A Timeless Lullaby - Legend Of Zelda Animation

[@PixelatedPerfection]

ocarina of time link, he lost everything he had worked for... the master sword... his best friend... he even, in the end, lost the princess despite saving her... he could never be turned back into the child he was... majoras mask made that evident... he finally lost the last of who he was... beaten, watching many souls depart... and seeing a world that was decaying before his eyes... this link is the saddest of them all, because he lost everything... and couldnt move on... he was stuck as a stalfos for ages... and never really became the way he was supposed to be.

[@isaiahexile]

Reading this gave me chills, and I completely agree. Ocarina of Time being my favorite game really makes me so sad knowing what happened to the "Hero of Time".

[@geomusic3294]

The best Link of all times

[@nocturnox882]

Yes, the best Link...and the most tragic. It only makes you like him more, seeing how much he'll endure so other people don't have to. Poor OoT Link D,X

[@mcs1101]

A Stalfos?

[@ArcadiaDancer]

MCS110 Yes, OoT/MM Link becomes Hero’s Shade aka a stalfos, which is a skeleton like warrior. Since he was sent back in time he basically ending up dying not remembered as a hero. We don’t get to see him again until Twilight Princess when he reappears to teach that current Link hidden skills that can only be taught to those with “the hero’s bloodline.” Once that TP Link has learned all he can from stalfos Link, stalfos Link is able to pass on to the spirit world and finally rest. It’s one of the more emotional endings for Link in my opinion.

[@feralnerd5]

This was so emotional. Link's facial expressions in particular were amazing, especially when Zelda was blaming herself and when kid!Link was first transported back. I love how adult that expression was on a child's face, showing that Link may be back in the body of a little boy but his experiences have changed him in ways that aren't so easily undone. And when Navi flew away, the way he reached after her was just heartbreaking.

[@lucybytheocean6901]

And when kid?

[@PrimeTF]

And basically, after the events of Majora's Mask, he learned to let go. Navi is gone, and he came to terms with that.

[@juanjodpr]

We have no idea what happened to Navi after OoT. It seems she went to the Lost Woods but nothing clear.

[@akaiclone02]

what want to know was why the hell Navi abandoned him. after all they had been through she just fucking leaves him? I hope she got eaten by a fucking frog

[@akaiclone02]

@@Dairunt1 i have a couple points that may debunk that theory. If all Fairys were to evaporate upon completion of their purpose then the great fairys would also die after link fully upgraded all of his equipment. Barring the great fairies that exclusively heal Link during "a link to the past" conversely one could assume that those very fairies could be exempt from death after their purpose was fulfilled. While at the same time it could be assumed that the Fairies you bottle could be diffrent from the companion fairies of the Kokiri

[@deadlp2545]

that's so sad. The Hero of time lost everything

[@sweetnote9340]

It was sad for time I'm TWILIGHT

[@expansionprogress6915]

He lost his eye and died. No one remembered him as a hero

[@deathangel5274]

Yeah

[@Tonythet1ger001]

Dead LP' he is the hero of time it is his responsibility to let everything go

[@workliferecognition7002]

Except epona.

[@polyhedraegratea3045]

"We will always remember you as the Hero who saved Hyrule." No..... you won't...... :'(

[@sergioortiz8784]

Why not?

[@theoverlord3937]

Sergio Ortiz most likely, the Hero of Time is resented by the present day population for not saving them when Ganondorf returned, not knowing he was literally in another damn timeline,

[@sergioortiz8784]

@@theoverlord3937 daaaamn I still don't get it

[@mark04anthony]

@@sergioortiz8784 The time travel in OoT split the Zelda series into three different "timelines". One where Link was defeated and Ganon claimed the entire Triforce (following the games through ALttP, Link's Awakening, the Oracle Games, ALBW, Zelda 1, and Zelda II), a second where Link succeeded and was returned to the past to live out his childhood (Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess), and a third timeline following future Zelda after she'd sent Link home leaving Hyrule without a Hero (Windwaker, PH, and ST). In the second scenario, Zelda sent Link back far enough in time that he was able to warn the Royal Family about Ganondorf's treachery. So, no one would remember Link's heroism because Ganondorf was prevented from sacking Hyrule. Tragically, the only beings that knew what had happened were Link and Navi (who left him right after laying the Master Sword to rest leading to Majora's Mask). This Link passed away sometime later but his spirit couldn't find rest leading to him becoming the Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess. In the third timeline, Zelda and the people of Hyrule knew that Link saved them and made the statue honoring him. Ganon broke the seal that the Sages from Ocarina placed on him and he started destroying the land. The people waited for the Hero of Time to save them.... but no one came... Zelda had sent Link back to his original timeline. Thus, the remaining Hylians and King Daphnes prayed to the goddesses, who bade the people to take refuge at the highest points of Hyrule and flooded the entire land.

[@sergioortiz8784]

@@mark04anthony thanks. I searched it and somehow I wasnt fully aware of the events

[@TazHall]

This Link feels like the most tragic Link. His job was a thankless one.

[@tobecontinued6882]

T-Zay ikr he didn’t get a kiss!

[@tailsprower117]

@@tobecontinued6882 Yeah and also not a cake._.

