The Mystery of the Ghost Ship (Zelda Theory)

[@BanditGames]

What's the scariest thing in a Zelda game you've ever experienced? *ALSO... the footage from Majora's Mask used at first wasn't indicating I believe Wind Waker takes place in the Child Timeline; it just fit what I was saying. Lol :)

[@dennisjohnson1809]

MaskedNintendoBandit -you got everdice on that theory

[@hylianpotato5683]

Pretty sure wind waker takes place in adult timeline

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@zapunknown]

Lorule Gacha it does

[@x-plosive486]

It was being at the shadow temple at night

[@zeldalina499]

I feel that the Ghost ship was Tetra's grandmother's ship. It would make sense that the remaining members of the royal family and servants would have the Triforce chart. Also I know Breath of the Wild came after the Wind Waker, but the lone flower could represent the lineage of Princess Zelda in the same way as the Silent princess.

[@BanditGames]

I was going to make a silent princess flower connection but took it out of the final script due to not having quite as much proof towards it as I wanted: but I’m actually 100% on board with you. I think the Ghost Ship could have been captained by a previous Zelda (all girls of the lineage of Zelda are named Zelda)

[@krausercruz2780]

@@BanditGames another take could be that all those ships in the ship graveyard are what's left of a Royal Fleet from old Hyrule and the ghost ship is not like a physical ship but it's made out of the souls of those royal sailors of old to serve the goddess until the shard was taken.

[@AlvinaYunoa]

@@BanditGames Tbh every time I get the “every hyrule princess is called Zelda” is funny to me because it’s like the king calls for his wife and says “Zelda!” And both the wife and daughter says “yes?” XDDD

[@firionkaiser8291]

More like Tetra's great ancestor from. Wind Waker takes place about 800 to 900 years after the flood. We know this due to the graveyard at windfall. The Japanese version of Wind Waker confirms that the grave is for the dad of dancer who dances at the grave.

[@forgettablename6436]

*Crashes through the wall* DID SOMEBODY SAY WIND WAKER!?

[@Drewskii59]

Lmao I don't even know you and I already love you

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

Thanks so much for the disclaimer at the start! I'm watching Zelda theory videos with my five-year-old and appreciated knowing this one wouldn't be suitable for her!

[@BanditGames]

Absolutely! Also, I’m glad your little one is getting some Zelda videos 😆 it’s important! Thanks for checking my stuff out.

[@aurora_x86]

Dang, I wish I could watch Zelda theories when I was five

[@jcage1022]

I mean, just explain it to your child, right? That way they don't see all the scary stuff, but still get to understand the lore.

[@KyleGK01]

Woah, it's vgst

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

@@KyleGK01 Woah, it's KyleGK

[@timothymckane6362]

4:35 That FACE chills me because I never thought its expression has gone from neutral when I'm far away to a maliocious, creepy grin.

[@neelcool99]

I was playing with my sister and I pressed the yellow stick to be in first person and I was freaked out cause I never noticed that.(My sister and I screamed)

[@Lyoko012345]

What if the ghost ship was from the royal fleet and tasked with guarding the triforce shard. They were then attacked and instead of allowing the shard to fall into the wrong hands they sunk the ship themselves and killed themselves. The islands the ship appears around were the islands were they rendezvoused with other ships in the fleet and even in death they continue to guard the shard and appear at the meeting places waiting for new orders or for someone to claim the shard.

[@marhawkman303]

yeah, my thought was "continuing to serve even in death"

[@qunt100]

This is a possible theory explanation. I like it.

