OCARINA OF TIME - A Masterclass In Subtext

[@WhatAreYouBuyen]

This is better than most documentaries in Netflix

[@theblockyinkling3889]

*all

[@davidkolo]

@@theblockyinkling3889 id agree but they have The Act of Killing which is the best doc of all time

[@greatgonzales8859]

Your god damn right it is 😎👉🏽👉🏽

[@ThePedroMatheus]

agreed

[@Elderunlimited9]

TRUE LULW

[@bulbacivic]

"Banished from his childhood, destined to roam a world that doesn't remember him" that gets me to tear up every time....

[@MTKalem]

Shut up I already cried for that line, don't make me cry in agony again😂

[@Painted_Owl]

It’s something that’s always intrigued me. Narratively, why is Link forgotten?… I think it’s because, collectively as a society, we tend to forget the importance and impact of one’s childhood. Hyrule forgot Link because they couldn’t see the effects of his labors, being sent back in time and all.

[@klebiii]

Balanced adulthood is necessary and should be something we progressively to embrace/handle, adapt, and manage with at the pace and capability we can. Manage with the good memories, lessons, value from childhood/youth/younger/earlier days/years. I recommend The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey for some additional guidance with transitioning/ed adulthood navigation, regards.

[@MTKalem]

@@klebiii thanks for the recommendation, seems like it's worth a look

[@hospitalhopping]

​@@Painted_Owl WOW 😢😭🤧

[@octopuscollective]

Was searching for a speedrun. Then had my heart broken as I realized my childhood was the speedrun.

[@GlibWings06]

Im not sure if you meant this lightly or heavy but dang what you said hit hard for me, now a days I find myself asking the same question, why were we in such a rush to grow up?

[@comborobo1297]

Holy shit your comment hit me hard.

[@LinkAlien]

@@GlibWings06 I was in no rush to grow up, and it still happened too quickly XD

[@DayofToast]

hot damn dude

[@Moon-fm3uf]

This explains the 4 videos on speedruns in my feed.

[@teclinsoro4523]

this man really dropped two of the best video essays of all time and then dipped

[@yashA.456]

Yea honestly, anyone know what's up with this dude, does he contribute to other YT channels with his work and is more active there or he just a dude who uploads whenever he feels like? (Nothing wrong with that, just asking what he's up to.) Hope he's doing well, because this blew my mind and got me hooked for the whole video

[@SONIKAO]

@@yashA.456 He just uploaded 2 days ago another masterpiece... about Majora's Mask this time, www.youtube.com/@TheHyruleJournals

[@jmaxsohmer]

@@SONIKAO Do you have a direct link? There's nothing at The Hyrule Journals except the link to Good Blood channel, which has this video and several others but nothing about Majora's Mask.

[@Divide-Films]

@@jmaxsohmer It's there now! Got reuploaded, it's brilliant

[@SONIKAO]

@@jmaxsohmer he just uploaded again... the hyrule journals

[@ikkibestboi]

"Destined to roam a world that doesn't remember him" That hit me HARD in the feels...

[@СщькфвуЫефдшт]

Intro to Majoras mask makes a LOT more sense now

[@fidelluz2942]

@@СщькфвуЫефдшт yeah. myamoto just said that you have suffered a terrible fate but us never understood the fate

[@zoy13]

My favorite game of all time T_T ... Nostalgic memories

[@danteluigi6947]

1000 like 👍🏻

[@hyruleguy9569]

And, ironically, OoT might be the most beloved, recognizable and highly regarded game of the series, if not of all time.

[@sal7067]

You know how every youtube stars their review of OOT with the classic "what can I say about OOT that hasn't been said already?"... this is the answer to that question.

[@toferg.8264]

Yes!

[@toferg.8264]

And it's "starts" not "stars".

[@Zaque-TV]

@@toferg.8264 really man?

[@linkthepig4219]

@@Zaque-TV ⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐

[@jaredr1621]

Something I noticed after watching this... After destroying the evil in the Forest Temple and restoring Link's childhood home, you can learn the Song of Storms and return to the past to retrieve the Lens of Truth, which is intended to be used to beat the Shadow Temple. If the childhood Hyrule is meant to be lighthearted and fun, then the contrasting darkness we find at the bottom well is very intentional; the darkness of the world was always there, just under the surface, even as a child. As you get older and begin to bear more responsibility, that darkness just becomes more apparent. So we use this acknowledgment of darkness always being there, as our Lens of Truth. We use it to help us navigate into the heart of darkness within man, the Shadow Temple.

[@lauragardiner4326]

Wow. Thank you for this comment!

[@alibennett8350]

Deep!

[@Nami8302_OwO]

Did SOMEBODY mention the DOOR to DaRkNeSs??

[@FlameEmber]

Wow. Your comment gave me chills.

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

@@Nami8302_OwO nice kingdom hearts reference

[@jarltrippin]

What surprised me the most watching this is how much Link actually loses in the game. It's not even sugar-coated. But Ocarina of Time is such an overall delightful experience that it just flew over my head all these years. A hero with strength enough to save the world, but powerless to save those closest to him.

[@NSXTACY420]

😢 it's heart wrenching. I watch this video almost every other day to remind myself "the Cruel Flow of Time" & that 'Nothing Lasts Everything Flows' - Heraclitus

[@Alex-tx6by]

The Japanese have maintained this touch. indirect storying telling, as this guy calls it. it's fallen out of style in American art for more obvious methods. I've always favored it because it allows for greater variety of tone within a piece. the main theme always feels elusive.

[@lordkuhny]

This video made me sad and appreciate the game even more. I was thinking about it for a while and then I noticed something else: If you load the game as child Link, you always start in your home in Kokiri forest (with the exception of when you saved in a dungeon). I interpret this as you always wake up in your protected home with all your toys and a playground just outside. While as an adult, you start at the temple of time - a cold environment reminding you of the tasks that lie ahead of you. As an adult you wake up to go to work, do chores, tax returns or whatever. There’s no time, no place and no toys to play with.

[@ShadowSkyX]

The "toys" evolved Into weapons of war

[@Marianne475]

omg

[@scottbackler8700]

Amazing bro

[@dfaulty_]

@Nipple Knight yeah, you’re right about that too. in the game as child link, the adults around him would constantly say how he’s just a child and treated him like the kid he was. the guard in kakariko village, nabooru, darunia, and even ganondorf when you first encounter him

[@GoldenMushroom64]

Not only that but when you step out of the Temple of Time as an adult you’re greeted by a cruel broken world of darkness inhabited by the undead...

[@mRibbons]

In the holiday season of 1998, my dad was able to secure me a copy (against all odds) of this legendary game. I cannot overstate how much I love this game. My dad passed away in October 2020. He was a good man, a kind father, and he is _my_ hero of time.

[@janmajnik6889]

Who's cutting onions in here? :3

[@vashnator]

God damn why do you do this to me?

[@Flome810]

I’m so sorry man but I hoped you were able to push through and move on :)

[@mRibbons]

​@@Flome810 It's been incredibly difficult. I was adopted from S Korea and was gifted a loving family. However... we grew distant despite deep unspoken mutual affection. We had a lot of good times, but the last few memories I have with him are of me being a disappointment. For years I promised myself to close the distance... I failed to do so. Do not miss another chance to express to your family how much you love them. Don't wait.

[@johnnyc.31]

You didn’t fail. You are human. Don’t underestimate a parent’s ability to understand the winding path of life, and know that he loved you through it all. I’m sorry for your loss and hope you can find peace that I know he would want for you. ❤️

[@robertwynn5264]

Shocking we got to watch this documentary for free Well done, amazing production

[@Mikkelssoni]

Shocking this guy isn’t more widely known.

[@spartan11mcxbox]

No one would have watched it if it wasn't free.

[@jonnorth4299]

I shockingly find myself in agreement. It's rare that I find myself thinking, "I'd have paid a bit of money for that", but here we are.

[@tommartin7728]

I always thought it was incredibly sad that Link loses 7 years of his life. It's like Frodo who saves the Shire for everyone else but not himself.

[@headphonic8]

He doesn't. He goes back in time. That's where majoras mask starts

[@seru.89]

He gets that time back, but he is not the same kid he was, the experiences stay with him

[@tiredsleepygirl]

@@seru.89😞 well i'm depressed now reading this

[@DS-lk3tx]

It gets worse. In the original story, the massacre of the shire happens as revenge. The shire is burned and everyone is killed.

[@iamsheel]

​@@tiredsleepygirlhow is that depressing? Link got everyone deep wish; reliving childhood with the gained knowledge.

[@MuscleManAntho]

“Destined to roam the world alone in a world that doesn’t remember him”. Jesus that sunk in for me

[@Marianne475]

ditto

[@islandboy9381]

Doesn't Link as a child meet child Zelda again at the very end of the game? Implying she at least remembers him.

[@YoitSkoit]

@@islandboy9381I don’t think she remembers him, the cutscene was just to show that Link is able to change the future this time by a) going back before when he grabbed the master sword and b) using the triforce of courage (shown in the final cutscene) as reason for zelda/the king to trust him. But as a result, nobody remembers his deeds in the new timeline because he’s the only one that came from the old timeline.

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

@@YoitSkoit its kinda inacurate since link already met with zelda before he got the master sword since he had to open the doors of time before doing such a thing and he needed the ocarina of time to do this, and the spiritual stones of course... plus in the direct sequel of this game zelda says that she thinks fondly of him even though they only met for a short time before he leaves hyrule, which is actually the case since they interacted twice (when getting the song and the mission, and when she was fleeing) even if the second interaction got erased, the first shouldnt since it would cause a paradox where the door of time is closed and link is trapped in the temple for all eternity, thats also why link has the ocarina of time in the sequel, the treasure of the royal family, and not to mention epona, her loyal companion is also with him...

