Busting 20 Zelda Myths

[@1gnore_me.]

the square "hole" underneath zora's domain is fascinating to me because it implies that they probably wanted to put an entrance to SOMETHING at some point in development, but either forgot or simply scrapped it.

[@sgillman16]

There was supposed to be a "Zora hotel" early in development

[@CassidyDylyn]

I don't think that it implies anything. Knowing that players would likely never see that area in a regular passthrough, it's likely that the stone platform just wasn't completely filled in.

[@rjd-kh8et]

It looks more like an alcove for a chest than an entrance to another area.

[@sgillman16]

@@rjd-kh8et it was a Zora Inn where you would go to pass time, before the sun's song was implemented

[@slutwagon4270]

Makes me think if you culled the water away you can use bombs to open it.

[@That_One_Sunshine_Knight]

The fishing rod Ganondorf distraction is always funny. He's flabbergasted you would actually whip out a simple fishing rod during the ultimate duel to determine the fate of Hyrule and The Realm of Twili.

[@estay.azimullah]

Ganondorf is a fish confermed

[@Lyladagger02]

There are a lot of unique items you can use in the final fight. In OOT you can use a bottle to deflect Ganon's attacks. In Skyward Sword you can use a net to distract Demise. Those are the only two I know of but I can guarantee there's more.

[@Chipandtristan]

@@Lyladagger02in dark beast ganon fight in botw you can use master sword beams on the yellow triforce circles

[@Sceptilian]

"Because the pyramid is unreachable, many people have speculated that this is a secret dungeon." How have we evolved to the point that we think something inaccessible is just a well-hidden secret

[@chloe_gpt]

Heard from an interview that running man can’t be beaten because the devs didn’t have a good reward for such an achievement, and so they made him unbeatable instead.

[@lornelthaltmer]

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[@ZeldaQueen64]

The Unicorn Fountain was probably the beta design for fairy fountains in general. A lot of beta images and data suggest OOT initially was made to hew closer to prior games. For example, Octoroks were just 3D versions of their LOZ selves and beta text suggests the Spirit Medallion would have let Link turn into a fairy for exploring, like one of the spells in AOL. The fairy design in the screenshot looks a LOT like if the fairies from the first two games were translated into 3D.

[@user-bf6gz8ej4o]

Is the unicorn fountain in the game or not? I didn't get it from the video.

[@gayjayy]

@@user-bf6gz8ej4o They might be in the game, like the book in the Mario Myth video, but is blocked off and inaccessible.

[@tjeerdtrekkie1030]

The dog treasure in BotW is fun because its truly a dog treasure. The chest only appears once you feed the dog.

[@SilentDecepticon]

I think BOTW’s loading screen tells you about the dog thing. If you befriend them they’ll lead you to secrets or something like that.

[@gwbrewer2528]

Yeah, It does say something about that, I remember seeing it and trying it.

[@stefanlynch3210]

Alot of these content creators need to make content somehow even if it's plainly said in game

[@emmamiller.]

Yeah it does. That's why I didnt think it was a "Myth"

[@stefanlynch3210]

@@emmamiller. this is what you would call click bait

[@The_Sofa_King]

I wish more modern games had these interesting myths. Love the video!

[@InfiniteBits]

Thank you Sofa!

[@The_Sofa_King]

@@InfiniteBits you have been a delight to watch bro

[@Liggliluff]

Yeah, like Breath of the Wild, if only it was featured in the video ... ... ...

[@finnthehuman2396]

Me to me to

[@ghoulchan7525]

It's more that the insane myths these days get debunked so fast, there's no time for em to spread. Also dataminers.

[@frenzystuff8146]

the running man is secretly the flash

[@InfiniteBits]

U solved the mystery

[@eeveesherd]

Nah running man is secretly A-train

[@traviscooper2205]

Nah dude, he folds space and time. He IS the Event Horizon.

