The Lore of Zelda’s Famous Locations (Skyward Sword)

[@mungethekpopstan]

the ancient cistern was one of my absolute favorite dungeons throughout the game, along with skykeep

[@Tabbychu]

As someone who loves and adores Skyward Sword, this video makes me truly happy. The thing that draws me to a game most is the story, characters, and world building- all things that SS excels in. So many people treat the game as a black sheep because they had trouble with the controls (i never did after upgrading from the motion plus accessory to the wiimote plus, so even that hate confuses me). They end up not giving it a fair chance because of this, missing out on one of the richest games in the whole series lore wise and an absolutely amazing story. So seeing a video dedicated to the aspects of the game that I love so much about it is such a nice treat. I really hope this helps change the minds of a few people 💜

[@g4rlicp0wder]

Right!! I was hoping more people would give it a chance with button controls on the switch.. but I didn’t hear a thing about it anywhere :(

[@BillyBobJoe14]

@@Tabbychu fr if you don’t like the motion controls get the game on switch it’s phenomenal!

[@Tabbychu]

@@BillyBobJoe14 yes exactly!! The HD version is great. The button controls are a little wonky since SS wasn't developed with buttons in mind, but once you get used to it it's great! And honestly, even though it feels weird playing SS without motion control for me, I prefer playing HD with buttons. While I rarely had trouble with the motion controls on wii, I've had NOTHING but problems with them in HD. The Switch's gyro controls are soooo much more inaccurate and prone to desyncing than the wiimote's dedicated motion with the sensor bar ever was even at its worst. Heck, even playing docked with the pro controller, the gyro desync when using the bow is INSANELY painful. It made me so frustrated during Sandship

[@BillyBobJoe14]

@@Tabbychu yes especially with it desyncing

[@faby_baby]

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[@yuantheblue]

It never fails to amuse me that Impa and Zelda make it to the final chamber way ahead of your Link, who is equipped with a whole arsenal of tools :D

[@melimsah]

Impa is OP, please nerf

[@tarnw3301]

I just assumed there were other paths and doors which Link can't access because he isn't as slender and magic as them.

[@SenketsuFi]

Ancient Sheikah Secrets

[@hi-ougidemonfang]

I think the intended location that the triforce was hidden was inside link. You don’t find it in the natural realm you find it in a place lit near identical to the other silent realm areas you’ve been in. And in canon the silent realm is a realm formed of links spirit, I think. The dungeon didn’t contain the triforce, it forged the spirit to wield it.

[@RetroJack]

You can't just say, "in canon" followed by, "I think". No-one's going to take that seriously!

[@hi-ougidemonfang]

@@RetroJack you might be right, perchance.

[@octopustophat647]

@@hi-ougidemonfangyou cant just say perchance

[@randomdragon3439]

@@hi-ougidemonfangperchance you are right

[@madisonlange7039]

Thank you sooo much for making a Skyward Sword locations video!!! I've been waiting for this one, this definitely one of my favorite Zelda games. The locations are fantastic and I love that we could use time crystals to see what the past civilization looked like. The story is fantastic too! Definitely a Skyward Sword fan for life

[@sonicguyver7445]

Heaven and Earth are a common pairing in Japanese media. Inuyasha, Mega Man Legends, and Naruto just off the top of my head. But I really loved Skyloft in this game, and the loftwings. Zelda's father said they are a divine gift of protection from Hylia, each bound to a single person for life. And we know the connection is deep because at the start Link said he couldn't 'sense his loftwing nearby. Even when Groose catches Link's, he only cages it. He doesn't bind its wings or harm it. I think since they are a gift from Hylia it might be an unforgivable sin to kill one.

[@Werewolf914]

I'd love to have a Zelda that takes place before Skyward Sword so we could see what the world was like before or just as Demises Demon invasion

[@skywrd_]

we should play as demise just for funsies

[@eugenethomas1636]

Might be just me thinking this, but if you take a closer look at totk ganondorf in his demon King form he looks almost identical to demise I know that has nothing to do with the video or what you're saying but it's just something I'm now realizing.

[@InfaHex]

Hyrule Gamer, I adore your channel so much. You pour so much love and effort into your content and I really am left wanting so much more after every video!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you so much!

