Races in The Legend of Zelda You FORGOT Existed!

[@DrZalmat]

I kinda like the Mogma BECAUSE they look more like an enemy. They break the mold of friendly=cute that plagues a lot of media. Evil=ugly is a bad stereotype

[@KeiranTrick]

Well said, though I disagree on the notion that Mogma are objectively 'ugly'. Similar to ugly =/= evil, 'not cute' =/= ugly.

[@darksleuth66]

Well caillou exists so let’s slow down a bit there

[@KairuHakubi]

They're still a little goofy looking. They just look like a bad artist designed them. But with a little tweaking, they could look pretty cool. Kinda hulking werewolf-moles.

[@KeiranTrick]

@darksleuth66 in that bald demon spawn's case, I can concede that ugly = evil

[@KairuHakubi]

@@KeiranTrick The thing that rarely gets brought up is that being evil _makes_ you uglier. Bad genes or bad health can too, but the more bad you are, the more it starts affecting your body. it's a special kind of stressor.

[@WhoElseButZane]

I actually love the oocca. Theyre so strange, and they walk on walls. The fact that theyre super technologically advance makes for a good joke too haha

[@ginpachi1]

Sorry to turn it into this, but I like their booba 😅

[@djentity303]

They are based off a I think a really old painting

[@black-peashooter]

@@djentity303 they are

[@dominicmoisant8393]

@@djentity303 Another World by M.C. Escher.

[@mirijamzwander7980]

me too!

[@RylixBlizzai]

i think it would've been really cool to see the mogma return as a society in the depths give a bit more content to the depths and maybe make it more fun to explore by having them provide side quests in the area

[@dandereninja4750]

I’ve always wanted the subrosans return. Funky little people that casually bathe jn lava. Would have been cool to encounter in the depths as well.

[@lolli_popples]

100%, I was really hoping the new areas in TotK would have at least one actual settlement, like what’s on the surface, and I feel like the Mogma could have been a really cool choice for the depths. It’d even make sense that they haven’t been seen for so long because they’re so far underground.

[@shatteredslime1593]

yet again the zuna are the most forgotten zelda race, so much so a video on forgotten zelda races forgot to mention them

[@Freckris]

Ooccoo is a reference to Link's tunic's color hex code 00CC00

[@javiervasquez625]

Ooccoo and by extension the "Oocca" name itself.

[@ImpapediaYT]

That’s crazy, I never knew that!

[@dwaynesmith8300]

The truly forgotten race is the Zuna from Four Swords Adventures lol

[@Deltabolster]

They don't even have any official art

[@Luigifan305]

I was about to comment the same thing. The fact that even the video about forgotten races still forgot them shows that they're by far the most obscure. This race of what appear to be sentient cacti live in a village that's just 2 screens in a single area (The Desert of Doubt) in a single game (FSA), and interacting with them _at all_ is entirely optional to pass through said area. And yet, even this tiny group has some lore because it was their ancestors who built the pyramid that serves to guard the evil trident what would eventually become Ganon's signature weapon in many other games.

[@meloelebi1996]

​​@@Luigifan305Taking a close look at their clothing, skin and how FSA was originally designed as a backstory or related to LTTP's Imprisoning War before it was changed, it kinda looks like they may have been meant to be the mysterious tribe Aghanim was presumed to come from.

[@devonm042690]

@@meloelebi1996 I thought Aghanim was just a form or vessel Ganon created with magic. Ganon calls that form his 'alter ego' before you fight him inside the Pyramid.

[@CrazyWeridoRH]

@@devonm042690I think they mean that was Aganhim’s alibi in the same way Sheik isn’t actually Sheikah.

[@Tatokat]

1:46 That they consider three a high number might actually have nothing to do with their intelligence. Because there are actually real life indigenous cultures whose number systems only consist of the numbers one, two and "many". The lifestyle of those people simply doesn't require any higher numbers than that.

[@rebeccaherrmann1775]

in the german version the Oocca mother is called "Tante" which means aunt and her son is called "Liebling", which means darling.

