100 Lore & Story Secrets in Ocarina of Time

[@Cameytoe]

"This does mean that Hyrule's entire water supply runs under King Zora's balls." I could've gone the rest of my life without knowing this, that would have been great

[@FlameShroom]

I bet it tastes delicious

[@AlaiaSkyhawk]

Though actually, only a small amount of the water goes through the interior of the Domain. Up at the fountain itself, most of the water goes out through a palisade of logs and down the Sleepless Waterfall. So it's more accurate to say only the water that flows through the throne room and the Domain goes under King Zora's Balls :)

[@Kahtisemo]

@@AlaiaSkyhawk That's a good point. I wonder then if, given we know the Zora lay eggs like normal fish, if King Zora um... Uses the river to spawn if you will. Ruto may be the heir apparent but we don't know if she's the only royal child considering she may have been one of several from the same clutch.

[@sean236]

Calm down it's just a video game, God forbid you just laugh about it

[@obamacare9681]

As the water flows into his throne room it is freshwater and as it flows out under him to the rest of Hyrule, it is saltwater

[@SirPonnd]

The trivia fact that there is an annual memorial service that is held all around Hyrule for all the animals people use for medicinal purposes is easily the most interesting fact on this list for me! That's confirmation of an actual Hyrulean holiday! And it's such a creative one too!

[@mver191]

Doesn't Minish Cap start out at a holiday?

[@SirPonnd]

@@mver191 it did, yeah. But we know so little about Hyrulean holidays that's it's exciting to learn about a new one. Honestly, I think this brings the count up to two. Two known holidays.

[@supercookieduster]

well, what day is it?

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Also, in Holodrum they have Christmas. Probably. Or equivalent. They have Santa at least. Maybe it'd be celebrating the birthday of the first Zelda, Hylia incarnate. And I think in the comics, they had the Day of the Triforce every decade. A day where it, for some reason, temporarily disappears.

[@svrsl7819]

this one they borrowed from Mineral Town

[@TransientWitch]

Well...not ALL of the water in Hyrule... Kakariko gets its water from a burial chamber full of rotting corpses and a portal to the underworld. So, maybe King Zora's bathwater isn't so bad...?

[@lolschrauber]

No wonder half of hyrule's characters are deformed AF

[@Bloodmoon_Daisho]

?????

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

bruh !

[@MarshallTheArtist]

@@Bloodmoon_Daisho You know what’s at the bottom of the well, right? You know what wells are for, right?

[@Bloodmoon_Daisho]

@@MarshallTheArtist im not questioning the well part, Im questioning the King Zora BATHWATER part..

[@pokeace456]

I always believed that the drawing of Link battling a monster on his treehouse is what he wanted to be: A hero and what he wanted to become which he eventually did. That's what I believe anyway. Pretty cool

[@littlefox_100]

I love that drawing

[@JMSayler]

As I was watching this and we got to the Dodongos Cavern part, I really thought we were going to wrap back to that drawing because that's when Link does actually fight a dinosaur. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned!

[@highdefinition450]

Yea the Chosen One forced to go on quest is kind of cliché so I prefer the angle that Link wasn't forced to leave but rather, couldn't wait to do so and was just never allowed. It adds a little bit to his character, he never felt like he really belonged in the forest and would rather fight dragons than live a peaceful life like his peers.

[@pokeace456]

People actually commented lol

[@bigdoggo5827]

​@@highdefinition450 I think all the reincarnations of Link have a say in yhe matter, for example there are some games set afer The hero of Time failed to defeat Ganon

[@drygnfyre]

One of my favorite things about OoT was how organic the dungeons felt. The Fire Temple being inside Spectacle Rock is a good example of that. Or how with the Spirit Temple, you're literally scaling the giant rock that contains the Goddess of the Sand, and the items are found on the hands. I think it's one of the reasons the OoT dungeons have stuck with me for so long.

[@Knightmessenger]

According to beta content remaining on a f zero x development cartridge, the text references the statue as being Din. The Gerudo worshipped Din but the final version of the game replaced it with a more vague Goddess of the Sand, leading people to wonder if the Gerudo believed in a different deity entirely from the creators of the triforce.

[@lordravenblade]

I always took the broken Biggoron Sword to be an example of why you always use the correct tool for the job. If the carpenter was using it to chop wood because he couldn't find his saw, even a super high quality blade made for combat would go dull and break extremely quickly.

[@theyreoutthere.huntinggear]

😂amen. I always thought the same thing.

