Top 10 Darkest / Scariest Things in Zelda

[@kyoopihd]

An honorable mention - the first blood moon in Breath of the Wild scared the everliving crap out of me. I was just not ready for it.

[@cookiez6688]

Not really...

[@Yararar]

Cookiegamer _006 how in the world can you not be scared? I was playing really late at night and that clip started playing out of nowhere, legit thought I was in a nightmare

[@magiv4205]

I remember this! I had only just killed and looted a Hinox, when I noticed those weird purple bits of Ganon energy floating about. I was like "Huh? That wasn't there before, was it?" I asked my friend who had played the game already and was currently doing something else next to me, and she just started laughing. Then I heard the stomping. It was fun.

[@KenotheWolf]

Adam Grise Honestly i almost pissed myself xD I thought i completely fucked up everything.

[@zelevanaworth]

I thought some creepypasta shit was happening when I first witnessed that.

[@strawhatandrew8341]

What I always found unnerving about the bottom of the well in OOT, is that the villagers' water supply is coming from a chamber full of bones and dead bodies.

[@thatmemeyboi1685]

How did you find that out?

[@evdestroy5304]

@@thatmemeyboi1685 The area you get the lens of truth from is called the bottom of the well

[@thatmemeyboi1685]

@@evdestroy5304 Thank you bro

[@Justmeexisting]

seriously that is distrubing!

[@godira8180]

I didn't even realise

[@dollfaced.zombie]

I feel like the entirety of Twilight Princess & Majoras Mask could fill up their own top 10s tbh

[@dillonm.2422]

So so true

[@dillonm.2422]

Wait he missed the...I forgot what they're called I think Moon cats or something like that... I know I'm butchering the name but yeah those crazy cats in Skyward Sword that are cute innocent during the day and then try to brutally mutilate you at night

[@persephonehades7547]

@@dillonm.2422 Yes! Those things were nightmare fuel for me.

[@dillonm.2422]

@@persephonehades7547 glas someone agrees

[@dillonm.2422]

Also sorry for butchering the name...rememberd there Remlits (still messes up)

[@Wolffman109]

11:50 Another creepy thing: if you turn on your wolf senses before freeing Death Sword, you just see it...waiting there. Crouched, waiting for somebody to set it free. It's quite eerie.

[@wishbot132]

thats such a cool detail!! do you have a link to a video with it?

[@Wolffman109]

@@wishbot132 I don't have one on hand, but I'm sure you could find one somewhere on KZbin. Just look up the boss fight or Arbiter's Grounds and you should be able to find something.

[@Siturba]

He do not. I'm in his room right now and he's not here before you touch the sword.

[@Wolffman109]

@@Siturba You have to turn into Wolf Link and activate your sense mode.

[@Siturba]

@Brendan Wolff i did it duh. Just the sword in the center of the room.

[@wainwright5522]

EVERYBODY GANGSTA UNTIL TIME RUNS OUT IN THE SILENT REALMS

[@andrewpenn1145]

Everybody gangsta until your Hylian Shield is badly damaged...

[@deborahmonsegur6110]

@@andrewpenn1145 everybody gangsta till the Lynel notice you're there!

[@obi-wankenobi8067]

EVERYBODY GANGSTA UNTIL LINK SPEAKS

[@potatoking4227]

@@obi-wankenobi8067 everybody gangsta until link's first words are well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess

[@potatoking4227]

someone had to do it

[@ic3yr0]

#1 that flower lady from botw planting flowers around the shrine

[@Saiege]

Shit cray

[@carcerharlson9767]

ThEy'Re ScReAmInG iN pAiN!!!

[@xenodrone3367]

Yep

[@cashwin45]

Yesss she’s so creepy and has like anger management probs

[@xenodrone3367]

@@cashwin45 but a good sense of humour

[@dreamsofanawkwardwhitekid2969]

#1 Scariest Thing: The Postman’s devotion to his job.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Tingle

[@deoxysoverlord8710]

Beedle

[@urboy533]

Majora’s Mask PTSD lol

[@theweridothatyouhaveseenso4486]

that is very true

[@PlushiePoogle]

And his ability to recognize Link in his Wolf form. I always thought that was super weird.

[@boo-_-_]

You missed the thing that literally gave me nightmares as a kid: In Majoras mask if you don’t save the deku princess, during the final hours you are greeted to a sight of the monkey screaming that the water is too hot and no matter how much they do to him, it won’t bring the princess back. They then dunk the monkey in the boiling water, and you see a blank stare when the monkey comes back up. The monkey says nothing and it’s obvious it was killed. LITERAL nightmare feul for a nine year old kid

[@eramo607productions6]

I wonder what happens when you actually did saved the Deku Princess, but failed to rescue the monkey in time.

[@Nate-fb1rr]

I know I'm late but In case you didn't know, he doesn't die, because if you talk to him he will say that it is too hot once again

[@eramo607productions6]

@@Nate-fb1rr Better late than never.

[@boo-_-_]

@@Nate-fb1rr that makes me feel a lot better lmao

[@wilfred5179]

I remember that when redeads caught me in ocarina I’d spam A like there’s no tomorrow and tell myself: im the hero of time, im the hero of time

[@meking1808]

OH MY GOD I DID THAT TOO! I thought if I told myself I was the hero then it would help. I still do it now 😅

[@mmo_x]

I still do that even if I'm already 22 years old. I've been scared of thos mfs for like 15 years... 😂

[@luciafoxx6784]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arandomperson8703]

I would especially as a kid

[@meganmerrill8153]

That redhead screech in wind water makes me never want to leave my bed

[@Mikman360]

Death Sword: **Is bound by ropes and tags** Link: Yeah let's hit that

[@ernestoosuna4594]

Haha Link Is widely known for his decisions like that White, blood-stained hand coming from the ground? Let's check it out!

[@reeseolsen4052]

I remember the first time I entered that room. I didn't know what they were called. Despite that I knew loosely their purpose so I wandered the room after thinking "nope not touching that" til it was all that was left. At that point I was like "well this can't be good". Since then its become one of my favorite boss fights despite how simple and quick it is.

[@dr.velious5411]

A theory of mine is that Death Sword is actually a sealed Phantom Ganon, not only does the the actual sword resemble a Phantom Ganon's sword from Wind Waker, it's skeletal appearance and the way it floats around resembles the mask and patterns of Ocarina's version of the creature.

[@inktears1164]

Mikman360 Lol

[@inktears1164]

Giant bull mech in ice: exists Link: let’s unfreeze that

[@IAmHermaeusMora]

What's even more scary than the Skulltula family in the Skulltula house? The fact that it's square on the outside but has nine walls on the inside.

[@SSDARKPIT]

Hermaeus Mora That actually is possible irl, having thick walls allows for there to be a trapezoid on the inside and a triangle on the outside.

[@H3xx99]

SSDARKPIT But what's hidden inside the dead space? Perhaps the reason why they were cursed?

[@matthewbobbitt935]

Wtf dude really are you that stupid?

[@atlekristiansen4975]

It's a reference to The TARDIS, which it's square on the outside, but bigger on the inside...

[@woulfhound]

Does that mean that the floor plan for the interior of the house is, in fact, the silhouette of a Skulltula?

[@DeesuNatsu]

As a kid I was so afraid of the bottom of the well that I skipped it entirely and just went through the shadow temple without the lense of truth, making guesses as to where the invisible platforms, hidden halls, and Bongo Bongo's parts were. Good times

[@gamersodaguy]

I was a lucky kid and found out how to get the Lens of Truth without beating the dungeon. I just went in, picked up the Lens of Truth from a chest then left. No fights. No dead hands. No redeads. Bliss.

