13 Cool Things You Probably Didn't Know About Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Part 3)

[@camotophat]

A game from the N64 era with this much depth, detail and secrets, is astounding.

[@IraÅkerlund]

World was more interested place to be in then 😊

[@BR-jw7pm]

(sees thumbnail) I'm pretty sure everyone knows about the Gerudo statue by now... (Goron Tunic protects against spike floors) WHAT THE?!...

[@OmniscientWarrior]

And lava, but you need to hop every so often. I learned that recently as well.

[@DarkMirria1]

It explains so much, I used to always wear the Goron Tunic when I was a kid and didn’t take damage from some stuff and years later I wear the blue one all the time and was confused as to why certain things were now hurting Link. 🤯

[@dualfusion47]

I actually pieced it together when I realized the spikes would absolutely destroy you without it and when you wore the red tunic just like lava it kills you very slowly instead.

[@AGZhark]

I thought it depends on the boots you wear

[@Sandwich13455]

Why are you guay?

[@Applemangh]

Nice! I remember as a kid wondering why sometimes spikes hurt me and sometimes they didn't. I figured it was some random glitch and may never have realized that my tunic was the reason.

[@chompythebeast]

I liked the Red Tunic best, but I don't remember accidentally discovering its most useful hidden property! Wonder if it ever occurred to me at all, or whether I always successfully avoided the spikes for the most part even when wearing it...

[@garrettchandler1948]

I wonder if it's because they are just coded as similar to lava tiles to damage you.

[@jolness1]

@@garrettchandler1948 I’m betting that is what it is

[@LilacMonarch]

@@garrettchandler1948 same with the poison water/acid (whatever it is) in the royal family tomb and bottom of the well. seems like the code for those was a little lazy so by giving the goron tunic lava resistance they accidentally gave it resistance to everything that works similarly

[@michaelfellner9822]

@@garrettchandler1948 this is the answer yes, all these things on the ground that can hurt you are coded the same thats why the goron tunic saves you from everything.

[@Chernobog2]

That magic jar that doesn't refill your magic above the red eye statue is probably a leftover trigger for something that was taken out of the game

[@cheeplethebulldog1420]

My theory is that it is a debug thing meant to test secret items and was probably left behind when development was done.

[@ZachAdams926]

It was a leftover trigger for my ass

[@chompythebeast]

Why is _all_ of Zora royalty _always_ trying to put their lips on Link!? For water-dwellers, they sure are thirsty

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

The real question is why Link isn't taking them up on it.

[@OmniscientWarrior]

@@melkhiordarkfell4354 Well, there was this one that he was supposed to marry that just ditched him.

[@lextahsy]

@@OmniscientWarrior we know thats princess zora ruto

[@dominicbonogofski]

@@OmniscientWarrior it was more like he ditched her. He left Hyrule after saving it 7 years in the future, and didn't even bother looking back. By that point, they would still technically be engaged, since Ruto had gave him the Zora's Sapphire already since he needed it to open the Door of Time. So they were engaged, Link just left her.

[@PatchesVillano]

​@@melkhiordarkfell4354 He's still technically a kid mentally.

[@Seiyol]

Unbelievable. I've known to shoot Ganondorf with the hookshot ever since I was a kid, but I never thought to use it on the stained-glass windows making up the wall of the boss arena. I'm impressed with the collection of details you have used for these videos.

[@jacktacmac8819]

I read about it in the old players guide back in 99

[@Kronse2601]

Looks so satisfying too!! Flying in to kick his ass and then flying out of harm's way again. So cool!!

[@Marlotix]

I have to give credit to this channel. I know so much about OoT to the point that others of these videos from other channels never teach me anything, but each of the videos on OoT this channel has done so far has taught me several new things! You go into the _very_ obscure and I like that.

[@mossy_shell]

I've always loved Ocarina of Time and these videos about secrets in it are always so interesting

[@suzannah991]

And there are so many of them we are still learning.

[@SchmergDergen]

That hook shot tip is pretty useful when fighting ol dorf.

[@ALivingFlame]

Ol' Dorf 😆

[@Osai1234]

64th like

[@DoJayMi]

I remember figuring out that old trick against Ganondorf by accident. It certainly became useful, especially when escaping.