[@TheTrueMr.Chicken]

No he's his camera man

[@unknowncrazy15]

Lol I told people that all the time even as kid when I was reading Justice league flash

[@the_javinator7370]

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to beat the running man in Ocarina of Time. I didn't find out till many years after that it isn't possible. So much time wasted 😂

[@rockwells9036]

It is possible using an extensive special quest where you shift time or something to beat the running man, who gives you a tool to melt the ice

[@lornelthaltmer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5C1mpqeorFjask

[@SpinAttackLink]

@@rockwells9036that was proven fake

[@mgrvr]

I can probably guess how many times you tried to beat the running man. (Around 5,894 time ,completely guessed)

[@eliotrousseau1911]

You can also distract the Skyward Sword boss the same way with the bug net.

[@GANONdork123]

Huh, I didn't know that the bunny hood stops stalchildren from spawning at night. I feel like no matter how well I think I know Ocarina of Time, it continues to surprise me with tiny detail mechanics that I've never encountered before, and that's coming from someone used to make ROM hacks and study the game religiously back in the day.

[@Mari_Izu]

Most Masks have a secondary effect, like skull mask protecting you from keese.

[@janehuskmann1914]

Let me tell you one thing: in OoT, you _do_ get the Triforce... of Courage. Here's how you do it: Step 1: Open the Temple of Time. Step 2: The Triforce of Courage gets revealed when Zelda does.

[@ethanharris7943]

Valley of the flood sounds like a really cool concept for a game

[@InfiniteBits]

I wish it was real...

[@Knightmessenger]

I was disappointed Twilight Princess didn't end with Hyrule flooding, to lead directly into Wind Waker. One, I always thought a split timeline theory was stupid and a cop out, so it would allow both games to take place in the same timeline. Second, Wind Waker states that the hero didn't appear and that Hyrule was flooded as a result. But what if that was just the common legend passed down through time and in reality, the hero did appear, he just wasn't fully successful. To this day, we still don't have a Zelda game taking place after OOT/MM but before Wind Waker. So what really happened? I thought it would be a cool concept to show that what actually happened in history can be distorted, forgotton or misrepresented.

[@giygas9305]

9:12 Im sure many people have seen it but even if you finish the race in 0 seconds, the Running Man is coded to still beat you. I forget what time it says he beat it in though.

[@Knightmessenger]

00:0\

[@michaelglover9214]

So the ar-wing is confirmed... but the unicorn fountain is busted? Both have confirmed game files, and neither is acessable without code changes... so... ?

[@Lyladagger02]

I think it's more the fact people say it's accessable under Zora's Domain. Which it's not. Where as the Arwing is just not accessible and no one pretends it is.

[@Fumokoshi]

Well for ar-wing people say it have not accessable while in the fountain case

[@Sakabatou77]

Hate it when people say Link is dead in Majora's Mask. In Twilight Princess, the dead soldier (Sade) who trains you his secret moves, reveals who he is and the Hero of Twilight is his descendent. ;/ Thumbs up on the video. Most of them I've heard and done them myself. The two I didn't hear was the flooded game you die and the Twilight DS game.

[@Kahadi]

You are very wrong about the Hero's Shade. He implies that he is the ancestor of the Hero of Twilight, but it is never directly confirmed, and there is nothing in the game saying he is the Hero of Time. In fact, there is a lot suggesting he is not the Hero of Time. However, it became a popular theory that people insisted was fact, made word when Hyrule Historia came out and seemed to verify it. However, Hyrule Historia is full of contradictions, both to itself and to the games, and thus cannot be taken as indisputable fact. Going simply by what is stated in games, it is not stated that the Hero of Time became the Hero's Shade. As for the Link is Dead theory, while it gained popularity when The Game Theorists did a video on it, it was a growing theory long before that, almost since Majora's Mask came out and long before the timeline was given (assuming you accept it, as again, Hyrule Historia is full of contradictions and it has been revised twice already). So initial evidence against it was heavily lacking and just grew over time.

[@Knightmessenger]

​@Kahadi the Link in MM is dead was always just a theory, ...a Game Theory! It's kinda stupid so many people took a video as fact when it never claimed to be so. I do think it's safe to say the hero's shade is OOT Link. It was likely intended by the developers at the time of making Twilight Princess, so no retconning is needed. While we know Nintendo never intended to make their early Zelda games fit into any sort of timeline with future ones.

