I don't see many people talk about how when you first turn into the wolf this is the first song the hero of time teaches you. He's trying to heal the twilight curse. Through that lens, the fact that it doesn't work just feels tragic.
All Links are "The Hero Chosen by the Gods" But they all have their own title, such as: Minish cap: Hero of the Minish Four Swords: hero of the Four Sword Ocarina of Time/Majora´s Mask: Hero of Time Wind Waker: Hero of Winds Spirit Tracks: Hero of Spirits Twilight Princess: Hero of Twilight A Link to the Past: Hero of Legend The Legend of Zelda/The Adventure of Link: Hero of Hyrule
I saw the comment regauridng how the Song of Healing being used first may have meaning with how Link is currently cursed, but I think theres a neat little extra layer to it if you look into how the song of healing is used in Majora's Mask. In Majora's Mask the song doesn't remove curses, nor does it heal in traditional sense. What it does is it helps spirits accept their death and move on. It's a harsher form of healing, as it doesn't heal the body but rather the soul so spirits can rest in peace. This is how it "heals" link of the deku curse, by allowing the spirit possessing his form to pass on. It's also how the other transformation masks are acquired, by helping the dead accept their deaths and pass on their unresolved burdens to Link to solve them in their stead. This song might not be playing for TP link, but rather for the Hero of Time, a soul still tied to the earth due to regrets. Regrets that you help satisfy and ultimately help the spirit move on by convincing him that you are now strong enough to take over the burden of the hero.
@@chronic-joker That is a good point, but at the same time we see that the Song of Healing is completely unable to remove any other curse in the game, with the Song of Storms instead being used to do so. We see this with Sharp who will even comment that the Song of Healing will no longer work on him due to his curse, we see it unable to remove the blue bubble curse that the song of storms can get rid of. Considering the location of Ikana being pretty much fully centered around lingering spirits with regrets, it's very likely that the Ghibdo "curse" was potentially of a possession. The Ghibdo themselves in the well where he got the affliction seem to also be spirits with regrets, not just cursed beings, as they immediately pass on when you fulfill their regrets. This lines up with what Pamela's father mentions about spirits being trapped in the well. This also seems to be evident in the Ghibdos around the music box house asking for their "friend" inside, indicating that Pamela's father might have been possessed by a spirit from the well which the other Ghibdo then sought to reclaim. Granted, this is just a theory on my part as Pamela's condition is never fully explained or refereed to as one thing or the other. But it does line up similarly to how the other masks are formed and used. In every other case the Song of Healing is effective when used on a spirit with regrets (which all the Ghibdo from the well have) and that after the mask is passed on to link, it is then used to help resolve said regrets that the spirit passed on to Link, with the mask being used to help the other spirits of the well pass on.
That fact that Time tried teaching you this one first breaks my heart. Whatever form he takes, he just wants to stop people’s pain and help them heal. The worst part is, he can’t do that for you, not really. You have to do it yourself, but he’s always there for you to help you however he can
This very song, is enough to prove that the memories of Termina carried through with link, and that it actually happened. Enough to prove it to myself atleast.
@@Hype_Incarnate It actually was made by Majora, but it's not like a dream state. It was a pocket dimension that subsequently ceased to exist after Link left Termina. The people were real, yes, but they no longer exist due to Majora's Mask just not being evil anymore.
@@CareJelly No? How would skullkid have a history of being in termina? How would the mailman have a lineage if he stopped existing? If they stop existing after Majora is stopped, then how does the game's credits make any sense?
@@andrewmorris4778 Firstly, this isn't something I've come to my own conclusion on, this is stated directly in the Hyrule Historia, a book that confirms many Zelda lore bits and stuff like that. And for that second point, please note that I said it collapses after LINK LEAVES, not when Majora is defeated. He is seen during the credits in his Zora form, meaning he is still in Termina. Please consider noticing details in the credits if you're going to bring them up.