[@Mysticshosh42]

The reason number 11 works is all floors and spikes like that are treated as fire titles

[@EmberedPaws]

Why Nintendo didn't make two separate flags for regular damage floors and fire tiles is anyone's guess.

[@Mysticshosh42]

@@EmberedPaws idk that's a good question my guess is it's easier to program rather than make an entirely new floor type

[@LOL-gn5oh]

I think this was intended. Since Gorons are tough creatures with skin as hard as stone, it makes sense that the Goron Tunic makes you resistant to spikes.

[@CIubDuck]

@@EmberedPaws Because 99% of the players wouldn't notice anyway. Why waste time coding different floor tiles when they could just use the same ones

[@hri7566]

​@@CIubDuck since we don't have variable names or map tools widely available, it could've just been called the "damage" floor type and nobody would ever know

[@ThaneGaming]

I've watched and love all 3 of these videos, there really is at least a few things I didn't know in each one after all these years as a fan 😁

[@colinchildress1251]

The fact you can hookshot the bones outside Ganon's Castle probably means they intended to use that as a mechanic at some point, but decided against it for one reason or another. Probably because it might be hard for a player to find that out unless directly told.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Navi could’ve suggested it tho. I’m wondering if all skulls are shotable now

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

I think it's because its a skull that "talks" and Navi goes green and hovers over it. So maybe like Signs, they put some kind of trigger for Navi to hover over and that also carried the hookshotable sign trigger

[@dr_ubo]

That area was one of the first real dungeons in the game to be developed, it makes sense that it has some unused stuff still left in.

[@ori.g4mi]

@@melkhiordarkfell4354 The Scarecrow is also something Navi goes green over, which is very interesting because the Scarecrow was made to be hookshotable

[@MG-mq3zf]

@@ori.g4mi At least the scarecrow makes some sense, (at least for me). I mean, it's a thing made from "hookshotable materials" so to speak as it's all straw and wooden. Skulls though, skulls would register as bow targets, but not hookshot targets.

[@TheHylianBatman]

I've heard some of these before, but the masks and the nuts in the desert? Not at all. That's crazy. They really thought of everything for this game!

[@bedelian]

The Goron tunic one blew my mind. I've beaten this game like 13 times, never knew that.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Fairies appear almost everywhere. I’m always shooting things with the bow that are on walls, works in Majora’s Mask too

[@KairuHakubi]

I was so niggardly as a kid, it felt wrong spending any of my supplies even though refills are everyfreakinwhere. Missed out on a lot of these fun surprises, and that's kind of bizarre because I remember thinking all kinds of things could be possible back then, just crazy impossible stuff like entirely hidden enemies you could only see by some convoluted method with a light arrow in some statue's mouth or something...

[@cecillewolters1995]

@@KairuHakubi Hidden enemies sound amazing omg, you have a creative mind :)

[@KairuHakubi]

@@cecillewolters1995 I did as a kid anyway. then I had all of these cool powerups I fantasized you could get if you did all this crazy stuff like shooting fire arrows into the right spot in death mountain and now you can be some kinda mutant goron thing and roll around suffice it to say the next game blew my mind

[@cecillewolters1995]

@@KairuHakubi Omg that's awesome hahaha Was Goron Link your favorite?

[@KairuHakubi]

@@cecillewolters1995 hmm no, zora for sure. the powers of bioelectricity, inexplicable body-part detachment and reattachment, AND rock n' roll.

[@aaronmehaffey6251]

1:25 My mom pointed this one out to me when I first played OOT. She was never much of a gamer, but she's pretty well read.

[@draccoonxcii1288]

You can actually take damage from hookshotting the breasts of the Spirit Temple statue... A light scolding from the developers, perhaps?

[@agnastthrower5212]

How in the hell have I beaten OoT at least 6 times and never knew about the Goron Tunic protecting you against spikes and poison floors?

[@KairuHakubi]

how the hell did I never know, when I used to actually walk on those ones in the shadow temple. I guess i assumed either I was walking between the spikes, or the hover boots were accomplishing that for me.

