The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Ending

[@_PLANK_]

It's not just a game. It is art.

[@fkabici967]

Not really

[@Chilpatrobio]

A Masterpiece. Cannot be called anything bellow that.

[@Chris-tk9hy]

A shit game. A horrible shit Japanese game

[@Chris-tk9hy]

b8

[@zeitok8]

well...videogames are a form of art.

[@gorecki4612]

I'm not gonna lie, I cried when I finished the game

[@hajxime7263]

same.

[@PinkFloydrulez]

every tim

[@joshuasilver4489]

same here.

[@lbpvssplatoon2542]

me too

[@mareo187]

because the adventure is over that happens in most Zelda games, mario games, and games like halo 3, sometimes gta,uncharted it's like I don't want to play the game anymore unless there is multiplayer

[@ArashiTsurugi]

This ending is quite possibly one of saddest endings for a hero in a video game. Yeah sure he beat the bad guy but he doesn't get to stick around to be celebrated in that time line. Instead he is sent back in time to his childhood years with the idea that he can now live out his life normally. Sadly Zelda doesn't really know our hero and how alone in the world he will be when he goes back. After going back his only friend that was able to come back with him is Navi but then Navi leaves our hero. Navi was only instructed to stay with our hero until he fulfilled his destiny by the Great Deku Tree. Normally fairies stay away from Hylians for whatever reason so when the exception to the rule is lost Navi must leave abandoning our hero. Next the hero warns the princess of what is to come but despite this he is still alone because after all he is some strange commoner who was not raised with Hylians. He can't go back with the Kokiri because he is a Hylian and won't be welcomed. Since he was sent back before the quest began he isn't friends with Gorons or Zoras of that time either. So all our hero is left with is befriending his horse once again to go in search of his fairy friend whom he will most likely never find. As a kid I played Majora's Mask first so I already knew Link would leave to look for someone. It messed me up so bad when I finished Ocarina of Time. I was yelling at my game that Link got such an unfair ending. lol I still love this game though, part of that may even be because the ending wasn't entirely happy.

[@MotekiEZ]

+ArashiTsurugi waoh, i never thought of this in link's point of view. ...glad i didn't. That frozen ending was hard enough to bear through.

[@jessicaklaus6148]

+ArashiTsurugi Heroes don't need to be celebrated. Booo hooo. A world of justice is all they desire. They don't care for credit. You should try it sometime. He still became a legend, that's pretty good as it is.

[@yooringonghan]

If it gives you any consolation here's the accompanying scene in the Black Horse manga: After the final battle, Zelda said this is where they should part. Link offered help in Hyrule's reconstruction, but this is what Zelda said: *Heroes aren't needed during peace time.*

[@DonkeyFilms]

That's why the hero's shade is around in TP. To teach Link the skills the Hero of Time had in his adventure, but being sent back in time he was never able to teach them, nor did anyone recognize him for his heroic deeds.

[@liftysy3762]

Yeah, that ending was tragic. but at least majora's mask implies that he wasn't fully alone all the time because after he recovers his memories about the song of time the cutscene shows that Link and Zelda somehow spended time together before, and then he goes on his own journey to Termina

[@millabasset1710]

It's a charm how the games with older graphics have more power and meaning than newer games. I still get more emotional and feel more alive watching this.

[@RMJ1984]

When we were kids, people had ideas when making games. Today its all about. well if we do x y and z how many can we appeal to. We need to sell 13 million. The first person genre has turned to SHIT i mean call of duty WHAT. It is sad that gaming has become fastfood. Its only about selling the max amount of copies. instead of actually having a vision and refusing to compromise in that vision. This is what the developers did with Zelda. Most new games ive played today, i forget about them after a few days or weeks. But older games like Zelda i will never forget as long as i live. Luckily indie developers are getting an easier time to sell games digitally, they seem to be more like developers of old times. Most of my most fond gaming memories from 2014 was from indie developers.

[@millabasset1710]

RMJ1984 Freedom Planet and Shovel Knight were the best games I played in 2014, possibly in recent years. I was lucky to be born in 93, I at least got a whif at the classic days of gaming. I still remember bugging my cousin to death at age 5 over OoT to the point of where my parents got me Star Fox 64 and OoT. Twilight Princess was the last emotional Zelda game for me. It beats Wind Waker in some area. My point is after TP, the series became to colorful and silly. Also the fact that Skyward Sword just felt rushed and it only had two good bosses.

[@RMJ1984]

MALayhee700 Yeah those 2 are definitely on the top of my list as well. Amazing games. I really love indie gaming.

[@millabasset1710]

RMJ1984 Freedom Planet gets hard towards the end. I'm familiar with the levels, so the dying should be less now. I am currently doing Carol's story.

[@Rawisbackforyou]

RMJ1984 I totally agree with you, it is a shame, that game companies are so lazy and only give about money and what the mainstream likes. i won't buy games anymore like Call of Duty which is a perfect example of a commercial serie that is milking the cow (us the gamers). But i still love japanese game developers and they still know how to make games with a great story. Just like ocarina of time.

[@noncrediblecase341]

As a kid I always used to think that Link went back to Zelda at the end in the courtyard not because he wanted to warn her about Ganon or some shit, but just simply because he wanted to see her again.

[@MegaNancyLover]

same here

[@Oliveiraverde]

Play Majora's Mask.