I once met a homeless man in my town when i was in highschool 12 years ago and he was about the age of 37. He never begged for money or whatsoever, he was the kind of man who would look out for bystanders who get into trouble. ( I live in a dangerous city ) I gave him $20 Everytime I saw him and humbly would accept it tho he's told me money has no value of life. I asked him how do you find kindness to life in this shitty town? He told me that everyday he would have the song of healing in his head to get him through. He passed away around this time 6 years ago. Ironically he did look like Jesus but Everytime I hear this, I think of him and his kindred soul.
I still get shivers from this song... When I first played Twilight Princess, I didn't have Majora's Mask or Ocarina of time. So initially, the significance of this song being there was lost on me. Eventually, I got Majora's Mask, and then Ocarina of Time. I don't really get the theories of Majora's Mask and the Ben Drowned stuff just seems weird, but I still genuinely love this song and game. On top of that, realising Queen Ruto's theme was the Serenade of Water brought me to tears all over again when I replayed and got to the part where you follow the Queen's ghost. Say what you will about this game or that game and what was better or what was worse.. but all three games have a special place in my heart now.
When taken as a trilogy in the child timeline, all three games enhance each other. They share themes of healing others, the dangers of power, the flow of time, and taking responsibility. Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess are the sequel/spiritual sequel to Ocarina of Time, so it's only natural to include them as a through line one after the other. The Hyrule Historia would later confirm a blood relation between Ocarina and Twilight Link, so the games should be paired on those grounds as well.
nice. I played ocarina of time first, then twilight princess years later, then majora's mask. I loved all the OOT references in TP. Have you played the other games btw? Every Zelda game EXCEPT BOTW has that same magic to it and they're all special in their own way. I hated botw but I strongly recommend all the others if you enjoyed TP OOT and MM.
@@yourmum69_420 I actually really like breath of the wild. I know it breaks series conventions sometimes for the worse but it is a Zelda game for those who haven’t experienced Zelda before. I’ve played oot and mm and whilst those are spectacular games, I think I still prefer botw. I think a way it makes up for taking away some of the former series tropes is by sneaking in plenty of careful references. But it’s your opinion and that’s fine 😀
When you follow Queen Ruto, she leads you to Ocarina of Times King Zoras grave. The game was made perfectly correct. It had its own story, but also throwbacks to OOT/MM. Its a solid 10/10 and in my top 3 favourite zelda games 🙌
This further proves that Majora's Mask is not a symbolic telling of either Link's depression or death. It did happen, and the scars remain. But they can indeed be healed.
I like to think the events of Majora's Mask symbolize Link's feelings of sadness during Ocarina of Time. Mnay of the events that reflects those which happen in Ocarina like how the Deku people blaming a monkey for the kidnapping of the Deku Princess reflects Link being accused of killing the Deku Tree by the Kokiri.
@@andreavasquez4355 And perhaps Maikau being dead and not there for Lulu was Link feeling guilty for not keeping his promise to Ruto? Maybe, though I don't believe the events of Majoras Mask are just Link in purgatory one bit. If he had died when he was that young, why would he look older and be dressed in armor as the hero's shade?
@@hylianchampion8867 I like to think Termina was made to reflect Link's feelings and to show that both him and Skull Kid both share a feeling of loneliness.
@@luksmuk Which really hurts for some reason. I don’t like the idea that The Hero of Twilight has been dead for so long that there isn’t any trace of his existence left.
@vHerman What I’m saying is that Breath Of The Wild takes place tens of thousands-if not hundreds of thousands of years after Twilight Princess. The Hero of Twilight’s existence can no longer be felt in the world: his hometown has long since decayed away; Hyrule is no longer the same place as it was when he traveled it, the geography changing over the millennia; everyone he ever knew is dead; the world itself barely even remembers that he saved it. He’s gone, and has been for a long, long time, but the world keeps going without him or his influence. And it’s oddly saddening to know that Hyrule keeps going when everything that we know about it has changed.