[@devonm042690]

I knew about poison floors, and just rationalized that the poison was just recolored lava with plumes of toxic gas added for aesthetic. I've taken to wearing the Goron Tunic when fighting Bongo Bongo in case I get knocked off. Didn't know the spikes thing, though. Now, some might think it silly, but learning that spiked floors have the same damage flag as lava and poison led me to wonder if the wall spikes in Morpha's room also shared that flag? My reasoning was that they're just the floor spiked in the Water Temple's central room rotated 90 degrees. But, no. As expected, the Goron Tunic does not keep you from taking damage from the wall spikes for a few seconds of constant exposure.

[@gemmastitches]

I discovered #4 by accident while playing late at night and almost gave myself a heart attack because I was not expecting that scream 🤣

[@gemmastitches]

Also I can’t believe I never caught the Little Women reference!

[@yegmeshjwp]

That Goron Tunic is OP.

[@gaminggoddess85]

You know what took me from until OoT was released until now to figure out...? That the "Lon Lon" part of Lon Lon ranch's name comes from MaLON and TaLON. I'm so slow orz

[@MaxWorth12]

Here's another good one. When you finish the forest temple, you can actually go and do the water temple before the fire temple because the water temple has no use for the megaton hammer.

[@necrolicious]

the hookshot working on the statue in the spirit temple is not an inside joke. The statue was originally topless with nipple rings.

[@AHEM1313]

Ah, seeing the Longshot used against Ganondorf brings back memories. I always knew that one, because it was in one of the game guides (the "official" one, by Nintendo), and the image they used had Link in almost the exact same pose as when the chain hit Ganondorf. As for the statue ... well, nipples aren't as useful if you can't latch unto them, are they? ;)

[@velvetchord.]

I binged on all your Zelda videos. Been playing since 1999. I laughed a little too hard on the Poe Sisters intro. The edit made it seem like I was about to watch a sitcom of the Forest Temple and the shenanigans of the Poe sisters. Great job! Meticulous, Nostalgic, Entertaining!

[@andre.mateus]

Unbelievable! 20 years later and when I thought I knew everything about this game, new things come up :O

[@younesorli-idrissi3861]

1:50 , "Sh*t up, Meg!" 😅😅🤣🤣🤣

[@peyntor8026]

I remember the grapple nipples when I played it on the N64! ^_^ I remember being surprised when the long shot didn’t bounce off.

[@michaelalberto9846]

The Gerudos are really into body ring piercings.

[@danielwilliams7161]

With a well timed mid-air jump attack, you can clear the gap and deflect Ganondorf's magic too quickly for him to hit it back. There's an even cooler version with a charged jump attack during the Puppet Zelda fight in Twilight Princess.

[@Phantron]

0:48 in Master Quest, there is an actual switch here for a chest to appear that has a key!

[@ducksoup80]

At 7:52 did that by accident over 20 years ago and also link got injured like the nipples stabbed him!

[@Dan_Hazard]

I noticed the bunny ears keeps the stalchilds from appearing

[@MishKoz]

7:00 I'm like 90% sure I tried this on every ladder as a kid

[@ThaneGaming]

It's cool how many things you can Hookshot onto--torches, crates, vines...I don't think I tried it out on anything other than targets and trees as a kid, so I was stuck for a long time in Majora's Stone Tower Temple when you had to use it on an upside down chest 😅

[@chompythebeast]

Same! I used the hookshot a lot because I realized it had "infinite ammo", so I was almost always playing with it on C-Left. Ocarina was almost always C-Right whenever it was equipped, too. Left was just the easiest to reach from the A Button, I reckon

[@thebigdug]

There are also some completely unmarked, random walls in the hallways of the Water Temple that you can hookshot

[@Margann1987]

I am surprised that, despite the "Little Women" reference with the Poe Sisters, the game's creators used Joelle for a name. In the novel, Jo's full first name is Josephine.

[@KairuHakubi]

Localizers did that (possibly to dodge legal stuff? dunno if that's public domain but obviously names are allowed regardless), the character's real name is Jo (ジョ). Interestingly the poe sisters are also identified by eldest to youngest, but I don't blame them for removing that part since we don't really do that over here. also pretty sure the names of the carpenters are just the traditional names given to first son, second son, etc.