[@devonm042690]

Theory. The man who made the chart was actually the then soon-to-be Ghost Ship's own navigator, having been given one last task in life be the goddesses before being drafted into extended servitude. The goddesses couldn't have him associated with the not yet cursed vessel, lest its purpose for haunting the sea be obvious to all the wrong people, so he had to play the part of an explorer and thus had to find his own way. He knew what was expected of him, what would happen when he finished the map, so he needed someone to tag along, someone to take the map to shore. The tagalong only knew he was charting the Ghost Ship. That's all he needed to know. Of course, the tagalong would have wanted to get rid of the accursed parchment for fear he'd be struck down as well, and the goddesses planned for this. An agent would be nearby posing as a peddler of unusual goods, striking up a conversation about odd sights that would lead to the Ghost Ship and the map. The agent would feign a mere merchant's interest in it, and the person who was left with the map would be all too happy to be rid of it. The money given in return didn't hurt either. Okay, yeah. That just got more and more detailed the more I went.

[@sa3270]

I have played WW at least 3 times never noticed that thing with the face medallion. So spooky!

[@MrJmZack]

The term for these spirit flames is "Hitodama." 🔥

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

LoruleanHistorian or a wil’o wisp

[@MrJmZack]

@@ProjectEchoshadow in English and several other European folklore, yes! A ghost light, or will-o'-the-wisp.

[@fernandofffff]

Maybe the spirit of man who drew the chart is trapped inside it. That would explain why it has magical properties. The spirit knows the moon phases and where the ghost ship would appear.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

"The chart is finished. Only thing it needs now is my sould"

[@matthewolson2308]

that is what I think too

[@DarkAngel30000]

He could also be that spirit that screams once link gets the map or triforce piece

[@dracoerrarus4834]

If the man that drew the map died immediately after drawing the map, then isn’t that his boat that sank into the ship graveyard? Instead of being part a royal fleet, perhaps the graveyard is just a dangerous/cursed place like the Bermuda Triangle.

[@chuckmann7127]

The man who made the map may have been killed by the goddesses in an attempt to keep a shard of the Triforce secret. If the man had published his map to the world, Ganondorf would catch wind of it and steal the map for himself; thus he could obtain a piece of the Triforce for himself.

[@fernandofffff]

4:16 Is that a silent princess?

[@fickminne]

Maybe.. but most likely not. The colors almost match, but not quite, and the Silent Princess have five pointy petals. This one have 4 rounded peetals.

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

@@fickminne this could be it still I mean the idea may not have been fully fleshed out yet but when they designed the silent princess this could have been an inspiration. Also since timeline stuff this flower could have easily evolved into the silent princess.

[@Stonerolog1st]

Maybe the precursor to a silent princess, almost like when two strains of two differing origin say Durban Poison + OG Kush = Girl Scout Cookies

[@minight1711]

For those saying the ghost ship in Wind Waker and phantom hourglass is the same: -first off, its obvious they dont share the same design, despite their respective games sharing artstyle -They do not haunt the same areas -They do not have the same purpose, one protects a piece of the triforce, the other is meant to steal life force from its captives -you can enter ph ghost ship without the map -one only appears at stormy nights, while the other is just surounded by fog, even at daytime -one keeps a treasure (triforce) or a treasure chart (triforce chart) while it is clearly stated ingame that the other's treasure was only a rumour meant to bait preys

[@sectorzisnumbuhone]

Exactly!

[@aetherhae]

The scream you hear after obtaining the Ghost Ship Chart is a extremely sped up sound file of Lord Jabun screaming, it was cut from the final game when his dungeon was cut out of the game.

[@Jai_dinn]

This is video feels so uncomfortable and......mysterious I like it!👍🏻

[@HyruleGamer]

Got here before the KZbin notification :D

[@BanditGames]

You’re a magician :O

[@mmhmyeah1812]

My 2 fav zelda content creators in one spot.... This pleases me.

[@HyruleGamer]

@@mmhmyeah1812 Heck yeah!

[@ZayJayPlays]

I remember posting on Miiverse that I thought that the Ghost Ship was the ship of Tetra's parents. I had absolutely no basis for such, but I think it's cool that there's at least some evidence.