[@ppvsonicspy]

Exactly. Saws and axes are made specifically to cut into wood, swords are made to cut into flesh and bone, way different materials in terms of durability.

[@flyingsky1559]

Wish BOTW considered this with weapon durability, swords should only break when hitting walls or chopping wood

[@kuyt3400]

and still the saw was broken the same

[@lordravenblade]

@@kuyt3400 it wasn’t broken though? The son just stole it and left it behind when he became a Stalfos.

[@delikatessbruhe9843]

I really like this format of numbering the facts very subtly. Doesn't interrupt the flow of the video as much. Very well done, thank you!

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yup

[@dylantheshinx7654]

I wish more top whatever lists were formatted like this

[@krzzffr]

It was especially pleasant when one story or mystery flowed into the next

[@AriochStarr]

Yeah, whatever you may think of Zeltik's videos, you can't deny the written structure is near-perfectly strung together. Speaking through experience, that takes sheer effort and talent that not a lot of people pick up on first watch.

[@sirkittius]

"HEY GUYS, here's another top 100 list of the BEST facts about blah blah, before we get started please Like and Subscribe. Let's get started NUMBER ONE: Have you considered using Nord VPN? I wouldn't recommend a product I don't use, and much like the shielding you get from masking your IP address with a premium account from today's sponsor Link uses the Mirror Shield to block a deku shrub seed just like the Hylian Shield. NUMBER TWO:" are you guys saying you don't like this format?

[@user-if4nx2jn8r]

I definitely think the Composer Brothers are Sheikah. They don't seem young enough to only have been born after Impa opened the village to regular people, they specifically talk about being "born to serve the Royal Family" which is something the Sheikah take particular pride in, and the fact that they're researchers studying the power of the Royal Family mirrors the way the Sheikah are depicted as being keepers and seekers of secret knowledge in most of the games.

[@SaitohYatate]

The Sheikah were essentially the Zelda universe's interpretation of the Iga ninja, who were loyal servants of the shogunate. Although it's not until BotW that this fact is explicitly shown to the players. Impa (and Zelda, after Impa shared her some of her knowledge during the timeskip) being the only one who upholds that image, hints that the Sheikah talked about in the Hero of Time's lifetime had been in decline for a long time. It's possible that the Composer Brothers used some kind of jutsu (the folkloric/Futaro Yamada type, because Naruto didn't exist back when OoT was released) to preserve their consciousness as ghosts until someone worthy of serving the Royal Family showed up. The Mask of Truth, Lens of Truth, and Gossip Stones are all tiny little evidences of the plethora of jutsu the Sheikah would use for surveillance/espionage.

[@brianmerritt5410]

That was my exact interpretation.

[@michaelkaduck1915]

I love this series! I didn't notice some of this stuff, like the tiger cub, the poor treatment of the frog, or the missing graveyard kid. I would love to see an episode like this on Majora's Mask!

[@2ruthl355]

I remember being in the 5th grade and telling some of my classmates about the tiger cub and they thought i was lying…until they came back to school the next morning with their foot in their mouth

[@FlameShroom]

@@2ruthl355 wh..ho..w

[@BalboaBaggins]

Majora's Mask is overrated.

[@Link-to-the-Smash]

@@BalboaBaggins So Is Ocarina, my game, I could go on for a while. What's your point?

[@TheFatestPat]

Majora is pretty dense, probably gonna have 1,000 things.

[@jonsmith5058]

The Poe sisters bit with Meg crying really surprised me, I feel so bad for them now.

[@firesnakex8]

"Considering how King Zora and Princess Ruto look, the queen would have had to be quite beautiful" Damn you didn't have to do the king dirty like that.

[@TheOneGuy1111]

Nabooru's story is the most disturbing part of the game for me. Imagine being brainwashed into serving your enemy and acting contrary to your values for 7 years, causing suffering and gaining a reputation for cruelty despite that cruelty being not of your own will. To me that's far more horrifying than any redead.

[@randomanton]

sounds like the US military

[@pretzelpetzel]

@@randomantonsounds like most militaries

[@NakoaLundgreen]

Look into the happy mask salesman being majora theory

[@ChannelZeiko]

If only urbosa didn't share that same attitude

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

@JellyDishWasher Currently, members of the German military are allowed to refuse any order that they believe would violate human decency. I do realize that you said _most,_ but it’s still worth pointing out.

