Unused Content / Ideas in Zelda Games #2

[@GoldLight73]

Great Fairy: “Oh, you thought I was just going to use magic to make you stronger? How cute. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME 50!”

[@TheDogInTheRain]

LMFAO 😂

[@Buphido]

"…what?" "I SAID 50 PUSHUPS, ARE YOU DEAF OR JUST STUPID?" "U-uhm, yes, of course-…" "That‘s "ma'am" to you, boy!" "Y-yes, ma‘am-…" "What‘s that? I CAN‘T HEAR YOU!" "MA‘AM YES MA‘AM!" "Good! And after this prepare your hover boots cuz' we‘ll be running till you drop!"

[@Samrules888]

link: I NEED AN ADULT

[@xspider6671]

@@Samrules888 Great Fairy: I AM AN ADULT!

[@Samrules888]

@@xspider6671 not in wind waker

[@TimeAxis]

Zelda's flute and backflip animations in MM are probably Skull Kid transforming into her. Skull kids play a flute in OOT, and do a backflip when you get too close. It wouldn't surprise me if at some point, there was a bit in the game where Skull Kid turned into Zelda to taunt Link.

[@judaiyuki5597]

i would believe that

[@jeremiah6945]

It's definitely plausible

[@ethangausman6620]

Or maybe Skullkid could of did that in a vision to ask Link to free him from Majora

[@mokarokas-2138]

You nailed it, that's EXACTLY what I was thinking too!

[@firestarter6488]

That would've been incredibly dark... Awesome!

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I still remember the disappointment of not being able to explore more of the under sea Hyrule in WW.

[@mah1na]

i mastered all sorts of glitches to get out of bounds but even then it wasn't all solid so a lot of it ended up in me clipping through

[@mrswork9106]

I feel like that should’ve been in place when you hunt for the tri force pieces, like instead of just getting the pieces after tingle, you instead warp to mini dungeons in the underwater hyrule, as callbacks to previous Zelda games.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

​@@mrswork9106 that would have been so co8

[@elgus3802]

Undersea Hyrule in World War?

[@the6ig6adwolf]

@@elgus3802 yup

[@spyrofrost9158]

Majora's Mask was really missing out on that Link training montage.

[@lambmaster27]

Right? Would've definitely fit the spirit of the game imo

[@NoMercyFederation1]

😭

[@marcusrauch4223]

* eye of the tiger plays in the background *

[@jstar3382]

The idea that Link didn't get the abilities from magic, but was rather just taught them in MM really would've been sick

[@LoadingError0]

makes more sense for the hero's shade as well, specifically the Great Spin Attack

[@devonm042690]

@@LoadingError0 Shade: The last hidden skill is...the Great Spin! Let it be hewn into your mind! Link: Where'd you pick this one up? Shade: A giant floating woman in a vine bikini hanging out in a cave above a poisoned swamp in an alternate dimension taught it to me.

[@lucielm]

@@devonm042690 Link: ... What? Shade: Yea, that's not the weirdest one though. Link: ... What?!

[@marctaco2624]

@@devonm042690 TP Link: (turning towards the extrademensional imp with a magic hat living in his shadow who can turn him into a dog using a spikey rock) "now that is just silly"

[@hermanleong1725]

Great Fairy: 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 spin attacks, 10 km run.

[@TheHonestL1ar]

EVERY DAY

[@freetoplayking7362]

and plenty of juice

[@GabePuratekuta]

And stop slacking off, Reimu!

[@marcopohl4875]

One Slash Link

[@loudenschucker1042]

10 km is like 6.2 miles lol. Not that bad

[@Vibing_Fox]

Unused content in games is really cool especially in zelda games

[@TheMagicalBIob]

It pains me to think of what we *could have* had if only that cartridge with the 1997 build of OoT didn't have a large portion of the data overwritten by another game But at the same time it would be infinitely worse if the whole thing had been overwritten or corrupted, so I'm thankful for all the assets we at least did get to see

[@user-gs4zo5cz4s]

Especially so many ideas pass through Nintendo

[@rosjivenus1355]

@@TheMagicalBIob I was about to say the same thing🤣it makes me sad becouse it would have had a lot more (I'm not saying oot was bad,but still,some ideas are amazing) It leaves this mysterious aura around the whole n64 era,I like the mystery,but sometimes I would like know and see more,you know what I mean?

