Unused Enemy / Boss Designs in Zelda games

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A look at some unused enemies and enemy concepts from the Legend of Zelda series!
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DexterX: Ocarina of Time
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Armos Titan by GameBoyGamer: • Twilight Princess - Be...
CosmoCourtney Armos: • TPHD: Unused Armos Titan
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Creating a Champion, Hyrule Historia
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[@Itsanit_Isnt_It]

"What could be more terrifying than a redead?" Me: Two redeads! "How about a redead that you can't see?" Me: dammit

[@TheEmeraldX]

"What could be more terrifying than a redead that you can't see?" "How about TWO redeads you can't see?"

[@runedoom]

@@TheEmeraldX a redead you can't see and flies around, based on banshees.

[@darksansgaming4016]

@@runedoom Perfection.

[@renatoramos8834]

A flying cockroach.

[@runedoom]

@@renatoramos8834 that goes for your ears, inspired by this morning when one did just that to me

[@SauteedJosh]

Invisible ReDeads?! 4 year old me would’ve shit his pants if he just randomly heard a redead scream when there’s none in sight

[@LupercalRising]

Lmao

[@kellencason5932]

King K Rool Fan now me would do the exact same

[@verdantmistral442]

It's funny but I thought there were invisible Redeads in the Shadow Temple. I must be remembering wrong though as the Shadow Temple terrified young me.

[@theanthropologuy7775]

Can you imagine if Deadhand screamed? Sweet Jesus

[@joshuagamer2112]

If there is one enemy in any Zelda game I wish I never came across, it’s the redeads/Gibdos. Also is it just me or do the redeads in the wind waker look more like aliens than zombie like enemies? If they didn’t have the long ears, red eyes and open mouth with teeth showing I mean.

[@Painted_Owl]

7:30 "Only to reveal their location with a piercing scream..." Ok, that scream sfx was terrifying. Imagine entering a dungeon, and as you're descending into the unsure darkness, you hear that. You never know when it's coming. You never know where it's coming. All you know is an insatiable fear, knowing that it's screams are meant for no one else, but you...

[@Nosidda]

Editor here. Yes, that scream is terrifying, hence why I used it. That scream SFX is actually a reference to a Zelda mod for Skyrim, called Relics of Hyrule. The mod adds a ton of stuff, it's DLC scale, and one thing it adds to the game is Zelda enemies, which of course means ReDead, and that is the sound that the ReDead make in that mod. Imagine exploring a dark dungeon, and out of complete nowhere, you hear that scream, and it freezes you in place. It's terrifying. Lol

[@MorleyQ]

Interestingly enough, the sound effect is a guy screaming in an empty hangar.

[@meleefox3218]

@@Nosidda Ah, I see you also have great taste in mods.

[@blueotter5954]

I use the lens of truth. If I don't have the lens of truth I use Din's Fire to damage everything around me.

[@officialcryostorme7647]

@@Nosidda it actually sounds like the ReDead from Wind waker... eek their screams gave me spooks when I was a like 7.

[@StandyEmerson]

3:46 I'd like to correct something. The monster wielding twin blades wasn't exactly cut from the game. It's literally Ganondorf. At some point they made something that too difficult to be a boss for just any dungeon or something and retooled the animations to be the final boss fight. That's why Ganondorf is incredibly good with a sword and unbeatable at sword fighting. It's also very likely that they redesigned Ganondorf to work around this model/mesh and why he has the same body build. If you ever wonder what fighting this enemy would be like, just replay the final fight.

[@jackofnotrades13579]

Looking at it now, it does look like a windwaker ganon

[@sonsofsparda22]

Yup, my thoughts exactly. Also the bigger thing, you can tell is GANON by the expressions and the beard

[@leighbelk769]

They should have rewritten him as Ganondorfs right hand man.

[@stardust8797]

Notice that its colors light blue and pink From my perspective this looks like a nod to ganon (2-d appearance)light blue humanoid pig demon with pink eyes It makes sense that ganondorf would transform into something like this in a sort of phase two to the boss fight

[@sonsofsparda22]

Good catch @@stardust8797!