I find the Song of Healing, although simple, very powerful and moving and I don’t understand why it’s hardly ever referenced in subsequent Zelda games. I hope that the musical score in Tears of the Kingdom is an improvement from Breath of the Wild and that maybe we can see this theme return in an important way some how considering the darker themes this second game will seemingly have.
Yeah, music has always been such an important part of Zelda games, both in-universe and as a player. It was a shame half of the time spent playing BotW was basically just the occasional few piano key presses in the background.
Honestly, from what we were told, the musical tone of Breath of the Wild was fully on purpose to immerse us into the game proper, most of the sound would would hear in game would be diegetic music, things that Link himself would hear, but town/battle/area music would be non-diegetic, only we would hear it, and honestly the fact most of BotW was Diegetic shows this isn't a prosperous Hyrule like all the games prior, this is a Hyrule after a century of constant battle and fear.
@@literallyunfunny On its own it's probably the best Zelda soundtrack ever made. The boss themes are glorious, the town themes are beautiful, and character themes are just superb. However, in game it's a little lacking. I know they wanted to be immersive but anything besides hearing the same 6 piano jingles would have been great. Hope Tears of the Kingdom improves on this
The Hero of Time's life is a tragic tale. But by passing on his combat knowledge to his descendant that also defeats Ganondorf, The Hero of Time is redeemed and can finally lay in peace.
@@ZladnylOk, although it is not clear what happened to the Hero of Time, I can assure you something: it did not have a happy ending. Because he was returned to the past at the end of Ocarina, he not only lost recognition of him as a hero but also, all the acquaintances he made. He was an adult trapped in the body of a child and since he was not in kokiri, he lost his friend (Navi) for which it could be said that he lost everything. Her loneliness is what motivates him to look for her and that is where the events of Majora's mask begin. Many say that Link died early in this game, while others speculate that he did grow up. However, be that as it may, the hero of time died with sorrow and bitterness, for which he never managed to rest in peace and that is why he appears in Twilight princess, to transmit his knowledge to his descendant. .
The fact that the hero of time shares this song with you, it feels special. He is teaching you a song that is so close and personal to him, he wants you to learn everything that he does so hus legacy can live on within you, the song of healing isnt direct healing, instead its bringing one at peace, this song is helping the hero of time to finally one day be at peace as well. Its Touching in a way.
2012 was 11 years ago, I remember as far as like 2001 when I first heard the tune in the game. That was 22 years ago. It's crazy how time speeds up as you age. I can still remember seeing the mask salesman and him being annoying, me being 10 back then and being afraid of that creep. xD
what makes this really sad is that the Hero of Time howls the Song of Healing before any other song thinking that if that the song of healing once helped him it can help Link get saved from the curse of the Magic Zant casted on him then when he realizes it doesn't work on Wolf Link it's even more sad
That's because the song doesn't heal curses. Even in Majora's Mask, it's never used to heal Link. It's used to help spirits that are still tied to the earth through some sense of duty or regret pass on. Link wasn't cursed to be a Deku, he was possessed by the spirit of one (specifically, the son of the butler). The song helps that spirit move on, and frees link and creates a death mask. It's the song you help the spirits of the dead, unable to move on due to regrets and problems they cant resolve, accept their death and pass on their duty to Link, who then can resolve those in their stead. This song isn't for the Hero of Twilight, the Song of healing can't cure him of a curse. It's for the Hero of Time. Still locked to the earth and unable to move on, who the hero of twilight helps them accept their time is at an end by proving they are strong enough to take over as the Hero.
@@Sir_limon In the game to learn new sword techniques you must first howl at the howling stones (the songs that the golden wolf teaches you) to summon the golden wolf somewhere and meet him with sword in hand then the golden wolf will then become the hero's shade which was the hero of time who has not passed on yet. It might be that the two Links became wolves because they both have or had the triforce of courage and also they are directly related. The hero of twilight is a direct descendant of the hero of time.
Zonai,Twili,Powerful scary magic.... a mask sealed in Shadows.... the tear Midna used to shatter the mirror...tho never explicitly sayng it was destroyed... and now Tears of the Kingdom....
