Do Breath of the Wild 2’s "Lyrics" Actually Hold a Secret?

We follow up the last video with a deeper dive into Breath of the Wild 2's audio, and discuss one of the more plausible secrets which it holds.
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[@moonflower1717]

Employee: "Sir, we need to give some updates on BOTW 2." Nintendo: "Oh my god, for the last time-" Employee: "They've resorted to making theories off of the gibberish singing we did at 2am in a closet" Nintendo: "..........."

[@gamingman2720]

Nintendo: God damn it alright do it.

[@brandimullins8813]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@veronicanaumov2981]

❤️😆

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

😂👌

[@Mr_Coolcreeper]

Battle Cat 51 hopefully for goodness sake

[@Red-dr3fx]

Legend has it that the music is actually saying "YA HA HA you found me!"

[@indigoblue8600]

You win

[@robbyalexander1022]

Lol

[@xmissviolencex]

I hear this in my dreams after I decided to find and slap all of the Koroks.

[@blandanduninspiring5038]

Yahaha

[@spartansc6859]

Yahaha *pulls out desert eagle* "you found me"

[@MegaLpso]

I feel scared hearing this in a dark room at night, but then I remember "oh hyrule, it's time to party!" And i feel better

[@RoseIsHere9089]

Haha ikr hahah

[@goldenwolfio6701]

Lol

[@BrokenSoul123]

but what party :|

[@plasterr]

beat the game last night and heard the lyric again almost cried cuz it was 1:27am😭

[@ItsJustEBro]

"poor hyrule, for link has found the body" "poor hyrule, for link is gone"

[@alexivonspeed]

This is going to be amusing for people 2+ years in the future, asking themselves, “What the hell were they thinking?”

[@kirin1230]

See you in two years!

[@luisamador8460]

Yep

[@teateakira5971]

Or in a rare case “HOLY CRAP WE CAN TELL THE FUTURE”

[@Caesar_Sandwich]

Hello future people

[@Lil_hud]

Haha maybe they’ll be right

[@seasalt7355]

If souls really are trapped in luminous stones then I feel hella guilty for trading so many for diamonds or rupees...

[@JariDawnchild]

Lol.

[@JustAHat]

dont trade luminous stones for diamonds to get rupees, its a scam, 10 luminous stones sell for more than a diamond

[@AS-vi5xh]

One luminous stone sells for 70 rupees so ten would equal 700 while a diamond equals 500

[@kramenisfalling]

@@JustAHat You don't trade them for diamonds to make money, you trade them because you need diamonds for upgrading stuff.

[@NaomiAlicia4242564]

Zoras have made their entire city out of these luminous stones...

[@ZayaMillis]

Midnas voice from Twilight Princess are reversed English phrases with a native Japanese speaker, so it wouldn't be the first time.

[@LIVEvil789]

I was wondering if anyone looked into this as well. Seems like an obvious connection to make, but maybe not to everyone.

[@TheNyleve16]

When they were asked if the botw sequel would be similar to majora's mask the developers said it would be more similar to twilight than majora so maybe there is a connection here.

[@firstpersonducky9333]

not reversed, they were cut apart and scrambled. certain voice lines are very recognizable, especially when she talks about power.

[@michaeljfan9720]

"I guess you aren't stupid." - Midna, 2006

[@AS-vi5xh]

God I hope she returns in botw 2

[@caseycook9589]

I KNOW WHAT THE TRAILER MEANS, IT SAYS-- **Nintendo hits me over the head with a bat** **Eiji Aunuma drags my unconscious body away**

[@goldenwolfio6701]

Lollol

[@aquietrainyday]

LOLLLL *What Nintendo doesn't want you to know*

[@ldragondeity]

Theorist: We found secret lyrics in this distorted music in the new Zelda game! HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS, "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP...."

[@V.U.4six]

Dr. Faust would explain ganon’s persistence 😂

[@ldragondeity]

@@V.U.4six well just like me, he isn't gonna let go of a dead meme

[@garlicmayonnaise8615]

REPORTED FOR HATE SPEECH-

[@basicbird2467]

@Bruh the Hareling Never gone run around and hurt you

[@165hy9]

Never gonna make you cry never gonna say goodbye

[@whitelasagna6786]

I'm listening to this in the dark, alone, in my car, in the driveway, in the country, at 2 am. Yay for my decision making skills!

[@mianelson8101]

That’s hella creepy I would never do this at night

[@fartstinky873]

Help you please

[@dude_man7217]

I feel so bad for you

[@mastercontrO]

You were asking for shit to run across the road at night huh.

[@kingk1rby484]

Why

[@sorrynousername7736]

Talking about this just makes me anxious for a second trailer

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

Me too. I’ve been waiting for the next Nintendo direct for so long

[@sorrynousername7736]

MCSwashbuckler they probably had something for E3, so there might be some news in the next direct, at least I hope :D

[@lennonmclean]

agreed

[@kadenkirk8613]

I know, it makes me crazy

[@nicholasmacomber7952]

Yea, same

[@mordecool9696]

4:14 sounds to me like “can’t. stop. crying.”

[@snipestrike0697]

Every single time I hear the recording I get chills. This is actually really creepy.

[@shhydxghfcbjfxvhjf]

Same 😳

[@Rhobeni]

Who are you and what have you done to NBC. He doesn’t upload this fast

[@moonflower1717]

I'd like it, but it's at 69 likes and I'm not a monster.

