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[@theyawningari]

The pirated copy is the downfall timeline lol

[@danielthompson8784]

Holy shit that’s canon then lol

[@udontknowhoiambutiknowhereuliv]

It actually makes sense now lol!

[@AreoSky]

Its cannon!

[@thelunarlunatic9681]

Canon Event.

[@theyawningari]

@@thelunarlunatic9681 nah ganon event

[@F1R3F0R6E]

Imagine accidentally getting a pirated copy and spreading this info around the schoolyard at recess. Your buddies would think you were nuts

[@ninjaguyYT]

I cheated in Pokemon silver so that I could steal all the pokemon that fake Oak offers you. This caused the two trainers that normally block your path (there's like two Rattata fighting each other I think) to remain in your path forever. It's because you're supposed to go there, see them battling, go back to the lab and find out that ??? stole the other Pokemon. But he doesn't because you already took it so the game never continues. I asked a bunch of people how to continue and no one knew what was going on until the nerdy programmer guy asked why the pokemon was missing and we realized what happened.

[@PKMN_TrainerJet]

​@@ninjaguyYT that happened to me, too. I haven't tried it yet but I think you could just use a walk through walls cheat.

[@zomboids2100]

So the game gives you one final middle finger right as you're on the cusp of beating OoT by letting zelda leave, and leave you to die in a spot where you can't escape, therefore never being able to beat the game completely. Boy I'd hate to be the one who got a pirated copy to have spent however long playing through it, just to get met with an unsatisfying end like that. 💀

[@MyPupTobi]

my on the cusp?

[@MortonMcCastle]

​@@MyPupTobi You've never heard that phrase before?

[@MyPupTobi]

@@MortonMcCastle Well zomboid said the game gives me one final middle finger right as my on the cusp of beating it. Which doesn't make a lot of sense and I wondered what he meant by it.

[@nathanmohito8379]

My my you are certainly not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I mean come on at least Google something before you make yourself out to be an imbecile. On the cusp meaning on the brink or a dumbed down version to nearly be at the end of something.

[@MortonMcCastle]

@@MyPupTobi (Well, first, he should've used "you're" instead of "your". So, "He is on the cusp of beating the game", not "my on the cusp of beating the game." Grammar issue.) And then, "on the cusp" means "almost" or "right about to". If the vase is on the cusp of falling off the table, it's teetering on the edge, about to fall off. If you're on the cusp of discovering something new, you're almost there, getting really close to doing it.

[@damiencouturee6240]

Lol the pirated hair is probably more accurate. I dont know exactly how the transformation works, but Id have to imagine spending 7 years in that little cap would mess your hair up a bit.

[@ArtisChronicles]

It's a disguise using magic

[@xGOKOPx]

She could try to open the gate, fail and then say "Oh no! Link! I can't open the gate! There's something wrong with this world that prevents me from doing it. I can feel it - it's as if a transaction that must be made wasn't made"

[@biometrix_]

About 26 years too late.

[@xGOKOPx]

@@biometrix_ You never know if someone destined to work at Nintendo hasn't pulled the Master Sword as an infant Edit: I have come to a conclusion that this joke scenario doesn't make sense because they'd still be an infant in the past and would have no influence in Nintendo, so nevermind

[@Excalibur2]

I bet it wasn't even intentional.

[@angel_dust9824]

Ah yes, ocariner of time

[@DPH_Psychosis]

"Race down the step with Zelder in tow" But he says Zelda elsewhere 🤔

[@_BOUYE]

Gotta keep an eye out for ocarinerrrrrrrr.

[@OhKayEl]

It's a British thing I'm pretty sure. If one word ends with a vow and the next begins with a vow, an R is put in the middle to make it easier to pronounce.

[@MerkhVision]

Sorry, he’s Br*tish 🤢🤮

[@richardpatterson432]

lol chill. Us Americans speak different colloquial terms and sounds than ENGLISH English, it may sound funny. Watch TV, read a book

[@thatshaggydude8063]

I would probably lose my shit on that last one.

[@elibonham4388]

Honestly the guy played 99% of the game for free i think thats a W

[@PatThePerson]

Free trial over

[@BlueDude-cf9mk]

Not me. The ending of the game is the climax. It's what we work for. Doing all that work and missing the experience, means that I would have to buy a legal copy and do EVERYTHING over again. Huge waste of time lol!