[@MrJIsBack]

Kinda like Majora's Mask. You may do all dem side quests in 3 days and save lives etc everytime you'll go back in time and it's as if you hadn't done anything

[@MrOnyxiakiller]

No joke, this is one of the most well put-together videos I have seen in quite some time. 10/10.

[@martinewt]

"time", heh

[@TFTSylveon]

had the same exact thought when i finished. well researched and executed super solidly.

[@Onespeed94]

Completely agree. Superb video. Made me feel all emotional listening to it even though I've never played the game

[@Morbutt]

"no joke" why would that be a joke otherwise?

[@NaterFernat]

Look the channel "Cracking the code" by Troy Grady

[@shadypenguinn]

I can't be the only one who teared up around 29 minutes. This video is incredible.

[@rikitikki3688]

shadypenguinn you forgot your link to the video

[@Shorteagle]

I linked it for him in the comments section :D

[@jpbrother]

@@Shorteagle thank you for that.

[@BoiiCarolina15]

literally came to watch it because you said go watch it and that was saaaaaad

[@yanethmanzo9103]

Amazing video glad you recommend it!!

[@Guest_-it3yw]

Isn't it ironic that we could only understand the subtext of a game from our childhood when we ourselves grew up.

[@plainlake]

We might not have been able to put it in words as well as this video. But we all felt it.

[@dougjones3869]

that's only natural. not ironic at all.

[@orangevestsr4750]

yeah honestly, this is what made me sad. I realized how much this mirrored my own sadness as I've grown up.

[@MASSIVEsock]

@@orangevestsr4750 U people aren't real

[@Im_Mr_Cole]

@@MASSIVEsock interesting take I guess

[@dissolution9843]

On the topic of Ganondorf representing adulthood and Navi representing Link's lingering childhood: During the first fight with Ganondorf, he pushes Navi away with sheer power, leaving Link to confront Ganondorf as only the man he has become. Without Navi, Link can't focus (z-target) and he doesn't have Navi's insight. This is representative of Miyamoto's ability to use the memories of his childhood in his own work. Without it, he lacks focus, and insight, and something is missing. The final conflict occurs and Navi returns, for one last fight, only to leave once all is said and done. Link's childhood is now elusive. But he pursues it, seeking out that feeling again. Which is where Majora's Mask picks up, where Link finds another fairy, but it isn't his, it belongs to someone else. This is a metaphor for how Miyamoto was able to rediscover his elusive childhood through the games he makes. He relives his childhood through the eyes of those who are still children. And in doing so, has a unique drive and childlike wonder that will never go away. I hope this shed some more light on the wonderful parallel that was so artfully described in the video.

[@frankleeaburto]

Reading your comment remind of the... I'm not sure if theory, about Super Smash series being representative of Miyamoto's childhood, and his stress of adult responsibilities.

[@abdiasnemo2634]

This comment added on the piled of feelings this video left.

[@deitywashere]

@@frankleeaburto That would be Sakurai. And i agree haha

[@brandonfrench7900]

M R what’s your problem? He wasn’t assuming anything, he was just giving his analysis, which by the way was profound.

[@zenssa6686]

@M R lmao

[@syszee]

I am immensely blown away by this video editing.

[@FroobTubeLIVE]

Ditto!

[@cavemanvi]

the sex medallion was a 69

[@ProsecutorValentine]

Meh.

[@gamestar6479]

@@ProsecutorValentine good talk

[@nicronex]

that's why minecraft deserves a savage zelda update.

[@notahuman1993]

In 1998, my dad was given three months to live. We got an N64 as his sort of "Take him to Disneyland" moment. Ocarina of Time was the very first video game my dad and I ever played together, side by side. Unfortunately, life got in the way and my dad and I were unable to beat the game before he died. I didn't manage to pick the game up for, funnily enough, about seven years. When OoT was released, it was considered perfect. I imagine most people would have been in awe when they finished it. When I finally saw 'The End', my only thought was, "I wish Dad was here to see this."

[@562.anthony2]

Same man my dad always played ocarina of time or a link to the past with me. I really hope to stay healthy enough to show my kid Zelda games too

[@bareq99]

Aww come on man..i am already sobbing from the video :/ Soery for you loss mate.. I am sure he is in a better place :)

[@damazsta]

Ironically 7 years.. Once I was says years old. My father told me. Go n make some friends or you’ll be lonely.. but instead of friends. I chose Isolation. Video Games. A Fantasy world. It’s my comfort zone.

[@prirush8800]

My dad sucked, lol, im not like that, but i want to be that dad, i have 4 siblings who i took care of, chrono trigger and OOT, was my dad game to my siblings, for my mom for my grandparents, i did it. BotW is for my kids, and super mario maker 1 n 2, they getting older botw 2 and Elden ring they want play, and ill have it for them, sitting right next to them, so you or anyone else, always make time for youre underlings basically, lol. You're a lucky one, that youre dad gave a damn. even for a moment, its like eternity of bliss. Always remember Dad, for what he was, YOURE DAD.

[@joecollins3372]

OoT was THE video game that I played with my Father. It was a game that I had no interest in, as I was 5 years old. However, he was told it was the best game he could get me. So, he played it with me because he wanted me to like it. For 2 years he would get done with work, then come sit with me and play OoT. Spending lots of time on puzzles we couldn’t understand. Reading a game guide that made no sense to us. Then we got stuck on the *water temple* and he gave up. This last Christmas (at 22) I beat the entire game in front of him. Showing him each boss, and the way to kill them. When it was time to shove the Master Sword into Gannon’s face at the end - I gave him the controller. I got to watch my father finish what he started. My father is 71 now. I always wanted to finish that game with him. I’m glad I roped him into while I did. It was everything to me that we finished it because i’m not entirely sure how much time he has left either. This wasn’t meant to be rubbed in your face, I hope you don’t take it that way. It just makes me happy that someone had a similar connection to this game. Sitting and playing Zelda with my dad is my happiest memory. That’s why I still replay it and why I will always buy the next Zelda game

[@peasie227]

As someone with childhood trauma, losing your connection to childhood and not having been allowed to be a child- craving that which was taken away and what couldve been. The guilt and the sadness- being forced to go nowhere but forward. Its all too touching, OoT has a special place in my heart.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Dang, that does sound like it would hinder a person...

[@StarSpawnMusic]

This in tandem with Majora's Mask is a wonderful story of trauma, reeling from it, healing from it, then moving on

[@sylvanstrength7520]

Goddammit, this struck a cord

[@AverageHomeAndGarden]

“In the land of Hyrule, there echoes a legend held by the Royal Family that tells of a boy… A boy who, after battling evil and saving Hyrule, crept away from the land that had made him a legend… Done with the battle he once waged across time, he embarked on a journey. A secret and personal journey… A journey in search of a beloved and invaluable friend… A friend with whom he parted ways when he finally fulfilled his heroic destiny and took his place among legends…” These are the opening words of Majora’s mask, one of the timeline possibilities heading out of Ocarina of Time. And where do we find Link? Looking for, chasing down Navi, the key to returning to the place of his lost childhood. Kinda heartbreaking!

[@hurdurburdur4132]

that really put am aching feeling in your heart once you realize how bad a legendary hero suffering from a robbed child hood.

[@germanikolaas]

Hero, Swamp. Mountain. Ocean. Canyon. The four who are there, bring them here. In the land of Hyrule, there echoes a legend. A legend held dearly by the Royal Family tells of a boy. A boy who, after battling evil and saving Hyrule, crept away from the land that made him a legend. Done with the battles he once waged across Time, he embarked on a journey. A secret and personal journey. A journey in search of a beloved and invaluable friend. A friend with whom he parted ways when he finally fulfilled his heroic destiny and took his place among legends. He came to us. He rescued us from certain doom, and rid our world of evil. He once wielded the shield of our kingdom, and gave us hope. We lost the way. Believing in your friends and embracing that belief by forgiving failure. These feelings have vanished from our hearts. I beg you! Bring us back to life with your magic! The four who are there, bring them here, and allow the shield of our kingdom the privilege to serve you.

[@Chenso2099]

I’m not a Zelda expert, but wouldn’t he turn into one of those skeleton soldiers if he entered the forest without a companion? If so, then it would further confirm that Link’s ancestor in Twilight Princess is actually the Hero of Time, seeing how he’s now a skeletal warrior in that. Also, it would tie into that theory that Majora’s Mask is all about Link dying and going through the various stages of grief.

[@Tosmasta00]

There is also a theory that Link used the Lens of truth and Fierce deity mask in a desperate attempt to find Navi/get out of the Lost Woods. Minor note: Only grown ups turn into stalfos.

[@andrewstacey7337]

And how poetic that when all is said and done at the end of Majora's Mask, he never finds her... :'(

[@Zeltik]

incredible.

[@GoodBloodGames]

Oh yay I'm glad you showed up.

[@dazzlingporkchop4881]

@@GoodBloodGames Found this video randomly on my feed... Just wow. Incredible audio tone and script. 2:00 minutes in and i can FEEL the purityhis words. Never seen or heard of this channel .and im persistent loz and general youtube viewer. Just wanted to say thank you . (I know i already made my own comment. I just dont know how to tag a user.) Love you you @Zeltik

[@dazzlingporkchop4881]

See.. -_-

[@lucashapham7668]

Okay it's good if the king of zelda videos is here

[@lukestutzman7093]

Damn, ZELTIC is here?!

[@MsAnimelover6666]

I always thought the saddest part of OoT is the fact that link is forced to become a child again (ignore the stupid nintendo timeline, just at the end of the game in the credits) He has all this knowledge of what could have happened in the future, and no one but the seven sages know, but he can’t be with them because he’s a child, but he doesn’t belong with the kokiri because he’s lost all child-like innocence,he’s fought in a war that technically didn‘t happen

[@liamt44]

MsAnimelover6666 don't see how that has to do with the timeline. I mean that literally happened. It's not like the timeline made it NOT happen

[@jodybigfoot]

there is no need to connect all the stories into one timeline ey.... they are fine as separate myths

[@alpharabbit2353]

So regardless the timeline, the Hero of Time truly drew the short straw. He either dies a hero, or fades into obscurity

[@mctorres9369]

At the end, it was all a dream.