[@rebeccaezeihuaku5590]

So true

[@Rhobeni]

Wow guys thanks for the likes. And thanks for the heart NBC

[@sambrero3]

Let’s riot until he lets NBC go

[@AlvinaYunoa]

Moon Flower It’s okay now, someone became a monster and did it

[@Croton]

5:50 that is some quality ASMR - 2nd channel when?

[@SzechuanSausage]

Yes

[@Thetheoryiswrong]

I'm still waiting but still imagine hearing a voice at night like 3am and its calling you and saying help us (or me) pls gosh that will be so creepy 😅😰😓😫😥

[@BowsettesFury]

Wouldn’t it be RSMA then?

[@tierellthornton8188]

"Help us link" maybe that's what I heard or maybe help us please but link sounds more likely

[@WhopsInc.]

@@tierellthornton8188 I can kinda understand why you hear link but these is a clear s noise at the end which link obviously doesn't have.

[@wazza117ify]

am i the only one hearing: "Oh master, help me" in a voice that legit sounds like Fi's voice....?

[@aubreemeyer5758]

I heard that to

[@wazza117ify]

@@aubreemeyer5758 I feel like "Oh master, help me" feels much more accurate than that "help us, please". Like what if and that's full out speculation, what if Fi would be the "seal" and is slowly fading or getting corrupted!?!?! I can't stop thiking about it now

[@CyberneticHeretic]

Does nobody else think the hand has something to do with Midna or the twilight realm

[@ryuz3436]

i dont really remember but at the end of skywards sword the master sword absorbs demise so maybe the hand is part of Fi?

[@wazza117ify]

@@ryuz3436 so many possibilities, it's crazy

[@beasoup7708]

You didn't seem to realise that reversed English audio has been used over Japanese before. In twilight princess, Midna speaks in reversed English.

[@lizardman5313]

A game about spirits and we’re analyzing it’s tracks. My god, Spirit Tracks 2 confirmed.

[@simeonrice6047]

Spirit Tracks is an underrated game. It's not a masterpiece, but it's at least good.

[@TheGalaxyWings]

😂

[@spicyryceball]

I hope Byrne returns. :0

[@almasih_qam]

😂😂

[@brocolliedoggo4603]

Foxtrot Mulder I pray this game isn’t just ‘meh’ it would be such a let down after the absolute masterpiece that is botw

[@remem95]

I dont know why, but stuff like this, similar to the SOS in the divine beast music, gives me the creeps more than many other 'creepy' thinhs.

[@colonthree5850]

Same, but with mangles: "we Got a little boy, Missing his frontal lobe."

[@matthewhyatt5740]

I watched a video of the breath of the wild 2 trailer in reverse and I swear I heard it say at one point "please help us for this is his final coming".

[@LaZeeStuff]

i think it's because of the cryptid atmosphere involved with such things. it's also a common thing for human suffering that can't be helped (like end of the world movies that are really dark, 2012 is one that comes to mind) to sort of...instinctively trigger that feeling of severe unease in people. that's probably why the SOS in the Divine Beast themes gives so many players the creeps, because it really does solidify the idea that the Champions all perished in horrible, painful ways, and have been essentially imprisoned within their own graves for a century at this point. it also makes it even scarier that we don't know the full truth behind just what happened, so we can only imagine it, and that also triggers an instinctive fear i think. so i imagine that's why the supposed "help us, please" whisper is so spine-chilling, due to the combined ideas of human suffering that can't be helped (from what this possible theory implies, these spirits could have been trapped here for a very long time, and are only able to hang on from just the hope that Ganondorf's wrath will not destroy this world), and the fact that we know practically nothing about who these possible spirits are, nor what the backstory is behind this whole situation. sorry for the long response, i find this stuff to be very interesting

[@kooskoos12345]

I KNOW RIGHT!??!? It's the employees in the basement

[@oscarhf7569]

It’s because normal shit that’s a SUPRISE revelation is horrifying like look at the end of black ops with the zoom in on masons face at the jfk assassination it shouldn’t be but it is pants shittingly scary

[@kooskoos12345]

I bet Nintendo was like "Let's REALLY see how insane our audience is" then recorded this. Guess they're right. we somehow found a piece of audio that, reversed, sounds like "help us, please". Or that was the employees in (Insert name of main Zelda dev here)'s basement sneaking a message.

[@swizzamane8775]

I hear, "I'm, so sorry"

[@joyfulrage958]

yay i am not the only one!!!

[@MaximumNero117]

I didn't hear the i'm part but i definitely hear so sorry.

[@NORDICFORCE]

Same but I hear help us too

[@artolion4223]

Yea idk where they’re hearing “please” with that many syllables. I’m so sorry sounds closer

[@swizzamane8775]

@@artolion4223 Tbf, they could be biased towards "hearing" that, given the title in the thumbnail being, "Help us please" So they hold this expectation that, *that* is what is _supposed_ to be heard

[@Raijinissafk]

"hElP uS pLeAsE" "i sAw A nAvI"

[@geek2.027]

HHHHHHEY LISTEN! Please tell me something useful for ONCE navi..

[@hylia7660]

Poor Navi...