[@midnightbluevt]

I love how the Hindu-style figures decorating the Earth Temple look like they're saying "Whoa, whoa, easy bro, chill!" or something. Just always tickles me for some reason. Great video BTW, love your work bro.

[@mememan5466]

I love this game soooo much. My dad got the game on release when I was 5 and I loved exploring skyloft as a kid. Of course i was too young to actually get anywhere XD but that place was so enchanting that just running around was so much fun

[@eclipticender281]

I love the lore behind the time travel and different types of that. Between ocarina of time, skyward sword, and years of the kingdoms, there are lot of things at play and would love more into that

[@justinpatterson5291]

The whole series would've changed, if Link just rammed the blade down Demise's throat- before he finished flapping his gums. Thus, being unable to issue his eternal curse.

[@dannys6957]

I always look forward to these videos. They are perfect for watching/listening to on my second screen while wandering around Hyrule in ToTK!! I've been a fan for years. Keep up the great work!!!!

[@KaiTexel]

I love these!! Thank u for making them :) I would love to see one on a location in Wind Waker- maybe Windfall island? Itd be cool to see your take on locations that have ties to places earlier in the timeline and how theyve changed since OOT.

[@SirSonic900]

This was really cool. I've never played skyward sword or seen It played as of yet, so a lot of this information is very interesting.

[@Nhnhnfk]

It's good 😊 it doesn't really feel like a typical zelda game. It's more like a Mario game. You can see why they went open world afterwards. But it's still a great game.

[@BreannHayes]

I love skyward sword. But if you want to play it for the first time I highly suggest getting the switch version the Wii version was …hard? To get through because of the motion controls but the switch version gives you the option of turning the motion controls off if you want but the motion controls are wayyyy better on the switch

[@SirSonic900]

@BreannHayes good to know. Thanks 😊 👍

[@BreannHayes]

@@SirSonic900 your very welcome

[@sean_nowell]

perfectly timed video. i've been replaying this game for the past week or two

[@meganhearts162]

Wasn't it the power of the flame or the timeshift stone that made the Sandship invisible? It was a form of protection that the robots used to keep the flame hidden, at least that's what Skipper the Captain led me to believe.

[@MrsTae-ss1nj]

Yes, it's a protection thing they were able to rig to the ship using the flame, similarly to how in OOT "Nayru's love" (the goddoess of wisdom, who LanNAYRU was named after) gives you a protection diamond around Link 😊

[@saraross8396]

"Sky Keep is the only main dungeon in the entire Zelda series to not feature a boss." Dreadfuse: "Am I a joke to you?" I count Dreadfuse as a boss because he guards the single key in this dungeon. Without it, you cannot obtain the Triforce of Courage. In some aspects he is perhaps more akin to a mini boss like the White Wolfos of the Ice Cavern or Dead Hand of the Bottom of the Well. Mini bosses are often found about halfway through a dungeon, typically just prior to obtaining the key item, but also are accompanied by the main boss who gives you a heart container. While none of those I have listed give you a heart container, they are the closest thing to a boss these particular dungeons have. It could be argued that the Bottom of the Well is optional, and it is if you know where to go, but I have yet to hear of someone doing a complete (as in no glitches) run of Ocarina of Time without the Iron boots.

[@BreannHayes]

Random fact the first time I played oot I didn’t know I was supposed to go down the well so I didn’t and when I got to the shadow temple I kept wondering why in the world invisible enemies were hitting me and I thought I glitched out the game 😭😅🤣

[@Tiejocky]

I really enjoy your work with the location lore and become a fan.

[@thesneakysniper2610]

Hey @HyruleGamer, in the game, a hero is mentioned during the game. You even said it at 5:49. Do we have any idea of who the hero is?

[@MommyRexacuse]

I’m pretty sure that the implication is that the ancient hero IS Skyward Sword Link: After all, he’s the one who was gifted the sail by the goddess, and he’s the one who defeated Demise in the past. Demise even notes that he’s never met anyone with the courage that Link has, implying there’s never was another hero besides Link.

