That last one really put a smile on my face, like Link has been doing all his adventures and stuff and still comes back to show zelda the neat stuff he's been encountering, since she can't really get out he brings to her things he think she'll find interesting. There's dialogue for it so I guess this is canon which is absolutely lovely.
I just kept wondering "How are you supposed to get the masks before you meet Zelda for the first time?" and then I realized that prior to Jabu Jabu, you can just go back there whenever and show off the masks.
I love these tiny character details. It's part of why Link's Awakening is my favourite (all the little extra characterisation you get for Marin), and honestly one of the main reasons I don't love Wind Waker (there's not a lot of these tiny minor character moments, at least comparatively).
There's something particularly eerie about Dark Link mimicking you in minor ways, like when you're low on health and exhausted it's as if he just mocks you
The Zelda mask reactions are adorable. It helps get across she is still very much a kid even with the visions of having to save Hyrule, if her letter to the Kakariko guard didn't get that across. It also shows her more innocent side before she had to grow into Shiek.
What's sad about this, though, is that once you get all three spiritual stones, you can never experience this dialogue unless you start a new file. Once Zelda and Impa flee from Hyrule Castle Town, you can never visit the garden area you first meet Zelda in. Three guards will block the path once you get inside the castle through the water spout. It's sad that you can't experience this dialogue after getting the Ocarina of Time, but it's true.
Im absolutely stunned, never would i have imagined that the sword could store attacks and properties, when you broke the hole in the ground with just the sword i got shocked! The hands trying to break the ice is also new to me, amazing video!
Power crouch stab works on all versions of OoT and Japanese Majora's Mask (Not 3D but all versions of those two, including Virtual Console). Fun fact, in Majora's Mask crouch stabs do 0 damage until you swing your sword first. In OoT I believe it is set to 1, or a Kokori Sword/Broken Giant's Knife slash.
Apparently in the German version of ocarina of time, If you speak to Zelda wearing the Keaton mask, Zelda will say “What are you? Oh! You’re one of those adorable pocket monsters!”
@@OreganoParsley oh thats "kilton" lol , keaton is basically a yellow fox with 3 tails , he does not appear in botw, but only majoras and ocarina i think
It took me until the 3DS release to realize I could go back to see Zelda between the first visit and her escape. Playing a game I loved as a child as an adult and discovering something new was honestly just so amazing. I love that the game had these little details that nobody talked about and they're all being discovered now.
How do you do it? I have tried... but never was able to. Also does not the fact there's less guards alude to that theory there's inside traitors? I always tough tge guard was weaker and Link cold enter the castle cuz Impa weakened it hoping said "light appeared"
@@everthon2457 I was able to enter the castle again after completing Dodongo's Cavern but before completing Jabu-Jabu's belly in order to show Zelda the masks. I haven't played in a while or run tests so I'm not sure if you can do it sooner. It's very possible the guard was reduced by Impa's Orders so Link could enter. It's also possible that the guard is just naturally that low because Hyrule is technically enjoying relative peace since, prior, there was a civil war which led to the unification of Hyrule. This is the civil war which led to Link being left with the Great Deku tree when his mom died in the forest. Perhaps the King himself relaxed the guard to prove to the citizens that Hyrule was at peace once more. This may also be why he agreed to meet with Ganondorf against his daughter's wishes. If I recall correctly, we do see the guard increase after Zelda and Impa flee, to the point where trying to enter the courtyard is impossible. I don't think it's ever definitively answered why the guards in the courtyard are so lax that an actual child is able to slip in though. It could be Impa, the King, or any number of reasons. All we know for sure is that security definitely tightens up once Ganondorf makes his evil intentions known. Alas, given the future of 7 years, the boost in security didn't do much and Ganondorf was still able to take over.
Yo Zelda reacting to link with different masks somehow makes her so warm no matter the appearance of link. I was expecting her to be creeped out when he was wearing some of the masks. But no, it’s so heartwarming
they honestly probably didn't want to program in different reactions and opted to just have different dialogue, but it certainly does give an impression of her being genuinely kind.
I love the thematic irony of the Deku Nuts harming Ganon at full power. Ganondorf tormented the Deku Tree so much until his death. I also appreciate how this opens the floor for Deez Nuts jokes at Ganon's expense.
Man, I really got a kick out of a bunch of those. Especially the quirky Dark Link mimicked movements, being able to break rocks with your sword, getting a huge orange rupee from defeating the Skull Kid (which otherwise don't even exist in the game, as far as I know), and *especially* freezing Bongo Bongo's hand and having the other one work to break it free. That one was especially awesome!
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure you get the big rupee from somewhere else in the game too. Edit: I was wrong, it was the gold rupee I was thinking of.
I always thought of Deku nuts as the equivalent of expeliarmus in Harry Potter - it’s the thing you get early on, and it turns out that it is unexpectedly useful against your mortal enemy.