[@Margann1987]

@@KairuHakubi That makes sense. Arigato!

[@joshuaweston6531]

Good vid! I just tonight finished my 100 percent run of Ocarina on an emulated version on my phone, and I still knew none of these things! Ocarina is the gift that keeps on giving!

[@joshuabistline6287]

We need an open world Zelda as dark as this one and with sound track as incredible as this one! I remember playing this as a kid and how creepy the music from the Shadow Temple and Forest Temple were.

[@LilacMonarch]

here's hoping botw 2 has good music. I mean the quiet ambient tracks are cool and all but I personally much prefer a proper soundtrack

[@joshuabistline6287]

@@LilacMonarch I agree. OoT has one of the greatest if not the greatest soundtrack to a video game.

[@movezig5]

Between the tunics and the masks, there's a _lot_ this game doesn't tell you! This game encourages discovery way more than I thought it did.

[@SgvSth]

For extra reading 0:16 - tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time/Oddities#Gerudo_Training_Ground 6:20 - tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time/Curious_Collision

[@N1GHT__T3RR0R]

One time when I unfroze king zora he gave me the eyeball frog... I reset my console and unfroze him again and then he gave me the zora tunic... I'm not sure why this happened or if it's just a glitch or something

[@troymartin4260]

He probably gave you the eyeball frog because you were doing the biggoron sword side quest

[@christianweersink4149]

If you hold r on version 1.0 he will give you the frog instead of the tunic the first time you talk to him. It is a glitch and used to be used in speed runs

[@R5123]

@@christianweersink4149 Well played

[@Jroc90903]

I've done no less than 50 playthroughs of this through the years and every video I learn something new. Amazing

[@sarah18497]

Your editing skills are perfect!!! Awesome video!

[@brunosolsol3165]

2:10 Yes, I did that as Child, thinking if it would be a new hidden Poe spirit 😅

[@gabriellabezeau4484]

I must have passed this game 2000 times and I’ve never known any of these! So cool

[@red_covers_]

It’s always cool to learn more about this masterpiece!

[@jamesk1868]

The statute in the spirit temple. Hookshoting on the nipples, I'm pretty sure the rumble pack was triggered as well when the red dot was pointed at them. I can't confirm that, don't have that accessory anymore lol

[@davestrides]

i love these videos so much 😂💕

[@someoneout-there2165]

I love you've made all these videos. I played through OOT many times but never knew of most of these.

[@SuperSenshi]

(6:21) I found that out by accident as a kid... I thought I could cheap shot kill a ReDead, but I instead go flying towards it. Scared the bejeezus out of me. And then it happened again in Majora's Mask, though this time with the Real Bombchus. X_x

[@Zerethos]

Yeah when I played Majora’s mask I was in the room with the map in the Great Bay temple. There was a bombchu there and I didn’t want to waste an arrow so I used the hookshot. I’m sure you can imagine the shock I received when the bombchu was DRAGGED TOWARDS ME IN FIRST PERSON!

[@SuperSenshi]

@@Zerethos That's exactly what happened to me! XD Been terrified of those bug-eyed creeps ever since.

[@GaiaChrono]

Remember as a kid using the longshot on the Goddess of the Sand. Showed my friends and they thought it was supposed to be part of a puzzle or something, but it was a funny easter egg

[@CR-wk2re]

I love that I'm still learning new things about OOT after all these years!

[@christianweersink4149]

A real hidden one is that if you pay to play the slingshot/bow archery game but don’t fire a single seed/arrow the shopkeeper will avoid eye contact with you until you reload the area

[@ALivingFlame]

😆 Wow, that's a nice subtle detail! It's like they're so insulated by Link not even attempting the game that they refuse to even look at him!

[@archmdc370]

These videos are awesome.Thank you for renewed nostalgia! 😀

[@JJASalazar]

7:11 Was… Was that not the intended way to fight him? Maybe I just used the hookshot more than most people, but that’s how I always got around during the Ganondorf fight…

[@dashyburd]

The hookshot trick also works on Twinrova! I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[@Santi-bt7if]

The gerudo statue's boobs not only work as a hookshot target, the tip also counts as a spike for some reason lmao.