[@randomlyKami]

Indeed

[@MLG_Kitten]

It really gets you thinking about the story that could have been behind the cut content

[@c0smosage804]

There’ a lot of stuff I would’ve liked to see in BotW that was shown in Creating a Champion, for example… some of the Divine Beast designs, like the Stingray

[@ShadowEclipse777]

Hey always BotW 2

[@quonit37]

I like the catfish designs for the zora. In the game, they've always felt a little off and awkward to me, and the armor's head looked really silly. BUT THE CATFISH STUFF LOOKED REALLY COOL

[@rdchris6556]

The shadow medallion turning you invisible makes sense with the next dungeon having a stealth portion (Gerudo's fortress)

[@HighPriestFuneral]

The concept was even reused in MM so it was likely a very late removal.

[@aeroblu2002]

I wish more games were open to giving creative possibilities with dark powers, rather than just restricting them to the villains. Darkness is awesome as heck, yet the heroes in most stories rarely use it.

[@GarryDumblowski]

@@aeroblu2002 One thing I remember loving is when I played Hollow Knight and learned the protagonist is a shadow elemental and the main villain is a light elemental. You'd expect it to be the other way around but nope!

[@aeroblu2002]

@@GarryDumblowski my girlfriend actually got me into that game, I absolutely LOVE how they subvert those tropes!

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

​@@aeroblu2002Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Might and Magic 6 - 9, Heroes of Might and Magic 1 - 5, Half Life 1 - 2, Baldur's Gate series (including Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights), Dungeon Master II Legend of Skulkeep, the list goes on..

[@fernbedek6302]

Back flips and skull kid flutes make me wonder if there was suppose to be something where the skull kid impersonated Zelda.

[@mokarokas-2138]

I was thinking the same thing, certainly fits the character. =)

[@FurryMcMemes]

It really is a bummer knowing there's so much to Wind Waker that was just cut out. I would love to see the full game realized.

[@manuelarocho8131]

Facts...Wind Waker to my knowledge seemed to have the most cut from any zelda. Be nice to have some it realized.

[@FurryMcMemes]

@@manuelarocho8131 it sounds like it could have been as big as Twilight Princess was, which really is a shame because Wind Waker may have sold better had they not rush it out like they did.

[@randomtheorist251]

"The Spirit Medallion would let you transform into Navi." Chilling.

[@Backwardskey]

I'm thinking the Zelda animations in MM might've been the Skull Kid fucking with you by using the mask to shapeshift into her form. The backflip being totally out-of-character and the flute playing give me the indication there might've been some messed up scene where the Skull Kid says something along the line of 'Tee-hee-hee. You know what happens if you fail, don't you? Not only do all these stupid townsfolk get crushed...' *Turns into Zelda* 'But I do, too! Don't you want to save me, Link? Don't you? You're a hero, aren't you? Tee-hee-hee!' Edit: It's implied with the inclusion of Saria's Song at the end that the Skull Kid is also from Hyrule, one from the lost woods, so he would most likely know who Zelda is.

[@DukeDarkshadow]

Great theory. I dig it.

[@nintendofanatic2837]

Or Zelda could have been a mask that you transform to

[@MemesToa]

Personally, I always believed the Skull Kid in MM is the same one you sell the Skull Mask to in OoT, hence why he mentions your scent being familiar during the Dawn of a New Day.

[@mah1na]

.........my brain didn't process "with" in that first sentence, i was so concerned

[@777Contradi]

@@mah1na ME TOO LMAO

[@CometX-ing]

I wish Nintendo took the time to add onto Wind Waker HD.

[@marctaco2624]

Wind Waker HD DE SE, only 1997 Rupees [Amibo Sold Seperately]

[@MaxonerousX]

​@@marctaco26241997 rupees is only $24 USD, I'd definitely buy it for that price

[@boywonder1390]

I wonder how fans would react if Nintendo eventually released some of these games expanded and with the cut content. It would be cool to see and play (especially with OoT and WW).

