The DISAPPEARANCE of Navi? (Zelda Theory)

To this day, there are many questions left unanswered within the Zelda series. In this video we'll look at the fate of Navi at the end of Ocarina of Time and its significance to the overall story.
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[@Zurrahs]

He cooked her in botw

[@bakaron7842]

Lol.

[@brroclliertreee6020]

CAN YOU COOK FAIRYS ! Now im going to restart the game

[@Zurrahs]

@@brroclliertreee6020 Lmfaooo prepare to hear screams of agony when you throw them into boiling hot water

[@deus5185]

u bastard 🤬

[@Wm7forthewin]

lol

[@Beriorn]

Navi left because she knew that Majora's Mask was coming and didn't feel like putting up with the Groundhog Day bullshit so she decided to yeet out of there on the double.

[@user-pj3wn1hy4y]

Oh, it’s you again.

[@touroleite9920]

B+ comment

[@roaringthunder115]

Yes

[@SteviiLove]

😂

[@Noorazm1]

😂

[@cioplasmmajic8327]

Interesting theory, but I feel that it takes a few too many leaps. When you enter a fairy fountain, you can have all the fairies heal you, then leave and come back right away, and there are just as many fairies as before. Rather than death, it seems more likely that they use up some of their power and loose the glow that lets you see them easily. Otherwise fairies would need to be born/created at an insane rate to keep up with "demand".

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Exactly. Also what about all the fairies dedicated to healing Link and/or giving him powers? What, do they go back in their fountain to recharge or is it a all new fairy that takes her place?

[@redwidow1358]

That's actually exactly how that works. The goddess Hylia creates fairies to serve Link and once they serve that purpose, they fade into dust and die. They're just vessels of her power used to guide and heal the Hero.

[@Link-ou7ss]

Me: Watches NBC My Mom: GO LEARN FOR YOUR EXAMS! Me: Well excuuuuuuuse me mother

[@literallywhy6162]

...where do you live that you’re still in school in June? Please dear god tell me this isn’t in the US. I got of school MID MAY when I was still in school and I only graduated in 2016

[@Link-ou7ss]

@@literallywhy6162 i have school from 1 septembre until 30 june.. life sucks you know

[@mr.gluten7205]

Dear lord, this world really is cruel

[@clementpoon120]

What Link actually thinking at the oot end cutscene: *finally get rid of that annoying light bulb.*

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

I hit upon the idea of a secret identity. What if Navi was actually the ghost of Link's mother in the guise of a fairy? You will recall the cutscene after Link defeating the Forest Temple boss & Saria becoming the Forest Sage where the Deku Tree Sprout tells Link that he isn't really a Kokiri but actually a Hylian & how he came to live in the Kokiri Forest.

[@dominicmoras4283]

Maybe he had to go to Termina to grieve not only Navi, but his life as a revered hero. He had to let go, so that he could fulfill his new destiny in this timeline which was to secretly set the stage for the counter attack against ganondorf's return in the future i.e. contact the light spirits, leave them his tunic, give his bow to the goron. All of this, to ensure his descendant's victory which required him to give up on the idea that he was the one to defeat ganon in this timeline... Or you know, something along those lines

[@BlossomPossumCosplay]

Man I LOVE this!! I actually adored Navi as a character ;w;

[@jacoballan1714]

Digging the new intro, much softer on the ears :3

[@nikgk1215]

When navi leaves, she goes through the big window above the pedestal. In Twilight Princess, there is a secret entrance to a much larger area of the temple of time

[@aaronkozelii8300]

When I was a kid I never realized how sad the ending of Ocarina of Time was. I figured Navi probably just went back to the forest ahead of Link (for reasons I’m not sure of, child logic) and he would go on to live out the rest of his life there.. I guess once he lost his fairy 🧚‍♂️ he wasn’t even able to return to his home or his childhood. He was practically exiled at ten years old for the sake of Hyrule. His whole life was forfeit for the sake of everyone else... 😢😭😭😭😭😭 ... Such is the way of a Hero.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Reminds me of Fallout 1 and its end..

[@jesselee1031]

Aaron Kozel II she went back to the forest to do the new Deku tree’s biddings waiting for another mission

[@jesselee1031]

She’s not dead I will not accept this 😤🥺😢😭😭😭😭😭

[@RHTQ1]

If she had stayed with him, he may have been tempted to return to the Kokiri forest as a forest boy. Returning to his childhood may have proved difficult over time, because of his experiences, but also threatened the security of the true Kokiri as he aged and they did not. We know from the adult timeline that he did return, at least not for long, so ....

[@angelinashoemaker2727]

So if the lost woods is where the entrance to termina is does it mean that the people of termina are just lost kids from the woods?

[@ssjgokuhan]

It's a fun theory, but I don't think they disappear because they fullfil their role, I think it's just a game thing. In A Link to the Past, if you die with a fairy in a bottle, the fairy will bring Link back to life before it flies away.

[@l8nitevibe812]

What if the fairies are what stop the Kokiri from aging/growing up, but are also there to guide them through life? Maybe Link was given one as a guide, but because he wasn't a real Kokiri and was destined to grow up, Navi decided she was no longer needed and flew off to become another Kokiri's companion. Or maybe she just went back to where the fairies came from.

[@sparkiebunnie8]

I wonder what happened to all of the Kokiri fairies once they became Koroks?

