The Mystery of Obtaining Ganondorf’s Horse in Ocarina of Time (Zelda)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a game I'll be picking apart mysteries in for years to come. And today we have an interesting one: At one point in my childhood, it was believed that Link was capable of stealing Ganondorf's horse in Ocarina of Time. One difficult challenge stood in our way to making this a reality, or so we believed: Beating Ingo with a normal horse in Lon Lon Ranch. Is it possible? What happens if you do? Well, let's take a closer look at this Zelda mystery and find out!
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Credits and sources:
Written by SwankyBox.
Filmed and edited by SwankyBox and Stowgee.
Horse mods by airikitascave.
Ganondorf mod by Ideka.
Epona race skip demonstrated by ZSR ZeldaSpeedRuns.
Beating Ingo with normal horse on 3DS discovered by Oehr64.
Music credits:
Songs from various Zelda OST's
"Queen Rutela's Theme" - Twilight Princess
"Kakariko Village" - Twilight Princess

[@SwankyBox]

Totally not intended on my end, but still pretty cool: Ocarina of Time released in the USA 21 years ago today.

[@itsyaboiChubbs]

So, the get can drink now?

[@javiercorona6697]

I have a recommendation for a video, in Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Cosmic Cove Galaxy, there is something strange I saw in the 2nd star, which is called "Exploring the Cosmic Cavern" or something like that. When you first arrive on the level, if you look VERY CLOSELY in the background behind you, you might see a few small distant black holes which seem to be VERY far away. Could you please check it out to see if its a glitch or a later part of the level? If you read this and plan to make a video on it. Thank You

[@Werewolf914]

Want to know something I've always found funny, my older Brother was born the exact day and year the original Legend of Zelda was released in the US, then my other Older Brother was born a few months before Links Awakening came out, then I was born in 1997 a year before OoT then my little brother was born in 1999 a year before Majoras Mask (and different months than those games) so all 4 of us were close to Zelda release dates and just slowly got farther from the release date, don't know why but I always found that funny. My Sisters weren't close to any of the release dates though.

[@ScarKnight.]

Wait so are you gonna cover the running man in your next video?

[@bedwablackburn]

Raise a glass to OoT.

[@Gilbals]

The story I always heard for Ganondorf's horse was beating running man. It supposedly had infinite carrots and had a hover boot effect that let it ignore some impassable terrain. Early days of internet cheat sites always had the best fake theories.

[@andre.mateus]

I had a friend in school, back in the day, that used to say a similar thing. I spent hours trying to beat the running man xD

[@torn2867]

The story I heard, and that could be found on many cheat websites years ago, was that finishing Malon's race challenge in under 35 seconds would reward you with Zelda's white horse, which was able to fly. I tried and failed so many times before eventually sending a letter to Nintendo Power asking for help. They confirmed I had been fooled, and I had to wait with everyone else until BotW to legitimately obtain her trusty stead.

[@codyrisling1718]

Gilbals I remember on a site called cheatcc reading if you Best the game without dying you get another horse(always assumed it’s was ganondorfs). Beat the game numerous times without a game over and nothing lol.

[@FuzedBox]

I heard the same rumor, but back then, it was "How to get the Pegasus horse". It apparently could fly.

[@TheJusticeFiends]

Do you guys remember trying to get Mew in Pokemon..... Fucking Under a truck or in the daycare! God damn hours wasted! Good times :D

[@nightterror6727]

How to steal Ganondorf's horse Step 1: Play Breath of the Wild

[@Santi-bt7if]

Still not Ganondorf's horse, it's just a horse of a rare breed.

[@justadragonnamemarcus1751]

Step 2 : roll under GANON's crouch!

[@morgankasper5227]

step 3:steal the horse and replace epona

[@morgankasper5227]

step 5:brag

[@IDontReallyGiveAShit]

step 6: Just use the fuckin’ motorcycle instead

[@1993Southparkfan]

Instruction Manual: "Traveling by foot in Hyrule can take a really long time." Lol. Even Nintendo knows that traversing through Hyrule Field without Epona is a pain in the ass.