[@JD-128]

I don't know how other fans would react, but I'd probably scream and fork over my entire wallet.

[@darkcloak100]

You know something I wish Zelda games had or had more of? Cryptids, very rare and mysterious creatures that roam hyrule.

[@jstar3382]

Giant enemies work I guess.

[@corrinflakes9659]

@@jstar3382 I think they would more like something in a similar vain to The Lord of the Mountain.

[@GabePuratekuta]

There's supposed to be fake creatures in Zelda, though.

[@redpikdman]

@@GabePuratekuta are cryptids real…?

[@Galeforce017]

@@redpikdman Is Ice-E a real cryptid

[@OniLink147]

The sunken Hyrule section of Wind Waker is something I always dreamed of being longer. Honestly if it was WW would likely be my favorite Zelda game.

[@Deaganus]

It was originally the 2nd half of the game, they wanted the totality of Hyrule from what I've heard.

[@renegade7357]

Let's Hope It Gets A Remaster On What Ever Future Console Nintendo Comes Up With A Few Years From Now. And The Extra Dungeons That Were Cut, Be Put Back In, Not To Mention A Few Game Play Improvements.⚔

[@HairyHorux]

The oot spells are interesting. I can see how some of them would be used (the spirit temple, where you have to get through small spaces by going through it as a child, for example, being replaced with the turning into navi spell)

[@homesteadhero]

The information about the 1997 OoT beta build is FASCINATING! Now I've got to look up everything I can about it, because the spells and arrows are such neat tidbits I'd never heard of before. Thanks, as always, for reporting on such intriguing content!

[@PotatoVoid255]

Shame because I played Wind Waker HD a lot but it felt short. It would cool to see more dungeons in the game

[@lolschrauber]

They made the triforce hunt less tedious in HD which shaved a bit of time off as well

[@BottledPoe]

Pretty sure they didnt re add them because the ideas for the dungeons were used in twilight princess instead

[@ogeidnomar4601]

It's not like they couldn't have created a few new dungeons for WW HD.

[@thewillshaper2136]

My thoughts on the unused zelda models in MM is that she was an unused transform mask. Gives you the chills doesn't it....

[@dergauner9032]

Hmmm no, it doesn't

[@imcookedgoose]

That’s what I was thinking. Explains why they cut it

[@marhawkman303]

@@imcookedgoose one other commenter suggested that the mask to transform into Zelda might have been used by a Skull Kid.

[@darknesswave100]

Shadow arrows would be cool in breath of the wild 2 and they could somehow give a blindness effect to enemies. Seeing unused stuff really makes you wonder how much stuff they really come up with during development

[@DJ-0]

There already is several items that make enemies not attack you

[@missingtexturez]

we got muddle buds to turn enemies against their allies and puffshrooms to cover areas,and we can fuse them to arrows

[@stevenxenoknight3845]

Zeltik, you did it again. Completely blown my mind. I had no idea any of these were even a thing. Excellent work!

[@aeroblu2002]

I wish magic in general was explored more in the Zelda franchise, and the ideas they had for the medallions were awesome, being able to actually use them like you really have awakened the power of a sage, as well as the colors used being really fitting.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

I'm in love with all of the maps of Hyrule. Like you I'm also really glad that OoT didn't have a hubworld. The giant 3d world map set the tone for future maps of the land.

[@ShadowSora8491]

I would've liked to see the cut content that never made it into Wind Waker, since Sunken Hyrule was probably my favourite part of the game. It would've been cool if there was another way out of Hyrule castle that lead to Earth and Wind Temples, rather than those temples only being accessible from The Great Sea, even if you still had to do things on The Great Sea to open up the entrances to those temples; and it would've been cool to see Link have to trek through Gerudo Desert to reach Ganon's Tower, after going through a cave leading into the desert.

[@HangOnThereSlick]

Knowing about that medalion that was suppose to let us turn into Navi, I got to thinking maybe it was a way to reach places to get unreachable items (e.g. the impossible heart piece in Gerudo Fortress as child Link)

[@jakemauger8377]

They referenced Z2 with the damage recoil animation, not suprising they wanted to bring back some of that games spells as well, fairy and thunder. Neat stuff. Would be cool to see them realized in a romhack.

