Evolution of Gibdos & ReDeads in Zelda Games (1986-2024)

[@RanOutOfSpac]

ReDeads in OoT literally fucking haunted me as a kid. That moan sound they make triggers a primal fear in me 2nd only to the breathing sound of the Regenerators in Re4 classic.

[@LSSTyranus]

me and bros when we were kids got a used copy of OOT, so obviously being the dumb kids we were, we took a look at the file that already had progress...found ourselves using adult Link...in castle town. Our first experience with OOT was Adult Link in Castle Town, feel free to imagine our reactions and the mental scarring.

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@ Holy fuck. That actually sucks, but is also kind of awesome. I would’ve shat the goldest of bricks in fear.

[@LuxPostNoctem]

I used to turn TV volume down every time I had to go through adult timeline Castle town. I was seriously afraid of OoT's ReDeads.

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@@LuxPostNoctem Just goes to show how insanely effective that game’s sound design is

[@johnbuck4395]

Regenerators and ReDeads.... Nightmare fuel for gamers since 2004

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

ReDeads slowly walk towards the corpses of their brethren. Gibdos on the other hand don't give a damn.

[@AbeM.]

Perhaps the bandage affects their senses

[@WillyLongLegs]

The redeads aproach the corpses,and eats starts eating his dead Friend !

[@AnAveragePurplePikmin]

​@@WillyLongLegs I mean it could be cultural thing for Redeads idk.

[@ejavig]

@@WillyLongLegseither that or their crying

[@heyyodude8637]

@@Redeemed-v6cBot

[@eduardomagana3858]

From Mummies and Zombies to freaking giant bugs.

[@goblinbabe]

The windwaker redeads put the fear of god in me

[@waterninten]

Even during this video I recoiled. The developers did well when making those buggers

[@Phoeniclover06]

Honestly same, I had to gaslight myself into thinking their scream sounds like a elephant when I was younger

[@paulmann8570]

They’d be a lot scarier if Bombs didn’t cheese them.

[@MetroidSolid]

it's funny that the most cartoony version of LoZ, the redeads in that version felt the creepiest, especially just acting dead until you approach them with their empty eye sockets

[@TsunogaiDanshaku]

The Gibdos in TotK are one of the coolest and most creative reimaginings in the whole series! Making them into eusocial insects that only LOOK like desiccated corpses is a drastic change, yet they lose none of their inherent horror for it. Totally brilliant!

[@homiegx]

Still wish they were more menacing with their attacks. Was expecting some gnarly bites while being grappled by em instead of the little sissy slap they do

[@netweed09]

Yep 💯 I love them(!) 😅

[@kuhatsuifujimoto9621]

as someone who grew up never afraid of bugs but terrified of redeads and gibdos, i couldn't help but be disappointed with the downgrade. props for creativity though.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Riju: They fly now?! Link: They fly now.

[@chakrabeatz]

Nah they’re way less creepy in Totk

[@shadowlinkbds]

Wind Waker re deads are still the scariest version.

[@Tobeans]

Yes!!! Thank you!!

[@WarpedBlinds]

Honestly had no right to be thaaaat scary. The frozen stone like state to a then screaming zombie mummy with red eyes and gaping mouth??? Geeeeez

[@Tobeans]

@@WarpedBlinds ww was so cute and stuff, they were completely unexpected lol 😂 I once got a Zelda calendar and when I was flipping through it there was a page with a ww redead on it!!!! 😭😭 I was like 7, who thought that was a good idea???

[@raccoonrave6407]

Yes especially the elephant sound

[@WarpedBlinds]

@Tobeans I hope the redead Pic was on October

[@arc7309]

I think the scream of the windwaker ones is nasty as SHIT

[@attibar5548]

When I was a kid that was my first experience with Redeads in general. The scream scared me so badly I actually ran to the Gamecube and shut it down mid-play.

[@Tobeans]

​@@attibar5548when I was little the ww redead scream scared me so much I used to hide behind the couch when my family encountered them😅

[@MarkFendy-sw7hn]

@@arc7309 and the Redeads in wind waker look like robots!

[@CultOfMajora]

It’s just a sped up elephant trumpet though

[@thunder2275]

@@CultOfMajora I think it’s just the volume of the sound combined with the paralyze debuff that activates people’s fight or flight

[@TheVoidDragon23]

These "Mummy" like monsters may look scary on appearances, but they aren't difficult to deal with. Still, a very cool Undead enemy!

[@freestalkerdotfr6391]

They are less anoying than keese. I can deal with redeads but keese are fast in OOT/MM. I prefer a room with 2 or 3 redead rather than keese. They are my primary source of hit in the Ultimate Trial mod

[@Chicky_Lumps]

​@@Redeemed-v6c I agree but copypastas almost always turn people off and just don't work compared to starting dynamic discussions based on the context of each thread.