[@codyespey9761]

​@MommyRexacuse one problem with that is the ancient hero did not imprison demise in the master sword, but some rock at the bottom of a crater lol

[@MommyRexacuse]

@@codyespey9761 I’m pretty sure it’s stated that Hylia is the one who put that seal on Demise, no hero is mentioned as a part of that. And if Hylia already had another hero as well as access to time travel, why would she need to sculpt Link into the perfect hero to defeat Demise? Skyward Sword’s time travel is extremely wonky, it doesn’t seem to operate on any sort of concrete rules, so it’s kinda unclear how stories of the ancient hero exist when there was no ancient hero until Link went back and defeated Demise.

[@meganhearts162]

Well there was that little manga piece at the end of the Hyrule Historia book that revealed Hylia choosing a man that was wrongfully imprisoned by his fellow early Hylians/humans, being framed for a reason that's never revealed. Hylia chose him for his courage and decided to reincarnate his spirit along with hers in a mortal body because she knew that spirit was unbreakable, and that's what hones the Master Sword to it's true self. It's supposed to give a little background on why the red loftwing chose Link in Skyward Sword too. The predecessor of that loftwing supposedly was very close to Hylia and chose to help only the old hero in battle. And I doubt when Zelda went back in time she went alllll the way back to SS beginning. She went back far but still at the end of the timeline. At least there's no proof otherwise 🤷‍♀️ sorry about the info dump 😅

[@MommyRexacuse]

@@meganhearts162 I’m aware of that story but I think its canonicity is questionable

[@mememan5466]

Where lumpy pumpkin?

[@Cóilín1]

18:26 "Levias"

[@aeronphillips8876]

I pronounced it the same way (Lev-Eye-Us)when I first played this game! It wasnt until I saw Capt Burgerson say "Lev-Eee-us" like levitate that I got the joke... Then felt really silly. But then my homie Cap said "Bile-O-Kite" instead of "Bile-o-Site" like parasite and cytoplasm... Can't win em all

[@agentoregon7212]

nah like that boss is called tentalus. he just slipped up there a bit

[@Cóilín1]

Yeah that boss is called Tentalus. I just found it funny that he slipped up, like when you call out your friends when they mess up

[@RSanchez111]

Remember when Link was surprised to travel through time seven years? Then Skyward Sword traveled a thousand years into the past? Then Tears of the Kingdom traveled tens of thousands of years into the past? How long until we have a future Zelda where Link travels a million years into ancient Hyrule?

[@BenCharminEats]

I wonder if there's a link between the Earth Temple in Eldin, and the Ancient Gorondia Temple in the Depths of Eldin in TOTK, or if they're different interpretations of the same place?!?

[@lilkorok]

love this series!❤️

[@HyruleGamer]

Woooo, love to hear it!

[@Pailers]

Demise's Realm is, imo, the coolest place in the series. Demise is, IMO, the hottest video game villain of the series... and possibly other series as well.

[@Werewolf914]

What about TOTK Ganondorf?

[@Pailers]

@Werewolf914 absolutely on the list, but Demise is still my #1 lol

[@sky30p75]

You’re so real for that 💀

[@sailorsatan5562]

i’d love an actual in depth lore explanation. kinda feels like you’re just explaining what everyone who played the game already knows, and don’t really go into depth. just kinda giving a tour of the map

[@koolaidflavas8701]

Hey Hyrule Gamer I have a Serious Question about this game after you go back in time to the point where Hylia just sealed the imprisoned. Ok if Hylia just sealed him where did Hylia go? I was so happy to go back that far to where the Goddess Hylia was still in her Goddy form. I wanted to meet her

[@MrsTae-ss1nj]

It states in the beginning or somewhere in the lore I think that Hylia was mortally wounded, and that's a part of the reason she wanted to reincarnate into Zelda, alongside being able to fight demise again. Ot that's what I remember, it's been a hot minute since I played SS

[@Damariobros]

Demise is not sealed away by the Triforce, Demise is actually completely destroyed, erased from existence in the present time. Only his curse remains.

[@joshuablowes843]

The temple of time, the one in lanayru always reminds me of the twilight princess arbiters grounds

[@k_boo8232]

Hola! I love the lore videos more than I want to admit 😅

[@HyruleGamer]

Glad you like them!