[@justinlaboy6837]

I love when Zeltik makes long videos. After I watch them, these are what I sleep to every night for months. It was originally the Strongest Link video, now I have all these new long ones lol

[@lanedafoe6977]

One of the best voices talking about awesome stuff.

[@kunimno1563]

me too!

[@ryans6442]

There is something about Zeltik that relaxes me and makes it easier for me to sleep, even if I’m too anxious to fall asleep

[@kadbenson7540]

He has a super relaxing and soothing voice, I could listen to him talk about anything, but im tripley glad it's about legend of Zelda

[@bane6419]

ZeltikASMR

[@sydc3667]

Speaking of Dark Link, I think Shiek knew about him. He gives Link a hint about it while teaching him the Serenade of Water, saying, "Reflect upon yourself." It's possible that Zelda had a prophetic dream about the fight, or went to the Water Temple herself and encountered her own reflection.

[@ArcticGorilla47]

I’m not surprised by this information because we do see the shadow/dark versions of each character in Hyrule Warriors.

[@kaythenekoboy1503]

Wa

[@kaythenekoboy1503]

​@@ArcticGorilla47wait really? I need to replay it then i only knew about dark link costume

[@SuperCoooolman]

she* shiek is a girl who spoiler is zelda lol

[@Knightmessenger]

In the non canon Manga, Link fights Dark Link in front of the well with either Impa or Sheik saying it was a kind of trial.

[@kevinr.9733]

An interpretation of the Broken Goron Sword that I've seen tossed around is that the Biggoron Sword will never break when used properly, but since the carpenter wasn't using the sword as a sword, he put strain on it in ways that it simply wasn't designed for.

[@ImusakHctividar]

The fact that gerudo heads are modeled inside the iron knuckles blew my mind. All these years later and I'm still learning new things about this game. It really is a wonderful work of art.

[@michmill7007]

It's probably because all Iron Knuckles have the same model, so the developers just reused the same model for every one so they didn't have to make separate models.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

​@@michmill7007 exactly. It's because the only one you ever see without armor is Nabooru.

[@michmill7007]

@@RabblesTheBinx I was thinking about this lately, and I realized that standard Iron Knuckles and brainwashed Nabooru DO have seperate models, so it's not like they wanted to cheap out, they actually put the Gerudo models in there on purpose.

[@ZiggyMandarr]

I remember never realizing that the Fire Temple was meant to be built into the spires of the crater. When I got older and realized it, it blew my mind.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

I think the scientific term is "Volcanic plug".

[@AmbitousStylez]

ive put so much hours into this game and i never realised that till today

[@samd2013]

Yup and it’s the same direction too. When you jump down to get to the fire temple you turn around 180 degrees and run towards the direction of spectacle rock.

[@AmbitousStylez]

@@samd2013 Yes both of those things. The fire temple being inside the spouts of the crater and the fact they are both spectacle rock

[@ZiggyMandarr]

Inside Death Mountain Crater are two large spires that serve as the game's Spectacle Rock. One of them has a Heart Piece on it that requires planting the magic beans to reach normally. The mid and upper levels of the Fire Temple are basically broken into two separate "shaft" structures that are rounded. These are supposed to be within the two rock spires that make up Spectacle Rock. Realizing it when I got older blew my mind.

[@forshizzlemywizzle]

God man. I was right to feel the way I did about this game as a kid. It’s amazing how much backstory work Nintendo was doing with the lore even back then, stuff that wasn’t even revealed in the game (like the Poe sisters) but that you felt the ripples of in a way you couldn’t quite put your finger on. I’m proud to have been a Zelda fan for so long 🥹

[@ElleRoni]

So: the cucco lady studies breeding miniature cuccos at the lakeside lab. The potion shop lady also studied at the lab, and has a small tiger on her desk. The tiger is probably not a kitten, but a full grown miniature tiger.

[@amandaphelps4293]

I've been pretty sick this week and decided to replay OoT for the first time since the 3DS release. Experiencing this game in a fevery, almost half asleep detached state has been really interesting and makes me feel like I'm truly rediscovering it, even though this will be like my 4th playthrough over the years.

[@emmamiller.]

You know its a good day when Zeltik posts

[@cristinagomez3283]

Amén brother

[@MoblinFanLikesMoblins]

Yes

[@BrunoCiaciare]

Took the words out of my typing

[@hedwigon6951]

For sure.

[@graysonderp5902]

fr

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

What if the poe collector... IS the missing graveyard kid? I never made the connection before today, but.... the stick, the fascination with ghosts and all... It really does make WAY too much sense.