[@noncrediblecase341]

Copobot Already have multiple times. I'm guessing you're referring to that flashback scene with Link and Zelda where she gives him the Ocarina. One of my favorite cutscenes in that game. It just seemed rather heartwarming.

[@josephballesteros5064]

holykiller1191 She told him to live his childhood He's going to spend it with her

[@Khoukiebby]

I think he went to tell her that Ganon is gonna be a threat in the future in the time line that they both live in right there. Although he did want to see her again, it was best he told Zelda so they wouldn't pull the master sword out & Ganon wouldn't have been able to obtain the tri-force. He also did want to see her as well. And in the manga they both did like each other too.

[@smolpp5316]

Gotta feel very sorry for Link here. He was a true hero who traveled in time to defeat a thief 6x his size, but after he completes his quest, he is sent back to a time before his quest even began, and now never will begin. Navi leaves him and everybody just sees him as some random insignificant kid. He tries to search for his friend, Navi but ultimately just digs himself into a hole by being forced to save the land of Termina, a land that means absolutely nothing to him.

[@charliec8679]

Fan of zelda since ocarina came out in the 90s. That's a pretty spot on analysis. All that hard work and he has to put the master sword back in and effectively reverse time to save hyrule and stop ganondorf from escaping. Of course from our PoV the journey was our gift. Although links poor journey had to be undone sadly at the end. And knowing since he's stuck as a kid he can never be with Saria or zelda; he misses out on love forever as well. Jeez I wonder if zelda and Saria still remember all that he did once he goes back in time in the end

[@damarionbrundage8875]

don't forget Twilight Princess when Link's lingering regrets(as a spirit) after majora's mask

[@BassDamage18]

zelda the worst princess in videogames (btw I love zelda games, don't judge me)

[@jessicaklaus6148]

+charlie c But it wasn't undone. He was just sent back in time. The timeline that he saved still exists. According to the current canon at least.

[@crystalwolf3838]

+cracked eggs the kid needs a break

[@BatmanisBatman]

The best game of all time.

[@LCkreator]

yes

[@giuliar432]

+alberto raul falcone yes orto, I totally agree!!!!!

[@レッド-h1i]

Because it is. IT'S A FACT

[@StellarJAGuar]

That title belongs to Bookworm Adventures 2

[@BrandonLittle85]

Yes it is the holy bible of video games

[@JokinJoe]

Link turns around, doesn't look back, and leaves the master sword in it's place where it will spend generations sleeping waiting for the next hero... and then you hear bells ringing in the distance like you achieved something great... what an epic moment. That is tear-worthy stuff there.

[@alwayssum41]

Navi's departure makes this more epic. I hated her during the whole story.. But when I saw this ending for the first time I was like "Navi what are you doing ? Hey, come back! Navi ? Navi dammit you can't just leave me like that ! Naviiiiiiiiiiii :'( " ahah

[@eSuaz]

I feel exactly the same way. Goosebumps and tears.

[@Shwartzie007]

Eduardo Suazo same here :*)

[@skullkizzle3309]

alwayssum41 she just wouldn't LISTEN! She didn't even LOOK back ):

[@HeroOTime]

When I saw the Master Sword in Twilight Princess, my heart shook. The Temple of Time, in ruins, forgotten and abandoned.

[@just_cade]

Literally the best game ever made. No other game has as many perfect reviews or receives as much praise as Ocarina of Time. A timeless masterpiece.

[@olsonbryce777]

Majora's mask is better

[@agentkracko]

I like to think Super Mario RPG is a good competitor

[@Loreny_Storage]

Majoras Mask? It's great game but better then OOT? Come on OOT is goat for reason.

[@BrandonLittle85]

Ikr the holy bible of video games the greatest game ever made

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Eh, Undertale & Persona 5 got pretty close

[@SpencerLeGrosMusic]

The part where Navi flies away and Link walks away from the Master Sword. That shit is beautiful, gives me the feels every time. The music, the imagery, the bells, it's all so perfect it gives me chills.

[@MrKenichi22]

Gives me feelings to, understanding the context.

[@adityagandhi9882]

It speaks the game had truly ended

[@just_cade]

Yeah it’s very beautiful

[@LITTLE1994]

Those bells are likely a hint that Majora's Mask is the next adventure. But it is an awesome touch.

[@misaeltoral508]

Who knew that the very last moment of Link and Zelda staring at each other would hold so much meaning almost twenty years after this game came out. It makes me think of some of the best moments in my life.

[@Stej-i7m]

I wish I could go back to being 8 or 9 playing this again :(

[@cxyyoutube5270]

And that is what led to Twilight Princess...

[@LITTLE1994]

​@@cxyyoutube5270Actually Majora's Mask.

[@Chris-pq8md]

Well it's official. They did an worldwide poll from all the video game websites, and although other games had taken the number 1 spot in a few websites, Legend of Zelda OoT is overall the best game in the history of humanity!

[@yoster2817]

YESSS!!! Well deserved!

[@unfan6667]

I really love Oot but BotW > all

[@survivorpro129]

Zelda is just a amazing franchise all games are great

[@saraskyline8331]

TopHat Productions yes the Cdi games aka one of the greatest games to ever exist because they are from Zelda

[@sgillman16]

And It still holds that spot on meta critic in 2020. It likely will forever. It's highly unlikely that anyone will ever put so much dedication into a game that it will beat it. It will forever hold the title of greatest game of all time.

[@jamaru3870]

Thank you Shigeru Miyamoto

[@hiddengems1769]

Thank you iwata too.