[@Dawnwinglh]

I posted this idea on the discord but it was probably poorly worded but, what if after Link gets Skylofts sacred realm item, he goes to the past and up to skyloft, and completes the dungeon there. (Sorry for any bad spelling and grammer I have)

[@darrinfix199]

yep,....it's thanks to you Zeltubers that I know the end of this game as.....um.....I lost to Demise a few times back then and....haven't gone back to try again(holds head in shame).

[@WinglessMoonstone]

I highly encourage you to try again, if you still have your copy of the game! Even if you already know how it ends, it's still incredibly satisfying to get that final kill! It's hard, but you can do it!!! Just be quick and careful! You got this!!! :D

[@7th_hokage944]

God I love this game❤

[@IamCanadian3333]

I'm of the opinion that Skyloft eventually becomes the City in the Sky, and that the Loftwings eventually become the Oocca.

[@fireembliam9090]

4:44 There is a mini boss.

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

Did he call Tantalus Levias?

[@syedshah9029]

Did you call Tentalus Tantalus?

[@Michael-gn9rc]

You mixed up levias and tentalus

[@HumbleShaman2014]

You’re one of the better Zelda lore channels. You explain things very well and detailed while at the same time not trying to force lore out of the series that wasn’t intended to exist

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you!

[@gregorygan2077]

Demise won. Zelda nor ANYhyrulean god is more powerful than Demise's curse. It means their power is illegitimate and Demise is the true deity of this realm where the golden goddesses invaded

[@W454B1]

sounds a bit pessimistic. I think it's more of a "every light casts a shadow" kinda thing and he's a result of the golden goddesses' influence and hylia's continued presence. just a natural balance in a world where true divine good exists

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 184 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers (would you consider changing the title of this series? because I think famous is a bit of a stretch)

[@NailsByAura]

Can u blame him, im a girl but them gerudo women be kindaaaa 🫢🫢🫢

[@Mykal06]

Hey, I’m just replying here because I felt lead to give the gospel. Please consider the message I write! Please repent and believe the gospel! There’s a loving God who wants to know you and save you. He died on the cross and resurrected so we can be forgiven of our sins and be saved. Please consider the state of your soul! Believe in Jesus and follow Him so you may have salvation. Life is short, please make the right choice today!

[@Apoplectic1]

He's a more restrained man than I, I'd have simped for the thick hipped muscle mamas for longer

[@therejectedbeatle]

I can’t even say nun cause I simp for Revali 😭

[@Enjoyer.762]

​@@NailsByAura They're all on roids lmao

[@blarg539]

All his videos seem like a freshman English essay where he’s stretching to reach 1000 words.

[@NoiseDay]

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

[@fireembliam9090]

12:22 Face.

[@REDSTONENOOB.]

Carglass repareert, Carglass vervangt

[@meimei8718]

Interesting

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 202 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@angusmcphail7031]

What is your point? I am genuinely asking, not sarcastically.

[@Innerspacezombie]

@@angusmcphail7031 it’s funny and I hyperfixate on things

[@GrimDim]

12:36 a what dungeon??? 🤨

[@HipnotikHylian]

Sixth Dungeon, idiot 😂

[@HyruleGamer]

The Sixth Dungeon

[@jimmullins1270]

Awesome video, I loved skyward sword. Only played it recently but wow the story was fantastic

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 244 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@Frogboyaidan]

Fr

[@Brockbuiltmore]

i love SS deeply but its a sin about how badly the emotional goodbye is with Fi is absolutely undercut by how painfully insufferable she is especially in the original Wii version.

[@VinceCloutier]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE I cant stand this fck world anymore XD, but great video man

[@NetBattler]

I'm curious why you still haven't talked about the great fairy from Twilight Princess....