[@CZsWorld]

I think the invisible enemies probably got scrapped from Ocarina of Time because it wasn't clear to the player what was happening. I remember when the invisible rats jump on you in Twilight Princess. I actually had to look up the level online because I thought there might have been an issue with my game disc.

[@kennygutierrez6809]

I kid you not i replayed twilight princess like 8 years later after my first time and got pissed off in exactly the same way with those rats.

[@caedencloud3504]

THOSE WERE RATS????? I ALWAYS THOUGHT MY GAME WAS GLITCHING

[@thestrategistguy7083]

I haven’t played twighlight princess I missed so much

[@skaionex]

@@thestrategistguy7083 you haven't played one of the best zelda games, no, Nintendo games ever made?? You definitely have missed a lot

[@thestrategistguy7083]

@@skaionex ok I have a Wii U I can get it on that right

[@thegreatmajora5089]

I’m honestly glad this series shows us so much concept art. It’s fascinating to see what goes into developing these worlds and what could have been.

[@CZsWorld]

Also, the Armogohma chase fight idea kind of comes back in Spirit Tracks!

[@thestrategistguy7083]

True bro

[@daydreams6956]

omg i never thought you would be here!!

[@mayoayo7107]

Bro when I was younger I was TERRIFIED of going through that cave in the snow region in order to get to the sanctuary. And I didn't know what I was getting into when I entered that cave near the southeast cave of the volcano region, which was the first place I thought of when getting the ore to linebeck.

[@darkhunter5293]

That alone reminds me of Rs3's Araxxor/Araxxi.

[@HeyIJust3334]

Snow Sanctuary tunnel Rocktite kinda freaked me out the first time. Yeah, it kinda comes back in Spirit Tracks, but the naming of Tektites and Rocktites shows that Rocktites are probably just bigger Tektites.

[@calebh3803]

As an arachnophobe I can't tell if being chased by Armogohma down a dark tunnel would be really cool or just waaay too terrifying. Even as it is, I can't look directly at the screen when fighting her and am a little grateful she doesn't fight Link directly. The idea did get used in Spirit Track's Rocktite tunnel fights so maybe it will return it all its spidery scariness at some point.

[@JuleHyrule]

Oh please not XD I love twilight princess but this boss gaves me goosebumps and so much stress

[@sparrowflyaway]

I hated the ArmoGohma fight in the first place, it chasing you through the tunnel would promptly see my controller going through my TV XP

[@xxxxxx-rm2pn]

You're weak

[@lucy-xq4gg]

IKR like everytime I would play the spider in twilight princess I just gave it to my mom because I wouldn’t be able to look at the screen XD

[@creesonivantardis5455]

Don't play spirit tracks lol, there are a same monster in it ( sorry my english is bad )

[@Syngrafer]

The ogre-like “bigblin” might just have been retooled into the fire temple boss in Twilight Princess. Especially with the iron ball and chain in mind.

[@LakesBerg]

Damn straight homie

[@PinkWytchBytch]

Me as a gamer: "Ooooh new Zeltik!!!" Me as an artist: "HAND ME THE SKETCHBOOK THIS VIDEO HAS CONCEPT ART AND I'M INSPIRED"

[@Feber2001]

Nice. Same.

[@ms.mcclung7236]

Yup same. Only trouble is I get ideas for storylines and comics that I can't always make well. Just need to practice I guess.

[@PinkWytchBytch]

@@ms.mcclung7236 I have the same problem! Must be a side effect of being artsy lol

[@thedarkwolf5637]

@@ms.mcclung7236 I know right

[@yeontanseyebrows5588]

wv fiddler same here, except rather than not being able to do them well I’m just too lazy to do big projects, my attention spawn can’t take that. I have hundreds of ideas but I execute probably 0,2% of them🗿

[@theMetallico666]

Considering that BotW2 so far has showed Link and Zelda inside a cave/dungeon, it would be sick to see the original Armogohma in there.