[@jill9978]

i once read a theory, one that explains why the ghost ship is malevolent and scary rather than serving the gods or anything, that the ghost ship is a manifestation of the sorrow and anger of shipwrecked people. the triforce reflects the hearts of those who touch it, so the triforce shard reflected the powerful feelings of those who died (with your theory, the spirits of the hyrule fleet of ships) to create a monstrosity. by taking the shard, you're saving the spirits bound by their own despair. i think the face that transforms from terrifying to a strangely peaceful, or perhaps, despondent, expression as you get closer to the source of the power adds some depth to this theory.

[@anthonibrookshire3704]

I feel like the identity of the ship and crew is spot on, MNB, but I'm thinking that they were tasked to guard it in their normal life but the ship sunk or was destroyed and so that their ghostly state is a solution to an unexpected problem rather than how they started out.

[@youtubeaholic2154]

That face illusion scared me when i was younger.

[@RawPower867]

My theory is that it belonged to the rival pirate gang that used to inhabit the Forsaken Fortress. When Ganon took over, he killed all of the pirates and destroyed their ships. The Ghost Ship is all that remains, and is haunted by the spirits of the now-dead pirate crew.

[@canadiansplootdoggo9333]

I am not young children but I am frightened easily... I am afraid

[@a-posetexturelessjoker1539]

"I am not young children" ??? What the fuck ???

[@saltchipper-7147]

How old are you

[@canadiansplootdoggo9333]

@@a-posetexturelessjoker1539 did you watch the video? At the start there was a warning which said something like "this is scary and not suitable for young children" I worded my comment in a grammatically incorrect way for comedic impact which flew over your head so now I am explaining it :)

[@PopCultureFan_]

@@a-posetexturelessjoker1539 Maybe they made a typo and didnt realize yet lol

[@PopCultureFan_]

Awww, hello fellow canadian! One commenter was asking how old you were lol, but im going to say how old * am instead and Im 34. I guess you could say i get rather panicky easily too just like you but its in regards to real like situations. I waa born hearing & visually impaired , im pretty sure that has alot to do with it.

[@firionkaiser8291]

Considering Wind Waker is 800 to 900 years after the flood, it's safe to say the flood princess is Tetra's ancient ancestor. This is supported by the fact that Aonuma confirmed Twilight Princess and Wind Waker take place around the same time as each other in their respective splits. Aonuma also confirmed Twilight Princess takes place several centuries after OoT and MM. Plus there's the gravestone at Windfall.

[@malakkennedy6949]

I'm somewhat surprised it was never mentioned that the Ghost Ship chart has Greatfish Isle depicted in the state it's in after it was destroyed, and not its original state.

[@felixmckinney7132]

Aww man, nothing beat that first time I found IT. I was awake on a school night, sailing by greatfish isle. I thought it was just in-game hoax. I still have pictures on my phone of when I took a rushed to get my phone and took a picture.

[@HyperImaginative]

Finally something on the Ghost Ship!

[@palomiux8136]

Maybe this takes all the charm out of the goddess theory and the mission to protect the triforce, but I remember and looked up, that Tetra mentions some pirates who used the forsaken fortress before, and they are not mentioned again. I wonder if they have any relationship with the ghost ship? What happened to them? This is what she said: "There are all sorts of strange rumors about this place. What I do know is that long ago, it used to be the hideout of a no-good group of pirates we used to compete with ..."

[@stevemorris3746]

I have a theory. The figure head of the ghost ship looks oddly like a Gerudo. What if the Gerudo were either sentenced to death by the godesses or excluded from the evacuation plan due to their association with Ganondorf. The Gerudo learning of the plan to survive the flood attacked and captured one of the many ships but were cursed to endlessly wander the sea as punishment. The monsters and spirits you encounter inside the ghost ship could be the tortured souls of the Gerudo that took the ship. They may or may not have known that the ship they attacked carried a piece of the triforce. The Gerudo who took the ship could have been the leftover minions of Ganondorf, hence the monsters, and they wander the sea trying to return the triforce piece to their master but are lost doomed to wander forever.