[@FMHikari]

Superslide wasn't a thing back then though. Still prefer playing without breaking the game as i'm not wanting any record

[@X_Baron]

Having a lot of ass pains while young can lead to disability as an adult.

[@Mattm182]

Maaaaaan... Nintendo was sleeping on how innovative its player base was. Bet they didn’t even consider the possibility of the ultimate means of Hyrulean travel. Rollin’. Boy. Back in my day, on my mama, I rolled my lil’ body across every inch of that MF kingdom. Fuck dude. It’s good enough for the Gorons. Them superiority developed Mf’s should have just rolled right over those pussy ass horse riding Hyleans so they could make way for the future. Horses: OUT Repeatedly tucking and rolled across vast expanses of land and screaming a little every single time you roll: IN.

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

@@anormalhumanperson7196 same lol 😂

[@ralphthompson9033]

Actually they did that so Hyrule would seem bigger then the game actually made it

[@crashking4207]

I was chasing after the sky temple when I heard about this. The rumor was that you had to first get Gannon's horse then use it to beat the running. After that you went to the temple of time and played the scarecrow song. I must have spent over 150 hours when I was younger on this myth, lol.😀

[@carracer41]

F

[@testiclemayo4salad]

This one I remember

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Could be worse. My childhood friend spent MONTHS burying "dragon eggs" (they were just rocks) in the sandbox, watering them, sitting on them like a bird, and then patiently waiting for them to hatch. They never hatched. Everyone told him those were just regular rocks, but he said we'd all see who is right once he has his own dragon. He did not get a dragon. So all in all, you could have spent your time in worse ways! (Yes.... my _friend_ did that. Not me. I'm super smart, I'd never think something so silly...)

[@elicenyne]

Me when i hear “mmo”: ohfuckohfuckohfuck Me when i dont hear raid: phew

[@donutboi6187]

It has legend in the title tho

[@fieratheproud]

@@donutboi6187 I mean, so does the Legend of Zelda

[@nseddie3884]

I was like that too

[@RymanRocks]

True

[@zeroDFound]

I though it was Raid too but I actually started laughing, it's just such a meme now

[@eirianllanelywn5464]

I always kind of believed that Ganondorf and Zelda's horses in BotW were a cute nod to theories like this. I heard a similar rumour in the early internet days and I remember seeing a ton of people trying to figure out how, if possible, to get the mysterious other horse. It's nice that we finally get to do it years later in a different game, and neither of the two disappoint.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

It was not local. I've heard that rumour quite sometimes. It all started due to a Gossip Stone saying that "Ganondorf's horse is a black stallion!" or something. So, people thought it was a hint that he could be obtainable.

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

Your assuming its gender?

[@Bauglir100]

@@TheOriginalCheeseballs A stallion is a male horse, you dingus.

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

@@Bauglir100 My IQ is pretty low.

[@bradleyw1753]

@@TheOriginalCheeseballs no doubt

[@riftvallance2087]

@@Bauglir100 Yes but how does it self identify

[@rickjames5998]

"ganons massive black stallion" just sounds wrong.

[@crimsont.v7540]

What is so wrong about Link wanting Ganon's massive black stallion

[@imdone8243]

Sounds just right ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@harleyoyelade9988]

**sigh** *People...*

[@ocircles738]

I'd press thumbs up but the 69 needs to be preserved

[@FreneticZetetic]

“And Zelda’s white one...”

[@ChristopherMoom]

Ganondorf isn't trying to rule Hyrule for the power, but because Link just stole his horse from him Doesn't matter how many -naysayers- neigh- sayers there are, this is true now

[@retrogamermax8287]

Lol! 😂

[@itime81]

📞Hello, pun police?📞 Yes, I'd like to report a travesty. lol 😅

[@aceofdiamonds2218]

Lel

[@minerdiamond1490]

*the anti-pun police wants to know your location*

[@imdone8243]

You made me smile. And you should feel good

[@shyla7722]

this entire video makes me miss instruction books. "on page 36" meanwhile today we are lucky to get more then 1 reused page

[@SwankyBox]

It's a weird feeling opening a brand new Switch case and just having a tiny cartridge inside. I feel like there was so much unique artwork inside of them too. Granted, some of this stuff shows up on the official game's website now, but it isn't the same.