You guys do know that after Majora's mask link returned to Hyrule and lived as a knight. He married Malone and had offspring. He was killed by an unknown assailant. His spirit attached to the forest spirit faron while awaiting his predecessor. TP link is blood kin to OOT link. So Termina must be a real place unless it's all a dream. Which is doubtful
Seems wrong. Not factually incorrect, mind you, but just in general. Hero of Time, Hero of Termina...Having gone through so much pain and trauma, experienced so much magic, tested and tried again and again...bodied by some random assailant?
Growing up with the LoZ series This game was special to me as it gave the feeling of this fate of being one of the cursed three pieces of the Triforce (despite their holiness) and its history of no one truly winning despite there being a clear loser. This cycle *WILL* repeat. While it wasn't meaningless to save those that needed to be saved; it wasn't an impact the world will feel but its the impact we need to comfort ourselves as it cycles through another Triforce battle.
Imagine if we got a zelda sequel to Twilight Princess and Majora's mask at the same time i.e. you use masks like the former, turn into beasts like the latter while having the melancholic atmosphere of both
This song brings me to a very scary and anxious trance. It happened when I was younger. I must've been staring at the screen listening for a few hours. My grandma found me. I remember these little people in my room, with all different masks. It's terrifying to talk about it again after all these years. The childhood imagination is beyond our understanding. Very intense stuff.
To think, when link first started, he was a student of a school in the sky being bullied, but he became a hero that saved Zelda, only to be wrapped up in this dark and depressing conflict in this timeline, the dark timeline I call it..... If only he would've known then how much pain he would feel and see...... Crazy to think that if things didn't go his way, the bully would've become the hero instead and who knows if he would've been as strong as link to handle this heavy stuff.
I come here thinking this is a fan rendition of it in the TP soundfont, and then look at the comments and I get spoiled D: (I was planning on playing it soon) But what I did see, its really cool and an amazing touch that really centers zelda as one of my favorite franchises :)
You can play the ocarina on the loading screen in hyrule warriors definitive edition on the switch and if you do X Y L, X Y L, X Y L R Y you'll have successfully played song of healing (nothing happens but it's beautiful)
Mark my words; Tears of the Kingdom is gonna bring back the Twilight. I don't think we'll actually see any previously notable Twilight inhabitants, but there's too many similarities with the Zonai for them to not bring it back.
I've got a similar theory (only difference is that I think it could also be the Twili's ancestors, the Interlopers). The energy and the glowy line things on Zonai stuff would already be a dead giveaway, but there's more. Some Zonai constructs have an eye symbol on them not too dissimilar to the eye on the back of the Fused Shadow. Also, the eye on the front of the Fused Shadow looks similar to the eye of the mysterious figure on the trailer 3 mural. If you look on a couple of notable Twili constructs (the Fused Shadow and the Twili throne), you'll find Zonai-like spiral patterns. Finally, the Zonai clearly have an association with twinned serpent dragon iconography as shown on the logo for TotK. Twinned serpent iconography can be clearly seen on many noteworthy Twili constructs such as the Twili throne room, the Fused Shadow, Zant's shoulder armor, and the Scimitar of Twilight. Suffice to say, if the Twili (or their ancestors the Interlopers) don't make some sort of appearance in TotK, I'll eat my haberdasher.
@@weatherman1504 don’t forget two of the most damning pieces of concrete evidence we have. 1) in one of the trailers we see a droplet falling in reverse. It splashes first, then the original drop rises up. This EXACT same droplet is from the springs of light in TP 2) look at the Master Sword in the TotK logo. It’s 100% Twili magic
@@gordo8354 I'm not sure about the light spirit spring droplet you mentioned (It's been a while since I played that game). I knew about the Master Sword having the borked half of it's blade replaced with Twili magic. That falls under the "glowy line things" that I mentioned in my comment. It's also an interesting detail because this wouldn't be the first time the Master Sword was augmented by the power of Twili constructs as it was also powered up by the Sols in the Twilight Realm.
