The Mystery of the Forest Temple (Twilight Princess) - Zelda Theory

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Twilight Princess's Forest Temple seems to have been built by the Kokiri. But where are they?
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0:00 Intro
0:12 The Forest Temple
1:48 Sponsor
3:47 Who built the Temple?
6:09 History of the Kokiri
8:13 The Monkeys
11:32 The Forbidden Woods
13:13 Fairy of Wind
17:15 Where are the Kokiri?
21:48 Outro
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[@winter_brick_studios2831]

Zeltik, I noticed that out of all the videos you've uploaded, A Link to the Past has very few mention except for like small mentions and whatnot. Please add more A Link to the Past?

[@sciencetheory]

Maybe the new giant trees are the kokiri. The kokiri evolved into the forest itself. A theory with no real evidence, but I think it'd be kinda cool if the forest species turned into the forest itself after hundreds of years. Maybe some kind of dark magic caused them to transform.

[@commonwealthrealm]

No matter the Zelda title. The temples found in forests are always iconic.

[@OweeennnnLG]

You and zeltik released your videos on the Same time

[@kristopherwillis8075]

6:14 😁

[@omorifan6011]

And the Water Temples are hated in every game

[@milanbeerepoot4260]

@@omorifan6011 not true Skywards swords ancient cistern is often considered one of the best dungeons in the series and the TP lakebed temple is seen as ok

[@silverreaps6803]

@@milanbeerepoot4260 lakebed temple can get annoying and isnt very clear but ancient cistern is no doubt one of the best zelda dungeons

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@@anonymousfellow8879 Selling crack lets people get paid too....

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Honestly I thought it was a good segue

[@zackhenderson2392]

It's like an unfunny dad joke

[@jjc0064]

Bills have to be paid, and you don't have to get it.

[@HyruleGamer]

Twilight Princess theory... YES PLEASE!

[@timthetoolpoolberg4913]

Worst Zelda(worst game) ever made!!!!

[@shortcoll]

Exactly what I said!!! Forever my fav game ❤️❤️

[@reymondo5259]

@@timthetoolpoolberg4913 nice bait

[@timthetoolpoolberg4913]

@@reymondo5259 Utterly failed. Good to know some people still know not to feed the trolls.

[@alcides2494]

One of my favorite things in Zelda theory videos is looking for you in the comment section

[@CloverBell13]

I like to think the kokiri realized they could leave the forest and are now hidden in plain sight. Whether or not she’s a kokiri, I 100% believe that Agitha was at least meant to be a reference to them in Twilight Princess. There’s three women in castle town who share a unique feature that I believe to be a nod to their missing people in TP; Agitha, Telma, and Fanadi all share the trait of having three dots under their eyes (Green, red-orange, and purple of course). Agitha is a child who lives alone with a giant tree in her house and has a fascination with glowing insects (like fairies perhaps?). Telma has red hair and the symbol on her apron could be interpreted as a stylized gerudo symbol. Fanadi has a weeping eye symbol on her forehead and red eyes, a common trait among the sheikah. Also, Fanadi's original japanese name was "Imparess", a play on Impa's name.

[@sharingan5548]

Damn

[@garlicsalt317]

Agitha seems like the largest stretch, but the other 2 are very plausible

[@jonahdunch4056]

Woah cool find!

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

you know... green as green, red-orange as just red and purple as violet which is similar to blue... and you have the three godesses. You could go on with this and think that they took the form of those lost races to revive them via birthing

[@WASHAKAPA]

Fanadi - FArore NAyru DIn

[@owenbyer4671]

I love these twilight princess theories. I feel like twilight princess is one of the most mysterious zelda games, as the temples and bosses are never really quite explained...

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Zelda in general is guilty of Rule of Cool: introduce something, slap “sacred” or “temple” onto it, then moonwalk backstage. That ain’t mystery, that’s them not caring to really give any context for something they consider to be “just a level.” But…the racial conflict in TP and how portions of Gerudo and Twili and Sheikah symbols and the Mirror itself and the Kokiri symbol turn up absolutely everywhere once you know how to spot it? Now THAT tells a super interesting subtext story and goes well with the core themes of the game.

[@ChibiProwl]

Truth🤔

[@mohammedu7105]

​@@anonymousfellow8879 eh, I feel like having something open-ended like this *is* what makes it good. If you explain a mystery, it takes the fun out of it. There would be no theories, nobody would have to take the time to think about all the implications.