[@wrappy8321]

Termina was never a place known to hyrule or the universe, just skull kid's imagination.

[@prowlingmonkey]

Maybe Navi told us all where she was going, we just didn't listen

[@Mysticgamer]

I wonder why link didnt check the fairy fountain?

[@Focafoxxi]

It's weird when you sorta miss NAVI

[@godofchaos6610]

she said aight ima head out

[@saikikusuo3600]

She fufilled her purpose and flew away so link didnt have to see her die

[@seeenkun3826]

How about something on New Hyrule? Something we never get much of

[@chamwow168]

This vid appeared in my safari reading list, though I’ve never seen it. What is Navi playing at

[@ChrisCashe]

I'm dying from the Google search "Is Zelda a psychopath?"

[@UltimateRage]

She got stuck in a Skulltula web.

[@noslite_]

6:57 That... face...

[@lorddrethin7474]

Can we chat about the thing i saw? Pretty sure its just a dev strat..but navi is floating in front of the window as link turns to leave

[@ventusxzephyr13]

I’d like to think that Navi became the queen fairy in Twilight princess

[@Plasma-ht9cv]

For once she didn’t want you to “Look!” Rip

[@tommoore2012]

Or "listen"

[@robloxsticknews1022]

Hey

[@THEGREATMAX]

The truth about navi is that she went off to die. Fairies are meant to be companions for a kokiri for their whole lives. She wasn't a normal fairy. The only reason she existed was to help guide the hero to his goal, and once she accomplished that, she had no more reason to exist. Kind of like a meseeks from rick and morty

[@THEGREATMAX]

I didn't watch the video. I just assumed this for the past 20 years. I thought it was fairly obvious

[@DefaultMii]

@@THEGREATMAX we can only speculate

[@mr.gluten7205]

Plot twist: Navi was secretly hiding under Link's hat the whole time he was in Termina

[@AmeliaTwee]

*DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN*

[@timethunder4820]

And tatle? She went there too. Omg no! Sorry link!

[@roaringthunder115]

YES

[@Scythical]

@@timethunder4820 *oh fuck*

[@mikeanthony3300]

@@timethunder4820 You don't think the two...never mind....

[@millionshadesofdarkness2165]

its simple. Link is NOT a kokiri kid. he was never supposed to have a fairy outside of his prophetic purpose

[@zacharydodge7074]

This isn't about why she left, it's about what happened to her

[@nolan9101]

Zachary Dodge it’s ok, she just went to the drug store to get some cigarettes. She’ll be back some day...

[@davidamajako961]

@@nolan9101 right with thousands of years. Great story man.

[@venusdreemurr9860]

@@nolan9101 like my dad. I'm still waiting though

[@MidnightMuffin]

My mom went to the grocery store in the sky.

[@serbiancrusader7813]

What happened to Navi? *Gone, reduced to atoms.*

[@Noorazm1]

Wtf😂

[@rayquaza_is_da_boi8661]

Serbian Crusader 😂

[@LoreMaster2023]

I used Navi to destroy Navi Why? SHE WAS TO ANNOYING THATS WHY

[@imatoaster_is_here]

Thrown in a pot in botw

[@Muhammad-lq7fu]

@@LoreMaster2023 but I love her 🥺👉👈

[@joerobins5649]

Navi: "If I leave him, then he'll get lost in the woods and end up in Termina" Or you could just...ya know...lead him to Termina. No need to make this complicated.

[@youtubeuser5524]

thats fan theories for you, more likely she was probably sent to investigate in the lost woods due to the skull kid

[@mario_gabriel]

Can’t guide him if she’s dead

[@mario_gabriel]

Manek Iridius if she’s gonna die, then the best option was to leave Link and that way he’ll get lost and end up in Termina, she couldn’t lead him to Termina because she was going to die, and if Link sees her death he wouldn’t go looking for her.

[@ChristyTina22]

I always assumed her leaving represented us as the player leaving Link. She left slowly, because the vast majority of us didn't want the game to end.

[@roaringthunder115]

Christy Tina Wow

[@curtis4278]

That actually makes sense. In Majora's Mask, Tatl is with you for the whole game, so I guess fairies represent the player for the Hero of Time.

[@imabit2lil]

😭😭😭🤧

[@BrandenBrick]

This is DEEP.

[@Hat-Trick]

Jehovah thought he was supposed to be the link between the past and future.

[@Lill0fD]

I feel as though not only Navi died in a sort of Charlotte's Web ending... but I feel Link sort of knew, but couldn't accept it until the end of Majora's Mask with the Skull Kid also losing his friends. I think Link saw that if he let the losses of Ocarina of Time affect him in that way, he would become something dangerous. Heck, maybe that Fierce Deity / Oni (Demon) was the reflection of himself. He lost his childhood, he lost his adulthood, he lost his friends, he lost his purpse. The journey of Majora's Mask wasn't his own death, it was his maturity. To become the hero Shade, he had to first accept the dark, and become the light. It might be fitting for him to wear that Fierce Deity mask at the end, because that could symbolize him directing his rage to protect those that he grew an attachment to during his journey. Anyway, I'm getting side tracked. TL;DR, I feel Navi died, Link didn't accept it, and the journey and themes of Majora's Mask were in a way him learning to accept that loss much like the Skullkid.

[@softpaw6234]

Oh my god, it *was* the five stages, but it wasn't his own death but *Navi's*

[@mrmultiversal6973]

Okami Takishima yep...TAKE THAT MATPAT!!!!!!