[@EighmyLupin]

I remember hearing about a myth in OoT. Where you could throw a bomb into the lava under Ganondorf's castle. If the bomb made it to the middle of the lava lake there would be a hole. And if the bomb fell in the hole and exploded, you would unlock a hidden temple that had the triforce in it. (the lava does move toward the middle of the lava lake, and their is a hole thingy there, but it's just a texture and of course nothing happens)

[@PrincessWynterSkye]

You should call it confirming myths rather than busting myths since your videos tend to find more that turn out actually true in the end. It's always a lot of a fun to see you explain them in these videos. I always loved messing with the fishing rod on the final tp Ganon fight.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

I was going to say this too, buuut... MythBusters the TV show is still called _MythBusters_ whether they confirm or disprove any given myth. So, I guess I'll allow it... but it's still clickbait!

[@SilverBell1999]

Damn! That steampunk themed Zelda game actually sounds like it'd make for a GREAT prequel to Wind Waker. It'd explain why the "hero" was defeated, because someone tried to play the hero when he wasn't EVEN DESTINED TO. The goddesses would see this, and after the "hero" is defeated, they'd flood all of Hyrule as one last ditch effort to keep SOME future civilization alive. That way when the time comes, the REAL hero would come and beat Ganon for good! Ngl, I hope Nintendo makes some sort of game like this in the future, even if it doesn't follow the steampunk theme. Just the general storyline of it and the events before the great flood happened.

[@Knightmessenger]

As far as I'm concerned, that should have been what happened in Twilight Princess. Still no game that takes place during that point or explains why the hero couldn't prevent the flooding. The idea that he just wasn't there/didn't appear is weak.

[@CuriousDisquiet]

It amazes me, I've been playing Oot since I was7. Ive gotten full completion multiple times and here I am 24 years later still discovering things about it!

[@xthriteenx]

Bro I love the fishing rod Easter egg it’s funny because why would you pull it out in the final fight lol

[@Jason_W.]

This is actually my first time learning about some of these Zelda myths. Great video, man!

[@InfiniteBits]

Glad to hear man!

[@skink0083]

The "Link is dead" theory was around years before the Game Theory video was ever made. The theory itself has been around longer than KZbin has been around.

[@ZeroZmm]

The running man is impossible to beat. Someone used hacks to teleport and finish the race in 0 seconds and he's still there saying he won.

[@BunSunKun82]

1:34 "It kinda sucks but looks really cool!" had my dead

[@TheBanishedWind]

4:10 Basically the Unicorn Fountain was a beta design for the generic Fairy Fountains, but was replaced with the Stonehenge structure you see instead, and the water walls were moved to the Great Fairy Fountains.

[@christophermyers6372]

Any game staring Tingle is by default a horror game.

[@andrew7200]

😏

[@andrewlanglois6362]

5:16 considering that myth busted, it is a bit premature considering, That part was supposed to be a part of the original game. It only is inaccessible due to that process being removed from the final plot of the game. 13:36 again with considering the plot.

[@nillaq]

Great video as always! I'd like to see the ranking series come back.

[@chaosprime1629]

using bait makes dealing with the miniblins a lot less annoying. another myth is getting soft locked in the water temple. unless you use glitches or extreme collision exploits, it is impossible for this to occur. the funny thing about the running man is that he still beats you even if you arrive at 0:00 seconds.

[@Mari_Izu]

The devs confirmed they simply didn't let you win because they couldn't come up with a reward for winning xD

[@chaosprime1629]

@@Mari_Izu not surprised tbh. they could have made it a heart piece instead and replace one of them.

[@nathantowns1999]

3:02 "Flying fire snake" Also known as a dragon

[@SonicJrandSarah]

I had seen the various fan theories on Zelda for many years and I wondered if they were real or not. I think some of them were pretty obvious, but I didn't believe the Link is Dead In Majora's Mask ones one bit.

[@ЕгорСкорик-щ3в]

If Link is dead in MM, then why his skeleton is adult sized in TP?

[@SonicJrandSarah]

@@ЕгорСкорик-щ3в Exactly!

[@alexanderjones9241]

In Ocarina of Time, if Link wears the Skull Mask, the Keese and Guay birds will not attack him.