[@Miriam_J_]

​​@@mohammedu7105But why do people have to do that for dungeons specifically? There's plenty to theorize about already excluding them. And it's not like they'd have to give us much, all they'd have to do is leave a few hints of what it was, like in OOT and some of TP. Some OOT dungeons are VERY clear with what they were, yet people still theorize about them. Idk, this fear of not having something to theorize about if they told us too much about the dungeons is silly.

[@brotherpanda]

I never realized until now that the TP monkeys have fur on their face in a shape similar to Majora's Mask's eyes.

[@1r0zz]

majora's mask design elements are everywhere in twilight princess.

[@Marandahir]

I’m surprised you never mention that the boss room tree looks greyed out compared to other trees in the temple - the same way the Great Deku Tree was after it died - and inside the boss room looks incredibly similar to the watery basement of the Great Deku Tree (metal grates and all). I’d say this is the strongest argument for the Temple being Kokiri Forest. The figure on the artwork looks more to me like one of the Monkeys rather than a fairy - perhaps depicting a Monkey using the wind powers of the boomerang. It could also be Faron the light spirit itself, being that Faron is a monkey in this game.

[@minatorisato861]

Deku babas did grow near and in the great deku tree

[@jeremiah6945]

I thought the same. That tree in the boss room was always suspiciously the most prominent thing in the room besides the large body of water.

[@MarkerMurker]

"You could call him a Shadow Legend..." Terrible. I love it.

[@doktorsmiles2034]

The cough got me. Thats my kind of joke

[@rezahydra]

The more accurate comparison to Kokiri Village is actually Ordon Village. The entire design of it actually fits perfectly. The exception to this being the ranch.

[@chiffmonkey]

Living as a child and working as an adult.

[@IamCanadian3333]

Most seemingly accept that it is in fact Lon Lon Ranch that became Ordon Village.

[@rezahydra]

@@IamCanadian3333 That would explain the ranch. However it would not explain the location, house locations and styles, and most blatant in particular, Link’s House which is just an expanded version of the OoT house.

[@IamCanadian3333]

@@rezahydra Locations in TP are quite different than other Zelda titles. Hyrule Encylopedia actually hints that massive shifts in land occur between eras which accounts for different locations, and in TP's case, the massive chasms we occasionally see in the land. The Temple of Time itself is seemingly moved from Castle Town to the Lost Woods. I speculate this is because maybe the Temple of Time should not be so close to the general public.

[@rezahydra]

@@IamCanadian3333 I mean specifically in reference to OoT. You can align the map in many different ways to fit with OoT, even counting Temple of Time (though as said in the video, Sacred Grove/Lost Woods doesn’t make sense by nature), but none of them have Ordon in the location of Lon Lon. Kokiri Village on the other hand? There’s certainly a few. Though this I will deny is the least prominent point. The house styles and locations, even with the stream in the middle scream Kokiri Village in every way. And that’s without mentioning again Link’s own home which is just the same thing but expanded to now be a true full house compared to the OoT counterpart

[@Buphido]

If we conclude, that the Forest Temple and the Temple of Time are all included in the massively expanded lost woods and considering the woods being as magical as they are, we could just as well conclude, that the Kokiri are still living in the Lost Woods, but in a part that the woods won't let outsiders into. The Link in OoT was an exception, as he grew up with the Kokiri, but Twilight Princess Link, who is a grown ass almost-adult with no connection to the Hero of Time other than his spirit, would not enjoy that privilege.

[@kagari1426]

Wouldn't be the blood descendant make any difference?

[@grandsome1]

@@kagari1426 Maybe, maybe not, he hasn't been exposed to Kokiri magic/blessing, nor does he have a fairy.

[@acesrath]

@@kagari1426 also it was the great deku tree that allowed him able to see the Kokiri.

[@IamSupreme333]

TP Link is like the great-great-great grandson of OoT Link. They share more than just having the spirit of the Hero.

[@jaredlovelady826]

@@IamSupreme333 Evidence to support this?

[@snek616]

You might not like it, but twilight princess has THE most atmospheric dungeons in the game

[@garlicsalt317]

Other than Lakebed, Lakebed is just water temple deluxe

[@volcom137z]

Would've rather had Twilight Princess than Skyward Sword.😶 I know Nintendo is just sitting on a remastered port.

[@snek616]

@@volcom137z I mean to be fair its a decent strategy, if someone's only played on the switch, to them it'll be a brand new game. And as much as I like twilight princess, skyward sword does have a bit more content as far as quests and things

[@volcom137z]

@@snek616 It's clear now that Nintendo is reviving all their OG franchises. Skyward Sword is moving copies like never before. Probaly didn't help that it released the same time as Skyrim at the time. Metroid Dread will bring the Metroid franchise life and sales it has never seen before.