So, in other reality, called Termina. The inhabitans of the StoneTower Temple problably were the ones who made the Majora's Mask. But in the Main Reality, the Twilight people were the ones who made the equivalent for it.
I hope Tears of the Kingdom has an interaction with the Hero's Shade, or a new Song of Healing rendition. Probably not gonna happen since Nintendo doesn't care much about having existing continuity set up in previous games to affect the story of other Zelda games, and references only go as far as easter eggs.
Lloyd Ramirez My theory is that Majora and the ancient ones are Twili and onces Majora died they made the mask, but the real mask was the parts of the helmet Midna wore, and the twilight creatures stole them to cause another catastrophe.
@@SkelekittenGaming I think the story tells the creator of Majora mask where people in a cult that created the mask with the great evil power, since Termina is a parallel universe, same story was told to in Twilight princess where evil people in a cult like in Termina but in Hyrule instead was banish to Twilight realm and became Twili’s instead of humans, and spending time in the twilight realm, they created exactly the same thing like Majoras mask with power but with Twilight likeness like Midna wears later on in the game
I wonder if Majora was native to Termina and took a trip to Hyrule where Maskman finds him, or vice versa he's from the Hylian reality (where the Twili are) and took an excursion to Termina and used it as his own playground where other sources of Twili/Hylian culture and tech/magic didn't prominently exist anymore
The former. There is a theory that Ikanas stone tower was a portal into Hyrule and that Hyrule is Terminas heaven so to speak. The tower was built to invade the realm of the gods and take there power. The power was the triforce and the evil tribe of legend in majoras mask that made the mask were the interlopers of twilight princes.. However they were sealed away by the Goddeesses into the twilight realm becoming the twilii we see in twilight princess. The fused shadow mask is yet another attempt by the tribe to create a magical super weapon. However like majora it backfired and was deemed to dangerous so they destroyed it.
Hearing this song again after quite some time since I've last heard it makes me remember how much I love this game. Twilight Princess is really beautiful
majora's mask and Twilight Princess are from the same timeline, and the eye of the fused shadows and the majora's mask are identical, so in the past did twilis create the majora's mask?
It could be a possibility since we don't know much about the people who created the Mask of Majora. Maybe Majora was an ancient ruler of the Twilis and his/her spirit was sealed into this mask for their terrible deeds toward their people. Then the mask could have been eiter cast away in the dimension of Termina in exile or the mask could have been stolen.
the mask salesman tells us the ancient tribe that created majoras mask just vanished a long time ago the twili were a tribe of sorcerers that were banished to the twilight realm after trying to steal the triforce i think it would make sense for the twili to be the same ancient tribe
I don't see many people talk about how when you first turn into the wolf this is the first song the hero of time teaches you.
He's trying to heal the twilight curse.
Through that lens, the fact that it doesn't work just feels tragic.
Oh my god my heart-
This is such a good freaking theory omg
Even in death the hero lost in time still keeps trying to heal all those he meets
holy shit thank you for this comment
this added another beautiful layer of context to the lineage between hero of time link and hero of twilight link
Ouch 😢
in memory of The hero of time, the ancestor of the hero of twilight.
Actually, the Link in Twilight Princess is called The Hero Chosen by the Gods.
All Links are "The Hero Chosen by the Gods"
But they all have their own title, such as:
Minish cap: Hero of the Minish
Four Swords: hero of the Four Sword
Ocarina of Time/Majora´s Mask: Hero of Time
Wind Waker: Hero of Winds
Spirit Tracks: Hero of Spirits
Twilight Princess: Hero of Twilight
A Link to the Past: Hero of Legend
The Legend of Zelda/The Adventure of Link: Hero of Hyrule
@@BradleyKlein skyward sword; hero of the sky (of skies)
@@BradleyKlein don't forget the hero of the wild. i think that's his title, correct me if i'm wrong.
Nahah botw link is normal he not got anything powerful or amazing about him or in him or what he holds
I saw the comment regauridng how the Song of Healing being used first may have meaning with how Link is currently cursed, but I think theres a neat little extra layer to it if you look into how the song of healing is used in Majora's Mask.