[@brianmerritt5410]

I prefer the theory that the Poe guy is the castle guard who's in that treasury 7 years prior. He talks to young Link about his research into Poes as a hobby.

[@Knightmessenger]

Yeah it's most likely the guard inside the house with all those pots to smash. I believe his dialog is more explicit if you talk to him at night.

[@joshbisig]

The close up of the brainwashed Gerudo in the Iron Knuckle armor blew my mind

[@TrueTrickster2016]

Can't believe the Kid in the Graveyard became a Skull Kid, that's really sad.

[@Dracheplayz]

Yes 😭

[@samd2013]

There’s a lot of melancholic and somber things that happen in OOT, many people think that majoras mask is the only dark Zelda game but ocarina has just as many moments to me. It’s just subtler and not as in your face as MM.

[@pious83]

@@samd2013 True, MM isn't the only dark Zelda, lore-wise. Just probably the most depressing. Especially after you've seen a few character reactions during the last few hours of the Final Day.

[@rebd00mer93]

I always thought the skull mask looked like the mask that Phantom Ganon wears. Which makes sense based on the kokiri reaction to it asking if you're a forest ghost.

[@SuperCoooolman]

i thought it looked like the lake scientist

[@InterloperBob]

My favorite secret is that if you wait a minute on the press start screen, a cutscene will play. It shows Links journey in the game. It goes all the way to the spirit temple, and if you get stuck you can even get hints on where to go from the details of the cutscene.

[@elio7610]

there is only two scenes it shows. it first shows the scene of nabooru falling out of the armor and then getting zapped, then a scene of ganondorf riding behind fire in a black void. there is not any hints about what to do in the title screen demos, at least not in the original.

[@Wasserratte1986]

Is it just me, or doesn't Phantom Ganon's face look like the skull mask you had to trade as a kid. It just struck me while watching the video. Could that mean that either the Skullkid became the Phantom, or even the god the Deku Scrubs worship?

[@tstercula]

I also thought the scientist's head looks like the skull mask. His hair looks like what I thought were horns on the mask

[@SettMetabolik]

the kokiri remarks the mask looks like a ghost in the forest, phantom ganon could be the result of said ghost or deity being corrupted.

[@88Tyler]

I grew up playing the original (8-Bit) Zelda, moved on the “The Adventures of Link” and loved that too! The switch to SNES accompanied with “A link to the Past” was probably the most impressive advancement I‘ve experience in the video game world… That was until the “Ocarina of Time” came out on the Nintendo64. That was literally a ‘Game changer!’ (Pun intended) The amount of memory and processing was outstanding for that time. The only other game I experienced that would be even close to that, was Mario64. Having said that, once playing OoT, I soon forgot about Mario and was completely enthralled with the new Hyrule! In just 2 days, OoT will be 24 years old! And it’s playability today is just as impressive and fun! I love each and every Zelda game for many, but different reasons..But for my money, this was the game that changed the way/future of what would be ‘The Legend of Zelda’ forever! Had they not made such an amazing game when the 64 came out, who knows….Perhaps another open world game would have fed the hunger that so, so many people had back then! I Love the ‘Ocarina of Time’ and love the videos you’ve created on such an amazing game! Great job Zeltik!

[@littlefox_100]

Happy OoT 24th!!!!

[@andrewaragooand0]

wouldnt it be 25 years

[@twistedbroom]

In twilight princess, we have to cross an icy lake to access the snow peak ruins. The lake looks to be the exact same one from Zora’s domain, so unfortunately I don’t think the original domain ever unfroze.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Twilight Princess is set in the Child Timeline. The Domain freezes in the Adult Timeline.

[@twistedbroom]

@@JaredtheRabbit Ouch! My mistake, Although it could easily be The original Zora’s domain right? I mean the Zora would have needed a reason to leave their original domain.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@twistedbroom Maybe

[@novatheenby8779]

@@twistedbroomI think one of the Zora guards outside of Snowpeak actually do mention something about it being an old area that was part of their domain but I’m not 100% sure

[@Puppyloafva]

I grew up in the early 2000s and for as long as i can remember i was always asking questions, why is the sky blue, why does my head hurt etc. And when the wii came out in 2006 my grandfather got us a wii for christmas, so when i found out that i could play older games like oot and majoras mask, i was really excited, my older brother had played ocarina growing up and was always talking about it, so when i finally played it i was hooked. I did nothing but walk around hyrule for hours at a time looking for secrets and what i would later be known as “easter eggs” and i was so proud to see so many of my childhood discoveries in this video. I love this. They say time travel doesnt exist, im right back in 2007 again. Thank you.