[@Chunky_doggo]

the ghost ship is also from phantom hourglass. its purpose there is to give link a reason to go after tetra is captured by it, being the sequal of wind waker it makes sense.

[@esther-gn9bg]

i just stumbled across your channel and im absolutely obsessed with your theory videos. the way you tell these stories is just so intriguing and reminds me over and over again just how great the little details in the zelda franchise are, and how the players are left to interpret them in their own way

[@celarts5752]

I think something that may make a cool addition to this is that perhaps the Zelda before Tetra was the one, with help from the goddesses, bound her soul and the souls of the crew to the Ghost Ship so to protect it and its contents, and the only reason that there's monsters on it now is that you just happened to get there right as Ganondorf's forces were about to loot it and get the triforce for themselves.

[@Cassarilla]

Awesome video! The ghost ship was always such an interesting part of Wind Waker and hearing some theory behind it was a lot of fun. I hadn't thought about a lot of it. Poor ghost seagulls. 😅☠️

[@TheUntitledOne]

@4:34 I don't think I've ever noticed that expression change back when I was playing back in the day. Pretty creepy looking at it now.😨

[@benjaminh.clement1292]

Well, its guarding a piece of the Triforce of Courage, this might just be the last small test to challenge the courage of someone stepping there

[@Elementianhero22]

I think it only switches back and forth in the 3DS remake. In the GC version, I think it's just the extremely creepy grin. Maybe not. I need to play the game again. Actually, it looks a lot like one of the masks in Stock Pot Inn in MM. Hmm... Coincidence?

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

I always thought it was a gerudo ship MM shows their culture works well as pirates and we don't see them in game. Women shown on mast could be the sand goddesses.

[@willedwards3128]

I had a simular theory because the Gerudo were also a group of pirates. Perhaps I cant say for certain but it can a strong connection with the Gerudo tribe. Also there is ship wreckage near forsaken fortress also.

[@liveactionlink8736]

I never noticed the face changing moods the closer you get. That's really cool

[@Hikouma]

My theory is that there wasn't too much thought put into it and they simply reused the model from Tetra's ship.

[@peterwatchesthewatchmen]

I like that theory!

[@TheLadyLiddell]

Side note: the intro to the vid made me realize you could be a good horror narrator if you wanted to (like Be Busta or Lazy Masquerade) You have the voice for it.

[@PopCultureFan_]

Hey, yeah!. He does have a good spooky voice🤔.

[@lowesgameing2003]

Hang on don't we learn about the ghost ship in phantom hourglass?

[@BanditGames]

I believe that’s a different ghost ship entirely

[@meleefox3218]

It is a different ship; one is an apparition of lost souls, cursed to wander the Great Sea until its contents are claimed, the other being the creation of a dark entity that thrives on stealing life force.

[@lowesgameing2003]

@@meleefox3218 oh so their is a difference between the two.

[@HenrikoMagnifico]

A fantastic video, again. Keep up the great work! :)

[@Prs722]

There is another ship that the ghost ship may be. It could be the sand ship; the ship that held a sacred flame that the hero of the sky used to purify the goddess's sacred blade. Not only does the ghost ship have a similar color palette to the sand ship, but in a picture in Skipper's Retreat it shows that that ship once had a large crew. Also if Skipper and his crew were entrusted with guarding a sacred flame, could they also be trusted with a piece/chart of the triforce? Although the ship sunk before the time Link used the triforce, a piece could still be obtained as the triforce is not bound by time. In the Child Link timeline after Ocarina of Time, Ganon hadn't gone to the sacred realm, he never obtained the triforce of power, but when he was "executed" in front of the mirror of twilight, he wasn't killed because of the triforce of power. Ganon obtained the triforce of power in the Adult Link timeline, and the triforce went through time for Ganon to have already obtain. This shows that even if it's seemingly impossible the the sand ship is the ghost ship, it is still a possibility.

