My Geology Professor Reacts to THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

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[@dominoot2652]

Thank all of you for watching! I really enjoyed making this video, and it seems a lot of you really like Professor Davis, which makes me really happy! She and I have talked and we are planning to record a video of her reacting to Tears of the Kingdom! Professor Davis is also currently taking a sabbatical for a couple semesters so write a book about the geology and culture of the national parks. If you are interested, she has a newsletter where you can sign up to stay updated as she travels to the national parks, as well as a Patreon to directly support her financially on her travels. You can sign up for the free newsletter or Patreon here: chelbymomma.wixsite.com/voyages-and-books--g?fbclid=IwAR3uETwprXb7TgwPKaI7Y7cByWWKXgdg0c2JwvxcTVkr6-tVrCm7sH-YVV0 Edit: she also has a KZbin channel where she uploads some lectures and other random videos lol youtube.com/@michelledavis2053

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

Hey, this is great news! So happy to hear this! You should pin this comment so that it stays at the top where everyone can read it. ❤

[@dominoot2652]

@@Ellary_Rosewood thank you for the reminder, I thought I did pin it :) Thank you for watching

[@supernormal2385]

seriously, what a interesting content bro, you've made up my day, thank you, and please keep doing videos like this

[@bertholdbach4959]

Your Professor is kinda hot.

[@Spoon_god]

@@dominoot2652 WAIT, i remember u from some terraria comment section like a year ago...

[@firesd7306]

She saw rock salt in game and just sprinted off to get her rock salt like a true geologist

[@juliancalero8012]

Let's hope she has a mutation to see a baseball bat

[@firesd7306]

@@juliancalero8012 the geologists are evolving to be able to see wood... we must change our plan...

[@TheChiraagG]

And he collected the rock salt immediately, like a true BotW player (we know how they roll), without leaving it for her to look at...

[@Xulchen]

@@juliancalero8012 And then I hit them over the head with the baseball bat I was holding in my other hand because geologists can only see rocks and minerals.

[@ARUCARDFTEPES]

First off, this woman is a hero for taking this guy seriously when he asks her to look at a game's geology. Then she completely pinpoints the hot springs on Death Mtn. in a few seconds from miles away, making it even funnier when he can't find it on the map. She's obviously as passionate as she is knowledgeable, and I imagine many of her students have gone on to careers or at least further study after taking her class. I never knew how accurate Indiana Jones was until her intro.

[@hq3727]

was thinking he can zoom and PING a pin then open the map and maybe he would be able to see the springs? Though I'm not sure if it's where she was talking about. XD

[@shiftivous]

I find it so funny when she saw the rock salt and immediately went to go get actual rock salt 😂

[@harrytsang1501]

The part where rock salt are everywhere should be a tribute to Wind Waker where everywhere was flooded

[@user-kj2fj8qr9l]

​@Harry Tsang iirc the inventory description for rock salt in the game references "an ancient sea"

[@silverkyre]

​@user-kj2fj8qr9l Yeah I was really hoping he would bring up Wind Waker or at least read the discriprion.

[@RhumpleOriginal]

Good teachers love having the ability to hand you an item so you can better understand it.

[@Dash123456789Brawl]

Practically leapt from her seat! That’s wonderful! Her passion for teaching is obvious from that moment alone.

[@GameLink-Official]

The rock salt being everywhere may be a nod towards BotW’s possible connection to the great sea from windwaker, where the entirety of Hyrule was flooded by the ocean

[@anthonynycholas4230]

I''ll be surprised if it was featured in one of the "X amount of things you didn't know about Breath of the Wild" videos.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Yhea, someone else said Zora's domain having Coral's in the river is evidence of that too

[@zues121510]

This^^^

[@victzegopterix2victorindem895]

Aonuma confirmed in an interview that BotW had nothing to do with Wind Waker and that nothing happen in the Ancient Hyrule as Link and Tetra made a new one while the Ancient one was flooded forever with the power of gods. Korok trees can't beat the fucking triforce, lol.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

BotW is not a direct sequel to Wind Waker, no. But the enviromental storytelling with rock salt being everywhere, and the existence of the Rito, would place BotW (and by extension TotK) tens of thousands of years ahead of the events of Wind Waker, where Hyrule was restored after the flooding receded. @@victzegopterix2victorindem895

[@undynesgaming9462]

Imagine her reacting to caves in totk, she's such an amazing professor

[@dominoot2652]

Coming soon to a KZbin channel somewhere near you!