[@Smiley_Face0]

I MEAN HE FREAKING DIED IN THE LOST WOODS I DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT THIS

[@platy4700]

Amy :D Link did NOT die in MM

[@Smiley_Face0]

@@platy4700 The Stalos from Twilight Princess says something else

[@eliazarvalentine7690]

i think what tears me up more is knowing that he still has all those memories and had to go back to being young after going through all of that.

[@DIEGhostfish]

So far back that outside of Majorlink's excellent series it's generally believed he went on neither the Zora's Domain or Death mountain adventures. No Goron brother in arms, no fish girl with a crush on him. Just the terror of Termina and obscurity.

[@MrYutbe57]

God only knows how old he was mentally by the end of Ocarina. It's up to the player to go back and forth to being an adult or a kid and for however many times or however long. Let alone he turns around a few months or weeks or a year later and has to go on an EVEN MORE time bending journey. How many 3 days did Link take to save Termina? Takes us several and we know all the ends and outs after years of playing that game. Imagine Link every 3 days or long er if he figures out the song of inverted time. Helping everyone in Termina. Getting every mask. With nothing but a notebook to write down everyone's schedules.

[@notafan2480]

I have come to the conclusion that THIS Link is the most damaged out of all...

[@-irene-29]

Princess Brianna to be honest, that is true. knowing he leaves zelda in the future and all of the things he saw when he was an adult, PLUS the majora’s mask shit... jeez man

[@whitewolfstargazer6809]

Daredevil At the end of Majora’s Mask, time never reset for him. I’m pretty certain it became the 4th day, a brand new day. Sure, not many probably knew he saved Termina, but there are some who do such as the two fairies, the imp, mask man, and 4 giants. So Majora’s Mask doesn’t have as sad ending as OOT.

[@pretzelking4618]

Yeahhhh it sucks enough that at the end of OOT, he loses everything, but then he has to go through Majora's mask which, in addition to being terrifying, was also pretty thankless

[@Mc.Scrumpy]

A selfless hero that asks for nothing from good deeds is the most respectable quality of a hero. Ocerina of Time Link, in my opinion, is the best one. Even as a shade he knew he had to keep going for the great of good. Spanning 3 freaking games!

[@Blazieth]

Plus there's the whole thing with the Hero's Shade talking about his greatest regrets, that he was never able to pass on his skills to a worthy successor. Twilight Princess Link is stated to be his direct descendant - which makes one question what happened to the Hero of Time when he (properly) grew up that he never got a chance to pass his skills to his children?

[@TimeturnerJ]

This has always been so tragic to me. Zelda was only trying to do the right thing and to give Link the childhood he never got to have, but after everything he had seen and done, Link was no longer a child in any way. Majora's Mask made that all too clear. Link would have been happier if he had gotten to stay in the future he had fought to protect, with a Zelda who knew him and had been his guide throughout it all. Turn back time, and he is just another peasant to her, and she never studied the Sheikah arts to become a warrior in her own right either.

[@lukejones7164]

Its confirmed in Majora's Mask that Link and Zelda spend much time together and grew close before Link was sent to Termina.

[@Randomguy13137]

Yeah when he was a child he only saw what every child does in the real world. Happiness all around. But when he traveled seven years into the future into his late teens his childhood was ruined. He saw what the real world was like. And when Zelda took him back he never saw the same world from childhood again. He never saw anything else but he real thing. And what you say is right. He would have been happier not having to relive through his childhood knowing what the real world is like. He would have been happier if he would have stayed with Zelda where he doesn’t relive his childhood

[@feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq8331]

He actually trained hyrules soldiers and died with someone who resembled zelda but was never confirmed

[@feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq8331]

@Armored Astronaut or he could have made a time paradox with the triforce

[@gabe_riel]

@Armored Astronaut what do you mean other timeline? If link didn't return back to his childhood then there would be no other timeline because the adult timeline is the same as the child timeline since it's just 7 years later from my understanding.

[@holeefuk6936]

To me, it is tragic this had to happen. He lost the only soul who understood him and was never remembered as a hero in his timeline. If only he refused to give the Ocarina. Zelda sent him to live the seven years, an awful decision.

[@Ryan-rv5em]

For sure. Zelda ruined the Hero of Time’s life. He should have stayed in the Adult timeline and declined Zelda’s offer to return. Would have been a much better ending. OOT is the best game of all time, but I really wish they never created the “Child” Timeline and kept the Hero of Time to live out his days with Zelda in the Adult timeline...

[@imthrillz5255]

Ryan he had to go back and return the master sword to seal ganon

[@Ryan-rv5em]

Im Thrillz Yes. But he didn’t have to return to his childhood. Zelda was the one that returned him with the Ocarina, not the Master Sword. He could have returned it without being transported through time.

[@stananime1530]

I personally agree that the Zelda of Ocarina of Time is the worst Zelda of all, since she only made bad decisions, and the worst of all was to completely ruin Link's life and her future with him. It was a very selfish decision on his part not letting him choose what Link wanted.

[@alexcarson6613]

I think Zelda meant well, but she screwed him over tbh...

[@ErickRyant17]

Just like what he's said "Life is going to get tougher from now on." For the first time, I see him crying

[@dangerdoggo-j6c]

What about skyward sword where he actually cries in game

[@HMK]

This is amazing....