[@netweed09]

Nah, tired of one-eyed bosses like that. Plus, it's not very original is it? I'd rather have Dead-hand s down there

[@triplecrosscounter]

I hope we see the lovecraftian horrors that were the gaurdians in their concept art.

[@mayoayo7107]

If you want to experience this fight that isn't actually a mod or hack, if you buy spirit tracks, 2 major parts are where Link gets chased down a long cave and the only way to get out of the cave is to defeat the giant spider chasing Link down the cave while shooting the spiders' eye with the cannon on his train!

[@-nintendad-]

Wow u just killed the essence of Zelda CDZoro

[@Goodbutevilgenius]

Best I can do is a frog.

[@Kiyosonryo]

8:39 Run, Frodo! Shelob is hunting you!

[@hoo7797]

This comment just made my day

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

Cue Sam shouting "BACK YOU DEVIL!"

[@francescolombardi3438]

I want that tall multifaced skull enemy from the BotW concept art.

[@bojengels1]

Those guardian concepts are frightening.

[@zeonmoo192]

I want the skinny one that looks like a dr seuss x lovecraftian x coathanger crossover

[@ZeldaLover6]

Yes, give us more nightmare fuel, Nintendo~

[@Coreuppted]

the only thing i could think of when i read this comment was Lord Marrowgar yelling "BONESTORM!" then i looked it up...

[@Alaois]

8:40 this scenario is in Sprit Tracks, maybe it was used in that game instead

[@ndogmario]

I was thinking the same thing. But was that thing called a Gohma?

[@PJCVita92]

@@ndogmario No, it was actually called a Rocktite.

[@bob_marlee03]

honestly, I kinda wanna see the unused guardian designs used in some capacity in a new zelda game(most likely botw 2) they're absolutely terrifying and I love it

[@stardust8797]

If I am still terrified of guardians even though I can dismantle one without a second thought I do not what to know what will happen when those things from demise’s domain just walk around like any other enemy

[@JoaoRenatoBail]

Last timed I was this fast, I broke my shield while surfing

[@nox7126]

Joao Renato Bail was it the hylian one

[@JoaoRenatoBail]

@@nox7126 Knight's shield is faster

[@yayababatoto]

Aren’t radiant and ancient the two fastest shields?

[@KatCheetos]

@@yayababatoto the kite shield is the fastest one but idk about the second fastest

[@norikoblastercolors9018]

I can relate

[@OGZelda626]

That Nord VPN was such a smooth transition.

[@horridteacher2543]

I agree in fact it was too smooth

[@xenonboo6217]

HHHAAA

[@santosjimenez8211]

Cha cha real smooth

[@KurtisC93]

"What could be more terrifying than a ReDead? . . . How about a ReDead you can't see?" I think I'll pass, thanks.

[@DJMouthwash]

Interestingly, the statues outside the temple of time have enemy music play if you hack the game to hover near their heads, perhaps implying that they might have been enemies at one point. Considering they're right outside the area where Armos are found, I wouldn't be suprised if that's where the titans were supposed to have been encountered. Also, no goron golem?

[@mackingu]

Anyone ever talk about how midna essentially turned into a guardian stalker in loz:tp after she dons the fused Shadow and breaks the barrier on Hyrule Castle?

[@grackleking6413]

I second this comment

[@staretimecomics]

Good call. Bump.

[@triplecrosscounter]

Holy shit

[@leseducteur6452]

8:40 Well, this kind of Gohma is in Spirit Tracks. But at least it's not that creepy.

[@fickminne]

Considering that the one in spirit tracks keeps up with a train (!) is kind of scary.. dont you think?

[@leseducteur6452]

@@fickminne it's a little scary, but it's cuter than that nightmare.

[@doombringer007]

That's a Rocktite not a Ghoma.

[@_Maritime_]

5:00 That was a smooth transition.