[@nicholasmarchesani6146]

If Navi is in the game then there better be a fly swatter aswell

[@Raijinissafk]

@@nicholasmarchesani6146 Brooo💀💀💀💀

[@thelegendofthem6120]

@@nicholasmarchesani6146 Why?? What if she has changed and she won't say "Hey, Listen!" all the time? They might redeem her.💋

[@crxwn778]

5:59 Omg when you played “Help us” backwards in your voice it sounded like you said “Sup boi?” 🤣🤣

[@DukGood]

lol i tried that and i heard it too

[@SCP-os6hk]

Sup b o i

[@Yuiopdude]

Another example of the Modo... Monado... Mando.... Mondegreen effect. A hilarious example of it, though, and I love it.

[@heroofangst]

Ikr

[@natsu4379]

That’s creepy kinda

[@purrpower1187]

The first thing I heard was: "Help us, curry"

[@Devereauxyz]

Steph the key to it all 😂

[@paintfatpurple7394]

Pokémon confirmed

[@jaehaalexander1172]

Maybe its "Help us, hurry"?

[@Chaiiuna]

aaahhhh swsh pokemon trainers are invading

[@Kielie]

I heard soup, owie-

[@weeaboo_owo]

I think the lyrics are “Poor Hyrule, for Link has found the body” “Poor Hyrule, for Link is gone”

[@smilingman4299]

First one seems plausible. i mean, they did just found Ganon's body.

[@azsunnybeek7887]

@@smilingman4299 and when it ended in reverse it only said “poor hyrule link is gone,” then all music stops.

[@bjdtv6249]

Link is gone...he can’t be gone surely even tho the glowing hand might’ve helped him healed?....

[@christophervaughan7416]

@@bjdtv6249 Nah, he ain't need the hand with Mipha's grace

[@bjdtv6249]

@@christophervaughan7416 lmao good one

[@perriwinkleiii5361]

This mondegreen effect is the same reason I can never listen to the Brawl intro normally ever again

[@LoquenderoInazuma]

Ah please mama! Give me the booze!

[@thegreatmajora5089]

I eat a log-

[@ScarletImp]

@@thegreatmajora5089 Call me mama! Me be who! So it wasn't wasn't meeeee! I flee a tsunami! Call me papa! Hee hee hooo! I eat cheese breaaad

[@graemepuryear5986]

or dragonborne

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

just learn the real lyrics... "audi faman.... "

[@gavinlopez6258]

Reversed music always scares me

[@Levi-mx8hq]

Same and im in a dark room

[@iandc2629]

It gives me shivers

[@henrycremers3937]

Well this is kind of reverse reverse music, so yeah.

[@shiftaurora6248]

I'm not lol

[@videogamesambience7377]

Yeah, it's very unnatural.

[@1sabellaxo76]

In the lyrics I heard “Poor Hyrule for link is gone by morning” I swear if link dies-

[@jamaisvu6977]

link is the main character, it probably relates to the adventure they will go by since the area in the trailer is underground/cave type place

[@ZeranZeran]

it says "For link is not the goddess, of hyrule, poor Hyrule, for Link is Gone-"

[@georgemill8822]

@@jamaisvu6977 it’s not too common when a main character dies in a story of a game. So I think we shouldn’t rule that out

[@grug2713]

@@ZeranZeran what the fuck no it doesn't lol

[@ZeranZeran]

@@grug2713 YES it does. It says something. Haters will be proven wrong. You can also hear someone whispering "Please Help Us" over and over throughout the whole trailer. Look it up dude. It's a neat detail. Zelda is all about music, and they always hide things in audio.

[@thischannelisnowdead.dontr2631]

5:59 it sounds like he's whispering sup boy

[@Nerd153]

Omg it does

[@firesd7306]

Everybody’s talking about things like this, but I just hear a “distorted” A sequel to breath of the wild

[@firesd7306]

naynay Thank you?

[@man_like_forg1121]

@@naynay-yq9cp and you watch anime

[@bryson673]

The first thing I heard was "OPEN SALAMI!"

[@fyrelica]

He must be hungry

[@LupeVods]

@Guns4 aghost like how Zelda didn't eat for 100 year's

[@inkspill5547]

Someone make an AU where Link, Zelda, and Ganon run a sandwich shop.

[@jenniferbunting4708]

Same, I mean it does, he wants food, get salami and cheese and bread and... What else would he like on his sandwhich

[@inkspill5547]

Jennifer Bunting Uh.... Malice jelly? Maybe? Idk.

[@ch0poxqn903]

"it's inside of me" is what I hear, time to get the nightlight

[@thelegendofthem6120]

Not yet💋

[@mynameisnot5weenies755]

That could be taken out of context

[@thaddeus_dude5511]

I juts noticed link's new outfit in the trailer, and it seems to be a mix of the Hylian Tunic outfit and the Champion's Tunic. It honestly looks EPIC in my opinion. A clear shot of it is in 8:03

[@firstpersonducky9333]

THAT CLIP, following with a transition into Midna's Lament. ACTUALLY GAVE ME CHILLS MAN. i can't ignore how much it sounds like the twili voice.

[@matthewhyatt5740]

I watched a video of the breath of the wild 2 trailer in reverse and I swear I heard it say at one point "please help us for this is his final coming".

[@Assasinine]

Ooh, I got chills when he recorded “help us”, recorded it backwards, and compared it. I was like “Oh my god it’s true,”

[@matthewhyatt5740]

I watched a video of the breath of the wild 2 trailer in reverse and I swear I heard it say at one point "please help us for this is his final coming".

