THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE - The Legend of Zelda (NES) (part 4)

[@BuckSnortx]

This is hands down my favorite series right now

[@niallphelan28]

I agree. Really enjoyable

[@male_04]

yoo fire pfp my guy

[@BuckSnortx]

@@male_04 cheers bro, took awhile to edit and make

[@male_04]

@@BuckSnortx nice

[@SilverKnight16]

Bro not only managed to one-shot the blue darknut room with base sword and tunic, he ended with _more_ HP than when he started. What a fucking legend. You could give Lack a run for his money! lol

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Luck is always a factor. Especially when he's skipping 10th enemy trick (and 16th F), only now discovered that bombing walls works, and using a certain item (and another) to collect distant items. 😁

[@cantaloupeme]

Lack isn't the one to beat anymore. Look at GreenMario's run.

[@quentinlindsey1232]

He did have the Magic Wand which does White Sword damage when used as a sword. But for being his first time, he nailed it that's for sure.

[@DarkYuan]

@@quentinlindsey1232 I don't know much about this game but I kinda figured the wand did damage equal to the white sword

[@charlesbickford4934]

1:09 The ones on the overworld throwing spears are moblins. The ones in dungeons throwing boomerangs are goriyas.

[@Domriso]

Thanks for that. I was racking my brain for what the boomerang ones were called.

[@rogerdudra178]

Back in 1991 I made water colored maps of each dungeon to beat this game. A great game for everyone.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

Ryu playing this game for the first time is making me want to replay it lol

[@naterivard]

I dusted it off and I'm getting my ass kicked even while looking things up

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Old Man: There's a secret in the nose. Map: Hi, I'm shaped like a head and this room would be the nose. Ryu: This dungeon is so cryptic! Old Man: 🤦🏻‍♂

[@shakes5847]

It's almost like he didn't have the map at that point but I guess paying attention to the video is hard

[@alexanderwoods3055]

The manual really helps clue make more sense.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

@@shakes5847 He got the clue, he got the map, he did not then put 2 and 2 together. I haven't played this game in 30 years and I still knew what the clue had to mean after every prior dungeon was shaped like something.

[@SanativeSparrow]

​@@palaceofwisdom9448I've never played this game and immediately knew he must be talking about the shape of the map. This is the first time I've watched anyone play this game. I only knew lore of this game before watching.

[@pigs18]

Me watching people play Zelda: "Look at the maps." "Look at the maps!" "LOOK AT THE F@#$%% MAP!!!" It's also how every player misses the 100 free rupees.

[@vellichor7676]

18:30 "There's a secret... in the tip... ... of the nose???" Proceeds to assault random stranger with a magic rod.

[@AMG19610]

Watching Ryu blast 2 out of the 3 walls and then walking away saying “nope nothing here’ is beyond frustrating

[@tcroncero]

I think these videos show how the true challenge of the game was the puzzles and exploration

[@RetroPlayer4000]

I still have all my graph paper maps that have 1988 on them with my name. My grandpa babysat me every Saturday and for weeks we beat both quests and my parents and grandma even did not know we had a Nintendo secretly hidden in the spare bedroom. He had his busch beer, i had my moxie and we snacked always on weird polish dishes my grandpa made for just us ......awe memories....love you dziadek(Grandpa in polish)

[@Chance71121]

Seven dungeons down, two more to go. Ryu is a beast.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

"Dodongo dislikes smoke" "Well I dislike YOU!" We made that exact same joke when we were kids in 1986.

[@CaseyWallace3]

I have never anticipated a follow up video so badly.

[@shoopuff_8994]

Fun fact: the pols (bunnies) were intended to be beaten with sound by blowing or whistling through the controller but it only works on the Japanese versions because our controllers were not built with the correct holes in them to do so

[@thenonexistinghero]

And for some reason it's still exclusive to only Japanese rereleases of the game like Virtual Console and whatnot. It's a shame, it'd be nice if they added it as an easter egg to a western version.

