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Four pixelated characters in dynamic poses with swords, set against a dark background with green and brown terrain elements.

Four pixelated characters in dynamic poses with swords, set against a dark background with green and brown terrain elements. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Official Nintendo Magazi…

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Action

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four characters in horizontal row
  • dynamic poses
  • swords in varied positions
  • dark blue sky background
  • brown and green terrain

Dense Caption

Four pixel-art characters in dynamic poses: leftmost character wears red tunic and red hat, second character wears green tunic and yellow hat, third character wears purple tunic and purple hat, fourth character wears blue tunic and yellow hat. All characters hold silver swords. Background features dark blue sky with brown and green terrain. Pixelation is high, consistent with early 2000s digital art. No visible text. Characters have black eyes and simple facial features. All characters face right. Sword positions vary: leftmost character's sword is raised, second character's sword is angled downward, third character's sword is raised, fourth character's sword is angled downward. Terrain includes brown ground and green foliage patches.

Description

  • Four pixelated characters in dynamic poses with swords, set against a dark background with green and brown terrain elements.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • collection identity (official; search): nintendo
  • collection identity (official; search): official-nintendo-magazine
  • collection identity (official; search): zelda
  • observation title (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): ONM Zelda Special Oct 2006
  • provenance era: 2006
  • provenance source-name: Official Nintendo Magazine Zelda Special Buddy Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2006
  • provenance era: 2006 Official Magazine Promotional Disc
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: cover-disc
  • provenance collection-attribute: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: internet-archive

Metadata Only Entities

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  • official-nintendo-magazine
  • zelda
  • FourSwordsFaceoff
  • ONM Zelda Special Oct 2006
  • Official Nintendo Magazine Zelda Special Buddy Icons
  • aim
  • buddy-icons
  • cover-disc
  • games
  • internet-archive

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: Four Swords

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • four swords characters
  • zelda four swords
  • pixel art four characters
  • swords raised and angled
  • red green purple blue tunic
  • yellow hat purple hat
  • dark blue sky brown terrain
  • early 2000s pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is static
  • no motion detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • collection identity (official; search): official-nintendo-magazine
  • collection identity (official; search): zelda
  • observation title (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): ONM Zelda Special Oct 2006
  • provenance era: 2006
  • provenance source-name: Official Nintendo Magazine Zelda Special Buddy Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2006
  • provenance era: 2006 Official Magazine Promotional Disc
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: cover-disc
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  • provenance collection-attribute: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: internet-archive

Visually Supported Entities

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Wordwall

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  • yellow hat
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  • silver swords
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  • brown terrain
  • green foliage
  • pixel art
  • dynamic poses
  • black eyes
  • facing right
  • swords raised
  • swords angled
  • high pixelation
  • early 2000s art

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Technical archive details
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GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 22:32 UTC
Archive ID
4a8414970ea1b89b
SHA-256
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August 20, 2026 at 04:56 UTC
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Four pixelated characters in dynamic poses with swords, set against a dark background with green and brown terrain elements.

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 04:50 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,154 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,043, response 1,127

Review tags

  • facing (action, 0.80)
  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • posing (action, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
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  • adventurous (mood, 0.80)
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Actions

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  • facing
  • posing

Colors

  • red
  • green
  • purple
  • blue
  • yellow
  • brown
  • dark blue
  • silver
  • black

Composition

  • four characters in horizontal row
  • dynamic poses
  • swords in varied positions
  • dark blue sky background
  • brown and green terrain

Dense Caption

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Description

  • Four pixelated characters in dynamic poses with swords, set against a dark background with green and brown terrain elements.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • collection identity (official; search): zelda
  • observation title (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): FourSwordsFaceoff
  • observation file-name (official): ONM Zelda Special Oct 2006
  • provenance era: 2006
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  • provenance collection-attribute: 2006
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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: cover-disc
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Metadata Only Entities

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  • buddy-icons
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  • games
  • internet-archive

Metadata Supported By Image

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Mood

  • action-oriented
  • adventurous

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • zelda four swords
  • pixel art four characters
  • swords raised and angled
  • red green purple blue tunic
  • yellow hat purple hat
  • dark blue sky brown terrain
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Objects

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Preprocessing Notes

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Source Metadata Interpretation

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Official Nintendo Magazine Zelda Special Buddy Icons (internet-archive-onm-zelda-special-2006-buddy-icons)

Kind
local-directory
Era
2006 Official Magazine Promotional Disc
Type
statically extracted dedicated Assets/BuddyIcons directory from a preserved official magazine DVD ISO
Title
FourSwordsFaceoff
Archive entry
FourSwordsFaceoff.gif
Observed
July 21, 2026 at 19:27 UTC
Rights
official copyrighted game and magazine promotional artwork; research/reference only by default
Slice
official Nintendo character identity icons distributed to magazine readers across multiple Zelda game eras

Original: https://archive.org/download/NinPromo/ONM%20Zelda%20Special%20Oct%202006.iso#FourSwordsFaceoff.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/NinPromo/ONM%20Zelda%20Special%20Oct%202006.iso#FourSwordsFaceoff.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/NinPromo