[@Clepto_and_Co]

I loved the tokay, they were like a civilized lizalfos similar to the split with zoras with river zora being more savage and quick to attack VS the sea zora who were more civilized

[@brandonwithnell612]

little jerks still steal all your stuff causing a half hour diversion puzzle on their island though lol, i remember as a kid i was devestated when that happened especially since you couldnt even return to labrynna untill after the dungeon and being a dumb kid at the time it took me forever to get all my stuff back and finish that dungeon

[@JikuAraiguma]

You mention the Anouki, but you completely forgot about the Yook. I mean understandable, that’s the whole point of the video, but still.

[@srcret7108]

I personally liked the Yook more than the Anouki and was kind of sad when they didn’t reappear in Spirit Tracks

[@HeyImWilla]

I would like to add one more race to this list: the Picori in The Minish Cap. I couldn't even tell you why they should be on the list because I haven't played the game yet 😅 but considering how little people talk of the game and the sales I would assume they are forgotten

[@javiervasquez625]

Indeed they have been (somewhat) forgotten by Nintendo which is why the director of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Hidemaro Fujibayashi had originally intended to include the Picori/Minish in Breath of the Wild as another of the races in the game. Alas it did not happen yet there's always the possibility we might see them again in a future game.

[@Deltabolster]

At least there will forever be the canon fact that the the picori put the rupees, bombs and arrows you find in the grass in zelda games

[@HeyImWilla]

Im waiting for a Genealogy of the Holy War and a The Minish Cap remake

[@Trogloglation]

@@Deltabolster Wait, but that would mean they went extinct in BoTW/ToTK, since you don't find those in the grass anymore... Now that's just sad

[@Deltabolster]

@@Trogloglation well you still find a rupee here and there but its not common. The calamity probably did bring them close to extinction or made most of them go into hiding

[@BrawlSnorlax]

I like the Mogma. Sure they could use some reworks but. Gorons are the fire race, Reito are the Air race, Zora are the water race, Gurodo are the electric race and korocks are the wood race. We don't have an Earth race.

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

Gorons fit the Earth theme well enough since they live in, and eat, rocks. But I'd also like more variety

[@DavyCDiamondback]

Deku are the wood race too

[@BrawlSnorlax]

@@DavyCDiamondback I forgoht they were comming back.

[@doublepegleg9755]

Yeah, a bit like dwarves but with even more hair.

[@gumass4534]

The Yetis are now a recurring race thanks to Echoes of Wisdom :)

[@KingsBard]

4:06 HER race, Ooccoo is a LADY

[@ImpapediaYT]

How did I mess that up lmao

[@linkheroofwinds]

I love the Anouki. Like you said there's a lack of ice-themed races in the series, so I hope we see them return in the future!

[@storygloade5811]

Saw the thumbnail and yelled 'I did not forget the Anouki!" love those guys :')

[@FYLTHYFVCK]

Funny thing about the Sombrosians, they acually did make one re-appearance in a spin-off. They came back for Tingles Rosy Rupeeland in the Bodyguard Salons under the new name The Salonas

[@Seven-Seas-of-Baba-O-Riley]

Everyone always assumes the Parella became the Zora, but I always thought those music note tadpole things looked an awful lot like the baby Zoras in Majora's Mask. Plus I just think it'd be more interesting if it was the mostly unimportant creatures that evolve into the Zoras.

[@n1nj4l1nk]

Do part two and include the Yook, Zuna, Garo, Yeti, Fishmen, and Maiamai

[@ouhhoh]

...... you think the yetis are forgotten??????

[@mbcodes18]

I would say SMG4 kept the garo out of obscurity, and the yeti appear again in EOW so it also doesn't fit on the list anymore.

[@RobinRhombus2]

Not sure if Deku Scrubs count singer they were pretty prominent back in the day and they're returning in Echoes of Wisdom (thankfully) but I really like them.

[@SIDEWAYS255]

I just started playing Oracle of Seasons again and I gotta admit I'm a huge fan of the bootleg Jawa.

[@TheCow-j1l]

anouki were my fav, Phantom Hourglass was my first zelda and was so sad they don't appear in a big 3d zelda game ;~;

[@firenze6478]

I haven’t forgotten any of them. Also. The anooki should return

[@WhoElseButZane]

I wonder if the kikwi went extinct or of they evolved into the kokiri and then ultimately into the koroks

[@ImpapediaYT]

Even if it's never stated, I would be surprised if that wasn't the intention!