[@homerlol9058]

I'm curious as to why the shadow temple was less scary to You that the Bottom of the well

[@Wolffman109]

Respect.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

I remember I stopped playing the game for months just because of that damn area haha. Scared shtless.

[@Darnold4Prez2024]

I’m honestly surprised I didn’t do this as well. The Shadow Temple always gave me the willies as a kid. The lens of truth was dope though, same with catching Poes and putting them in bottles.

[@TrevorFitz]

#1: Beedle getting mad at you and kicking you out of his store when you don’t buy anything in Skyward Sword

[@NkSku]

Beedles a girl btw and yes that was very scary

[@NkSku]

Adolf Hitler because beedle is a girl thats why she is a girl

[@NkSku]

Adolf Hitler wiki lies alot

[@NkSku]

Adolf Hitler gosh theres no need to get so agitated its not like i commited a crime

[@MischieviousJirachi]

@@NkSku You built different 💀💀

[@realIanIANian]

We may have to update this list once the next Zelda comes out.

[@bleucat3119]

乃ㄖ丨 yeah, update it now and just put the trailer without any context

[@joystrawberry6228]

Haha yeah I feel like just ganon from the trailer could be on this list

[@navitalksalot4642]

Yup.

[@avadae9126]

Definitely

[@eggbuh]

Definitely

[@Littleton3513]

“I fear no man. But that thing” *Death hand* “It scares me”

[@ZeldaFan-vs5nw]

Same

[@existentialmeatsuit6543]

Yes

[@xxaustinxx491]

Yes

[@dragonsgamingadventures8867]

Such agree

[@vincentnegansan440]

Yes

[@AmiraRachelleShrock]

The freakin' Guardians from Skyward Sword always scared the shit outta me, specifically the sound that played as they hunted you down. I think my fear and anxiety just from that sound was what forced me into having to redo the silent realms over 3 times each when I first played the game.

[@JanaBanana96]

I played the game again a couple weeks ago and they still scare me 😅

[@constantlyphil]

That first silent realm on the wii scarred me Even knowing what was to come didnt help in the remake

[@johnnyboy3849]

I think what honestly scares me the most about Deadhand, apart from being a gangled blood-stained sleep paralysis demon, is the initial circumstantial experience. You are kid Link, exploring this dark touture chamber at the bottom of a well. This child has to face nightmarish monsters and the loss of his innocence. The second time you fight Deadhand is a bit more managable, being adult Link but there is something about being a child for the first encounter that adds a whole other factor of horror

[@marcellashaikh5091]

Good thing he has the triforce of courage.

[@johnnyboy3849]

@@marcellashaikh5091 amen to that

[@Prod.byJbeats]

Both times link is the same brain age

[@johnnyboy3849]

@@Prod.byJbeats huh i guess youre right. But hes still physically stronger and at least hes fought DeadHand before

[@Prod.byJbeats]

@@johnnyboy3849 yeah

[@Fireblaster-sx1vm]

Why is nobody talking about the piano riff when a BOTW guardian fight starts.

[@amyconway1631]

Because it gives people anxiety attacks

[@Fireblaster-sx1vm]

@@amyconway1631 that's... my point

[@amyconway1631]

Fireblaster 5629 I know

[@Fireblaster-sx1vm]

@@amyconway1631 ok lol

[@alexanderpadilla1449]

@@Fireblaster-sx1vm yeah but even talking about does that so no one wants to say

[@SephiMasamune]

The cursed half-mummy half-man jumping out of the closet in the basement of a house in Ikana Canyon scared the literal crap out of me. I love the dark tones of Majora’s Mask.

[@schmittybacall1655]

The guardian targeting sound is quite possibly the most fear inducing thing in BOTW for most of the game

[@MiffyPaul]

I feel that way too. It is oddly terrifying 😱

[@a-a-ron7243]

Honestly the skyward sword guardian theme induces terror of 200% the normal theme

[@KeiTh0r]

​@@a-a-ron7243says a shit ton when they had to tone down a guardian theme for a new game and it's still terrifying

[@mikeysrose]

I had to stop playing Twilight Princess when I got into the Twilight Realm and had to carry that orb through all the rooms while that giant hand slowly chased me... THAT was the stuff of nightmares for me. Nope nope nope.

[@linklink3008]

I actually haven't gotten there yet. I got tired of the sky keep XD

[@alanna6625]

I was waiting to see this! Yes that always creeped me out so bad

[@nancyking-hoffman146]

Now that sounds like a interesting challenge for the mind and the nerves also thanks for sharing🤔☀️

[@toddgronsdahl4387]

I just saved and left 2 hours later I killed Zant

[@kara99482]

YES!! oh my god yes that part of the dungeon unsettled me to my core. and the music DID NOT HELP. I've been looking for this comment xD I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@Ehntu]

Saddest and darkest - that shuddering animation of The Deku Butler crying, and knowing he has to live in the 'saved' world without his son.

[@Raptorknight17]

I feel so bad for Deku Butler, he didn't deserve that

[@jillianhubert6931]

Cremia letting Romani essentially get drunk (milk is treated like alcohol in the game) on the last day and to share a bed was sadder for me. How I see it is she is gonna let her get drunk and potentially pass out so she doesn't experience the world ending. My heart hurt so much. But you're right, at least you saved them before that, the Butler had to live like that. They're both just heartbreaking

[@zacharysmithingell5460]

@@jillianhubert6931 fully agree

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

I personally feel worse about the Indigo-Go's, especially Lulu, since you pretend to be Mikau and we never even tell them that he's dead or anything. Not to mention the clear romantic relationship with him and Lulu and the implications that he's probably the father of her children. At least as Deku Link you aren't impersonating anybody.

[@picklub]

#1: The entirety of Majora’s Mask

[@Raffalius]

I hear botw 2 will be a bit darker than Majora's Mask. Cant wait :)

[@xwednesday4501]

I love majoras mask!

[@marcellashaikh5091]

that is what i thought too.

[@ZeldaFan-vs5nw]

Majora's Mask was freaky AF. When I played it the Zora Egg mission was the scariest thing to me when you had to go down the hole to get the eggs.

[@Venom-rr1vg]

The "final hours" music creeped me out so much when I was younger, terrifying and sad music because the moon will land and kill everyone there and everyone's just sad and hopeless

[@coffeecat2812]

The Wind Waker Redeads are the scariest in my opinion, their misshapen bodies and those damned red eyes... Also the floating hand that chases you in the Twilight dungeon in Twilight Princess after you take the Sol actually gave me nightmares.

[@scubadivingadventures1]

To me the redeads in OOT were the scariest. Their sounds and general appearance were scarier

[@abelg9053]

I would just add one thing to this list to make it even better. The slowly turning around and screaming of the yeti in Twilight Princess....That was truly scary.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Abel G “I am the clown with the Tear-away FACE!!!”

[@bethrubiano5313]

YOU NO TAKE MIRROR!!!!

[@katarina6652]

YOOOO SO TRUU

[@Nyvettte]

Agree!!!!!😖

[@nikkilil9224]

Yeeeeee

[@forever-dreaming4062]

To add to the creepiness of Death Sword, and a detail I just noticed, it appears to be wielding an executioners sword... a sword used for beheading.

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

You think Pyramid Head is going to be pissed about his swords being stolen?

[@imjustelm]

Man, I remember watching my brother play Skyward Sword when I was younger. I remember him going into the Silent Realm and me having no idea what was going on and being absolutely terrified when the guardians awoke.

[@hudsonball4702]

What makes Grog's disappearance/fate even more creepy is Fado's seemingly nonchalant almost callous demeanor at his fate. She even seems to make fun of his fate with a small saying "Everyone! Stalfos!" All while wearing that sinister grin of hers.

