Screw-Loose Isles
| Screw-Loose Isles | |
|---|---|
 Screw-Loose Isles | |
| Part of | Primetime Kingdom |
| Characteristics | Teleporting TVs |
| UMA | Lotus Root Onii |
The Screw-Loose Isles (電波ユンユン諸島, Denpa yun'yun shotō) is an area of the Primetime Kingdom, accessible via a teleporting TV in Skull Plains Lake. They are an archipelago in the middle of a large lake that make up most of the landmass of the Primetime Kingdom. The various islands can be navigated with teleporting TVs that eventually lead to the Public Broadcast Tower. This mechanic is designed to simulate browsing channels on a TV.
Geography
When Corobo first comes here he is separated from his Royal Guard, and has to find them all to recruit them again. Talking to the citizens will either have them say "King Corobo! You saved me!" or "King Corobo! I was waiting for you!" or "SOS! SOS!" with the exception of the Craftian. One Island contains an Art piece, while another has a Hot Spring. Many islands contain Lotus Root Onii, which fire seeds at Corobo and his Royal Guard from afar. Some islands lead to these Onii, allowing Corobo and company to dispatch of them.
Subsequent visits after defeating TV Dinnah will have a TV to the start of the area, allowing Corobo to return to Skull Plains Lake, as well as adding a Wonder Spot location to one of the Islands.
One of these islands is only available once, through the God TV quest, and contains a Flying Machine part.
UMA
Quests
- 1 Art piece
- 1 Wonder Spot
- 1 Flying Machine part
Connecting areas
- Skull Plains Lake (Skull Plains)
- Public Broadcast Tower (Primetime Kingdom)
Etymology
Screw-loose is a slang term meaning crazy. It was possible chosen to convey both the technological environment of the area and its odd nature too.
Names in other languages
| Name | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 電波ユンユン諸島
Denpa yun'yun shotō |
Radio Yunyun Islands |
| French | Iles des ondes ZumZum
Archipel des ondes |
Buzz Buzz Signal Islands
Archipelago of Signals |
| Italian | Arcipelago onde radio | Radio Wave Archipelago |
| German | Wasserarchipel
Mikrowelleninsel |
Water Archipelago
Microwave Island |
| Spanish | Islas Radioeléctricas | Radioelectric Isles |
Yunyun is an onomatopoeia for the sound a radio wave makes, usually associated with people acting silly, which could be why the area is translated as Screw-Loose Isles. On of the French names for the area is also in reference to this.
Trivia
- Usually in the Screw-Loose Isles on the first visit to the Primetime Kingdom, all types of citizen will say "King Corobo! You saved me!" or "King Corobo! I was waiting for you!" or "SOS! SOS!" However, if the player were to conquer New Island, wait three days to unlock the Craftian, enter Primetime Kingdom for the first time and talk to the Craftian in the Screw-Loose Isles before rehiring him, he will instead say "Airplane camel."
- Since the area that TV Dinnah built the Primetime Kingdom on used to be a deserted wasteland, it's possible that the Screw-Loose Isles are entirely manmade, which would explain their unnaturally blocky appearance.
Gallery
A Wonder Spot picture of Screw-Loose Isles
Zoom-out of the Isles