[@willedwards3128]

I believe this to be a strong possibility.

[@goodsirbear-7579]

well in phantom hour glass the ghost ship is made by an evil force so maybe the ghost ship in wind waker is corrupted by demise?

[@davidnystrom9059]

This is a tremendously strong theory, and one that makes complete sense. I have long believed that both Tetra’s ship and the Ghost Ship had strong connections to pre-flood Hyrule. So much so that it serves as a major plot point, late in my own Zelda novel. The connections with the Royal Family and possibly the Sheikah are very likely as well, seeing as the Sheikah have long served the incarnations of the Goddess Hylia, perhaps she commissioned these boats to scatter the maps and shards before Hyrule was completely eradicated. Interestingly, there are no other large watercraft like them except the Ships Graveyard. Perhaps after completing their mission, the Sheikah crews wrecked the ships to aid in preventing anybody being able to seek out the Triforce.

[@bluekirby64]

Also this Ghost Ship is not the same one from Phantom Hourglass not only does it look different but (Spoiler alert) The Ghost Ship in Phantom Hourglass was later revealed to be creation of Bellum the main antagonist of that game and that Ghosts Ship’s purpose was to abduct people take them to the Ocean King’s world so Bellum could drain there Life-force and Wind Waker’s Ghost Ship doesn’t seem to do that

[@KiritoGamingTV]

It’s in the same world just different realm of the world where it’s controlled by a deity which is the ocean king the ghost ship in wind Waker is either same one but due to triforce didn’t function the same or is a parallel version of the Phantom Hourglass one

[@Glory_voyage]

Is this the first time we’ve seen Zelda’s mother?

[@complex314i]

Love the use of the theme to Stone Tower. That form of the Elegy of Emptiness is one of my absolute favorite in the whole Zelda Franchise.

[@BloomHSR]

I really love your work. Keep it up ☺️☺️☺️

[@Krush_Krow]

Didn't even mention phantom hourglass which goes into way more detail about the ship.

[@anon2511]

Not the same ghost ship. The phantom hourglass one was created by Bellum

[@DavidHorowitzDH]

I told a friend of mine about the moving face (which neither of us had noticed before), and he recalled the talking door on the private oasis. Probably a stretch, but we were wondering if they could be connected in any way. 🧐

[@ivancillo8797]

I don't know why but as a kid, the thing that always frightened me the most was The Bottom of the Well in OoT. I don't know what was it about that dungeon that made me so scared of it. I'd always set up Farore's Wind at the entrance, get the Lens of Truth and get out of there. Funny thing is, it never happened like that in the Shadow Temple, it was just meh for me, it didn't have the same impact on me as The Bottom of the Well

[@biotechgaymer3443]

Heres a new theory for you that I had when I first played the game. These big ships were far larger and more advanced than any other ships in the game (I mean most are rafts or small skiffs). So who ever built them had to have money and resources - Most of these islands have a very few palm trees - not timbers for ship building. So it is most likely these ships were from Hyrule before the flood that were used by some of the Royal Family and Soldiers to survive (such as Tetra's mother). Tetra's family did as previous royal family had done and hide their identity (Sheik..) and created the story of them being pirates to hide who they were. Notice how the other pirates care so dearly for Tetra and treat her more as a princess? Its likely they or their relatives used to be servants or guards and knew the secret. The other ships were tasked with hiding the broken shards of the Triforce. The ships sailed away from each other and sank the shards into the ocean where no one could reach them. The grappling hook was given to Valoo for protection as its the only way to raise up the treasures from the deep. Only one Courageous enough to sail the seas to find this tool and the charts was worthy of Triforce of Courage. Once the ships had hidden their pieces they were to bring the ships to Diamond Steppe Island and sink the ships down into the grotto to hide any evidence they existed and where they may have been. The Ghost Ship was unable to complete its task though. Possibly a storm, Gannondorf's forces such as the wizrobe that appears on the ship, or perhaps a greedy sailor wanting to keep the piece for himself (possibly the wizrobe even disguised himself as a Hylian sailor and committed mutiny). But the souls of sailors wanted to complete their task and trapped the wizrobe and/or other thieves on board their ghostly ship. They travel the seas looking for the rest of the fleet to pass onto their fellow soldiers the map or shard to hide. Looking at the map comparing the locations where the ghost ship appears is close to the other locations of where the other shards are sunk. They may have known basic ideas of where the other ships were supposed to go but can not find them. There may even be a link to these sailors/soldiers being Sheikah serving the family as they would be the most advanced to build ships like these since they havent been seen before in the series, the theory that the school teacher is a Sheikah - who gives Link the deed to the oasis that houses a chart/piece in the dungeon bellow with redeads (looking to be likely made by Shiekah) and the fact a joy pendant, something she is seeking, is found in the ship graveyard. Even the weird magic teleport pots in the graveyard being something the magical Sheikah would be likely to make.