7:41 Cross over bonus fact (didn’t notice until watching this video). The jewel that flips the Stone Tower Temple in MM is the same asset that Young Zelda wears in OOT
OoT came out less than a year before I was born, it was my first video game. I grew up with it, I used to lurk in the speedrunning community so it's very rare nowadays that I come across something I didn't know before Zelda's reactions to the masks is news to me! Great video 10/10
I wish I could travel in time and tell to my younger self that the sword can store attacks and properties. (23 years later and this game keeps amazing me. Incredible)
When Bongo Bongo's hand is frozen, his eye is half-open, which, with practice, can allow for a skilled player to quickly flex on that boss. It takes practice, as you don't really have enough time to swap to normal arrows and use the lens of truth, and the lens and ice arrows can't be used simultaneously. The lens won't activate for a few seconds after using the ice arrows. You only really have enough time to see it happen with the lens, so the skill comes in with knowing where the eye is and just firing another arrow at his invisible self while he's distracted.
@@adirblazkowics7717 yes I did after using ice arrows just use the hookshot while it's trying to break the ice so you don't have to equip regular arrows and use lense bongos eye is vulnerable during this so you don't need to switch I've beating bongo like this many times
Probably my favorite use of them is forcing the Forest Temple poe sisters to reappear when they periodically turn invisible/intangible. That way you don't have to just wait them out when they do that.
Whoa, Link can actually fight the Skull Kid AND kill him in Ocarina of Time? There goes Majora's Mask! I know there's more than one Skull Kid in the Lost Woods, but the one you sell the mask to is supposed to be the one from Majora's Mask due to him saying "you have the same smell as the fairy child who taught me that song in the woods" at the end of the game. That song being Saria's Song. Zelda's reactions to Link's different masks sure are cute.
A little tip about the thing about freezing bongo bongo's hands, when he's desperately trying to break his hand free, his eye is actually open to be shot if you can quickly do it :)
ok, this video was awesome. I only knew half of the secrets. Most OoT “SeCrEtS yOu PrObAbLy DiDnT kNoW” vids are usually boring and generally pretty common. The dark link one and the dodongo cavern map thing were cool. Also the stored damage for crouch stab. Starting up the N64 today to try these out, thanks!
I am pretty sure, in the German version, Zelda says to the Keaton Mask: "Bist du eines dieser Taschen-Monster?" ("Are you one of those pocket monsters?")
Didn't know the crouch stab trick to store attacks. I've 100%'d this game at least a dozen times over, but I just might play again and have some fun trying that out wherever I can.
Honest to god ive been playing this game since ot came out and not once did it occur to me that crouch stabbing actually has some niche applications. Even if it is an exploit or glitch (at least i think thats whats happening here)
@@candywing7798 it's a programming oversight. It's a missing line of code to set the properties of your attack when crouch stabbing. It was fixed in English Majora's Mask though.
Makes sense since bomb flowers are attached to the plants. Link can't rip out and pick up grass either without the bracelet so the bomb flower plants could be a similar situation
Bro I've literally played this game so many times and never new half of these things and I've watched many videos as well. Great content here you got my subscription well deserved.
I believe almost all friendly NPCs young link can interact with will have some sort of flavor text when talking to them with any of the masks (including the extra masks after getting the mask of truth). For example, you cannot play the grave digging game with a mask on.
All the ones that you can talk to when those masks are accessible. For example Zelda has no reaction to the last four masks, as it is normally impossible to get them before she escapes from the castle
The last one is weird. The happy masks salesman opens only after getting Zeldas letter. I actually never went back before the scene with Ganondorf, chasing after Zelda and Impa. Is she still there until that cutscene? You always learn new stuff, I love that!
Yeah I was curious myself on a recent playthrough and, sure enough, she was. Interestingly, Impa will also reappear to take you outside, but in weeping angel fashion, only when you turn the camera towards zelda after getting halfway to her (so looking at the entrance to the courtyard all the way up to zelda then making the camera do a 360⁰ turn will make her *pop* into existence
@@thekingtoastamo5808 wait, how were you able to return? Does it take effect after a certain event? I tried going back but they put like three soldiers in front of the entrance of the sewage.
@@linkflamesaber2462 you can sneak up in until you get the Zora's Sapphire. After you get it and you get the cutscene of Impa fleeing with Zelda, the guards will block off the route you used.
They also deal more damage to Volvagia, but the game gives no visual indication of that, and it's not really worth going all the way to GTG right after the Forest Temple. (iirc there is one key locked behind hammer blocks, but you only need 5 of the 7 keys to get ice arrows)
I always wondered what Zelda said when Link wore all the other masks, especially the Mask of Truth, but the Running Man we eventually give the Bunny Hood to never shows up before Zelda has to leave the castle, always after. Or at least, that's how it was when I played the game.
The attack property thing is a nice insight into the way the weapons are coded. Instead of using value inherent to the weapon they must store the attack's value and effects to a global place to quickly reuse, maybe for memory purposes. The "attack" value is only changed when you swing a new weapon. It would probably be a glitch, meaning the crouch stab doesn't actually change that value, so instead of going like "Hammer detected -> Save x2 damage and rock breaking value to global attack value -> match attack value to object hit to decide reaction" it just goes "Crouch stab detected -> match attack value to object hit to decide reaction"
some characters like Saria and Malon have unique reactions to the first four mask too also there some random npc who change their dialogue with a specific mask
Okay Zelda's reactions to the masks were really cute and I didn't know about them. And about Dark Link, he is very strange in a lot of ways! For example, if he falls from a height and takes damage, Link will lose health instead. He is very oddly programmed and connected to playable Link in many interesting and unintended ways. I think ZFG has a video where he messes around with that and tests things.