[@ricekrispies1917]

I had a similar experience with A Link to The Past, and later on Link's Awakening HD. Never thought I'd find a game that would make me feel so much like a little kid again, upturning new and forgotten secrets of this series. Both games have so many similarities to OoT, it's amazing to see what ground work they started with and developed over the decades

[@smashdriven1640]

I love it. Ocarina is so rich with lore and backstory. What a masterpiece of a game.

[@guizhangchen1999]

If Kaepora Gaebora is Rauru's reincarnation, then that doesn't mean he is the same person with the same memories. Great video though, as always

[@SuperCoooolman]

i think its more a reincarnation of the rauru from skyward sword since they look identical and the gold pendant he wares resembles the owls forehead

[@michmill7007]

@@SuperCoooolman Kaepora Gaebore sometimes flips his head upside down, and his beak becomes Rauru's nose and his eyebrows become Rauru's mustache.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

​@@SuperCoooolman SS Zelda's dad isn't Rauru, and Kaepora Gaebora is confirmed to be an incarnation of OoT Rauru, who used it to interact with the world outside of the Sacred Realm.

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

I’m 38 now. I had so much fun playing this for the first time. One of the the few times my dad cheered me on while I beat it

[@christopherlitzner8445]

I think with kaepora not knowing about the ability to travel through time is easily explained actually. Rauru only talks to link after the 7 year gap so any knowledge rauru had would only be known during the adult era, therefore in the past when link is a child rauru (and kaepora since they are the same) would not know about the time traveling since rauru does not travel through time.

[@John_James]

Oot being way more deep than almost all games released these days the only game which could compare to it is Majora's Mask

[@miki49]

Dark Souls is definitely up there too, probably surpasses it, but it was also made couple generations after

[@selenopheria]

There's stuff in here I didn't know, and Ocarina of Time has been near and very dear to my heart since 1998. Learning secrets I never uncovered, 25 years later, is a treat.

[@bcoda]

The fact that Ocarina of Time has so many unsolved mysteries definitely adds to it's appeal and staying power as one of the best Zelda games. So many other games do so much to tie up all loose ends but life doesn't always give you all the answers and neither should a world full of interesting characters.

[@drascia]

It's nice to see content that isn't Pokémon spoilers. It's even nicer to see content from Zeltik.

[@link__link9]

I remember when I was 7 the OoT 3d remake came out and it was my first zelda game ever and I was hooked thanks for bringing back some memories

[@Tahkaullus01]

I remember when I was 7 and OoT came out on the N64. I am fully in agreement with the rest of your comment.

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

Even since someone mentioned that the three first notes from Shadow temple's theme are the first three notes from Zelda's lullaby, I can't unhear them. Also, when Link is an "adult" (he's still 16-17), and following the line of "Gerudo will kidnap Hylian men to reproduce", you can see why he's placed in a cell different from everyone else. He's not there to be killed, he's probably there to.... well, use your imagination.

[@ModernEphemera]

That thing about the first three notes of the Shadow Temple being the same as Zelda’s lullaby (Royal Family theme) is really interesting, I checked and it does sound that way

[@bowenorcutt78]

This reminds me of something I recently noticed. In a lot of games in the Zelda series, including Ocarina, Lake Hylia just happens to have two islands close together, often with hidden caves inside them. And in Ocarina, Link Between Worlds, and the original, the easternmost of these islands happens to has a dungeon on, inside, or under it. What's especially notable about Ocarina is that its eastern island has a large, gnarled tree, just like the one the island's dungeon in the original game is found under.

[@Zeldamaster0999]

I can’t help but love the intro music of your videos, It really captures the Zelda content you do( the choir especially, my favorite choir parts in Zelda are, Oot fire temple, Oot shadow temple, totk intro, totk fire temple, and this.)

[@patrick8358]

I think when you finally tackle Majora's Mask in this format, you will need 200 facts rather than 100. That game is replete with secrets. 20 years and several playthroughs later, I still find new dialogue, situations, etc. There is an entire channel dedicated to it.

[@solracstormhunter3023]

27:35 Thank you, Sir! Now I can't get that image out of my mind. On the same note: Since Jabu-Jabu lives at the source, that means all of Hyrule drinks his bodily fluids. Someone needs to build a water filtering system there.