[@lxxdccvii4805]

Child link is a beast doing push-ups with a massive metal shield on his back that probably weighs as much as him easily.

[@CheekieCharlie]

I always get so excited to watch your videos! And Ocarina of a time is what got me through being bullied in elementary school, so it's got a really special place in my heart. Hearing about secrets of it just brings me back to the feeling of wonderment that I had back then

[@Fatherkai]

Absolutely love your content and finally got to play breath of the wild. Your lore vids have made the world feel much more deep and meaningful for me. Keep up the good work.

[@ShiivaWilding]

I would love the Wind Waker to be completed one day, with the dungeons they cut finished and added into some definitive version.

[@sectorzisnumbuhone]

Me too, and this is coming from someone who LOVES the game.

[@Perolith]

Can't see it ever happening sadly. IIRC, they said they used the cut dungeons in later zelda games.

[@2222campbell]

According to aonuma, the missing dungeons’ ideas have been incorporated and spread out through other Zelda games. So if we ever do see the scrapped dungeons, they would be similar to the ones we’ve seen in the later games

[@ShiivaWilding]

@@2222campbell I'd be interested to know which ones. Imagine Arbiter's Grounds in the cel-shaded art style of WW, it would be brilliant!

[@NukeA6]

I really like the idea of Link to the Past having a future world with even Zelda wearing futuristic clothes. I hope that's used some day or even a game entirely based on a future timeline.

[@DJ-0]

Nah the idea of link with a laser sword is stupid they would never do that

[@NukeA6]

@@DJ-0 Where did I say Link would have a laser sword? He's obviously going to use the Master Sword.

[@nyperold7530]

Oh, interesting! So they were planning on taking the "turns you into a Fairy" idea from Zelda II into the third dimension, eh? I'm kind of imagining how this might have been used. In Zelda II, you could fly, making certain paths passable that wouldn't have been because of a sudden steep rise; here, I can see that being used, as well as perhaps using it to slow your descent so you don't take fall damage. In Zelda II, you could go through locked doors without using a key; certain 3D Zeldas wouldn't be able to use that, exactly, as the locking mechanisms aren't accessed through holes in the door, but through external hardware, so perhaps a Fairified Link could pick locks, or certain rooms could be connected through small holes in the wall. And there might be other applications.

[@fionaking463]

Imagine each lock is a mini-puzzle, and Fairy Link has to solve it to open the doors

[@marctaco2624]

Cool as that would be, that would be a nightmare to design in a 3D space. I can see why they scrapped it.

[@JKDrixter]

They used this idea in skyward sword with the beetle drone thing you fly around. Also the seagull in wind waker. I feel like that's what it would of been like

[@marhawkman303]

@@JKDrixter I personally suspect it was dropped because they were rushed. We know some of the Zelda game have things that got dropped because the devs ran out of time. Maybe they decided they just didn't have time to find places to make it useful? ultimately they my have decided they had enough things to work on to make a good game without those additional powers. I mean... HALF the medallion powers got cut.... HALF.

[@marctaco2624]

@@JKDrixter for both of those, it was more like a special boomerang. you dont become the item, you just send it in a direction to hit an othewise unreachable switch and it comes back with whatever you picked up. If Link could actually fly, then every dungeon and puzzle in the game would have to be specially designed to stop him from just flying over them.

[@soreneriksson3210]

I always wanted to explore Wind wakers Hyrule. It looks so pretty!

[@medmusician4841]

I love those medallion spells cut from OOT,but for the Spirit Medallion, why not something similar to the Command Melody from Wind Waker. Also, I was equally disappointed that old Hyrule was not available to explore in Wind Waker. I really wanted a more fleshed-out old Hyrule to explore.

[@theunholysacrament]

Your vids are always the best, dude. Looking forward to coming videos!

[@gmaster2647]

Wind Waker's cut content is the one that hits me hardest, especially Hyrule below being seemingly drastically cut down. Undersea Hyrule always intrigued me incredibly.