[@MajorLink]

Thank you!! Really appreciate it!

[@mimikoneko]

This was honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[@Beastmd]

HMK

[@strongzelda]

I agree HMK... Who cut the onions... ;(

[@hughleisure6304]

HMK I wondered if you watch his videos.

[@Joeyblondewolf2]

Damn that was sadder than the game itself!

[@annemoiaa]

Oh wow i didnt know that you commented.. :p

[@teamavatar5982]

Yeah

[@LITTLE1994]

By far

[@herooftime6334]

The most tragic Link them all...lost everything he has...his chilhood, adult timeline, no ones remember him as a hero in his timeline, even Navi has to leave Link...The Hero of Time will always be The True Hero who Saved Hyrule, the thankless one, the forgetten hero, the fierce deity and Finally the Hero's Shade.. Thank you Oot/MM Link

[@DontTripChocolateDrip]

"We will always remember you as the 'hero who saved Hyrule" I'm calling bullshit on that

[@Rydax]

No, it's true. But only in her timeline.

[@xolitaire]

Yeah, who is this "we"? SHE will remember him in HER timeline, but Link will end up as the most traumatized, lonely 10 year old in video game history.

[@bareq99]

Also in a way.. We is referring to her timeline and the people she will spread his story to So that's better than nothing I guess?

[@vacancy959]

@@bareq99 but overall the hero of time just doesn’t deserve this kind of ending… I cry basically every single time whenever I re-play OOT through, especially when I think about what happened to him afterwards. This link is the greatest in my opinion but his story is way too…😞😞

[@bareq99]

@@vacancy959 yep! He is the greatest to me because of his sad story lol

[@JadeStone860]

God, this broke my heart. Link lost everything by becoming the Hero of Time. And in TP, we see that nobody remembers him in the Child Timeline because everything he did technically never happened.

[@joshuabarger8422]

Link kneeling for Zelda was a nice touch. That's when my eyes started watering.

[@JessieJay7]

Joshua Barger same 😭

[@RoiEll96]

Late comment, hope you're still doing fine after 7 years 🤣 But at first watching this I thought he didn't wanna be sent back to his OG Time line when he knelt down to Zelda, but now I feel like he was swearing loyalty no matter where or when he is.

[@LITTLE1994]

He actually did that plea in the manga, too.

[@abrahamcardenas2938]

This is an important moment for the franchise,if not the most. Right there,I realised that this wasn´t only a videogame where you defeat the evil,and the princess goes with you to the kindgdom to be happy. Here I realised that everything I've done until this moment had consequences. And those consequences will affect Link,Zelda and all Hyrule. The music,the drama,Link's tear...Everything is perfect here

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

Chuma Editor de vídeos y gameplays up and also effect the event of time as well

[@soulsilver8127]

You don't truly realize how much link lost until you watch this, link lost everything, he lost zelda, navi, nobody even knows who he is anymore he's just a boy to everyone else now...

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

Lost his home, father figure and forest friends

[@soulsilver8127]

Holy- this comment was 4 years ago

[@diegoanthony1]

@@soulsilver8127 time is a joke with us

[@ScotsThinker]

Wow. What a way to recreate the Ocarina of Time ending. I'll admit I didn't feel too sad playing the game initially due to not spending lots of time with Zelda. I still felt the connection though. However, this animation successfully squeezes so much emotion that it could be implied that in this version, they have spent a lot of time together. You've achieved this heart sinking mood by applying more emotional reactions from the two main characters especially Link and through that amazingly somber version of Zelda's Lullaby. It sounds like something out of an ending from a Studio Ghibli film.

[@error101namenotfound.5]

I very much agree.

[@chrismilton3240]

Yeah context alone isn't enough. That's why these hit so much harder, you now see what Link and Zelda feel in their last moments here together. You see how Link feels after he essentially lost everything. His pain then becomes your pain, that's why this is so beautiful.

[@fshonuff]

Through Sheik, I felt very connected to Zelda. I played back when the game was first released so I had no spoilers or anything but I just knew that Sheik was Zelda. I was bawling at the end. 😭

[@kevinphoenix2007]

Ya know; just once, I’d like to see Link actually get the girl. Even if it’s just a kiss or even just a mere hug! All the sacrifices Link has made for the woman, be it Zelda, Midna, Ruto, heck even Nabooru...it always ends with him being sent away or the woman herself going away. It never truly feels like the happy ending it should be.

[@nicholaseaves5643]

Try Zelda II

[@Genindraz]

Spirit Tracks has the shippiest ending for the two that I've seen.

[@trumpetqueen963]

The ending of Skyward Sword heavily implies that Link and Zelda become a couple.

[@clark5317]

Kevin Phoenix a Link to the Past, it's very possible. It's implied in Skyward Sword. It's implied in Breath of the Wild. Judging by Wind Waker and their squeals, they might get together. They MIGHT get together in Zelda 2?... but it's like, there's an age difference of 300...