[@Tandwar]

Link i cried enough I dont want to cry more

[@nijimurakyo120]

Rest in Peace, Satoru Iwata.

[@redspecial27]

This is sad. When zelda's lullaby is played for a few minutes it makes me think of people I've lost in my life or something.

[@jeffk1722]

At the very end... I think I'd go visit the farm girl instead.

[@Christiarn]

Jeff K Hahahahahaha truer words were never spoken

[@temp1326]

I’m pretty sure he does at some point

[@spikecomix6396]

I met a girl like Malon when I was 10 years old at riding lessons. Her Mom and my Mom set us up on a blind date when we were 20, and on the day we met again she brought me up to her horse. When she asked if the horse remembered me he jumped up on his hind legs, neighed, and ran up to me. It was a lot like how Epona did that when Link played Epona’s song for the first time as an adult.

[@noradosmith]

@@spikecomix6396 Bro that needs to be a film

[@jellyacc]

lol

[@fezmel]

The final shot in this game is one of the most poignant and powerful things I’ve ever seen. It ends where it began.

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

Yes as in it comes full circle and no as in it’s not the same timeline the first meeting aka original future flow goes into the wind waker adult 🌊 The second meeting is the alternate outcome and change future the child 🌳

[@_PLANK_]

When "Presented by Nintendo" show up in the end, I imagine a conductor finishing his concert and everybody applauding. Really, is just like these magical moments you'll remember until your death and what other companies can't do the same the hardest they try. In the end, Nintendo became the legend itself.

[@noradosmith]

> In the end, Nintendo became the legend itself. That sent chills down my spine

[@Frikiman_H]

Something I don't see anyone talking about but that gets me every single time is the part when King Zora and Mido are sitting next to each other, away from the party. They've both lost loved ones; even though Ruto and Saria are not really "dead" in the strictest sense of the word, they're also not really "alive" either, and they're not coming back. Of course, it was a necessary sacrifice, but it just adds a bit more bittersweetness to this ending (of which it already has a lot).

[@HonorGuard117]

I was just talking about this with my sister the other day! That's what I love about this ending, it feels matured and not entirely happy. It's just like life, it's bittersweet.

[@str8outtampls502]

This game is a masterpiece. A work of brilliance. The greatest game ever made. You must play The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. And the ending makes me cry every time.

[@Thalasius]

I always interpreted the ending as the end of my childhood.

[@lawnzoz2033]

I remember being depressed after beating it. It was that amazing.

[@stazz006]

i know you wrote this 4 years ago so maybe you don't even read this but i find what you said very relatable because i played this game through all my childhood but i never beat it because i got stuck in the water temple. years later (2010, i was 18 years old) i got back to the game, managed to beat it, and i felt exactly what you said. when i watched the ending i felt like i was contemplating the definitive end of my childhood.

[@betoastorga]

:O

[@xarmy5669]

my 11 yo self should have said goodbye childhood that was fun. ftr dont go bk and revisit your brain will convert it as new memories, ''you can always visit, but you must never go back.''

[@JoanieluvsChachi]

I absolutely agree with your POV🙌👌

[@yupeo]

That freeze frame of young Link and Zelda will forever be sketched into my brain. Such an iconic ending.

[@DonBurtango]

9:39 those bells, gets me everytime.

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

For whom the bell tolls...Time itself

[@ClassicalContrarian]

WORD!!!!!!!!!

[@Geerterig]

For real dude, not sure why though, they give off this epic feeling I guess, the grand adventure finally at a close.

[@MurryScurry]

Creepy as hell

[@TaylorMarshall2000]

oh! me too!

[@DonWon313]

I dont think any other game in any other time period or genre can compare to the level of emotional attachment and investment this game created for its players during its time. As the years go by graphics for games are only getting better, but will one ever move us as much as OoT did? This game will stand the test of time and should forever be titled the best game ever made.

[@guitarherops31]

DonWon416 I have to say that the graphics of this game are by far better with age. The N64 still holds good quality, and Ocarina of Time looks better in its original version than the recent 3DS one. Maybe it has to do with nostalgia or not, but it surely proves how beautiful both the story and game experience were.

[@DhamaalGuy1]

Red dead redemption 2

[@johnathanmorris3380]

The only other game that ever made me truly cry beside this one is undertale

[@agentkracko]

Super Mario RPG?

[@Weeegeee212]

@@DhamaalGuy1Nah, Ocarina is way easier to pick up and play than RDR2. It's almost perfectly placed with barely any fluff

[@MrNullAxiom]

"CURSE YOU, TSA!" -Ganondorf

[@azzzanadra]

+Mr. NullAxiom tsa?

[@noiceheeeeah5144]

hahah i was just like.....what?

[@austin1470]

+Mr. NullAxiom something we can all agree on. TSA sucks

[@strongarm8937]

when you go at the airport and you bring your pocket knife

[@agoodhorse7206]

@@austin1470 what is tsa?

[@bLacKliSt3D911]

When this froze at the end, you know the scene locks into gold and it's the point where you gotta either reset or put a new game in: time froze. My whole life flashed before my eyes. I would never be the same person. And I wasn't. I carried on, thank you, Ocarina of Time. One of the great influences of a 90's baby

[@00Z71-h7q]

my older brother who passed away taught me how to beat this game. Now every time i hear the music during the end , i can’t help but tear up. He loved games like this. I wish i could find a N64 again and play it.