[@stanstanstan2597]

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[@kaitoudark1]

Legit truth. That was smooth! Also use his "Link". XD

[@thomasrodiles5936]

I WAS ABOUT TO POST THIS TOO!😂

[@eksmad]

In germany these kind of ad transitions can be illegal :x

[@raciod1111]

@@thomasrodiles5936 even though it's sponsored?

[@tsukikumoon2890]

It's rather interesting that twenty Hinox (colour and variants) weren't used for BOTW. Perhaps (and I'm just theorizing) they could be used for BOTW2? It would be nice to see some alt concepts from other games to be used in the next Zelda. :)

[@bushisback112]

They better use it for BOTW 2.. The Hinox were a complete joke about midway through the game.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

Botw needed way better enemy variety. Different colors shouldn't count as variety.

[@QuiroLeonarth]

It's not there was twenty Hinox not used in BOTW but more that they made twenty iterations of it before reaching the final design. As such I doubt they will made an appearance in the game since they were design they didn't like.

[@my_bad_habits9640]

All I can say is that I totally agree with you there on that one but then again I think botw2 is going to take place 10,000 years ago

[@PhoachPlaylist]

I'm actually really hoping to see redeads in the next game

[@7thlegendaryknight]

The Big Blin? reminds me of Fyrus in TP. You know, the boss in the Goron Mines. Concept stuff tends to be used across multiple games it seems.

[@RedTed_Indentation45]

Let's have a Zelda game with a scrapped plot that's full of unused enemies throughout the Zelda series. That would be challenging

[@softwet-3982]

3:15 Idk, Armos Titan lookin kinda thicc...

[@rileystuber5422]

OK so imagine if the Temple of Time dungeon in TP was more like the time shift things in SS where you would go to the pristine ancient temple to a crumbling ruin infested by spiders. For the end of the dungeon you would go to the ruins version and find a caved in wall leading to a tunnel, as you go through you here crumbling and hissing in the distance. Eventually you'd reach a T-junction. As Link walks out he looks left to see an extending cave, the camera pans behind him to show a large eye snap open. The boss theme blasts in as the demon screeches and its name is shown. When the control is returned you have no choice but to run, after some time it gets caught in a web which gives Link time to shoot its eye and attack. Midway through it starts shooting small spiders at Link which you have to avoid. This goes on till you kill it and that's the end good bye.

[@oceanicblue8463]

Riley Stuber Can this be a thing, please? That actually sound seriously cool xD (Just lets not do it with motion controls...)

[@rileystuber5422]

@@oceanicblue8463 goddess above don't invoke there name

[@oceanicblue8463]

Riley Stuber *Oh Hylia!* My humblest apologies. I shall speak nothing more of them.

[@catriamflockentanz]

My favorite was the cut Nightmare Moblin. As I didn't expect them to have ever even considered porting over something from the cute WW-Style in the TW-Style as they don't match at all. But I strongly disagree with your opinion on Gohma. Armogohma was a good way to give the fight a new spin (As happened before in WW with a fiery variant in a volcano. Granted I was quite surprised when I learned this first major boss had been meant to be Gohma at all.). Fighting a huge spider in a Forest-like area would have been nearly a 1 to 1 repeat and fairly underwhelming in my book.

[@ItsYaBoiV]

I like to think of Gohma as a it's own species rather than the name of a specific creature, so Armogohma and Gohma never felt like one character to me. I'm also really glad they didn't just stick the spider in the forest with Armogohma, it's so cliche.

[@doombringer007]

@@ItsYaBoiV I agree completely I mean just look at the dodongo, then again phantom hourglass has dongorongo and ocarina of time has king dodongo.

[@ItsYaBoiV]

@@doombringer007 Same thing with just really basic enemies like bokoblins, moblins, etc. They're different every game, too!