I remember painstakingly wearing each mask and the going to Zelda to see what she had to say about them, I only ever did it twice though because it takes so long to go back and forth with one mask at a time.
The image of Link just running through rocks is really funny to me, I don't know why Also, can the Hammer>Crouch Stab trick activate rusty switches like the ones in the Fire Temple?
Technically, all the characters have unique dialogue for the masks. I used to like to go all over Hyrule showing the masks to everyone, just to see what they say.
Deku Nuts are also the best way to deal with Barinade's electrified jellyfish that protect it's body. Once when they become vulnerable, multiple can be retaken out with one nut. Also clears that annoying bubble room in just a few seconds.
@@runnersdialzero1244 and autocorrect will change to “it’s” basically every time you write its, so most people will not even notice the difference between it’s and its before posting or sending anything.
I have another one, you can reflect ganondorfs attacks back with an empty bottle. Didn't know about the deku nuts on Ganon fight but I liked to use the hammer sometimes :P
I remember using the iron boots in oot3d against dark link and if you got far enough he would start gliding since targeting stops when you’re far away from the target
Wow these are really cool- I only knew about 5, 6 and 7. I just watched your first video too and it's making me want to go back and try a few of these tricks out
Im happy as a Zelda fan I did most of these as a kid (6, maybe 7 of them) But I would of never thought in my wildest dreams to go back to zelda with the masks. that really put a smile on my face
6:08: I figured that out as a kid, and I also used the empty bottle trick on Ganondorf! 😂 Two useless items actually were useful for the endgame boss fights!
I gotta hand it to you, I've watched these types of videos for quite some time, and usually, there's nothing new or interesting. Your videos, however, actually do provide some pretty interesting secrets that even I wasn't aware of. Great work!
I knew most of these but Zelda's responses to the Masks I never thought you'd get that Mainly because the Castle Courtyard becomes inaccessible after you learn Zelda's Lullaby and it's After you unlocked the Death Mountain Trail that the Happy Mask Shop becomes open to the public, which is after you get Zelda's Lullaby and the letter from Zelda to unlock the Death Mountain Trail.
I always thought the Ice Arrows were useless, and I would only get them because the Gerudo Training Ground is fun to play through. That Bongo Bongo trick is insane @_@
I found one secret when I was younger. You can damage Twinrova with Fire/Ice arrows, well you can in the first phase. I learned that by mistake when I didn't realize you had to use the mirror shield.
the third one is aglitch known as power crouch stabbing because the croutch stab in OOt wasn't assigned a proper damage value so always takes on teh damage value of the last sword swing you did, Japanese majoras Mask has this glitch too but it was fixed in all Western MM releases, OOT 3D and MM 3D where it was given an actual damage value.
The first vid i knew it all, this vid had a lot of stuff i didnt know. I only knew 3 things this time. I miss this attention to detail in modern games. Keep these vids up, love em
This explains why the first time I beat Gohma as a kid, I beat her incredibly fast. I was so scared I had no idea what to do lol, I just panic-mashed buttons and ended up killing her before she even climbed back up the wall. I'm guessing I accidentally did a jump attack then crouch stab.
for anyone curious as to why Looygi specified the first 4 masks and not all 8 masks, you can't actually complete the Mask selling sidequest until after Jabu Jabu, as the Running Man for whatever reason won't spawn until after you obtain the Zora's Sapphire. as a result, even if you sell the mask before going back to Hyrule town, you simply can't obtain the latter 4 before Zelda runs away.
I love this.i grew up with this game from from deep africa.it helped me learn English or sumthing on that line.but also it's great to see new game mechanics my young body and mind couldn't see 🙈.But I guess these mechanisms have been patched up in most games now.BUT yet again we'll laugh at our game mechanics in a near future."if your alive though
"If we defeat the skull kid ins in the Lost Woods, we'll get a huge orange rupee!" Sure but I'll still feel bad about it. I also remember learning as a kid about Ganon being vulnerable to Deku Nuts, my older brother showed me.
Young Zelda also has dialogue for getting the Spiritual Stone of Water if you ditched finishing Dodongo's Cavern to use the bombs to get to Zora's Domain.
I never went back to talk to Zelda, I didn't know it was even an option. Next time I play this game, I'll have to show her the masks. I'll also try to beat Dark Link properly.
Sad that Zelda does not know of bunnies or the most populair Keaton. Good indicator of her life within the walls. Always wondered how she will react to the race masks and the mask of truth 🤔
Zelda: _“Eww! What’s a filthy Goron doing within these borders? Go back to your mud hut cave dweller!…Oh wait, that’s just a mask you’re wearing. Never mind!”_ 😇
The implication from OoT is that Bunny's have been a long extinct animal. (Stalchildren may be skeletons of bunny humanoids as they do not attack Link if he's wearing the Bunny Hood) The rest is spot on.
She doesn't react to them, unfortunately. When I was younger and had the time to try such tedious things, I moon-jumped over the wall next to the guards after going through the moat. Interestingly, all the guards are gone in the actual path to get to her aside from the very first ones. She reacts to the rabbit mask, as shown in the video; you can get that mask before she disappears, but you can't give it to the jogger until after, so I think a lot of people miss the opportunity to do so. But yeah, The Mask of Truth, the Goron mask, the Gerudo mask, and the Zora mask get no response; she only says the same thing she said before you get the Zora Sapphire.