[@Raiigen]

Regarding the Sheikah and their whereabouts, I remember reading a story that theorizes that the Sheikah were executed by the King soon after the civil war had ended on the behest of Ganondorf to form an allegiance with Hyrule and end the war. Basically since the Sheikah were the Royal Family's shadows and did all their dirty work from spying to assassination, Ganondorf proposed to the king to get rid of the Sheikah if he wanted to end the bloodshed and bring peace to Hyrule. The king conceded and only let Impa live as she was a direct attendant of the queen and by extend Zelda. Though Impa begged the king to have mercy, he still proceeded to execute every single Sheikah, including a young man who was close friends with Impa and was named Sheik (the same Sheik Zelda turns into when hiding from Ganondorf), saying to the people of Hyrule that they were responsible for the war in the first place and betrayed the royal family. This is considered the betrayal of the Royal Family towards the Sheikah and the few who survived added the tear to their eye symbol and left Hyrule for good, leaving only Impa who took care of baby Zelda.

[@How_Many_Monkeys]

Absolutely loved the format of this vid, the way many of the secrets/easter eggs kinda flowed into the next one. Zeltik’s script writing was always good, but it’s gotten even better over time. Truly top-tier writing 👌

[@DJWoozie]

MAN your delivery in this is top notch. sounds like a continuous story and im super immersed

[@RatedRMario21]

Crazy Majora's Mask Theory: The owner of the Poe Shop in Ikana Canyon is actually Saria. Since Majora's Mask is the "Child Timeline" Link never visited the Forest Temple and met the Poe Sisters. The Majora's Mask Poes all have the same names and if they really weren't "evil," by Majora's Mask they were probably just looking to go to the Afterlife. Saria always had a connection with the Forest Temple and knew that Link would be visiting Ikana in the near future. That also explains why the Poe Shop owner knows who Link is and doesn't mention how and why the owner will "spare" Link at 3 hearts

[@XradicalD]

"This does mean that Hyrule's entire water supply runs under King Zora's balls." Actually, that water stays on Zora's domain, as the water goes nowhere else other than the small waterfall within it. The waterfall OUTSIDE the entrance comes from Jabu jabu's lake, you can confirm this by checking the Hyrule field world atlas.

[@luksmuk]

Do majora's mask next!

[@ricekrispies1917]

I never noticed that fact about the redeads. It sounds both terrifying and tragically sad

[@bigtoblerone8446]

I didnt know the graveyard kid grows up to be a skull kid. But now it makes sense as you never see an adult version of him when you grow up

[@hardlee2432]

I lived through the OOT era and I go back and play it every so often so I fully expected no big surprises. That is until 8:43 I never realized that guard was back there, I never actually checked the back alleys after Zelda fled.

[@lillii9119]

Kaepora Gaebora doesn't know about the same informations as Rauru because he is a reincarnation, just like Link doesn't know about the previous Links he was reincarnated from

[@guizuddo]

I never thought about all of Hyrule's water streaming trough King Zora's balls... Thank you for the input, Zeltik.

[@crawdad]

You know it’s a great video when I’m still learning little things 20+ years later. As someone who’s played this game over the course of 2+ decades from when it first came out, the depth of everything in it still blows me away.

[@The_Moral_Obligator]

I’d love to see a lore secret video for Twilight Princess

[@hanino6453]

Man, this video manages to capture some of the mysterious and amazing aura that the Zelda franchise has, little obscure details that are so missable but really rewarding when discovered and flesh out the world of Hyrule and it’s inhabitants are some of the reasons why Zelda is my favorite franchise ever.

[@NEWFIExGAMING]

21:24 I prefer the believe that the Poe Merchant is the Kakariko graveyard kid. He's too short & thin to be the guard, he has an interest in the dead and he holds a stick like the kid.

[@coolguychecker7329]

101: The King of Evil, Ganondorf, after realizing he could just wait for Link to collect the spiritual stones for him, wrote the following words to paper and then stuck it in a bottle to be placed in Lake Hylia: "Help me. I am waiting for you inside Lord Jabu Jabu's belly. -Ruto. PS: Don't tell my father!"

[@azdaze227]

Is this Canon? It would make sense. When you bring up the letter in a bottle to ruto she claims to not know what you are talking about. I always assumed it was just a lie but this is a cool idea

[@coolguychecker7329]

@@azdaze227 Pretty sure it's implied that Ganondorf manipulated Link into getting the spiritual stones.

[@Historicutuber]

Ocarina is amazing…a true masterpiece

[@thepowercreep]

OOT best nostalgic Zelda title. Change my mind.