[@adamreinhardt9135]

I always assumed they were the ancestors of the deku scrub race

[@javiervasquez625]

Probably what Adam said as the Kokiri are said to be the "spirits of the forest" turned into children whereas the Kikwis are explicitly shown to be walking seeds without anything spiritual about them.

[@ypto82]

I think it's pretty obvious they evolved into kokiri, with two reasons that back it up: 1. After the hero of the skies saved them multiple times, they started wearing green clothes that looked like his clothes in his honor (reason why the kokiri wear grean clothing) 2. Kikwi, Kokiri and Korok all have K's in them, but Kikwi uses I's as the only vocal, and Korok uses O's. Kokiri, however, uses both, implying they are the in-between evolution of Kikwi to Korok

[@javiervasquez625]

@@ypto82 That point about the Kokiri using the o and i to represent a "transition" between Kikwi and Korok is interesting but it's worth noting that the Kikwis are very large in size compared to both the Kokiri and Korok who're extremely small in contrast. ¿Would a large species of walking seeds shrink in size as part of their evolution?

[@maxevocal]

I wonder what happened to the mogma, its funny to think of those silly little guys wandering the modern depths, avoiding lynels 😂

[@12Metatron]

I think they became gorons

[@julien827]

@@12Metatron gorons were already a thing in skyward sword

[@thebulbaboyVODarchive]

Bro forgot the lokomos. Smh

[@captivewitness]

I didn't forget most of these because I wanted to make sculptures of several of them since I was a child in some medium. Now that I do ceramics I've actually made a few of them out of clay. Including the Oocca.

[@StarTropicsKing]

Would be nice if you flipped this idea on its head and talk about forgotten enemy races.

[@DarknessGuard]

I always considered the Oocca as "evolution of Loftwings gone wrong" while I still like the idea way more, that the Rito haven't evolved from Zora but from Loftwings that are called very intelligent for birds, as wrong as my idea in this may be. What I do strongly believe though is that Parella evolved into Zora and Kikwi into Deku Scrubs. I also can't help but think some of the Statues in TotK depths to look very much like Mogmas. Either way, boy do I wish the Twili would return again... and the Minish would be nice too. Love those little buggers.

[@TheHeroExodus]

I feel pirella either evolved into or we ousted as the dominant aquatic species. The kikwi probably became korok or deku, or the plant species in the zelda series appearance are determined by the tree that spawned them, the oot tree favoring humanoid shape spawned little humans, the one that sprouted after decided on a less human shape. I get that spirit tracks has a new hyrule, but it is in a new location. The species of that land are rhe natives, hylians being new there.

[@bengarrett4984]

I suppose it's to soon to call the zonai a forgotten race. But considering there were two of them in Hyrule a billion years ago and they both died, i am doubtful they are going to make any major appearances any time soon. That said, how cool would it be if the zonai were the badguys in a new game. Warriors of light coming to avenge their kin after they were killed in a Hylian war. It's a nice change of pace from always fighting against darkness.

[@person_guy3505]

Man, i didnt know about the name origin of the subrosians! Thats really cool, glad the localizer's put so much effort into that.

[@randomdude2026]

I think the Kikwi evolved into the Kokiri and then into the Koroks. They have similiar names that could actually be ethymologically related to each other and Kikwi and Koroks both share the plant based body parts and the habit to hide themselves. Also Kikwi and Koroks kinda look similiar. Also there is the theory that the Kokiri only looked human like because the Deku-Tree changed them to be more similiar to Link in OoT and the Koroks being their actual appaerance.

[@broccoli5425]

I know the deku scrubs aren’t exactly an obscure one time race, but I’m beyond ecstatic that they’re returning in the newest game, Echoes of Wisdom. I just love how their goofy faces, their little legs, and their little squeaky sounds.

[@RoninCatholic]

Design wise, Subrosians are among my favorites. I'm always a huge sucker for the "blacked out face obscured in shadows, but with glowing eyes" look- - Jawas from Star Wars - Orko from Masters of the Universe - Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes - Wizzrobes, also in the Zelda series as enemies - Black Mages, Vikings, and Dwarves in Final Fantasy

[@jakeblancaster8498]

I'd welcome Yetis and Subrosians/Twili as "newly Introduced" tribes if Tears of The Kingdom ever gets a sequel.