[@mikeax24]

It needs to be said the first clip doesn't properly show how dangerous gibdos were in Zelda nes. They may not have taken your shield, but they had SO much hp. You could whack and whack at them and they'd just chase you down. Once you upgrade your sword twice they're much less of a threat, but encountering retro gibdos without those upgrades is like walking into your first 6 darknut room

[@Kaepora2]

Majora's Mask: Forget Everything you've seen and get out! Childhood Trauma: I'm not sure if you understand how this works.

[@GSballreborn]

Fun fact: Bombs can hurt ReDeads in Wind Waker

[@Kazeneko]

I never once thought about using the ReDeads in Echos of Wisdom. To see the ReDead shriek work on the enemies and it never occurred to me to try. The scream from the OoT ReDeads still haunt me.

[@Danielson438]

There are redead in triforce heroes. I believe they’re the last room in the third level of the ghost world

[@kokokirifull]

2:38 are they.. twerking 😳🫣

[@TheDracioN]

You forgot the ReDeads in Triforce Heroes!

[@jeffreyfrancisco3606]

Yeah I Guess

[@EdgyKing01]

Yeah exactly

[@douglassheridan8497]

*Shaggy:* ZOINKS!!! I hate Redeads!! *Scooby:* Ree too!!! *Song:* Terror Time Again!

[@STARJEFFREY64]

I used to be scared of redeads but now I’m not anymore

[@undyinghazard8831]

The queen gibdo has three pairs of wings. Fun fact, there is an extinct group of insects from the Carboniferous that had three pairs of wings called the Palaeodictyoptera. I wonder if it was an inspiration in the design?

[@treetoptia-2903]

Redeads are naked Gibdos. Fire arrows turn Gibdos to Redeads in OoT and MM. Nice vid!

[@DaGhostToastRoast]

Personally I liked them most as like zombie creatures however I think Totk bug like take was cool. I think the way they introduced them in the sand storm and especially empty gerudo town was creepy and I liked it.

[@curtisashby768]

ReDeads are the SCARIEST enemies because of their scream AND their ability to bite Link and suck his health outta him!!!

[@meganparrish807]

Zombie vampires.

[@waterninten]

Having never played ToTK, seeing their Gibdos in this video was an experience.

[@zachwilson768]

Not sure why the original OoT redheads are not on here as they move and looked different. They would move very slowly without lifting their heads and didn’t really have any other animation other than slightly quiver in place. They seem scarier when they have only enough life to slowly pursue you, and they do it as if it’s an enormous burden to do anything other than sit moaning in the dark. Not to mention the dancing ones in majoras mask.

[@ericriley1985]

Go back to the 1:00 mark.

[@zachwilson768]

@@ericriley1985 the remakes changed things that’s what I meant. Albeit subtly

[@sparrowflyaway]

Showed the Gibdo and ReDead in Echoes of wisdom, but didn't visually demonstrate the text on the level 2 Gibdo that it turns into a ReDead when set on fire? I'd have thought that was like the ultimate culmination of this compilation!

[@AnAveragePurplePikmin]

I love the Gibdos in Totk, I know luke warm take but I like they they still look Mummy/Zombie-ish with their briwnish color scheme and all the weird neck things they have.

[@netweed09]

@@AnAveragePurplePikmin I mean its crazy socials have gotten so biased that this is to be seen as a mild take(!) 😅 I agree, I think Tear's Gibdos are so creative; plus their "hive mentality" works on so many levels.

[@bobbybob-omb1939]

@@netweed09 I think it’s because everyone I’ve seen wanted them to be the Redeads, even though they’re Gibdos. I think Ocarina/Majora’s have the best Redead interpretations. But this game has the best Gibdo interpretation with Twilight Princess at second place. They went from a mummy reskin of a Redead into freaky zombies given bug traits who are actually pretty cunning. I like how you’re tricked by the slow walking ones into feeling less threatened by them, only for the crawling ones to get thrown at you later. Also the Gibdo Queen is one of the coolest and creepiest bosses in the series.

[@keeganlafferty1395]

Wind Waker ReDeads made young me nope out and shut off my GameCube so quickly the first time I encountered them and it took me a fair bit to work up the courage to boot the game back up

[@helio0ss]

imo, them having an actual motif in totk (in the form of the bug colony thingie) made them a lot more interesting than just "uhhh so like uhh theyre zombie mummy thing"

[@pancakes8670]

I would have liked to have seen the creepy zombie things, but yeah the Gibdo in TOTK are still great. They're weird and freaky in a different way, they look more like parasites piloting corpses rather than generic zombies.

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@pancakes8670 The way they move, it's like they're not used to their bodies.

[@MarkFendy-sw7hn]

At least Redeads Gibdos aren't aggressive in Legend of Zelda NES 1986, Zelda Links Awakening, A Link To The Past, Oracle of Ages and Seasons!

[@Stew-rl9qk]

Totk seems very under appreciated

[@anthonymilana5208]

The OoT redeads are still the scariest to me, probably because I was just a little kid when I played it

[@CamoKoopa182]

“Who knew that gibdos were one day waiting to turn into locusts?” - RabbidLuigi

[@SmileyTrilobite]

If you set fire to Gibdos in at least one N64 game, they become ReDeads.