[@TrueTrickster2016]

I always wondered what Ocarina of Time's story was going to be like if Link started in Ganondorf's Castle. Like how did he get in there? Where would you get the Master Sword?

[@GabePuratekuta]

That's easy. There's an umbrella stand by the door.

[@freetoplayking7362]

link: what did I do last night?

[@Notorious_Notepad]

There are many stuff I would appreciate to see in the future zelda games! Dungeon, items and even scrapped characters!

[@DarkIceKrabby]

My favorite piece of unused content are the models of Ganondorf, Sheik, and Impa in Majora's Mask 3D named fishing_man, fishing_man2, and fishing_woman respectively. So many other characters got Termina counterparts, and I think it would be hilarious if Ganondorf's was just a fisherman.

[@crocworks]

Link turning into Navi looks like it took inspiration from Zelda 2's fairy spell. And considering the sage names in OoT match with a bunch of Zelda 2's town names, it seems they really borrowed a lot of inspiration from there.

[@caramelapple1809]

Tbh zelda creators are some of the best developers just by the sheer imagination

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

I could see the multiple arrows being cut for being somewhat useless for late in the game kind of like how they made the ice arrows an optional weapon that is found in gerudo training grounds. I feel that is proof that they eventually felt that they were an unnecessary upgrade when most items spawned by them are not too rare to find in the game and most people would stick with fire and light as being the most effective arrows to use.

[@jeremiah6945]

Awesome video. It's always great to see you giving the Wind Waker the spotlight it deserves 👍

[@jamesbaker6006]

I would love to see more of these, very good series, and great delivery.

[@Levi_The_One_The_Only]

Bro the Great Fairy training Link looks so much cooler than just the normal magic upgrade

[@welfareprincess]

The excitement I had when I first played Wind Waker and descended into Hyrule.. I was so disappointed when I found out you couldn't explore any of it really :(

[@cherryspritess]

Unused items are always the coolest; I don’t understand why they don’t use them!!

[@mariustan9275]

Time constraints probably

[@Cyclamenz]

It could also be implementation. Why would we have one extra item, when the items we have solve any issues?

[@cherryspritess]

@@Cyclamenz you’re absolutely right! They probably could come up with a better item that could be used for more than one purpose!

[@cherryspritess]

@@mariustan9275 more than likely!

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Feature bloat and time constraints, for the most part. As neat as the six spells would have been, they were clearly struggling against time at the end. It's why about... 5 enemies in the game react to Ice Arrows, now quadruple that for special reactions to Wind/Shadow/Spirit Arrows. Turning into Navi could have been entirely broken, we have nothing but a text description on how that would have worked. The Shadow Medallion is actually the function of the Stone Mask, so I guess that was probably done but lacked real use in the final game. Light Medallion was some kind of attack, as was the Ice Medallion. I could understand why some of this stuff had to be streamlined in order to make a more cohesive whole.

[@SlideMusic11]

I'm a full time lurker and rarely comment but I have to say I absolutely love your content Zeltik. Especially OOT/MM stuff. Puts me on a massive nostalgia trip to simpler times. Thank you.

[@mr.mikaeel6264]

Shadow medalion def cool concept. Sort of a rogue link that could keep in stealth while using up magic. Link maybe could use some form of backstab to enemies that would do instant 2x or 3x wep dmg.

[@MLG_Kitten]

I personally want more castle exploration capabilities. I wish they'd do a remastered series where they add said features giving you a chance to more of the game but also a mode made for the retail version

[@tylerallenwade]

Genuinely love your videos I watch them every night and went back 3 years glad to see an upload tonight!

[@King_DarkSide]

I'm ready to explore the darkest corners of the multiverse. I need to find the Nintendo that developed its Zelda games with every concept they intended to use. Because I need to have those arrows. But I also need to find the multiverse that has the N64 controller I am used to, so I can play this game to the fullest with little learning curve.

[@Eiji475]

Someone needs to mod OOT and Windwaker to make them have the cut content

[@jessedeleon4123]

Or completely redo them and make OOT have a part 1 and a part 2 with everything.