[@musicviolamusician4392]

@@dominoot2652I could give you the game file if you have a hacked switch so you can play early and…well free😂

[@ScarletImp]

@@musicviolamusician4392 Wouldn't she be disappointed in him if she found out he got into hacking.

[@musicviolamusician4392]

@@ScarletImp why she gotta know his business?😂 she’s not his mom

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

@@musicviolamusician4392 I think that would be a bad idea. I have to reasons: the channel would be taken down and it is illegal, so if she did agree to be in such a video, then she'd probably lose her job(because having a professor openly commit crimes usually wouldn't be something the school would like).

[@nicksharma8238]

As a teacher, i think using media that students are using in their sparerime to demonstrate subjects. Very interesting take on teaching. Had i used this in Geology class, my students would be glued to the stuff

[@ReineDeLaSeine14]

I don’t even normally study geology and this is fascinating!

[@Finstrax]

i think it's mainly because that's a more interesting form of teaching in general, since certain media such as certain games can increase your knowlege but because it's a game one wants to keep that knowlege to improve in gameplay

[@dylanmcloughlin2187]

Couple of things to add 1. The dueling peaks were split by farosh, so they do have a mystic origin (the ash swamp in front of fort hateno was an extension of Lake Siela before this). 2. The rock salt is from a great sea from eons past (presumably Wind Waker's sea that covered the whole world) so that is why it's everywhere. 3. Id like to see her react to the fault lines of Botw and the position of the desert, forest, and great plateau.

[@emilio9821]

The amount of detail in Botw and Totk’s map is always astounding.

[@TikTokToo1]

This is actually so wholesome im so happy she took this analysis serious! I loved how she immediately brought up actual rock salt the moment you mentioned it lmao

[@dominoot2652]

I’ll definitely make sure to reiterate somehow in the upcoming video just how, not just willing, but excited she was to do this. She loved the idea and set aside a whole afternoon to record this. She’s such a based prof, super caring and knowledgeable.

[@Horonn]

your professor looks so passionate and interested in what she explains! Would love to see more of her if possible.

[@mkseed9188]

For real tho. She damn fine at explaining rocks

[@robertw31968]

​@@mkseed9188that's no lie!

[@maggie2556]

It’s so funny, I tried to take screenshots to show my friends how excited she was - but she never really smiled, it was all just in her mannerisms, which are harder to capture. Fascinating woman, and a great video :)

[@chefcoolguy]

Now we need to see your professor do a playthrough!

[@dominoot2652]

I was thinking it might be a really fun idea for a live stream, not sure how I’d make it work though.

[@Lofilord]

@@dominoot2652 i totally understand why its not that you want to force her even if it would be cool. :D

[@JovialHeretic]

@@dominoot2652 If your teacher is willing you could, during her playthrough, do a donathon incentive for a cause of her choice like AGDQ does with cancer treatment. It also could draw more attention to her channel through a distribution of viewers who might not normally be drawn in to her KZbin algorithm.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@JovialHeretic Considering she's a geology professor, maybe it could be for a well-digging charity? There are an unfortunate number of small communities scattered around the world that have trouble accessing fresh water.

[@JovialHeretic]

@HauntedShadowsLegacy Hmm, maybe. I was originally thinking preservation of natural habitats or research, but it's really up to her.

[@Ithurion]

Very cool. Your teacher is awesome for getting so involved. One thing I'm not sure was said in the comments: What she said about the Rock Salt, not expecting to see it near a volcano and then you mentioned Rock Salt being fairly common; unless i'm very mistaken, there are hints alluding to Hyrule once being almost completely underwater (think the Great Sea in Wind Waker) which could lend to the deposits of rock salt throughout the region. Just a cool addition that you may not have realized you touched on.

[@dominoot2652]

Yes this is something I realized might be a weakness of mine for something like this, there’s probably lots of Zelda lore that could explain some of the oddities, and could even lead to more questions. Like say if that is the case, is there any other evidence of that in the landscape? I might have a friend with me for the TOTK version of this video that is a way bigger Zelda nerd than I am lore wise, maybe he’ll be able continue the line of questions where I couldn’t.