[@MN-mk2vt]

Botw Link basically got Zelda since she confessed her love towards them plus they had a close relationship

[@IPerry8]

You literally took my heart. All of my containers and pieces. Took them, then crushed them into dust that then swirled into a storm of heart break, nostalgia, and sadness. My soul is broken

[@weirdo7319]

Ian Laih and 4 bottled fairies

[@naryle9415]

With all that Link has done to her, Zelda has to repay him somehow. She thought of several things. A sword? Tons of gold and gems? Rupees? Knowing him he wouldn't be very pleased, but he'll accept it. But Zelda thought that those wasn't enough for all that he has gone through. She then thought back. She knew that he was asleep for seven years. Then it hit her. Maybe she could send him back in time! He should regain his lost time, to be what he is supposed to be. He should regain his lost childhood. She thought that sending him back was the best choice. She thought that sending him back to his time would help him. She didn't know that sending him back is one of the worst things she could do to him

[@burger_kinghorn]

Created the timeline split. She left Hyrule without a hero so when Ganon eventually broke out their only resort was the flooding/sealing of Hyrule. Link got to live/grow a natural lifespan but his major heroic deeds were erased. The royal family honored him for alerting them of Ganandorf's plans but no one else knew about it so he lived/died a simple life of obscurity. His regrets turned him into the Hero's Shade, not being able to rest until he passed on his knowledge to his descendant Twilight Link.

[@arollickingband5649]

Wow you guys are deep

[@thibault6016]

burgerkinghorn + majoras mask is not what I call a peacefull and normal childhood

[@-irene-29]

naryle it’s actually the worst thing possible to do to him :(

[@hypeforhalo9333]

naryle bb

[@robraze]

Wow, this is more emotional than the original ending, it tugs my heartstrings that Link loved Princess Zelda and well being sent back in time including Navi leaving Link which Link showing some expression makes it more sad... nice remake!

[@mikayla7747]

But....he was happier there My poor heart is shattered

[@lunardragon4515]

This made me cry!! Anyone else cried to this!? 😍😭😢

[@yian0197]

I don't cry but i'm so sad

[@alhujjah6319]

Every time I watch I almost cry ;-;

[@marleyfrommarleyandme5535]

no i didnt

[@theincreatablemc6468]

I don’t cry but I 😢

[@VTuber_Redgrave]

My Tears already answered your question 😭😭😭

[@elemileTLDR]

Didn't fully hit me until Navy deserted him as well, given his kokiri identity was neither something he could go back to. Link is portrayed so stoically throughout OoT's ending, that I guess many of us always wondered what was really going on inside him and if was the same we all felt: total loss. You nailed it pretty well stateside. Zelda's hands and tears still could use some work though, so they don't get distracting.

[@Leekodot15]

And the tears were a bit... badly edited.

[@Jabu2x]

4:30. His triforce piece was glowing. Only made my heart break more. :')

[@cathamir7815]

Official_TLoZ Master Stacey lol same

[@LevelUPAnimations]

Stunning animation

[@lissettevelasco477]

Hi Level UP🤗!!!

[@michaellennerman7844]

Damn I know a lot of people have said it but the hero of time Link really got screwed no matter what timeline you go through. Hell even the end of Twilight princes and majoras mask ended on a happy note. And yeah the original ending had a happy tone to it but if you think about what just happened you realize how bad he got it.

[@foxandwolffriend9359]

Link truly did love Princess Zelda. Goodbyes always are a pain in the neck when the goodbye is like that!😭 I think the bright side of this... Is the fact that Link was meant to grow up with Princess Zelda from Childhood! Imagine a life like this, growing up together promising each other until they're fully grown. Then Marrying, and continuing the Bloodline by having Children. This is a Blessing.

[@chaselanglands6757]

Really? Marrying the woman who practically ruined his life for nothing?

[@hildagocrazyfreak]

@@chaselanglands6757 zelda didn't ruin his life. They both forged a plan against Ganondorf that failed. Zelda gave him his childhood and life back and if it wasn't for the direct sequels of MM or TP, the ending of Oot was pure and perfect for Oot Link.

[@chaselanglands6757]

@@hildagocrazyfreak If that is what you think, then I pity your naivete. In TP, the Hero's Shade (who is OoT Link) said he died filled with regrets. It implies that while on the outside he may have seemed fine, everything about him was ripped away from him slowly until he became a shadow of his former self. So, while it may have been unintentional, Zelda's actions DID practically ruin his life.

[@hildagocrazyfreak]

@@chaselanglands6757 what I am saying is that when Oot was made they didn't think about the impact the sequals MM or TP had on Oot Link. When Zelda gave Link his childhood back it was for him to regain his childhood and to live in peace. That was the whole ending of Oot. But because of the sequals of Ww, TP and Mm we now know it had major consequences for the timeline and negative impact on Oot Link's life. It's just that you can't blame someone for ruining your whole life. Zelda didn't ruin Oot Link's life. Sure she had a major impact in his life, but he is the one who regretted his own life because he wasn't recognized as the hero of Hyrule and couldn't live with it. Probably because he wanted to be with adult Oot Zelda though. Okay maybe she did ruin his life!

[@samael759]

@Fox and Wolf Friend I don't think Zelda and Link loved each other on this game, it's more like they're friends and try to protect each other in a "our destiny is to do this together" way. He doesn't hate her either, I think is understandable the way she wanted to do things was how she thought as a kid and she indeed regrets that, and Link pretty much can't blame her completely since he also did his part so the way he lost his own childhood was no one's fault

[@RouroniRockman]

And then Ganondorf was all 'LOL jk not sealed' and Hyrule was flooded.