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That last one really put a smile on my face, like Link has been doing all his adventures and stuff and still comes back to show zelda the neat stuff he's been encountering, since she can't really get out he brings to her things he think she'll find interesting.
There's dialogue for it so I guess this is canon which is absolutely lovely.
Your comments warms my heart too. Realizing that that can be considered canon just makes me imagine how other interactions would be between them.
I just kept wondering "How are you supposed to get the masks before you meet Zelda for the first time?" and then I realized that prior to Jabu Jabu, you can just go back there whenever and show off the masks.
@@renakunisaki It is!
@@renakunisaki I don't think it is, i think that's the noise she makes when she asks you to believe her and you say no.
I love these tiny character details. It's part of why Link's Awakening is my favourite (all the little extra characterisation you get for Marin), and honestly one of the main reasons I don't love Wind Waker (there's not a lot of these tiny minor character moments, at least comparatively).
There's something particularly eerie about Dark Link mimicking you in minor ways, like when you're low on health and exhausted it's as if he just mocks you
Well, in a way his a mirror of Link, so it seems fitting...
He actually mirrors your health, as well. So like, if you go into the fight with just a quarter heart left, he'll be defeated in one hit.
@@GrouchyGander Only your health before the fight though. He does not damage himself when attacking you lol
@@GrouchyGander What if you start the battle and use a fairy? Will Dark Link still have a quarter heart left?
@@LilacMonarch I'm confused. Why would he damage himself when attacking you? Wouldn't he damage you?
The Zelda mask reactions are adorable.
It helps get across she is still very much a kid even with the visions of having to save Hyrule, if her letter to the Kakariko guard didn't get that across. It also shows her more innocent side before she had to grow into Shiek.
And she is really brave! She doesn't feel spooked at all of those masks. Meanwhile, me as a kid: 😣
funny how she talks about big ears though
@@TheArsenalMan125 that was actually a little sad. I think she never saw a rabbit.
I always liked how much personality Zelda has in this game, even though she's only in a few scenes. This dialogue just adds to that
What's sad about this, though, is that once you get all three spiritual stones, you can never experience this dialogue unless you start a new file. Once Zelda and Impa flee from Hyrule Castle Town, you can never visit the garden area you first meet Zelda in. Three guards will block the path once you get inside the castle through the water spout. It's sad that you can't experience this dialogue after getting the Ocarina of Time, but it's true.
Im absolutely stunned, never would i have imagined that the sword could store attacks and properties, when you broke the hole in the ground with just the sword i got shocked! The hands trying to break the ice is also new to me, amazing video!
I think it works only on a particular version of the game. Like 1.1 or 1.2 not sure
@@TheSaksutin it doesnt work on 3d version but n64 version yes
Power crouch stab works on all versions of OoT and Japanese Majora's Mask (Not 3D but all versions of those two, including Virtual Console). Fun fact, in Majora's Mask crouch stabs do 0 damage until you swing your sword first. In OoT I believe it is set to 1, or a Kokori Sword/Broken Giant's Knife slash.
The glitch is caused by the crouch stab attack having a null damage value (an error by developers) so it just grabs the previous value.
@@linustrain Okay, awesome!
Apparently in the German version of ocarina of time, If you speak to Zelda wearing the Keaton mask,
Zelda will say “What are you? Oh! You’re one of those adorable pocket monsters!”
I haven’t played in months, but wasn’t Keaton the creepy guy from botw?
@@OreganoParsley oh thats "kilton" lol , keaton is basically a yellow fox with 3 tails , he does not appear in botw, but only majoras and ocarina i think
@@noody2188 only mayora's mask
Pocket monsters is basically what “pokemon” meant 😂
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It took me until the 3DS release to realize I could go back to see Zelda between the first visit and her escape. Playing a game I loved as a child as an adult and discovering something new was honestly just so amazing. I love that the game had these little details that nobody talked about and they're all being discovered now.
The key is doing it before her escape though, which means you can only beat 1 more dungeon before you're locked out
@@stonerbland7621 Yep! It's a very short window of time to return, which is why I think so few people know about it.
Nintendo is a heartwarming beast. They didn't have to add those bits of dialogue, and most AAA developers wouldn't.
How do you do it? I have tried... but never was able to. Also does not the fact there's less guards alude to that theory there's inside traitors? I always tough tge guard was weaker and Link cold enter the castle cuz Impa weakened it hoping said "light appeared"
@@everthon2457 I was able to enter the castle again after completing Dodongo's Cavern but before completing Jabu-Jabu's belly in order to show Zelda the masks. I haven't played in a while or run tests so I'm not sure if you can do it sooner.
It's very possible the guard was reduced by Impa's Orders so Link could enter. It's also possible that the guard is just naturally that low because Hyrule is technically enjoying relative peace since, prior, there was a civil war which led to the unification of Hyrule. This is the civil war which led to Link being left with the Great Deku tree when his mom died in the forest. Perhaps the King himself relaxed the guard to prove to the citizens that Hyrule was at peace once more. This may also be why he agreed to meet with Ganondorf against his daughter's wishes.