[@Samsgm]

minecraft momment 0:04

[@friendlyfinn2363]

The unicorn fountain might be behind that wall. You just have to use the camera. Edit: not to be confused with game camera a mod camera.

[@Life.can.be.smelly.]

Yes I'm so happy you did this video , and it was great , really fun to watch

[@IsmaYess]

The link with the Nicholas cage face made me die laughing

[@lifeonleo1074]

Never knew Zelda had so many myths, this is one of the most intresting videos I have watched on KZbin. Great work bro.

[@giygas9305]

The song at the beginning 👌 even if you dislike Spirit Tracks, you can’t deny the train theme is amazing!

[@sodaft1]

I meaaaan, the arwings can be spawned with RCM + ACE, not only with a gameshark

[@sn5806]

I was going to comment something to that effect.

[@lucasryder3930]

Link is dead is also incorrect because the hero of time is the hero of Twilights great grandfather

[@lcyFox999]

You make great content. You deserve more subs. Keep it up.

[@InfiniteBits]

Thank you bro!

[@lcyFox999]

:)

[@user-bf6gz8ej4o]

1. You can distract Demise in Skyward Sword with the net you use for catching bugs 2. Is there a fairy fountain in Zora's domain now or not...? Just because Link can't reach it, the myth isn't directly busted...

[@Mari_Izu]

There is not, the Unicorn Fountain is likely a beta fairy fountain.

[@Knightmessenger]

There is a regular fairy fountain in Zora's Domain but it's not below the ice or anything, you just need the Song of Storms.

[@leahcrystalcat4411]

Wow! This must have took so long! Greats vid! Thanks for the content :)

[@lucasmacleod8761]

Wow when I first watched your videos, you had only 1000 subs. Now is 50.000! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏

[@icecreamjunkie6790]

Awesome video! Keep up the good work!

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Aww man, that unicorn thing would've been so cool - a secret area underneath the domain, in that neat tunnel

[@lornelthaltmer]

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[@jillianhubert6931]

I believe someone actually managed through really going into the game files to aquire the triforce and an extra scene at the end!

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

Well, you're either trolling, or you heard wrong. The only ways to get the Triforce in OoT are by game altering devices, or extensive ACE using (of all things) the second controller to input thousands of new lines of code. How? You'll have to look up the video and see for yourself, I don't rightly understand it myself...

[@jillianhubert6931]

@@Wendy_O._Koopa it was through ACE. Also, you sound pompous. Don't treat me like I'm an imbecile and assume you know better than me. You don't sound smart, you sound like a prick :)

[@Knightmessenger]

You're thinking of Games Done Quick which used Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). I don't exactly understand it either but they basically hacked and modified the game, it wasn't stuff simply hidden away in the game files.

[@pradyumnamukunda9222]

3:16 it doesn't have to be the fish tank, even rolling into the wall gets you kicked out

[@sledgen.]

What about the scarecrows song playing after the end credits in ocarina of time? That’s a good myth!

[@TP3200]

This one is so weird because I have memories of getting to the end and having it either work right away or never work. Like a Schroedinger's Mandela effect.

[@TheHmm43]

I remember it working.. But maybe it was Majora's Mask...

[@sledgen.]

@@TheHmm43 I beat majoras mask yesterday it didn’t pop up

[@TP3200]

I think it does work in Ocarina of Time, but maybe it depends on the version you play. (A lot was changed after the original 1.0 gold cart.) Or maybe some criteria has to be met. For example, if you teach the song to the scarecrow as a kid but forget to play it for him as an adult, there's a decent chance it won't trigger then. But I'm not sure exactly. I'd love to look further into what can determine if you get music in post-credits or not.

[@sledgen.]

@@TP3200 I got it in many of ocarina of time instruments at the end, and I forgot the song as adult link. I played on Nintendo switch online

[@beatrizramirez73]

I'm surprised that he didn't know about the dog one

[@sleepykittyMMD]

3:40 the fish girl will also kick you out if you roll into her pet bird and demand you apologize to her bird. otherwise she refuses to serve you.

[@DauntlessBlade___]

This channel is amazing

[@InfiniteBits]

Thank you man!

[@andeeharry]

Nintendo has said about the Running Man. You'll never beat him as it is designed that way. It will make you creative and keep going for the fun side of things.

