Write who lives on the border of the Mysterious Forest, please!
— Christine (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑
Please! I really must insist you have this
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening DX)
! - ↑
Mmm... She's so beautiful... I must give you something for your trouble... Hmm... Well, it looks like all I have is this broom... how'll that be?
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑
What's this?! A letter for me?! I'm so happy! ...And look! The letter came with a photograph!
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑
You got a Broom as your reward from Mr. Write! But that photo was not of...
— N/A (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑
Hello! I'm writing back to Christine now!
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening DX) - ↑https://gamehistory.org/simcity/
- ↑Artbook, Nintendo Co., Ltd., pg. 33
- ↑Hyrule Encyclopedia, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., pg. 231
- ↑13.013.1Encyclopedia, Les Éditions Soleil, pg. 233
- ↑Encyclopedia, TOKYOPOP, pg. 233
- ↑
Hallo, mein Name ist Dr. Wright! Tja, seit Wochen schreibe ich nun Liebesbriefe an Christine, aber bis heute habe ich keine Antwort bekommen!
— Mr. Write (Link's Awakening, German version) - ↑16.016.1Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 233
- ↑
Dr. Wright
— N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch, Italian version)