[@ecoaide3]

It's no wonder the melancholy of Majora's Mask dovetails so nicely with the end of OoT. Easily my two favorites in the series.

[@Sheofthedream]

This is my first time seeing this. I just lost my mom suddenly and unexpectedly. But some of my earliest memories are sitting on the edge of the pull out bed in our living room, while my mom played OOT and MM. I was very young and it fostered a strong love for Zelda and video games in general. The heroic story caught my young attention. As an adult, I find myself combing these games for every shred of subtext. I started playing TOTK and found myself exploring the castle and castle town ruins out of that childhood wonder and nostalgia. And I felt that pull of childhood. The slow, deconstructed sad melody of Lon Lon Ranch where I spent so much time as a kid in OOT. It felt safe and fun. Now it's stripped and barely exists. It feels the same. Losing my mom means I have to start on a new adventure. A life without her. An adult with less childhood to hold on to. But I think she'd be proud of me.

[@scottbackler8700]

I feel like she would my friend - just know you’re so loved in this world & I wish good things come your way ❤️ 🙏🏼

[@KimCruzes]

I'm so sorry for your loss and she's playing Nintendo in heaven until you can join her someday. I'm sure she's proud of you no matter what!

[@SonbaricXD02]

She's very proud of you. 🌠

[@trueblade3636]

I know what you went through. I hoped that you learned something from this video and realize what 'Suddenly dies' means. Check it out, please. I am not here to hurt you.

[@Webberjo]

When the video ends and you just sit there in silence for a while, reflecting. That's when you know you just watched something good.

[@jasonfrost5025]

Yep. Third line most relevant. Lots to think about. Super depressing. I never really considered that literally no one would even know anything about what Link just did to save the world once he got sent back to the childhood ("hero triumphant") timeline. The only person who would know is the continuing timeline Zelda ("hero triumphant" but disappears), but he can't ever see her again or get back to her. And he can't go back to Kokiri Forest because he's not really a child anymore, and he's not physically an adult. He doesn't belong anywhere, he has no one, and the only person who would understand what he went through is essentially ripped from his life. He couldn't even pass on his lessons because who would believe him (hence the Twilight Princess shade)? How gut wrenching.

[@KarianDespri]

@@jasonfrost5025 That's why, in the Majora's Mask sequel, Link does go back to the Lost Woods. He's so distraught at having lost his connection to his childhood, that he can't help but go searching for it again, even though he KNOWS he's doomed to eternal suffering if he can't find it. But, he's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't, because if he leaves his childhood behind so completely, he's destined for sorrow anyways, having already sacrificed all the things in his life that represented his childhood. Luckily, he comes across Tatl, someone else's fairy, the representation of someone else's childhood wonder, and she manages to guide him through his grief. As much as I really don't like TheGameTheorists, I would recommend taking the idea I just expressed and thinking on it while watching the Game Theory episode "LINK IS DEAD" and apply the logic I've proposed to the idea that, while it isn't the death of Link himself, he is still going through the stages of grief, because his childlike wonder--represented by Navi--has died (or at least left him forever). Also, as Dissolution points out above this comment thread, Link manages to rekindle his sense of childlike wonder through the eyes of others, like Skull Kid. This theme is even explored through the Kafei side quest line, where Kafei is trapped in his child form (much like Link is, given that he has the memories of his adulthood but can't actually be taken seriously like an adult due to his child form), and suffers a lot of inconvenience and embarrassment because of it because he actually IS an adult but has had his ability to deal with his responsibilities (his marriage) stripped away from him by the jealous Skull Kid.

[@vincentlaw1415]

Amen

[@MRbold1992]

true /showerthoughts

[@ShadowSkyX]

Then you revisit the game...and see that everything is there and true. When it at long last clicks that Saria, Darunia, all of the sages are _dead_ (save zelda) and realize you were either too late to save them, watched them die or head towards certain death - assuming that Darunia wasn't already dead; a ghost waiting on Link to show up so he could relay what's happening. That the temples were a reflection of Link's state of mind, stages of grief or both. That Rauru was the king of hyrule, and the owl was his mouth piece to guide or carry link to his destination. As an adult, he could only watch over him from afar. That Navi _died,_ like a spirit that went into the light with no more regrets or reasons to stay tied to the living, and suddenly the game is even sadder now that you're older and realize Link can't go back to being a child just like that, not after everything he goes through. even if he somehow did make it back to Kokiri forest on his own it wouldn't be the same. He didnt belong before and certainly not anymore. His quest to save Hyrule irreversably changed him and Majora's Mask shows the proof.

[@dillonkellybenitz7113]

“In the end, Link is changed forever. A savior, banished from his childhood, destined to roam alone in a world that doesn’t remember him.” This quote right here really tied it all together and broke my heart. This video is amazing, thank you, truly.

[@mr.prilosec725]

@Miles Doyle piss off preacher

[@stale_tortilla9580]

@Miles Doyle mucho texto

[@s4mpson]

@Miles Doyle go crusade elsewhere, clown.

[@lauracristinasarcos8399]

Stop it.

[@Cosmic-Bear.]

No joke, that straight up made me cry.

[@AttackingTucans]

Yo the effort you put into this video is beautiful and this was probably the most inspirational piece of Zelda content I’ve ever seen. Thank you for raising the bar. 🙏🏽

[@famouscharactersplay4298]

Holy. Attacking tucans still exists! I love your super Mario Sunshine versus. Is that series ever going to come back?

[@MTNMN]

You are the last person I expected to see in the comments. I’m glad to see you’re active in the community! Thanks for supporting other youtubers

[@vcdonovan5943]

My only regret is that I have but one like to give for this video. A masterclass in video production and literary analysis! EXCEPTIONAL!

[@rooler222]

Big fan ive watched all of you videos means a lot that you truly care about the content u make and the other that make it

[@lyndiem1847]

“raising the bar” indeed!!

[@BrixsDNAfortnite]

I vividly remember the final emotion when in 1999, as a kid, I was finishing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was this overwhelming sadness that you perfectly dissect. Beautiful video, beautiful work. I would just add one more thing to the "losing" part that you describe: as Link progresses in the story, as we heal the world around us, we’re also losing the game… soon it’s going to be over, and we won’t be able to feel it as we did for the first time, again. Maybe that’s why so many people keep searching for something more about it. We want that feeling back. We want to go back in time an experience it just one more time for the first time. For those of us that play it when it launched, as kids/adolescents, I believe there is something bounding us together, it's almost like if we had lived the same life, and lost it… but we’ll always have this memory in common that unite us and bring us together through time.

[@Ascension_4]

The last words you said 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@faby_baby]

true also, Jesus will fulfill you more than anything in this world, I speak from experience (from when i did Romans 10:9-13), he loves you and wants to be in a meaningful (not romantic) relationship with you. :) “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬ If you want proof that Jesus and the Bible are true look a documentary called “Ron Wyatt discoveries 2022” on KZbin and a KZbin channel called Expedition Bible. They both examine archeological sites and discoveries that prove the Bible, and even reference secular sources. (Just don’t convert to 7th day Adventism after watching the documentary) And lastly if you don’t know the gospel and want to be saved search up “abc’s of Salvation Teenmissions” on Google and it should be the first or second result. When you click on it read the whole thing, and do what it says and have faith in Jesus while you are doing it, do not doubt, and if it is hard for you to do what it says, ask Jesus to help you, have faith that he will, and he will. God Bless :)

[@sunakopuli]

This is, by far, the best produced documentary about a game I've ever seen. Specially about a game I love with all my heart. This is a masterpiece.

[@vinesauce]

Amazing video, thanks for taking the time to put this all together.

[@ThyVincent]

I think many would be glad to hear your impression on this in a stream byniot

[@LanternGhost]

Wow is that a rare shroom-man

[@austinnewell9791]

I'm pretty sure i got recommended this by binging your twilight princess streams so thanks

[@TomNJoshPlay]

ThyVincent he spoke about it during his most recent stream! That's how I heard about it ahah

[@ordo3297]

Which stream?

[@PassMeDownJeans]

I’ve watched this video over 5 times now, and every time I’m jaw dropped at how artistic and creative the entirety of everything is. What wonderful editing, insight, and creativity. Thank you. This is what KZbin exist for.

[@joaodorjmanolo]

My third time watching it. So good.

[@SvintMvrcus]

Nicks Kinda Neat man same here sometimes I’ll even put it on when I’m going to sleep so my imagination can run with it

[@klauschamberlain7600]

This is the kind of thing I always want to say, but am to amazed to find the words

[@StatchanaReborn]

Same here.. I just come back to this from time to time.

[@GiullianoSS]

This kind of job he did here!?! only with true love you have power to go with discipline.... but the true history of mankind....before Egypt pyramids gisa sphinx etc...deserves this kind of purity/love

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Fuckin’ 4 years and this is still thee best Zelda video I’ve seen on this entire platform. I’ve watched it a million times. Fuckin’ made me cry the first time I watched it!

[@ConnorEatsPants]

This is still the best video I've ever seen on this site.

[@Haydent24]

Made me a bit emotional at the end there

[@berk4357]

CONNOR!! Eat pant conar

[@mattisemo6881]

i completely agree connor

[@glutenfreemayo]

It really is a great video.

[@zumwansi6734]

I agree 100%

[@H.L.S.98]

I have a genuine emotional attachment to this game. When I put the cartridge in my n64, in my head it’s similar to when Link places the Master Sword back in its pedestal. And I’m transported back to my childhood. Then when I take it out. It’s back to adulthood 😭

[@sheepshark]

I can't believe I never put that together.