[@meleefox3218]

Hm... No mere mortal man could have created that map. That is something we can agree on. To me, this brings the Shiekah to mind due to their habitual use of dark rituals and secretive ways; it's possible that the Ghost Ship map was made using Shiekah magic.

[@nanarocxie]

A video on my birthday!

[@sailplanepilot1562]

Happy birthday!🎊🎉

[@nanarocxie]

@@sailplanepilot1562 Thank you 🥰

[@skippy8294]

Personally, i have a feeling it might be one of ancient ships of the forsaken fortress which is the gerudo fortress, maybe the female pillar in front of the ship represent the female dominated population of the gerudos considering also that the gerudo are pratically absent from the game and they also rebelled from ganondorf. What if the pillar is naburo? Or a representation of her. She was a sage at the end of ocarina of time. Maybe the gerudos took part of protecting the triforce from ganon.

[@dylanstafford3414]

I can't be alone in suspecting that the ghost ship was a Gerudo vessel.

[@linkheroofspiritsakatrains4812]

It was nice of phantom hourglass to give the ghost ship a major role

[@Joshi_the_Yoshi]

The Ghost Ship gave me my first video game nightmares. Along side with Big Octos. The Wind Waker with it's light-hearted charm, gave me my first nightmares playing a video game...

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

Man I remember playing this game when it first came out. The graphics are ageless, it looks as good as it did back then over 20 years ago.

[@thesandwich5321]

...and yet no one's talking about Phantom Hourglass?

[@KiritoGamingTV]

That’s what I’m saying but this theory is way off because of you play Phantom Hourglass you know the back story kind of for the ghost ship and that it’s being controlled by Bellum etc XD

[@6SamChat9]

4:16 is that a early silent princess flower?

[@hurricanev6]

What if the man who made the chart had his soul pulled into the chart? It would explain his untimely death, and the charts ability to know when and where the ghost ship would appear. It could be his obsession with the ship tied him to its eternal journey, willingly or not.

[@williamgroves3134]

This legend is similar to Davy Jones.

[@Elementianhero22]

You mean the REAL Flying Dutchman? Captained by Philip Vanderdecken and trapped for all eternity for cursing God because they could not make the passage around Tierra del Fuego on their way to Valparaiso? Davy Jones is just the keeper of the souls of those who die at sea. Disney took quite a few creative liberties with the Pirates franchise. Sorry, I'm just a huge fan of 'Castaways of the Flying Dutchman' by Brian Jacques. XD

[@williamgroves3134]

@@Elementianhero22 Thank for the reading recommendation. Maybe something similar happened in the Great Sea. The crew of a Hylian ship curse the golden gods for flooding the land. Thus the ship and crew were cursed by the gods by forcing them to carry lost souls to the afterlife and a piece of their power until the days of a new hero.

[@Elementianhero22]

@@williamgroves3134 Hey, cool idea! Headcanon accepted!