[@alexsaavedra644]

My ritual was always to read the instruction manual first and then start the new game!

[@shyla7722]

@@SwankyBox Yeah. I remember sitting in the back seat as a kid reading the instruction manual super excited to get home and play my new game. Just added that little extra to the game's enjoyment for me. Tho i guess with modern game tech all the lore stuff they would put into the booklets they can just put into the actual game now.

[@spoon7053]

I still have a stack of DS manuals, i loved reading them to see if i could find any story bits or find some cool official art. it was nice to have something physical there.

[@TheJadeFist]

Or even just a QR code to scan to go look at the manual online. Like the NES/ SNES classic, they couldn't even be bothered to simply put like a PDF or something on the plug-n-play itself.

[@DeltaJim]

This rumor was also spread around my school back then, so it wasn't just regional. Also, I remember a rumor that if you left Epona out in Hyrule Field for too long without moving her she'd get stolen by Gerudo thieves. I became VERY worried about that (I always had a hard time winning the race, so I was afraid I'd have to do it again) for a while until I realized that no one I knew had ever had that happen, so it was probably fake.

[@dreamcastfan]

The two things in OoT that always bugged me were the guy you can’t beat in a race and the guy in the forest who turns into a Stalfos (and presumably eats Cojiro). I’ve always assumed that the race guy at least was the result of rushed development and they never put in whatever was needed to beat him. As for the guy in the forest, maybe they didn’t have any plans to allow players to save him, but it does suck a bit that you can’t do it and that Cojiro vanishes too. I think he was the carpenter’s son or something so you’d think they’d be upset about him dying.

[@steevelapointe1152]

link is the stalfos, the kid lost in the forest , is link from the wining tree branch

[@EmoKillsBest]

Y'all know you can jump over the little gate that Ingo closes right? I've never jumped over the wall like you're "supposed" to, I just jumped over the small one.

[@ujwalkuckian]

When I tried to jump over the gate it didn't let me do only the above the wall jump

[@wea69420]

@@ujwalkuckian it's tough to angle it right but it can be done. Tbh I only figured out that you could also jump over the walls because I was doing laps in frustration of screwing up the gate jump too many times lol.

[@neoqwerty]

@@wea69420 Can also back up that the entry gate has the WORST leniency of all gates except maybe the field gates. I've only managed it once out of 6? 7? attempts on the N64 and only on my more sensitive controller with the joystick that wasn't worn out from Mario Party circle murder. You have to be basically perfectly perpendicular and go at top speed to get through. I found out about the wall hop only because I wondered if it was hoppable too, after winning Epona. (I have a file that's JUST before the race because I like racing Ingo more than the Malon time trials.)

[@mirabilis]

Both solutions are intended. I jumped the gate the first time I got Epona.

[@MidnightMechanic]

Can't wait for an OOT mod that makes Ganondorf the hero in a brand new story, using OOT's engine!

[@terryboumis512]

That would be sick

[@lunyxappocalypse7071]

@@terryboumis512 Hai

[@diegoserrato6421]

I was a Zelda Ocarina of Time modder at one time. I was working on a mod where a Dark Link was the hero and he had to beat Ganondorf when regular Link failed. Unfortunately, my computer broke and I lost everything. Fml

[@newaccount3743]

Wait he ISN'T the hero??

[@DmitriyK12]

@castlevaniax1 Naughty, naughty boy; wtf is wrong with you !? 😨🙄

[@18matts]

I had no idea epona could jump across the bridge lol

[@dreamerjazz352]

I on the other hand never knew you could hook shot to the other side. I thought the only way was with epona

[@ProtoPropski]

9:47 Geee Wilikers Zelda! Ganon has the Ocarina of Time, we're all royally screwed!

[@Anime_Lover_PHX_SAC_ABQ]

3:50 The reason why the language is vague is so that the instructional booklet wouldn’t spoil the fact that eventually, Link will get Epona.