[@mulaboyy]

RouroniRockman right

[@gapplssb]

Screw you both

[@bulemoon1396]

There is a thing called time line u nigga

[@Sonack]

Facts

[@mariosquat1567]

THE END

[@JessieJay7]

this video was gorgeous! WHO LEFT THESE ONIONS LYING AROUND?! 😭😭

[@hcorredorjr]

Jessie Jay so true...😢😭😭😭😭

[@JazzLAN]

Jessie Jay I did... ...I'M CRYING TOO MY BEST FRIEND TOLD ME TO DO IT!!!!!!!

[@pagedprawn3760]

moi

[@jakethepurpletree5286]

Jessie Jay not me...

[@danielsierra6421]

Thats a reference from spongebob right

[@trashacetrainer]

Now I want to see you do this with Link and Midna's final farewell!

[@JessieJay7]

Lumberjack Lewis Yes! that would be amazing!

[@gurpreetsingh793]

Lumberjack Lewis Totally! I just today completed that game.

[@JessieJay7]

Gurpreet Singh MAtharoo Really? What did you think of it? It's one of my all time favorites! :D

[@gurpreetsingh793]

Jessie Jay Yes it's a great ending to a great game. I really enjoyed the battles with Ganon & Ganondorf. But when *spoiler alert* Midna broke the mirror of twilight... that moment was so sad!!

[@JessieJay7]

Gurpreet Singh MAtharoo I know! Its sad, but it's a beautiful moment. It'd be amazing to see it animated like this video! :)

[@pierrotcvb2]

Link's sadness really got to me. I just cried with him. Thank you for making this... ♥

[@MMZERO9]

Both in this scene and in the original you really get a sense that Zelda had developed feelings for Link that went beyond friendship but had to let him go, even if it meant breaking her own heart.

[@Crouching_Oni]

I always wonder why she sent him back because she doesn't want to and neither does link and I also wonder why navi left and if link found her at the end of majoras mask

[@xdarkfusionn6614]

Since Link was travelling in time from child to adult, it was like "an adult body with the spirit of a child". That's why he had to go back in time.

[@theacademictaskmaster6481]

No, he had Ganondorf inside the Master Sword, it has to go back on the pedestal to seal Ganondorf and his minions for good. Which, didn't turn out so well in Wind Waker.

[@TriforceRaiden]

When a fairy in Zelda fufils its purpose, it vanishes. Navi was going to vanish because her purpose of helping Link was fufilled, and didn't want Link to see that, so she ran away. (That's what I think anyway.)

[@nocturnox882]

+Creeperdocter That's what I always thought too. Navi never annoyed me in the game, despite what people say about her. She was just fulfilling her purpose. If you think about her this way, she is a really selfless character, knowing THE WHOLE TIME that once it's over she'll vanish, but keeping it to herself so Link could focus on the task at hand. I liked the way you put it, it's cool to see a comment that says something other than how annoying she is, lol

[@Smiley_Face0]

@@nocturnox882 I love her lol

[@Gab3769]

That Zelda lullaby rendition made me teary

[@leolionclaw]

This video makes me cry every time I watch it. Many people think of how Link being sent back was more of a curse to him rather than a gift, due to the Hero shade in Twilight Princess . However they always overlook an even greater tragedy that is future Zelda being all alone in a destroyed Hyrule after Link defeated Ganon. She remained behind to punish herself for what she believed to be her fault in Hyrule's destruction. While Link's accomplishments as the Hero of Time were not to be remembered in his new timeline, Zelda's sacrifice to me is far more tragic than Link's loss of a title. I always thought this ending was just supposed to be Zelda sending him back so he can change the future, but in this video she says, "Good bye..." and not she'll see him again or something. This gets me thinking that Ocarina of Time runs on multiverse theory which means no matter what changes happen to the past wont effect her future, but the new one. Zelda sent Link away knowing that she would forever be alone in a world without her hero and without a future of happiness.

[@WRILLI4M]

Yes. In this sense, Link and Zelda's tragedy is like Future Trunks' living hell in DBZ. There are differences, of course, but they're quite similar.

[@chaserush1382]

at 2:20 when the music crescendos and zelda speaks of home. my entire being becomes pure emotion.

[@littlesquimbert864]

This is 100% how it looked and played out in our heads when we played it for the first time. Tears streaming down my face rn, I love this so much.

[@foreverblues0930]

im a huge zelda fan and the ending of Ocarina of Time did make me cry but you made the ending even more sad thanks now im sad and have tears running down my face

[@111019971]

Me too ! 😿

[@shanelawrence7438]

I always love your videos. They are always so powerful, the way they are composed. So touching, it would make a Goron cry. But I've always pitied link, a boy in the body of a man, forced to mature in a day. What takes most 7 years to do. fighting though his fears, his weakness. All for him to say goodbye, in the end. He cried, not because he is weak. But because he's been strong for just too long. Perhaps, pity. is not the right word. Adored, admired. inspired by, Ain't that what hero's are suppose to be? Someone who does what is right when the chips are down, and inspires though their legends.

[@benjaminokonski9186]

God, it's like RWBY Volume 3 Chapter 12 all over again: My heart was completely rent asunder!