[@Hendebendle]

May he rest in piece

[@josselynramos2790]

You can play it on the Nintendo switch with online membership, it brought back old memories to me

[@awesomemilkshake6612]

2:34 that's when I teared up. Zelda asking for the Ocarina represents the end of the adventure. Her expressions, even if the game doesn't have great graphics, show her sadness for what they caused and sympathy toward Link's struggles. With Zelda's Lullaby playing in the background, it makes for a really bittersweet scene...

[@sgillman16]

The graphics are perfect. Games today try too hard to make games look like a life simulation, that it takes away from the experience and ends up looking pretty terrible

[@tonypellock5326]

When the credits start a little unexpectedly and starts to show you all the places with the music Nintendo knows exactly what it’s doing. “Yep, remember that one? And that one? Remember?” Trying so hard to get you to cry.

[@sagittarius1728]

Ok,be strong...dont cry...dont.... T.T

[@dancingdan1994]

I know how you feel I completed it for the first time to day in public and It was hard not cry.

[@BiohazardRay]

16 years later and this is the greatest Zelda game of all time Thank you for the memorys

[@PurpleTheta]

8:54 I have no idea why I start crying at this part. Not because Navi leaving; probably because this is one of the first games I've ever played. And seeing the ending like this...it's nostalgia and it reminds me of how life was back then.

[@phoeny123]

PurpleTheta Idk why but I find the very end when link and Zelda looks each other and it fades to "the end" the tear-triggering part for me

[@nickypass313]

Navi was annoying as fuck yet i felt sad seeing him leave.

[@sparkshark5285]

@@nickypass313 Navi is female...

[@nickypass313]

@@sparkshark5285 I don’t care

[@faby_baby]

Jesus loves you and will fulfill you more than anything, I speak from experience, he wants a meaningful relationship with you, and you will find him if you seek him. Look up the abcs of salvation teenmissions on Google and it should be the first result, click what it says and read and do what it says, It’s not hard (and if it is ask God to help you), I promise you it’s more worth it than you could imagine. I’ll leave you with these verses… “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ God Bless you and may The Lord Jesus guide you and teach you as you live your life. I pray he does and you let him guide you. Amen.

[@GreatWonderMoose]

After somehow missing this game for the past 15+ years, I finally played it for the first time about a year ago, and all I can say is "wow". The art, music, story, characters, dunegons, environments, puzzles, and so much more are among the best that I've ever seen in a game, and I can't believe that it wasn't a part of my childhood. All I can say is that I'm glad my roommate was away when I finished the game.

[@flowrepins6663]

room mate ? you in army or college? i beated this game today. very good game indeed... my favorites still are metal gear 3 silent hill 1 mortal kombat trilogy

[@e.w.3989]

It took me 23 years to complete this game. I started playingin 1998, but gave up before getting to Ganondorf's castle. I dig my old N64 out from the basement, and finally completed it. Very happy with how it all ended. A great story.

[@joejames9974]

Iam not trying to sound like a ass but really bro why you waited so long to beat this game back then beating it around that time is the moment you remember the most

[@Baron0009]

This Link probably lived most sad life among all Links, he was just freaking child at the beginning but somehow got meddled in fighting monsters to save hyrule. And then he goes to the future with body of adult, but mind still young. He helps people who are in desolate situtations because he was missing in hyrule for 7 years. He achieves great things and finally defeats Ganon, but he is forced to go back to his original time without getting any reward or celebration. Nobody remembers what he did in the original time, no one knows the fact that they are alive and well is all thanks to Link, and his only friend Navi leaves him because Link's duty as hero was finished. He wanted to find Navi so he ventures into the woods, but because of skull kid being jerk, he got trapped in Termina and has to save this place or he will die with everyone else. He saves Termina and leaves, we don't know if he found Navi in the end but he lived his rest of life in sadness and regrets that nobody remembers all of his hard work he did to save them. People of hyrule never remembered Link as hero of time, but sad and lone swordsman. Even in death, he could not rest easy because he couldn't pass down his knowledge and skills to future. He only rests easy after teaching all of his fighting technique to his descendant, hero of twilight Link.

[@clutchtastic_]

9:24 holy goosebumps. And those church bells. I just sat here smiling and remember how much I love this game.

[@noradosmith]

***** Yes, those church bells are just beautiful. An absolutely symphonic ending to a masterpiece. Similar musically is the ending to Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. Worth checking out.

[@arthurgraham8369]

love the bells myself

[@mariobrokc2390]

That ending song sounded like Star Fox 64 :33

[@loogy123]

Thank you.....Transportation Security Administration

[@maggiethegamer1271]

john dellatto CURSE YOU! TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION!!!

[@Tsuneo625]

ok, ok. I know someone here was inspired to play this game with the character name of IRS.

[@spectreshadow]

The ending with Navi flying away and Link walking away from the master sword with the bells still gets me every time.

[@dcta51]

I just beat this today on the virtual console and although it took some getting use to, im impressed. It felt like a modern game with old school graphics or an old school game with a modern day presentation. Theres parts of the game where the graphics feel very realistic and cinematic especially for N64, plus i was suprised to see a few cutscene to gameplay transitions! It feels more realistic than twilight princess in a way... Quiet but immersive and you really feel like your playing a classic. I can only imagine how it felt playing when it first released.