[@flyforce16]

Lack of research, can't enunciate, annoying voice, clickbaiting videos that are way too long

[@PunkPantha]

I mean, you’d kinda know just from the title screen

[@Aidensan11]

He litterally mentioned that it tells you about Link being an adult, probably the worst thing for a booklet to spoil

[@soullessSiIence]

There's a literal drawing of Link riding Epona, why wouldn't anyone know

[@poppy6635]

The massive pic of Link with Epona wasn’t a hint, huh?

[@sarcocyne4569]

I remember hearing something as a child about there being some event where you could find zelda's white horse somewhere in hyrule field after some happening in the game, such as after the cut scene where she flees with Impa, or at some point while Link is an adult. It was supposedly possible to get the horse, though it was extremely difficult. There was supposedly some trick to being able to get it. I never saw the horse during all the times I would wildly go running around the field just because I wanted to, (and that was quite often) but I did believe it was probably possible if you knew when and where to find it.

[@steevelapointe1152]

it was fake man, its impossible without glitch

[@crowmigration8245]

Never heard of this. I didnt know you could even ride a different horse.

[@zakuguriin4521]

Funny enough you can actually jump the gate that Ingo is standing in front of when he locks you in. I used to always do it that way until I realized you can jump off one of the sides, and have always done it that way ever since because it looks super funny in the cutscene.

[@yeoshazeus3944]

bet good looks bc i thought i remembered doing this but wasnt sure

[@yoshiboy20yt]

I had no idea you could race with a random horse

[@NowOnAFM]

Love your videos when there's an inch of reality hidden under the game's code. However, this one is such a stretch. It's a nice story in a "what if" sort of way, but there's no evidence that Ganondorf's horse was ever going to be obtainable in-game. You even state this at the end of the video as spawning it using cheat codes reveals that it was unmountable. The only interesting bit of evidence that Ganondorf's horse was planned in a bigger scope but scrapped is one of the Shiekah Gossip Stones in the game which details and describes the horse for some reason. I'm surprised that this wasn't mentioned in this video.

[@cibinomin6540]

ye that video sucked ganons massive black stallion

[@andresr.852]

I feel like all of his videos are pretty much like this. Questions not worth discussing but more so as a way to talk about Zelda for clicks. I’m all for theories and game lore, but he doesn’t do a good job at it.

[@ATG192]

It's weird. I have this fuzzy memory of my cousin playing Oot and actually riding Ganondorf's horse. I recall him running away from Gerudo's Fortress with the horse after beating the archery challenge.

[@instahawk8422]

Maybe originally it was a choice in the game but nintendo just added epona to safe on programming other horses in the game map having other horses running around hyrule field on the n64 would take up more game development time and could cause lag issues they decided to implement the choice feature of a horse in breath of the wild

[@Jotari]

It wouldn't have been that intensive to have other horse options. It'd basically just be a model swap. They already have two different fully rideable horses in the game. Extending it to three or four wouldn't make a big difference.

[@TheRabbitPoet]

It wouldn't be much of a difference, all horses would share the same code for collision and movement, the only extra parts would be to spend some memory to storage where you left each horse (I doesn't have to keep the entire horse loaded, just some numbers representing the area and coordinates of where you left them)

[@InternetReview]

Advert in the video Me: ⏩ ⏩ ⏩

[@PitXRoxas]

Yes

[@carracer41]

Yes

[@InternetReview]

Damnnn I forgot about this comment lol

[@PitXRoxas]

Internet Review lol

[@r0bw00d]

2:44, for those wondering.

[@norrecvizharan1177]

“When you flip to page 38 of the instruction manual....” Yeaa, I miss those good ol days, back when the instruction manuals were actually interesting and creative, rather than being only a couple pages of warnings and console instructions. Kinda wish a game could do that in modern day.

[@GeddyRC]

Norrec Vizharan some do. Buy more physical games, vote with your wallet that you still want them around.

[@hebercluff1665]

With the proliferation of the internet, the disappearance of instruction booklets was inevitable

[@G3AV]

ganon is mad because PETA stole his horse

[@03bgood]

LMAO!

[@owlishi]

I couldn’t read when I first played this so I was never allowed to leave the forest. My older brother would pretend to read the right thing to me.