[@doombringer007]

@@ItsYaBoiV Especially with the Wizrobes, going from cloaks with eyes to toucan mages to whatever they are in breath of the wild.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

Based on the trailer and concept art I don't think we were going to be fighting Armagohma. I think we'd have been escaping from it. A harrowing chase in which attacks would only stun the beast to give us a bit of a lead. The battle ends when we escape from its domain and it decides to stop following us.

[@firestarter6488]

I would absolutely love to see more dynamic and wandering AI in Botw 2, I'd stalk a roaming Hinox all day just to see what stuff a beast that size would get up to!

[@stardust8797]

I would like to see how a lynel forges their savage weapons class Seeing a lynel walk around searching for the perfect rock to make its crushers would be captivating

[@SchriyJ]

HOLD ON A MINUTE! I can't be the only one that noticed how throughout all of the main Breath of the Wild trailers there was a major theme around the line "open your eyes". And now the first thing that we see in it's much darker squeal's trailer is Ganondorf, the (assumed) main antagonist of the game, opening his eyes towards our heroes Link and Zelda. Huh. Great parallel Nintendo!

[@kryttercakes]

His eyes were already open though. They just lit up

[@stardust8797]

Your Mindless Monster Yeah lit up with the eyes of one of the things people want to see die malice eyes Seriously though I hate those things I hate them with such a passion that after shooting it I bombard it with bomb arrows until it disappears It’s so unsettling especially when naydra got at least FIFTEEN OF THEM THREE OF WHICH ARE GIANT STUCK TO ITS BODY STARING AT YOU

[@MorleyQ]

7:30 is music to my ears. That sound effect seems like it'd be perfect for a huge Zelda themed mod for Skyrim that includes ReDeads.

[@julianmartinez64]

That colossal red moblin looking thing could’ve been what puppet canon replaced. It has similarities to Ganandorf’s design like the eyebrows and the gem in its forehead

[@Noxrame]

Seeing all the unused and concept art enemies was really cool. I'd love to see more in a a future video :)

[@ItsYaBoiV]

One of my favorite things a game dev can release is an art book. Everything from seeing the creative process to cut content is just really fascinating to me! I also feel like the Souls games and Bloodborne had some of my favorite cut monsters. So spooky!

[@wesleymyers9103]

A lot of content was cut from Wind Waker, and Eiji Aonuma has said that most of the ideas and dungeons have been reused in other games, if the one enemy that was cut wielded a ball and chain it is possible that you were intended to get the ball and chain as a weapon in Wind Waker and it was moved to Twilight Princess instead, this is especially likely when you consider that a key theme of the combat system was the ability to use an enemy’s weapons against them.

[@ashketchum6971]

Also the Boss of the Goron Mine in TP is very similar aswell. He just has no Ball. But he is a Giant that is chained st his feet.

[@wesleymyers9103]

Ash Ketchum, Maybe they used both ideas and manifested them in different ways rather than having them combined, it makes a lot of sense actually.

[@perriwinkleiii5361]

I always liked the creepy nightmare creatures found in Creating a Champion. They were clearly left out of Breath of the Wild for a reason

[@stardust8797]

To give 7-10 year olds ptsd Seriously I cannot and will not imagine what it would be like if those things were you CASUALLY WALKING AROUND HYRULE FIELD WAITING FOR YOUR ARRIVAL

[@jpag_grey497]

I would actually be interesting yet terrifying to see the original concepts of botw's guardians

[@meleefox3218]

Seems more like a classic, standard-issue Ghoma to me, because it heavily resembles the design used in Four Swords Adventures, as well as the Ghoma boss that was later seen in Hyrule Warriors.

[@bramble553]

7:20 The invisible redeads weren't entirely left unused; Ocarina of Time Master Quest would eventually use them, albeit only in the last parts of Ganondorf's Tower. Not sure about the Stalfos though.