[@emmamiller.]

I enjoy these myth videos

[@andrewlanglois6362]

9:13 Busted!! BUSTED!!!

[@seamusplays]

I really do love this videos thank you for making them

[@StoMoComedoPro]

"Like there's a secret room behind the lava waterfall in dodongo's cavern" -Infinite Bits 2022

[@PodoHelmer]

In BotW only certain dogs at certain stables and villages like Hateno and Lurelin give you treasure, so if you've fed a dog a million times and nothing happened, that's probably the wrong dog.

[@QwertyWirt]

Glad to know no matter Super Mario Odyssey of BotW, a dog always leads to treasure

[@_TheWishMaker_]

Another legendary vid, congrats bro!

[@InfiniteBits]

Thanks dude

[@liamoconnor7423]

The unicorn fountain, I remember that being rumoured it was where the triforce was at one point, if you hookshot that wall it makes a sound too like a bombable wall, maybe if you hack the game to use bombs underwater you might be able to get in

[@lornelthaltmer]

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[@OliveHugh2]

Okay as a long long time zelda fan I didn't know about the hyrule field bunny hood in ocarina of time and the blind spot of BotW lizalfos, nice thank you

[@RaphBlade7]

The problem with obtaining the Triforce in OoT myth, is that narratively, after Ganondorf touches it, it splits into the Triforces of Power, Wisdom, & Courage, with Link receiving the Triforce of Courage due to him embodying that trait & being chosen by destiny to wield it as Ganondorf's heart wasn't balanced with Power, Wisdom, & Courage as he sought mainly power thus received the Triforce of Power which allowed him to become the Great King of Evil & eventually transforms him into GANON! So I never really believed the myth as narratively it makes no sense unless there was a way to obtain it as Young Link, but since the Sacred Realm can only be accessed when the Master Sword is removed from the Pedestal of Time (which was the only barrier Ganondorf couldn't bypass forcing him to manipulating Link to remove the blade which allowed the Gerudo King of Thieves to access the Triforce!

[@albinosmic3812]

15:18 Endlich eine deutsche Quelle 😂

[@sidnew2739]

Excuse me, but the dog leading you to treasure in Botw is not a myth, it's VERY known. Edit: Do you even know what a MYTH is? A lot of your examples are just game-mechanics.

[@ClayFalcon135]

They did end up finding the triforce in ocarina of time, it just requires some insane inputs that no human could do.

[@Tenbed]

It wasn't 'found' that way. Those inputs modify the games memory. They are in effect live hacking the game to do it.

[@ClayFalcon135]

@Tenbed yeah after doing more research I honestly feel kinda lied to. To say they did a poor job of explaining what was going on would be an understatement in my eyes.

[@PhantomofDB]

The game tells you about dogs leading to treasure

[@jowardgamer2708]

That Link with a Nicholas Cage face came out of nowhere and wow it was way more funny because of it

[@1994Mildew]

The Unicorn Fountain and Finding the Triforce ending up being true I thought. Wasn’t there a GDQ video using ACE to get into the fountain and later obtaining the Triforce?

[@lornelthaltmer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5C1mpqeorFjask

[@gamercity4211]

Yeah, most of it was made up by ACE but rom hacks can only get you so far, the unicorn fountain and triforce were actually in the games files

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

The idea of a steampunk Zelda game sounds actually really cool

[@brett4795]

REALLY AMAZING 😁😁😁👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@InfiniteBits]

Thanks Brett!

[@stigmaoftherose]

2:45 not quite, you can use the stale reference manipulation glitch to spawn the R wings.

[@chslt79]

@3:43 That's the easy way to beat Ganondorf. Distract him, then attack him

[@Newlife2811]

Some of these myths are actually real. Like the running man. There was meant to be more temples originally in the game and songs. One song was to travel back and forth in time with the song of time. That's how you would have beaten the running man. It's also a huge part of the triforce quest.

[@sledgen.]

Where did you find these myths or did you come up with some of them?

