- Fire Temple music wasn't changed until v1.2
- Blood was changed from red to green in v1.2
- All North American and Japanese N64 cartridges have the original crescent star symbol. It wasn't changed until the GCN.
- PAL versions of Ocarina of Time are v1.2.
All true, but what was being said in the episode is that the coding for all the game's versions was done prior to the game's actually being released. The process of getting a game from code to retail takes time, nowadays the process is roughly a month from a game going gold to being ready to ship to retailers. The only thing not known is the specifics regarding the production process for Ocarina of Time - when were Versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 sent into production and when did they first hit retail shelves. If Version 1.0 was done on October 21st, then it hit store shelves roughly a month later in Japan and North America. Version 1.1 must have been sent into production a week later.
On ZSR itself, it says that some gold carts were version 1.1 - the limited pre-order ones - meaning Nintendo had to have gotten 1.1 into production ASAP. It also says a good amount of standard grey carts (non-Player's Choice) were version 1.2, meaning it's possible 1.2 copies were in circulation very early, too (end of November 1998-December 1998). Due to the anticipation of Ocarina of Time, I can only imagine the early shipments with version 1.0 and 1.1 were pretty big, so that's why there are so many of those, and why it might seem like it took a long time for version 1.2 to be seen in the wild.
The whole thing about the Gerudo "crescent star" symbol, you do realize that is not inherently a Muslim/Islamic symbol, right? It dates back well before Islam even existed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_and_starYou know when Version 1.2 GCN/VC first came out, right? Post 9/11. Nintendo was just being super careful about not offending anyone, and while the symbols really aren't derived from Islam, Nintendo probably didn't want to risk starting a controversy in a time where the slightest hint of such a thing could spark a huge issue. Kakuto Chojin proved just how sensitive companies became at that time -- Microsoft recalled the game immediately and it was never official re-released. Original launch - November 2001 - two months after 9/11.
As for not crediting aleckermit in the Swordless Link episode, my bad. I will make sure he gets the credit for discovering Restricted Items in OoT 3D.