[@haydes1285]

Best cut enemy is the arwing from OoT

[@BlaizeTheDragon]

Twilight princess probably fascinates me the most with it's initial reveal trailer just because it was so strikingly different to the final game. It looked darker and scarier, not to mention more atmospheric and dare I say open? (maybe empty is a better term since a lot of it was unfinished)

[@QualityGamingStudios]

Theory: the big wind waker monster is the boss of a scrapped dungeon on stovepipe isle

[@krm2095]

I feel like that Armoghoma concept would fit in BotW 2. BotW is a lot brighter of a game than TP but it could definitely still fit think. Imagine coming face to face with it with in those underground tunnels and having figure out how to beat it as you run for your life. With BotW 2 being a supposedly much darker game it’d be really cool to see

[@AnarithAelys]

The first version of Armogohma reminds me the monster in the tunnel, in Spirit Tracks. And precisely because we are running away from him. It's not its design in particular but the fact that we are chased by the monster and we have to strike its eye. Maybe a re-used idea ? (Nintendo said that they often reuse ideas from previous games)

[@grubinator5237]

It always lights up my day to see a new legend of zelda video, whether it's a botw 2 theory, or a list. It doesnt matter who it's from I automatically click when I see a new zelda video.

[@hiddendesire3076]

8:45 Reminds me of that boss in Spirit Tracks who chases your train through a tunnel.

[@antoinedenis3081]

Armoghoma might have inspired the monsters that chase you in the tunnels in Spirit tracks 🤔

[@Lightning-ig2do]

That Armaghoma chase scene looks awesome! It's be cool to shoot arrows at it while running away.

[@CrashDunning]

That original Gohma fight was later put in Spirit Tracks.

[@darksansgaming4016]

What if the scrapped armagohma fight was actually supposed to be the second phase of the fight. At first, you think that you have the advantage, then when you break off its armor and egg sac. it then chases you down a long tunnel.

[@TheFlyguy217]

I cant Express how much I love your zelda videos pls dont stop making them!

[@JessieEchidna]

Mmmm, I feel like the being-chased-down-a-tunnel sequence would be a neat transition phase between having to fend off lesser spiders and attack it while it's behind rubble, only to make it burst through and chase you to the next setpiece with a different layout. That's why the tunnel might appear to be curved, it's going around in circles setting up new temporary miniature boss arenas ahead of you while you're halfway around the other side of the circle and can't see, moving between every attacking phase until the boss is dead. You can't attack it while you're running because it's too fast, maybe when you reach the rubble it hides its eye behind the rocks, throws some small spiders at you, and only pops out for just a moment after you defeat them, then it moves to hide behind another rock and repeats for a few hits?

[@username3624]

The armoghoma scene at 8:42 reminds me of that on-train boss fight fron LOZ spirit tracks.

[@WarmLillie]

So much potential that could have been in the game. Who knows if we can see these foes future?

[@Graphomite]

That concept art *would* have made for a cool Goma enemy in TP, but imagine how much better it would be if we get a similar scenario in BotW2? No locking gates, no pompous circumstance of knowing a boss battle is about to happen. Just the player traversing through a dim, creepy, web infested underground area full of little spiders before coming across a particularly dark dead end. You approach, and a yellow eye opens up before a giant Goma starts skittering after you.

[@anuafcuriousvillager1123]

Weren't there invisible Redeads and Stalfos in the Master Quest version of Ocarina of Time? Then again, its been years since I last played the game so memory might be foggy...

[@doombringer007]

I think you're right.

[@patrick8358]

At least on the GameCube version that came with Wind Waker, absolutely there were.

[@TofuToons]

The idea did sound familiar when he talked about it. There is an invisible Stalfos in the Shadow Temple but I don't remember an invisible Redead... I did play the 3DS version of Master Quest. Maybe it was a GCN exclusive?

[@anuafcuriousvillager1123]

@@TofuToons I think I found a group of invisible Redeads in one of the underground caves at some point but I can't recall where, maybe I just imagined it or something...

[@akhimory7441]

@@anuafcuriousvillager1123 yes there is 5 of them in the well

[@tbrusky61]

I really enjoy these "unused materials" videos!