[@softpaw6234]

@@mrmultiversal6973 I mean he was still close, it was just an illusion instead of death and Navi instead of Link.

[@davidforster9039]

Maybe he is the skull kid in a way. Becoming lost in the lost woods manifests in the mind of those lost in their individual ways. This would explain the reuse of the character models. Stalfos link in TP is a result of his adult form wandering in the lost woods while his child form becomes a skull child and the inner process of being a skull child are the events of majors mark. He gets lost in both timelines

[@softpaw6234]

@@mrmultiversal6973 Also MatPat didn't invent that theory, he just presented it alongside supporting evidence in a digestable format

[@vegettosonlab]

Makes me wonder what happened to the fairies that watched over the Kokiri kids.

[@timethunder4820]

Fusion ACTIVATE!

[@TigerLoveHeart]

don't you know real kokiris never grows older? and fairies has the power to revive... so they probably keep them staying young, as for link isn't really a kokiri so navi is useless other than pretty much guiding him

[@gimliq]

@@TigerLoveHeart I think he means when the Kokiri kids transformed into Koroks, what happened to the fairies.

[@maxwelleckenrode4676]

Tiger LoveHeart *Link Dies* Navi: *”Guardian Down”*

[@davidamajako961]

@@TigerLoveHeart yet red fairies revived link. Stop lying.

[@MidnyteSketch]

I think the answer is pretty simple. Link was never supposed to have a fairy companion, as he is a Hylian. At the end of the game, Zelda sends him back in time to relive the 7 years he lost sleeping in the sacred realm, but now he knows he is not one of the Kokiri, and thus he doesn't return to live in the forest anymore. Navi returned home to the Kokiri woods, while link most likely stayed with young Zelda, and together they warned everyone about Ganondorf in the past before he could open the sacred realm. Link eventually misses Navi, goes to find her, and that is when he gets lost in the woods as without Navi's help he never makes it back to the Kokiri forest.

[@leafychild5179]

Also, he is the stalfos in TP so he must have gotten lost.

[@sliceninja4546]

@@leafychild5179 i dont agree with the theory since if link died looking for navi. Tp link would have never existed

[@leafychild5179]

@@sliceninja4546 But he doesn't die.

[@redwidow1358]

I disagree. Link had a fairy companion in other games, despite not being a Kokiri then either. Fairies are creations sent by the goddess Hylia to aid the Hero. When they heal you, they fade into dust and die. I think it's easier to say she served her purpose and her life ended as such. The Goddess had no more use for her, as Link's quest was complete.

[@Breached18]

@@sliceninja4546 actually, i believe tp link is a new form of the hero that the goddesses made to combat ganon. They couldnt stop link from looking for navi, and so he dies in the woods, becoming a stalfos. Tp link is a whole new bloodline. Or link has a child with malon and he may sense that ganon is returning and he is too old to fight he goes to the woods to be immortalized, waiting for his child to grow up enough so he can be taught the ways of the hero of time

[@shinobuluvvr]

If you look closely when Navi is “leaving” the temple of Time. You can see her quickly move into the light from the window and she doesn’t disappear. Plot twist she’s stuck at the window in the temple of Time no wonder Link couldn’t find her. Also love your into.

[@shinobuluvvr]

Idk I was just watching and I could still see Navi flying in front of the window

[@awakened_link1041]

She flew towards the window in the Temple of Time at the end of OoT, which ends up having a secret dungeon hiding behind it in TP. I think that clearly indicates she becomes the giant spider boss we see in TP.

[@Ajvt-ux4ec]

awakened_link but........how?

[@roaringthunder115]

Yes

[@s0enix]

awakened_link uhhh

[@zombiegod34]

would love to hear more about that process

[@dylanstafford3414]

Is this not common knowledge?

[@zacharykenniston748]

Actually she started to disintegrate at the end of oot. She’s starts dropping sparks which is something she never does otherwise. It’s safe to say she’s dead and did not want link to see her dying.

[@ThePsychicPsycho_uZ]

Something to note is that she flies straight up to the Twilight Princess Temple of Time entrance. TP also takes place in the child timeline. It's a major stretch but she might have been an incarnation of the Goddess of Time. The whole plot of Majora has that Goddess watching over Link. He may have found her, helped her soul heal, and then via the words of the Happy Mask salesman realized that sometimes friends leave but it's never forever, just a short time.

[@redwidow1358]

Not an incarnation, but Hylia creates fairies for the sole purpose of aiding Link. When they serve their purpose, they fade into dust and die. They do it all the time when they heal you, but Navi's purpose was to guide you through killing Ganon. Only once you put the sword back into its pedestal are you really done, since you've been sent back in time to live out your regular life. When she flies into the window and just disappears, it isn't like she goes through it or anything. There's glass there. She would have had to just smack into it like a bird, or just become dust and die before she touched it.

[@silenal2885]

I should study for my 5 exams but... It's a theory from nbc...so I have to watch it😂😂

[@dayalasingh5853]

I have three.

[@el_torr]

I watch theories while studying. I still got As on them.

[@thepoppets1052]

I hope you pass your exams man! Good luck!

[@silenal2885]

@@thepoppets1052 Thank you so much :)! They are very important to get to another school so I have to pass them.