[@impossibleexperiments]

I seem to recall that there's a wisdom stone somewhere in the game that mentions that ganondorfs steed is a creature summoned from hell // the underworld. It's thus unlikely that you would stable it alongside ordinary mammal horses.

[@Xeno_Solarus]

Tbh even if Epona was given to Ganondorf, I don't think he would use Epona. Epona is probably no match for his own horse. I mean, come on. Still an entertaining video.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

Maybe Epona was meant for when Ganny's horse became too old

[@hevy6]

The horse was probably intended as tribute and not as a replacement for gannondorf's horse.

[@Careidina342]

Possibly Ganondorf saw potential in Epona and wanted her to breed with his own.

[@thekingofthievesganondorf1628]

Even if I was going to get on her I would of crushed her from how heavy I am in armor

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

@@Careidina342 that makes a lot of sense as well.

[@anthg4563]

Feels goofing just barely hitting the 10 minute mark doesn’t it swankybox

[@Lonewolf3515]

In the original 1.0 version of the game, a lot of the sheikah stones talk about Ganondorf's horse for some reason lol.

[@antoniowilmot2637]

It'd be nice if nintendo implemented these rumors into the game, having that one ridiculously difficult challenge that gives you an item that breaks the game is always fun to have.

[@joetri10]

When the entire premise of a topic stems from a misquoted line. 'A' and 'The' could not be two more different words.

[@sandramarie6356]

Am I the only one who just jumped over the gate Ingo closed with Epona and not over the side wall? I didn't even know you could jump the side wall untill these KZbin videos, lol.

[@jjane222]

You can jump over the gate ingo closes? 😂

[@dominicmoisant8393]

@@jjane222 Yes you can jump over the gate or the wall, the gate is more precise.

[@thesilentmajority2765]

Did he call Epona a wild horse? It's been in captivity its whole life!

[@TheCreepypro]

didn't even know this was a thing but it was super interesting to hear about

[@CapnCant]

Wow that was really misleading and disapointing. You actually had me excited for a second.

[@flyforce16]

Every single one of his videos is like this. He doesn't discuss anything of substance and clickbaits you into watching the whole shitty video first.

[@dionysosadwan551]

@@flyforce16 Aaand stretches it. You know for the 10 minutes😉

[@crustman5982]

What kind of brainlet do you have to be to read that manual and jump to the conclusion you can ride ganondorfs horse lmao

[@CapnCant]

@@crustman5982 I know right?

[@starter47990]

Exactly. He talks so much but said absolutly nothing

[@whoiswho900]

Man, I really like videos like these. I recently started playing Ocarina of Time on an emulator and I really love it. I may not gave lived by the time these games were created, but it's never too late to try old but gold games. Keep up the work! Always up for a new Zelda theory. My respect

[@GoldenMushroom64]

FatalWinds thank god for emulators eh?

[@whoiswho900]

@@GoldenMushroom64 absolutely

[@morganwilliams5591]

Ocarina of Time is a classic for a reason. I never even played it myself until a couple years ago, but it's fantastic. I'm oftentimes not really interested in older games, so for a game like Ocarina to catch my attention was really something. Obviously graphically it doesn't stand the test of time lol, but as far as gameplay and story it's still amazing to this day.

[@PAKallman]

Welcome to the best game ever

[@dededesgustingtkemylife4825]

I remember learning the unloading trick on the 3ds, it was the only way I could beat him

[@777Rowen]

Thank you for this! I always wondered about this when I was a kid. I wanted to keep or win with the brown horse. I adore Epona, but I wanted this to happen too. This is so epic!

[@quitethehandful]

I went on Odyssey of Hyrule a lot as a kid, which was a big deal for OOT glitches and rumors from 1999 to 2003, and I've never heard this one before. I didn't use the brown horse in races, I'd always just ride epona until he agreed to race me. Didn't know you could never win with the brown horse or anything.

[@LozzaIllustrations]

The one horse that always peeked my curiosity was the one in Gerudo Fortress in the horse-back archery course. I remember trying to find a way to ride it haha.