[@jtab5392]

Manner I've played this game soo many times and never knew of the Hookshot with Ganondorf

[@humaneelcinefilo]

1:26 Finally I see someone talking about this reference, I knew it couldn't have been a coincidence.

[@REDINMABED3158]

I tried the skull mask trick in Dodongo's cavern. It worked and saved me the headache of dealing with keese while in the dungeon.

[@OSHAWOTT_PLAZA]

7:35 yes,booba,oh wait the chains too? O =

[@LilPie]

I love Goron's Tunic so much

[@julianosvonskingrad7009]

In Germany, the sisters are called Hetti (red), Netti (blue), Etti (green), Betti (violet).

[@christiankrenek7689]

This is such a cool series! I have to wonder how many of these features are deliberate and how many are programming shortcuts/glitches that never got corrected. For example, why would the Goron Tunic offer protection against spikes?

[@BigHailFan]

due to damage floor areas being treated as the same class. so the goron tunic reacts to them as lava.

[@ph4ra0h84]

If you shoot gibdos with fire arrows they turn into redeads. I tried going for an easy kill and it back fired 🤣

[@Nintendoggy]

Not in Ocarina of Time. Only in Majora's Mask.

[@Syrup_Sugar]

@@Nintendoggy And Between Worlds

[@vlunt300]

its rare to find videos like this where the facts havent already been covered before. i actually learnt something new in these! :D

[@chessycopter9619]

WOW! How do you find these things? It’s crazy to see secrets like these for such an old game!

[@joestaff89]

Sometimes the Spirit Temple Statue's "sensitive spots" will also hurt you.

[@Dedyouth]

fun fact: the magic doesn't replenish because its not meant to be there. it actually pulls it from a chest and the game checks to see if the chest was opened. since it wasn't, its nullified

[@jesusfco.4925]

In lon lon ranch you can get diferent animation if you use another way to escape with epona insted the exit

[@SuperJhon360]

I was trying to escape gannon's castle literally on half a heart and I encountered The dark night on the way down I used all of my arrows I used all of my projectile weapons I thought hey let's try the hook shot. I used the hook shot latched on to him it flew straight into him that he killed me and my dad was sitting behind me laughing and he's said "oh that didn't work" he thought I was hilarious cuz didn't expect it to latch on, but neither did I freaked out

[@dreadburnz3522]

If you hurt the skulltula guys in the skulltula house and then leave, they will still retaliate when you get back regardless of how much time you've spent outside. They will pretty much hold a grudge for as long as they have to, even if the player forgot they hurt them in the first place. I remember one time I hurt one of those guys and then left, then after finishing a few dungeons and side quests when I returned I got attacked and it scared the hell out of me. Caught me completely off guard.

[@ALivingFlame]

🤣 That's great! I knew they would hold a grudge, but I wasn't sure if it would last that long!

[@freddogrosso9835]

Awesome work! Can't believe there are still secrets of this game.

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

Oh damn, i only just realised the ranch owner is Mario, and Luigi is Ingo

[@delecti]

I only just realized that it's "Lon Lon Ranch" because it's run by maLON and taLON.

[@NoLongerNeedThis]

I'm surprised. Most of these "Things you probably didn't know" videos from other channels are exclusively full of things I already knew, but several of these are new to me.

[@n64danny21]

I'm Constantly blown away by all this extra detail lol

[@blipsqueek]

everytime i click on one of these videos i think in response to the title question:' probably a lot of them'... yet i still get amazed by the things i didnt know!

[@painuchiha2694]

I love that there is soo much to discover about Oot to this day Zelda games goes wild with the attention to details

[@MegaNancyLover]

Woah! I never knew you can hookshot towards and away from Ganondorf!

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

I actually saw that option for the King Zora kiss as a kid and thinking it was so funny since it was like Ruto.