[@BlondeBarbarian]

UMMM Actually they're called Pol's Voice! *adjusts glasses*

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

​@@BlondeBarbarianYou took my comment lol

[@michaelberger136]

The “hint” you get in the level 5 dungeon also indicates they can be defeated by sound, so I, as a child, tried the flute to no avail. That “hint” has been updated over the years to give you a hint that actually helps on the NES (i.e. using arrows). I was not aware of this update until I played LoZ on NSO.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

@michaelberger136 Yeah the hint was meant for the Famicom version. I had heard about the NSO version changing it but I haven't played the game through that service yet, when I replay the game next I definitely will though

[@unclejoker9975]

Taking on 7 after doing 6 is always nice. Watching him enter that 2nd blue darknut room to get the recorder was great too. 😅

[@pigs18]

The NES instruction manual has a cryptic clue regarding the Bunny Ears guys (Pols Voice). It says that their ears make them susceptible to loud noise which naturally led players to assume that they meant the flute (recorder). In actuality it refers to a feature exclusive to the Famicom. Yelling into the microphone built into controller 2 on the Famicom would instantly kill all of them in the room. (Kid Icarus had a similar feature regarding the shops but was replaced by a button combo on the NES.)

[@SanativeSparrow]

Does the Famicom controller have the same hookup as the US NES controller? If so, could we, theoretically, use a Famicom controller to whistle into?

[@pigs18]

@@SanativeSparrow Unfortunately, Famicom controllers are hard wired into the console.

[@linky13]

I love this game. Sometimes, I'll pull it out and do a quick speedrun. It's nice to see other people playing it. Though I wished he knew the boomrange can retrieve far away items. All the gears have their uses.

[@Green.Blood.]

The weapons in this game are great. Every Zelda fan needs to play this game!

[@brettf5000]

Great job, Ryu! I 100% agree when you said 6 is harder than 7, but 7 is its own breed of difficult. Although when I was a kid, I had all the time in the world to go bomb every wall and burn every tree in the game haha. I'm sure tons of people will already be talking about the meat and the recorder trivia, so I'll just say the red candle was my second favorite weapon in the game! I always wished this game let you choose another item for the "A" button slot instead of your sword (like Link's Awakening would eventually do) and I could have the magic rod in one hand, and the candle in the other like some kind of fireball throwing wizard! In Bloodborne, one of my favorite bosses is the scimitar/candle wielding guy who is part of the Shadows of Yharnam fight haha :)

[@romo_lampkin]

this is the ryu content i live for, love when you do retro shit my guy

[@Aeroxima]

It's been a while, but I don't think I even found the wand, but definitely had red candle and meat from just wandering aimlessly. My issue was less finding the meat and more trying to use it on everything without knowing what it was good for.

[@Aphexrain38]

This will always be my favorite Zelda game!!!

[@sacredgeometry]

Same

[@quiltface83]

I think ALTTP is a better game but I agree, 1 is my favorite as well.

[@WhiskeySins]

More of the content I needed on this channel

[@gordonramsayd2651]

YOU ARE AMAZING!! It’s so much fun watching you play this game. Can’t wait to see how you get by the last dungeon.

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

I've really enjoyed this series so far! I haven't finished this one myself yet. It's part of my LONG backlog of retro games.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

It can be dangerous. You beat it once, and then the 2nd Quest becomes available. After that, there's the siren call of fan-made randomizers...

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

@@KamisamanoOtaku Ha! I could definitely see that. I've wanted to get into randomizers for a LONG time. Maybe this is the year I take the plunge!

[@johideath]

In case someone hasn't mentioned it already, 'the secret is at the tip of the nose' refers to the map in Dungeon 7... the map looks like a face, and that block you moved was in a room at the end that kinda looks like a nose

[@delegance1086]

Love watching you do zelda.....one of my favorite games ever. One of my proudest moments as a kid was beating it.......twice with no help. You are going to have to beat it again man....please :)

[@Austin.D]

Hopefully, he'll replay this again but with all the hearts and all the item upgrades

[@larryscott9583]

I have NEVER seen such use for the wand like this. Incredible.

[@-AC9510-]

21:41 Ryu: (sad that he didn't get any new bombs from that room) Old man: I bet you would like to have more bombs

[@TheOmegaDragon]

Ryu: I got the whole Triforce! Realizes the piece he got was a triangle not a square Ryu: 😲

[@phosphorus4]

[surprised Pikachu face]

[@TheMikeyb86]

Excellent! Been waiting for part 4! You're doing great and keep it up!

[@LeonardoGPN]

Along with your Only Up journey this is one of my favourite KZbin series!

[@ASMRPeople]

Old barbarous king took forever to figure out the meat thing. If your ever in his stream say grumble grumble. 😂

[@MatthewJemilo]

I've been living for this original play through!!