[@thepoppets1052]

@@silenal2885 You got this! And when you pass those exams, that school you're transferring to is going to get an amazing student

[@horns8432]

I will say she left is because she served her purpose in guiding link throughout his journey. Thats what I think.

[@thesamuraispirit7686]

I think she did die. Majoras mask is all about friendship and moving on from death

[@THEGREATMAX]

She dies, and link also dies trying to find her. He can't accept that she's dead, goes into the lost woods, and never comes back out. All of termina is his dying moments. None of what happens in termina is real. It's him accepting that she died, and now he's dead as well.

[@thesamuraispirit7686]

@@THEGREATMAX i dont agree with that theory. Hyrule historia has confirmed the hero's shade in twilight princess is the hero of time. Which means the Link from twilight princess is his descendant. For that to have happened, he mustve gotten older and married with someone. So I dont buy it.

[@redwidow1358]

@@THEGREATMAX Well, except for the part where he leaves Termina alive lol It sort of breaks that old theory. But it is easy to say that she died. After all, fairies are nothing more than Hylia's creations, sent to aid Link and nothing more. Once they serve their purpose, they fade into dust. Whether it's healing Link or killing Ganon, when it's done, it's done.

[@StarlasAiko]

I believe, it is pretty clear that Navi died on her way out of the Temple of a Time....she was trailing light spots or pixie dust or whatever behind herself on her way out....during the entire game, she did not trail anything behind her...in fact, the only times any fairy is shown to have a light trail is when they are dieing in the process of healing the hero...and in that one scene at the end of Navi. Even healing fairies don't have a trail while just floating about, only after being put to work. The most likely reason for Navi leaving the Temple would be to spare Link the pain of watching his friend die. Navi had no idea that Termina even existed....and in spite of what the Word of God is...i still agree with the MatPack theory that Termina is the Hylian Underworld, where the dead reside. Does not necessary mean that Link died to get there....all across ancient mythology, you have heroes enter the Underworld for three days for a quest...and not in all stories do they have to die to get there....Heracles and Inana are just two examples...mythology is full of heroes or saviours or half-gods go to the land of the dead, or some other form of exile/place of isolation/underground/whatever, some by finding a portal, some by being cast/thrown there, rarely by dieing.....and they always return after three days (Samson - Roman dungeon, Jacob (I think...may have been Josef) - tossed into a well, Jonah - belly of a whale, Daniel - lion pit, Jesus - actually died, Heracles/Hercules - marched into Hades, Inana - travelled the underworld, Izanami - travelled the underworld,...), three weeks (Amaterasu - hid in a cave to pout, Soun Goku - astral projection), three months (Cassiopeia - every year, as the bride of Hades) or three years (Odin - twice, once chained to Yggdrasil, once in the Odensleep). So, Nintendo's statement that Link did not die in MM does not prove that Termina is not the Underworld. Hate me all you like for my believes, I don't care.

[@StarlasAiko]

Regular Slime and why would link not be able to bring items from the underworld back to the living world? Unlike reality, in mythology the land of the dead is an actual location. In Greek mythology, the only reason the dead don't return from Hades is the guard dog Cerberus, preventing people and items from leaving. It is not Cerberus' purpose to keep people out, only to keep them in. Without that guard dog, the dead would be easily able to return. In some mythologies, there is no guardian, making sure the dead don't return, but the dead need a living guide to find their way back (Inana; Izanami). And there has never been anything in any of the mythologies saying, the living hero can't bring back items form the underworld. I believe, there even was a Greek hero who had the task of retreating an item from Hades (not hundred percent sure, though). As for Skullkid and the fairies being able to get out, Skullkid is an undead and the fairies are spirits. Of course, they can traverse an unguarded threshold.

[@crystalchampion9617]

One of the kokiri kids say kokiri will die if they leave the forest but at the end of the game they are shown out of the forest at Lon ranch

[@notavailable8201]

Maybe they aren't Kokiri anymore and just become normal kids. That or by die it is meaning they'll evolve into the plant beings we see in breath of the wild.

[@crystalchampion9617]

@@notavailable8201 how is that possible

[@almostalways]

I think it's just a hyperbole to scare and keep the Kokiri from leaving.

[@crystalchampion9617]

@@almostalways that's true I never thought of that

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

*LOVESICKE* that makes sense since not long ago there was a huge war hence why Link was raised by the tree to begin with.

[@allterraincapybara6749]

I've heard that the reason Navi left link is because fairies belong to the forest children, and because of the time travel and the experiences Link went through, even though he regained the body of a child, he was no longer one in spirit. Because of that, Navi could no longer be with Link and left him because he'd grown up.

[@misakidelalune7]

Question: Why is Saria's fairy green one time and pink when sitting in front of the forest temple?

[@THEGREATMAX]

Navi changes colors too, from white to yellow when she highlights something. Fairies can obviously change colors

[@misakidelalune7]

@@THEGREATMAX Whoops, I forgot that. It's been so long since I've last played OOT.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Misaki de la Lune could of been developer oversight.

[@keiyakins]

All the kokiri's fairies pick a random color when you load a map they're on. Presumably it's a mood ring thing or something, since Navi and Tatl change color too.

[@devildogkogg8353]

Green represents information when Navi changes to that color. Maybe it was green because it was telling her of Link's importance. Later in the forest, she already knew what was so special about him so it reverted to its natural color (pink)

[@spike28]

You’re a beast dude, thanks for spending your time researching this as much as you did. Keep it up man 👊. Much love.