[@shadowfire_08]

sheepshark no shit 🤯😭

[@1WEareBUFO1]

the ocarina songs all make me cry.

[@TheGracefacekiller]

That’s beautifully said

[@CastlevaniaDXC]

But if you put it this way Link's childhood was taken away. The opposite of what we had we when we played the Ocarina of Time as children. Child Link at 7 years old had to grow up fast to set out to his adventure and didn't have time to play. He served and put others people's needs and happiness before his. You could say that as adult Link he was experiencing to be a child something that was taken away because you see him playing mini games and breaking jars and collecting masks :,)

[@GarArtStudios]

Um. Wow. WOW. No words. This is one of the greatest videos about Ocarina of Time--Zelda for that matter--I have ever seen. Hands down. Undeniably beautiful work, Javed. And huge shoutouts to the incredible team that helped make this possible. This is INCREDIBLE.

[@Tufhhuyy]

Honestly, one of the better, if not the best, insights into the story of anything of its kind.

[@nathananderson9701]

Watching this the day after I found out my childhood best friend succame to his cancer was perhaps not the right idea. Some of the most vivid memories I have of us together are set in a dinky sideroom of his house where would play N64. We were inseparable for years, until I decided that the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and whatever new GameCube game of the day were of less interest than the girls in the cafeteria. We grew apart, though never with any malice. I reached out to him a few times in my post-college days, but everything was promises and vague plans. Time was infinite, until it wasn't. Now I am here, mourning a friend whose companionship in my formative years I would not trade for anything. A feeling that resonates oh so closely with themes explored here. RIP David, you will be missed.

[@lucasblair2490]

Hey, we all go out there into the world on our own journey, and sadly, not everyone makes it to the end. I just lost my best friend from high school 6 months ago, and I can relate. I moved to another school after sophomore year, but we kept in touch online. We always talked about getting back together, but never took the time. I'll always regret it.

[@TheChroNikler498]

I know this video is over a year old, but I just wanted to take a moment to say how not only does this video show just how amazing of a story Ocarina of Time has, but it also makes Majora's Mask an even better game. How does Majora's Mask begin? Link looking for Navi, trying to regain his lost childhood. What are the main aspects of Majora's Mask? Masks (obviously) and grief. There's been all sorts of videos talking about how the five regions represent the stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance), and it's that way INTENTIONALLY, because these are the feelings going through Link's head. When it comes to masks, this game makes it very clear that masks are tied with grief. Whenever link receives a mask in game, it is because he helps someone overcome their grief (the giving of the mask to Link reinforcing the idea of Link taking sorrow from others and placing it on himself). The Song of Healing is the greatest example. In playing the song, Link removes all the sorrow and grief that the person felt and forms a mask from it. THAT'S why it hurts so much to put it on, because when he does, he relives all the sorrow and regret the original person felt. And this idea of masks and sorrow goes even deeper. What do masks do? They hide what lies beneath. Our desires, our fears, our vulnerabilities, all hidden behind a mask that, while bright and colorful, is filled with grief and regret. And no one represents this better than Link: a man in a child's body who had his childhood taken from him. He has the outward appearance of a strong young hero, while underneath lies a grief-ridden man yearning for his youth. The question is, how does Link overcome this sorrow? Well, primarily by going through the five regions/stages (Clock Town being denial, the Swamp being anger, the Mountains bargaining, the Bay depression, and Ikana acceptance). But he also learns from the constant three day cycle. This is someone yearning for "the good old days" who is now forced to live the same three days over, and over, and over again. It makes Link realize something: holding onto and regretting the past will get you nowhere in life. You have to let time pass, you have to see that dawn of a new day. You have to move on. And, moving back to the Song of Healing, how do you remove that guilt? By taking off the mask, by leaving it behind and moving on (just as the spirits did). And that's what Link does. That's why Majora inhabiting Skull Kid makes for such a great parallel: it represents Link's inability to let go of his childhood, and by defeating it, he let's go of all his grief, starting the "Dawn of a New Day". Link casts off his mask that had been grieving him for so long, and moves on with his life. In the end credits, when we see him riding on Epona, he's not going INTO the Lost Woods, he's LEAVING it. He's stopped looking for Navi. He's letting go of the past and embracing a bright future. He has healed. Majora's Mask isn't a story about sorrow; it's a story about healing.

[@codyfinchum890]

I do like your theory and it is incredibly well put together but link does become stalfo why I dont think we will ever know two things link could have died in the lost wood and this majoras mask could have been him accepting his death and letting go or your right in he let's goes of his past and venture home to hyrule but the lost wood was his only way back and his only last regret in life was not passing his skills in combat on and maybe having children which is why the two link are different in tp it was left so open ended they could make another game explaining what happen to link and kill wizard trying to revive Gannon or steal the triforce. Sorry for grammar and run on sentences I do apologize but I never cared for English as it would never make me money so I focus on things I was good at

[@binusbechbips758]

@@codyfinchum890 Oot Link obv made it back, he wouldnt have had children had he died right after MM. Children become skull kids while adults became stalfos, and Link was still a kid before and after majoras mask. He returned, possibly married malon and had children, lived a steady life while working for the royal family and possibly adventured/mapped out the Hyrule we see in twilight princess and placed the howling stones everywhere. Hero's shade is a spectral ghost, not a stalfos. The armor we see on him could have been ceremonial armor in honor of his death as well

[@windexman2280]

​@@binusbechbips758 Isnt the Twilight princess link a descendent of the hero of time? If he married malon that would explain why twilight princess link is a farmer. That is all just speculation though. I really hope that the next zelda game after botw 2 takes place in between majoras mask and twilight princess and explains what the hero of time got up to and how he became the heros shade

[@syntaxerror4926]

@@windexman2280 it also explains why twilight princess link also knows eponas song.

[@binusbechbips758]

@@windexman2280 Most definately!! They say Botw2 will have some Majora's mask vibes so I cant wait!! While I wish nintendo could give OOT Link a proper ending but I also wish that they won't, simply because he remains as one of the most enigmatic/mysterious Link (at least in my opinion) which makes fans to theorize what could've happened Without a doubt that TP is OOT Link's blood descendant, I say that OOT Link may have married Malon (which the majority of people can agree on) because there's a still a chance that OOT Link couldve wound up with Zelda of his era. I like to think that he did end up with Zelda and some events happened after, which resulted in OOT Link's descendants splitting up from the royal family and settle very late in Ordon village, as only TP Link is the only one in the village that has the Hylian Ears. I could explain a lot more from my head cannon but I'll stop here :)

[@TJ-tu5xc]

Do you remember how you played this game as a child? And now you're 35 years old, still roaming Hyrule in the search for that childhood that is gone as if you were asleep for years. The childhhod vs adulthood thread is not only one of the game. It's one that applies to us all, in real life. Back then, we were just playing. Now we look back onto this with the same loss that Link does.

[@Bene_Singularis]

The Hero of Time is my hero.

[@TigerLaw89]

This is a great insight. I wish it was in the video too.

[@Scar-jq2co]

Omg. That really hurt. Yes. Im 30 years old and I still play OoT from time to time just to kinda remember what it felt like to be a 7 year old kid again. It’s like a dream long-forgotten …

[@AugustUnbr0ken]

I just finished playing the game again in the form of a Randomizer, which was incredibly fun and jovial. But, at the conclusion of the game, I came to the exact same conclusion of feeling such a sense of loss! Obviously, I spiraled and that's how I've ended up here: being validated by videos and comments that let me know I'm not alone in both my journey and appreciation of the sheer beauty that envelops this experience. This video is a true masterpiece and has helped me make sense of all the raging emotions I've been feeling and the sense of sorrow I have had, I felt and had some of these ideas, but not in this form or clarity.

[@christopherdelcioppio7209]

Yep. 34 years old and still playing this game, longing for those late 90s years when I was playing it for the first time. Really well said!

[@MegaNancyLover]

The Title-Screen of OOT was always meant to set the mood for the game’s loneliness theme. I mean, he *is* riding around Hyrule Field all alone while nostalgic semi-melancholy music plays in the background.

[@sammhaynes3143]

That music, every I time I hear it, I am moved to tears. I've purchased and keep working on perfecting playing that song on the Ocarina. It just... It really perfectly fits the mood for the game.

[@Omnicharlizard]

All these years later and the line: “The cruel flow of time…time is the true villain of the story” Just hits so bloody hard 😔

[@Vingul]

Cute, or true?

[@Omnicharlizard]

@@Vingultrue 😂😂 didn’t see that auto correct

[@Vingul]

@@Omnicharlizard hahha fair play.

[@lightbrand_]

The dude just kinda made a masterpiece of a video then peace’d out

[@dylanhyde5353]

yeah, how come he just left right before he hit 100k subs

[@Omnicharlizard]

Right? I thought he had dozens of video essays, but no. He truly has quality over quantity

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

I wish KZbin would recommend this more.

[@marisanya]

Yeah

[@unreallybro]

These are reuploads. There were three videos on ocarina of time by the same narrator It was a diff channel. This is the first 1.

[@DeJuanchi27]

one visual event that really hit me in the video game, that also hit me in real life. was when adult link went back to the kokiri village and every thing was so small compare to when he was kid and everyone didn't know who he was. going back to my old childhood, i saw my old house, church, park, market, etc. so small and different, i didn't recognize anyone anymore. time passes as so do the people, places and memories. which is a very sad but nostalgic feeling.