[@KairuHakubi]

Awesome video. Really neat stuff, I love hearing about this that little glitchy texture on G-dog's hand at the end..that reminds me of something. I assume it has to do with the triforce mark being something loadable on the model for cutscenes? I recall that drawing and sheathing swords would change a little something on the model of the hilt, something similar to that, or looking like a little eye. Something different from what the official art suggests they should look like.... This has to be a known thing, right? Something people have gotten HD footage of. Since it's such a well-studied game.

[@stevenxenoknight3845]

Awesome perspective. Never thought about any other 🐎.

[@jameson891]

Yes!!! Thanks so much for the Zelda video! Even happier that it’s an ocarina of time video!

[@jarodperez4272]

I've never heard any of these stories, but now I miss that era of games.

[@johnnyboy8498]

As for the escape jump, you can actually jump over the gate and Ingo. Its harder, but possible.

[@someoneout-there2165]

These are so fascinating, shocked how many people are still into this game.

[@GeddyRC]

The rumors behind Ocarina of Time back on the mid-90s Internet were the greatest thing ever. Scouring forums manually looking for info.. ah times I miss dearly. Finding the triforce was the best rumor though!

[@max-zo5ew]

God I Love your OOT Videos Thank you!!!

[@wassupwo]

Cool mod, and I just want to say that it's my first time hearing of this rumor. It was awesome to see this vid, I want to say, I appreciate your captions. I'm not deaf, but it's nice to have something to read misunderstood words.

[@tom4465]

Well, the modding scene seems to be thriving for OoT, so I'm looking forward to all kinds of epic content still!

[@gmirkoi5067]

you should do the mystery of Robin in Batman: The Brave And The Bold DS

[@GamingWithSpoons]

O_o out of the 10 times I've beaten ocarina of Time I never new you could use epona in gerudo valley. I always thought you needed the long shot.

[@reitairue2073]

Wut..... but.....wow.....lol

[@veovekdosi9177]

I never even knew you could use a different horse to race him.

[@foloan1209]

I love Ganondorf's face in the thumbnail

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Love Ganon in the thumbnail 😂 just came for Ganon!!

[@_biscuit_151]

The more you know 💫 Zelda ocarina of the time was a big part of mine and my brother child hood too and all the theories what came along with it specially in School to. and the horse situation popped up one of them being if you jumped off the side of the mountain you will land in the field with the horses and you would be able to take any horse you won’t . so Sometimes if we was good during the week the teacher would let Us Bring one of are game consoles on Fridays so I took my Nintendo 64 and the game and told him to prove it Long story sure he couldn’t Proof his theory right no matter how many times he tried jumping off the edge. And I just wasted my time with a stupid theory lol Just like I have wasted your time by reading this lol but I did kick his butt on Pokémon Stadium to make it up.😀

[@Gashnaw]

Never knew you could race Ingo on a normal horse, as i would always get Epona early on so i could to the goron sword quest before forest temple. These days I do shadow temple when i become an adult. Glitch in) To get the boots. Hover boots allows you t break so many temples. Early Fire temple boss, Early water temple boss, Forest temple, i just get bow and then glitch to boss room. Spirit temple, i use hover glitch to go form kid era to the Mirror shield and then when i come back as adult link, just hookshot up there.

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

Dude, u brought back so many memories when you showed the 64 instruction manual pics 😭

[@Campaign2024]

I honestly never knew you could even race Inga with a normal horse. I thought Epona was required to even attempt it.

[@shizzaff8424]

Man I miss back on the day pre-internet or early internet where there would be crazy rumors like this about games. Like mew in pokemon, the boat etc. There was no centralized place online to go and confirm if it was true or not you just had to try it out and share your findings with your friends. Good times

[@loneskum]

This rumor happens when you put the cart before the horse

[@shupasopni]

"I like to believe it's still out there somewhere" Well I like to think the one in BoTW is it's descendent.

[@kenlamella8996]

I saw my question answered at the end of the video thank you my friend.