[@crapcentral]

Majoras mask I’m not a robot 🤖 I’m a real being

[@zaclarner3181]

Tp gibdos gave me nightmares as a kid

[@joshcoy6748]

I actually find them less scary than some other versions, the ocarina of time redeads were way more nightmare inducing for me, when I was a child I was so terrified of them I litterally turned off the 64.

[@victorhimanclan5802]

They aren’t as scary as the others, but their design is my favorite

[@bigpapaadam1]

Redheads always freaked me out in the Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask!

[@cristiany140]

The Redeads from WW are the scariest and it is ironic because is the most "kiddish" looking Zelda

[@yphoenix5957]

Coming across the Redeads in WW and being afraid of them, and then realizing they don't care about arrows at all.

[@mevi-smolsummoner]

The Gibdos in Twilight Princess creep me out so much, the ones in TOTK scare me cuz i hate moths and have a slight fear of them. Edit: the ones in Twilight princess are also my favorites

[@Mr_Baller321]

1:02 top gritos que te ponen la piel de gallina, numero 1:

[@MattFrost224]

It's weird how WindWaker is a cute game with creepy ReDeads, yet Twilight Princess is a scary game with cool-looking ReDead Knights.

[@lonejackal3448]

What if we mixed up the ReDeads from TLOZ Wind Waker and the The Weeping Angels from Doctor Who together?, because I’ve got some good nickname’s for them 1. Corpse Ninjas 2. Ghost Assassins 3. Sleepers 💡

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Sleepers wins.

[@Sipliminal]

The ones in zelda 1 and links awakening look so silly then they become literal nightmare fuel

[@obsidiryn]

totk version was genuinely terrifying

[@immagical7036]

I do wish you told us which was which for those that didn’t have any in game descriptors

[@marcanthonybattenberg7636]

I dont like how nintedo changed Gibdos from animated mummies to insects that sort of look like zombies. I feel it was less to re-invent their design and more to tone them down for an E10 rating.

[@Scoreman8626]

TP gibdos were an absolute menace when space was a problem, especially in that stretch with stalkins and quicksand right before the third poe.

[@lh9591]

I miss how squishy the sound effects were

[@issamdin-o5e]

the best part when i wear goron mask or deku mask they won't attack me in Majora's mask

[@pauloltman4960]

I'm honestly a little disappointed that the gibdo in funky church from W.O.G didn't make it in!

[@wayfarer1021]

You forgot the flying Gibdos in TotK.

[@makotorann3784]

初めて見たリーデットが風タクだったからアゴで攻撃してるって思ってた。時オカは締め付けの威力で

[@eduardodesouzacastro6860]

Gibdos in majoras mas have a very ill and obsessive way of speaking. I find rédeads more scary because they ressemble the monsters from Konami’s Silent Hill

[@teko4752]

Where are Triforce Heroes redead ?

[@zaciorfida-costanzo706]

I think you forgot Redeads from TriForce Heroes

[@WinterlilyYT]

Redeads used to scare the absolute s>h>!>t out of me…plus why would they add screaming corpses with wooden masks on in a rated E for everyone game…plus the freaking dead hand that gave kids nightmares for weeks…

[@christiancorrea1133]

Why does link always get's mad backshots because of these things ?

[@Sir_Adam]

I hate that TotK changed redeads to bugs. Totally ruins the scary factor.

[@netweed09]

@@Sir_Adam Dunno about that opinion at all. It makes them far more in sync with the actual plot. Plus, out in the middle of nowhere with your radar cut off and seeing their ghostly figures silhouetted again the thick haze of buffetting , the whole effect is amazing and very unique than just the boring "here's your basic re -Dead + scream that can never quite match the impact of WWs". Going totally different with a bug theme was a very smart choice.

[@Sir_Adam]

@netweed09 My immediate thought was "Oh they changed them because zombies aren't corporate safe" In Smash Bros. trophies they even try to retcon redeads from OoT by saying they aren't dead townsfolk but animated clay...

[@bobbybob-omb1939]

@@Sir_Adam They’re definitely still zombies in this game, you can find them in sarcophagi and cages and such where they shouldn’t be if they were just full bugs that spawned in. I think somewhere in their process to becoming alive again, the dark magics gave them insect-like properties. While I do think mechanically speaking they should be tougher, the design is much stronger than just a Redead in a mummy costume. Also I think it’s freakier seeing the spears and arrows and such stuck in them. The implications of that are creepy as you have to imagine some poor soldier hitting them with everything they’ve got only for it to not work and eventually just get mauled after they slowly shuffled up to them. The crawling ones, flying ones, and the queen are also really cool and creepy.

[@KyleEvra-15]

Don't like them in Tears of the Kingdom they made them too Bug Like 😡

[@Schubedube]

And yet another thing that disappoints me in the new Zelda games…sigh

[@jimmycharlier25]

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[@GaRaMULa]

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