[@kakarikokage2514]

Those Twilight Princess Moblins would be pretty cool to see in a future game. I'd also like to see that Gohma tunnel run too.

[@garb8933]

the armoghoma trailer version reminds me of those bosses in spirit tracks where you get chased by the giant bug thing

[@droneiman5160]

When you brought up the armos titan, I thought for sure you were also gonna bring up the goron titan. Gorons assemble.

[@jeppepeters4663]

I would love to se Ganondorf assemble his all-star team for Botw2 with the bosses from previous iterations of zelda games. And then make his own guardians similar to those in the concept art. Since they stated Botw2 was gonna be dark.

[@francescolombardi3438]

I want that multi faced skull enemy from Botw's concept art

[@lukewilsontv]

Invisible Stalfoes appear in the shadow temple on that giant moving platform, right?

[@fickminne]

Yes they do..

[@paragonyoshi4237]

If you mean the ship that ferrys you over to the final part of the dungeon, no. Those are visible.

[@lukewilsontv]

Paragon Yoshi nah I meant the room with all the guillotines and the giant moving blocks

[@paragonyoshi4237]

@@lukewilsontv Nope, that Stalfos was visible as well. It was some of the platforms in that room, that were invisible.

[@PrinceZaos]

Would've been nice had they placed a Hinox in front of a bridge for an Easter Egg as well as a good challenge to be able to cross a bridge. Even if it revives after a blood moon it can't hurt to have a little more challenge lol.

[@alexanderpacilio1150]

Can you look into the opening title cut scenes in the N64 Ocarina of Time? For example. When the start up screen shows a video of Hyrule, you let it keep playing until a cutscene comes up and there is one with the two witches with Link and a woman.

[@grandadmiralthrawn92]

I think that fight in the tunnel with the giant spider boss is what inspired fights with similar enemies in Spirit Tracks

[@randomcitizen1257]

Awesome, could not clicked faster

[@big.bald.boss.man.gaming]

I love how descriptive zeltik is It makes me feel so comfortable

[@kryttercakes]

That was the smoothest segway into a sponsored ad! I thought you were just continuing the topic. Hahaha I'm impressed

[@Lucas-db2jq]

This was really cool. I'd love if you talked about the unused NPCs one day. Like the bulky and muscular Potion brothers intended for Skyward Sword who'd bathe in their own concoctions.

[@rainydaygirlz]

The big shackled enemy reminds me of Fyrus, and we know a lot of cut Wind Waker elements were reworked into TP.

[@Mmmeeee4]

Not noticing the shadow of a Wallmaster above you before he grabs you in OOT, was quite terrifying as well.

[@Ahalaya]

I think that ArmoGhoma concept is actually another example of something scrapped adapted into a part of Spirit Tracks. On your way to meet with the Locomo of the Snow Realm, you have to go through a tunnel, forced to look behind you, where you are chased by a spider-like creature with a single eye. Its another example of the original idea being drastically shrunken down, but that allows the final product to kind of combine the vhase concept with the final produvt walking on walls and ceilings. The main difference is the Spirit Tracks version not being a boss, really, but just an obstacle in your way fairly early on.

[@tylerstevens8501]

I just realized that concept art for Armogohma also looks like the spider fight in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon although the fight does play out differently.

[@omegamon0239]

In Spirit Tracks we did see a Armagoma chase multiple times in various tunnels through out the story and even sidequests

[@jdz3394]

I haven't played Zelda in awhile and whenever I watch one of your vids i question why not

[@fickminne]

Just DO IT!

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

The 4 Zelda behind-the-scenes books are easily my favorite gaming-related books. Absolutely fascinating to see the imagination and creativity that goes into these games, so much so that most ideas can't make it in!