[@travischance5332]

Sadly, I don't think Link "went to Termina", I think Termina was Link's transition into a Stalfos. Outsiders who enter the Lost Woods get lost and become Stalfos or Skull kids, but I would imagine Link is the only person strong enough not to simply get overtaken. He is the Hero of Time, after all; he has the hero's soul. So instead of just becoming a Skull Kid and wandering the forest, he went through a violent spiritual trial and came out the other side as what we would later know to be the Hero's Shade from Twilight Princess.

[@travischance5332]

P.S. R.I.P. Navi, and nice video.

[@kingnamor7777]

Are fans still on that Link is die theory and he became a Stalfos theory. Because the Hero of Time eventually went back to Hyrule safe and sound. Because how least do you get TP Link in the first place. Nintendo confirmed that HoT Link and TP Link are related. So that means HoT Link had gotten marry/girlfriend and then had childrens.

[@travischance5332]

@@kingnamor7777 I understand where you're going with that, but it's never specified that the hero's soul is tied to blood lineage. The hero of light and the hero of time don't have to be family. I only assume Link became a stalfos because of the hero's shade in Twilight Princess

[@paulsander5579]

Didn't they specify same *blood*? Has in they *are* related

[@hectorrios6871]

Navi survived the 7 year travel into the future but like you say she served her purpose and died. That's probably why Majora was about the stages of grief; Link dealing with his own grief 🤔

[@cattycatqueen7643]

Or perhaps link was dieing and the fairy was the kid version of the Grimm and left to bring another kid into limbo

[@hectorrios6871]

@@cattycatqueen7643 also remember reading a the oot manga and navi came back to link when he was grown

[@cattycatqueen7643]

@@hectorrios6871 he has escaped the underworld and navi must bring him back before anyone else sees him

[@astral5969]

Wat

[@Crum5h0t]

MM isn't about the stages of grief

[@milolyons4091]

Love your Videos NBC! I clicked on this notification SO fast!

[@thepriorstone4064]

Since she leaves Link in the Temple of Time, it makes sense that she (somehow) goes to the Future Timeline to continue assisting the Great Deku Tree, that’s why Link could never find her

[@kingnamor7777]

That makes a lot of sense. A fairy destiny is to full fill their master/friend role in life.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

So... if a kokiri wanders outside the forest, the fairy dies too? Edit I obviously mean full blood kokirI.. But then again... you see saria and mido I think at the end of OoT

[@kingnamor7777]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 If a kokiri kid wonders into the forest they will turn into a skull kid. With or without a fairy I think.

[@tiddlez3948]

My god i just binged your channel then a minute later you post? My morning has been great! I love your theories! You put MatPat to shame, with your lack of clickbait and overhype!

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

@@bedmanshapiro2029 The point is to make a title that wants people to watch. In essence, by default you want to clickbait people. But not a desperate kind of clickbait. Imo, a title that has only a couple words as caps sticks out more than a title that is all caps ;)

[@tiddlez3948]

Nah fam the random caps are just fine. As long as the title doesn't flat out lie about what the video is, its good. "Don't judge a book by its cover" as they say.

[@minekraftminer]

Hey, Listen! You should like this video

[@odd-eyes6363]

I think Navi died. When Link encountered Skull Kid he used Majora’s and the forest’s magic to create Termina in order to toy with Link and his feelings of grief over his lost friend. This would explain the fact that everyone in Termina looks like people from Ocarina, since that dimension was made based on Link’s memories, besides we already know the mask has power to create life and places as seen in the end of the game This would also fit really nicely with MM’s overall themes of death and grief

[@leafychild5179]

Wow. That actually makes sense.

[@SSZero]

Also, what you're saying adds to the theory that Ocarina of Time's Link actually gets lost in the Lost Woods and becomes the Stalfos Knight that trains the Link in Twilight Princess.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Odd-Olhos Pendulum Dragão but that would clash with Skullkids backstory since he was friends with the giants and he was in OoT.

[@jagmaster1955]

@@SSZero But the Link in Twilight princess is a descendent of Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask Link. For that the Hero of Time must've gotten older and married someone.

[@dexeronstarsurge]

@@jagmaster1955 malon is the only likely candidate.

[@spearmint1169]

Loved this video! Could you possibly cover the statues in BoTW near the Kam Urog Shrine and Robred Dropoff? I personally think they are related to a Yiga equivalent of a Hylia statue. Probably wrong, but I really thought a video on this would be cool!

[@megarotom1590]

I think that the only thing keeping the sprout from growing was Ganon's corruption in the Forest Temple, so I think when Ganondorf was defeated the Great Deku Tree sprout was able to grow

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

That is plausible and since he is young he could of potentially walked to a better spot since he is a magical tree.

[@Bl1ght]

I mean, do we really miss "HEY LISTEN!" every five seconds?

[@Bl1ght]

@Gamer _4126 ik but \_(°-°)_/

[@Ahrowtway1998]

I actually did not get annoyed by her saying this lol

[@kingly456]

It might be annoying but it sure is nostalgic for a lot of people

[@Bl1ght]

@@kingly456 true true

[@ashlynw.7291]

It’s my text tone so nope lol, I’m a weird exception

[@christianweber7435]

Hey NBC, if Link went back in time and saved clock town, doesn't that mean that when link was in the temple of time in OoT, the moon would have crashed down and destroyed the world. Therefore, Majora's mask is just a fantasy world created by Majora.

