Does anybody know...

[Knuckle 484]

...how like-likes (the shield eating monsters from OoT, MM, and LoZ) got their name? As far as i can tell, there's no logic behind why they're called like-likes.

[=Zoe= 3]

Because they... like things?

I don't know, I always thought that they were "like-likes" because they like shields and tunics...

[Young Link Addict 67]

If you ask me they're unlike likeable. Bad joke.

[Twilight Epona 0]

Because they... like things?

I don't know, I always thought that they were "like-likes" because they like shields and tunics...

That's what I always thought... but then, I never really stopped to question it.

[Crowned Twili Princess 0]

I remember reading somewhere-I think it was the description for a trophy for Melee-about a Like Like. It said something about a mistranslation which is why the people of Hyrule call them Like Likes; that's all I remember.

[Mao 0]

Maybe its because they are perverted creatures that like to eat Link's tunic so they can see him nude.

Just a thought....

[ZuZu 10]

Maybe it was just a rough japanese to english translation

[Young Link Addict 67]

Yea what ZuZu said. Maybe they were ment to be called hate hates.

[Goron Merchant 1]

I think the Rupee-Likes were created before the Like-Likes, and since they look the same, Nintendo decided that they should be in same phylum. Like-Like must of sounded cool to them.

[Chef Nonsense 0]

"Shield-eaters and world leaders have many likes alike."

'nuff said.

[Knuckle 484]

I checked the like-like trophy, and it turns out that TwiliGirl And Chef nonsense are right. The trophy says that the name comes from a mistranslation in the verse that Chef nonsense posted. I guess that solves it.

[Ganny 285]

...

I always thought it came from the way everybody LIKES THEM. And Nintendo didn't think one Like was enough to say how much they're liked, so they put two in its name! LIKE-LIKE. We like it so much, it gets two likes! You people who hate them are meanies.

AND THEY'RE SO COOTE.

[Goron Merchant 1]

G333 wins.

[Chef Nonsense 0]

Like-Like means "Shield eater" in Hylian.

I think...