[@EvanKunkel]

Matthew Hyatt I heard “hyrule is finally falling”

[@NapaCat]

I heard "Cats are awesome" to test out the mondegreen effect.

[@MissMoontree]

I keep hearing "Hear" instead of help. No matter how hard I try. I don't hear the similarity at all.

[@ghamdi7077]

@@MissMoontree Hear us sounds scarier..

[@thatweirdoxd1240]

Listen to the soundtrack with the lyrics "Death to all, Hyrule's gone." Oh my gosh, I did that, and I had chills down my spine.

[@soapsy0_]

I can’t un hear that now !! This game is probably going to be way darker than all of us expect!

[@crisprat7117]

@Link this comment is kinda stupid ngl

[@wired4933]

I love that you included the O Fortuna thing xD Because once that has been heard it can never be unheard.

[@maddiemav1858]

0:46 I genuinely heard “Link is so horny”. Just me ? Okay

[@Arykthan]

damn

[@atramentius9777]

lol yes indeed xD

[@dialga4688]

Well it isn't just you anymore

[@pixelant2377]

That’s what I hear now

[@MarcusFar]

What have you done to us

[@emo_bastard7477]

Just wondering if anyone hears “Poor Hyrule, for Link has found the body” “Poor Hyrule, for Link is gone”

[@silverkyre]

These are popular phrases I saw lots of these when the trailer first came out. Lots people heard that or something similar

[@dwoyt3071]

Yall listening to the wrong whispering

[@bogdanionita7287]

Doese that mean poor link,he is threatend too die

[@nuzhathquadri547]

yeah I watched a video were they played the trailer in reverse, and at the end it sounded like they said "poor hyrule, for link is gone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2m1dKx7dsyJmdE this video

[@hylia7660]

ZELDA IS PLAYABLE

[@RipDippler]

When you played the isolated edited clip it just sounded like blips and blops, but when you played the normal audio I immediately heard it. Very interested effect, reminds me of the ScareTheater video about hidden language

[@talk2mepan]

I hear “Poor Hyrule, for Link hates Fye and Navi”

[@johnhowe1501]

True

[@CornPopWasABadDude]

I, myself, am partial to "Oh, Hyrule! It is time to party!"

[@elitegamer9310]

I'll bring the Romani milk

[@leggomyeggo5773]

I'll get some fireflies

[@alternimousdimension1664]

ParTAY!

[@destroylonelylover911]

I’ll bring tuna

[@1uvc4ts]

ill get the hyrule bass

[@presidentelmo4516]

When I finally heard help us please I felt shivers all over my body

[@videogamesambience7377]

Honestly scared me so bad. It's very unnerving.

[@cams.o]

Me too. Pretty disturbing

[@jokingbanana1042]

President Elmo. Yes.

[@bear06260]

I'm not gonna lie....but, this might just beat Majoras Mask! And, if that doesn't say something then..... You must be pretty darn brave!

[@americanalligator1284]

@President Elmo I gave your comment its 100th like. 😉

[@InplayYT]

Im from germany and i hear: come find us or you will find the body, come find us or she is gone.

[@thehomiejw6714]

4:13 I hear "Help us son, help me"

[@lonewanderer6172]

Not gonna lie, that line really gave me shivers after I heard it, if the spectral hand turns out to be the combined will and force of those that fell figthing and sealing ganon and the "help us" line is them losing their grip on him, i would definitely agree that this is gonna be way darker than majora

[@vmithrandirjr9162]

I would like a darker game. They try too hard to lighten things up when I'm reality the storylines are dark.

[@squid4462]

Tbh the concept of botw is already pretty horrific

[@ExaltedRealm]

Squid446 honestly, they literally slaughtered most of a kingdom, laid everything to waste and then had to fight off monsters for 100 years before link managed to come back and “defeat” ganon.

[@rowizzy4766]

Yea i shivered a little too

[@silverkyre]

Well to be fair that's exactly what happens in Majora to an extent, the Fierce Diety mask being a representation of all the people you help. At least thats what was said in an interview

[@teclinsoro4523]

I heard a whispered “help us” but not a please. Either this is intentional the same way as midna’s dialogue was, or this is just a very big coincidence due to the effect you mentioned.

[@Klffsj]

Try listening for the consonants. I personally hear it best in the original reversed audio at 5:15.

[@marco-dv3ld]

I heard the "please" before the "help us", but other than that didn't hear anything.

[@lukky430]

me too, honestly I don’t hear “please,” to me it sounds like “help us” and then an echo of the same phrase

[@matthewhyatt5740]

I watched a video of the breath of the wild 2 trailer in reverse and I swear I heard it say at one point "please help us for this is his final coming".

[@dovahfruit9503]

i hear "help us" then "l uh s"

[@razor2817]

“Oh hyrule for it is time to party” ah yes partying over flying islands and hyrule castle being destroyed oh and don’t forget underground worms and getting overtaken by malice

[@alexissims295]

Just before the audio sample played I got an ad for Audible and I find that to be impeccable timing

[@Delta0199_]

It sounded like fi kinda, saying "somebody"

[@cutofforc50]

I heard that too

[@kevincorona8498]

Thats we what me a my brother heard

[@acemouse0131]

It sounds like "somebody" to me as well, but it makes less sense than "Help us, please."