[@ValensBellator]

I really liked the idea from Good Blood in that fantastic take on OOT that Navi represented his childhood and once he’d completed his journey there was no going back to the kid he had once been. It’s the simplest and best answer in my mind that does fit the story.

[@nottechytutorials]

I'm playing the Spirit Temple rn and what struck me is when the owl talks to us as child Link, he says we're an adult now, and the long flow of time is nothing to us. So even tho Zelda sent us back in time and we're a child again, I feel like Link will never be a child again.

[@archmdc370]

Theory idea: What is the true origin of Koume and Kotake? This seems to be one question without an answer. @nintendoblackcrisis

[@archmdc370]

@Zachary Erickson Yes, they are Gerudo. In Ocarina of Time, we know that they are 400-year-old witch twin sisters, who can merge to form Twin Rova. They are the surrogate mothers who helped raise and teach Ganondorf magic/sorcery. We do not know who Ganondorf's biological parents were but he was instantly made King of the Gerudo ("thieves") based on his gender as a male in 100 years. We know Koume and Kotake were loyal servants to Ganondorf's mission and against the Hero of Time and also against the Hero of Legend in the Oracle games when they attempt to resurrect their surrogate son. Beyond that, they appear as non-threatening NPCs in "Majora's Mask" and, technically, at least one of them are in "A Link To the Past" and even they were even on Koholint Island in "Link's Awakening". While I understand they are seemingly NPCs to fill in the story, we do not know where they originate from and we know they do die after Link defeats them in the Spirit Temple, but strangely they show up in the Downfall Line in Holodrum (of course these games were made by Capcom and not Nintendo directly, so they're technically not canon). They would also have been defeated and dead since the time line split occurred when the Hero of Time gets defeated by Ganon (but o suppose any point in time he could die and that could lead to the Downfall Line and the twins could be alive still..... So, unless they were resurrected or actually dead and trying to raise their "son" from the dead by the dead, then they shouldn't be in the Downfall Line. Also, if they were alive, they would be close to probably between 600-1000 years old (assuming they are the same incarnations). We see them in Termina as alternative characters not the same. We never see them in the Child Timeline either way, though, even though they would be alive still since Link never helped awaken sages and never would have battled the witches in the future. In the Adult Timeline they are dead and never show up again. So, that's as much as I know about them. Where did they come from? Whose descendants are they? What did they do in the Gerudo Desert/people before Ganondorf's birth? Where did they learn/obtain magic? Are they connected to Demise? Were they awaiting Demise's prophecy (incarnation) to come to pass (Ganondorf's birth). They would have definitely seen more than just one male child born in Gerudo Village.

[@archmdc370]

@nintendoblackcrisis please see above.

[@archmdc370]

@Zachary Erickson That raises an excellent point. Though, I am guessing this would have been magically done if option two. In fact, for example, the series "Charmed" actually has the Seer transfer the incarnation son of the Source from Phoebe into her own demonic womb. If it was Twinrova (combined sisters) with a natural conception, then they would be more powerful together to pass on such genetics not to mention Demise's malice would be incarnated. Something else I found: Ganondorf: Ganon is actually an Irish name, meaning "descendant of the fair-haired man, fair-skinned, white, fair" (info found here: www.ign.com/boards/threads/origin-of-zelda-character-place-names-explained-in-here.186595417/) With that said, it may be assumed, if taken literally, that Ganondorf's father would have been Hylian.... Interesting old conversation here: www.reddit.com/r/truezelda/comments/6rv8oy/who_was_ganondorfs_father/ Gameover Jesse also theorized that Groose was the start of the Gerudo and relative to Ganondorf: www.zeldadungeon.net/grooses-accursed-connection-to-ganondorf-and-gerudo-history/ Anyhow, I'm still more interested in where did they come from? Groose's children? Groose was definitely fair-haired and skinned.

[@archmdc370]

@Zachary Erickson Good point. So regional adaptation/evolution of the desert certainly makes sense. Amazonian-like race with a make born every hundred years...that seems like either a curse or something magically imposed to stop males from being born. Also, maybe there was something more to the goddess of the sands, who may not have been originally Hylia. I don't know.

[@archmdc370]

@Zachary Erickson Zachary, this is highly fascinating and makes me wonder what is going on within the Hyrulian universe. This gives a whole new meaning to interracial genetics and expansion of the gene pool...but a single gender gene being passed on makes this very unique. Yes, I would agree a male in this case would be a mutation based on the mixed genetics.

[@alexkuhn5188]

I have something for you to look into: why does the Queen Of Fairies look almost exactly like Fi both in Wind Waker and Four Swords Adventure? is there some kind of connection?

[@Rodimus75]

yeah, it's called Nintendo being cheap and quick by simply reusing artistic elements.

[@linkzenos]

@@Rodimus75 someways yes in some cases reincarnations like zelda link and ganon

[@DAVID-ANDERSON]

The great fairies in Wind Waker and Fi's design looks the same because Aonuma like the look of the great fairies and use that as a bases for Fi design

[@vedantmhatre3476]

The least thing is a tribute But that must be a connection between them

[@cramerfloro5936]

Ooooooooooooh, now you're getting to the real BIG questions. Nice to see a new video from you!