[@bobkingofham6296]

Zoras domain is a perfect example of how Hyrule used to be submerged is the coral and such that grows out of the ground on your way to the domain proper

[@alexthebluehermit]

There was actually a giant sea before skyward sword it's what became the sand place with the original Temple of Time that used no master sword and the water stretched out everywhere past every region

[@RobbWes]

​@@alexthebluehermit well with the timeline of the games that would have been about a million years ago by the time of breath of the wild.

[@Dash123456789Brawl]

@@RobbWes I think the time-frame is vague enough that it could actually be anywhere from tens of thousands of years to hundreds of millions. Some of the games are explicitly very close to one another, such as Wind-Waker being followed immediately by Phantom Hourglass, and then Spirit Tracks taking place ~100 years later. Ocarina of Time was followed immediately by Majoras Mask, and IIRC Twilight Princess was implied to be fairly close as well, within only a few hundred years.

[@JJBSZ]

Kind of wish she looked at the map as a whole since the terrain and weather/temps change drastically very quickly to see how accurate the various regions would be and how they meet up with each other

[@squidonglitter2320]

The whole lava flow and change in the rock texture was so informative and incredible detail that the devs put a lot of work into. It was cute to watch you and your professor get excited over that xD

[@kenopsiadraws]

AHHH I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS!! I love science people reacting to games, it’s so cool seeing how realistic things are!

[@fallen12star]

Man, I could watch a whole series on the geology of BotW. I wonder if there is an environmental biologist willing to talk about the various fauna in the biomes!

[@obothehobo173]

The rock salt is really there because it can spawn from any ore deposit anywhere... that being said, in one of the timelines hyrule did get flooded (wind waker) so you could explain it with that. Although all of the timelines are supposed to converge back into BotW so that kinda doesn't work

[@TarnishedProductions]

i mean, if all of the timelines converge back into botw then doesnt it work? that would mean that botw exists within all timelines including wind waker

[@Zandofle]

@@TarnishedProductions i think they mean that wind waker wouldn’t have happened in the other timelines, so no great sea to form the rock salt in 2/3 of the timelines

[@fireradfieritis8953]

@@Zandofle It's believed that BotW and TotK happen so far along on the timeline that, eventually, all the timelines ended up converging/happening in their own way no matter what timeline we decided is the correct one. This is further reinforced by the memory of Zelda knighting Link as Champion and her speech includes allusions to various games across the many translations. I mean, hell, the Rito and the Korok are both present in both games along with the Zora who should have technically 'died out' or evolved out of existence living together so why not, right?

[@juanchovl]

Those kind of professors will always stay in our memories. Glad yours agreed to support you with this video. Nice one!

[@ryan_1314]

I'm no geologist in the slightest, but I've always been interested in how the land in botw appears to have its own geological history. Like death mountain having a large ring around the volcano like it had an older active hole that grew and dwindled out into a surrounding lava pool, or the surrounding landscape such as the akkala region being composed of the same volcanic rock as the mountain, or the "cheese rocks" appearing around calamity infested areas or past points of evil (such as the supposed breach of evil from skyward sword). If you plan on doing another one of these videos, I feel like the wasteland/gerudo region would be fun to explore due to the canyons/plateaus and quarries, as well as the dug out areas possibly showing geological history.

[@Drmantisa]

ngl having a geology teacher teacher react to botw never crossed mine and probably never would, but this is surprisingly nice

[@DMRdance]

Wow, she's so passionate about it! I wish I had professors like her!

[@hylianevalink]

The dueling peak and explanation of the mythology with split mountains/volcanoes is extremely interesting! The mythology/lore explanation in BotW for the dueling peaks is that a Dragon split the mountain in half to pass through !

[@Attempt62]

Ending off on 'and now bye forever because the algorithm will carry me away' is honestly such a great end

[@dado__]

This is so cool, kudos to you for putting this together and to Professor Davis for taking time out of her busy schedule to provide us with such fascinating information. I've often found that community college professors are the ones that really take their time to interact with students, because they're not at the whims of some big hulking university to produce research at every waking moment in order to justify why they're professors.

[@dominoot2652]

She is definitely in it for the love of the game (game being science education and teaching). Even during class she put a lot of time and emphasis on current events in science, free data resources and stuff as well.

[@Aoikitty]

This could be such a cool way to get students interested in geology- like if my teacher whipped out video game mountains and started explaining this stuff to me I actually would have been so invested

[@michelledavis2053]

I am absolutely going to integrate these worlds into some exploratory assignments for my classes, thank you so much for your comment!