If I recall correctly, we do see the guard increase after Zelda and Impa flee, to the point where trying to enter the courtyard is impossible.
I don't think it's ever definitively answered why the guards in the courtyard are so lax that an actual child is able to slip in though. It could be Impa, the King, or any number of reasons. All we know for sure is that security definitely tightens up once Ganondorf makes his evil intentions known. Alas, given the future of 7 years, the boost in security didn't do much and Ganondorf was still able to take over.
Yo Zelda reacting to link with different masks somehow makes her so warm no matter the appearance of link.
I was expecting her to be creeped out when he was wearing some of the masks. But no, it’s so heartwarming
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@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 The fact someone called you a simp for saying that, my God XD
they honestly probably didn't want to program in different reactions and opted to just have different dialogue, but it certainly does give an impression of her being genuinely kind.
I did to, but then Zelda is the sage of wisdom. She’s warm and inviting based on the heart of the character, not the looks
The German translation for the game has Zelda referencing Pikachu directly, if we show her the Keaton Mask. It's pretty neat.
A stone of truth reveals that child Zelda is unexpectedly tomboyish.
I just commented making an assumption of that. Thank you for confirming
In the US version she references a mouse which Pikachu is based upon.
I love the thematic irony of the Deku Nuts harming Ganon at full power. Ganondorf tormented the Deku Tree so much until his death.
I also appreciate how this opens the floor for Deez Nuts jokes at Ganon's expense.
i betcha if link were to make a deez nuts joke while using deku nuts on ganon, the (new) deku tree would most definitely be laughing away at it.
there’s also irony in the fact that deku nuts are the second item you can get in the very beginning of the game
Ha! Got eem!
It also feels more like torturing Gannon to kill him with deku nuts
love zelda’s extra dialogue! we get so little characterization from her so it’s nice to see her act like a kid
Man, I really got a kick out of a bunch of those. Especially the quirky Dark Link mimicked movements, being able to break rocks with your sword, getting a huge orange rupee from defeating the Skull Kid (which otherwise don't even exist in the game, as far as I know), and *especially* freezing Bongo Bongo's hand and having the other one work to break it free. That one was especially awesome!
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure you get the big rupee from somewhere else in the game too. Edit: I was wrong, it was the gold rupee I was thinking of.
I always thought of Deku nuts as the equivalent of expeliarmus in Harry Potter - it’s the thing you get early on, and it turns out that it is unexpectedly useful against your mortal enemy.
i always thought them as useless since i never really need them, but this video change everything
7:41 Cross over bonus fact (didn’t notice until watching this video). The jewel that flips the Stone Tower Temple in MM is the same asset that Young Zelda wears in OOT
Theoretically then, if we shot Zelda in the chest with Light Arrows, would she turn upside down?
@@xxDanRiesxx Well it would definitely turn Hyrule upside down, in a way
@@ForestGuardian777 bruh
While it is a similar design, it is not the same. Which is kind of unfortunate as it would be strong evidence for a likely theory.
Which theory
OoT came out less than a year before I was born, it was my first video game. I grew up with it, I used to lurk in the speedrunning community so it's very rare nowadays that I come across something I didn't know before
Zelda's reactions to the masks is news to me! Great video 10/10
I wish I could travel in time and tell to my younger self that the sword can store attacks and properties. (23 years later and this game keeps amazing me. Incredible)
When Bongo Bongo's hand is frozen, his eye is half-open, which, with practice, can allow for a skilled player to quickly flex on that boss. It takes practice, as you don't really have enough time to swap to normal arrows and use the lens of truth, and the lens and ice arrows can't be used simultaneously. The lens won't activate for a few seconds after using the ice arrows. You only really have enough time to see it happen with the lens, so the skill comes in with knowing where the eye is and just firing another arrow at his invisible self while he's distracted.
I came to say this, but you can also go up to his hands and spin attack to get the eye
You know you can just use hookshot right?
@@Mysticshosh42 Did you even read the comment?
@@adirblazkowics7717 yes I did after using ice arrows just use the hookshot while it's trying to break the ice so you don't have to equip regular arrows and use lense bongos eye is vulnerable during this so you don't need to switch I've beating bongo like this many times
It's amazing how I still discover new secrets about this game after so long!
Deku Nuts are highly underrated, most people swap them out for other items as soon as they can but they have tons of uses throughout the entire game
They're especially useful against the enemies in Jabu Jabu.
#BringBackDekuNuts
@@Chernobog2 Yeah I love clearing entire rooms of the bubble enemies with them :)
Probably my favorite use of them is forcing the Forest Temple poe sisters to reappear when they periodically turn invisible/intangible. That way you don't have to just wait them out when they do that.
Whoa, Link can actually fight the Skull Kid AND kill him in Ocarina of Time? There goes Majora's Mask! I know there's more than one Skull Kid in the Lost Woods, but the one you sell the mask to is supposed to be the one from Majora's Mask due to him saying "you have the same smell as the fairy child who taught me that song in the woods" at the end of the game. That song being Saria's Song. Zelda's reactions to Link's different masks sure are cute.
A little tip about the thing about freezing bongo bongo's hands, when he's desperately trying to break his hand free, his eye is actually open to be shot if you can quickly do it :)
ok, this video was awesome. I only knew half of the secrets. Most OoT “SeCrEtS yOu PrObAbLy DiDnT kNoW” vids are usually boring and generally pretty common. The dark link one and the dodongo cavern map thing were cool. Also the stored damage for crouch stab. Starting up the N64 today to try these out, thanks!