[@dans.7002]

While watching the ending cimatic of Majora's Mask....... Me: Hooray we saved everyone and they're all happy. Nintendo: Oh yea? (Shows Deku Butler mourning his son). No matter what we do, we can't save everyone. That's dark.

[@alijahaskew4644]

Ikr?!

[@xxscribbledragonxx9744]

F to the delay butlers son

[@stephenflint3640]

Dark as it is, there's at least some peace in knowing that through Links hand and spirit, the soul of the lost deku child was avenged, and even proved vital in Links quest. Imagine if Link hadn't been cursed into the deku child form, but left to continue his mission. Would have made navigating the perils of the swamps almost impossible

[@arandomperson8703]

Well thank you Nintendo for adding more sadness

[@katrinaseraphina9935]

You couldn’t save the Goron or the Zora either, come to think of it🤔.

[@queenmelodee283]

The silent realms gave me more anxiety than finals week.

[@roaringthunder115]

Queen Melodee Yeah

[@bunn228]

Yeeeeah 😂

[@itsjavik792]

Dude you're not even wrong😂

[@lux0rd01]

Fuck those parts!

[@christianthornton7688]

Queen Melodee I remember on the first one in the woods I was crawling under the one tree with all the tears but and the guardians chasing me, and as I was about to crawl out there was a guardian standing right in front of the exit of the little crawling cave I was in waiting to fuck my shit up and the way out of the trial just a bit ahead of him. I nearly shat myself. Fortunately I crawled out and sprinted to the exit with the guardian’s sword just missing me.

[@kaipark1649]

“What else is lurking in the darkness that only animals can see?” Jesus Christ man

[@smoothiemotchi3434]

I always wonder why my cat is looking in darkness and makes crazy faces... I never can sleep in peace.

[@oscarhf7569]

Holy shit

[@RavenMoon1989z]

@@smoothiemotchi3434 my cat does the same

[@Eccentric-Entity]

@@RavenMoon1989z some people say that cats can see demons

[@starhollander22]

@@Eccentric-Entity I think my cats do

[@thepurplejellothing]

Majora’s Mask is easily the creepiest Zelda game that ever existed. Another thing that was nightmare fuel was the monkey death in the Deku Palace. If you went back there before turning back the time you can see the poor monkey being boiled alive. It really gave me chills🙊

[@devilbowser253]

So i like to believe that grog became a stalfos and his coocoo stayed with him and they wandered they world together forever.

[@thememelord6510]

more likely he killed the cucoo

[@GamerTroll911]

I hate to do this but, dude probably ate his cucoo when he was lost.

[@Foxo700_2]

who's grog edot:nvm I found out, it is a sad story tho, if he ate cojiro I'd screech*

[@scienceme9794]

Just a wandering Stalfos with his Stalcucoo. I like it.

[@silvercandra4275]

Well, in the manga at least I think that would be possible as I remeber a Stalfos taunting Like at one point, so they seem to still have some personality left... Maybe he's still out there... with his cucco

[@liznarducci3461]

Lol I originally misread “Redeads” as “redheads” and I was like gingers aren’t THAT scary.

[@UnfaithfulSalmon]

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[@Den.Vos.Reynaerde]

I mean, they don´t have a soul. Sounds pretty scary to me...

[@spoingle]

Me too XD

[@fungi265]

They're pretty fucking scary. I've seen gingers walking in alley ways, their soulless eyes state at you through a blanket of crimson. Just waiting for you to make one wrong move so they can snatch your soul and drag it to the underworld.

[@ghettokage6104]

@@Den.Vos.Reynaerde fr

[@Jethero18]

No Ikana Canyon from Majora’s Mask?? Remember that little girl who’s father is slowly turning into a mummy? Or the lonely invisible soldier? Or the Poe who plays that song that kills you? Missed opportunities for that #1 slot imo

[@mysryuza]

Jacob Maurel Is it missed if it's opinion-based?

[@jamespowers.gpa.]

You could make a whole list for majoras! I was thinking about the aliens attacking the ranch, when I was little playing that I would always be scared and have to force my way through

[@LVL5esper]

Plot twist, Ikana Canyon was too scary to make the list. Uploader couldnt make it there due to fear to obtain footage of it.

[@Tier1Norseman]

All of Majora's Mask was dark and eerie.

[@hallucinogist]

Jacob Maurel I was legit thinking the father as a mummy would be on here

[@randomtheorist251]

#1: That one bit in Twilight Princess where you're about to get in the Sky Cannon and it cuts to Ooccoo's face as she runs at full speed at you.

[@buggobricks]

I just played that a few days ago, it was quite the fright.

[@HHGamingOfficial]

Number One... the booger boy from Wind Waker when he starts chasing you!

[@vinnjest6702]

"Hey link, gimme a hug!"

[@sakurai6176]

"FEAR THE BOOGER KID"

[@rachelleet9618]

Ok but, covid-19 booger kid

[@landonbennett3772]

Lol

[@darlarosier1779]

Hahaha omg!!! Yes

[@HaruVibes_]

Zant and his infamous neck crack was pretty damn scary. Considering we never really figured out its true meaning.

[@rebeccaherrmann1775]

Zant and Ganondorf lived in a kind of symbiosis which means that neither of them can die if the other one is still alive. I think that Zant realised that Ganondorf betrayed him at the very and and sacrificed himself.

[@wuderjay12]

H. Kazuhira twilight spooked me as a whole

[@Dakradom]

H. Kazuhira lp

[@DracoHandsome]

... isn't it obvious? Zant was performing a charade of Ganondorf's impending death to mock him. It was a gesture similar to drawing a finger across the throat, except that Zant needs a much more unsettling gesture to match his personality.

[@spicysushi1232]

I think it was something like death coming to get him. Because Zant is dead and nobody acted surprised when Zant appeared so Gannon must have only seen him. I think the neck crack was something similar to Hercules when they cut the thread that represented peoples lifeline, and he came to take his life from the underworld. The twilight people can also manipulate people without touching them, like Minda does so I feel like that’s kind of what happened

[@solunaqua3475]

In my opinion, the idea that Hyrule was founded on the ruins of a highly advanced civilisation similar to ours is scary. Every single game takes place hundreds/ thousands of years after the destruction of a country that was seemingly removed from history after Skyward Sword and only a few monuments remain, half buried.

[@nousername191]

The part that frightens me as someone who loves science and technology? Hyrule has not progressed/returned to its old glory for thousands of years. Demise's curse just keeps coming back for that place (well more for Hylia's bloodline and the hero's spirit) just because it's the way to the Triforce and it's the home of the descendants/reincarnations of the people who defeated him. Even when the Ancient Shiekah managed to pull it off, Calamity Ganon just wrecks all that progress and Hyrule's sent back to the medieval ages.

[@solunaqua3475]

nousername191 Demise’s curse is basically like a great cleansing

[@nousername191]

@@solunaqua3475 You saying it like that makes it even scarier.

[@solunaqua3475]

nousername191 oof

[@blacklink6899]

There's only one way to true peace.......and that's through Hyrule's *extinction.*

[@Mhopson968]

The silent realm chase music is probably the most anxiety inducing in the series, playing that w my brothers as kids is a super distinct memory lol

[@agilroy2226]

One of the scariest things in Zelda for me is the reincarnation cycle. Link, Zelda, and Ganon will always be reincarnated. They will never move on, they will never enjoy life as a normal person because their fate is already written in stone. BOTW showcases this. Link had parents and a little sister, but when Calamity Ganon struck, he was forced to leave them behind to their fate. Link was not allowed to cry, not allowed to be scared, and worse, their names are forever lost to him. Zelda was forced to grow up to the expectations of a GODDESS, and Ganon went insane. What kind of existence is that?? It sucks to know that even 10,000 years after this life, they will be forced to do this same song and dance over and over until the end of time.