[@lyndiss.2017]

Your nervous excitement in this whole video is very, very endearing. Made me just as excited to learn!

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

I'd love to see this being an entire series! I want to see her dissect Hyrule in all its glory. Can't wait until Friday when we can finally explore it again in a whole new way! 😀

[@BurgerSoup]

Her smile is so pure and she's a really great teacher! Hope to see her again!

[@agrfilm]

what a lovely teacher, I love how she is so invested in a fictional world and is able to explain everything

[@celebrityguest.9530]

the passion you guys have for geology is truly inspiring and it really shines through here, it reminds me of when i was really interested in volcanoes as a kid and this was both a refresher and a really exciting learning experience!!! great video!!!

[@RougeMephilesClone]

This was surprisingly interesting, and quite educational. Bold choice to do live geographical demonstrations in Master Mode, but, hey, you're the game-side expert here.

[@oakenshadow6763]

He was in Master Mode?!

[@TheSorrel]

Yeah, you can tell by the Triforce symbol on the left.

[@crystallion1269]

“If we die investigating the geological structure of Hyrule WE DIE”

[@GIANgames55]

When I opened this video I was like... mmm, curious, but meh. But wow, the way she explain everything so passionately, it was fun listen to it and relate the game geography to real life phenomena. Hopping a part 2 when TotK drops!

[@petazeta4670]

What a cool teacher, you can tell she loves what she is teaching

[@roisinrowan1341]

genuinely fascinating video, and it's clear how passionate both you and your professor are!

[@dominoot2652]

She is awesome. She’s the highest rated prof at my school lol

[@jackiechan9928]

Amazing video! Its also pretty funny to me that she mentioned Japan immediately after looking at the Dueling Peaks! Considering Zelda is a Japanese franchise, I wouldn't be surprised if they meant for the comparison to be made, as a little nod to their home country! It definitely is a sign of a good game that they spent so long trying to get EVERYTHING accurate to real life :)

[@trikitrikitriki]

It's interesting how she compares places in the game with real-life places

[@Throatjab]

This is awesome, Dominic! I'm glad you got to work with one of my favorite colleagues. -Prof Koch

[@HenrikMyrhaug]

Just a little tip: In options, you can set HUD to Pro mode, and it will remove all hud elements except hearts and those that pop up temporarily. This can make it easier to look around at the landscape. Really cool video, thank you so much to you and your professor for taking the time to look into the geography of this game!

[@Tysard]

Man, that professor really rocks.

[@jaimegmh]

This is top tier Edutainment content. I'm a BIG Zelda fan and have some experience on Education and the mix of both is great. I could see this added to any curriculum for real. Congrats to both of you.

[@SummerAndSushi]

Walter don’t put the fork in the microwave-

[@owengreenwald3186]

Teacher: You should really use a helicopter to examine lava. Totk: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@LiltDaGod]

Haha, this video was recommended to me twice. First time I thought wtf, second time clicked on it. This was actually really cool!

[@elatronion]

This is awesome, I'm happy you did this! I never even thought about how accurate the geology of BOTW was, that's amazing!

[@oakenshadow6763]

I love that she also goes into the myths that arise from geological events. She said minerals like gold would be at the bottom of the split mountin IRL, and that made me even prouder of the devs for putting them there in game! Grabbing the rock salt made me so happy. Please tell how amazing a teacher she is. And great job knowing what questions to ask, what point to bring up. You did so well. Only thing I recommend is putting down map markers to make finding points of interest, like hot springs, easier! Amazing project!

[@ceemill5505]

This is very interesting how accurate to real life that whole terrain is. Your prof knows her stuff. Very good video.

[@kuroblakka3786]

The professor is rocking the sorting algorithm dress

[@erickaguirre4888]

This needs a second part! Would love to see her react to the snowy Hebra and the Gerudo Dessert specially

[@LivSaga]

I love that you showed the photo of the Japanese mountain range in comparison to dueling peaks and used other images IRL to compare. What an awesome professor and such a different kind of content for BOTW! Clever idea!!!

[@Freccjjbb]

I would love to see her talk about the rito village! It has such a unique geographical structure

[@laurenf.6359]

I love how excited she was to explain

[@darkmatterbuildrplays]

I would love to see a whole series made from this! It's so fascinating to learn about how the geology in BotW can correlate to actual geology and geologic events IRL!