[@stuartdparnell]

+dcta51 I'm glad to hear you got to experience an awesome game. Yes it is very much like most modern games but it raised the bar for what defined a classic experience. Back then when I played it the year it was released I had never experienced a game so with so many awesome feelscenes yet so many scary parts ESP the forest temple. OMFG. Definitely NOT Pg 8+

[@zoscarrhoads7741]

Playing it when it was released was a life changing experience, It's part of what I've become nowadays.

[@sethfarmer590]

Glad you enjoyed it. It's a masterpiece.

[@tonypellock5326]

There really wasn’t anything like it. Going out into hyrule field and seeing what’s out there just brought everything to a whole new level. It changed what we expected from our video games.

[@HatredInTheFlesh]

Same here. Game clicked with me instantly upon playing the 3DS remake for the first time this year.

[@ZeldaFreak4by2]

It’s always good to come back here and see this masterpiece! You learn to appreciate how incredibly amazing this game is! I am absolutely blessed to call this a deep part of my childhood and I am almost 30 married with children! I love you, Ocarina of Time! Time passes, but you are never forgotten!

[@danieldonayre]

Wow man! This game will forever live in our hearts. I turn 24 next month and I remember starting the game when I was 9 years old

[@ZyneXx]

Man... I remember so well.. Just staring at this ending. In the mind of a kid (I was probably around 12 years old) I had been on such a journey for so many months. No help.. no walkthroughs. It felt like ages since I first started the game. Growing up sucks. I never really experienced this feeling since then. Sure I enjoy games... but just feels different now. I cannot describe how important this game is for me. It always reminds me of a time when I didn't have to care about a lot of things. I was fully enveloped in this world. It just felt so big. I completely understand why this game is so important for the gaming industry. There simply was nothing as big and cinematic back then. Sure it's dated... and aged. But it still holds a place in a lot of hearts. This was what gaming was leading up to. It's a milestone. It's hard to top something like that, since games have mostly just become prettier and bigger, but not different. 3D is 3D. Unless someday we find a new way to play games. Something that will completely change games a a whole... we cannot go to 4D. But.. true virtual reality maybe? I dunno... i'm still in a cloud of nostalgia right now.

[@beachbummmm]

haha dude those are totally my thoughts as well

[@PennCentral2303]

Now its been 17 years since this legendary video. On October 8th 2006

[@billny33]

As a teenager, I wasn't the sentimental type. My parents were, and I would get tired of how emotional they got over certain tropes in TV and movies. But what did I know about the world strongly enough to feel those emotions about life the way they did. As a teenager, when I beat this game, it was one of the first times I remember having an ending be a really emotionally draining experience. I didn't cry, but I was depressed and I shouldn't have been. I was the hero of time and pulled off something incredible, finally beating Ganon for the first time. Yet I had lost Zelda, lost my fairy and was stuck in child form while the future celebrated my victory without me. It was sad and the ending was beautiful. After that I still played and beat it and watched the ending a lot but never gave much thought to the ending. I kind of just got numb to it. Then sometime in my 20s I was friends with a girl on AIM (or aol instant messenger for those young'uns). I hadn't played the game in a long time. This girl was a tough cookie who liked to shoot guns and could kick ppl's asses and wasn't always comfortable with complex emotions. She liked video games and loved this game. She told me something interesting though when this game came up. She said that every time she beats this game and sees the ending, she cries. Every time. I was like really? She might have been 19, I was in my early/mid 20s (we never met, too far away, and if we did I don't think it would have worked out cause she had a temper). I was surprised because it had been so long since I remembered feeling anything watching the ending. I figured "ehhh, chicks, even the tough ones cry over things we men wouldn't, go figure." Years later I youtubed the ending and by then I appreciated art in media a little more, and essentially had become the sentimental type that I was not when I was a teen, and sure enough since then, the ending has had the same effect on me that it had on her. I get choked up every time. I realize now she had just recognized the beauty of the ending for what it was at an earlier age than I did.

[@randywilson2217]

So much this. After I beat the game I felt hollow for like a month.

[@the_wooden_bear]

This will always be my favorite video game of all time, the first game i completed and fell in love with when i was little to now. and those bells at the end will always get me, the sounds of my journey completed will always make me sob up. cant wait to show this game to my kids if i ever have any....thank you.

[@drnormal5226]

Those bells man, I can still remember hearing those bells for the first time.

[@high.level.noob.]

It was at this moment that I knew the words to describe what I just had witnessed: “A masterpiece”

[@ImAnotherFreak]

I know a lot of people really hated Navi, but it just broke my heart when she left :( and I couldn't stop wondering if Zelda remembered Link at the very end...

[@Pullmanfan7]

I seem to remember finishing the game when I was about 9, and yeah I might have cried because I wasn't expecting Navi to leave xD

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

Things is she would not know him because this is there first meeting link gets send back to Right before the events of ocarina of time where about to start in proper flow into the Adult era and into the wind waker and Zelda introduces her self the first time looking at ganondorf through the window This is why in twilight princess The sages say he tried to establish dominion over the sacred realm and at the end ganondorf says an interesting looking blade but nothing more And doesn’t even know link or say boy instead he says your little friend Things split into a second new future timeline right where link and Zelda first meet we’ll again for her it’s a first no matter what unlike link

[@Rainbowdash787]

....what am I going to do with my life after this game is done??😨

[@noiceheeeeah5144]

go on....i also thinking the same way when the game has ended for the first time since i was 7

[@RAGEGamingRevolution]

replay

[@KareemHillJr]

LilLink21 Play Oracle of Seasons/Ages or Wind Waker.