[@snek616]

@@volcom137z that's definitely true, though I'm interested in how they'll bring the DS games to switch. More powerful hardware means they have the space for a massive overhaul, so I'm intrigued by what they'll do after BOTW 2

[@xxcorrinxx6299]

I've always thought it likely that the skull kid we encounter in Twilight Princess could be THE GHOST OF the skull kid from Ocarina of Time/ Majora's Mask. The lantern he carries as he leads us deeper and deeper into the forest is nearly identical to the one's the poes carry in TP, plus I just get the sense Skull Kid is supposed to the one and only of his kind. I think It would be so fittingly eery and sad to imagine skull kid waiting decades upon decades for his favorite playmate to wander back into the woods, even in the afterlife. I always got the sense the way he immediately starts to f*ck with Link even while trying to help that he felt it was a reunion.

[@maximedemers3467]

Add that he plays Saria's song with his trumpet when you are searching for him in the Sacred Grove and that you teach him that very song in Ocarina of Time.

[@cherub3624]

There are.multiple skull kids.

[@phantomtearsca]

Considering that the hero's spirit exists in the game as well, I don't think that's a bad theory at all.

[@bigjermini]

And the fact in TP, his face doesn't look like its actually his face at all, but another...mask. Any skull kid we always saw had the red eyes and an orange...beak, the rest was blacked out. OOT, Majora's Mask....but in TP...wait a minute. Skull Kid's face resembles the freaking Moon that was about to crash in Majora's mask.

[@Loki-pz1uk]

@@bigjermini I was just thinking that his face looked like the moon from MM as I was reading your comment 😂 what an ‘interesting’ mask for him to pick

[@venkelos6996]

This might be total crap, but perhaps by TP, the Kokiri, under the guardianship of their new Deku Tree, had already taken the form of Koroks. Without the Great Flood, it might seem unnecessary, but Breath of the Wild proves that some evolutions may occur even if what we perceive as their original cause, don't happen; the Rito evolved from the Zora, due to the aforementioned flood, yet in BotW both they AND the Zora still live side by side. BotW's own spot in said time line might be questionable for some, but in it, regardless of time, the Kokiri are gone, and the Koroks exist. The point of this is that, in BotW, most people cannot SEE the Koroks; they are basically unnoticeable to all but a few souls, and can linger practically anywhere. Even that Link, who can see Koroks, can't ALWAYS see them; they may duck and hide from him, as he approaches, or wait till he's finished their game to reveal their presence. Even when moving around to get him to give chase, they make an effect for him to follow, but aren't themselves visible. While it might seem like a trait only the BotW Koroks have, maybe the TP Koroks also have it, and due to their nature, or the danger in the world, they are simply hidden. They don't have a history with this Link, and even many who might've been present to see Link c l aim the Master Sword, in BotW, still avoid Mr. Hero, just because that's how they normally are. Perhaps they are there, but just invisible; waiting and watching to see what type of turn the world will take.

[@davidmedina8136]

Very well put. And indeed Koroks can happen in any timeline.

[@jonahdunch4056]

Yeah I like this! With the Fused Shadow under their care, and with Hylians now settled in Ordon, they may have felt the need to take a less conspicuous form and perhaps retreat further into the woods.

[@Tyler-jp4vz]

Thank you! This is the best explanation I've seen!

[@LivingParadox87]

Agreed, I like this concept of Koroks (or any iteration of forest spirits) being hidden and mysterious. From what I recall, the Kokiri and the Koroks are referred to as “forest spirits” which, to me, makes their physical appearance more arbitrary.

[@aaronolson6736]

kinda tangential but maybe also evidence to this point, The Rito in BotW may very well be Loftwings having finally come to the land of Hyrule given the fact that Zora are also present. Even though the race was present before the cause of their existence was very different. Koroks would have 3 reasons by this logic; WW is a form taken to help maintain nature across the islands, BotW was to become hidden in plain sight, TP would be due to dwelling entirely in the forest and result of the Wind Fairy.

[@Aukejorrit]

I need this for every twilight princess temple. Those temples are so deep in lore and style that you could make this a series and have every episode be as interesting as this one!

[@ridge_9580]

That was the smoothest ad transition I've ever seen

[@Savage--]

More importantly, made me laugh.