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Going in-depth (yeah, I intentionally just used that pun) into what similarities and differences, geologically speaking, of the Depths in Tears of the Kingdom compared to real-life caverns and cave systems from the pair of you and professor Davis would be an interesting video in itself! My regards to you and the Prof.

[@cleodavatus1099]

I’ve never seen the appeal of geology until this video. I hope you make another video with her! Or anyone else in their respective fields

[@joaoaldonassifneto7530]

Has the algorithym finally recommended me something original and very interesting from a small channel? Looking foward for the next episodes!

[@beefarren]

This is such a fantastic idea, I've been waiting ages for someone who actually knows geology to look at this game!! I have been working for years on a personal project about the natural and cultural history of BotW's Hyrule, and part of that was studying its in-game geology, but I have very little actual geology knowledge so I'm basing most of it on what I can find on Wikipedia lol. If your professor would ever consider doing a part 2 of this and you want ideas, let me know, because I have TONS of questions and hypotheses about Hyrule's geology! I would also really love to see Professor Davis's thoughts on Death Mountain as portrayed in Twilight Princess, because uh... that is one very strange volcano lol. (If you haven't played it or haven't looked closely at the volcano when you did, it looks like a massive lava cabbage is perched at an angle on the top of the cone. My theory is that it's supposed to be a lava dome, but it's REAL weird looking.)

[@JordawnTheJew]

I really appreciate this my guy! Keep up the good work as everything "Mythical" in games were grounded and inspired by something in reality. You should make this a series! I subbed to keep up!

[@RangerDOS]

Interesting video for sure. I can see Dueling Peaks having an equivalent in real life Japan Zelda reflects much of Japanese mythology. Kudos for your professor explaining the geology behind the game and kudos for you putting together the video.

[@protomop76]

I'm an aspiring mineralogist and literally all I think about when playing this and totk is the rocks. So glad to know I'm not the only one who pays attention to it! It's also super validating to see a professor make the same observations and come to the same conclusions I have. Like, that is exactly how I would explain death mountain as well and it is so cool. I'm planning to make a geological map of totk once I have time. Knowing that people would be interested in that sort of thing really helps. Probably one of my fav videos on the internet now, thank you and your professor so much for sharing.

[@dominoot2652]

Thank you so much! And if you do that map I’d love to see it! I feel like that sort of thing would do really well on Reddit. I also have a friend who really likes maps, they’d really like that!

[@SeramiNefera]

It's been a while since I took a science class, but I was glad I remembered a strata volcano versus a composite volcano. I was excited when she mentioned Mt. St. Helens, she is one of our favorite volcanos and has interesting mythology. My sister was quite the fanatic about that volcano and told me that she'd read a native American myth about a forest that eats people at St. Helens (prior to the 1980 eruption) and the stories were true. I believe that my sister said (it has been over ten years since she told me it) that an old forest had been buried under ash fall. The soil hardened and new trees grew over top of the old forest. The buried wood rotted away in time leaving the tree wells in the earth. At times (when there had been wet weather or strong vibrations) people walked over the ground and it would "swallow people up". Gotta love how mythology and science can go hand in hand. Edited comment to update the carnivorous forest information after speaking with my sister.

[@DaimonAnimations]

Geology and Zelda? Damn I love this content, maybe you can show her the rest of the biodomes and see how accurate they are to reality and teach us about how they form.

[@michelledavis2053]

This is a great idea, and also in the works! Ecotones, biomes, climactic changes, all of these are elements in earth sciences, and I would be happy to explore this 🌎🌍🌏

[@seaborgium919]

Man I love experts taking nonsense seriously, in a nonsensical way. It's one of my favorite things. Thank you!

[@Zorgot.]

13:38 Revali jumpscare

[@smoshsims3paramore]

This is such a cool idea!! I’m a geographer and I was thinking a lot about the geology as I was playing BOTW, so thank you for making it!

[@bonyeni]

This is very wholesome, I love taking video games and having experts in various fields pick apart details on a realistic level

[@Applemangh]

It's so cool that she did this and actually took it seriously!

[@michelledavis2053]

I take my students, and their passions very seriously ❤ absolutely thrilled to spend time with this. To foster the inquiry, the love and excitement for science, I would do this 100 times over.

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

This is so sweet. Sweet, but also powerfully truthful. Hard to combine those two.

[@nikoase1.068]

I want you to make more videos like this with her

[@dominoot2652]

It’s been planned!