[@leoveryrare7218]

LilLink21 Majora’s Mask is also very touching, I like majoras mask more though

[@Nintendofan-uv6fs]

LilLink21 My 3 sad endings: Super Mario 64 Star Fox 64 Zelda oot

[@yutaka831]

the ending of this game made me depressed

[@Segasedge]

10:04 I always wondered....When they see each other, are they now there knowing they've changed the future for the better, and its them meeting back up....Or are we being brought back to where Link and Zelda first meet, and where the adventure begins.....

[@usul573]

Yeah that always seems kind of vague. Like he remembers it all, but she doesn't? When he gets sent back does that future vanish? It's like their lives are connected across time. I think the adventure is over and everything is fine but you never know. I generally hope a Zelda game ends where Link and Zelda live happily every after but each game is it's own adventure.

[@faby_baby]

@@usul573 link remembers it, she doesnt because he's sent before the adventure really begins, the future doesn't vanish, it leads to games like the Wind Waker. look up the zelda timeline on google and you'll see what I mean. link getting sent back leads to majoras mask and twilight princess.

[@yang6642]

Link remembers his adventure, but Zelda doesn’t. Following this meeting, Link informs Zelda of what Ganondorf has planned and Ganondorf is then arrested, which prevents the second half of Ocarina of Time from happening in this timeline. Zelda sends him away on Epona with the Ocarina of Time, which eventually leads into the opening of Majora’s Mask.

[@lukecoleman6499]

The bells at the end drew tears to my eyes when I first played it and especially when Zelda was playing the Zelda's lullaby on the Ocarina and the music at the credits was beautiful the credit scene was just beautiful showing off the land you just traveled and fought your way through as a kid and as an adult. Just beautiful :')

[@NeilMcGuiness]

God.. the transition from 3:15 through to the starting chords of 3:45... I hope that's what passing on to the other side sounds like.

[@Xorrak]

9:23 i remember this part so well, I got goosebumps watching this as a kid, so epic

[@Goldenwolf333]

I still get goosebumps man

[@JorgeLopez0]

Uchiha Gaming i still shit bro the best ever

[@PaldBenis]

There really is an art to creating video games, and this is one of the most beautifully crafted and well-planned ones to date. Everything just flows so well. I'm not sure if any game in the future can ever compare to this game's charm, and give people as much real emotion as this. And that's hard to argue against. This game is a masterpiece, and actually one of the larger parts of my life .

[@Mobik_]

Is this the best song and ending in the whole universe and history of human kind? Yes.

[@mikeg8375]

The part where Link puts the sword back in and walks away still gives me chills after more than 20 years. The music really makes it perfect. My favorite game ever!

[@dylangroucho]

Beautiful. I played this game for the first time when I was thirteen. Now I'm almost 35, and I still play this piece of art at least once a year. The ending always gets me, I cry everytime. Best game ever.

[@littlebigcomrade]

This is probably the best video game ending of all time.

[@svetsarkirurgen2]

Im crying. Fantastic game. Was such a huge part of my childhood. I am so grateful to have been exposed to Ocarina of Time at such a young age. I got it for christmas 1998. I was 8 years old. Took me two or three months to finish it. Watching this brought back so many great memories. The journey, the puzzles, the victories, the bittersweet ending... The adventure. Priceless and magical. I have never replayed it for the sake of not ruining the memory. It was the greatest adventure of my childhood and I will preserve it like that until the day I die. Thank you Shigeru Miyamoto for creating this masterpiece.

[@Grivian]

This game took me years to complete when I was a kid. There was no forums or anything where you could ask what to do to proceed online so I had to figure it out myself. I didn't know english, so some explanations by the characters may have been lost to me as well. Where I got stuck a long time: - In the great tree where you had to light a stick on fire to destroy the spider web. I was clueless and only got through it because I lighted a stick by mistake. - During the boss battle against the spider. It's not like it was difficult, but I was terrified of the spider, so I didn't dare to approach it. I avoided it and instead destroyed the eggs that it hatched. - In the cave temple as young link. This I got stuck on for an eternity, or it felt like it at least. But once I was just fooling around throwing bombs everywhere and I accidentally threw a bomb down the hole in the top bridge and the most wonderful sound ever was heard. I threw a bomb down the other hole and could proceed to the boss. - Outside the whale creature. Took me forever before I figured that I should put a small fish in front of the whale. Really fun temple as well. Those are the things that I remember. I probably got stuck as adult link as well, but not for as long

[@actionms8566]

Sigurd Torvaldsson I know that feeling. I got stuck several times in the game but every time I figuered something out, I felt like an explorer.

[@alexisalejandro3400]

Dude same. It took me 7 years to pass the game lol. I would keep getting stuck at the gate to death mountain because I had no idea what the guard wanted

[@ColdNovRain]

+Sigurd Torvaldsson i figured them fast when i was a kid the only part where i always was stuck was at the water temple.i always missed one key to go further on.but later i found it by a walktrhought the other year.i was playing it in Project N64 and i could finally beat it after that.

[@Grivian]

TheGadondorf I never had a problem with the water temple though

[@ColdNovRain]

Sigurd Torvaldsson lol lucky that was the only temple i could never beat in my first time playing.but then i figured it out when you open the tower door and raise the water you have to go underwater for the last key i saw it till there and i figured out the rest.

[@666Winterdemon666]

Today i finished the game again. It was more than 10 years since i played it. And its still as beautiful as i remember it. The ending is just pure emotions. i really got tears in my eyes. One of my alltime favourite games.