[@silverreaps6803]

The way he cleared his throat was so funny

[@peterbutijn96]

almost as smooth as the segways of Linus

[@Nezben]

Almost as smooth as me skipping it.

[@nicocchi]

I don't mind sponsored ads of mobile games, sometimes it's even for a game I already play and I sit to listen how they're trying to sell their game to new players… except from Raid Shadow Legends. As soon as I heard "shadow" I was like "oh no". Raid Shadow Legends is proven garbage so no thank you. Thank god Zeltik is nice enough to put timestamps for easy skip.

[@Zale-ln2hr]

I was laying in bed wondering if I should play twilight princess and then I got the notification for this video...gotta be a sign lol

[@naominathanson-parry1677]

FINISH THE VIDEO THEN GO PLAY

[@andyq524]

I just finished a playthrough a week and a half ago. It was a good time.

[@vcdonovan5943]

The answer to "should I play twilight princess" is always "yes."

[@jerevaz7184]

Link is older than he's ever been. The Kokiri only show up to kids. Link just coudn't see them. :P

[@Yim25]

I see a flaw in this reasoning. In Ocarina of Time if you go back to Kokiri Forest as an adult thay are clearly there. Twilight Princess Link is around the same age as Adult Link from Oot.

[@jerevaz7184]

It's true. I would argue that, as I loosely remember, Kokoris are visible to those pure of heart, thus kids. Link in OoT speeds his growth and remains a child at heart, he's got no grown up mindset like desiring someone. In Twilight Princess, Link has a certain love interest, what I believe would make a difference. (It is a stretch, I know)

[@jerevaz7184]

I can imaging OoT Link not remembering his lost parents and TP Link growing old with the memory of them. Aaaggh what a beautiful game Twilight Princess. Loved its sad and dark melodramatic start, loved the tone, beautiful beautiful beautiful

[@nyperold7530]

I haven't heard anything like that about the Kokiri, but I have heard that about the Picori, a.k.a. the Minish. Kokiri are pretty much not seen because they don't leave the forest.

[@jerevaz7184]

Am I mixing the stories? 🤔 I still think there was something like that in Ocarina of Time

[@namenamename390]

Drop everything, there's a new Zeltik Zelda video essay

[@TheUnkGamer]

“Twilight princess’ link travels through both light and shadow. You may consider him as a shadow legend” *clears throat* *sponser appears*

[@newtybot]

Thank you, I haven't reached that part of the video yet

[@TheUnkGamer]

@@newtybot why are you looking through the comments if you haven’t finished the video?

[@TheUnkGamer]

@A B well I don’t think he should if he didn’t want spoilers

[@TheLegend0fDurf]

That Raid Shadow Legends transition was absolute gold. I laughed audibly out loud for more than 6 minutes

[@SolofChaos]

I always love that moment when the Deku sprout pops out because Link’s yell is so overdramatic at that moment it makes me laugh every single time.

[@PrimmsHoodCinema]

I always thought the Kokiri were gone because they were in cocoons or something turning into Koroks

[@jstar3382]

why would they need to become koroks

[@DJCalliean]

@@jstar3382 Well in BotW they become koroks so I don’t think the flooding has anything to do with their evolution. I could see this being the case, but my only problem with this theory is that TP takes place not too long (in Zelda timeline standards) after Ocarina/Majora’s Mask. It seems to be only around 100 - 200ish years after, whereas Windwaker is likely 100s and 100s of years later. For the kokiri to already be evolving only a hundred years after OoT seems like a slight stretch to me.

[@garlicsalt317]

@@DJCalliean actually Windwaker is when they're confirmed to evolve from the Kokiri, in the game Makar's ancestor is a Kokiri. Just like Medli's ancestor is a Zora

[@DJCalliean]

@@garlicsalt317 Yes, but TP is in a different timeline, and yet BotW is meant to merge the timelines. That means that the kokiri had to evolve into koroks in every timeline at some point.

[@jonahdunch4056]

@@DJCalliean The Great Flood only takes place 100 years after OoT, and IIRC, that's when the Kokiri transformed into Koroks in the Adult Timeline. I don't think it's biological evolution as such; it's magic transformation. That can happen whenever the Great Deku Tree feels like it. So in the Child Timeline, perhaps when Hylians settled in Ordon, or when they were tasked with housing the Fused Shadow, the Kokiri transformed into the Koroks and retreated into the forest to stay hidden.