I am pretty sure, in the German version, Zelda says to the Keaton Mask:
"Bist du eines dieser Taschen-Monster?" ("Are you one of those pocket monsters?")
Didn't know the crouch stab trick to store attacks. I've 100%'d this game at least a dozen times over, but I just might play again and have some fun trying that out wherever I can.
Honest to god ive been playing this game since ot came out and not once did it occur to me that crouch stabbing actually has some niche applications. Even if it is an exploit or glitch (at least i think thats whats happening here)
@@candywing7798 it's a programming oversight. It's a missing line of code to set the properties of your attack when crouch stabbing. It was fixed in English Majora's Mask though.
@@SyphistPrime and in OoT 3D. So yeah, power crouch stab was definitely not an intentional feature
@@LilacMonarch yep, it is indeed fixed in OoT3D. Any iteration of the Zelda64 engine past English MM has it fixed.
I've played through this game several times as well, and I didn't even know about the crouch stab move at all!
That's a fun trick to watch Link just run through all the boulders, breaking them like he's The Juggernaut
Man, I can't believe how many little details there are in this game. Even for an early 3D title, this is unremarkbly impressive.
You can pick up regular bombs as young link without the goron bracelet, such as the bomb thrown at you for shooting the windows in the castle garden
Makes sense since bomb flowers are attached to the plants. Link can't rip out and pick up grass either without the bracelet so the bomb flower plants could be a similar situation
@@renakunisaki Yeah, it is strange that hitting them with your sword doesn't do anything. Not even something bad, just nothing.
Apart from the Shadow Link health thing, I actually didn't know any of these. Especially fascinated by the crouch stab mechanics.
The crouch stab thing is was an oversight in the code, it's not intentional. But it's fun to mess around with
Is there a way to make Link think the Dark Link boss room is cold? I think it would be hilarious to see Dark Link doing the sneeze animation 😂
Using oot gz you can put him in different rooms and I believe in an old video zfg actually did test this
6:01 Pleasant to see the original Ganon fight, when it was really dark.
Respect to developers
So much attention to detail and so much physics from a decade year old game
A decade ?😂 and the rest lol!
I can't believe this game is already 5 years old
more like two decades
Bro I've literally played this game so many times and never new half of these things and I've watched many videos as well. Great content here you got my subscription well deserved.
4:15 Link prevents the events of Majora's Mask in the adult timeline, all for 200 rupees
I believe almost all friendly NPCs young link can interact with will have some sort of flavor text when talking to them with any of the masks (including the extra masks after getting the mask of truth). For example, you cannot play the grave digging game with a mask on.
All the ones that you can talk to when those masks are accessible. For example Zelda has no reaction to the last four masks, as it is normally impossible to get them before she escapes from the castle
The last one is weird. The happy masks salesman opens only after getting Zeldas letter. I actually never went back before the scene with Ganondorf, chasing after Zelda and Impa. Is she still there until that cutscene? You always learn new stuff, I love that!
Yeah I was curious myself on a recent playthrough and, sure enough, she was. Interestingly, Impa will also reappear to take you outside, but in weeping angel fashion, only when you turn the camera towards zelda after getting halfway to her (so looking at the entrance to the courtyard all the way up to zelda then making the camera do a 360⁰ turn will make her *pop* into existence
@@thekingtoastamo5808 wait, how were you able to return? Does it take effect after a certain event? I tried going back but they put like three soldiers in front of the entrance of the sewage.
@@linkflamesaber2462 you can sneak up in until you get the Zora's Sapphire. After you get it and you get the cutscene of Impa fleeing with Zelda, the guards will block off the route you used.
@@jakurizaweit5448 Hm, I must've done it at the wrong time. I'll try it next time, thank you.
@@Kixki883 you can return to zelda until she escapes on the horse with impa
I never knew about the ice arrows trick with bongo bongo since I always beat the shadow temple before the spirit. Crazy
i remember i prob spent more than an hour going back and forth to zelda with masks just to see how she reacted to them. this game was the best
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H-hey… bro… y-you cool if I take a break real quick?
Yeah… same for me…
I loved finding out about the ice areows on bongo bongo. Probably the only reason i go get them to be honest
They also deal more damage to Volvagia, but the game gives no visual indication of that, and it's not really worth going all the way to GTG right after the Forest Temple. (iirc there is one key locked behind hammer blocks, but you only need 5 of the 7 keys to get ice arrows)
Link the unstoppable bulldozer confirmed.
Effortlessly decimating everything in his way. Wow.
I always wondered what Zelda said when Link wore all the other masks, especially the Mask of Truth, but the Running Man we eventually give the Bunny Hood to never shows up before Zelda has to leave the castle, always after. Or at least, that's how it was when I played the game.
She won't have unique dialogue because the running man doesn't spawn until Link has all 3 spiritual stones
@@thekingtoastamo5808 Yeah, that was always so disappointing. I wanted to know how she (and Impa) would react to the Mask of Truth, but oh well.