[@dissolution9843]

Possible spoilers if you haven't played Breath of the Wild... If the ending of Breath of the Wild is to be considered... At the end of one of the timelines or somehow all of them, Ganon/Demise finally gives up on reincarnation in a last ditch effort to end it all once and for all. He is canonically foiled. However Link and Zelda will continue to be reincarnated, due to the first Triforce wish. Though, a world without Ganon will be a far better one to reincarnate in, and they will likely find their happy ending much more easily each time.

[@reaperxxzify]

True, but the next game may be before botw and that won't be in effect. Seriously, loz without ganon would suck

[@jordangraupmann6424]

reaperxxzify true, although, some Zelda villains other than Gabon are good too, like Majora or Vatti

[@CharlesFerraro]

@@dissolution9843 Where is it said in the game that he "gives up on reincarnation"?

[@CharlesFerraro]

Where does it say that Link had a sister and parents? Sure, parents can be assumed but I don't know where in the game that it actually says anything about his family prior.

[@shadowwolf9308]

number one: your hylain Shield is badly damaged this is in botw if you were wondering

[@davidward9550]

It's even worse when there is an angry gold lynel on the other side of that broken hylian shield eh?

[@tanandalynch9441]

Number one: Your hylian shield broke

[@joshturman9573]

Number one: your hylian shield broke and there's an aiming guardian on the other side

[@AxelSqueeze]

Just buy it back from grante in tarrey town.

[@Latinofire202]

You know, I never even use my hylian shield. I have it hanging in my house lol, even my ancient shield is hanging.

[@Jo-dk9my]

Nintendo: Well looks like we need a new enemy for Zelda. Anybody got an idea? Other worker at Nintendo: How about a strange mummy covered in blood with it's hands grabbing you untill it can kill you? Nintendo: *That'll work. Let's do it.*

[@iphito7539]

Nintendo: but please make it family friendly. Remember, it’s a children’s game. Designer: Sure...

[@paigeritchie5565]

Nintendo:SMART, Up ur Game,Companies!

[@piedarmy161]

nintendo when they were making botw: we made that game too dark :p me when i saw hyrule castle town in the future in ocarina of time: *cry* what happend here :(

[@proghostzgamecreed6555]

Rated E for Everyone.

[@fallbladew967]

@@proghostzgamecreed6555 E for everything is terrifying

[@thelegendaryzonaiwarrior6400]

I still find it extremely heartbreaking whenever Anju tells you that Grog is her brother that she is unaware that she will never see her brother again since he is now forever trapped within the Lost Woods and will never be able to find happiness.

[@loki4807]

Your race is incredibly dead. Were you the general?

[@thatguywhoanimids]

Yeah…Grog was very unfortunate

[@urmoneylol]

Well actually (insert nerd emoji here), it's the Cucco Lady.

[@ShiningQuasar13]

so "you've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" could be targeted toward the deku butler's son?

[@revali8349]

Someone I forgot sry made a really cool animation just search a terrible fate.

[@silverfoot6079]

Yeah, maybe he's talking to the mask that Link wears

[@yingsungooh]

@d the animation is quite cool

[@yingsungooh]

I always wanted to go back to that tree with my ocarina and play the song of healing to it. I wonder what will happen

[@Pollicina_db]

@d Your missing out, it’s not scary, it’s just some hardcore animation skills

[@valhersa29]

Scariest thing in Zelda, for me? When the Guardians wake up in Skyward Sword. Also Blizzetta’s transformation in Twilight Princess. I was playing that game with my dad when I was 6 years old. That scene gave me nightmares for years.

[@noradosmith]

NO TAKE MIRROR!

[@valhersa29]

@Manuel Dias I have no idea, I don’t remember 😂

[@valhersa29]

@John Doe Don’t torture me 😅

[@lucacarranco3206]

YOU PLAYED TP WHEN YOU WERE 6!? *6!?*

[@valhersa29]

@Luca Carranco yUp! First Zelda I ever played, also. My dad kinda didn’t notice the T rating.

[@Inferences]

The freaking ALIENS in Majora's Mask messed me up for a lonnnng time.

[@micklucas1451]

yeah them shits scared me aswell

[@orionprince1150]

oh man that was seriously one of the most stressful moments as a child

[@mikrokosmos8560]

Omg twinmold used to scare me so muchhh!

[@apeychan]

Yesss

[@peterchan2096]

Excuse my ignore since I haven't played majors mask but im sorry, the fucking w h a t

[@samburch]

Getting caught out in the night in ocarina of time whilst running through Hyrule field. You hear the drawbridge go up and the ghouls crawl out of the ground. Made me shiver every time

[@danielleleclaire4278]

The scariest thing for me is in Twilight Princess, when you're going thru the twilight palace and theres that big ass, creepy hand that tries to grab the sol balls you need to bring outside at the entrance. I get soooo much anxiety from it.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Its just a security system and doesn't try to hurt you. It just wants it's Sol back.

[@LedYouAshtray]

Wallmasters have always been kinda creepy tbh, but yeah the ones in Twilight Princess were pretty creepy in comparison to Ocarina of Time or even Zelda 1

[@yfky9683]

I used to make my dad run me back through Hyrule town after turning into adult Link. If one of the screamy things jumped on me I'd freak right out.

[@rose-annelebel5112]

To this day I still play the Sun’s song every time I walk through 🥲

[@synchrotune2833]

@@rose-annelebel5112 lol same, I can't handle redeads

[@jaquelinegrenier580]

If you have the Sun's Song that you can get in the Royal Family's Tomb in the Graveyard at Kakariko Village as a child (or anytime really), you can play it, and run right past them. You can do that with any Redeads. The Song paralyzes them for about 20 seconds. Saves you alot of anxiety.

[@faxnight882]

There really should have been a secret ending where you put the mask onto the tree, and somehow revive it.

[@Nervonous]

I know this comment is old, but that wasn’t majoras mask and that’s kind of what made it a masterpiece. You were a hero and had a peaceful resolution but not a fairytale happy ending, all the people that died in the events of the game still remain dead which kind of makes it more significant, their deaths helped to save the world and meant something. Hell even the “side quest” of the game where you help people or in some cases straight up save them (like on the farm) link can’t do them all, it’s impossible with the time he has and only through looping can he see what his actions achieve but ultimately the way things line up he has to choose who to save/help and who he can’t get to in time. It’s a dark game and that’s what makes it the classic it is.

[@ZeldaFan-vs5nw]

@@Nervonous I agree I wish I could have save everyone but I could and that choice you had to make made the game fun. The choice was sad because people wanted to save everyone but you can't sometimes like with the dying soldier in OoT

[@TheDiplomatAflame]

Not really a good ideia, putting a soul back in the corpse probably would create a terrifying deku zombie that would only live in pain

[@LaNoir.]

@@Nervonous I think he meant putting the deku mask onto the deku husk. But what's dead stays dead, like Mikau and the Goron giving away their masks after passing away. But that's the actual premise, Link gathering those masks by putting the restless souls to rest, using their remaining spiritual energy to fulfill the wishes they wanted to fulfill when they passed away. Mikau wanted to protect his children and his wife, the goron being concerned for goron village's wellbeing, and the butler's son wanting to spend just some more time with his father ("this reminded me on how I raced with my son!" yes...yes, it did...)

[@ygordaniiel]

One thing that’s kinda creepy about the guardians that chase Link in Skyward Sword, is the fact that if you lose too many times, Fi will ask you if you really are the chosen one… kinda sad

[@MiracleTimes07]

Really?! I didn’t know that! But honestly, the guardians in SS make the guardians in botw look like jokes

[@juniper_plant]

majora’s mask always scared me the entire game just felt off

[@ShadowSkyX]

If you listen to the music, almost every track has a near constant low pitch/hum playing under the main instruments. If not that then there's ambient sounds

[@TheTownNarcoleptic]

Like even when people are happy it feels wrong, because you know that they’re all gonna die soon, and it’s made even worse by the way it massively contrasts the misery, fear, and suffering that makes up about 75% of what you see in the game.