[@Knightmessenger]

There was a teaser trailer from a guy named Zel usin bets oot maps.

[@Gordan1Freeman3]

With how the description of the Light Medallion read, I think it probably would have worked more like the Lens of Truth rather than an attack, since in OOT, the Shadow Temple, which is "bathed in darkness" pretty much, sees the most use out of the LoT, and the Light Medallion spell would have "The magic of Light that captures Darkness". It even says it illuminates everything with C

[@boa_firebrand]

maybe it would've had the effect sun's song does on redeads but on more of the enemies?

[@Gordan1Freeman3]

@@boa_firebrand That is a possibility, but even so, the lens of truth makes a bit more sense considering the only dungeons its used multiple times in is the well and the shadow temple

[@cube4547]

Controlling Navi in ocarina of time sounds cool, I think it definitely evolved into the beetle drone thing in skyward sword. Idk about you but I really enjoyed dungeons that used that. Maybe there were going to be completely dark areas (probably trough an opening and not a door) and when you entered them the screen would go dark except for the enemies, if you tried to go further you would've been grabbed by those hand enemies and appeared at the entrance OR maybe the rooms were going to have some sort of pit (bottomless, with lava or whatever else) and a pathway that would've been nearly impossible to cross without seeing the layout. You would've used the light medallion in those situations.

[@anarchist_loli9624]

Zeltik has got to be my most favourite Zelda youtube!

[@Matt620]

Shadow Medallion's spell would've been awesome, maybe you could've gotten some stealth hits for critical damage or something. Not sure how Spirit Medallion would've worked, though, turning into Navi. Sounds more like puzzle solutions.

[@TayRayReads]

As someone who hates stealth missions, I kind of wish that the Shadow Medallion would have kept its original intended use. Would have made my first time going through the Gerudo Fortress less stressful.

[@marctaco2624]

Im suprised that we never got an invisibility spell in any 3D Zelda games, especially considering how often we get stealth segments.

[@hugosilva9502]

Stone Mask?

[@marctaco2624]

@@hugosilva9502 I forgot about that.

[@hugosilva9502]

@@marctaco2624 No problem, and besides that, i don't remember anymore of those types of items in other Zelda's, so yeah, i would aprpove more stealth items

[@legatomodi3522]

Should have had the bow junctioned to L, and holding L and a rune with C could have worked to combine them with arrows, so that you could use it as a item with C to do a special or area of effect type of thing when not using your bow but still use that medallion with the bow right after on the fly. I see that as workable and not overly complicated. As it is though, that ship has long sailed and we're in a much different time for zelda where we can change our bows and weapons with the D pad, and runes are fundamentally ingrained in all aspects of what's happening and are foundational to undertaking anything freely in the game. I often wonder if going back to an inventory is worth it anymore, and the absence of some of the coolest gadgets like the Hookshot or the gust jar or things like that have any place in zelda anymore is kinda still makes it seem they're losing something in the new way. But, I'm glad they are trying new stuff. I hope they don't stop cause a full overhaul was, even to the most fan boy of zelda fans, quite neccesary

[@Jaq2Jack]

Man, I hope Nintendo pays attention to the things yours and other channels suggest because you’re spot on.

[@SueZQue83]

I will never tire of I unused things from my favourite games

[@Galeforce017]

Give me the Stingray Divine Beast. Give me the Stingray Divine Beast. Give me the Stingray Divine Beast. Seriously though, even if it was optional compared to the main plot, it'd be rad as heck to have it mysteriously causing problems near Lurelin Village.

[@ShadowSkyX]

It'd be funny if that dragon "statue" south of the dueling peaks came to life. It's big enough and has the same architecture design to be a divine beast. There's a npc that also mentions a dragon split the peak in half and the hole in hebra peak's side was also made by an irrant divine beast (creating a champion might've insisted it was one of the four we know, I can't remember). I actually ran straight from hebra peak and to the other side of the map to see the potential position of where a divine beast would've fired from...and ended up near dueling peaks; though it's still possible it shot from the top of mt lanayru. It just seems very convinient that a dragon "statue" is mostly buried within the same peak a dragon was said to of split in half, and possibly fired from. I hope they don't forget that it exists and make use with it during the story. It definately seems older than the other divine beasts.