[@0celot9]

Fr thats bad anti piracy. You still get to play the whole game

[@BlueDude-cf9mk]

@@0celot9 But you miss the ending, which is the whole point of progressing through the game. Remember, this game was made before KZbin ever existed. In the 90s, you couldn't just look up the ending to a game on the internet. You would literally have to buy a legal copy and play the entire game over again. Even if the saved files worked, you would still have to buy a whole new game just to finish the final 10% of the game...That sucks like hell

[@vee3620]

Important to remember that back then you couldn’t just go to youtube and find the ending and watch it, you were literally edged out of the climax and forced to deal with it. This would have been immensely frustrating.

[@zentendoxn8955]

“…giant golden pentagon.” *Looks closer to a Septagon.*

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hair isn't that bad. Might need to become a customizable option in those BotW installments.

[@Tortaleaney]

Imagine being sold a pirated copy unknowingly and this happens that must suck

[@AddersOtter]

I kind of like this approach lol. Make them play almost all of the game and then leave them unable to finish the end.

[@kreeperkiller4423]

edging moment

[@AddersOtter]

@@kreeperkiller4423 何？

[@bouncybubble]

@@AddersOtter😏

[@canebro1]

Yeah, but if you bought the game legit but were either sold a pirated copy or the check had a false positive, I'd be pissed.

[@zacknattack]

but then one's already played 99% of the game. who would then go out of their way to buy the game and play through it again just for the final 1%?

[@yveseduardo4645]

Zelda has the wisdom to read your game and then she gets a 🛑 cut,truly Hyrule's wise princess

[@PairyKurta]

Can someone explain to me: if they know your game is pirated, why do they let you play it in the first place? As in, if the game itself detects it’s not legal, why can it do all these whacky, nonsense things instead of just not playing itself?

[@Jorvalt]

I can't speak for physical games like this, but for digital releases this serves to waste pirates' time. It means they'll have to get through a significant portion of the game before realizing there's a check, or realizing a crack didn't work.

[@bright_minary6537]

It's because those "pirate detected" messages are super easy to get noticed by hackers. They will pirate the game and play it for few minutes looking for such pirate checks. If they find one, they can just remove the message. On the other hand, subtle or late-game pirate checks are usually not noticed by the hacker.

[@MerkhVision]

For the lulz obviously. It’s funnier this way lol

[@supercellodude]

You have to go through oodles of MIPS instruction-set assembly to find this one part of the final escape that is altered. However, with the right tools the programming for "checking the security chip" might be patchable

[@KaoruMzk]

I knew about the second one, but I didn't know about the first one. Was it supposed to scare the player? Because, I don't really see how that is an anti-piracy measure, it seems more like a glitch to me.

[@marcanthonybattenberg7636]

If it was an anti piracy thing I could only assume it was to take the player out of the moment and ruin the experience a little. The one with the gate that seems like nintento giving the finger for using a pirated copy

[@Meikelegtei]

They were probably just trolling with that

[@itsyaboig1198]

Wonder if you could clip through the gate somehow, and beat the game…

[@ElSun_Live]

Can't you just ACE yourself right to the end credits lol

[@Ghost36365]

​@@ElSun_LiveYeah but that shit is wayyy too complicated for us😅

[@0celot9]

@Ghost36365 Ace is but you do not need ace

[@TheWandererGhost]

The purated hair kibda looks like Zelda got an afro hair!

[@usugajonathan]

I have had that second gate not open as a glitch before when reaching it faster than zelda she didn't even try to open it but turned invisible while passing through the bars lol I remember having to kill myself to restart it so it would work again

[@NetJetMichael-A.H.1449]

Nintendo: take that pirates you can never beat the game | speedrunner pirates: We'll See about that! "Wrong warps to the Ganon fight" | Nintendo: "Confused Pikachu Face"

[@videogamecoverss]

*immediately void warps to the bottom of the tower*

[@batgameruniverse6212]

DAAAAAAMMM! She got in a fight with a hair dryer... and the hair dryer won!!!!