[@davidbehrens4760]

Another creepy thing about Majora's Mask is that, as far as the canon of Zelda timelines is concerned, it's kind of futile. First, at the end of OoT, you save Hyrule but are sent back to your childhood where no one knows about your heroic deeds. Then, you save Termina, but everyone forgets because of the timeline reset and then the timeline itself dies out, so it's like you never needed to exist.

[@normanwaterman9877]

The scariest one for me in Majora's Mask is that freaking moon! Can't count how many times I've had dreams that it was the final 6 hours before the moon crashed into Termina

[@blazinglions9554]

Even more scary is why does that moon have a face like that. Maybe the previous owner of Majoras Mask cursed someone and stole there face and put it on the moon. That explains why the moon almost looks like its in agony and why a tear comes down on one of the nights.

[@aiim_aimm]

@@blazinglions9554 uhhh I like this theory

[@blazinglions9554]

@@aiim_aimm oh thanks not many are familiar with my theory so its nice to know some people are.

[@Melont06]

The weird thing is that when I was little, I thought the moon's face was funny. Now it just freaks me out..

[@thatdbzguyfr]

His lovely smile blessed all of our childhoods, quite a charming rock

[@andietheviolist9177]

Scary Zelda thing: Poe Master in Zelda MM He owns a minigame where you fight spirits. The price is thirty rupees. If you play the Song of Healing, the price drops to ten rupees and he says “Not all souls can be healed by that song.” This song, which you used to heal so many, is useless against these poes in a dark cave, whose existence serves to be battled. The fact that he drops the price by 20 rupees in gratitude makes it even darker. *Thank you for trying to help, but my soul is beyond recovery.* Zant’s Neck Crack Res ipsa. Majora’s Mask When it left Skull Kid, and when it was on the face of the Lonely Moon Child.

[@lymecycljne405]

When I was a kid the Redeads in ocarina of time creeped the hell out of me. I’m also surprised that you didn’t put the man who turned into a Gibdo from Majora’s Mask on this list.

[@kashinimeyo]

In my personal opinion, Zant’s Hands are scariest to me- they chase you around when you’re carrying the Sol with that high pitched thriller BGM playing. Might be ten year old me freaking out over getting from Arbiters Grounds and fighting Poes and Redeads to the Twilight Realm in one sitting and fighting a lot of creepy/scary bosses for a ten year old back to back

[@taylor_eqq]

Kat Howard I feel you. The way it just follows you and it gives you an unnerving feeling of that everything is alive and everything is watching you

[@taylor_eqq]

Thomas Irwin oh no, Lanayru’s vision scared the shit out of me. The very first time I watched it, I had nightmares for weeks.

[@DanSutherland]

My niece saw this while me and my brother were playing and definitely freaked out and cried cause the hands. She wasn't supposed to be watching but she's sneaky and peaked through gaps in the couch cushions.

[@dbb03]

I'm surprised not to see that cutscene from twilight princess, The one where link and dark link and Lila are all creepy and stuff.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Dbb03 ...I’d forgotten about that! And the Shadow Beasts. Easily more terrifying than the single Redead within Arbiter’s Grounds (which...was kinda a let down. A corpse rushes you. Ya freak out and blow both of yourselves up and...that’s it.)

[@jonathanwilliams1271]

Yeah, that should've easily beaten everything else on the list...

[@GrimdarkCrusader20th]

@@anonymousfellow8879 yeah still the theorized backstory of the hylians sacking the place after Ganon is defeated in Ocarina kind of makes it creepy and sad at the same time

[@matthewguidera]

Yes! Also the scene where Yeta looks at the mirror shard and turns her head to become Blizetta. That was terrifying!

[@jonathanwilliams1271]

This list could've easily been composed of only twilight princess stuff and dead hand lol

[@jackh.9760]

“Zelda games are usuallly about exploring bright and happy worlds” uhh yeah! *flashbacks to majoras mask*

[@noradosmith]

Flash forward to BOTW

[@Foxo700_2]

*flashback to dead hand*

[@tarigaming1879]

*Flash Forward to Twighlight Princess*

[@FlyingTurtle776]

Flash forward to 2020

[@myman4001]

Flash forward My Biggest fear The redeads

[@notoriousthief]

Not sure if someone mentioned it in the comments, but Dead Hand is also the inspiration for one of D&D's most nightmarish homebrew bosses: the false hydra.

[@playlistman1722]

Stupid redeads scream scared the crap out of me when I played

[@Rohgamu]

Same, they scared me as a kid and still scare me as an adult today

[@playlistman1722]

When I was watching I look a way for a second and at that time the scream played and It scared me to death

[@Rohgamu]

@@playlistman1722 damn ikr, those ReDeads have to be the most terrifying things in gaming history, it prevented me from completing Majoras Mask up to this day lmao

[@playlistman1722]

I know those stupid things are annoying but still love the games

[@Rohgamu]

@@playlistman1722 Dude it's amazing tho, I played so much scarier games as a child like Dead Space, Silent hill, etc and none of them seem to scare me as much as ReDeads

[@dollors1]

14:20 holy shit I never realize the wall texture was actually human skulls, I always thought it was dirt wow.

[@laciereinheart9490]

My sibs and I were pretty horrified to find it as well. When we got our replacement N64 and copy of Ocarina of time, we did kind of a group playthrough, where we explored the dungeons together, since before our other one got stolen, we'd only each got as far as the Deku Tree on our respective files. While we were looking for a hidden key chest at the bottom of the well, one of us zoomed in on the wall somehow (maybe glitched in somehow?) and we saw it there to. This was 12 years ago, and boy, did it spook the crap out of us! The day we explored that dungeon, we were a mess of screams, and "ughs".

[@Meerdx]

Wow, me too...

[@reviandelumiel2833]

Maybe the Sheikah painted the walls that way because their tastes are... Different xD

[@ArrowValley]

The scariest thing in Zelda is easily Tingle. That dude is clearly on an FBI watch list somewhere.

[@hylianro]

Rimmer lmao

[@anonymousfellow8879]

And the N64 Great Fairies.

[@Sylvael2002]

Waiting for him to feature on Chris Hansons how to catch a predator.

[@angrysporkgoddess8224]

"Why don't you have a seat over there Tingle?"

[@cindy-chan71]

*drops from somewhere* HI I'M GAY

[@aidenmac3797]

Death sword makes a screeching sound when you first enter the arbiters grounds, which could easily be mistaken for ambient sounds or a gust of wind, but it can be heard again when the player triggers death sword's fight

[@giant9211]

finding a guardian when you have no arrows and all your good weapons broke and you don’t have a master sword

[@razerfox9202]

I learned the shield bash timing. I'm good

[@xenodrone3367]

Guardians the reincarnation of lightning and death itself yoir only option hide and pray it doesn't find you tell me if you get the reference

[@CadDriftarus]

Good thing you can fast travel during battle. Thanks a lot, New Vegas, for teaching me to never even try that XX

[@FromBeyondTheGrave1]

@@xenodrone3367 Death Claws fear me though, same with Guardians.

[@phaso1486]

Parries. You just need a shield for that. Easy

[@Ninjaananas]

Link himself is pretty scary. He drinks poe essence which is probably their soul. So he is eating the souls of the dead.

[@John-jg4vi]

Ninjaananas not to mention he also busts into random peoples homes, speaks only through grunts and shrieks, breaks your shit, steals your money, and then peaces out. That little green bastard is the true terror of hyrule lmao!