[@HaloGTMaster94]

Keep up the good work

[@calebstevens1935]

I knew that the Skull Mask repelled keese. However, I did not know that it also repels guays. I discovered this shortly before watching this video. 😉 It would be nice if there was a way to repel leevers, though. 🤣 Those things are quite cumbersome (especially if playing the randomizer and trying to get Link to destroy the spider in the desert that he would normally use the magic bean stalk for prior to the magic beans being found). Also, it appears that guays might be migratory birds as they “fly south for the winter” in the form of flying from Lon Lon Ranch to Lake Hylia after Link grows up. The Goron tunic protecting Link from spikes is interesting. I had not thought to test that. The main place that I have had him wearing that outside those with heat timers (for the purpose of protection) is the Royal Family’s Tomb. Sadly, Link cannot normally wear that tunic during the child time, causing the blood in the well to be more dangerous. I generally have him wearing the hover boots in the Shadow Temple’s invisible spike room (as he will hover over those) and simply try to avoid his hitting the spikes in the Water Temple. 🤣 Another possibly unknown fact for some players (although it might already be present in another of these videos): If Link does any of the following, he will not disturb ReDeads and Gibdos. 1. slow walk 2. backflip 3. side hop 4. wear the iron boots Those techniques are useful to know if playing the randomizer and ReDeads or Gibdos are encountered prior to the Sun’s Song being found. Do note, however, that, if Link changes boots via one of the 4 item slots on the touch screen in Ocarina of Time 3D while standing next to a ReDead or Gibdo, it will become disturbed so be careful. That behavior does not happen in other versions.

[@cronaman3196]

oh man the masks actually do somthing?? that whouldve been so good to know as a kid, especially the keese one. They always burned my sheild so that wouldve been my favorite mask if i only knew

[@dmcepeda]

Never knew the thumbnail one! Now I'll have to try it next play through :)

[@inkandvinegar]

Navi: Sorry Link, I can't help you for this battle. Well, except for hookshot targeting.

[@alejandroenriqueyanesaparc6796]

It could be that light arrows dispel the darkness and Navi could reach Ganondorf

[@Chaosmarauder]

I'm not gonna lie. I've done the jump to and from ganondorf method so often I forgot that the hookshot is how I used to do it

[@chompythebeast]

I _always_ used to use the Longshot as a kid, but I think it might actually be easier to do it faster without it. Not that I was ever into "speedrunning" back in the day to begin with, I loved to take my time with everything...

[@sup1602]

The sensitive spots also cause damage too.

[@xanderson444]

This game is fking insane! I’m still learning new things after like 15 years of playing it and watching videos like this. It was designed so intricately and sophisticated WTF

[@Historicutuber]

Wow these are so good!

[@MiladyMidori]

2:10 scared the crap outta me when i was a kid. I still get the heebie jeebies when i go in that house.

[@tant60]

The thumbnail: Me: COOL!

[@GroundMemory]

I'm giggling at the fact that you used pink text for "Sensitive Spots" lol. I'm an adult 🥴

[@HooFbauer]

I've 100% completed this game multiple times but I don't recall the room with the statue in the gerudo training grounds at all

[@nerdlord2288]

You had to shoot the eyes while spinning around on the outside platform for a key.

[@EmberedPaws]

Furthermore, about the statue's hookshottable... areas. Navi has unused dialogue, for if you were to stare for too long, saying, "Link, what are you staring at?"

[@StarShine480]

Wait, really? Now I'm curious...

[@GreyMaria]

[citation needed]

[@LieseFury]

The spooky mask isn't glowing, it's a bug with the lighting.

[@chompythebeast]

Yeah I didn't even see the supposed glow in the footage. I forgot/didn't know that the Lake Researcher had that dialogue, though!

[@alltimellow]

I love these so much

[@thesparxeffect9734]

Guay's and Keese: "We're going to get you Link!" Link: *Puts in the Skull Mask* Guay's and Keese: "Oh. Understandable, have a good night Link."

[@LugborG]

The glowing mask isn’t made from the same wood as a coffin. It’s made from the actual planks of a coffin. I always assumed it held some kind of power because of that, and was rooted in folklore more than bioluminescence.

[@KairuHakubi]

it always reminded me of the mask from The Mask, which had just come out at the time, and had an eerie glow effect sometimes. but of course 'same wood as a coffin' means made from a coffin, it's not as if coffins use a particular type of wood (pine is traditional in cowboy movies I guess, like 'i'ma put you in a pine box fer that!')