[@MadMasterPorkey]

"Twilight Princess's Link travels through both light and shadow. You could call him a Shadow Legend" Me: Oh no... For real though, that was probably the best setup for a Raid: Shadow Legends ad I've heard

[@BrodyReyno]

The throat clear after he says it too. Lol

[@Sarthanas]

Twilight princess lost woods are my favorites representation in the serie. You can really feel the vastness of it by looking at the immense trees

[@huckleberryburton3155]

1:50 NGL that transition was smoother than the transformation animation.

[@davisbowe8668]

Since we're on the subject, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Sacred Grove from TP, which are theorized by some to be the ruins Ocarina of Time's Castle Town due to the stone ruins surrounding the area and of course the appearance of the Temple of Time. It's been theorized that the Castle Town in TP isn't the same Castle Town from OoT and that the Royal Family migrated north after the events of OoT (possibly due to some sort of war with Ganondorf and/or the Gerudo that left the original Castle Town devastated), which explains why Death Mountain is to the east in TP rather than to the north like it is in virtually every other Zelda game. It could be theorized that after the Hylians moved north, the ruins of original Castle Town were overgrown by woods and became the Sacred Grove. Though of course there are some things that do contradict this, such as the locations of Zora's Domain, Zora River, and Lake Hylia (but that could just be explained away as typical Zelda geographic fuckery), but I always thought it was an interesting theory nonetheless as I can think of no other explanation as to why the Temple of Time somehow moved from HCT to being surrounded by a huge forest (also the location of the Sacred Grove on TP's map in relation to Death Mountain and Faron/Ordon Woods kinda makes sense). I know this doesn't have much to do with the video in question, but watching it did makes me think of this and didn't have anywhere else to post it.

[@DracoMagnius]

Perhaps the Sacred Grove isn't actually geographically where it appears to be, but Link gets teleported to its actual location via Lost Woods magic much like in OoT how Link can get to Death Mountain and Zora's Domain from the Lost Woods?

[@vcdonovan5943]

Maybe it's the ToT that moved? It's a temple guarding the gateway to the Sacred Realm. In TP we see that it links to a dungeon that appears to be outside time and space, with golden light gleaming through the windows. One can speculate that the ToT dungeon in TP is the Temple of Light - or at least a portion of it - in the sacred realm. My point is that ToT screws with time/space. The Lost Woods screws with time/space. Seems to reason that either one of those places could end up anywhere else, even together. The ruins around the temple in TP could be a portion of HCT that the ToT took with it when it moved. However, TP clearly establishes a connection between OoT and ALttP by showing the Master Sword in a wooded grove just like it appears in ALttP, alluding that the ruins of the ToT decayed completely by the time of ALttP leaving only the Master Sword in its pedestal in the Sacred Grove. But people often wonder how the forest got from eastern Hyrule in OoT to western Hyrule in ALttP. But if you look at the fog of war surrounding Castle Town on the Hyrule Atlas in OoT, you can see a small line of trees behind the clouds just to the west of Hyrule Castle... there's a forest there.

[@Savage--]

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[@brettkallmes1439]

I love the Twilight Princess theories, there is so much solved in that game and even more that is still a huge mystery! Loved the video!

[@SamWickens]

I've always considered that the Kokiri left their part of the forest when Hylian moved too close. Ordon is a relatively new expansion into what had previously been "uninhabited" woodland, and it might be that the Kokiri considered this a threat and, not being particulary militaristic, moved far deeper into the lost woods to avoid conflict, assuming that the fused shadow would stay hidden and protected by the monkeys.

[@davidkooi]

Twilight Princess has always been my favorite Zelda game, but I have never really fully realized the sheer massive SCALE of Faron woods in the game. Great video, thanks Zeltik!

[@TheBreadPirate]

The Forest Temple is one of my Favorite Temples! 😍 If only the Fairy of Winds got more attention in future games...

[@alejandrogonzales9153]

Yesssss!!!! Can you please do more Twilight princess videos as it was my first ever Zelda game and My God was is an incredible first experience that drew me into the LOZ mythology

[@kianabrown2865]

It was my first Zelda game too.

[@joshuablowes843]

Could the fairy of winds not be the guardian of the fused shadow piece if her carving was depicted on the walls and other things x

[@masterofawesomeness5892]

That's what I was thinking

[@mr.lafitte336]

The white baboon could be a rencairnation of the Deku tree. Their names seems correlated (Deku/Uk) and they were both possesed by parasytes, allowing monsters to spread.