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Yeeeeaaaaahh...but at least Marin *t r i e d* to sort him out...before becoming corrupted herself. (I have a theory that Link’s actually the source of the Wind Fish’s nightmares...since even the monsters were peaceful until he showed up. Then he can flatout murder the Zora refugee, invades people’s underwear drawers (I...did NOT get that reference as a kid. Especially with the “necklace” censoring. Childhood ruined), vandalizes people’s homes/yards, attacks their lifestock and pets, and flatout steals from a shopkeeper turning him murderous. And...ya have to blow the island up just to LEAVE?)

[@DarkMirria1]

Drinking the souls of the damned, jeez...

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Scarlet Curls Y E S. 😂😂😂

[@blacklink6899]

He even killed a black guy........3 times!!!

[@Duality333]

I remember being fuckin terrified of the floor masters in OOT back when I was a kid.

[@sctkarter1111]

Yes. I remember being like 9 or 10 and the the first time I got snatched by a floor master was nightmare fuel overload. That and the undead things that scream at you

[@brotbrotsen1100]

When i was a kid i was fucking terrified of Oot in general. Even had a terrible nightmare because of redeads once.

[@stevieb6455]

"Watch out for the shadows of monsters which hang from the ceiling" was enough to make me panic. Also, that cut scene in Lanayru's cave after clearing the last of the twilight in TP was disturbing AF.

[@synchrotune2833]

Skulltula right? Skulltula... right?

[@sentientmustache8360]

Also, the SOS signals present in the divine beast dungeon themes, getting more and more frantic and desperate, being slowly overtaken by a SAD (Search And Destroy) signal, symbolizing how the champions were asking for help as the blights began to overpower them, and eventually kill them

[@dhampir_days]

the divine beasts as a whole fuck me up. they essentially were AI and got taken over by the malice, you wonder if they were ever sentient enough to know what was happening. that's not even taking into account that the champions were apparently present in the beasts the whole time, like a tomb, unable to leave, surrounded by malice and likely forced to watch as the beasts they had bonded to proceeded to terrorise their kingdoms. not scary but definitely messed up.

[@captainmerciless1423]

Fun Fact: In German Dead Hands name is "Hirnsauger" wich literally means brain sucker....

[@user-ol7bh5gu4i]

Nope nopenopenope nopenope SO MUCH NOPE

[@arwenschild6406]

@Jocelyn Smith You say 'Iiiih"

[@stillapri699]

NONONONONOWHYWHYWHYWHYWRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@andrewmiller5126]

That's disgrossting.

[@Da_Sire]

🤢🤮

[@ImNotOceanz]

Who else has been watching a lot of Zelda videos because of BotW 2

[@kylewagoner]

I seriously can't stop.

[@CommanderBly5052]

Me and I need help 😂

[@playerone6765]

I’m coming home and shutting myself away from my family to do this 😂

[@stupiddog7314]

Me... I can't stop

[@Mexicant713]

My Zelda fever is SEVERE.

[@H3xx99]

The fact that the Iron Knuckles are pretty much living souls stuffed into suits of armor and forced to attack is pretty dark. Also, the fact that Hyrule Field is haunted by stalchildren at night...

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Hexx Bombastus ...Stal-CHILDREN. Like, if adults become Stalfos, and kids Skullchildren...then where do THEY come from? That still irritates me...

[@H3xx99]

Anonymous Fellow Unburried children outside of the Lost Woods?

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Hexx Bombastus As good a guess as any. (But isn’t a similar origin what’s said for the Poes, tho? Just not specifically kids? 🤔)

[@H3xx99]

Anonymous Fellow Just because something happens one way in a specific location, doesn't mean it happens that way everywhere. The lost woods is under the specific magical aegis of the great Deku Tree, a being of deific power. He literally created the Kokiri, who are perpetually childlike. So we can assume that because they don't age, then part of the Deku Tree's magical portfolio is children or the young. So lost Hylian children in his sphere of influence become skull kids (probably in an attempt to save them), but Adults who die in the forest, and anywhere else in the world, presumably without a proper funeral, become Stalfos. Children outside of the forest (and the DT's sphere of influence) are subject to the same process/reanimation. Poes are probably people who die lost without leaving an intact body. What doesn't make sense is why Stalfos don't attack Child Link in the field, or why neither Stals attack Adult Link in the field...

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Hexx Bombastus Really? ‘Cause I’m stuck either attacking or running away from them (and them getting “bigger”...because reasons). Granted, I didn’t get to play the N64 version, just the “remaster” (erm, you mean basically a direct port?) for the 3DS, so maybe that’s one of the few differences. - - ...And if lore doesn’t make sense/is outright inconsistent...then I’m ignoring it lol. So, obviously why there’s so many various Undead-Type enemies is GamePlay Variety, which is fine. Not everything needs an explanation. But...they gave “explanation”, anyway. And the “explanations” are often inconsistent game-to-game. (Most games: stalfos are undead warriors still driven to fight. OoT: adults who got lost. See the problem?) ...what would have made “somewhat sense”, at least for Inner-Consistency (and scrapping Series Consistency, because that’s a wreck and the “HH Timeline” kiiiiinda just made it worse, imo) -Stalfos are Lost Adults -StalChildren are Lost Children -SkullKids are Kokiri who wandered too far from the GDT’s sphere of influence, and/or lost their fairies (in OoT SkullKid doesn’t have a fairy; then in MM he has two, yet they’re “friends” vs “his fairy” and don’t seem to be native to Hyrule like he was, just Termina. And there’s no Terminian Kokiri equivalent, just a Deku Scrub civilization on the other side) -Poes are basically “everyone else” who died outside the Woods. (...still doesn’t explain why Link remained “fine”, or why Stalfos are found other places, but whatever. Again. Consistency-and-Lore are a complete dumpster fire.)

[@Nitrinoxus]

As a fellow thalassophobe (the fear of deep open waters, for those who don't know their phobias), I can certainly appreciate why the Morpheel boss fight from _Twilight Princess_ got to you -- even just watching that slow descent into the depths of the temple makes my stomach do somersaults. Which is ironic, really, because the second phase is one of my favorite fights in the game on a mechanical level. I love the sense of scale to the game's later bosses, and Morpheel was the first that truly felt colossal to me -- Diababa felt constrained by the room, and Fyrus was just big. Morpheel, though, took me right back to _Shadow of the Colossus_ for a few glorious minutes -- and of course, immediately after that chapter of the game, we get treated to the best piece of music in the whole game, 'Midna's Lament'.

[@loki4807]

I forget which colossus that is, I remember the pool and that damn eel was hard to judge the patterns in the remake like they made it harder.

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@loki4807 The Seventh Colossus, Hydrus.

[@loki4807]

@@Nitrinoxus right 5 in my top 5.

[@manach1643]

Zeltik: “Ever wondered why Links trousers are brown in skyward sword?” Me: damn why you gotta do Link *dirty* like that Me: ...wait

[@aiim_aimm]

I don’t get it

[@marciabeaupre-huot5745]

@@aiim_aimmHe implies that he shit in his pants.

[@Moriah.Jae__]

The Death Sword is actually based off of a Japanese legend so it's cool that they added this in the game😄

[@fuschiafox501]

Really? What legend?

[@Moriah.Jae__]

@@fuschiafox501 "yōtō" or "cursed swords" were pretty common back then. There were two blacksmiths Masamune Goro and Muramasa Sengo. They made swords that people believed had demonic powers. Muramasa was said to be a mad man and is the most "popular" between the two blacksmiths when video games and anime reference demon swords. There are some specific names for demon swords cause they have their own legends. "Onimaru kunitsuna" is an example. However, Muramasa and Masamune didn't create that sword. But please correct me if I'm wrong😊

[@Crichjo32]

Zombie Ganondorf from BotW 2 trailer says hello.