[@Ixmore]

There is one more place to note. In the secret passage on Needle Rock Isle, there is a sign that says "To the living: Light the six torches and dive down to the seafloor. Guide the lost spirit of the boat that forever wanders in Darkness." It could be that the crew that was commissioned to guard the triforce piece did not have a choice in the matter.

[@chaoslord8918]

@1:22 "Those who are unfortunate enough to see this cursed vessel refer to it... as IT. I'm talking about IT! Small fry!"

[@andrewsprojectsinnovations6352]

Great content as always! Do you think this Ghost Ship has any connection to its counterpart in Ocarina of Time's Shadow Temple?

[@Bigjar420]

Thats what I thought this video was gonna be about

[@DuelScreen]

I think a simple explanation for the existence of the similar ships and ship graveyard is that each ship from that period was tasked with hiding one piece of the triforce. They all succeeded except for the ghost ship. It's unclear what happened to convert them to ghosts (maybe Ganon chased them which allowed the other ships to successfully complete their mission) but the HD remake placing a piece of the triforce inside directly rather than a scroll fits this theory.

[@kellenoconnor4396]

Ok, this thing freaked me the hell out as a kid

[@TheREALSimagination]

There is the pirate ship in the desert of Skyward Sword' Hyrule. Could it have a connection to the one(s) in the Windwaker?

[@Dragonicle]

Hi MaskedNintendoBandit! I've been watching your videos for a few months now and they just keep getting better and better! I just have one little piece of advice, or maybe we could even call it a request?? I'm not really sure, but if you could stop transitioning into the video topic by saying "Without further Ado" that would be amazing! You gotta change it up every once in a while man, and every video you've released you say "without further Ado". It sounds like you're writing a high school essay when you're doing more than that! Don't underestimate yourself, try out different transitions, and keep up the good work!👍🏻

[@epicgamernoisesintensifies6238]

Once you had said that the ghost ship has the same features as Tetra’s ship, I thought it used to be the ship of the enemy pirates that Tetra mentions used to live in the forsaken fortress

[@creatorcomics8230]

4:35 I never noticed that before, the way that face changes is like Bowser's portrait in Mario 64, I wonder if Nintendo did that kind of stuff in other games too 🤔

[@itsyahomiescott3742]

The face behind the chest gave me nightmares for years.

[@jenshertog1702]

I'd like to think the big flood messed up the graveyard outside Kakariko and then all the poes were like 'oh you wanna act funny now? Let's get hilarious then!'

[@GoldenGoodieGoomba]

One other thing to mention is that the spirits on the ghost ship look the exact same as the spirits on Cortez’s ship in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. It can’t be a coincidence

[@hajimesenpai7996]

I always thought it was probably Tetra's ancestors ship.....to me the flower seems like a clue 🤔

[@sagacious03]

Interesting theory! Thanks for uploading!

[@davidquezada50]

Wait so who were the crewmen the hylians ? Didn't really answer it but talked about something else after the question

[@rhettmitchell]

God this is so needlessly dramatic I love it

[@shadowskullmage8514]

...colorwise, I think the ship at least has Garudo origins do to it's color scheme and the carving looking similar to the Goddess of the Sands if their hands were together. It also explains why we don't see them in Windwaker, even though they do have a place they once could have been situated at.

[@Vivigreeny25]

1:29 Redeads: Hold my screech.

[@KingConnor523]

I always found myself entranced by the ship. I actually remember the first time I saw it and thought it was Tetra's. I'd take a guess and say it belonged to someone seeking the triforce, whether they knew it was to that or the "Triumph Forks". Then I remembered the origins of the Forsaken Fortress originally belonging to some unknown group of pirates; who knows it could be them.