[@mikeg4576]

I played the ending with my 5 year old nephew, who watched me play the whole game over the course of a few weeks. After Navi flies away and young Link walks away from the Master Sword, he started to cry. What a beautiful, if bittersweet ending to the best game ever!

[@Mikeanglo]

Words cannot even describe how much I love this ending.

[@Immortal_Hunter]

A game couldn't have a more beautiful and majestic ending. The greatest ever. 💗

[@thetalltitan2235]

No matter how much or how fast time flies by, or even which console you’re playing this on... it still holds up! This masterpiece will never get old. It’s a nostalgic classic!

[@LondonSnaps1]

This ending never fails to make me cry.

[@ignatzignatz2126]

Best game ending in video game history. The cinematic cameramovents the soundtrack. Its very good!

[@ZeldaFreak4by2]

Ocarina of Time..... Forever!

[@VKMSinttruiden]

It is an absolute privilege to call this the first Zelda I ever played! Among the best games ever created! 😁

[@ChrysthianChrisley]

3:45 When this part starts it brings a nice and warm feeling.

[@tommyvercetti9434]

The feeling of fulfilled duty.

[@johann56566]

Same :,(

[@assymcgee420247]

Holy crap, how does the scene where Navi flies away and the bells toll still bring tears to the eyes after all these years? Love that pan shot of the Master Sword at the end. Almost saying "You'll be back for this later"

[@KJME89]

My ps5 on a corner just getting dust since i just bought a Nintendo 64 just for this and playing it and replaying it over and over again...worth it every single time too...

[@betoastorga]

This game, the music, the story, the characters... the whole journey... and this epic ending... the dialogues... Speechless. I´m looking at this video crying in silence... So special moment in videogame history: OCARINA OF TIME. The Best game of all time. 1998-2019 Here.

[@moneynani]

Awwwh the ending made me cry... Games like these are soo good

[@McMarc_1993]

This was one of the only times I really felt extremely happy and sad at the same time after completing a game. I've been playing a lot of games and no other ever came close to this :)

[@GweeGwee]

15+ years later and the final 20 minutes of this game still leaves me in goosebumps

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Great going, Zelda. You practically erased the Hero of Time from existence, and when Ganon returned, there was no one to save the kingdom and it fell to ruin. Yeah, you didn't think that through, did you?

[@grandmasterjayd1184]

My thoughts exactly

[@HamSammich45]

She's redirecting the flow of time. I'm pretty sure she figured out some way to make it work.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Ham Sammich Not well enough, considering the backstory of Wind Waker.

[@santi7440]

*SPOILERS* in skyward sword we meet demise who is essentially a God.. he ends up saying that his hatred will never die and will breed descendants and his hatred will never die.. that is why there is a new incarnation of link and a new evil, i.e. majora's mask, ganon, etc.

[@usul573]

Part of me basically ignores all the talk of timelines or connections between the games, I basically just view each one as their own story and legend with only a few connections in the feeling and setup of them. Majoras mask I think it's fair to say takes place a few months after the end of Ocarina of Time, besides that I find connecting them to be mostly silly.

[@nookumboo5617]

7:48 Did anyone else feel bad for Mido?

[@okseaj]

Yes and for tjhe King as well. Sad moment.

[@nookumboo5617]

DriftingPoints Yeah, it's a sad moment... What happened to the King, though?

[@okseaj]

Just as Mido lost someone close to him, King Zora lost someone close too - his daughter Ruto.

[@iratecelt]

***** Killed by Ganondorf.

[@GreatWonderMoose]

iratecelt He wasn't killed; you see him sitting there.

[@awakened_link1041]

Still the best ending of any Zelda game tbh.

[@ekhidna4]

Three weeks ago, a non-gamer friend of mine asked me if I could only ever choose one game to ask her to play with the intention of convincing her that games were not just silly hobbies. I chose Ocarina of Time; straight up, no hesitation, no doubt in my mind. She played it and I merely watched her play, only once or twice whenever she truly got stuck and didn't know where to go or what to do next. When the ending came and she saw Link had returned to his original time as a child and Navi left, right before the bells rang, she burst into tears. Full on bawling and said "Why is a game so good!? That was amazing!". I'm happy to report she's now playing Majora's Mask and I have Shadow of the Colossus, Mario Kart 64, Kingdom Hearts, Twilight Princess, and Fallout New Vegas on the list. I think I created a new gamer.

[@faby_baby]

:D

[@origaminefretami3480]

💪🗿

[@heydavedawson]

3:46 this will be played on my death bed just before the curtain calls. An adventure complete. A cast of unforgettable characters. A life lived. A life lived to the fullest. There’s something poetic about the game freezing on “The End” and all you can do is turn it off. It’s like Nintendo is saying “don’t forget; it’s just a game. Now turn this off and go explore”.

[@BoxKingKevin]

So... do I turn off my N64 now or what? It's stuck on "The End" screen o.O

[@Spynine01]

idk

[@toddcannon9911]

Press every button and see what happens.

[@spongebobfan190]

IMKevin117 - Animations/Gameplays Yeah, it just freezes on that screen and you turn off your N64 when you're done.

[@jow8901]

I thought it was frozen or something.

[@ColdNovRain]

+IMKevin117 - Animations/Gameplays the black and grey screen? yep idk why but it ends like that.