[@bagofshhh]

The story of this game is so rich with lore and backstory. Even though it is a bit of a retcon, introducing the Goddess Hylia, and finally describing the Master Sword’s role as sealing the power of the demon king’s power until it weakens, and a hero has to prove himself worthy to reporter the sword, and recapture the remaining power. It’s really cool how the story of the hero and villain are opposite (the hero reforges the sword into a more powerful version, whereas the evil weapon reforges its master into a more powerful version that hadn’t existed previously). The majority on the story taking place in an alternate timeline until Ghirahim goes back in time to crest the traditional Zelda timeline is very clever. As is finally describing how the hero and the master sword work together to slowly destroy Demise’s power, a battle that takes 1000 years and spans through Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, A Link to the Past, Zelda 1 and 2, and the finally the Twilight Princess. Finally clearing the stage for Gannondorf to become the second demon king in BotW and TotK. It’s really neat that you can pretty much chart a game’s location in the timeline by looking at how old Impa is, as she is the same character, and has been on a wild journey protecting the master sword, and Hyrule for a very long time.

[@skywrd_]

ss peak game

[@TheGamerfreak713]

This video made me have a thought about the Zelda timeline. What if Skyward Sword is no longer the first game in the series? What if, somehow, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are actually BEFORE this? When Demise first came about, but he went by the name Ganondorf? The Lanayru region, the desert, has robots that still mine after years of whomever created them disappeared. Sound familiar? Zonai, maybe? My thought is that the Hylians ended up going up the Sky Islands created in Tears of the Kingdom at some point after that game ends and THAT is where Skyward Sword begins eventually.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

A laughing stock due to how "easy"... ugh, no... It has always been been because how goofy he looks.

[@fridayhawks-spangenberg8979]

I pronounce it "Fee" because my nickname is Fi and that's how I pronounce it :)

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 198 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Technically Link didn't forge the Master Sword. Hylia created the original blade, and it's not stated how she did it. Link just infused it with the golden goddsess' power (who are supposed to be a level above Hylia).

[@darkdagger5237]

The forging of the Master sword is talked about in three games. First in the A link to the past manual they say that the ancient people of Hyrule by order of the gods forged the Master sword to protect the Triforce from evil. Second in Twilight princess Zelda says that the Master sword was forged with the wisdom of the ancient sages. And third in Skyward sword Link forges the Master sword using the Goddess sword as a base also there are sage medallion symbols from Ocarina of time on the ceiling of the sealing grounds temple. So in conclusion these are three parts to the same origin story.

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

Skyward Sword is the only mainline game I've never even played. I had no desire to play it with motion controls when it came out, and when the HD rerelease dropped, I just wasn't interested.

[@jorgepelayo3217]

I got the game and I wasn't too thrilled myself. I didn't get to the first dungeon. Wasn't for me either

[@HipnotikHylian]

Sounds like you're making up excuses to hate on it. They fixed all the issues with the controls with the HD release. They LITERALLY gave you standard traditional controls, upgraded to 60fps, allowed you to mute Fi and many more improvements. Moron!

[@chuckrichardson83]

What does garbage ass game you can really sum these locations up really quickly they were once basic locations on the ground they got raised into the sky they wound up falling back down to the ground again the end

[@alexv4205]

10 views in 10 seconds bro fell off 😂😢

[@Mykal06]

To anyone reading this, please repent and believe the gospel! There’s a loving God who wants to know you and save you. He died on the cross and resurrected so we can be forgiven of our sins and be saved. Please consider the state of your soul! Believe in Jesus and follow Him so you may have salvation. Life is short, please make the right choice today!

[@AlexCFaulkner]

Yo we're on the same team but idk if youtube comments if the most effective way for this.

[@princessrobyn8592]

Its not, at all. Its actually a HUGE deterrent and mega cringe for non christians

[@eugenethomas1636]

I've been seeing this same exact comment or comments similar to this all across KZbin

[@BreannHayes]

This is the dumbest thing to comment on a Zelda video 🤣

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Worst origin Story ever. And they made Zelda a "not like other girls, Im edgy!" - pickme. I can't express how much I .... this game.

[@Alkaris]

You know something that would be fun to explore, it would be fun to explore how the worlds exist within the Zelda universe, and where they'd be located in their respective space time dimensions. I was recently looking at old art concept for Dragon Ball and how their entire world and universe is built around this place. And I couldn't help think of Zelda games in a similar light of how the entire world and universe are connected. It's easier to conceptualize how they exist when using something like that to work off. I would maybe recommend checking it out yourself and see what you can come up with.

[@Innerspacezombie]

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[@Innerspacezombie]

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[@Innerspacezombie]

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[@Innerspacezombie]

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