[@ApexGale]

You could also make the case that the kami are rewarding Link during the child period. The boomerang, the slingshot, even the bombs to an extent (stuff like child friendly explosives such as firecrackers) are all things they give Link as thanks for his attempts at purification. The kami, arming a child with the only tools he'd understand and be able to use efficiently. Each of the weapons carry whimsical significance: Link shoots a massive spider in the eye with deku nuts, throws explosives into a massive lizard's gullet, and severs a parasite's support with a boomerang. This all sounds very much like solutions to a problem in a children's adventure book. Then you get to the adult bit and that's just completely gone. You're not shooting nuts, you're shooting lethal arrows at Phantom Ganon. You're smashing a dragon in the head with an extremely heavy hammer. You're pulling a cell out of its liquid container and exposing it to harmful air so you can kill it. You use the lens of truth to expose a demon, and you deflect fire and ice to burn two crones. The methods by which Link deals with the bosses just completely abandon that playful nature.

[@ApexGale]

It's the action itself that is humorous, though. King Dodongo doesn't explode into pieces, he makes a pretty silly burping noise like he ate too much. The child bosses are all portrayed more comically, like it's an actual game that a child is playing, or their own imagination running rampant.

[@Mr0Anonymous0]

Bombs are one of the weapons Link is able to use as an adult, though.. And still uses, not for main bosses, but to an extent still needs to progress. What do you make of that?

[@Joanropo]

Good point!

[@ShadowSkyX]

Also those witches supposedly raised ganondorf: you killed his mothers and they are the only nonmonsters besides ganondorf you cut down. But ganon arose and you had to kill him (again), but the burden is lessened slightly because he no longer resembles a man.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

interesting

[@alexodemann6324]

Still returning to this masterpiece

[@AviatrixDown]

Anju: Wow, you're so mature for you age. Link: Thanks, it's the trauma.

[@joshwilliams8863]

For real, tho

[@AviatrixDown]

@kshamwhizzle Incidentally I'm just now reading these books, will finish A Feast For Crows today and I think I'm in the middle of season 2? I never watched the show until now. Poor Sansa baby :(

[@hopebringer2348]

@@AviatrixDown That doesn't happen in the books. The showrunners don't hold women in very high regard, that's all.

[@AviatrixDown]

​@@hopebringer2348 Yeah it was clear from Daeny's wedding night that they take some "artistic liberties". I'm going to take a lot of notes while reading ADWD so when the TWOW comes out I've got the continuity right. Another thing I can't stand: why is Show!Sam so horny? He's much less endearing.

[@LstBrth]

No, that's Steven

[@stormynightpictures]

I don’t think anyone has given such a view into the heart behind the meaning of OOT before. When you have the ability to take a game that has been around for so long, and make people walk away with a NEW appreciation to the story, that’s an accomplishment that cannot be praised enough. There is no greater love letter to a story, than to re-inspire peoples love for it. You nailed it!

[@PieceofSheet0]

Well said!

[@KarianDespri]

This kind of analysis is some of the hardest analysis to do, too. Subtext is incredibly difficult to filter into a comprehensive and coherent explanation because 99% of subtext is only picked up on subconsciously. It takes the finest-toothed comb to pull this much meaning and understanding out of such a deeply complex and profound story as this. An absolutely astounding, sincere job-well-done to Good Blood here.

[@UnsungAces]

@@KarianDespri Plot twist At Nintendo HQ: Miyamoto: "wow these guys have some of the greatest imaginations i've ever seen"

[@StoneStephenT]

If every video-based critique of popular media was as well-written, exhaustively researched, and expertly crafted as this video, we would be all the better for it.

[@RyanPrunty]

This channel is absolutely incredible

[@GlinkBetweenWorlds]

This might be the best video I've seen on KZbin. Not only did you delve deep into these unexplored areas of lore surrounding the game, but the presentation was also "masterclass" itself. I made a video on OoT a few years ago attempting to do something similar, but this completely blows it out of the water and Im honestly humbled by this. There is something so true and self evident about the struggles of growing up and taking on responsibility. As a kid, I viewed the world in such a different way than I do now. Everything was captivating, encouraging, and inspiring in some way. It may sound cliche', but as an adult I think the only thing keeping you from being hopeless is holding on to that child-like sense of wonder and optimism. The balance between the pureness of childhood and the responsibility of adulthood seems to be a critical part of life.

[@Ziedricht]

The next one should be release in not too long

[@catbitszone5522]

Perfect comment for a perfect video

[@gerardobarrera4956]

Totally agree.

[@dosodraws7739]

That's the best atittude I've seen on KZbin!

[@co0ki3M0NstAr]

Well said

[@kimoh7067]

Jesus. I expected a generic Zelda Essay and got a beast in editing, motion graphics, music and narration. Good Job on all levels!

[@fuziontonygaming]

I don’t remember paying for KZbin premium.

[@scurreith3667]

Neither do I.

[@donald3335]

Same

[@farrealmrollers5764]

Can someone say that again. This was amazing. It never ceases to amaze me at the content ppl can create on here. Im only scratching the tip of the iceberg in content creation. I wonder what kind of software these publishers are using. INCREDIBLE

[@elaiottoiale4216]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpalk6OcmrZjgas

[@donald3335]

@@elaiottoiale4216 thank you

[@hakudragonboi]

I watch this video once a quarter… and I cry every time. The best video on KZbin fr.

[@tomosborne4702]

This is just an outstanding piece of work. The greatest of Ganondorf's crimes: he stole Link's childhood. The themes of OoT are all the more poignant if it played a large part of your own childhood. You can never get back the exact same feeling you had when you first played through it. You can now only see it through experienced eyes, not the eyes of innocence.

[@K4inan]

Are you sure turning a whole city into mindless zombies isn't worse than stealing a dude's childhood?

[@kimhoangvu3829]

Well he was able to revive it back. As for him returning to a child yet his childhood was lost and unchanged, being unable to go back to the Kokiri and live how you did before everything happened. That’s upsetting you know.

[@ultimomos5918]

I think this really speaks to those of us that got to experience this as children. I mean look at it now, we're adults and still talking about how this game shaped us as humans. OoT perfectly mirrors our own maturity into adulthood, especially given that we are the generation that bridged such massive leaps in technology. A generation, nostalgic for the simplicity of our childhood and moving ever forward into the complexities of the future. As was said in this video, time was always the enemy.

[@silvervelvet8893]

@@ultimomos5918 This is also part of why people in retrospect doesn't seem to fully get why OOT was such a good game. People get hung up on the technical flaws, and the bad designs of certain aspects of the game. Yeah, it wasn't a technical masterpiece, and it sure wasn't the "best of all time" gameplay design, but it had a lot more behind it than that. Today's AAA mentality of "pretty and functional" isn't what we used to focus on when playing games as kids. It has warped what made these games so amazing, partly by the direction the game design has gone, and partly because we simply can't view games the same way we did when we were 10. Time is indeed very cruel.

[@greatshinobi-owl3120]

Tom Osborne I thinking killing the town of hyrule was worse

[@AshThunor]

I think most of us understood these themes subconsciously when playing OoT as a kid, and that is why it is the Zelda game most hold as most dear now that we are older. In many ways, we played a game of our life before it unfolded. Let us give thanks to the game's creators and continue to support them.

[@PieceofSheet0]

Yes

[@zenssa6686]

Yea

[@KarianDespri]

The thing that makes subtext, and any well-written stories in general, so profoundly interesting is specifically that: our subconscious picks up on these themes, these incredibly powerful and soul-resonating themes, and that's why they stick with us for so long. Even if we don't know WHY we love something so much, the fact that we DO means--almost every single time--that there is something truly special and personal written into the subtext of the story. That's why things like Dark Souls, despite being almost entirely mystic-babble (as Arin Hanson would put it), are so profoundly captivating. All the theming is about sense of duty, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and trial-by-fire, which are all themes that resonate with almost every single human being on this planet. These subconscious queues are what make people fall so deeply in love with these stories, and more often than not, the best stories will only be picked up on subconsciously like these ones, unless the dialogue lampshades the themes for you but that usually takes away from the experience rather than adding to it and should only be done for comedy's sake (imo, generally speaking at least).

[@cstober2]

I did not decypher it nearly as much as this documentary does, I was *too* young...but I still hold it very fondly.

[@dylannalyd1132]

I definitely hooked onto the naturalistic parts of it but not the tragic heroism, great vid!

[@jsonder2962]

This may well be the best analysis video I've ever seen. Top knotch editing, music, and your content delved deep into the thematic elements and imagery. A++ work here, lads. What a feels trip!

[@thenintendoboy1]

This. This is what games should be. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy mobas or fps games as much as the next person. However, when the game also tells a story like this; encapsulating the writers history, beliefs, and feelings. It becomes an experience in and of itself. One of the best. We need more like this.

[@scikoolaid]

Yeah but its the gameplay setup that makes the story so powerful. If you going to put story first you aren't making a video game. That's why alot modern story driven games are such bad games most of the time, the story is locked to the cutscenes which dictate almost everything that goes on and when it can. Meanwhile the gameplay is cookiecutter and takes a backseat to driving the story forward regardless if its fun to play in of itself.

[@faby_baby]

Jesus will fulfill you more than anything in this world, I speak from experience (from when i did Romans 10:9-13), he loves you and wants to be in a meaningful (not romantic) relationship with you. :) “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬ If you want proof that Jesus and the Bible are true look a documentary called “Ron Wyatt discoveries 2022” on KZbin and a KZbin channel called Expedition Bible. They both examine archeological sites and discoveries that prove the Bible, and even reference secular sources. (Just don’t convert to 7th day Adventism after watching the documentary) And lastly if you don’t know the gospel and want to be saved search up “abc’s of Salvation Teenmissions” on Google and it should be the first or second result. When you click on it read the whole thing, and do what it says and have faith in Jesus while you are doing it, do not doubt, and if it is hard for you to do what it says, ask Jesus to help you, have faith that he will, and he will. God Bless :)

[@crona1440]

The part about Navi leaving Link's side as a symbol of abandoning childhood always gives me Goosebumps and an overwhelming sense of sadness

[@Sagatta32]

Me too it was off. I guess I wanted to believe young Link would be fine but the fairy flying off and not seeing him again in kokiri made me wonder.