[@malarkey4509]

I honestly wish that nintendo made it too where you first encounter ghoma in the temple (phase one) then after a while you get chased into a tunnel leading out of the temple and underground the lost woods (phase 2) then finally fighting ghoma in his/her nest where you see ancient artifacts from the temple and the forest covered in thick web

[@valordelink]

that has to be one of the best product placement you or anybody have done, really smooth

[@doombringer007]

The Armos titan looks like it would be an enemy version of the goron wrestling segment, but place the gem on its back and can deflect the side rolling like Darknuts and make it immune to the helm splitter, and that would be one hell of an opponent.

[@threecheeseburrito]

I was much braver as a little girl than I am now, though in some instances, I was more afraid back then than I am now. I was like, 8 when the game came out, and I stopped at Arbiter's Grounds because I was terrified of Death Sword. He looks really scary, but his battle was actually really easy when I swallowed my pride and just attempted it.

[@Tht1BuffNerd]

The one thing I have on my wishlist for the next Zelda game is for it to be just like breath of the wild with the open world and sandbox concepts but with actual dungeons or temples

[@GameMasterKyro]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Rocktites from Spirit Tracks. Though it may be unused for the Armogohma battle in Twilight Princess, that scenario was later adapted into a few overworld miniboss fights, for an enemy with an eye on the front of its head much like that same concept for the Armogohma (well, in its mouth) in Spirit Tracks a few years later.

[@The-Vitruvian-Man]

Your Zelda-related research, knowledge, analysis, and discussion is unparalleled.

[@Kougeru]

Except for all the sources he got the info from?

[@Kougeru]

I'd love to see a lot of these in future games

[@cambrianratcatcher]

The ArmaGohma chase reminds me of the original idea for the Gonarch in Half-Life- brief glimpses of it inside the Black Mesa facility, ending in a chase/boss fight.

[@KoopaKoot]

The Rocktite from Spirit Tracks always reminded me of the giant spider chasing Link in the 2nd Twilight Princess trailer

[@scrapyarddragon]

Regarding the cannon troopers going unused it was probably just a case where they couldn't find a good way to fit them into the level design. Since they're soldiers they really only 'fit' in hyrule castle but that just became an enemy guantlet rather than being a movement or puzzle challenge.

[@majailindstrom]

I really love the guardian concepts from botw, think I’d want them in a game more similar to Majoras mask though I can’t see them in botw aesthetic.

[@landonhagan450]

That ad break hit me like a freight-train.

[@Graphomite]

The only thing scarier than seeing a Redead coming toward you is not seeing a Redead coming toward you.

[@brandoncolis3841]

I have not ever noticed the invisible Redead and Stalfos, great find!

[@gentrydean3789]

My favorite things on this list are the Armos Titan, which looks totally finished but never appeared, and the TP Moblin, which may have gone through some changes before being finished. Both would have been very cool tall & interesting enemies to fight against.

[@kodered59]

3:50 Maybe an early version of the gibdo seen in twilight princess later on? Seeing as it's similar to a redead, and it wields weapons.

[@AM-qk7ox]

The only channel where I like the video before watching it because I'm 100% sure it will be good 😄

[@BorksmithandTheBeef]

Oh good, just what I needed to imagine. Being chased by a spider the size of a large truck.

[@gavinerickson9392]

It's pretty clear that some of these cut enemies inspired enemies in later games, like that giant in Wind Waker shares elements with Fyrus from Twilight Princess and the armagohma chase being similar to that thing from Spirit Tracks.

[@diy_cat9817]

That ad read segue was so damn smooth...

[@nintendoborn]

Loved the music here

[@lukaerd6258]

The Armos Titan's fighting stance reminds me of the hand-to-hand fighting style of the Wind Waker Darknuts.

[@Moechew]

I feel like the Armogohma boss would somewhat fit in the first dungeon. I think of when you first enter the first enemy you kill is the spiders on the vines and when you go through that door you encounter a skulltula with pots hanging from the ceiling, alongside more of those and even a room full of them. And some areas in the dungeon are caves or like caves which would be similar to the footage of where link is running from Armogohma in a cave and in the art where like he said "...objects hanging in webs and tree roots."