[@betterjesusofficial]

I think we are all waiting for your next long video, shorts are great but I love your other bed time viewing content.

[@shaykitoffe6411]

I've played and beaten this game pirated.... I don't recall any of these things happening...

[@TheBester7]

it only happens if you play on a pirated copy on a real console. if you play it on emulator though, everything should go fine also if the pirate copy has the correct cic chip, the anti-piracy features might not get enabled too

[@DylanTheVillain.]

That is so fucked up that's literally at the end of the game, so evil 😂

[@starfruitified3456]

I'm surprised the game doesnt crash at the tower and delete your file upon reboot

[@TheEasterEggHunter]

😂

[@DshRendar]

That got dark in a hurry

[@RawwkinGrimmie64]

Imagine accidentally buying a pirated version online, only to not find out until the biggest plot twist in the game. Holy crap...

[@lunix7703]

I actually love how Zelda just leaves him in dust, what a girlboss

[@gamingvibes9584]

Zelda be like imma get out of here bye link take care of Ganon 😂

[@emilydarkhumor4632]

Ah, yes. The Ockuriner Of Time. Classic.

[@Gumbocinno]

There are plenty of ways around the last one lol

[@PsychTheOnlyOne]

Link: "Oh, Zelda...I love what you've done with your hair..."

[@DarkMetalOmega]

"It's Queen Amidala herself."

[@SUBURBANPREPPS]

I’m 14 now but this reminds me of when I would watch my dad play this game as a kid

[@aquawolfx8715]

That second one is genius. It’s like ripping out the last few pages to a fantastic book

[@AlphaShadowSphere]

That sounds more like a feature than a deterrent lol

[@Arob4343]

Link in the pirated version met with a terrible fate

[@balamkinich7968]

Lmao imagine not knowing you had a pirated copy and trying to figure out wtf to do but you keep dying

[@Shonisto343]

With the hair: 'It's been a while'😏

[@coreylarcomb4879]

They said if you ain't pay you ain't win. 😂 They let you do ALL that adventure to face cruel disappointment

[@thememereview4958]

I wonder though, what if you were to wrong warp straight to the ganon fight in the pirated version? I'm fairly sure there's one place in the lost woods where you can do it.

[@zivadiva]

It’s before this if I remember correctly

[@thepotatoofheaven]

"oop sorry link they didnt pay so you die...just like us healthcare"

[@blakerenimu9033]

"You have been visited by the Sacred Pentagon. This is a warning: DESIST" *Keeps playing* "You refused to heed my warning, now PERISH" Edit: I did an oopsie lol "(you refused to ignore my warning" wtf brain???)

[@kennethjones5179]

Pirates even follow a code of morals.

[@ArtMorera]

Did anyone else also hear him say “Orca Wiener” of time ?

[@Everlucky_Clover]

all hail the holy pentagon hair

[@Tailstraw_xD]

What is this Occareener of Time game I hear british folk talking about all the time?

[@T3hLiZ]

Having played this game before the true rise of the internet, (yes the internet EXISTED when it came out but wasn't the practically all-encompassing ubiquitous entity that it is today) you really were boned if you had a pirated copy. There was no KZbin to just go see the end, and therefore also no places to go to watch tutorials on how to do the exploits you would need to bypass it, if it could in fact be bypassed, and there wasn't some other change to the programming that made you unable to finish even if you could clip through.

[@senthenerd5332]

She turned into a stop sign

[@mr.gemini814]

“Giant golden pentagin”

[@MiguelLealKC]

Shes a super saiyan

[@fernandofaria2872]

1 second in i knew he was going to pronounce it "Ocariner" and "Zeldar"

[@Levacque]

I guess that's the Fallen Timeline. It was canon the whole time!

[@amaliosaenz23]

Sooo this is kinda crazy but i used to always play my copy of oot all the time back in the day and after one run through towards the end beating this game probably shy of a 50 times as a child this actually happened to me once on a non pirated version i remember actually telling my friends this and no one believed me but its never happened again even on an emulator

[@fanthonyfictions]

Why not just have the Deku deny Link a Fairy because he's a thief? Stopping you from even getting past the intro cutscene?