[@joshharhut9948]

To me Zelda OOT has the best ending of any adventure video game especially with that final shot at the "The End" screen where Link and Zelda see each other again. I've always wondered was that actually a tease for the Master Quest veesion ?

[@maniacaldude]

I wonder if people realized just how vague and ambiguous this ending really is, given all that's happened. Very few questions are really answered. Have the events in the past been slightly altered? Or have they been unchanged? We never see what Zelda's watching in that window, whether it's Ganondorf meeting with her father or if someone else is in his place. Ganondorf was sealed in the Sacred Realm, after all, so it's possible that the past was altered to make it seem like Ganondorf never existed. We also never learn much about how this affects the Sages, either. Do they become Sages in this timeline or just in the Dark Future Timeline? And what happens when Link meets with Zelda? We're left with a sepia-toned still image that serves as a nice little final note to this classic game. But what happens next? We're never really told. Most of it is pretty much left to the player's interpretation. The only clear-cut answer we're given to what happens is that Link returns to his own time, Navi goes off on her own, setting up the events for Majora's Mask, and Link goes off to meet with Zelda. That's it. Suffice it to say, it gives fans and theory nuts a lot to go off of, but it also works in its own way. Zelda told Link to "regain his lost time", so that means he's pretty much free to make his own future from that point on. And make his own future he shall.

[@merciless41582]

I finished this game again for the 1st time in about 20 years and there's a reason this game was big when it first came out, got critical acclaim, and is one of the best games ever made. It deserves all the praise it gets. It has aged beautifully as well.

[@Darth_father-t5w]

This is a work of art, it contains happiness, sadness, it's just soo beautiful. Overall I think this is the best ending you could ever ask for.

[@matthewsinnadurai1333]

I hate knowing about what happens to this Link. Whether it's him possibly being dead throughout Majora's Mask, or knowing how he regrets not being able to pass on his skills and becoming a ghost/Stalfos it just seems so sad to me.

[@BlazeFox02]

From what I know, the official storyline states that he does returns from Termina, however it´s also canon that later he becomes the Hero´s Shade because of his negative feelings

[@StoicLoneWolf380]

I would love for this to come on WiiU and I would buy it. Best game of all-time, period. That ending was a-m-a-z-i-n-g from the camera angle of the sword to the music. Link comes back in kid form almost saying "the real adventure begins." 12/10! Nostalgic tears definitely...

[@PetterGAM]

I don't think that's going to happen since they've made a remake for the 3DS.

[@XJokerxMansonX]

Petter Månsson agree

[@StoicLoneWolf380]

Yeah, just wishful thinking on my part. I'm not really a 3DS player but I wonder if it would've made a difference if it did? Maybe Majoras Mask?

[@lindsay1065]

drumma4lyfe06 your wish was granted lol

[@Silentevil7]

The real villain of OOT was not Ganondorf but in fact time itself. After so many years I finally realized that. Also I also barley realized that the way Zelda sends link back in time with the Ocarina is the same way Link spawns in the original Super Smash Bros

[@CaptainSwag]

Nintendo 64 is the best console of all time.

[@theorangecandle]

No dude PS4 is better

[@itsskrubs5244]

@@theorangecandle lol

[@energyskill1413]

theorangecandle wtf

[@scrotocottero2296]

Theorangecandle you dont understand the magic of a n64

[@Chris_Husk]

Yes

[@kamikazemind327]

No joking...I cry everytime

[@miggsb.9106]

Same here buddy you are not alone

[@LITTLE1994]

Man, that ending, for 1998, this was SERIOUS! I remember how happy I was when I beat this as a kid.

[@MrEvman51]

At the age of 12 playing this to the end, it provided a sense of closure yet a bittersweet sense of melancholy. Not a word was uttered by me in the end. Just set down the controller and continued through life with that memory which metamorphisized into nostalgia. Thank you Nintendo for giving us this inspiring experience!!

[@khav11]

the best game of all time. here it is folks.

[@DhamaalGuy1]

Red dead redemption 2

[@woklam342]

uncharted 2 and last of us 2

[@khav11]

@@woklam342 2 pieces of shit for the diversity crowd, nice try kid

[@woklam342]

@@khav11 dude why hang out in the past? move on ocarine of time was a good game but there is better games now

[@khav11]

@@woklam342 ya witcher 3 completely owns those 2 crappy overhyped games, anything else? . go back to vietnam lam hey it rhymes!

[@richardd6016]

the nostalgia is real

[@owii6281]

Richard D I am nostalgic :')

[@chrisbynum4438]

I played this from when I was 4 to when I was 6. There’s no way I could love a game more than I love this one.

[@Dmrf1986]

Best game of the year, any year. Playing this game was like a transition from childhood to teenage by feeling melancholy for the very first time as I feel that bittersweet bite looking back to those passed years and experiences. They are still there waiting for us to be felt once again like the first time, missing us as much we do miss them...

[@PsychoticMeister]

i always found legend of zelda to have such a beautiful sound track.

[@gomezrene16]

if this game was remade for the wii u i would buy it in a heart beat.

[@thetitotvshow]

We came here to cry on purpose.

[@daredevilseyes7493]

Dang man, this game here..... I can't even put it into words what this ending feels like, there are so many emotions when I listen and look at it again and again. Not sure why it makes me feel that way, no game has even come close to capture those types of emotions that go through me like that. I'm 34, been playing this game since January of 99, I've always called this game the greatest ever, not because the gameplay was just great but because it captured you're emotions like no other. Thank Mr. Miyamoto!!!