[@brinelleriddle8064]

Crichjo32 ik it made me jump the first time I watched the trailer

[@NaschAzure]

The real question: is it Ganon or Ganondorf?

[@gaspardsavoureux8680]

@@NaschAzure Ganondorf. Ganon is a giant boar like demon king, the corpse is way too small

[@tropicmarines9583]

Correction, Ganoncorpse.

[@justjustin5198]

Nah, pretty sure its demise. Look at the hair and sharp teeth.

[@DarkZerav]

I remember Death Hand being so terrifying as a kid that I actually studied the layout of the bottom of the well to always get the Lens of Truth without facing it.

[@iangilland1891]

Redeads in Ocarina of Time defiantly scariest, the scream alone....

[@Saben.C-Spoon]

It's Wind Wakers ReDeads for me...ugh.

[@hylianro]

Wind wakers redeads prevented me from completing the earth dungeon for a few days

[@serixskylark]

I grew up with OOT and MM, so those redeads scare me the most.

[@H3xx99]

Luke Hatake Me too.

[@Iguana5k]

Jeah, when I was a kid I wasnt able to go to through that tomb where you get the sun song because of them. My older brother had to do that for me.

[@eeveeboi7174]

child link: ima brave boy child link: *sees dead hand* child link: BUT NOT A BRAVE ENOUGH BOY FOR THIS *leaves the well and never comes back*

[@ruthyputhy8498]

The #1 scariest thing in loz is how bad I am at playing it.

[@andietheviolist9177]

RuthyPuthy Heehee AGREED, lol

[@k.k8163]

feelsbadman

[@coledavis5212]

RuthyPuthy Heehee not gonna lie, the harder a Zelda game is, the more I like it.

[@arielruh7773]

Agree

[@punchinface123]

Cant relate

[@LegoAnimalCrossing]

#1 scariest thing: Link’s lack of going to the bathroom

[@Pollicina_db]

Or sleep

[@aj_killjoy]

He only sleeps in the first 10 minutes of the game. He should be certifiably insane based on a lack of sleep

[@NEETKitten]

Considering that he's come across more than one talking hand in a toilet in this series, I don't blame the guy.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

He sleeps when you save the game.

[@Mis7erSeven]

Skyward Sword is there to help you :)

[@foldedphoenix4385]

The... silent realms... I think I quit skyward sword after realizing I had to do them again after that game breaking glitch I didn't know existed, and didn't know a patch was out to fix it on save files that weren't there yet. Replayed first 2 and after farore's my eye wouldn't stop twitching for a while.

[@Crystalluss]

Are you talking about the glitch where if you talk to that one Goron again, the game locks you out of progressing?

[@linklink3008]

@@Crystalluss What?!?!

[@vanessarahimi550]

Those silent realms took a tole on me man. My heart felt like it pumped 10x faster, and my hands were shaking every time a guardian woke up. The most terrifying part of any game for me lol

[@ShiruAbend]

Great list! Personally, I would've put the entirety of Majora's Mask on #1. That game felt so dark and depressing, and the bizarre theories made it even darker. I'm generally a happy person, but Majora's Mask is the only game that made me feel kinda empty inside every time I continued my playthrough. I'm excited for the Halloween video!

[@JudoP_slinging]

Majoras mask could easily have an entire list to itself. The in depth story telling and increasingly dark but realistic character reactions to impending doom really set the tone. The atmosphere is extremely well done. On Day 1 life is pretty much normal, but by the evening of Day 3 we see most of Clocktown cleared out, the grimacing moon covering up nearly the entire sky. The proud swordmaster who instructs you for a small fee now quivering in a back room terrified of death, the gate guards who will usually prevent you from heading out of the town walls until you are armed, now let you go and urge you to make a run for it, staying behind to presumably die on duty. Meanwhile at the ranch, the older sister letting the blissfully unaware younger sister imbibe with (presumably alcoholic) milk and asking her to "sleep in my bed tonight" as she knows that they will both die by dawn. And if you don't rewind time or stop the moon, it happens... The moon crashes to earth and wipes out the entirety of Termina. The silver lining is that this kind of overwhelming darkness and sadness make the victories stand out more so- the part where you sneak into the music house and heal the little girl's locked away, half-gibdo father- while she tries to protect him from you- is just heart rending.

[@stormcrowlegendary3512]

From the Salesman himself, to the hand in the toilet, to the girl getting PTSD from the alien abduction, to the fact the Deku Scrub died before you even met him, to the fact you were looking for a fairy who is in theory dead, to the fact that every time you play the Song of Time it all repeats in all its horror, the game could have filled up 6 spots without even trying. Oh yeah, there was also a kid in Ikana who had his father trapped as Ikana's curse turned him into a zombie.

[@bjc71701]

Thank goodness for all 3 of you contributors! I was looking through the comments for a Majora’s Mask mention, but didn’t really see anything. You 3 covered what I was going to say nicely! Majora really disturbed me and threw me off as a kid because Ocarina was generally (with a few exceptions) a happy game and having something as dark as Majora follow it was weird. Awesome game though!

[@Gary_Lifts]

Yeah I always get some weird feelings when I play MM too. Although, I think alot of it is nostalgia. Still tho, the contrast between the bright/ vibrant colors & dark / depressing subject matter is masterful. I think I like MM and OOT equally

[@reviandelumiel2833]

For me Majora's mask is the most beautiful and special game of all Zelda. It talks about friendship and it's difficults, also there are people in depressive situation but then Link arrives and solve their problems. And when someone dies... Well, that fills you with intense emotions. It's just a perfect game, at least in my opinion

[@jdg2198]

Thank you for mentioning Morpheels domain, its because of that boss that i couldn't just fly over open water in BOTW. Funny enough, the first time i did, i saw the dragon coming out of the water, and to reload.

[@p59u00]

One of the scariest moments for me was in mm when I was trying to stop the moon with only two giants. I knew I had to free all four, but I didn't expect the giants cutscene to still playout before the moon continued to fall with only a minute to rewind time. I suppose it was being snapped out of an unexpected hope which made it scary for me.

[@katebundy1266]

You didn't even mention the Happy Mask Man.

[@avocadoman4494]

haha. Yeah I thought the mask man was a bit creepy, with that creepy big grin that never goes away. Reminds me a bit of the creepy mask man in the game Slay the Spire.

[@katebundy1266]

@@avocadoman4494 I also noticed the Happy Mask Man skips frames lol

[@dwoyt3071]

Too obvious

[@kierenbuckley370]

the roaming Guardians in BOTW were "terrifying" running into them for the first time

[@kadian8177]

BOTW never really had anything so eerie, as much as Majora's Mask or Twilight Princess. It was very calming, for the most part. The Guardians do scare you, like once or twice, but when you hear their music it's like "omg where is it" lol.

[@chongvang8505]

Frs

[@jamesthomason4780]

Fuck, they were genuinely scary until you learned how to deflect the blast with your shield

[@chrislecount4801]

I always thought Grog’s fate was more sad than creepy. At least the fate of his Terminian counterpart isn’t quite as sad.

[@loki4807]

RIP Grog You were always a nice guy.

[@AntasmaTheBatKing]

Poetic justice, I say!

[@LunarBloodRose27]

0:44 I legit thought my internet was breaking lmao

[@waixler83]

Same

[@datdood0]

@Silvertd 159 Same

[@dragonsgamingadventures8867]

At the start yeah

[@spoingle]

Same

[@nonoctoro4933]

Hyrule in Twilitgh was the most scary thing for me. The atmosphere and music did their job pretty well. If only BOTW would had something like that ...