[@leviwarren6222]

Watarara and Zuna come to mind. The Zuna especially because I've played through FSA so many times with four players. The game means a lot to me. Speaking of the Zuna, I had a theory before TotK that I think would have worked really well for their history. --- The Zuna are a race first (and thus far, only) encountered in the Desert of Doubt in Four Swords Adventures. They are a race of green-skinned nomads who exist alongside the Gerudo. Weirdly enough, we only meet them later in the timeline as Four Swords Adventures is the latest game in the Child Era. I say weirdly enough because (and this is Hyrule Historia so make of it what you will) the Zuna are the descendants of the tribe that built the [ancient] pyramid. Although I can't find that the pyramid was ancient in the game itself, it appears to be weathered, the Zuna are the "descendants" which implies age, and the stone inscription is engraved on a broken and weathered stone as well as being written in an ancient language (likely Zuna-ese since their ancestors built the pyramid). That stone inscription, by the by, explains the purpose of the weapon ensconced beneath it. That weapon is the Trident. The inscription reads in part, "Evil...spirit of magic trident." and indicates that the wielder of the Trident will be the King of Evil. It is said that Ganondorf entered the pyramid and stole the Trident; we later see Ganon wielding it. As an aside, I'll introduce a tangential point that I've discussed before. Gerudo normally have brown skin but Ganondorf, Koume and Kotake, and Veran (I only THEORIZE that she may be related because of the skin color and the Gerudo symbols on her clothes and relationship to Koume and Kotake. Remember Onox also wore Gerudo symbols and looked like an iron knuckle but had lighter skin) have greenish skin. Wild speculation but perhaps this skin color indicates some kind of relation to the green-skinned, desert-dwelling, nomadic, Gerudo adjacent Zuna? And now the point and the subsequent eye-rolling... Zuna ≈ Zonai? The ancient and mysterious tribe that lent evil power to Ganondorf? It's fun to speculate wildly.

[@joelsytairo6338]

There’s the wind tribe of minnish cap but I think they’re pretty much the same as the gerudo

[@segafan2437]

Took me 3 playthroughs of Twilight Princess to even notice that there are both Human and Hylians in the game. Happens in the literal first shot of the first cutscene.

[@julien827]

i think mogmas could be very cool to see return cause you really dont need them to be the volcano race, you could make them dig anywhere with treasure, you could make them a desert race in a gerudo less game for example

[@trainzelda1428]

The Anouki are my favorite race in zelda and I've been hoping for them to make a return in every game for like the past 10 years. Theyre cute and i think they would work in basically every art style

[@beccacroce7380]

I specifically wanna know what happened to the loftwings and the Picori. Part of the reason is because I want to traverse Hyrule in the fashions that those two creatures allowed us to. Also the loftwing is literally a part of the Triforce and logo, so it's sad that they're relevance dissapeared.

[@KeiranTrick]

Loftwings aren't part of the Triforce, they're part of the royal family's crest. That's monumentally different! Of course, that doesn't diminish the fact that they were so important to the way of life of the first peoples of Hyrule. Before inhabiting the surface, they were life companions, vehicles, tools, etc. Part of everyday life, and clearly cherished enough to become part of the very symbol of the new kingdom itself. They couldn't have just 'disappeared' or died out without records of how or why! For the Picori, it's a bit more understandable that we don't hear anything about them. Even in the Minish cap, they were already seen as myths if the NPC even knew about them at all. I like to imagine they're still around, just very secretive, and maybe one day we'll have a new Link stumble into their realm long after even the stories of the 'Minish' have faded.

[@MousaThe14]

The Oracle games were my first ever Zelda games so for me, the Tokay and Subrosians are characters that I just thought were no different from Zora and Goron. But of course we can see they were mere one shots

[@brassykibbles]

how could anyone forget the Oocca

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

I never forget the nipplechickens

[@absolutetrash7880]

I was thinking about TP, the Bulbins are kind of rare I think they're not in many games as Moblin/Bokoblins tend to replace them. Additionally, proper Dekus have been absent for a while now from 3D Zelda games even in BoTW Octaroks replace the potential Deku neich, along those lines Skull Kids have been absent since TP as well

[@kid14346]

I might have missed it but I think you missed the Locomos. The race of people with short legs that ride in the little steam-powered wheel chairs. Byrne is one of them too, I believe he just walks though.