[@OmoiSenpai]

Failed as Tree Return to Monke

[@fuzzydude64]

I don't think that makes sense. The name similarity is pretty flimsy and the Deku Tree was cursed and infested by monsters, not controlled by them. Not possessed like Uk. So there's really nothing holding that idea together

[@asumax8]

For the fate of the Kokiri, I feel they already left the Faron woods, taking the young Deku Tree with them. They went on to establish the Kokiri Forest and the Lost Woods in a new region to the north, northwest. This could explain why in games like A Link to the Past and BotW, the Lost woods are in an entirely different area across the map

[@TheRealCaptainLavender]

Half-way through the vid. I'm going to just throw this out there that there was MUCH of the Kokiri Forest and Lost Woods that was not explored or mapped. On top of this, I do think that the forest grew and expanded into what was the Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time, eventually taking it over almost completely. The Old Temple of TIme and castle town was taken over by the forest and I'm sure that Link and Skullkid remained friends through all of this right up until the very end. Ordon Village, I believe is the old Kokiri Village from Ocarina, established officially when Link and Malon moved there. I'll shut up now and keep watching.

[@emmaspencer4586]

I personally don't subscribe to the Northern Expansion Theory. My personal theory is that the temple of time found in Twilight Princess is the remains of the ancient sealed temple, now overgrown and abandoned. The temple of time from ocarina of time is thus a completely different temple in a completely different place, though it shares the same name. This was already done with Lanayru's temple of time in skyward sword, so it's possible it was done again in some later time, that time being the Era of Chaos, built by Rauru to protect the Triforce. Given the pristine state it's in when TP Link travels back in time, it's safe to say that it was well taken care of, likely by the Sheikah Tribe. The Sky Folk were likely involved in it as well, given the Dominion Rod is found there. I doubt that Ordon Village is the remains of Kokiri Forest. If anything, the actual kokiri village is likely just somewhere further east where we can't explore in-game. It's that simple. Ordon Village is simply another settlement, established sometime during the gap between Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask by humans, not hylians, given all of them except Link have rounded ears. This seems to imply TP Link isn't actually from Ordon Village, but elsewhere, likely castle town before he and his family moved there when he was too young to remember.

[@drolnogardgames4335]

@@emmaspencer4586 To my understanding, TP Link is a direct descendant of OoT Link, if rather far down the line. That alone could explain why the ears are different, rather than assuming he was born in Castle Town.

[@garlicsalt317]

@@drolnogardgames4335 but there is no evidence of OoT Link settling in the village. And considering the Hero of Shade is the hero of time, and adults who die in the lost woods become Stalfos, we can assume Link died there. But Ordon is not in the Lost Woods, personally i think Link never really settled anywhere and was still adventuring before he died in the Lost Woods, presumably still looking for Navi

[@NEETKitten]

@@garlicsalt317 Probelm with this: Hero's shade isn't a Stalfos. He's a ghost; the only thing physical about him is his equipment. If he really did die in the forest, then he'd be an insane pile of bones wandering around, not the spectre that clearly isn't a monster.

[@GreeneTV]

That was... HANDS DOWN!!! The smoothest transition into a sponsor. Well done my friend!! 🤣

[@mokarokas-1727]

16:56 "It is possible that another forest-dwelling civilization built the temple" *looks at Kokiri symbol* - OHMYGOSH iS tHaT A ZonaI sWirL?

[@nataliecoronado4206]

there's another reason why the Kokiri/Korok's aren't seen in TP. Koroks normally can't be seen by people, either being invisible to them, hidden from sight, or are disguised as something else. TP Link simply might not have the ability to see them, and thus we can't see them either. For all we know, they could have been right under our nose the entire time.

[@DinsFlame-br4pr]

Interesting!!

[@hail2theprince93]

Would love a video focusing on the Skull Kid himself. Personally think he has some interesting lore and backstory in both Termina and Hyrule, not to mention the mystery of his presence in TP.

[@CaptainClark23]

Just started a new TPHD Hero mode playthrough so this is perfect timing. Twilight Princess truly has such an eerie and melancholic atmosphere. I hadn’t played the game since 2006/07 so seeing everything again after so much time was pretty surreal. More Twilight Princess plz, Zeltik! 🖤

[@Vitamin_R]

Love to see Twilight Princess! The Forest Temple in Twilight Princess always felt a little off to me, like it didn't make sense, but calling it the Lost Woods makes a lot of stuff click.

[@kennyowensby5288]

I’m so glad the temple series is back. But please don’t forget where it left off. The Water Temple video was next and I was really looking forward to that.