The attack property thing is a nice insight into the way the weapons are coded. Instead of using value inherent to the weapon they must store the attack's value and effects to a global place to quickly reuse, maybe for memory purposes. The "attack" value is only changed when you swing a new weapon. It would probably be a glitch, meaning the crouch stab doesn't actually change that value, so instead of going like "Hammer detected -> Save x2 damage and rock breaking value to global attack value -> match attack value to object hit to decide reaction" it just goes "Crouch stab detected -> match attack value to object hit to decide reaction"
wonder if it works with arrows or bottles
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I’ve learned something and it’s like the coolest thing ever! Thanks a lot!
some characters like Saria and Malon have unique reactions to the first four mask too
also there some random npc who change their dialogue with a specific mask
All the townsfolk freak out if you wear the Gerudo Mask.
I can't believe I'm still learning new things about this game.
Again, more I never knew! I’ve fallen in love with these compilations 😍❤️
I feel like the huge orange rupee that you get from the Skull Kid really is a gold rupee.
Okay Zelda's reactions to the masks were really cute and I didn't know about them. And about Dark Link, he is very strange in a lot of ways! For example, if he falls from a height and takes damage, Link will lose health instead. He is very oddly programmed and connected to playable Link in many interesting and unintended ways. I think ZFG has a video where he messes around with that and tests things.
4:15 I never noticed how "cold" his death animation looks, It is a innocent creature after all so that's probably on purpose
Innocent till Majoras Mask. Glad Link ended his tyranny before it began lol
@@jacobbuckels8554 haha as if OOT didn't already have enough timeline splits
Don't kill the Skull Kid. ☹
@@sem_aki there is no timeline thats a fan theroy disrorven by simply playing the game zelda closes the time gap
I remember painstakingly wearing each mask and the going to Zelda to see what she had to say about them, I only ever did it twice though because it takes so long to go back and forth with one mask at a time.
3:20 People who tell the barber they didn’t like the haircut
The image of Link just running through rocks is really funny to me, I don't know why
Also, can the Hammer>Crouch Stab trick activate rusty switches like the ones in the Fire Temple?
Pretty sure it can since it carries the same properties so it could be a cute way to solve the puzzles
Yeah you can activate switches with it! You can even crouch stab through the Song of Time block that blocks one of them!
The way how Dark Link mimics your "low on health" animation is so cool. Like he's mocking you for taking so much damage from him.
Technically, all the characters have unique dialogue for the masks. I used to like to go all over Hyrule showing the masks to everyone, just to see what they say.
Bongo Bongo smashing his hands out of the ice amazes me, as well as the accurate drum head physics!!
Kinda being blown away by that bit about the bongos being stable at the ends. Never would have even thought to go out that far.
Only thing I knew about in this list was epona following you. Bravo, always love these videos. Gonna double check to make sure I subbed.
Did you know that if you use the fishing rod on the fisherman, you can get his hat (it has to be with an adult link)
And doing so, regardless of whether you return it or sink it, will cause him to have a new rule added to the rules sign (don't cast at anybody)
@@thekingtoastamo5808 He only has a hat in the future, and the reason why is revealed if you pull it off!
@@LilacMonarch I know...? Not to sound rude in the slightest, but did what I said make you think I thought it was in the past as well?
@@thekingtoastamo5808 No..? I was just commenting, calm down lol
Deku Nuts are also the best way to deal with Barinade's electrified jellyfish that protect it's body. Once when they become vulnerable, multiple can be retaken out with one nut. Also clears that annoying bubble room in just a few seconds.
A lot of people underestimate them, but they are very useful.
*its body. "It's" always means "it is."
@@runnersdialzero1244 and autocorrect will change to “it’s” basically every time you write its, so most people will not even notice the difference between it’s and its before posting or sending anything.
I have another one, you can reflect ganondorfs attacks back with an empty bottle. Didn't know about the deku nuts on Ganon fight but I liked to use the hammer sometimes :P
hero of time is so powerful that even boulders shatter in his wake
I remember using the iron boots in oot3d against dark link and if you got far enough he would start gliding since targeting stops when you’re far away from the target
That crouch stab technique really reminds me of the damage storage trick from Kingdom Hearts 1.
It definitely works similarly, basically just forgetting to code specific values for a certain thing so it just stays as what it was before
Wow these are really cool- I only knew about 5, 6 and 7. I just watched your first video too and it's making me want to go back and try a few of these tricks out
Im happy as a Zelda fan I did most of these as a kid (6, maybe 7 of them) But I would of never thought in my wildest dreams to go back to zelda with the masks. that really put a smile on my face
6:08: I figured that out as a kid, and I also used the empty bottle trick on Ganondorf! 😂 Two useless items actually were useful for the endgame boss fights!
I gotta hand it to you, I've watched these types of videos for quite some time, and usually, there's nothing new or interesting. Your videos, however, actually do provide some pretty interesting secrets that even I wasn't aware of. Great work!
always fun to see these types of videos, surprisingly I knew a ton of these from watching ZSR ocarina randomizer races
I knew most of these but Zelda's responses to the Masks I never thought you'd get that Mainly because the Castle Courtyard becomes inaccessible after you learn Zelda's Lullaby and it's After you unlocked the Death Mountain Trail that the Happy Mask Shop becomes open to the public, which is after you get Zelda's Lullaby and the letter from Zelda to unlock the Death Mountain Trail.
