{"id":133907,"date":"2023-05-23T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149880"},"modified":"2023-05-23T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:00:00","slug":"poll-goats-or-lizards-what-do-you-think-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-zonai-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/poll-goats-or-lizards-what-do-you-think-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-zonai-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Goats Or Lizards? What Do You Think Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom&#8217;s Zonai Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b8e7e53fc8fbe\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b8e7e53fc8fbe\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Zonai - Goat or Lizard?\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b8e7e53fc8fbe\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-zonai-goat-or-lizard.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b8e7e53fc8fbe\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-zonai-goat-or-lizard.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Zonai - Goat or Lizard?\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-a-goat-7723936\/\">SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS \/ Mikhail Nilov \/ Pexels<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a>, we have cleared up most of the pressing questions. We&#8217;ve assembled guides covering a range of topics, but we still haven&#8217;t tackled the biggest one of them all: <em>Do the Zonai look like goats or lizards?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, we know what you&#8217;re thinking \u2014 <em>they&#8217;re goats, right?<\/em> \u2014 but over the past week we have heard more than a handful of people with the opinion that these mythical beings are instead a lot more reptilian-inspired.<\/p>\n<p>We will be diving into the mysterious tribe in the following article, including <strong>screenshots of the Zonai themselves<\/strong>. So, if you still don&#8217;t want to have any character designs spoiled, then it might be best to turn back now and wait until you have seen the tribe for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/zelda\/related-articles:148879 @ 2023-05-24T08:05:51+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Before Tears of the Kingdom revealed one in the flesh, we were firmly Team Lizard. The reptile touches appear in all of the tribe&#8217;s iconography, TOTK&#8217;s ouroboros logo seemed to hint at it, and, let&#8217;s admit it, the Zelda series has not historically shied away from lizard-like beings (Lizalfos, Tokay). But then the game came out and, <em>oh&#8230; they&#8217;re hairy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If it has been a while since you last saw a TOTK cutscene, then here&#8217;s a little refresher on what the tribe looks like up close:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rauru Zonai\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b887dd361fa67\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-rauru-zonai.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b887dd361fa67\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-rauru-zonai.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rauru Zonai\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rauru Zonai\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b380d168652f\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-rauru-zonai.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b380d168652f\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-rauru-zonai.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rauru Zonai\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Now, the majority of us are very much in the goat camp. The little beards, the big ears, the general goaty-ness of the facial structure. It&#8217;s not what we were expecting, but it&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p>And yet there are still some out there who view these mythical beings as being closer in appearance to lizards \u2014 the long face and horns on the forehead could stand in for both answers, to be fair, and <em>bearded<\/em> dragons are a thing, we suppose.<\/p>\n<p>Still don&#8217;t believe that this is even a real question? You can find the two sides of the debate represented in the following tweets:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/_deluxedition\/statuses\/1657786868904108032 @ 2023-05-24T09:03:26+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the zonai are goats right. please tell me they\u2019re supposed to be goats<\/span>\u2014 eso sean reebok o sean nike (@_deluxedition) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_deluxedition\/status\/1657786868904108032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rutas_champion\/statuses\/1646530802145177604 @ 2023-05-24T09:03:26+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHO ARE YOU? ZONAI LIZARD PEOPLE??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qc2Esoufy\">pic.twitter.com\/2qc2Esoufy<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \ud83c\udf3b Sheri \u25b4 GAMEING (@rutas_champion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rutas_champion\/status\/1646530802145177604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So which one is it? Frankly, we don&#8217;t know, but we&#8217;d be curious to see which side of the debate you lovely Zelda fans fall on. Fill out the following poll to have your say in what we&#8217;re sure will be one of the great gaming discussions of all&#8230; week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-what-do-you-think-totks-zonai-look-like\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/what_do_you_think_totks_zonai_look_like\" data-id=\"7831\" data-question=\"What do you think TOTK's Zonai look like?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"What do you think TOTK's Zonai look like?\">What do you think TOTK&#8217;s Zonai look like? (1,109 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Goats<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"799 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"72\"><span class=\"val\">72<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Lizards<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"22 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">A bit of both<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"230 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"21\"><span class=\"val\">21<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Something else (comment below)<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"58 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"5\"><span class=\"val\">5<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Do you have a specific reason for your answer to The Big Question? Let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS \/ Mikhail Nilov \/ Pexels When it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we have cleared up most of the pressing questions. We&#8217;ve assembled guides covering a range of topics, but we still haven&#8217;t tackled the biggest one of them all: Do the Zonai look like goats or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}