[@smoogieboogie1694]

This video is absolutely incredible and I’ll probably rewatch it multiple times a year, but there are a few tiny details I was surprised went unmentioned in the final story progression line, and I wanted to get your take on them here. First, I love how, when you get the Goron Ruby and Zora Sapphire, the text directly comments on how you (Link), as a child, don’t understand more adult matters. “You don’t know what Darunia means by ‘sworn brothers’ but you got the Goron Ruby!” “You don’t know what Ruto means by ‘her greatest possession’ but you got the Zora Sapphire!” In this way the text itself is clueing you in to how Link’s mind is working at this point in the story. And second, I think Link the Goron is an amazing but small plot point. Not only is it rather heartbreaking to see that Darunia named his son after you and you (unintentionally) doomed the Goron race and never visited for all those years, but it’s also a neat look back at the world Link left behind. Here, Link, as an adult, must comfort a crying child that shares his name and very clearly represents who he used to be, and who he still wishes he was. He’s not just comforting a kid that happens to share his name, he’s literally trying to comfort himself. His inner child. He most likely wishes he could cry and let someone save the day as well, but he is now the adult in the situation and so the job falls to him. Anyway, amazing video. I just wanted to bring these up to get your take.

[@GoodBloodGames]

The only reason I didn't include that stuff is because I didn't even notice them! wow man they are some great observations. I wish I put them in!

[@smoogieboogie1694]

Good Blood oh wow thank you so much! I really, really like this video. I’m excited for the others you will end up doing.

[@smoogieboogie1694]

skaionex what I’m saying is the experiences Link goes through are what ages him mentally. He’s basically forced to grow up quickly due to the prophecy he’s thrust into, and the run-in to a child with his name, who he has to comfort in order to move forward in his quest, is a big moment in regards to that. It may be the first time it really hit him. He may still be a kid in an adult’s body, but to those outside and in order to complete his quest, he is now an adult.

[@TheRodoable]

@@skaionex I think it is important to consider that the growing up story is presented in a metaphorical way. As a true 'legend' -or myth-, the story speaks through symbols and figures rather than having a realistic approach. In that case, the adulthood that Link has to embody carries within all of its significants.

[@joeb8693]

I HATE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE MORE VIEWS

[@awesomefaceprod]

Wow...I've played Ocarina of Time more than I can count. While not all of the amazing sub-text was lost on me...the implication of Navi leaving Link and him not being able to return home as a result never hit me...Despite knowing the lore of link turning into the Heroes Shade in TP. I can't believe I never connected those dots after all these years.

[@Marlotix]

The Hero of Time Link doesn't turn into a Stalfos, though. He has a grave in Hyrule Castle graveyard in Twilight Princess. The Hero's Shade is meant to be his ghost, still lingering after death due to unsettled disputes in life (no one remembering his deeds as a hero due to time travel, and not being able to pass down his knowledge from it), like how ghosts are seen as in Shintoism.

[@azure9809]

And yet he still tried. He still tried to go home. And spent the rest of his life chasing that childhood in the forest. Going through Majora's mask looking for Navi. Then.... inevitably failing and becoming a stalfos like the others who attempt to chase the past. The Hero's Shade. In attempting to save the future timeline.... he only delays what was to come, leading into windwaker and the world being flooded and accidentally leaving the world without a hero. And in the past he wanders for all of the rest of his life. Gannon stole Link's childhood... and Link himself wasted his future chasing what was already gone until he could no longer go back and make something for himself.

[@TastyCarcass]

@@Marlotix This. The hero's shade is clearly not a stalfos, it's a ghost. He most likely still lived a long life, given the shade's dialogue and having descendants

[@Mysticgamer]

I think this may be either the deku tree's doing. He probably told navi to help him on his quest and find a home for him. If Link went back to the forest he'd stay a kid forever and never marry and have kids. Also, possibly the triforce would probably stay dormant within him but never be used. When Link told Zelda about Ganondorf and showed the triforce he was probably taken in as squire. Navi probably told the other kids that link was hylian and had to stay.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

@@Mysticgamer I think you're half right...its stated that when a fairy's job is done it vanishes Navi left link immediately probably because she didnt want to say goodbye, be it what you said or that more than likely Navi would cease to be, especially with the great deku tree still being dead

[@InfinityDz]

I did realize OoT Link was one of the saddest, but not for the same reasons. When I decided to replay the game back in 2014, I started noticing how sad Link's backstory was in this game, he's an orphan who never knew his parents and was given to the Deku Tree to guard him. He grows up wanting to believe he's a kokiri but some of'em are rude to him and make it a point to remind him he's not one of them. He has Saria as a friend but he has to leave her behind because the Deku Tree has placed the fate of the world on his shoulders. He then goes on an epic and exciting adventure, of which I'm convinced Link enjoyed every second, including the descent into the bottom of the well and the shadow temple. Don't forget he has the triforce of Courage, so he has an innate sense and enjoyment of adventure, but... his only remaining friend, AKA Navi, has to leave him to return to the Kokiri forest now that her duty is over. He can't follow her there, and there's nothing to do now that the world is saved. The beginning of Majora's Mask tells you he's now on a journey to make a friend. Majora's Mask's whole story revolves around dealing with the loss of friends or family, and in the end Link ends up thankfully befriending the Skull kid, but I don't think any Link has a sadder backstory than this.

[@lionkingflo6355]

I don't think that navi returned to kokiri forest, but I think that she left completely after her duty was over

[@scikoolaid]

It seems like you could interpret it that way at first, but the way the opening of Majora's Mask writes and the sound effect of Navi he clearly was searching for Navi specifically not to make a new friend. Though, that certainly would become the objective when he eventually came to the realization that he may never find her again. I had to go check and see if the text said it in a way that he was looking to "make" a friend because that would change alot but its not the case.

[@InfinityDz]

@@scikoolaid That's even sadder, he couldn't get over her loss. But then immediately you meet Skull Kid who was abandoned by the 4 giants because of their duty, the same way Link was abandoned by Navi. Remember the line "Forgive... Your... Friend", that's 100% meant as an echo of Navi saying this to Link. He makes friends with Tatl and Tael, but because of Majora's Mask, they're separated again, and thankfully he meets Link who was also looking for a friend to keep all along. The Happy Mask salesman's last words a serve as a conclusion to Link and Skull Kid's backstory. Man were these 2 games well written.

[@scikoolaid]

@@InfinityDz Indeed. I think Yoshiaki Koizumi has made the very special touch to these highly elevated games within their series. He wrote ALTTP's back story, Link's Awakening, and huge influence on both OoT and MM in all aspects, graphics, gameplay targeting, models, story. It's huge. I wish he wasn't mostly dealing with the Mario' series personally. I want Zelda to respect it's roots more from before the gamecube era.

[@faby_baby]

Jesus will fulfill you more than anything in this world, I speak from experience (from when i did Romans 10:9-13), he loves you and wants to be in a meaningful (not romantic) relationship with you. :) “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬ If you want proof that Jesus and the Bible are true look a documentary called “Ron Wyatt discoveries 2022” on KZbin and a KZbin channel called Expedition Bible. They both examine archeological sites and discoveries that prove the Bible, and even reference secular sources. (Just don’t convert to 7th day Adventism after watching the documentary) And lastly if you don’t know the gospel and want to be saved search up “abc’s of Salvation Teenmissions” on Google and it should be the first or second result. When you click on it read the whole thing, and do what it says and have faith in Jesus while you are doing it, do not doubt, and if it is hard for you to do what it says, ask Jesus to help you, have faith that he will, and he will. God Bless :)

[@lonnacusmax]

Actually crying. This game established my childhood. You honestly put all those things I felt into words which I didn’t think possible. OOT is and will always be the greatest game I’ve ever played. It really is heartbreaking though. Just one of them things

[@coffeecatskimchi5962]

Amen

[@KitsuneGod28]

I was only 9 or 10 when this game came out I didn't understand this game much. Now as a adult I understand it now.

[@link45ish]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Both by you and the video. Amen

[@NerismaStudios]

"I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults." - Shigeru Miyamoto This has to be my favorite quote about life I've ever been blessed with.

[@WilliamH157]

What are you doing making videos for KZbin? You just wrote a master's thesis. This stuff belongs on Netflix, or somewhere it can make you the money you deserve. This is the best-produced video I have ever seen on KZbin. I'm not kidding. Keep up the amazing work. I don't normally comment on videos. That's how good this is. Amazing. Brilliant. Perfect.

[@CherryBlossom-yn7oq]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@Malicos]

KZbin has well over 10x the audience Netflix has. Netflix is sitting at over $12 billion in debt. With other companies like Disney/Fox bailing out to create their own streaming service, and competition like Amazon and Hulu becoming more fierce, I can confidently say Good Blood made the smartest decision.

[@uwirl4338]

While this has an admittedly amazing production quality, it's far from the best produced video on KZbin. It's also shallow as fuck and no amount of formal refinement can fix that.

[@jacobyullman5005]

@@uwirl4338 Shallow? How do you mean?

[@Madx2326]

@@uwirl4338 You're quite right.

[@managai83]

Thank you for taking the happy memories of my favorite game from my childhood, and replacing it with absolute, soul-crushing depression.

[@bitter-bit]

"that no one remembered" I just started weeping. Oh, Link.... This is why Hero's Shade is my favourite. I wish I could give him a hug.

[@Vickeey17]

He'll always be my all time favorite Link. He's such a tragic one and deserves the fkn world gdi. Give Time a break sasdfsghj

[@persiancrew]

@@Vickeey17 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaHSgIuMf7Whf9E so KZbinr major link is creating a story around the hero shade. got me in tears after a minute.