[@jameson891]

But equally as curious : what happened to Saria's fairy when she became a sage?

[@zynthio]

3:20 there is no reason why a new deku tree sprout couldnt have appeared after the end of OOT. Also correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't it show the sprout in the end credits? I choose to believe that Navi went back to serve the new deku tree

[@redwidow1358]

Fairies don't serve the Deku Tree, they only live within his safety in the forest (and fountains of sacred origin). There's no reason to assume Navi went back to the forest, because it's more evident that she died. All fairies do after their purpose is served, that's exactly why the Goddess makes them.

[@OmoiSenpai]

I don't think that fairies die after a request/goal. They could be offer their life to heal the hero though. If that was the case, then Tael would have died after being reunited with Tatl I think Navi went to do a set task given to her by the Deku Tree if he had died ( which he did ) Thinking about the Twilight Princess, a fragment of the Fused Shadow was given to the Deku Tree or deku tree lines,) and Navi probably knew about it since she was the Tree's partner before Link. It could be that she was thinking ahead, and wanted the Deku sprout to appear quicker, so that the "baddies" will not populate the kokiri forest and take over for the fused shadow ( or just because they can.) Could also be that Navi was a candidate to become a great fairy as well. If you think about it, The Great Fairies were placed at the top of Death Mountain, in the Zora Fountain, between the Temple of Time & Hyrule Castle, and even in the Gerudo Desert area to protect big landmarks. Lake Hylia probably had Naydra, the ice dragon that dies in the future, and there is 2 Great Fairies in death mountain, probably because Volvagia was dead. But the Kokiri Forrest, had none. There is a regular fairy fountain there. Maybe it was one of the points where one should have been appointed Perhaps Navi went to take that position. Coule also be a possibility of there being one inside of the Deku Tree behind those bars, but I dunno. Another thing to point out is what the Happy Mask Salesman says at the end of Majora's Mask, "Shouldn't you be returning home as well? Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever... Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time... That is up to you." Could be that the Happy Mask Salesman is a scout of sorts ( probably once was part of Demise's Army as a scout ) And saw Navi from the Forrest ( and knew Navi from seeing Link in the Happy Mask Shop ) What if he knew why Link was in the Forrest, and gave him this answer after Link did him the favor of returning the mask ( although he destroyed the Interloper's magic from the mask ) Ah. I love Nintendo, and LOZ. Atleast I know that for sure! :P

[@shiningmegarequaza2397]

I was expecting the legend of Zelda cartoon #3 but I'm fine with a theory

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

And not just a theory... A GAME THEORY!!

[@59rlmccormack]

Spookiest theories ever. One day, we may get a real answer on what became of Navi! Mysteries can’t be mysteries forever.

[@dididada375]

I'd say it is more sad than spooky :(

[@Boko]

I generally like to believe the idea of her having a purpose and having to die after said purpose, however my mind always comes back to Tatl and Tael when thinking of this. What would their purpose be? They aren't originally with Skull Kid, rather they find him and become friends, and they are even separated over the game. Unless it's different in Termina, this'd personally lead me to believe that the "purpose" thing doesn't necessarily apply.

[@linkzenos]

I believe termina is different no great deku tree and kokori there.

[@Scorchcast]

Navi got killed in a car wreck.

[@labskie1120]

hE rEcoVereD 5 heArTs

[@darkstardayne8760]

Navi - female named fairy Ivan - male named fairy. Did Navi die then , after she served her purpose?

[@kale8917]

Wait, is Ivan a thing because Navi backwards spells Ivan?

[@erieriderschillingcorner1595]

@@kale8917 Ivan is an drunk russian pretending to be a fairy don't let it fool you.

[@kale8917]

@@erieriderschillingcorner1595 ahhhh i see. Thanks! Lol i wont let him fool me!

[@erieriderschillingcorner1595]

@@kale8917 All good comrade. Wait Shit I blew my cover retreat.

[@kale8917]

@@erieriderschillingcorner1595 haha lol

[@LameMaggie]

I’m curious about the Stallord in Twilight Princess arbiters grounds. What was it? The horns on its head resemble the dragons in Breath of the Wild to me so I wonder if it may have been an ancestor?? Also I just love the unique design and wished more info was given on it!!

[@OmoiSenpai]

Navi used her fairy soul to revive the deku tree back into a seed, which then sprouts 7 years later. 😋

[@benjohncarlso]

I will tell you what happened to Navi, She got cut by the Devs for being almost as annoying as Jar-Jar Binks.

[@akamundi864]

Navi went on vacation on the temple of time's windowsill

[@RandomJayne]