[@zekidan8284]

i beat indigo on the n64 with the normal horse in both races as a kid. it was my first play threw i hadn’t learned epona’s song yet, and i didnt know how catch and ride her so i just figured i had to beat him with the green horse. after many many tries i finally did it, many fail quits, several long afternoons. i would get in front of him and stall him or push him into the fence to stall him. i finally won i was soooo happy. jumping over the fence, had I epona and i thought maybe i wasn’t reading the dialogue carefully and missed something. haha

[@696Productions]

I one run I did as a kid I beat him in the horse he uses. But them regreted it when I realised that horse doesn’t appear with Epona’s song and dissalears if you leave him to despawn

[@andyq524]

Getting Epona is always the first thing I do as an adult. That way I can get the Biggorn Sword before I even enter the Forest Temple.

[@Dabking-fz2ls]

Beating the running man only gives you a heart piece.

[@garlandstrife]

Next video: is it possible to ride Aggro, the horse of Shadow of the Colossus?

[@theflame5665]

Video: Is about Ocarina of Time Swanky: Plays some Twilight Princess music in the background

[@gabrielajanki9167]

I was so curious about listening I didn't even notice there was a sponsorship in the beginning.

[@jamespowers.gpa.]

It’s nice that it’s easy to confirm these things now days but I truly miss all the theory’s and stories of unlockables growing up! I never heard of this particular one but I do remember trying to beat the running man outside Gerudo valley and just hoping and wondering what would be the reward. “YAAHH!!” In Mario 64 I heard there was a spot on the wall to jump into on the second floor, in the hall between two other pictures towards the top and you’d get to some sort of water world, and I heard of you played 1 million rounds with a character on Smash 64, you would unlock that character in gold lol good times

[@jamespowers.gpa.]

P.S. in Smash 64 I quickly realized how crazy it would be to accomplish that so i would constantly set up my favorite character at the time (Kirby) on cpu for all slots and just constantly replay, cause now thinking about it I think it was a million K.O.’s who knows lol waste of time but some of my best memories

[@davidwright8989]

Supposedly you can get the brown horse if you don't jump over the fence. Saving your game after racing Ingo with the brown horse, you supposedly get to keep it. Rumors say it's a bug that was never fixed on a certain version. However, they also say, epona's song doesn't work and you lock yourself from unlocking the cow in your house in Kokiri village. You also have to hunt down the brown horse if you wish to adventure with it. Of course you lock yourself from other events. Like getting Epona and wining the bunny race.

[@Unsung_Guardian]

When I was a kid, there was a rumor about getting a golden saddle as well.

[@kellyshea92]

I just jumped over the fence when i couldnt wim the race lol

[@ProtoPropski]

Hero's, and Titans 2 kinda looks like new age WoW especially with those mounts, and hell ya 30 Man Raids... I miss those calculated strategic wars, hell I remember being in a 40 Man Raid in WoW Wotlk, as a DPS Hunter having my pet taking the brunt, the tanks right besides them, and me just in between the tanks, and the healers. Raid leaders actually had to plan routes, and convey them to their troop effectively, they eventually removed that, and now raids

[@kenlamella8996]

4:15 I believe that the manual was so general but because it didn't want to give it away any spoilers about epona.

[@hazbiniznow89]

Never heard of that one. But I did spend some time as a kid searching for the secret "Lava Land" world in Banjo-Kazooie that never existed.

[@danielpiechowicz2898]

I remember friends telling me or me having the idea you could ride the other horses but I wanted Epona.

[@MAZZ0Murder]

In my first playthrough ever I tried to jump the bridge but didn't, so I assumed you couldn't and tried again once I had the longshot. Only in the last few years did I learn she could jump it so I must've not done something right! Also, someone said they managed to beat Ingo in the first race by cutting him off, but at the start of the second race Ingo "cheats" and makes your horse do the reaction where it hops up an neighs twice so that it's impossible to catch up with Ingo. Otherwise an idea I was trying to do, and it wasn't even a myth, was attempted to sweep Malon off her feet since a gossip stone suggested that's what she wanted! XD

[@las10plagas]

when i was young, I made my own instruction manual for a link to the past. I drew all itwms I could find out of memory and gave them my own canon descriptions :-)

[@Postposterous]

Your production value is insane. Postposterous says what's crackin'. lolz

[@Marcoscma]

The instruction book argument is weak. They wouldn't mention Epona's name in there because it's kind of a surprise that you can ride her as an adult after meeting her as a child along with Malon. So of course it would be a spoiler to say that you can only ride Epona.