[@CyberDragoon656]

Majora's mask is better. OOT is martyred to kingdom come like FF7, mario 64 and so on. All good games but something else does it better.

[@thepowercreep]

Still waiting for someone to change my mind. (MM is my favorite title) Just something about what OoT did for the gaming world that just hits harder to me. Yeah, others may have done it better, but OoT is the pillar on which the others stood.

[@CyberDragoon656]

@@thepowercreep depends on which OOT, even though it was innovative at the time the n64 version didn't age well and some can see it being hard to return to it rather than its 3ds remake. Other titles such as LTTP and MM and newer titles did do things OOT wanted to do but better either it is gameplay or story. Also from what I've seen it also depends on when you are born it seems (80s-90s LTTP, 90-00 OOT or MM)

[@miki49]

⁠@@CyberDragoon656That’s a good point. The 3DS version straight up changes some design choices to make things a little easier/more accessible. The N64 version also just doesn’t hold up very well at all mechanically or visually. It’s not the easiest to come back to and I just don’t recommend it to new comers anymore at this point. It just deters them nowadays.

[@kawaiininja4036]

Your voice is so calming, and your videos are simply wonderful. Thank you!! 😃

[@FlameShroom]

Simp

[@johncayley7838]

Love that you ended on the bootstrap paradox. Where DID the song come from indeed? Causality gone mad. Must be why so many secret and mysterious things happen when you play it, the very existence of the tune distorts reality!

[@Abegilr_Dragonrider]

This game could have been so much bigger, with a Light Temple, and a whole thing of defeating Ganondorf's minions in the Sacred Realm, and much, much more.

[@kuraijen7392]

“The mini game owner gets a sad baby tantrum if you don’t play his game!” Next fact: “The story takes place after a brutal civil war that ended the lives of thousands.”

[@willy_-_wonka-sigh]

I played this game when i was like 6 or something on my dads n64, and my god, the nostalgia makes me cry bro

[@geeba3353]

I love the world building in this game so much it’s my favorite in the zelda franchise ❤

[@Edge_Boye]

4:37 “Bomb flowers are native to death mountain” sounds like something you’d read in a Australian geography book

[@Little-Dude]

Was not prepared for you to talk about King Zora's balls.

[@coffeecat2812]

Anyone else find these videos incredibly comforting and relaxing?

[@Zelenal]

It's amazing how many of the secrets of this list are things stated very plainly in the main story.

[@maxbetatron]

4:37 My theory is Link is in a big time loop. It's not a prophetic dream. It's a memory. And hes been sent back by Zelda already a few times.

[@steverman2312]

"This does mean that Hyrule's entire water supply runs under King Zora's balls" is the literal last thing i ever expected to hear in a zeltik video

[@KiteKami]

This video and all of yours are so well made holy keep growing my guy

[@Supasmartguy]

Can you please make a third video showing concept art for enemies that could return in tears of the kingdom, or maybe a video showing concept art for items and weapons that could return.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Oh, yeah; I think he drew those pictures himself or got someone else artistically involved!

[@PassionFlame64]

It's interesting that people who go to Lost Woods end up becoming Stalfos. Makes me wonder who they were in their past lives. Amazing video as always, Zeltik.

[@missingindy]

Hey, I absolutely LOVE these types of videos, but I’m not sure about if the other Zelda games have enough secrets and small details, so maybe you could make a video that’s 100 lore secrets in the other Zelda games

[@tinyrogerts6449]

I've been on the fence for a while now, debating whether or not to plunk down too much money on eBay for OoT and an N64 to replay it the way I originally did. This video sealed the deal. Nostalgia comes at a price, but it will be worth it. Can't wait to re-experience this Legend the way it's meant to be played, on an N64 and thicc CRT tv.

[@briandear1401]

Gannondorf let's Link explore Hyrule and free the sages as an adult in an attempt to lure out Zelda.

[@jordandillow3423]

Great to see you back dude I miss you old friend

[@TheGrizzlo503]

King Zora literally poisoned all of Hyrule's water with ligma He's the real villain

[@XxXpotatogamingXxX]

good day, my friends! zeltik has uploaded a video!

[@krzzffr]

I always figured the claw mark on the tree at Lake Hylia came from the Wolfos that you encounter when you go near the tree at night.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Ah

[@dominicwebb4416]

Yeah you solved that then good thinking 👍

[@HighPriestFuneral]

@@dominicwebb4416 ...There is no Wolfos at the tree at night to my knowledge. I'm not sure what this person is talking about.