[@housingfungus2843]

twilight princess is my favorite zelda game mainly because of the dungeon design and items and this dungeon is an excellent start.

[@unostopcardxd7199]

My theory is that all the large trees are husks of dead deku trees. The tree dies and reincarnates through a sapling again and again. Odds are the deku and Kokiri are still there, but are deep in the giant tree forest. We don’t go there so we never see them.

[@ameliammy]

Ayyy same pfp gang

[@lanasmith4795]

Once again I'm reminded how much I would prefer to see the Old Kokiri return perhaps in yet another odd parallel alongside the korok. After all every timeline ends in breath of the Wild

[@stuffz1757]

18:58 I was with you till there. It makes much more sense to just assume the Temple of Time was moved after the child ending of OOT than it does to assume the whole of Hyrule switch itself around.

[@TheCherubim4]

Zeltik upload POG

[@niapurdue230]

Raid Shadow Legends ad : Plays *presses 10 skip second repeatedly*

[@FoldedBionis]

Why don’t you just go to the next premade “chapter” ?

[@niapurdue230]

@@FoldedBionis I was in the beginning of the video and didn't want to miss as much.

[@Metrion77]

Now, hear me out on this. The Oocca. Creatures that clearly have control over air and wind. Theoretically the descendants of the Wind Tribe of the Minish Cap. Theoretically a group of Hylians who returned to Skyloft, after it was abandoned at the end of Skyward Sword. If the Oocca were up in the sky with the Wind Fish and Levias the whole time, only really reconnecting with the surface through the royal family on occasion, it would be entirely possible that the Oocca hid the Fused Shadow in a deep part of the forest far away from any life, locked behind traps that could only be disabled through wind.

[@megancollins7412]

Your best video yet! I’ve been following since the early days, thank you 😊

[@kl.8513]

_Ah yes nothin more iconic than a good ol Forest Temple love the content keep it up!_

[@wesleyvl8572]

A other good vidoe dude keep it up you rock

[@caureum]

TP was my first zelda game and i think it’ll always be my favorite 💚 majora’s prob second for me

[@FreeTomG]

Yes I was waiting for this one !! Thank you Zeltik!!!

[@anoriginalname6564]

I Get so excited when any theories relating to twilight princess come up

[@CanadianBagle]

Wooooooh, Zeltik video! Let’s goooooo

[@thestump4419]

Im a simple guy. I see new Zeltik video, I watch new Zeltik video.

[@dodog9469]

That transition was top notch, one of the best I have seen 👍🏾 Shadow

[@evanpeartree]

I love the editing of these videos. It's like a camera crew personally went to the temple to capture footage

[@Fishman465]

The sponsor bit was hilarious, great way of going with a necessary evil

[@bowenorcutt78]

I had an idea about the Koroks: what if the Kokiri didn't become them in a literal, "magic transformation" sense? Rather, what if the difference is simply that the Koroks are all the children of the new Deku Tree? Heck, maybe all the children of different Deku Trees look different. Would explain the hell out of those racoon-plant guys.

[@sagacious03]

Very engaging & well-presented theory! Looking forward to more like this! Thanks for uploading!

[@FedEx867]

Incredible work on this one.

[@gamingfox6159]

Keep it up my GUY

[@starralina0224]

Love ya Zeltik!😍😘

[@ayeyo2446]

Amazing intro, never been so happy to see a raid shadow legends ad, the setup was perfect

[@tessakuusisto1974]

Now that was a smooth transition into an add. A+

[@potatoqueen5248]

Someone has to say it so here I go… OH MY GOD IS THE KOKIRI CREST A ZONAI SWIRL?!?!?!?!

[@Mr.Mumbler]

A shadow legend, i just said aloud "Oh, No, not you too" before you cleared your throat an came with it 😂 I love listening to you, and im glad you made a sponsor

[@MormonSwag66]

That shadow legend transition was the smoothest Link-themed sponsor ad since Alpharad's Audible Link

[@KingZorLink21]

I love your chilling narration. It fits well with your scary videos.

[@zeldahero5990]

Another brilliant video Zeltik! Coincidentally, I've actually been working on a script about the forest temple, potentially being the great Deku tree from OOT. But now, after seeing your video, you've pretty much debunked then entire theory I was going to cover XD There is a small bit of evidence that the Deku tree does appear in TP. The boss room where you fight Diababa, is supposed to be inside the remains of the great Deku tree, as the room looks like the basement from OOT. If you could hit me up at some point, I would like to talk to you more about it!