[@kingfirestorm4047]

This ship reminds me of the legend of the ghost ship the fliying Dutchman story 😮

[@campsidesketch8184]

Basked Mintendo Nandit Nasked Bintendo Mandit Masked Nintendo Bandit

[@BanditGames]

Brain hurty

[@raybob8668]

My take on the ghost ship, the shard was found by a team of pirates who took it as treasure after hyrule became an ocean. They sailed through the great sea (possibly locating the other pieces) This is a theory on why it ended up on the ship, but the face on the wall could be another possible treasure, that cursed the ship to slowly sink with 8 days, the ship gets more old and rots the more nights that pass by, and a plaque of sorts occurs during each night, depending on the moon phase, each night takes place on where the ghost ship can be seen. It’s last night was diamond steppe island where the ship sinks into the great sea, where the chart is found.

[@thegreypanther4626]

I kinda figured that David Jr.’s deceased father drew the Ghost Ship Chart. That’s what the information supplied by his figurine in the Nintendo Gallery seemed to imply, anyway.

[@helenallen8719]

I don’t like to be spooked but you spooked me

[@NinShrewz]

I think it’s the pirate crew who used to feud with Tetra’s crew and lived at the forsaken fortress

[@minight1711]

I would rather believe that pirate crew at forsaken fortress was the one to summon Ganon to the surface and were more or less willingly turned into bokoblins/moblins

[@fusiongamer9795]

That theory is FREAKY!!!!

[@thelegendaryzonaiwarrior6400]

Oh my goodness. I completely forgot about that hole with that giant wrecked ship in it. But how did it get wrecked and especially, how did it get underground?

[@ShatteredOutcast]

I believe that the ghost ship has relationship with the gerudos due to the figurehead and symbol above the chest reminding me of the spirit temple in ocarina of time

[@attackcrash0787]

Here's another idea. Maybe it's just a random Pirate ship who's crew found one of the Triforce Shards (or the map to one) and were cursed for their transgressions.

[@ilikezelda64]

I think the mythos of the Ghostship and the crew surrounding it was created not by the Gods, but by the Royal Family. What's the best way of getting the general populace to not obtain a piece of divine power? To guard it with a frightening sight, an obscure tale. In much the same way that parents tell their children stories of the bogeyman to scare them away from going alone in the forest or other things, so did the stories of the ghost-ship scare people away from seeking it's treasures. It then stood as a test for only a true hero to fetch the price.

[@TofuToons]

"I hope you have a fenomenal rest of your day." It's 11 pm.

[@topgamer2690]

Not only that we have a similar scenario in BOTW that we go to the golden triangle because only the chosen one can find the hidden treasure

[@Batmans_Justice]

7:43 Don't Worry about the Spoiler, indeed I'll tell you a funny curiosity: In the Italian version of the game, Tetra is called Dazel, which is the anagram of Zelda. Basically, they Spoiled her identity after the first few minutes of the game. Nice work Italian Translators.

[@undeadgentalmen]

Blew my mind. I always thought it was a lazy copy and paste. Years later, in any Zelda game, you'll still find new hidden treasures.

[@cosmicswordsman528]

I have no evidence for this but I like the idea that the triforce shard is guarded by gerudo as punishment for assisting Ganon in Ocarina

[@rinthewolf]

My thoery is that the ghost ship is the ship that was meant to scatter the pieces of the triforce across the ocean. This would explain why there are charts that lead to the shards, and why i chart or piece would be on the ship. Unfortunately, it sank before the last piece was dropped into the ocean, leading to it becoming a ghost ship.

[@shannan0100]

I know there was a ghost ship in phantom hourglass but in all the hours I’ve played wind waker and I have never come across a ghost ship and never knew about one! This is crazy I have to play it again and find it now

[@Alaadassa]

Really? Its essential to the end game triforce shard quest. You have to board it to get a chart.

[@shannan0100]

Alaadassa I really don’t remember a ghost ship, maybe I did come across it honestly just never remember it 😂 anyway makes me want to go back and replay it

[@59rlmccormack]

I like your theory, really cool!