[@hazeyclipshd1186]

I put it to loud and ended up hearing "Pappas pleased" I'm done, this is getting to creepy.

[@Klffsj]

I understand where you're getting that from. Try focusing on the consonants, though, especially the p's.

[@atramentius9777]

I am not hearing it. sorry Its more like: "help us, son; help ME.." ok actually I don't know what I am hearing, its just way too unclear edit: the "help me" part is in my opinion way clearer than the first part

[@TheStacker5000]

Yah definitely hear a help me at the end of that

[@GUMMY_MKII]

Remember to listen the little WHISPERS, not the VOCALS

[@shmallowcat2604]

I hear "please someone help me" from that clip.

[@poke-talia268]

I definitely hear "Help" clearly as part of it, but I could hear "set (or let) us free" instead. More of a long shot though

[@ZeranZeran]

I also heard "Help us, son"

[@thedarkgeneral1783]

I swear to god, every time I hear the “help us” my eyes tear up.

[@thezeldagamer6429]

Dude I cry in fear when I hear that

[@buttonsbox2476]

I think about the champions to be honest, I wonder if their spirits have anything to do with some of this

[@bjdtv6249]

I think people are trapped in the soul of ganon taking power.....

[@tunahero2424]

Me too....

[@leanderwei8037]

Hey NBC, There is a german KZbinr called „Roxtendo“. In his theory video „Stimme geknackt“ he has very good lyrics for the Trailer. Just look at them, if you like to, it is really very close to the voice. Please like this comment, so that NBC sees this.

[@jessedarwich4121]

What are the lyrics? Can you translate them into english for me please?

[@leanderwei8037]

@@jessedarwich4121 If you look at the video, you will see the lyrics in english cause there are only fitting in english. In german, they wouldn’t make sense.

[@jasxnuwu4539]

@@jessedarwich4121 the lyrics after roxtendo should be: "come find us, and/or you will/can find the body. Come find us, or he'll feast by the morning. Come find us, or he'll set the darkness free. Come find us, or she is gone by morning. Come find us, or he is gone."

[@jessedarwich4121]

@@jasxnuwu4539 Awesome! Thank you!

[@jasxnuwu4539]

@@jessedarwich4121 I really hope that this lyric is true but probably isnt6

[@williammachie1176]

Is it the zonai trapped in the luminous stones around ganon begging for help begging to be released so they can continue with their life cycle of life death rebirth.

[@ZiggyMandarr]

Ganondorf is just keeping the Web Way under Hyrule sealed and the Zonai are powering the Astronomicon, mark my words.

[@bobby59893]

Why did that sound like a warhammer 40k reference

[@possumwithacowboyhat5140]

@@ZiggyMandarr the Emperor's blessing upon you

[@bluecat3338]

But what we’re inevitably going to do instead is mine all those rocks to upgrade a tunic.

[@JoZerpPL]

Omg, i noticed something. This corpse-like ganon is the reason of why the zonai "suddenly vanished"

[@SAWFD1413]

what i hear in this is a broken distorted Fi asking "Help us, Somebody" and if we see her return but broken and cracked then BotW2 will truly be dark as they announced it to be

[@HearcliffOW]

I keep hearing: "Ganondorf is coming"

[@jiminyspigotsskunkshack]

Well that would make much more sense!

[@areumkim3322]

me: *having a conversation* the video: *GOPHER TUNA*

[@Reizyr]

Just my take on all of this. The first part of the isolated vocals, to me, sounds like the Japanese word かわいそう(Kawaisō), which can be translated to "poor," or "poor you." The second part sounds a bit like "ah rin-." In Japanese, Link is pronounced as "Rinku", which it could technically be if the last "ku" syllable was cut off from the audio. Thus the translation may come out as "Poor you, ah Link" or even rearranged as "Ah Link, poor you" if the word placements in the sentence were reversed, which sounds pretty ominous in its own way. It might have been difficult to find any clear result for any hidden meaning in the text since most people interpret it to be in English, but the game itself is from Japan so it's not unreasonable to think it might be in Japanese instead.

[@Lanosrep]

I heard Kurosawa Yami, I thought we were agreed that there are no lyrics, and for one SIMPLE reason. The trailer is identical in all regions and across all directs, meaning that Nintendo would have recorded English voices JUST for a slight easter egg. Which makes no sense as Japanese is recorded first, and if the leaks are anything to go by, the voice acting may not have even started. What does this mean to the Spanish, or the German, or the Koreans? The whole reason we have been using Masterworks as canon material, and the Japanese script over the english one is because they are closer to the creators' original intentions. So why, would a mostly Japanese speaking team, decide to get a very vague line which means absolutely nothing, translate it to English, get an English voice actor to read it, reverse it, synthesize it, and then put it in the global directs? We are looking too far into a trailer that told us literally nothing

[@kacperwoch4368]

Even for Zelda series this 'hidden message' seems way too distorted to actually mean something. I bet it's some kind of stock audio.

[@steve112285]

It would make sense if there were lyrics in Japanese or Italian (like opera) or Latin (which we don't know how to pronounce, but have made up a way), but not English.