[@CrafterAurora]

zeltik 'casually talks about the scam game of the century without promoting it outright' good move bro

[@naydra4210]

That was the best segway into a raid shadow legends ad I've ever seen; kudos to you Zeltik

[@chysavrc.3643]

Your thumbnails are always so compelling to click on, you don’t even use clickbait, but I only see interesting Zelda topics that I want to click on

[@Z1proW]

The wind designs on the doors are based on the Kokiri's emerald from oot, and same thing for goron mines and lakebed temple, they have Goron's Ruby and Zora's Sapphire on the doors.

[@Dredre02]

That transition into the ad was so bad it was brilliant 😂👌🏼 Love your work bro

[@franciscodiaz1884]

UGH, loved it so much, love the lore filled theory videos it honestly feels like its been so long, since everything lately has been botw 2. Which is great, but when your only options are to wait or hype it up with your own ideas you kinda just wanna focus on something else and so this was refreshing cx

[@XX-sp3tt]

The most logical fan theory I've heard is that the Kokiri reincarnated as the villagers of Link's village.

[@AkatsukiLink]

It's possible. Who knows lol

[@Midnitethorn]

I absolutely love the way you sneak in your sponsors haha your sponsors haha.. Not aside great video as always I love hearing your theory is about the Zelda universe

[@jonalozano629]

can't believe i didn't watch this on my birthday anyway its always good to see a twilight princess theory keep it up man

[@melimsah]

What if the kokiri/koroks were there, but since this Link isn't a child (and I guess not pure enough of heart?), he could see them. Just a little theory.

[@ringypingy]

Guys. I’ve wanted to play twilight princess for so long. Actually owned it when I was 7. Should I wait for a port to actually happen or is there any emulators that I should look into?

[@ringypingy]

Same with the wind Waker

[@naominathanson-parry1677]

@Xx-raZ0r_pup-xX the port could happen. They've already ported two others

[@housingfungus2843]

dont bother with the original, i would look into getting the HD version so you can either wait for a port that may or may not happen or get a wii u pre owned with twilight princess HD

[@rereadable]

You can definitely emulate the gamecube version with Dolphin. The HD version doesn't add much, just an amiibo-locked dungeon and some marginally better graphics, but if you can find a Wii U emulator and ROM, go for it.

[@mank7230]

Dolphin is pretty much *the* GameCube/Wii emulator, so just use that for any GCN games you plan on playing

[@d_mon9631]

gotta love that **butter-smooth** transition into the promo 👏

[@SquirrelKilnBTS]

So happy for a new video!

[@TheCherubim4]

This video is sponsored by raid: shadow legends

[@alegomanYTPs]

Hasn't every zelda channel including yourself covered this like several times

[@Zeltik]

I haven't covered this before

[@smelliott2347]

you're just confusing all the different forest temples I think

[@alegomanYTPs]

@@smelliott2347 mandela effect :/

[@smelliott2347]

@@alegomanYTPs ok :/

[@alvarobarquin1201]

love these zelda theories, keep them coming :D

[@heartsbreaktwice872]

i havent been really playing zelda lately, but its always refreshing to see these theories e

[@EthanRPG]

This man just trolled Raid Shadow Legends while also gettin paid to promote them! He's a Legend... kinda like Zelda... Zelda is a very niche series of adventure games. Theres no way you've heard of it!

[@moss_and_ivy3517]

can i just say *massive* kudos for referring to the fairy as "they" and not using stereotypical female pronouns

[@wingsofdivinity]

This is great. I'd love to see more in-depth analyses of the different temples in the Legend of Zelda series.

[@LeonM4c]

Twilight Princess is my favorite game, and I always love to see a video about it!

[@Pyronic_]

First

[@TheCherubim4]

Ur the actual first

[@koshan12]

first

[@lukasp.]

Shut up

[@cottoncoffin]

I love having twilight princess n breathe of the wild on my Wii U these videos always make me excited to relive the tale

[@adventurermite5330]

With starting out the exact same as Vortexxy's theory i thought it was going to end with the same conclusion, so i didn't expect it to change but i was excited to see that there was more to be analyzed

[@Squidperson26]

No not you too you sold out

[@Zeltik]

Imagine wanting to make money in return for the content you make

[@smelliott2347]

@@Zeltik I just hope they payed well

[@jojoreference945]

@@Zeltik What did it cost I’m joking btw I enjoy your content

[@GoldenMushroom64]

@@Zeltik imagine creating content for the passion and not for the money