[@MasterBlade111]

Right! I would love it if rooster teeth hired him

[@Elinfluyente]

Hylia's Savior Yeah but now we got volume 4.

[@benjaminokonski9186]

Good points, the both of you.

[@Elinfluyente]

Thanks

[@benjaminokonski9186]

Anytime, folks!

[@NoraWarrior]

This just...It hurts SO MUCH... OoT Link really had a thankless quest...and then it didn't get much better with the whole Majora's Mask thing, which was ALSO outside of his (younger self's) Hyrule. Poor guy. :'(

[@HectorReneGuitz]

this was emotional... i bet this time Link would stay in the future with Zelda, i would like that. imagine that?? wow!!

[@Lunaryse]

This is so beautiful, oh my god. Brings me back to old memories. The music is absolutely stunning, I want to buy it somewhere if I can. And this animation is just... Fantastic. Such beautiful work in one place is hard to adjust to.

[@BrockHewittStoriesinSound]

Thanks so much, that means a lot!! You can check out my stuff here: soundcloud.com/brock-hewitt

[@Lunaryse]

Thank you very much, I will definitely check you out. ^^

[@krystallvinter7438]

Zelda: "the way your supposed to be" Link: "my supposed to be what"

[@JeffGranja27]

Your comment saved me! I was about to fall in the caverns of depression and kill myself (of course not) now I can leave laughing lol

[@ddvalentine1048]

Gannon disliked this wonderful video. Probably cause he's not in it lol. Thank you for this and all your awesome videos.

[@aThatBoyVezz]

Dd Valentine he's mad because he's sealed away lol 😂 that's why he disliked the video.

[@ddvalentine1048]

+That Boy Vezz Yes :V

[@aThatBoyVezz]

NintendoNerd1427 Lmao 😂

[@tsumi9774]

I can't believe I just found this. And my feels and nostalgia goggles must be on.. This was an amazing recreation to the end of Ocarina of time. And that version of Zelda's Lullaby, just beautiful. The way they both didn't truly say goodbye and just Link shaking his head trying to tell her that it wasn't just her fault alone. It was him as well. She was only doing what she knew to save Hyrule of course she didn't know Link would lose time from drawing the Master Sword in the temple. But their goodbye wasn't meant to be forever as when he comes back he goes to see her again right after.Though after awhile he was to say one more goodbye when he leaves to Termina in search of Navi.

[@6231.]

ngl, when I got to this part in the game, I cried. seeing this with more facial expressions and with music brought me back to my first playthrough

[@BDOGG345]

Why can't they make Link and Zelda's relationship like this in the games? I think everyone wants it honestly. And everyone would REALLY enjoy a remade OoT that looked like this too!

[@imklubb]

From one Zelda fan to another, this video was amazing! You know, and who cares about all the spelling mistakes, this, as I'm sure, took a lot of work to do. Everybody makes mistakes and I'm constantly making spelling errors in my videos :) But anyways, great work man, keep it up!

[@MajorLink]

[@supermario191rucker2]

Hi.

[@jegend9884]

MajorLink CAN YOU PLEASE DO THIS FOR MIDNAS FAREWELL!!! PLEASE!!! IF THIS MADE ME CRY THEN MIDNAS FAREWELL WOULD MAKE ME FREAKING BAWL MY EYES OUT!!! THANK YOU MAJORLINK YOU'RE AWESOME!!!

[@dreamimgflowerd976]

Murph Dat Gaming my mind is just screaming, just shut up and kiss!!! After all the crap Link went through he at least deserves one sign of gratitude and no, sending him back in time does not seem to be an act of gratitude to me. Uh I'm feeling like crying again!!! T.T

[@bonbons71]

okay you know what I am so sorry for my language but yOU TO SIGN THE FUCK UP FOR THE CUTSCENE DEPARTMENT AT NINTENDO I MEAN... THE ANIMATION IS SO SMOOTH AND PROFESSIONALLY MADE AND THE MUSIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTFELT LIKE THIS IS A MASTERPIECE WE SHOULD MAKE A LOUVRE MUSEUM FOR ZELDA FANS AND THIS WOULD BE IN THE MAIN HALL, ON AN INFINITE LOOP ON A HUGE SCREEN WELL DONE, JUST WELL DONE *stands up, applauds, wipes a lil tear*

[@BananaPhoneBanana]

This animation is great but jesus christ it ain't no masterpiece. The animation is stilted/stiff sometimes and the lighting is all over the place. Calm down ffs

[@bonbons71]

BananaPhoneBanana​ but that's your opinion *sips tea*

[@ninifroggies6762]

you're profile pic says it perfectly heh

[@laskatyphoonas6039]

BITCH YES THE ZELDA LOUVRE MUSEUM!?!? MAKE THAT RN OML

[@inkchild4115]

YES MAJORLINK MUST SIGN UP FOR THE CUTSCENE DEPARTMENT AT NINTENDO!