[@ccolgan8897]

Hope and desperation,but mostly desperation

[@Christopher-md7tf]

The trailer being identical all over the world would actually be an argument to use English, not Japanese. I can assure you that there plenty of people in Spain, Germany, and Korea that speak English ;)

[@THEpicND]

Christopher what chris said... English is the closest thing to a universal language that we have

[@sickasfrik]

It sounds more like "help us all...please" to me. With the ... being a pause, as if they are begging for help.

[@hibikikensaki]

I’ve been interested in all this since the trailer dropped and speaking from a linguistic perspective there’s a pretty interesting and familiar theme going on here. Nintendo, in my opinion, has always enjoyed playing around with language in Zelda but the actual meaning they want to put across is usually there. There’s three distinct parts being analyzed here but I’m not sure the whole message is clear in the first place. Looking at the audio we have three parts to look at like laid out in this video, so I’ll go in that order. The sort of familiar sound of the sheikah stuff and a heart beating starts the trailer gives a bolstering tone as we plunge into the unknown. Kind of like, say, courage as we venture into the darkness. The first time we hear the chanting is not just when we see the full pull out of the malice bellowing out from Big G but when the camera begins to pull in, that’s when it starts. Now it sure sounds like they’re saying something but what their message is just isn’t clear. Link and Zelda both don't seem to react to it at all yet if you look close the first time that whisper happens Zelda does react to it. Maybe they don’t have the wisdom to hear what it’s saying. Now the interesting part is what we have left. It does seem like thematically the whispering is an element that is completely separate from the other two. We can hear it but it’s faint. It’s not really something you’d call powerful but we also see Big G isn’t all he used to be. If the help us whispers are being attributed there well it stands to reason that he doesn’t have much to throw around. But is he saying help us please? Is that consistent with what we’re also seeing? I actually think so. Look at the expression on Gannondorfs face when his eyes light up and really take it in. His neck cracks and the flames burn yada yada but then his eyes aren’t locked in rage or glaring, the second he seems to come to life his eyes dart about and we immediately cut not to a dramatic explosion of force, not the torrent of malice that consumes the rat. If you watch Ganons wake up call from his perspective, he’s not in a great place and if you look at his face upside down while his eyes tremble, it doesn’t quite seem right. Then we just get an abrupt cut to a peaceful shot of Hyrule, the crickets and birds don’t even stop chirping when the castle rises. It’s a very odd choice but it is the choice they deliberately made.

[@triaki2395]

HOW ARE WE STILL THEORIZING ABOUT THIS TRAILER

[@guthe9870]

i don't know man, if nintendo realesed another trailer.

[@F1reNation]

It’s all we got to theorize.

[@sleepyb0i962]

We're desperate for more content

[@Staypuft444]

LoL

[@leggomyeggo5773]

I hear: "I saw a navi" or "poor hyrule, for I saw a navi"

[@Rhobeni]

john johnson NOOOOOOOOOO NOT NAVI!!!!!!!!

[@bagelgod946]

Uh no.... not...NAVI (I can already here her endless talking)

[@Proprietor11]

Hey! Listen!

[@jakecondon3048]

I heard free me please

[@ahbdasouyda7306]

Hey look listen

[@mrcandie_]

When I listen, I hear “Hell is here” instead of “help us please”.

[@sharkgam3z592]

maaaaaaaaaaan looking back at these theory videos really makes me wish totk took the dark direction in the story.

[@hunterburry5335]

agreed i wish it was darker like this

[@thanezollman5269]

"Whether you speck english or Japanese or both you won't recognize it because it is in reverse" :Esrever skaeps ohw em

[@1967buickriviera]

*s p e c k*

[@PerfectParadox2k]

Yako yddub

[@cade-music]

eid

[@doppled]

@@cade-music u on

[@cade-music]

@@doppled on

[@mrgames__]

Who else got chills in the beginning when he played the 3 seconds

[@personalnote]

me

[@veryannoyingbuttitch]

Me

[@LonganoCantCant]

Thank you for reminding me how brilliant the Persona 5 soundtrack is.

[@FernGully228]

Normal Audio: “Help us” Reversed Audio: “Sup boi”

[@joshuabauschke168]

Fans: eagerly awaiting new Zelda news Nintendo: well boys, they've stretched the study of a single trailer on for this long - we've got at least another five years after the full-length trailer drop before the theories all run their course. Game set and match. See you in 2025.

[@vroomvroomfam309]

The “us” is Sheikah. Come back to this video and either praise me for guessing right or roast me for guessing wrong.

[@averageordonian]

I think the "us" are the souls of the deceased Zonai tribe that were killed to hold Ganondorf underground. You can come roast me if I'm wrong too lol

[@ChromeShade]

@@averageordonian Dang that would be incredibly dark. I like it

[@EthansShowTV]

@@averageordonian fellow Ethan. "If it's NOT the zonai, vote me off"

[@sashakittyeliza]

@@averageordonian OMG I HOPE THATS RIGHT especially with the new trailer still showing a lot of things that appear to be Zonai!! I think theyre definitely hinting towards it but also the BOTW's original trailer had all the zonai ruins in it and had nothing to do with it so 😃 idk

[@nonexistent4067]

I can’t wait!!! Every theory video on botw 2 makes me even more anxious for the game!!! 😆

[@crystalmania4617]

I heard "Help us, (a word I can't understand) Body"

[@zelda8203]

Oh no we’re in a theory loop.. we keep going back to the same things...

[@Proprietor11]

Matpat: *cries in FNAF*

[@B-MoreCity]

@@Proprietor11 Oh dear god no!