In Majora's Mask the song doesn't remove curses, nor does it heal in traditional sense. What it does is it helps spirits accept their death and move on. It's a harsher form of healing, as it doesn't heal the body but rather the soul so spirits can rest in peace. This is how it "heals" link of the deku curse, by allowing the spirit possessing his form to pass on. It's also how the other transformation masks are acquired, by helping the dead accept their deaths and pass on their unresolved burdens to Link to solve them in their stead.
This song might not be playing for TP link, but rather for the Hero of Time, a soul still tied to the earth due to regrets. Regrets that you help satisfy and ultimately help the spirit move on by convincing him that you are now strong enough to take over the burden of the hero.
What a lovely twist in perspective, I've never thought of it playing for the Hero of Time but it totally works both ways
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oh i hadn't thought of that before h u h
in majora's mask the song was used to cure a gibdo curse which implies it also cures dark curses and evil magic like the happy mask salesmen stated
@@chronic-joker That is a good point, but at the same time we see that the Song of Healing is completely unable to remove any other curse in the game, with the Song of Storms instead being used to do so. We see this with Sharp who will even comment that the Song of Healing will no longer work on him due to his curse, we see it unable to remove the blue bubble curse that the song of storms can get rid of.
Considering the location of Ikana being pretty much fully centered around lingering spirits with regrets, it's very likely that the Ghibdo "curse" was potentially of a possession. The Ghibdo themselves in the well where he got the affliction seem to also be spirits with regrets, not just cursed beings, as they immediately pass on when you fulfill their regrets. This lines up with what Pamela's father mentions about spirits being trapped in the well. This also seems to be evident in the Ghibdos around the music box house asking for their "friend" inside, indicating that Pamela's father might have been possessed by a spirit from the well which the other Ghibdo then sought to reclaim.
Granted, this is just a theory on my part as Pamela's condition is never fully explained or refereed to as one thing or the other. But it does line up similarly to how the other masks are formed and used. In every other case the Song of Healing is effective when used on a spirit with regrets (which all the Ghibdo from the well have) and that after the mask is passed on to link, it is then used to help resolve said regrets that the spirit passed on to Link, with the mask being used to help the other spirits of the well pass on.
@@nurgall6779 I feel like none of the other zelda games can compare to the emotional scarring that majoras mask link went through.
That fact that Time tried teaching you this one first breaks my heart. Whatever form he takes, he just wants to stop people’s pain and help them heal. The worst part is, he can’t do that for you, not really. You have to do it yourself, but he’s always there for you to help you however he can
I always thought that he taught you the song of healing because he is the one who needs healing, just like the spirits of the masks in Termina.
I am here guys. Alive.
This very song, is enough to prove that the memories of Termina carried through with link, and that it actually happened. Enough to prove it to myself atleast.
Wait do people think it didn’t happen or something?
What? Do people just not read up on the official lore or something?
@@MarioLuigi0404 yeah people think MM was a dream state made by Majora.
@@Hype_Incarnate It actually was made by Majora, but it's not like a dream state. It was a pocket dimension that subsequently ceased to exist after Link left Termina. The people were real, yes, but they no longer exist due to Majora's Mask just not being evil anymore.
@@CareJelly No? How would skullkid have a history of being in termina? How would the mailman have a lineage if he stopped existing? If they stop existing after Majora is stopped, then how does the game's credits make any sense?
@@andrewmorris4778 Firstly, this isn't something I've come to my own conclusion on, this is stated directly in the Hyrule Historia, a book that confirms many Zelda lore bits and stuff like that.
And for that second point, please note that I said it collapses after LINK LEAVES, not when Majora is defeated. He is seen during the credits in his Zora form, meaning he is still in Termina. Please consider noticing details in the credits if you're going to bring them up.