[@Lightning-2153]

When they scrapped the "Ganon's Castle hub world," that reminded me of Shadow of the Colossus's development, but in reverse. Shadow of the Colossus was originally going to have way more boss fights than in the final game, so it's cool how Ocarina ended up being bigger than it was originally planned.

[@noahsmith5719]

More of this stuff! Love to know what could have been and what might show up in the future!

[@catriamflockentanz]

I didn't even know of the supposed "Desert" that Ganon's Tower in WW is supposed to be in. Albeit it makes a lot of sense in hindsight.

[@toonman5099]

I think it would be kind of cool to see these ideas come back in some way in the future, in particular the last three ideas: The whole "Ganon's castle being the whole game" thing could work for a spin-off; would like to see the return of multiple magic & arrow types outside of Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Light; the cute animations of Link training in various ways to upgrade his stats.

[@shadowmaster252]

It would be cool if Nintendo would add this stuff back for OOT as dlc. I would buy it.

[@reek8420]

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[@TchaikovskyListener]

The dungeons concept with correlating powers sounds amazing!

[@ScootZMedia]

bro i havent played majoras mask and windwaker all the way through in 20 years you getting me pumped and ready to play them again lol

[@thomashernandez6536]

Zeltik, one of two or three content creators i enjoy listening to talk about the legend of Zelda. Idk why most people irritate me when they talk about these games. Lol

[@tidalboxer]

Sunken Hyrule is one of my favorite areas in all the series too just for the vibes it gives. The whole area is like a haunted castle. Even the music is muted and “dead.” It would’ve been great to have gotten more content in this cartoon fantasy Hyrule.

[@VadeInSpiritu]

Unused content from the first Monster Hunter game is pretty crazy. It’s always cool to see how developers were thinking when designing a game

[@Morgil27]

Nice timing on this video, as I'm currently replaying OoT on the Switch. I just got to the entrance of the shadow temple today, and was thinking to myself about that fire medallion symbol on the floor.

[@DanielMazahreh]

Even way before I was aware of this unused content, I invented something very similar, but called it dark arrows. It’s basically like Prime 2 Echoes. Dark arrows are effective against light creatures. My Zelda idea also brought back the concept of a dark world and the return of time and masks in Majora’s Mask. It’s very ambitious. Based on the 3rd adventure of the Hero of Time.

[@RekkaKien3]

god, i never get tired of OOT or BOTW lore & cut content.

[@GamingDrummer89]

Here's what I think they should do for the Zelda series over the next 5-10 years: instead of just designing new games every few years, they should remaster games like OOT and WW and include all this cut content. Remastered remakes are always awesome, but including a bunch of cut content along with that would breathe so much new life into these great games AND give the developers extra time to come up with ideas for totally new games in the future. It's a total win-win and I wish there was some kind of petition we could all sign that would act as the catalyst for this type of thing to happen.

[@GameOverJesse]

Love these videos

[@gagamer7251]

i would love to see a more item and magic focused game in the series, similar to LTTP with it's arsenal of items. The magical arrows and various spells make it seem more like a DnD adventure than a normal Zelda game. I also think that having such a large variety of spells could make for some interesting combos!

[@marhawkman303]

heh, go full Metroidvania? :D it could work. :D

[@gagamer7251]

@@marhawkman303 maybe not a full metroidvania, more along the lines of BOTW's open world with the exploration and wide open areas for shenanigans, but with more dungeons and caves like LTTP for more combat focused areas. And do away with shrines, there are far too many, and 80% of them you go to once, and never again.