[@werefrogofassyria6609]

Don't feel bad about not figuring out the Grumble Grumble room. The original Japanese word used was the sound of a stomach grumbling indicating hunger. They translating to English and used grumble, which is used for the rumbling of the tummy for hunger, but it also has other contexts. This led to a clue that didn't actually translate, so people have trouble figuring it out. You just gotta know how to get past. Also, The Werefrog want to see how you react to spending 250 rupees on that ring, if you do.

[@Nick-jb4xi]

I suspected the Japanese clue was better. The game is otherwise too well designed, so the "grumble, grumble" room sticks out like an eyesore.

[@Rocky2418]

14:52 - You can actually bomb to the right from this room. I'm guessing they did that so the player doesn't get stuck in there. However, the extra benefit from that is that you can bomb *into* that room from the right - thereby skipping the fight with the 3 dodongos entirely.

[@Doomedrpgthecozygamer99]

I can see Ryu was about to say hello ladies and gentlemen welcome to legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom and corrected himself to say episode 4

[@gugastin444]

Been waiting for this episode all week!

[@dkosmari]

The last map looked like a head, and the "cryptic secret" was on the tip of the nose.

[@unclejoker9975]

Wizzrobe moving left.

[@devmas]

There are multiple shops where you can buy the Food. The guide probably mentioned that specific shop because it's the one shop where the Food is the cheapest (and the keys are cheapest there, too).

[@chopshopgames9897]

I replayed this after your first episode. Level 7 was a breath of fresh air after 6. Love this series!

[@HerrFinsternis]

That wand sound, is that the same sound as Birdo spewing eggs in Mario2?

[@Merennulli]

I am shocked you figured out the entrance to dungeon 7 so easily. It is a suspicious spot and there is a hint in a cave, but just going immediately for the flute.

[@quiltface83]

in another video we see him try other options, i think the flute was the obvious next choice once he got it. there is a bit of time jumps in the video too... not taking anything away though... getting through level 6 alone with just 4 hearts and a wooden sword is impressive.

[@bahamas10]

yes!

[@udechile2497]

This series is great. I personally really enjoy watching these NES playthroughs, so hopefully we can see the "Ryukahr's Zelda 2 let's play" some day.

[@dysartes]

Can we get him to run the Phillips games as well, I wonder...

[@Lonewolf3515]

lol this has become my favorite series to watch on this channel lately. :) Ryu, to keep the game difficult, don't touch the ring.

[@moeheynow]

21:50 One of the best feelings as a gamer!

[@Thelgren00]

Started watching in 2018 for MM content. Now I love the Final Fantasy and Rpg content best

[@blazera]

Hmmm he went straight to the specific lake that needs the recorder

[@rj8877]

The meat is bait, a few types of enemy will swarm around it if you drop a piece. I think we were supposed to leap from that to assuming that's what a stubborn guard would want before he's willing to move. I never figured it out either...

[@phosphorus4]

Or you were supposed to…be Japanese and read a stomach rumbling sound in the FamiCom version?…

[@-42-47]

The meat was unnecessarily cryptic but I think the dungeon was fair otherwise. "The secret is in the tip of the nose" made sense once you got the map as the dungeon layout is clearly a big blocky face, and right at the tip of the nose was the secret stairway leading to the boss.

[@AnthonyAstrius]

Revisit that ring it's a life saver. You'll understand and a nice change of color for your sprite. You are a fantastic KZbinr and I love your blind reactions to games I've played, it frustrates and make me laugh at the same time. Keep it up brother. 1 mil subs in no time

[@Mattiiisss]

Loved this serie, hope you keep on doing this on different games

[@metadotjpg]

Even my first playthrough of this was with the assistance of Nintendo Power, so massive kudos, lol - I am *hooked* on watching this!

[@TheSavageChimiChanga]

That used the same flute sound in Super Mario 3.

[@technofeeliak]

The rabbit like creatures are called Pols Voice. In the Japanese original version, the second controller on the Famicom could be used to kill all the Pols Voice in a room with a voice.

[@buzzthebuzzard5267]

That last map was a "face" and the tip of it's nose was where the stairs were.

[@searchbar83]

I always hear people say that old games aren't good, you're just nostalgic for them. But then I see someone play them for the first time and having a blast doing it, and it just proves that wrong.