[@coolvideoslover4606]

This was the first Zelda video I watched of you years ago before I got an account. You captured the tragedy of the separation between Link and Zelda at the end of Ocarina of Time. Zelda's guilt over causing the invasion of Ganondorf and Link's horror as he figures out her intention match the dialogue perfectly. The scene where Link kneels to Zelda like a knight shows how, despite being a child, he already assumed the role of an adult because of his adventures. The separation is more tragic as both of them cry. Zelda doesn't want Link to lose his childhood and be forced into the role of an adult. And while Link would like to recover his childhood, he already has the maturity of an adult. He will become a stranger in a familiar land. The way Link tries to smile through the tears but then looks desperate to be with Zelda stings a lot. The return of child Link shows how the experience of the game affected him. He saw so much as an adult that he won't fit in as a child anymore. Navi's departure destroys what little innocence Link had. I love the scene where Link senses adult Zelda behind him and then he turns into an adult as he turns around. Though he is still a child, the experiences made Link an adult mentally due to being a hero fighting alone against evil. The return to Zelda's castle is a bittersweet thing. Link gets to enjoy his childhood, but he lost Navi and he has to figure out his place in the world.

[@thepredman9lol266]

This broke my heart into pieces, stomped on it and burned it to ash...

[@wolv0223]

You monster.... Wwhy are you doing this... Why are trying to drown us in our own tears? WHY!?

[@frenchgundam9079]

Navi damn, where have you go.... The friend who was with me all along...

[@NekoTenshis2]

More videos from Ocarina of Time, please!

[@Frisko90]

This Link went through sooo much that he didnt get the credit he deserved for what he's done for Hyrule and the hardships he went through to save the world from Ganondorf and most sadly enough, his acts didnt exist in the timeline. He couldnt return back to the Kokiri Forest because he lost a dearly friend of his (Navi), which he always had her beside him on his quest, went on another bumpy adventure (Majoras Mask) to look for her but didnt seem to succeed, as a child he was still an adult inside him and couldnt live back to his childhood because of the reality he saw as a innocent kid and cant go back to its formal time then died as a loney person and a heartbroken hero, where he couldnt choose to live happily and forget his past and regrets and then turned into a Stalfos as The Hero's Shade Hero of time IS the best Link of all and ALWAYS WILL BE. Thank u MajorLink for recreating this powerful scene with ur dedicated editing skills!!!

[@BasilissaKleo]

It just proves how much Zelda is amazing: she gave Link one of the most precious gifts: time and a new chance to be happy and to save Hyrule from Ganondorf's reign. She gave him back the seven years stolen to him... The end of OoT was beautiful and sad and I was moved already. But you crushed my heart. The next one I hear saying "Zelda is weak, she just keeps to be kidnapped", I'll punch him in the face. X)

[@anthonyhand8424]

Nintendo could learn how to wrap up a Zelda adventure from you

[@keiyuk]

So beautifully done! ❤ I really loved it. I want a remake of ocarina of time like this. 😻♡

[@hyakkimaru5508]

Wolf Link is life I know right its so cute

[@m1necrafd1amond44]

Hero of Time

[@paulinamartinez4988]

That 1 dislike is from ganon XD

[@BrokeBot]

Isn't link a Stalfos now according to Twilight Princess?

[@annabunni64]

Drageromb He dies sometime after getting back to Hyrule to become the Hero's Shade.

[@yrevra2407]

I will always...love...this timeless story, and the faded memories I have buried in the background behind it and around the edges.♡

[@animeartist4255]

..man..I'm not sure how but my eyes won't stop. This was a beautiful ending

[@TheLifestream]

Really nice work. Congrats to everyone involved.

[@DoJayMi]

I'M NOT CRYING! I'M NOT! I'M SWEATING THROUGH MY EYES!

[@MajorLink]

Thank you everyone!! You all continue to keep me doing what I love! Please checkout the official Song Here: soundcloud.com/brock-hewitt/a-timeless-lullaby

[@schaniiaL]

just awesome

[@Zangetzu419]

The song is beyond words alone can describe. With your permission, I would like to do a Nightcore video using this song.

[@pytw04]

thank you to both you and your talented friend! don't ever stop, these beautiful videos become so much more than just pictures and sounds every time you make one.

[@desyparis5912]

hey...... i.... i have strong feelings to you..... you have a feelings to zelda?..... s-sorry for the question.....

[@RepKiller80]

I don't want to direct the artists ideas or anything... but there has always been one part of the Zelda series that I've always wanted to see, but never got. Since you seem to enjoy thinking of "what if" scenarios... maybe you could give me some closure with the ending of Twilight Princess... with Midna... I bet that would make for a fantastic video, just a thought :P Midna and her decision still haunts me to this day :'( Keep up the good work man!

[@jewelboyd3646]

The first time I watched this, I was in my first period high school class five minutes before it started; I started bawling. The music is gorgeous, and I felt so bad for both Link and Zelda. All in all, one of the best videos ever made!

[@Xin.xx.]

I don't know why but im crying right now... The link of oot really is the sadest one and the one who has the hardest live....

[@kaelfarron9398]

The end part where Zelda was standing there and he turned around and she was gone. My poor little heart.

[@tadkins1827]

This Video warms my heart❤

[@Seishiro_Nagi-i8t]

Cacacaca

[@eytay7025]

That's kinda depressing and beautiful

[@merrynmoore8926]

Me: *sees tittle* hey a Zelda animation! I bet it’s a Zelink one and maybe it’ll be one that doesn’t make me cry and want to rip my heart out! :D *** five minutes and twenty seconds later*** Me: God dammit

[@metalhead-forever]

Then Ganondorf break out his prison and started the chaos again and the hero of time is never returned tell the next hero born known at the hero of the wind. Love you guys work

[@vermillion_skies]

The part where they started crying killed me dude... Good job.