[@nackle_k]

Hey Zeltik great video… but the video description is the description for the ganon video you released a few weeks ago lol

[@albertwayne2323]

I still think to this day that OoT is a masterpiece, but at the same time is only a fraction of the game they were planning. My favourite cut and scrapped content is OoT related, like the forest we saw in older screens with a Poe and Link with the bow, the Castle Town made with real polygons, the sword beam, the screens with a twilight in the desert, all the Link's combat animations that were cut etc. When you read about OoT ideas that were scrapped you realize there were so many of them that to this day they're still using them. For example Ice and Wind dungeons and sword combat when mounted in Zelda TP, the masks giving abilities (yes they were planning that for OoT) to Zelda MM, a sword strike that begins with Link pointing out the sword tip to the sky (Zelda SS); the ability to cut down trees and to catch and tame wild horses (Zelda BotW)... All these ideas were planned for Zelda OoT. Just imagine what game it was going to be. Probably hardware limitations, time constraints and the change from 64MB magnetic disk to 32MB cartridge made all this impossible.

[@Flaris]

I think the last one makes a fair point. Not every idea scrapped was better off in the game. Sometimes things get cut and the game is better for it. I can't even imagine that game without Hyrule Field and the huge open space. It just helped make it such a classic game.

[@BloodScorchedSun]

Damn we really dodged a bullet with that last one. Also, the fairies watching Link work out just furthers some other theories.

[@Kinosho_Kawakami]

you know not everything that was dropped in the final version is due to time constraint. sometimes things were just bad or didn't fit the story or character and the fairy cutscenes prove this. they were silly, out of character for both Link and Great Fairies since they use magic to grant power. physically training Link would've looked stupid (as it does in those cutscenes) and would've made no sense and i'm glad Nintendo thought so too.

[@Aladato]

The last time Link was a wizard was in AoL. We almost got it again in OoT it seems.

[@MarshallTheArtist]

He did magic in both games. He had three spells in OoT.

[@ggpt9641]

Wind Waker cuts are my favorites here.

[@PhantomBulletGames]

Forget the flute, now that back-flip and great fairy all up on ya!!!!

[@inphanta]

I would’ve loved to have seen that UFO in BoTW. I especially like how that game incorporated more technology into the Zelda world. The medallions concept would’ve bloated OOT so I understand why they were dropped. Similarly, I’m glad the whole game didn’t take place in Ganon’s castle, doing so would’ve given credence to the early skeptics of OOT who cynically dismissed the game as “Mario 64 with a sword”.

[@pnastysavage5510]

Those cynics were wrong then And they are definitly wrong now !!! Its as zelda as link to the past and links awakening !!!

[@RyuuKageDesu]

I have always wanted the ability to enhance my arrows with the other magics.

[@MarshallTheArtist]

Twilight Princess was good this way

[@RyuuKageDesu]

@@MarshallTheArtist There was a lot that Twilight Princess got right.

[@lindontaylor1525]

I'm not sure about unused content, but there are a lot of concept art that looks so fascinating. Some of fi's and midna's looks were pretty awesome. My favorite one is one u covered about how much more terrifying the BotW guardians could have been.

[@SaltiestDragoon]

On the shadow magic making you invisible part, I wonder if they decided about the Gerudo hideout sneaking segment before scrapping that. Because if they had made it before, the shadow medallion would have made sneaking around to rescue to the carpenters a lot easier.

[@trueblade444]

I agree that it's a good thing the Ganon's castle and painting idea wasn't used more in OoT, but I'd really love to see it explored in Zelda. Maybe a 2d one and with Yiga as the villain? He makes sense for the whole painting connection

[@TheHylianBatman]

I wonder if the cut yellow and black tunics from Ocarina of Time was Link under the effect of the light and shadow medallions, respectively. You'll notice that there's a fire arrow and a red, fire-resistant tunic. I wonder if Link, at one point, had six arrows and six tunics. EDIT: It's always amazing to see what gets cut from Zelda games. It's like "You could've made it even better!" just about every time.

[@Tustin2121]

There’s a Ocarina of Time mod now that transforms it into a (partially speculative, as accurate as possible) recreation of the Space World 97 demo, and has reimplemented some of those cut medallion and arrow ideas. ZFG, OoT speed runner, did a stream playing it that I watched here on KZbin, if anyone’s curious.

[@Silly_Goose_Chase]

A desert section before the boss fight in Wind Waker would have added so much to the game!

[@TheLibermania]

And then i wonder why they didn't fulfill the idea with Wind Waker HD.

[@Vitamin_R]

I didn't even know about the thumbnail, this one's really good