[@flyforce16]

All his arguments are weak -- the guy clearly doesn't do any actual research when making these videos. Just check out the newest SM64 121st star incident too -- he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@kirah.7106]

I had trouble with the races, Epona would often run into the fence and stall, so I never bothered to try with the regular horse. I did hear it was possible with a lot of skill, but the version I read explicitly said you weren't meant to do this, and it claimed you'd just get stuck with the normal, slower horse. It's cool that someone managed it though. With modding and ACE, I wonder what we might see in the future. (I'm still not fully understanding the limits of ACE to be honest.)

[@diegoaespitia]

thats cause originally, there were supposed to be wild horses in Hyrule field you could ride. but that was in the Beta i think and games back them had tons of misleading info. I still remember the gameplay pictures for Half Life Opposing force scenarios but in game those fights dont exist

[@melevont5597]

Ride "the" Horse, not Ride "a" horse. And 'the' horse is Epona.

[@ballthatbounces626]

Hes was reading from the manual. He shows a picture and says he is quoting the manual. Hell he goes onto mention it's odd the manual says a horse and not epond right after.

[@melevont5597]

@@ballthatbounces626 'A' horse not specifying any horse. But simply just proper spelling, Although you can ride 'the' horse. And it says hyrule field is big so its better to use 'a' horse. 'A' horse can be found in Lon Lon ranch. Understand that epona is not the only horse in the game, but the only horse you can own and call whenever you want.

[@ballthatbounces626]

@@melevont5597 I dont get what that has tto do with what I said.

[@melevont5597]

@@ballthatbounces626 ?? You just mentioned him mentioning the Manual saying a horse and not epona. You are actually stupid too for editing the comment.

[@lamegamertime]

The manual does not say "the horse" every time. It often uses "a horse" instead. No matter how many times it says "the horse," if there is even one "a horse" that logically means the horse is not specific. And it says "a horse" repeatedly.

[@niahoad]

You can also escape trough the fence at the entrance. If you are still concerned about eponas legs

[@JustinKruger336]

1 does not need a horse if one can obtain a milking cow placed inside your treehouse by a little girl for winning a horse race lol damn that pointless prize why did it have to be inside his treehouse why not in his front yard.

[@DavidFletcher08]

I just wanna meet the guy who got it up there xD

[@JustinKruger336]

@@DavidFletcher08 probably the little girls dad lol

[@ZeldaboyOG]

When I was a kid I didn't have an N64. I had a kid try to convince me you could get the mirror to dark world (which was actually just the Lens of Truth), and that by using it you could obtain Phantom Ganon's horse. Then by playing Epona's Song it would appear out of a portal for you to ride.

[@pavener]

it was a rumor when i was a kid back in 1999-2000 all the way here in Norway, alltho the method you could obtain it by was different. It had soemthing to do with the castle, but i cant remember

[@drakenbakken]

I did that race probably 100 times trying to get the other horse. Got so close a couple times by blocking off the other horse I always thought if you got the angle just right at the right time you could make him push you across the finish.

[@amyfain9925]

Stealing the main antagonists horse is the ultimate way to assert dominance.

[@TSTait]

Wait? What do you mean you can’t beat the running man? Sure you can. I’ve done it every run through I’ve ever done.

[@DaellusKnights]

If I remember, there are three horses other than Epona that you can try racing Dingus with... Over the years I've tried them all on both the N64 and the Project64 emulator. Both are the same, without hacks or cheats, you can only win with Epona as scripted.

[@pc-122]

Yeah is some “sonic is in Melee” type thing I heard on my elementary school playground

[@danielsales5687]

I finished this game probably 500+ times and had no idea you could race Ingo with another horse then Epona

[@ilovethelegend]

I had heard that you could beat Ingo with the brown horse; but the result of the rumor was just that you had the brown horse instead if epona.