[@dreamimgflowerd976]

Noooooo Link!!!!! T.T ugh my feels, this is just too heart breaking! I've always wanted Link and Zelda to stay together there... well I guess we have fanfics for that. Damn this was too beautiful and it's still is beautiful! Thank you for such a heartbreaking piece, I really love it! 😍😍😍😍😍 Time to cry myself to sleep tonight.

[@zeldagamersandfriends3271]

me too

[@NekoTenshis2]

I love this video so much !!!

[@anthonyconner9180]

I didn't realize that the bow in "Twilight's Shadow" was a call-back to this! Simply amazing!

[@luaala2142]

I´m someone who does not cry often, barely to say the least.... but this, and the the triology you made.. I´m sobbing like crazy! The emotion in your videos is so incrdible, I can´t help but cry. Thank you for making this masterpiece!!

[@mht1890]

AWESOME!!! I really love your work, you do it super great. Don't stop please , I want to see more of your job. I LOVE IT!!! Continue making videos and the Triforce is with you my friend XD

[@michdie1046]

How to cry Step one: watch this video

[@literaltrash8400]

As always I cry like the little anime girl I am.Now I'm drowning in my own emotions

[@theblur3153]

It's funny how this game still makes me cry after I finally beat it years ago, I can't even began to explain how much I love this game, how many times I played it through and beat it. Thanks for this, I really needed this right now, I may be bawling like a baby but I see the beauty again.

[@quintonconoly]

Link’s happy ending was after his death… when he finally got to teach his skills to his descendant, the Hero of Twilight.

[@hyakkimaru5508]

zulda cried FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER

[@lemonzineoj]

In the manga, when Zelda returned him back to him time, the last words she said was, "I love you, Link."

[@lillydufour]

I thought that was Navi?

[@lunasam9]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@LITTLE1994]

That was Navi, not Princess Zelda.

[@lemonzineoj]

@@LITTLE1994 no that is in the manga, it’s right as she sends him back in time to be a child.

[@lemonzineoj]

@@LITTLE1994 I mean I could wrong but I’m pretty sure that was Zelda cause that was right when she sent him away.

[@zeldafan1596]

honestly, link is in a worse point after being sent back than before everything and i CRIED when i watched this! 🤧😭😢😥😩😣😓😫🥺😰

[@stormin8378]

I was thinking about the ending and I had a daydream about that part. Like Link actually goes to see Zelda and starts talking about all the things that happened and what he went through to save Hyrule. (This is my version of how it would go...) I can just imagine Zelda just standing there, intrigued after everything she just heard from Link and her first response is “What was I like in the future/that timeline?” And I know it never happens but Link responds with “You were what Hyrule needed....” “You were what I needed” and she is surprised to hear it but then smiles that goofy Zelda smile. Then the camera zooms out and shows Hyrule in its peaceful nature. Fades to black.

[@erevansilverfrond4911]

I pride myself on having a lot of control over my emotions, enough that I don't cry over a video game story or even a movie story. This animation actually tested that control, something I can't say many things have. I say well done with everything about this animation.

[@starryplatinum]

Ocarina of Time was my first game I ever played, so this really hit home. Nice HD remake of the old cutscene! Looks beautiful. No complaints. I loved the feeling Link showed when he went back in time, though he couldn't stay in the adult timeline like he wanted to, his emotions showed really well. Now that he's back, he goes to Zelda to fulfill his promise of warding off Ganon and then Majoras mask happens :T. But anyway, this was great, as always. Love your animations!!!

[@abdieljdj-yt2416]

Who else applauded when the video ends?

[@kylejones1532]

I tried to find more like it 😂

[@Shinchad75]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@minutehourdayweek]

Dad: why you crying so damn loud 😭

[@ianbrissey8656]

Can't believe this video came out 7 years ago... the amount of time Link traveled/ lost at first

[@LITTLE1994]

A coincidence

[@scalesmusic584]

Poor link man.... all that effort and courage to save everyone but no one is there for him. Such a lonely journey to be a hero. This is some powerful stuff ❤️❤️

[@ReeaBeea]

And he’s willing to do it all over again just to see her 🥺😢

[@kayak6034]

That moment when you realize that Zelda just made Hero of Time suffer eternally until his incarnation passed down his legacy

[@chaselanglands6757]

She pretty much ruined his life. If young Link had ignored Zelda, Ganondorf never would've won.

[@dominiquereeves2649]

OMG I so want to \cry. I wish it ended like this. That would've been so epic! Thumbs up for this. Zelda fan forever!!!!!!!!

[@nielbyme]

Dominique Reeves The game does end like this. This video is just better at capturing the emotions on their faces since the N64 wasn't able to do that. I always get sad too when I see Ocarina's ending, especially when Navi leaves. 😞

[@dominiquereeves2649]

Madison ASMR of course, I mean I wish they were able to make it so emotional. lol.

[@sailorm4y4ri]

This is a very beautiful animation to pair with the most beautiful rendition of Zelda's Lullaby. Thank you.