[@saraross8396]

I've heard of most of these before, but a couple of them are well-known and not actually a myth. For example the one about the dog leading you to treasure was mentioned by Nintendo themselves in either a demo video, a tips article on the Switch, or possibly in a guide book. It may even be mentioned within the game itself in some form. The Twilight Princess fishing hole one is mentioned in a guidebook that I have, and your target doesn't have to be the fish tank. She'll also fuss if you break her pots. Some of these aren't so much myth as they are extra tidbits for the curious. Breath of the Wild has many bits of alternative dialogue or cutscenes depending on how you do things. Prince Sidon alone has at least three. The masks of Ocarina of Time have some amusing interactions, but you can also talk to Princess Zelda while wearing them prior to completing Zora's Domain as a child. If you wear the Keaton Mask, she hints at a Pokemon reference because it resembles Pikachu.

[@sledgen.]

@@saraross8396 I knew this but like come on he spends hours on these videos and it doesn’t matter too too much

[@IDKwhy156]

Bro why is this dude so underrated?

[@malik87breaker]

It's called underexposed. I guess. lol

[@TheParasitick1]

Keep busting myths!

[@1993Southparkfan]

I definitely remember the name Valley of the Flood before, but I could have sworn it was the name of a Zelda rom hack.. Might have remembered that part wrong.

[@Tomsteron]

Great Video - and very educational ;)

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video Bro!

[@InfiniteBits]

Thanks bro

[@fatalwaffle1715]

No problem bro.

[@leonn6499]

Your crimenaly underrated

[@valentinobambino6728]

lol I remember being hyped for Valley of the flood 😂

[@aicarrie1]

The part where Link falls on the horse is right out of the Old West.

[@Dante19883]

Twilight princess is coming out on the Nintendo switch in 2022: myth busted

[@MissSirenita]

A sequel to twilight princess would’ve been so good. I just wish it was added to the Nintendo switch….even if I currently don’t own that console.

[@Lugbzurg]

What should make it really obvious that the "Link is dead" theory is bogus is because he eventually becomes an adult stalfos by the time Twilight Princess rolls around. Can't do that if he dies as a child.

[@Kahadi]

Except for 3 major issues: 1) The Hero's Shade is not confirmed to be the Hero of Time, unless you believe Hyrule Historia despite it being full of contradictions both in what it says and with what the games say. 2) Even if you do believe Hyrule Historia is accurate, the theory initially came about long before that was published, and even the Game Theorists video that popularized the theory came out before that. 3) When the theory was initially developed, there was a lot less evidence against it, it's just that old of a theory. I believe it even predates Twilight Princess, which would mean it even predates the theory that the Hero's Shade is OoT Link. And it definitely predates any confirmation of a timeline, even if you don't accept the official one (again, Hyrule Historia has other inaccuracies, not to mention the timeline has been revised twice, not even just to add new games), meaning theories on the timeline were still going around. Yes, now it is obviously wrong, it's been stated in an interview it's not real, and if you do ignore other inaccuracies in Hyrule Historia, it's confirmed impossible there too. But as of when the theory was popular, it was very plausible unless you believed other theories.

[@Historicutuber]

I knew some of these already but great video

[@MrHerbsky]

So there's actually a way to obtain the triforce in ocarina of time. There's a tasbot exhibition you should see

[@michaelmann7816]

You mean that the cartridge clearly marked "preview trailer" has the trailer on it? I'm shocked, I say, shocked! Well, okay, not that shocked...

[@ezt1215]

Cool myths. Cool video. Great channel!

[@mushmello526]

I don't get how 1:05 is a myth. It's literally stated in one of the loading screen tips

[@phantomhurricane666]

not so much a myth as a code-hack to alter the length of the day/night cycle to do it, but if you kill enough stalchilds in hyrule field, a colossal stalchild will spawn. this stalchild is visible from the other side of the map and causes lag.

[@RobbWes]

You can also use bait on the rats to get stuff.

[@KXTGaming]

Hey Infinite Bits, what if you continued the hardest challenge series with Super Mario 3D Land? I really enjoyed watching that series back then.

[@andrew7200]

You can distract Demise with a bug net in Skyward Sword.

[@ChrisINFJ]

that was dope

[@doutchebags]

Of course I'm the guy who already knew all of these myths and the answers to whether they were true or false.

[@befuhs]

great vid!

[@InfiniteBits]

Thanks man