[@dayshallcomeagain]

I love Hero's Shade too, but not because he had a hard life. You don't like someone because their life was crappy. The reason I love him as a character so much is because he still did the right thing regardless of how difficult his life was. He never whined, never complained, never lashed out at anybody, never blamed anybody for his problems. He just did the right thing, despite that no one remembered him for it. And he was happy. And to me, that's true kindness.

[@irjo]

Well, he was remembered in the Wind Waker (adult timeline), only thing is that he never appeared again to confront evil once again.

[@KolerikRocks]

I Absolutely love OOT, beautiful story, beautiful everything!!!

[@GameXplain]

Amazing video! A masterclass in subtext indeed!

[@ethaan3164]

Gamexplain, what are your opinions on Big Chungus possibly being ported to the Nintendo Switch?

[@ShadowSkyX]

You should bring this video up the next time you guys stream, I want to hear what you think of this video

[@BAGGEDRAT]

Some of the absolute best writing and editing I've seen on KZbin in forever

[@daffertube]

If you like this check out 1791L. They post similar quality. They upload more frequently but with less length.

[@liquidcurse4190]

What the hell is your picture

[@BAGGEDRAT]

@@liquidcurse4190 mole rat my guy

[@dirkgoldman1155]

I thought I have seen it all. Excellent video essays from films, history, geopolitics, mystery, etc. But this is a Masterpiece. The writing, the sound design and editing. Too bad he is not dropping new videos.

[@TheLegendHimselfClan]

Blown away by the quality of this video. Exceptional work. A lot of the information came through to me as a child playing this game, but not in an even remotely conscious way. I have no doubt these layers influenced my love for this game and the Zelda franchise, but I never would've been able to articulate that, which you did. Thanks so much for the time on this, and best of luck in any future projects.

[@YondaimesApology]

(good job on the dsc world second or third)

[@farrealmrollers5764]

@thelegendhimself Took the words right out of my mouth!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpalk6OcmrZjgas

[@absolutevulnerability443]

Wow, well said. Never would have thought of this. Makes me think about the profound impact it has had on me. Will never forget the first time playing this game. Pure unadulterated joy and wonder. Heh, unadulterated.

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@absolutevulnerability443 yeah this game and Mario 64 were the first games to ever make me feel “free” . Just don’t get the same kind of feeling with games anymore

[@nickkotowski9271]

Recently I came across a fan theory online (I can't recall where exactly) that explained this by explaining the life cycle of fairies in greater detail. Have you ever noticed that the bottled fairies that you use disappear right after they heal you? This is because of how fairy life cycles work: certain fairies are created by guardian spirits, such as the Great Fairies and the Deku Tree, to fulfill a specific purpose, such as healing weary travelers. Once that purpose if fulfilled, the fairy disappears. When the Deku Tree addressed Navi at the beginning of the game, she had literally just been created, the blank screen representing her transition into being. The Deku Tree created her for the purpose of assisting Link in his quest, and when Link placed the Master Sword back into the pedestal at the end of the game, that purpose was completed. That's why Navi flew out the window and left Link behind: she couldn't bear the thought of Link seeing her die.

[@dirtyjamsgot1795]

I used to believe this, but now I think that the fairies return to the spot they were found. In BOTW, once you catch a fairy, you won't find another in that place until you have used some. Then, you come back later to find 1, maybe 2 fairies where there had once been 3, and see that you still have another.

[@nickkotowski9271]

Dirty Jams Got17, Intriguing cause we do find link "searching" for Navi in a wooded area.

[@ShadowSkyX]

She went into the light...like a spirit that no longer has any reason to linger among the living. Link was strong enough without her now. Only Epona - and by some extension Malon and Talon -- the Kokiri Sword, and the Ocarina of Time were the only things that survived from his childhood. The Ocarina of Time alone embodies his entire adventure through time, Kokiri Sword is a reminder where he grew up before it all started for him and possibly reminds him of both Navi and the Great Deku Tree, the two beings that basically raised him and helped him _Navigate_ through his journey of growing up. Epona resembles a sense of safety and companionship, of simpler times at Lon Lon Ranch with Malon and Talon, briefly recapturing his childhood before larger than life responsibilities demand him back.

[@StatchanaReborn]

Nick Kotowski omg.... like any backing facts for it.. but I love it.. goddamn that would be so freaking saaad

[@silentstorm5439]

@@StatchanaReborn I think he's right about it, i just started playing majora's mask for the first time and it's what the game says link is searching for an invaluable friend and he's in the forest my first thought was he's looking for navi the little shit I never thought I could actually miss

[@commonwealthrealm]

Wow, just wow. Spread the word about this masterpiece, as this video deserves way more views than this!

[@meatsauce4772]

Commonwealth Realm love ur channel

[@James-ky6pt]

Glad you guys saw this video too! It deserves a lot more views

[@jpm7764]

You guys should promote this on your channel.

[@darkstardayne8760]

I think this guy has another channel which contains loads of dark souls lore.

[@Ziedricht]

@@darkstardayne8760 ???

[@clubnesman]

It is 4 years later and I still look back every now and then hoping he has released the next one. This video is just that good.

[@maxime9211]

The Hyrules Journal is where he's at

[@zacc5767]

Where is that intro from? Did he make it or is it from a trailer

[@clubnesman]

I'm pretty sure he made it

[@l8on8or164]

I remember the hollow, empty feeling I was left with after beating the game for the first time... And now it all makes sense

[@ramonvargas5928]

Agree...glad I was not the only one that felt that way back in the days...

[@robinblue9105]

Same here. Not my childhood game, but I cleared this in 6th grade. I remember sitting silently in front of the scene, felt like something so precious, so dearest to me was stolen forever, there is nothing I can do to take it back and I have to live on with that.

[@IdkWhateverPs]

Beautiful editing, amazing delivery and a lot of substence. This video touched me

[@dfaulty_]

yeah, i actually felt more sad than accomplished after beating the game

[@Garrys_Soul_Recovery]

You have touched this man's heart and awoken the child within once again. With tears in my eyes, I thank you.

[@LoDaFTA]

This makes Majora's Mask all the more hauntingly terrible. A child who lost the only friend he had left - who understood the pains he had to go through - embarks on a journey to find said friend, because essentially that is the only path forward for him. Only to be stranded in a different world that is facing an unavoidable apocalypse, after being attacked and robed of all that he had left. A world that has people who bear extreme resemblances to the people he left behind, serving as a reminder of all that he had lost. Which mean that either he saves this world from doom, or watches all his friends die. So he, yet again, embarks on a journey of sacrifice, living the same three days, over and over again, watching everybody die, going back in time to try again until he finally succeeds. And in the end, never did he find his friend, but he ended up being forgotten as if all that he went through never happened. Kid link is a tortured soul, no wonder he became a stalfos.

[@anthonyswift6448]

Depresses me because oot link is my favorite one I beat ocarina and Majora's mask at a young age I didn't understand why I was depressed seeing the end of both games

[@lonelymascot]

what if the story of majorers mask is nothing more than his psyche transition as he becomes a stalfos?

[@toy1353]

I feel like Majora's Mask is more of a parallel world where Link's world was tortured by what he lost in Ocarina. He wandered into the lost woods to find Navi, and became lost like everyone else. The world flipped, he was robbed, and weak, even losing his horse. Everyone around him represented his memories and freeing himself from the world literally crashing around him was the only way to prevent himself from being forever lost to the woods, but that meant he gave up finding Navi in the end. Then he went on to have a family, and probably died still with the regret that he was never able to keep anything he truly loved (As TP link is a descendant, he could not have just been lost forever in some purgatory of termina)

[@micrmay1000]

@@lonelymascot Dude, I never really considered that. Like he's slowly going insane, and Majora's Mask is the visual metaphor of the process.

[@JB-ci8fc]

@yungneil97 TP Link has been confirmed to be a descendant of OOT Link. Considering that he's still just a child in MM, not to mention that the Hero's Shade is clearly an adult (skeleton) it's unlikely that he died at the start of MM.

[@Simmonds91]

Good lord.. This hit me hard. I liked learning about Shinto and it's influences in the game but the fact that Ganondorfs title of King of Thieves referring to his theft not just of the triforce of power but of Links childhood too really blew me away. I especially like the idea that Link is taking on Hyrules curse as he purifies the land, eventually losing everything and everyone. Fantastic video.

[@BeyondGhibli]

This is one of the best videos I've seen on the platform. Bravo.

[@koda_smash]

I found it really interesting how they showed a connection between Mononoke and Ocarina of Time, much like you did with your video on Breath of the Wild that also explored this relationship. Both videos are fantastic!

[@GlibWings06]

I couldn't agree more, KZbin is suppose to be about creating and letting ideas and concepts flourish, not following an algorithm and being a grind slave. I could be wrong but that's how I see it.

[@Eonalodin]

This game was my childhood. I played it over and over and over again since I was in preschool, I played it constantly through middle and high school, and even now.... The older I got the more I noticed and recognized how sad OoT really was, and why it really meant something to me. But this? Hearing this video essay telling me when I knew? Really pushed me to my edge and I actually broke down in tears. OoT meant everything to me as a kid. Thank you so much for this video.

[@Lucians_Sword]

this was incredible, no other words needed. Thank you for making this

[@brann6001]

Wtf!! I was just watching you yesterday and then i see you here!! Small world

[@aaronhughes1815]

I come back to watch this at least once a month.

[@bravesheep]

I'm going through hardships in my adult life, broken relationship with my wife, etc. This video nearly made me cry. It is so true how childhood seems like such easier happier times.

[@sargdacunt7259]

Love your wife and do not hurt her. Expect the same in return.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Hum. As a 17 years-old, childhood sucked. My teenager years were better.

[@edfarage570]

i've seen movies that were not as good as this youtube video, well done man. OOT has always been my favorite game, but now i know exactly why, thank you.