I once met a homeless man in my town when i was in highschool 12 years ago and he was about the age of 37. He never begged for money or whatsoever, he was the kind of man who would look out for bystanders who get into trouble. ( I live in a dangerous city ) I gave him $20 Everytime I saw him and humbly would accept it tho he's told me money has no value of life. I asked him how do you find kindness to life in this shitty town? He told me that everyday he would have the song of healing in his head to get him through. He passed away around this time 6 years ago. Ironically he did look like Jesus but Everytime I hear this, I think of him and his kindred soul.
Did he tell you how he knew the song?
@@Vidy4.He did say he grew up playing the original legend of zelda on the NES.
@@peepeerogers nice
I still get shivers from this song...
When I first played Twilight Princess, I didn't have Majora's Mask or Ocarina of time. So initially, the significance of this song being there was lost on me. Eventually, I got Majora's Mask, and then Ocarina of Time. I don't really get the theories of Majora's Mask and the Ben Drowned stuff just seems weird, but I still genuinely love this song and game. On top of that, realising Queen Ruto's theme was the Serenade of Water brought me to tears all over again when I replayed and got to the part where you follow the Queen's ghost. Say what you will about this game or that game and what was better or what was worse.. but all three games have a special place in my heart now.
When taken as a trilogy in the child timeline, all three games enhance each other. They share themes of healing others, the dangers of power, the flow of time, and taking responsibility. Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess are the sequel/spiritual sequel to Ocarina of Time, so it's only natural to include them as a through line one after the other. The Hyrule Historia would later confirm a blood relation between Ocarina and Twilight Link, so the games should be paired on those grounds as well.
Same bro 🤝
nice. I played ocarina of time first, then twilight princess years later, then majora's mask. I loved all the OOT references in TP.
Have you played the other games btw? Every Zelda game EXCEPT BOTW has that same magic to it and they're all special in their own way.
I hated botw but I strongly recommend all the others if you enjoyed TP OOT and MM.
@@yourmum69_420 I actually really like breath of the wild. I know it breaks series conventions sometimes for the worse but it is a Zelda game for those who haven’t experienced Zelda before. I’ve played oot and mm and whilst those are spectacular games, I think I still prefer botw. I think a way it makes up for taking away some of the former series tropes is by sneaking in plenty of careful references. But it’s your opinion and that’s fine 😀
When you follow Queen Ruto, she leads you to Ocarina of Times King Zoras grave. The game was made perfectly correct. It had its own story, but also throwbacks to OOT/MM. Its a solid 10/10 and in my top 3 favourite zelda games 🙌
This sounds relaxing and sad at the same time. Wow, I miss Twilight Princess. I would do anything to get to play it again...
So just play it again lol
@@anthonymanuel55000 I can't. I don't have access to anything I can play it on.
@@s1lentpr1ncess get a Wii U
@@anthonymanuel55000 Haha. I guess I'll try.
@@s1lentpr1ncess you should, you can get one now for only like $60
This further proves that Majora's Mask is not a symbolic telling of either Link's depression or death.
It did happen, and the scars remain. But they can indeed be healed.
I like to think the events of Majora's Mask symbolize Link's feelings of sadness during Ocarina of Time. Mnay of the events that reflects those which happen in Ocarina like how the Deku people blaming a monkey for the kidnapping of the Deku Princess reflects Link being accused of killing the Deku Tree by the Kokiri.
@@andreavasquez4355 And perhaps Maikau being dead and not there for Lulu was Link feeling guilty for not keeping his promise to Ruto? Maybe, though I don't believe the events of Majoras Mask are just Link in purgatory one bit. If he had died when he was that young, why would he look older and be dressed in armor as the hero's shade?
@@hylianchampion8867 Yeah, that's what I thought exactly.
@@hylianchampion8867 I like to think Termina was made to reflect Link's feelings and to show that both him and Skull Kid both share a feeling of loneliness.
that is believable, and I like to think that too.
I like the inclusion of the piano as a nod to how the happy mask salesman taught kid Link the song.
It does make you wonder where the mask salesman is.