[@disabled587]

Iv'e never played the original all the way through and I love this! Can't wait to see the next video!

[@thememelordbobbeh3107]

1:10 Those are Goriya, and their concept are shows them as more doglike. The moblins are the orange and black dudes in the overworld that shoot arrows at you. 5:40 Those are Pols Voice. 15:10 It's funny, because the famicom version has a microphone built into the controller, and blowing into the microphone DOES kill those. Subsequent games also have them vulnerable to sound items. I'd also like to point out that the boomerang can be thrown diagonally.

[@herbertholland924]

The number of times I yelled "bomb that wall" during this run. LOL

[@GreyKnight7777]

Gotta love that point where The Legend of Zelda turns into bullet hell.

[@GreenlightX4]

Really enjoying watching you struggle through this game lol. , I recently finished it for the first time too and I feel your pain. You may need more hearts or at least get the blue ring for extra defence. Yep up the good work. Full respect to ya all the way from the UK.

[@Christ_is_Lord_]

Lol that flute sound byte is the same one they used in SMB3 world hopping flute

[@doslover]

Funny, I had the opposite problem with the meat as a kid. I spent so much time exploring looking for everything that I had the meat early on but couldn't figure out where to use it, so I went around dropping it everywhere until I got to that dungeon and finally needed it 😄

[@crumpet_]

Great series, cheers ryu!

[@Daxdax006]

You would love the second quest. Key items hidden in triforce rooms. Super hard. You’d love it.

[@2ndBreakfassst]

I was waiting for Ryu to finally bomb a wall 😂

[@davidshowalter120]

I love this series. Thank you Ryu!

[@sharnok]

First off, I am loving this series and look forward to every episode... your ability to make it through the Darknut rooms as you did makes me jealous af... but, my dude... if you don't start using your dungeon map on the item screen you are gonna have a hell of a time in 8 and 9. You are right that there is no physical indication of where to blow walls but if you look at the map every now and again you can kinda figure it out. Keep up the good work! I look forward to watching the end game of this with only 4 hearts. I have no doubt that you will keep my anxiety triggered to 100! 😂

[@Pippa180]

My first time I played this game it was 35 years ago and it was love at first sight ❤

[@buzzthebuzzard5267]

I really enjoying this playthrough, good stuff!

[@justsomebody-1665]

Grumble Grumble is his stomach growling

[@HeavyMetalMouse]

I know the comments aren't read in realtime, to avoid spoilers, but for general info: The darknuts bouncing wildly in the wrong direction is because of that juking motion you do, where you attack then immediately reverse direction. When you hit an enemy with any attack, the game calculates the collision as though it were coming from the direction you're *currently* facing. So if you hit someone with your weapon, then reverse direction mid-collision-calculation, it will register it as though you had attacked it from the other side. This primarily matters for purposes of knockback from your weapon strikes, as seen in the video, but also affects whether directional enemies, like darknuts, take damage at all. This effect also applies to bombs, which do not hit enemies from the direction of the explosion hitting them, but count as though you were attacking in the direction you're facing when the bomb goes off. So a darknut facing left will 'block' your bomb if you happen to be facing right, even if the explosion was below, above, or behind them.

[@feorh3438]

Dude. Maybe my flute works here now. NO FREAKING WAY he didn't have help. If not, dude....

[@TheDarkLink7]

"I think there might be a tip to bring the meat to the weird guy." No....... no there is no hint to that. Man and folks wanna talk about how cryptic NES Metroid is.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

My understanding is that in the Japanese text, the "grumble grumble" is clearly meant to be the sound of a stomach rumbling. So you're intended to infer that he's hungry. There's only one item in the game that is food, so that's the hint. But "grumble grumble" in English just makes him sound like he's disgruntled.

[@TheDarkLink7]

@@christopherlundgren1700 yeah also I heard in the Japanese text at one point is said that Poe's Voice hate loud noises which is a hint to use the mic on the second controller and was left in the English translation which meant it the second controller didn't have a mic.

[@macethorns1168]

I was actually made when Grumble Grumble kept the meat because the boomerang dudes would swarm it and you could kill them all at once.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

@@macethorns1168 You can just buy a new Bait though, once he takes it. I always did because I had to have the full inventory at the end of the game anyway. Can't stand those unsightly empty spaces. People do take the Bait for granted. It's a pretty good item.