[@Lanosrep]

It got tired after a month of it. A year of the same nonsensical make-believe is starting to make me less excited for this game

[@SuperDababy2]

Excuuuuuuuse me prince!

[@alternimousdimension1664]

Yes. And I don't have a problem with it!

[@lotsofducks3236]

sounds more like "Help us, hurry" to me

[@relix456]

I can definitely hear "Please Leave" like the whisper knew Link coming too close would break the seal on Ganondorf.

[@evancoffland19]

Kind of sounds like, “you’ll/I’ll be so sorry”.

[@musicfan6755]

5:13 Ganondorf is coming, he’s overcoming

[@imjustsad4991]

Thats dead on for me

[@aubreemeyer5758]

i heard diffrent things each time i heard that the first time

[@michaelmann7816]

Interesting thought: doesn't the distortion on the supposed "help us" sound like an effect we've heard before? My first thought was Fi, but a check of the comments also brings up Midna. My brain isn't fishing up anything more than "I'd swear I've heard that processing effect before" right now, but I figured I'd throw the thought out there for people with better recollection (or easier access to the games in question) to bat around and chew over.

[@almasih_qam]

It can’t be Fi, bc she is still In the master sword. This gives me TP vibes, but who knows, Fi could be asking for help cuz Demise is escaping, but that is still unlikely, bc it says “us”.

[@iceneko9170]

you're the first person I've seen in this comment section say it sounds like the effects on midna. honestly I completely agree.

[@mrmoomooface1662]

I find it hilarious that they managed to make music sound backwards either way you play it, like it's suppose to be some kind of insult to people trying to reverse it to find clues.

[@truther__optimized9474]

I believe that by far, it fits with the title name that due to these events, hyrule itself is crying for help that it's gone so far that all of existence crys. hence tears of the kingdom.

[@patrickbeer1830]

Nintendo: Posts a trailer a year ago Theorists: THERE IS STILL STUFF TO UNRAVEL I KNOW IT Me, getting quality content in anticipacion of a good game: (:

[@Supercarlover1]

And now we have a prequel coming in 2 months!

[@ArtemisWasHere]

There is still more to unravel? Bitch I’ve come up with the entire game with just the trailer Plot Lore Mechanics Fucking dlc A FUCKING CROSSOVER THE SIZE OT THE MULTIVERSE **THE FUCKING DLC IS ABOUT THE MASTER SWORD BEING THE “KEY TO ALL WORLDS” I AM A MADMAN

[@ADHD_and_Crayons]

I've spent so many hours combing every frame of this trailer & finding every little detail. Then going back through every LoZ game to find patterns; which made pages of notes. I listened to the trailer's music reversed, on a loop, for a couple hours (when it first premiered). The phrase I immediately heard (& still only hear) is.... "Come find me. Pull in piece of the body" I heard the "help us" & the phrase I hear in the song before I watched any videos saying they know what it says. Maybe that's why I never changed what I hear? I was very musically active growing up & one lesson explained that when singing, you must change how you pronounce diff words or letters, so it doesn't sound harsh. Using old lessons, I was able to identify the use of.... "p", "f", "c", "b", "e". Once I noted the letters used, it made the phrase stand out even more. I dont know what it could hint at, but I have speculations. I'm still hoping for a Twilight realm return lol The arm is definitely related to spirits or the power from them. Just look at how the Champions' spirits were shrouded in that same glowing green color.... The 2 hidden phrases may hint at another threat that has been orchestrating the malice from a distant realm... Meaning Demise found a way to break free within the Sacred realm & the hand is a God/Goddess attempt to help Link/Zelda (since they failed to contain him) or a collection of spirits, which may explain the distorted, eerie, tone the music becomes (many people or spirits talking at once would distort any sound). Regardless.... I think the music is important & may signify the reason WHY L & Z found the dungeon....the music reached out to them & guided their way. A warning? A plot to reawaken Gannon? An ancient or immortal helping? I could speculate for days on the purpose of that glowing arm lol. But Nintendo is the biggest tease ever!!! I just hope all our hype finds a satisfying end & not a letdown on delivery or depth.

[@Jacobulous]

You know I’m not gonna read this because it’s probably going to take an hour but I appreciate the effort put into this

[@nasirbone979]

@@Jacobulous if your not an idiot it takes about 1 minute ot so.

[@simplycanadian1364]

Nasir Bone *you’re

[@PerfectParadox2k]

@@simplycanadian1364 nice

[@mirk3491]

8:38 the rat has the same colours as wolf Link... and it gets covered by malice 😳 edit: coincidence? i think not

[@wannabe1me927]

I love these theories, yours especially

[@Vaughngina.]

This game is getting more scary and mysterious and I love it

[@Molybed1]

What the hell. I think some people here are trolling. I CLEARLY hear "HELP US..... PLEASE". When I saw the trailer I ran it in reverse to find out if it is a song in the trailer backwards. I WAS not looking foe voices yet I heard "help up please" and it freaked me out. I immediately looked it up on KZbin and many people heard the same thing. This is legit.

[@alternimousdimension1664]

"...And let all the internet be troll territory..."

[@silverkyre]

Yeah the whispers really do sound like words unlike the "singing" part which sounds like many different things.