[@ColYo-wr5ll]

Because the pirates would see it upon checking; but they don't check the entire whole game

[@mistermograph]

She's a Crystal Gem.

[@shyvanadragongape3821]

I’m sorry but watching Zelda just dip and clip thru to save herself made me giggle more then it should’ve

[@pikachupower0025]

An anti Paracy Scene once said Piracy is no Party

[@athemioszed2233]

I like that ending better😅

[@sonic_the_hedgehog_channel]

*that one guy with a GameShark* no problem.

[@PrecariousPorcupine]

This is brilliant! 😂😂😂

[@coiby346]

I remember zelda leaving you behind was found yeeeeears ago

[@harrypotter7652]

Zelda’s hair is the Octagon of Time

[@julialexi3833]

Okay the hair thing doesn't really happen for the real game but the gate thing does

[@blindbrad4719]

The camera also turns on records a short video clip and sends it straight to Nintendo as well 👍

[@littlehorus2327]

Imaging all that work... Just so Zelda can leave you to die at the end lol

[@mattwood8659]

I had a legit copy and that second gate thing happened as a glitch. I had to repay the level again for it to work

[@happysmilesworldandgames8755]

Zelda had a bad hair day and decided to kill link

[@Corrupt_Crimson]

Ganondorf* you escape the castle and after that then you are met with Ganon

[@DSprich]

Would a Gameshark be able to bypass that with some kind of no-clip code?

[@TheEasterEggHunter]

Good question 🤔 maybe even cartridge tilting would help you glitch through the gate

[@redskullfire706]

Zelda finds the funk

[@lomarr332]

ah yes ocariner

[@Fullmetalknight69]

I mean you can play the whole entire game and it's side content 🤷‍♂️ sure you cant fight ganon and beat the game but meh as long as the whole entire rest of the game is fine I'll take big hair zelda

[@beeniecat9411]

Zelda doesn't play with pirate Link. She's all about the money and business.

[@ryzekiv7147]

The MARTYR Timeline

[@bobsaul4568]

I love Zelder

[@alexrousseau8505]

Activate walk trought wall hack:

[@Ifalvarado]

How can the game tell if the content is pirated if that CIC was just to prevent it from booting?

[@davidnonya320]

What's the point in putting pirated stuff at the end of the game? Wouldn't it be better to put it at the beginning.

[@kappapride6332]

Because Nintendo are dicks that's why

[@maysee2515]

Piraters who do so in order to sell/share it with other people will usually check the beginning of the game to confirm it's functional before distributing it, but won't play all the way through the game. So they put it later on as a form of "frick u"

[@Zelmazam1]

You have to cover the finished easter egg in cyberpunk 2077 with the new 2.01 update.

[@ryangainey94]

How is the game able to tell whether or not it was purchased fairly?

[@thalesgaymer]

Why does her hair slay tho 😭😭😭

[@casey475]

Back when piracy was taboo and game companies were respectable

[@black-peashooter]

im prety sure that its different for some emulations

[@Fangardkicks]

Zelda be balding💀

[@toadynamite8141]

Thanks for the spoilers, also i love Ocareener of time!

[@TuthHurts911411]

Pirated copy speed run?? Can you beat it with tricks and glitchs lol 😅😂

[@darkyami12141]

Nintendo is like: This is what you get for pirating my game.

[@lucram1870]

What's the background music?

[@DM_Dad]

The first one made me wonder a how it was in anti-piracy measure. who cares? But the second 1 was hysterical. on the 1 hand, you still got to play most of the game. But on the other hand, you can never finish it.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

This is my canon.

[@neekochanshaani]

i never finished it as i was i kid anyways so... *shrugs

[@robertlee8519]

GameShark ftw

[@49ersfanMatt]

on the pirated version what happens if you use gameshark codes and clip thru the bars like zelda did lol lol

[@ogremair803]

How did they used pirate n64 games though?

[@TimothyGod]

Tbh, i think if someone got to that point, they would just consider it completed

[@Tenzaba]

Ocariner!!

[@MyNameis2long4youtub]

nintendo was savage for this

[@MATAX5]

Princess Pentagon IS my waifu!

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

Looks to me like Zelda is getting her hair blown back... if you know what I mean. 😏

[@AfionFada]

Epic troll zelda