Here's my Navi theory; We know from early game footage that originally the Triforce was going to be an obtainable item and in the final game Rauru says it was housed within the Temple of Light, which itself exists in the Sacred Realm, which is accessed by pulling the Master Sword out of it's pedestal in the Temple of Time. Allegedly the Temple of Light was supposed to be an actual dungeon you got to play through which ended up being cut from the game. It makes perfect sense in a version of the story close to Ocarina's final release, as Rauru's Light Medallion is the only one the game gives you for free without having to defeat a boss. But it also makes sense for an older version of the story where instead of a Medallion you obtained the Triforce. Often when dungeons get cut the ideas are reused in later games, and in Twilight Princess this appears to have happened with the Temple of Light. You enter it by going into the Temple of Time and putting the Master Sword in the pedestal (which has no reason to hold you in suspended animation because you're already an adult) at which point a staircase appears which leads you into into a dungeon that appears to exist on another plane and which bears the symbol of the Light Medallion. In this case it really comes across like this dungeon wasn't just a few puzzles or a theme or aesthetic that could've been implemented anywhere in any game after it got cut from Ocarina. It seems like it's just straight up the original vision fully realized. The temple you go to in Twilight Princess wasn't just a retcon they pretended was always there, it genuinely was intended to exist while Ocarina was in development but due to time constraints couldn't be shown. If this is true, Navi didn't just fly through a window and disappear at the end of Ocarina, she flew through the very same window that Link walks through in Twilight Princess to enter what is most likely the Sacred Realm and the Temple of Light within it. Why does Navi go there? Because that's where Navi was created. Navi is a divinely created spirit made specifically to help Link, gifted with an encyclopedic knowledge of every monster in the world, just like Fi. In fact, she may even be Fi reborn.

[@deztacular]

What about the twilight princess theory, that Navi resides in the temple of times dungeon, which is conveniently behind the window she disappeared into, you can sometimes even hear Navi in the background of the temple of time dungeon

[@linkzenos]

Really...wow!!

[@kingnamor7777]

No joke!? Is that true or are playing around?

[@sinistrecigogne]

Never heard Navi, even after playing the game at least 3 times.

[@deulalune]

I think Sarias fairy merged with Saria so she could become a sage.

[@horsejoergen4931]

First comment Dang it I’m turning into one of those annoying 9 year olds.

[@Mob78]

He goes back in the woods to find her after the end of Majora's mask. Did he still not find her even after all that?

[@kristindavis3942]

Please do a theory on the Zonai Ruins in BotW. Have a good day, I love your theories!

[@twilliwolf8041]

What about Zelda's line "regain your lost time" or the fight with Ganondorf where he says "I can't help you from this point on" or something like that??

[@redwidow1358]

She says she can't help you because Ganon's dark magic is just too powerful. That's in the dialogue box directly before the "I can't help you" line "Regain your lost time" is about you being stuck in the Master Sword for seven years, you need to go back and live out your childhood.

[@swizzamane8775]

I mean, yeah! you have a good theory here, but you didnt come up with it. Im pretty sure Zeltik, (or another of you Theorists) already came up with this EXACT theory, like a year or two ago...

[@jazzledazzle2288]

navi was killed off because midna is the *almighty*

[@ashmrabet3101]

What if Navi could time travel ?

[@flamingblade3076]

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[@caros.6072]

I love your theories.

[@Jmnzz]

Saw this theory from Game Theorists and thought it was a good explanation but hearing the stuff you added and remembering Tatl from Majroa's mask I think the "navi died" theory doesn't wash. Because of Tatl. Tatl doesn't die. She has a *brother,* Tael and it seems as if they had been living their own lives before meeting the Skull kid and then chose to befriend and stick with him. Then Tatl decides on her own to follow and assist Link and when he is done, returns to her brother and they both decide to stay with Skull kid. I know they are from Termina, which is different than Hyrule but other faeries in Termina function the same way they do in Hyrule soooo yeah Navi didn't die. Don't know what happened. Probably won't ever know. And it is a good explanation for why she couldn't be found but...considering the circumstances it just doesn't make sense. Don't know what she flew off to but I don't think she vanished. Saria's fairy could have just flew off somewhere after Saria died/became a sage. We all know Nintendo creators put game first and narrative as an afterthought so I think Navi flying off was just another "up to your own interpretation" type of situation. Which is good because I REFUSE TO BELIEVE SHE IS DEAD 😭😭😭😅

[@animefan6470]

Hey, listen!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Watch out!

[@jesselee1031]

Helloooo

[@TheOneTrueHazard]

If all the fairies exist for a purpose centered around the hero, and die after that purpose is filled, what then is the purpose of the Kokiri Fairies? Perhaps, they existed to enchant the Kokiri into retaining humanoid form, so that Link could grow up with peers. That's why, after Ocarina, the Kokiri are nowhere to be found, only their descendants, and true form, Koroks.

[@SSZero]

To add to your theory, I believe one of Zeltik's videos talk about the evidence that the Stalfos Knight that trains Link in Twilight Princess is Link from Ocarina of Time after having gotten lost in the Lost Woods. Interesting layer of complexity that could add to your theory as it would also mean Navi may have helped Hyrule for generations to come.

[@XRZANNA]

The deco tree told Navi to watch over link on his journey but after he defeated Gannon in his adult form, maybe Navi thought his journey was over, so it left

[@BottomBunkArt]

New theory: did the Kokiri take on Hylian forms when Link's mother left him in the care of the Deku Tree?

[@redwidow1358]

No, just Link being a Hylian escaping from the civil war, the Kokiri are obviously still Kokiri. You see them as children when you go back as an adult, remember?

[@starry-p]

If Navi died this would better explain the events of Majoras mask. Majoras mask has references to the five stages of grief. Something people go through when dealing with the loss of a loved one.

[@ezrealite933]

Navi screamed "HEY LISTEN" too loud and exploded

[@Gamer1288]

2:02 Navi leaves through what she thinks is a Window but only leads her much deeper into the Temple of Time infested with monsters created by Zant and Ganondorf sent back in Time.

[@Poptartsthatareplain101]

What if getting lost in the Woods is how you end up in an alternate universe like Termina