[@dominicwebb4416]

@@HighPriestFuneral I don't have the the game no more but I remember something about there being a secret hole and when you emerge back out of it there's a wolfos there I can't remember if it's event specific like if you kill the black bird in the day to trigger it at night or if it's past or future timelines but I'm sure there was one that only shows up now and again I do anyone could try this out to find out if I'm having Mandela effect or no tee would be appreciated lol

[@srgshadow538]

ocarina of time to this day still the best game i have ever played and still own my n64 copy from back when i got it , this game will always hold a special place

[@danamariecombs6441]

This is a great series! Keep it going😊

[@badcad4464]

I’ve got one! When u talk to one of the construction guys with the gerudo mask on, he says some thing like “the gerudo women are so beautiful and strong” or that he would be lucky to marry one or something like that. And he looks and dresses similar to Hudson from BOTW and TOTK who we all know married a gerudo woman!

[@WeredogCanivir]

I think that the drawing of Link fighting the "dinosaur" might not be a prophecy, but an incarnation's memory. Most likely Link fighting the imprisoned.

[@anitamihholap5926]

Now that's dedication. Say, I know of an obscure (and pretty crazy) story from another side of the fandom that's been mostly forgotten and remains mysterious for the most part. I wonder what would be the best way to talk to Zeltik about it, since I'd love him to cover it. Or anyone in Zelda KZbin circle, really.

[@obscuregamesshowcase]

Do you remember what the story was?

[@anitamihholap5926]

@@obscuregamesshowcase yeah, I do, but I think it's too long for comments. Also, Zeltik didn't answer on Twitter.

[@GrimmShadowsII]

Zeltik raises the question of who Ganondorf's mother is but what about who is his father? I know having a Gerudo mother automatically makes him born a Gerudo but does that mean he inherited nothing from his father?

[@goldsilvertornado]

This is going to sound nuts but Skyward sword is the prequel to hyrule. The "Evil King" Sky link defeated was beat at the last moment he cursed link and all his descendents saying something sbout his evil "seed" shall forever be their enemies and cursed with his ambition of taking over. Id have to rewatch to see his words ir something but it was something like that. The King of Evil was Ganondorfs Father. Gerudo mixed with curse prophecy produced Ganon.

[@herladyshipofexpletives]

Well all gerudo are born women but the one man every hundred years. So yeah the kids usually take no genetics from the dad basically. And always look like a gerudo. That's why they have to leave their village to get husbands or boyfriends.

[@mistahkrazy805]

"Once you go Goron, you never go Back." - Some Gerudo, probably

[@GenkiStarLeaf]

I do wonder if Ganondorf would of turned out to be a complete different person if he was actually raised by his mother rather than Twinrova. It seems like they both shaped him to be the person we see in OoT.

[@Aaaa-g6u8e]

Probably not since Ganondorf will always be the reincarnation of the demon king in all timelines from Skyward Sword.

[@kuu9061]

I'm absolutely loving this series. I'm not sure if you've mentioned it, but please do this for every Zelda game! 👀 And if you are, I look forward to each one.

[@anthonychristofferson1535]

By the way, did anyone else notice the Triforce on the sword that Demise uses in Skyward Sword?

[@janTesika]

yep! people have theorized that because of the inverted triforce on his "demon sword" or sort of... blasphemous master sword? that he comes from Lorule.

[@chuckleberry2142]

I wonder if it's some sort of anti master sword, considering Ghirahim, who is the spirit of Demise's sword, is sort of a dark version of Fi, who is the spirit of the master sword.

[@aloemoosethoon9556]

I always kinda assumed that twinrova combined, got freaky with a dude n had Ganon combined and separated after again, bc they’re his “Surrogate Mothers” not Adoptive which implies somehow someway, that they gave birth to him (most likely in an evil and/or magical way)

[@vinzu9403]

Lets go i love these

[@ricardothepilot6198]

27:28 LOL I love that Zeltik broke script with the sophisticated essay tone and added this joke, your content is too good

[@fjfjfjffjdhd]

Just a legend !

[@許揚蕙]

I was born in 2013, so I never played old Zelda games😂 but I love seeing people play them!😊

[@mariad.s.6760]

you have the age of my beloved nephew, but he doesn't like Nintendo games, he prefers fortnite and the like... so I cheer you for your good taste! good boy or girl!

[@ThatGuy-200]

Let's go ocarina content.