[@xXGatlinKillerXx]

Saw this on my recommended and I was like " Lol I'm not gonna watch a video about Ocarina of Time for a half hour." 13 min in my bro walks in and I'm like "lemme restart this for you this shit is good!"

[@sammhaynes3143]

I have tried to send it to all my friends who enjoy Zelda and liked OoT, but NONE of them have bothered yet! I can't tell you how irate I am about this! The video chokes me up every time they start talking about the 3rd thread.

[@Dostis]

4 years later and I just now found this. This is extremely well done. Good work !

[@Thunderscreamer]

“I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.” I’m a quarter of a century old, and have been watching KZbin videos for most of my life, but this is the first time I can remember one bringing me to tears. Thank you for this.

[@sophchoi4678]

The transitions in this video are so aesthetically pleasing to my soul

[@mitchythekid5596]

There are documentaries on TV that aren't NEARLY as well done as this

[@lordpistonia]

This might be the best edited video I’ve ever seen in 10 years actively watching YT

[@SirTrollsAlot322]

Something about the growing up part and Link's childhood being taken away from him hit me really hard for some reason, I don't know why, and I started crying. Amazing video.

[@brandonpetersen5710]

I think because everyone who played OOT as a child (most of us did), see's themselves as a real life reflection of Link. We are all experiencing very similar themes that Link does in this story. Growing up is inevitable, as is the flow of time, and when tragedy and loss hits the Kokiri Forest, Link is forced into growing up, leaving home, exploring the world and facing the hardships of being responsible. As are we, leaving school, growing distant from childhood friends, learning about the real nature of the world and losing our innocence (Our Navi). I realised this when i replayed OOT just recently on 3ds, while the story remains largely intact, as does the game, i never did get that sense of wonder when i first played the game, because i'm an experienced adult, i know how games are created, i've seen the guts, and it's just a familiar story. I also didn't have time to get lost in it, i have responsibilities, work, relationships. As the video stated, growing up is a losing battle, and no matter how much of a hero you are in your own life story, you will always lose in the end. All we can do in the meantime, is try to make the world a better place.

[@alexfright8217]

Same. Hit hard in the feels.

[@jesseharrold1812]

One thing I'm surprised you didn't mention is that when link grows up he can no longer wield the weapons of his childhood. After all, slingshots and boomerangs are toys. He is forced to put these aside in favor of the more "adult" tools of war that he must get acquainted with to stand a chance against Gannondorf.

[@Krukmeister]

Another thing not mentioned, though it didn't really need to be told, is the implications of Link leaving Kokiri Forest. As the video explained, the forest represents his childhood and by leaving the forest, Link leaves his childhood and becomes an adult as he goes on his quest to save Hyrule.

[@Valiant_Requiem]

Well they did mention that actually. Navi allows Link to travel back and forth from the forest as needed. He's allowed to go back to his childhood as much as he wants, so long as he has Navi. The Master Sword is Link's key back to his physical childhood and Navi is his key back into the forest, his actual childhood made manifest. Once Navi leaves, however, Link can never return to the forest. The video mentions this a few times and references to the idea in various ways, including when they mention that Link becomes a Stalfos. Whatever journeys and adventures Link goes on after Navi leaves, he eventually returns to the forest again and becomes the Stalfos we see in Twilight Princess.

[@jovanboldin3369]

Jesse Harrold I think it was alluded to when he mentioned the game’s code not allowing for anything but the master sword to battle Ganondorf in the final childhood vs adulthood battle. Either way, that’s a good observation!

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@Valiant_Requiem Link doesn't become a stalfos, he just ends up dying with regrets and becoming the Hero's Shade in TP. Otherwise, I agree. Just a little nitpick.

[@ShadowSkyX]

@@ChronicVillainy that signals how he's been changed from his journey in OoT. The hero's shield also shows this, that wielding a metal shield was a lot sturdier and better suited for combat and unknown lands. In Majora's Mask, the deku transformation represents childhood - he is treated as a kid as he cannot buy anything dangerous - if he does, he can't use them yet - leave clock town without his parents or a weapon, let alone carry one. But like Jim's blowgun - a kid's toy - he can blow weak bubbles, but learning this isn't good enough. Clock town is the protective zone for children. The physical appearance and his reaction to it... He is turned into something foreign, a form that mocks him as he used to defeat them in OoT. Without his horse or Ocarina, he feels so lost that he cannot recognize himself as himself. It represents how it must feel so alien to him being this small and being treated like a child again, and he has matured so much from OoT that he now prefers to be treated as an adult. He is more than anxious and relieved when the Happy Mask Salesman breaks the curse on him (I would be too). Though it only lasts 3 days and though he might've had fun hanging around town, going to the observatory, it did not feel right. He was just killing time until the eve of the carnival, and the only thing he can do at the most crucial moment is knock the instrument out of Majora's hand.

[@everylore]

Oh my god. Oh, my god. I'm honestly floored. I can't even begin to comment on the presentation, let alone this content; this video has, quite literally, changed the way I look at Ocarina of Time and Zelda as a whole. Overall, it was gorgeous, easy on the eyes, easy to follow, and so, so eye-opening. Ocarina had always been one of my favorite games, but you might have just solidified it as one of the greatest of all time.

[@israeltorres4032]

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo

[@youaintready1006]

I know I'm 5 years too late to this video, but OoT Sheik's "The flow of time is always cruel" speech is probably the greatest video game speech of all time. And I can't believe they dropped it on us when we were just little kids. That quote has aged SO well, and reads so different now as an adult. "Its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it. A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days." Damn does that hit hard 26 years later.

[@ThePablocajal]

I am not sure if you realize what you just did here. Older or younger, you just managed to make hundreds of thousands of fans grab hands mentally and remember what it felt like to be playing thid amazong game after years. Not only that but we are actually proud of having enjoyed this piece of art thanks to the video you made. Congrats, you have just proven that certain video games are like hard drives of our childhood. They contain the memories of what it meant to be playing it and in the meanwhile having nothing else in the world than that feeling. Thank you friend.

[@Rungus27]

well said. this game was the best part of the times where nothing else mattered.

[@apictureoffunction]

First 3D game I ever saw/played. It blew my freaking 7 year old mind.

[@D1G1TALFOX]

😎

[@Marksman]

Not gonna lie, this video screwed me up. Made me sad just watching it. Super well done!

[@lukestutzman7093]

It screwed me up for weeks after I watched it. I couldn’t play video games with characters for 2 weeks after watching it.

[@AllenSmithe]

It made me reevaluate all the things I took issue with when playing through the game in my youth. Brutal but beautiful.

[@willsmiffnwessun8016]

The search and destroy king in a zelda video???

[@familiaandradeherederodelr2320]

dude navi left because she was dying,i think its a reference to the nature aspect of this because if you think about it, animals often wander off when they grow old or sick and dont want their owners to watch them die or suffer. iv seen this happen with several of my friends dogs who are farmers.

[@lifestylemedicinals8692]

Indeed. It literally ruined my life and destroyed my whole family.. Amazing video, very well done 💜

[@josheike3543]

The corruption is so bad in Link's adult world that it extends back in time. Originally, as a child, he can't enter the bottom of the well. It's only by time-traveling knowledge of the song of storms that he can enter this place. And his reward for undergoing that terrible ordeal as a child is the ability to "see the truth".

[@kokujin]

FUCK META MATE DAMN. NINTENDO.

[@kokujin]

@man with a username tHIS WHIte bitch being the worst. thing that ever happened. sorta. yah. to anyone. ilk.

[@Bowblaxian_Tricknology]

Nice catch!

[@Bowblaxian_Tricknology]

@man with a username I don't think that's a reach at all, I think that makes perfect sense

[@4ncientGu150]

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME??? That makes so much sense, and is so painful.

[@DM_Dad]

I posted on this a year ago. And I'm really only posting again to say that I still come back and watch this. it's amazing , brilliant, and spot on. Even though I am improving on analysis, I never would have realized all this without your video. And I can't help but think about it more. please make more stuff.

[@Genderkaiser]

So, while Majora's Mask is an exploration of grief in the abstract, with the context of it being a direct sequel to Ocarina it becomes about a someone coming to terms with the premature growing up he was forced into by extreme circumstances, mourning the loss of his childhood and innocence, healing the world as a reflection of healing himself.

[@sanfernvalley619]

Your takeaway hits deep.

[@LanieRubyss]

Did you miss that, in the beginning, you play games with kids, having fun.. before moving on beyond the sanctuary of the city, because time waits for no one? The Moon destroys the world, but it is aimed at the city, destroying life from is childhood. The only hope is to return to that childhood.. and try again. Each time, forgotten, with no evidence he was ever there. The reward for his victory in the very end is remembrance, as all timelines converge. That said, having to keep going, to move on once again, it is then the only reward he is ever allowed.

[@rubemevangelista3868]

This comment here hits the hardest out of all the other ones.

[@joevenables3393]

The worst part of this is that it means MatPat was right with the 'Link is Dead' theory

[@Genderkaiser]

@@joevenables3393 it really doesn't. You can't grieve a loss of innocence if you're dead

[@jakejuhl2441]

This is the best video essay I've ever watched. It took me and my wife almost 3 hours to watch it because we kept pausing it to talk about it and other things it made us think about.

[@Leonhart]

Amazing video; I love shigeru miyamoto's quote about adulthood and childhood as I do my best to set an example to still have that playful childhood spirit, yet mature at same time. Thank you for making this incredible video!

[@mattypatty2346]

Omg dude i didnt expect you here

[@rocklerock495]

It's called personalities.

[@Ozarka0]

I made a comment 4 years ago on this video. I've only watched this video 3 times, and every single time I am actually incapable of keeping myself from crying. I love heroes, and this story makes me realize why I think genuine, selfless heroes are so important. Especially now, in a day and age that wants to deconstruct, pervert, and even destroy the essence of what a hero is.