[@lilpupxiii5293]

Nonoctoro well in a way botw did have something like that Notice the empty lands of hyrule and how there arent so many people in it anymore When Ganon attacked he killed alot of people think of it that way Granted 100 years passed or so But still...

[@nonoctoro4933]

@@lilpupxiii5293 Yeah Kinda, but this wasn't the same feeling. Sadness is not Fear for me. If the deads of the Calamity had came back as creepy Malice Zombies on Hyrule Castle town, I would have been screaming of happiness. The Guardians kinda worked at the begining but then I learnt the Shield thing ... I wish I didn't ...

[@darklordshiro9856]

A post apocalyptic hyrule isn’t scary to you?

[@Lillyz1112]

Tomaris BotW simply wasn’t scary. It’s missing the scary horror shit that the other games had. Still love the game tho but I kinda missed stuff like the redeads, spiders etc, scary sections of the game like arbiters grounds or the bottom of the well.

[@pocketdirt338]

*The blood moon*

[@cocobear9955]

As soon as that silent realm music played my heart rate went up real fast. Even the calm part is scary

[@senoreg]

The new version of Gibdos in ToTK are freaky, especially in certain areas where they crawl at you with ridiculous speeds

[@BenSchw3]

You forgot the scariest things of all! The wallmasters! Hanging on the ceilings.. waiting for you.. with a shadow under you.. getting bigger with a dreadful screaming sound.. until it grabs you and vanishes with you .. without seeing link.. you just hear him screaming and the tv goes black.. you died as dark souls would tell. Sure you could say they just teleport you to the entrance. Similar to that wind waker hands.. but i cant imagine that. Why would you lose a whole heart after this. You only did this in oot After you died completly. Like a fall into the depth like some places at death mountain or if you drown.. So yeah thats the creepiest thing imo.. it shocked me so hard when i was 6 years old. I once even kicked my dads ass when he played in Front of me and got killed by they. Link was like my hero or most important thing in that time. It really was a trauma. Since then, even today with 27 i never ever played or at least got caught by them. Dont really wanna try it out.. even though im not a scaredy cat 😅

[@corbinbarron8772]

You really think you’re not a scaredy cat when you won’t play a game because you’re afraid of something off screen?

[@BenSchw3]

yes. Im not scared into going out in night all alone. Not scared into horror movies. Not really scared at anything the most people scare. But i got my past with that moments. So why should someone be a scaredy cat just because hes scared about 1 tiny thing. Besides that, i could probably play these parts and even watch it. But i just dont want to.

[@corbinbarron8772]

Funke alright I haven’t played it so I guess I don’t know. Thanks for setting me straight with dignity

[@BenSchw3]

lol no problem mate

[@AprilSunshine]

EXACTLY

[@venabre]

TP was my first Zelda. I played it almost as soon as it launched and I loved the creepyness of the twilight realm. However, once you actually get to the twilight realm that's when for me it takes a turn for the scary. Maybe I was just young, maybe the environment made it creepier, or maybe it's just something primitive, instinctual, but when you have to collect the Sols and those freakish hands start chasing you, relentlessly, that scared the crap out of me every time I played the game

[@geewhiizz]

venabre TP was my first Zelda too and honestly the part with the hand and the orb near the end of the game scared the shit out of me. After that I played SS and the silent realms made me quit the game and I had to come back to it after a year because of how much the guardians freaked me out.

[@crumbybomb]

TP was my first Zelda too, I never beat the game though because I first played it at age 8 and the Twilight Shadow Beasts absolutely terrified me then.

[@lambousginiguccigod2007]

TP was my first zelda but i stopped because i couldnt find the Boomerang to progress. I feel stupid that i didnt look it up or somethin but i was like 9 or 8 then tho.

[@mememan2243]

Twilight Princess was the first LoZ game I beat. I *still* find a lot of aspects of the Twilight Realm, and it's effects on Hyrule, to be disturbing! Bulblins get a skull helmet, Kargaroks essentially get trumpets for faces, Rats become amphibious and tentacle-covered Shadow Vermin... Don't even get me started on Zant's Hand, which is basically a Twili Wallmaster!

[@105rogue]

The original was my first so way to make me feel old!😄 It's never a bad time to get into Zelda!

[@Rexis102]

I’ve always felt sad for the Deku Butler. You’re essentially becoming his son whenever you transform, and you (as a player) want to tell him what happened. I often think about what the Deku Butler thinks about Link. Does he blame Link for the loss of his son? Does he hate Link for running around in his son’s body? Or is he understanding of the situation, seeing that his son can still be of some help making Termina a better place even though he’s died? These questions will probably remain unanswered.

[@ShadowSkyX]

I think he would understand why Link reminded him of his son so much upon finding his corpse. I'd like to think he would come to terms that at least the spirit of his son was able to save their home and the deku princess by helping Link defeat the cause of it all the upset and turnmoil in Termina. I don't think he'd blame Link for his son's death when all Link has done is do his best to save his people, his home from being overrun by poisonous water and an angry ill tempered king punishing someone who was innocent.

[@reviandelumiel2833]

The butler had the chance of racing against Link as a deku, I think now he can assume the death of his son and being in peace

[@Jack-wo4pl]

11:57 I thought that said “Red Heads” and I got really confused

[@dampflokfreund]

The next Zelda should have those scary moments from older Zelda games again.

[@tommyholladay]

I agree. BOTW wasn't scary at all. The guardians were just stressful, not really scary in a haunting way. And I hate those skyward sword silent realms, so I would not be happy if the next game uses something like that for scariness. I also think the scariest thing in TP was that hand that follows you in the Twilight palace

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

@@tommyholladay Why? The silent realms were one of the most eerily atmospheric areas in the Zelda series. It's just plain creepy

[@tommyholladay]

Agent 8 the atmosphere is fine. I just dont like how its all about collecting all of the items. Doesnt feel organically part of the world, just some silly quest you have to do because the goddess says so.

[@Dinofly4]

Man, Nintendo putting more creepy stuff into their games would be great.

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

@Sam Diaz The entire premise of BotW is literally that thousands of people were murdered, the world was destroyed, Link and his friends straight up died, and killer laser shooting robots roam the land. That's not exactly cheery

[@alinktothememes]

Honestly, I would have thought that ReDeads would have been a lot less scarier in wind weaker. but, BOI WERE I WRONG!

[@kito337]

Damn imo they are scarier, mainly because wind waker is like more of a brighter Zelda, and it includes horrific monsters like redeads

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

Even cartoonish, the fact that they limp around and have those hollow eye sockets that light up red only when they spot you is some of the most jarring shit I've ever seen in a game...

[@cocostar319]

That scream tho, like I'm just like oh hey a redead cool I guess and than it's just like, 12:02

[@amalgasoul5794]

Wind waker is way more weak now!

[@renegade7357]

You're Not Wrong, Ocarina Of Time's ReDeads Were Creepy, Wind Waker's ReDeads Are A Twelve- Change Of Underwear Trip, Especially The Ones Hiding In Upright Coffins Inside The Earth Temple.

[@Sm0k3turt]

9:30 FINALLY I KNEW I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE WITH A FEAR OF DEEP WATER! Happy I found someone who gets that! ☺️

[@Mexicant713]

Sm0k3tur1 Dude, the shit that exists in the deep ocean? It’s a hard NOPE from me. I can’t do that underwater giant monster shit either.

[@katoweltmer7476]

Yeah that whole temple was terrifying to me for that reason.

[@christophercalderon1391]

Out of nowhere I got the fear of the ocean because legend of zelda

[@imbedd207]

I killed it when I was 8... And I wasn’t scared, I mean that’s what I remember.

[@lsmith6046]

I'm terrified of deep water so I hate all the water temples in Zelda.

[@timmyjimmy7413]

I love how the deadhand face you put in the thumbnail is less unnerving than the one from the actual game.