[@RubyGalaxyYT]

I do like the Mogma due to how different they are from the regular zelda races. You can do a lot with a mole Cannid species like them especially with their blank canvas of a culture.

[@burrito8443]

Don't forget about round-eared humans. They have little to no lore on where they're from how'd they get to hyrule. They only share a few customs and culture with Link and it’s never explained why they exist.

[@hiddendesire3076]

6:52 First time I saw him, I was stuck wondering if there was also some Gerudo blood to him. As we see, there are those whose ancestors were trapped in the realm by Bellum’s actors and those who merely found their way into the realm long ago, including ancient Hylians.

[@aetherial87]

While I have never forgotten the Oocca, I have been trying for 18 years. 😂

[@ribbonfly]

Goron people are perfection and do not need to change. I love the Minish. Anouki are rather cute.

[@lloyd2226]

I was thinking of the beaver race from majora mask. Pretty sure they are only in majora

[@Austar7]

I would love to see the Anouki return in a future game.

[@thecountalucard666]

Barter isn’t so much something you do when you’re too “primitive” to use money, so much as what you use instead of money when you *have* invented currency, but don’t - or can’t - trust the person with whom you’re bargaining.

[@heartnahalf]

Ooccoo name is actually a reference to the color code that is used for Link's original tunic. #00cc00 is the color code

[@FrogAttitude]

My favorite "forgotten" race are the Twili Mainly Midna She was the best companion

[@imagomonkei]

My headcanon is the Mogma migrated to Holodrum, donned cloaks, and became the Subrosians.

[@jonathancampbell7798]

You gotta include the Minish and the Garo

[@CuccoTheCoo]

Dried Rose above the entrances to your home (doors + windows) keeps evil out

[@sonicguyver7445]

The anouki really only appear beyond Hyrule. First in the Realm of the Ocean King then in New Hyrule. I think in Spirit Tracks it was said the Yook drove them away so they resettled in New Hyrule. And with how they talk to Link I imagined they all sound like Mort from Family Guy.

[@qittikat]

I NEVER FORGOT THE ANOUKI :(((( I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

[@Goobergal8705]

Ooccoo is named after the color code of Link's green tunic from the original LoZ, 00CC00.

[@SuperZerodragon]

more then likely the kikwi evolved into the koroks, and the mogma race evolved into the subrosians, if they were not wiped out by Ganon in the war of darkness

[@Silcoonsixx]

I really like the Tokay, simple and old as they are, haha. the idea of a friendly reptilian race has always appealed to me and it's a real shame most of the time all we have is lizalfos xD ALso i guess there's less argument for them, but keaton too, ive grown to like, between the majora's mask keaton and the enemy/rogue keaton in minish cap... feels liek there's real potential for them out there. Probably helps my brain that a roleplay group im in has them as a playable race not unlike palicos lol.

[@weisstofall2615]

Wait, you're pichupedia AND piantapedia. Cool

[@ferriwheel_meow]

I like to imagine that the Kiwiki evolved into kokori, which evolved into koroks.

[@JJAB91]

Schizo theory: What if the Ooccoo are the ones who built the ancient robots in Skyward Sword?

[@hanburgundy4317]

The ancient robots mention something about being designed in the image of their creators, and the only "races" that resemble them are the "ghosts"/aliens and the Garo. Also, the music that accompanies the aliens is remarkably similar to the Lanayru Mining Facility music 🎶

[@SnugTraveler]

@Impapedia You forgot the Zuna who inhabit the Desert of Doubt in Four Swords Adventures.

[@Ciran87]

I always assumed the Kikwi eventually evolved into the Deku.

[@WuffMC]

The ooca are based on a painting from M.C. Esher

[@gumass4534]

Dang, no Lokomo 😭 even the rememberer hath forgotten

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

Invertebrates are still around. And there are a lot more of them than vertebrates like us.