[@laluel]

Very interesting video! Thanks you two for giving me another reason to appreciate BotW's world in a different way. Some of the developers were probably just as enthusiastic about geology as you guys are

[@dominoot2652]

Imagine being a geologist working on breath of the wild, I imagine they had to hire people to help advise on implementing these things.

[@noodleman4555]

@@dominoot2652 If I recall, the world design for both botw and totk was primarily done by Monolith Soft, the devs of the Xenoblade games. Nintendo had them step in to help at some point because the Zelda team was a bit lost on how to design an open world of this scale. If you have never played those games before, they have incredible world design that really makes you question if it could be real or not (the answer is most definitely not but it's still really breath taking stuff.)

[@Chubby_Bub]

What a great professor. I have little interest in geology but seeing her passion for this and genuine interest in the game made this interesting. We're fortunate to have teachers like her. As for the game, well these were only two locations in the world… I think comparing it to real life, the funniest thing is that the entire map squeezes all these biomes and landmasses into a 8km by 10km world. The borders between the land types are also kind of weird. I'd be curious to see her takes on other places like the Gerudo Highlands, Faron jungle, or Tanagar Canyon, as well as Hyrule in general. Some of it, like that canyon or the hole in Hebra Peak, is implied to have been caused by supernatural events though like Dinraal's daily path and Vah Medoh's laser.

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

This was really cool! There’s nothing better than a teacher/professor that is passionate about their field of study.

[@crinklyonion1410]

She seems both completely confident and super anxious at the same time.

[@michelledavis2053]

Absolutely, both of those feelings exist simultaneously within every fiber of my being ❤❤😊

[@yourtdu5683]

Even if im more of a biologie kind of curious this was more interesting to me then I first thought ! Shoutout to your professor it is alwase amazing to hear people passionate sharing about subject they love and know !

[@EG-cm5th]

One thing to keep in mind about the rock salt, is that it has been mentioned somewhere in botw that "the land was once covered by a great sea" (potentially in reference to the Legend of Zelda game Wind Waker) and I think it might even say in-game that this is why you'll find rock salt in so many different places. I could be misremembering that last part, though.

[@-Gax-]

Bada$$ teacher. The best teachers I ever had were ones that either took an interest in what their students enjoyed or were real. Our English teacher in year 9 and 10 would swear and we loved it because we could identify with this teacher. I still remember most things he taught me. And i was absolutely terrible at the subject. Yet I was consistently awarded top percentage in math and science (general science, physic, biology, chemistry) for my year level but I remember having math and science teachers who were so bad that even I wasn't succeeding at my usual level. They were mean-spirited, bland, unmotivated. They felt as if we owe them for taking time out of their day to come and teach us when the reality is the teenagers probably wanted to be there less than the adults. The way you capture an audience of teenagers isn't by being petulant towards them. Teenagers can out petty most people on the earth, even Karen's 😂 Amazing teacher, right there.

[@thijsvos1852]

My eyes closely watching revali’s gale charging up waiting to interrupt says something about how often i get jumpscared by the champion abilities

[@dominoot2652]

that was insanely annoying, I almost cut it out cause I hated how it was way louder than what she was saying

[@clayhamilton3551]

That’s a cool professor to take time out of her schedule to talk about video game world geology

[@2heo1987]

This is so creative! Finally! An original idea on KZbin

[@skitics18]

Except it doesn't get attention cuz KZbin does not reward Creativity🙁☹️

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

​@@skitics18 i mean, it's getting alot of views compared to his sub count, so it is getting recommend alot

[@2heo1987]

​@@skitics18 aged like fine wine 🫵😂 be a bit more optimistic from now on

[@nerdwisdomyo9563]

If I remember correctly, In breath of the wild you can talk to some lady on the way to the stable in the rain forest, she says that there’s a story that a dragon split the mountain in half, so there actually is a mythology behind why the mountain is split

[@spoopywhiskers]

i miss studying geology sm i love this science (especially volcanology) seeing all the time and care the dev team took putting that stuff into game so accurately is brilliant. Your professor is so awesome too.

[@skystar329]

using games and fun things to teach class man i wish i was in your class. this teacher has done what youtubers have been doing for years by teaching us things by using things that we like, and the game is perfectly interactive to teach to classrooms

[@MisterDragon]

A note about the Rock Salt and it's placement. It actually does make sense when you consider the Zelda Timeline and Hyrule having been flooded at some point by the Great Sea, leaving only a few mountain tips above water. In that context, finding salt literally everywhere isn't that crazy.