Can't we freeze both hands of Bongo-Bongo?
The one about killing skull kid I knew. It was my road to success for rupee farming:)
Zelda: "Link how did you defeat the mighty Ganon?!"
Link: "Hiiiyaaaa! (Deez Nuts!)"
The mask thing is a hidden gem. Really gives zelda personality
The Epona trick also works on horses in BOTW
I always thought the Ice Arrows were useless, and I would only get them because the Gerudo Training Ground is fun to play through. That Bongo Bongo trick is insane @_@
I found one secret when I was younger. You can damage Twinrova with Fire/Ice arrows, well you can in the first phase. I learned that by mistake when I didn't realize you had to use the mirror shield.
I think I tried that and it didn't work but maybe I should give it a shot next time I do a rando
Wow, I didn't know half of these. I would have been surprised to learn just _one_ thing. Bravo, love the format and style too
When one of Bongo Bongo's hands is frozen and the other's trying to break the ice, its eye is open.
There was a lot of these I didn't know about.
you have no idea how nice it is to see something new
I don't know what prompted you to release these now but I'll gladly take more!
It is amazing the detail that went into the Shadow Temple as a whole.
Ocarina of Time is a magical and beautiful game.
#6 i'm imagining epona... you called? DON'T YOU DARE RUN AWAY FROM ME! COME BACK HERE! MY VENGEANCE WILL BE TERRIBLE
i thought the last one was gonna be the stick in front of Zelda's face to look like... well you know 🤣
It's really enjoyable to discover mechanics like this and when they affect gameplay, even better!
I remembered using skull kid to rupee grind on the 3ds, I figured it out because I was curious about the lost woods as an adult.
Didn’t know I needed to see Link walking into boulders to break them today
the third one is aglitch known as power crouch stabbing because the croutch stab in OOt wasn't assigned a proper damage value so always takes on teh damage value of the last sword swing you did, Japanese majoras Mask has this glitch too but it was fixed in all Western MM releases, OOT 3D and MM 3D where it was given an actual damage value.
The first vid i knew it all, this vid had a lot of stuff i didnt know. I only knew 3 things this time.
I miss this attention to detail in modern games. Keep these vids up, love em
This explains why the first time I beat Gohma as a kid, I beat her incredibly fast. I was so scared I had no idea what to do lol, I just panic-mashed buttons and ended up killing her before she even climbed back up the wall. I'm guessing I accidentally did a jump attack then crouch stab.
You can also deflect Ganondrof's energy balls with a bottle (and in Twilight Princess, you can distract him with the fishing pole)
It´s cool to see that Zelda is not fooled or scared by any of the masks, giving very sassy remarks. The Triforce of Wisdom showing through.
for anyone curious as to why Looygi specified the first 4 masks and not all 8 masks, you can't actually complete the Mask selling sidequest until after Jabu Jabu, as the Running Man for whatever reason won't spawn until after you obtain the Zora's Sapphire. as a result, even if you sell the mask before going back to Hyrule town, you simply can't obtain the latter 4 before Zelda runs away.
Wow, the ice arrows having a practical use against bongo bongo is actually new to me
I love this.i grew up with this game from from deep africa.it helped me learn English or sumthing on that line.but also it's great to see new game mechanics my young body and mind couldn't see 🙈.But I guess these mechanisms have been patched up in most games now.BUT yet again we'll laugh at our game mechanics in a near future."if your alive though
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I've done it before, ISG + MH = Berserk Link *BRRRRRR*
"If we defeat the skull kid ins in the Lost Woods, we'll get a huge orange rupee!"
Sure but I'll still feel bad about it.
I also remember learning as a kid about Ganon being vulnerable to Deku Nuts, my older brother showed me.
Young Zelda also has dialogue for getting the Spiritual Stone of Water if you ditched finishing Dodongo's Cavern to use the bombs to get to Zora's Domain.
I never went back to talk to Zelda, I didn't know it was even an option.
Next time I play this game, I'll have to show her the masks.
I'll also try to beat Dark Link properly.
Sad that Zelda does not know of bunnies or the most populair Keaton.
Good indicator of her life within the walls.
Always wondered how she will react to the race masks and the mask of truth 🤔
PUHRAISE THE WALLS!!!!
Zelda: _“Eww! What’s a filthy Goron doing within these borders? Go back to your mud hut cave dweller!…Oh wait, that’s just a mask you’re wearing. Never mind!”_ 😇
The implication from OoT is that Bunny's have been a long extinct animal. (Stalchildren may be skeletons of bunny humanoids as they do not attack Link if he's wearing the Bunny Hood) The rest is spot on.
She doesn't react to them, unfortunately. When I was younger and had the time to try such tedious things, I moon-jumped over the wall next to the guards after going through the moat. Interestingly, all the guards are gone in the actual path to get to her aside from the very first ones.
She reacts to the rabbit mask, as shown in the video; you can get that mask before she disappears, but you can't give it to the jogger until after, so I think a lot of people miss the opportunity to do so.
But yeah, The Mask of Truth, the Goron mask, the Gerudo mask, and the Zora mask get no response; she only says the same thing she said before you get the Zora Sapphire.
@@UndertakerU2ber Why would she react negatively to Gorons? Pssshhhh.