[@browncow5210]

Was I the only one who felt bad about killing the dragon for eating the Ooca? He just wanted some chicken.

[@ribbonfly]

I enjoy the Beavers from Termina.

[@GuukanKitsune]

I miss the Tokay and ESPECIALLY the Subrosians but due to the falling out between Capcom and Nintendo that robbed us of Oracle of Secrets and the licensing issues involved means they, and the Oracle games, are banished from canon. They haven't been forgotten, they've been ERASED. They outright aren't canonically a thing anymore.

[@harukaze7388]

if there's a people who are stange ancient demigods that invented technology itself the oocca are a fantastic design for that it's too bad it's a mistranslation because these things creating hylians is the kind of weird magical scifi that suits this part of the game

[@enzokrikorian5580]

It’s just a theory, but it is highly possible that the Kikwi somehow evolved into the Kokori. I mean, they did turn from humanoid forest children to leaf-plant spirits in Wind Walker, so it’s not too far fetched. What do you guys think? 🤔

[@MrSailing101]

I think that is one degree removed from openly said in an official Nintendo announcement when skyward sword was first revealed

[@Apolemia]

I hope he ll talk about skimos from Spirit tracks in this video

[@Apolemia]

HE DID !!!! (Anoukis)

[@hanburgundy4317]

My favorite are the mysterious Garo.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I live for the day the Tokay reappear.

[@Bobb11881]

Half the designs in Twilight Princess must have been the designers challenging themselves to make the ugliest things in existence.

[@MysteriousKammm]

I always assumed the oocoo were an evolution of minish cape's wind tribe. They might also be linked to the Zonaï?

[@CrazyWeridoRH]

Missed opportunity to not have one of the Sky Islands be a decayed City in the Sky

[@ImpapediaYT]

Does feel kinda strange we've had a game set in the sky and one filled with Sky Islands since TP and none feature even a hint of the Oocoo

[@kg30004]

Ooccoo are my favorite

[@MichaelRocks39]

Definitely did NOT forget that the oocca exist.............. 😶 lmao

[@MisterTTG]

not forgotten by me 🥺

[@badideagenerator2315]

The picori from the minish cap

[@salveteinfernum]

Subrosians don't actually have eyes. Those are their nostrils. 🎉

[@mortysempai6585]

Hmm pretty some of the species in skyward sword are supposed to be ancestors to species we know and love.

[@emjakos3548]

There is a Goron in there though

[@mortysempai6585]

@@emjakos3548 true but I meant like the zora and koroks seem to be hinted dependents. Zora’s especially if you think of what their dragon looks like.

[@mortysempai6585]

Heck Kikwis given their name could have split evolved into kokoris and koroks given enough time.

[@rosedragon3498]

I miss the mogma and kikwis

[@rayzuke1232]

I didn't forget that they existed. Nintendo did.

[@tekkaikenmega509]

Wasn't there also a blue desert NPC in the four swords adventure game that had squidward like noses EDIT yeah the zuna is the name of the people

[@Xacuri]

They all are coming back in future games, so there is no reason to be picky and awkward

[@silvershadow8866]

Subrosians came back in tingles rupeeland... do your homework

[@leonschroder7791]

I Realy like the Races in Zelda

[@chrisclifton192]

didn’t mention the 3 dragons or levias from SS. 😢

[@SaveMeMoon]

Sorry, but why would I forget any races in my favourite games?

[@vaelegoro7782]

If the tokay returned I garentee someone will call them argonians and there will be elder scrolls jokes galore Lusty Tokayian Maid Tokay before (morrowind argonian) tokay now (New game) And minecraft might get some in there too with the not piglin bartering advancement made "oh shiny"

[@thedoctoradvocate8251]

Mogma= Mole-Dog-Magma

[@auraFireblood]

Ive only ever heard of the Ooca in theories about zonai. How the FUCK do people think these things are connected

[@Alex0101101]

Because both are referred to as being "closest to the Gods" because of living in the sky. Pretty sure that's literally it, that's their entire connection.

[@auraFireblood]

@@Alex0101101 I mean, "closest to the gods" and "seen AS gods" are quite different. The zonai are godlike, the Ooca are close to the gods but not godlike