[@wakeupthisisntreal8168]

Bro this is so cool! I'm sure you are your professor's favorite students. Not many folks are so enthusiastic about learning or making it fun.

[@kiswithy5541]

Teacher W. I personally would show her some of the rito-adjecent mountains or the gerudo split between a mountain and a desert.

[@SuperPuzzler]

I think that the in-game lore suggests that the Dueling Peaks formation was created by one of the supernatural beings that exist in Hyrule. A dragon, I think. The legend is that the dragon carved a new path for mortals, and fans believe it to be the dragon Farosh who did this But I imagine that it was actually inspired by the real-life mountain range you guys looked at. By the way, you can also destroy rocks with the Drill Shaft. It's much easier and the drill shaft takes less damage than other weapons when used for this purpose.

[@aminadoce]

8:30 Accidentaly she confirmed my theory that Hyrule is placed somewhere in the 60ºN parallel. Amazing.

[@Gabriel-wc3ev]

Bro she's so cute, I'm in love with her personality and passion

[@tewks4458]

So cool your professor sat down with you to talk about BotW. I bet she loved to see one of her students connecting the subject she teaches with one of his favorite video games. Would love to see a follow up with TotK!

[@somebaker2613]

Im so thankful i clicked on this. This was wonderful. Thank you for sharing her passion with us, and for showing us how detailed botw is. Instant subscriber, please keep up the amazing work and can't wait to watch everything else you have to teach us

[@craftedinsanity406]

Now that I think about it, Hyrule was flooded at one point. That could explain the salt!

[@ieyke]

The rock salt is because Breath Of The Wild/Tears Of The Kingdom take place thousands of years after The Wind Waker, where the entire kingdom of Hyrule (and possibly the entire world) were flooded and sank below the sea, aside from a few islands/peaks. The in-game description of the rock salt directly confirms this, saying the rock salt "Crystallized salt from the ancient sea commonly used to season meals. Cannot be eaten in this form."" The "founding of Hyrule" mentioned in BOTW/TOTK is actually a RE-founding of Hyrule after the original Hyrule was wiped out by the flood.

[@Nateiliand]

It's always interesting to see games with different perspectives, it's only by doing that, that we really understand how polished games are, great content!

[@clivegasm]

This is such a great idea! This is what education should be, take what the students are interested in and apply it to your field where possible.

[@bobloblaw9679]

she has such a sweet energy and a fun aesthetic, too. good teacher!

[@firstcanonkill1767]

“Oh- rock salt!” (Runs off to get rock salt) okay that’s really funny. I love this woman, she’s great!

[@lycorice2219]

I love these type of content where people deep in their field reflect on video games. It makes the game AND their topic of interest both more fascinating since it gives so many neuance that I don't know and don't even think about

[@ginobuencamino4555]

The bit about the salt might actually make sense because Hyrule was flooded with an ocean before.

[@mariamaravilla9005]

I never thought about it, but makes perfect sense that Nintendo would take inspiration on the geology of Japan. Fascinating video, your professor sounds like an incredible person. Can't wait to see her opinion of the underground caves on TokT

[@g3bab]

Bruh so I’m not the only geology nerd who walks around Hyrule looking at rocks

[@abit359]

I watched (and thoroughly enjoyed) this vid when it came out and was just reminded of it while playing TotK and revisiting locations and stuff. Specifically, if you get a chance to make another one of these, please consider covering Horon Lagoon! It’s not an area that’s mentioned much, but it’s the site of one of the Kass shrines in BotW, the one where you bomb rocks to expose wind and passageways to paraglide through. It’s in the northernmost part of Lanayru Bay, to the southeast of Zora’s Domain & Shatterback Point, and directly east of the circular pond that Vah Ruta eventually settles in. What interests me is that the rocks in the lagoon are not just oddly shaped, but also look volcanic (black and porous) unlike the rocks in the surrounding area. It’s way closer to Necluda than to Eldin, too, and even though it’s not far from Akkala, it’s right on the coast so nowhere near Death Mountain. With how little I know, my hypothesis is that it’s an underwater volcano, but I’m not sure if it could be so contained to that little section of Lanayru Bay without even affecting the coast very much. I mean, it seems very intentional though, so it’s probably based on something?

[@DarkH4X0]

This video is super cool, so strange that nobody else thought about it before in all these years, well better later than never. Keep up the good work!