[@coffinmyface4237]

Ah yes everyone who isn't me is trolls

[@MrMan76]

When he reversed his own voice and played it, I thought it sounded like he was saying "Sup Boi"

[@chrioil9923]

Got chills when the audio clip played

[@PHO3N1X_28]

Open world, good story, dungeons, mystery and a developed Zelda and link relationship. That’s what I want from BOTW2. Anyone else?

[@B-MoreCity]

FUCKING YES!!😝

[@bluejay9134]

yes

[@frengkygiovany5152]

Don't forget engaging gameplay

[@AlexTheDoggoMaster]

I kinda want it to have the creepy atmossphere of Majora's Mask

[@wafflequeen8137]

@@AlexTheDoggoMasterwell you got it all lmao, btw i was just rewatching the first trailer when i saw this.

[@NFITC1]

Here's all the facts we know: "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now in development." That's it. We *know* nothing else. Let's be honest with ourselves. The game we get might look NOTHING like this or end up having nothing to do with a hand pinning down a person we strongly *believe* to be Ganondorf. The announcement teaser we got for BotW ended up sparking all sorts of speculation that turned out to be wrong or changed before released. Guardians don't move like in the teaser, there were no destructible bridges, guardians wouldn't attack villages, etc.

[@stabtwice2233]

Botw trailer wasn’t in-game footage they used for the trailer. In fact, the trailer kind of represents what happened in the story 100 year ago not the gameplay itself where you are 100 year in the future. Also, botw 2 uses the same mechanics, the graphics and style are already made since the first game, the trailer footage is an in-game situation so yes, we know more than “it’s in development”

[@garrettrinquest1605]

Honestly, part of me wonders if the Zelda team released a super vague trailer way early in the development of the game just so that they could steal ideas from all the KZbin theory videos 😂

[@averageordonian]

I could see that, but considering that they began the game with ideas that were too big for BoTW DLC the sequel will most likely follow the path of the trailer for the most part. I think what we all know for sure is that this game will involve the return of Ganondorf, because that's too big and important to cut out of the final product

[@kodokunagraham2895]

funny enough i could only hear "help us" in the unedited audio played again even after showing the edits

[@moramoment3536]

WOAH. at first i though i was listening to the high pitched noise, which if anything sounds like “he is coming” to me, but then when he played his own recording i realized i completely missed it the first few times

[@cassandracollins6773]

Ok so I hear the help me part but for the whole thing I hear: “Help us, they’re coming”. But not only that I can also hear: “Helpers are coming” or “Help us __ (couldn’t figure it out) are coming”

[@WhopsInc.]

If you are trying to hear "help us, please" and can't figure it out it's because you are listening to the chanting. You need to listen for whispers in the background. Read along with 5:17, it might help.

[@Drewsefer89]

Yo I'm hearing way more than just "Help us, please". TO me I hear a lot more syllables. It sounds like "Help us someone, help me."

[@Marnige]

Its not the vocals, but just the whisper. Just whisper 'help us, please' without using your vocals. You'll know what to hear

[@Drewsefer89]

@@Marnige I spent 10 mins replaying it with earphones are & I still don't hear it. I just hear more than just 3 syllables. To me I hear about 5 or 6 syllables.

[@WhopsInc.]

@@Drewsefer89 Try 5:17 and read along with the song.

[@imjustsad4991]

Help us ganondorf is overcoming.

[@theidiotwinter4716]

As soon as you said that, the thing played and I heard it. Indeed, the first time I listened to it I thought, "But it's way to *LONG*".

[@crowbie15]

at one part i heard darkness, when they were near the bridge looking at the murals after they left the pack mule.

[@skynet1993]

After looking at this video and audio it does make it sound like if Midna was saying help us, please. Also the hand that is holding Ganondorf seems at least to me like the hand Midma would bring out in her transformed phase, as well as the writing coming down in a spiral form and not dripping like in the game when adding stuff to the tablet it resembles a lot the mirror of twilight when you are going to cross it. I was even comparing the writing on the trailer to the one on the mirror of twilight. Really hope it would come true as I would love to see a continuation to the Twilight Princess series, but let me know what you guys think.

[@AttackonSandwich]

Maybe the whole zonai civilization’s life force was used to seal Ganon and that’s what the whispers are and why they all suddenly disappeared.

[@LIVEvil789]

Was just about to suggest the same thing! The Zonai and the green energy reminds me of the lifestream and the Cetra in FF7, which got me wondering... Like you say, maybe it is a collection of all their souls and lifeforce merged with whatever their version of the lifestream is.

[@JariDawnchild]

Speaking of dead things from various other games and how they might compare, does anyone even know how Hyruleans of any race do their death rites? There are cemetaries littered across the Zelda universe, and spirits of various temperaments hanging around is nothing new, but that's largely after the death rites or if the person died in some violent or disturbed way.. The Luminous stones are said to house dead spirits, so I'm wondering if they are the Zelda-verse version of crude oil? Insert long schpiel here about how the Sheikah may have processed it for use in their tech, but that's neither here nor there. Now I'm curious about the actual ceremonial practices of the Hyruleans concerning their dead...

[@Mari_Izu]

I heard "I'm so happy" lol About japanese using english, they used english for Midna's voice.

[@alternimousdimension1664]

I'm so happy... wooo!

[@vicxd1123]

This video gives me chills…and the first trailer….

[@thatoneoctopus7494]

The song that plays in the trailer is the game over theme from the NES backwards