[@calmingrain4549]

You getting so hype over each new thing is entertaining

[@jonmayer]

It's a gentle hint that if a dungeon room gives you bombs, you can blow up a wall.

[@perrydrayton8071]

Thank God for internet I had to call the Nintendo hotline for that grumble grumble question

[@phosphorus4]

Well internet costs money just like phone calls.

[@earthboundmother205]

Always gotta watch out for the keys and the Keese. If ya know, ya know lol

[@DarkYuan]

You did AMAZING on those darknuts!

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

@1:12 Goirya (pl. Goriyas) are the monsters that chuck boomerangs at you. Have you considered looking up the NES instruction booklet for the game? It is part of the OG Zelda experience. I can't speak for everyone, but I know I read it on the way home. ;)

[@unclejoker9975]

I think there was a vague to foot the monster bait as well.

[@phosphorus4]

…Is it the plural or not?……or both?… :p

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

@@phosphorus4 As I don't trust my memory, I looked it up. Singular is "Goriya", plural is with an "s" on the end ("Goriyas").

[@bradbla]

On the cartridge, the walls have a crack where you blow a hole in the wall.

[@jdhannan]

We didn't say it couldn't, we said you shouldn't!

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

"I feel like this would be a very fun game to speedrun." Actually thinking of Zelda 2, but I immediately remember an hour long vid explaining a frame perfect bridge glitch 😂

[@mrmentat2961]

I'm glad you finally figured out how to kill Pol's Voice - those yellow bouncing big eared enemies. I've been holding that one in for a while now, trying not to spoil it for you. Also good to see you experimenting with the whistle a bit. Try blowing it at other things randomly. Also, if you see something in a shop, unless it is something like a key or a regular heart, you probably want to buy it, because somewhere down the road, you will probably need or want it. If it leaves your inventory due to being used up, take the time to get it back. Stores are forever, rupees can be re-earned, but the problems they solve are one and done. As for the "tip of the nose," I will only tell you that you actually dummied your way into solving it. Dungeon eight is going to test your understanding of this game's cryptic language to find it, but it is consistent with its language. Good luck.

[@lemonplays-gaming]

Aw man, I was looking forward to you trying to solve the meat part yourself. 😅

[@joemerkel20]

Don’t worry, he’s going to love levels 8 and 9 with only 4 hearts

[@seansimpson8758]

Nope, you have to get it from his stomach grumble. I came across meat first and put it together as a 8 year old 😅

[@jeffjones6442]

You are gonna love quest 2!! Also you should play quest 3,4,&5! They were made later on but are a lot of fun

[@joejoe2658]

it used to be his beard that looked like a cartoon character, now it's the fringe. progress.

[@joemerkel20]

Since he looked it up that he needed the meat, you’d think he’d also discover he also wants the heart containers and he’s going to look up where levels 8/9 are. He’s doing really well for only having 4 hearts though

[@streetough]

That was the point of this challenge for him. NOT picking up heart containers and only doing it with 4 hearts.

[@clinton6087]

Hey Ryu... Love the videos... You should try the no sword run. You can defeat everything except Ganon. Anyway God bless man.

[@Daxdax006]

I can’t believe he randomly found level 5. And knew to use the flute to Get into level 7. And bombed the correct walls in level 5. Methinks ryu read a guide. :)

[@jonmayer]

I want to know how long it really took to find dungeon 7. He never visited a fairy fountain and then figures out the flute right away...

[@Gouka07]

I mean, we know he’s looking stuff up, it wouldn’t surprise me

[@quiltface83]

@@Gouka07 you almost have to, i mean if you bought it brand new you had a 80% map and then nintendo power had hints love to see him do quest 2 blind and 3 hearts

[@shoopuff_8994]

Oof I even forgot about the meat

[@RetroDeath]

Ryu figuring out all the cryptic stuff and characters ripping you off is absolutely hilarious. Something you should know is some walks you can literally walk though, you gotta walk into the wall for like 3 seconds and you'll pass through them. How is that for random bs? XD

[@user-ZfarmpondPatrolZ]

Love your content bro...I finally subscribed!

[@Austin.D]

Can't wait to see Lvl 8 the hardest dungeon in the entire game lmao

[@Tarburz]

me screaming at 18:11 when he just completely didn't see the heart he needed

[@TKnightcrawler]

About the Bait, let's be fair: The item is listed in the opening "cinematic" and it's available for purchase at several shops.