@@Danny328DTprobably dead
Found one without the wolf howling. Finally!
Indeed, this one is perfect.
@Nora Brakman yeah, but it doesn't sound "cool". Link singing as a wolf sounds pretty ridiculous, and would make this a catastrophe.
@Nora Brakman Yeah, the wolf howling along makes it better, in my opinion.
the wolf howling sounds like ass ngl
It just popped up for me
Seeing the Majora’s Mask wear a piece of Midna’s helmet is both awesome and ominous.
Also, sick track.
Not gonna lie, I expect to hear Link start howling.
R.I.P hero of time
he is gonna have a special place in my heart
At this point in Breath of the Wild, he's been dead for centuries, or maybe even millennia.
@@ethanpease5936 same with all the other links
@@luksmuk Which really hurts for some reason. I don’t like the idea that The Hero of Twilight has been dead for so long that there isn’t any trace of his existence left.
@vHerman What I’m saying is that Breath Of The Wild takes place tens of thousands-if not hundreds of thousands of years after Twilight Princess. The Hero of Twilight’s existence can no longer be felt in the world: his hometown has long since decayed away; Hyrule is no longer the same place as it was when he traveled it, the geography changing over the millennia; everyone he ever knew is dead; the world itself barely even remembers that he saved it. He’s gone, and has been for a long, long time, but the world keeps going without him or his influence. And it’s oddly saddening to know that Hyrule keeps going when everything that we know about it has changed.
I just realized the eye on Midna's helmet is the same eye on the Majoras mask
There's a theory that this helmet is this game's Majora's Mask! But hey, it's just a theory, A GAME THEORY! Thanks for watching!
Game theory sucks
yup game theory is garbage
i kinda like game theory
Midna's eye is yellow with a red pupil.
I find the Song of Healing, although simple, very powerful and moving and I don’t understand why it’s hardly ever referenced in subsequent Zelda games. I hope that the musical score in Tears of the Kingdom is an improvement from Breath of the Wild and that maybe we can see this theme return in an important way some how considering the darker themes this second game will seemingly have.
Yeah, music has always been such an important part of Zelda games, both in-universe and as a player. It was a shame half of the time spent playing BotW was basically just the occasional few piano key presses in the background.
Honestly, from what we were told, the musical tone of Breath of the Wild was fully on purpose to immerse us into the game proper, most of the sound would would hear in game would be diegetic music, things that Link himself would hear, but town/battle/area music would be non-diegetic, only we would hear it, and honestly the fact most of BotW was Diegetic shows this isn't a prosperous Hyrule like all the games prior, this is a Hyrule after a century of constant battle and fear.
Combine that with the glaring theme of reversal that TOTK seems to have and it makes the song of healing even more potent
@@literallyunfunny On its own it's probably the best Zelda soundtrack ever made. The boss themes are glorious, the town themes are beautiful, and character themes are just superb. However, in game it's a little lacking. I know they wanted to be immersive but anything besides hearing the same 6 piano jingles would have been great. Hope Tears of the Kingdom improves on this
Man twilight princess is such a good game the memories I had with this game almost brings a tear to my eye
Ocarina of Time and the Twilight Princess hold a very special place in my heart
The Hero of Time's life is a tragic tale. But by passing on his combat knowledge to his descendant that also defeats Ganondorf, The Hero of Time is redeemed and can finally lay in peace.
Why would he need redemption? And what was his fate?
@@ZladnylOk, although it is not clear what happened to the Hero of Time, I can assure you something: it did not have a happy ending. Because he was returned to the past at the end of Ocarina, he not only lost recognition of him as a hero but also, all the acquaintances he made. He was an adult trapped in the body of a child and since he was not in kokiri, he lost his friend (Navi) for which it could be said that he lost everything. Her loneliness is what motivates him to look for her and that is where the events of Majora's mask begin. Many say that Link died early in this game, while others speculate that he did grow up. However, be that as it may, the hero of time died with sorrow and bitterness, for which he never managed to rest in peace and that is why he appears in Twilight princess, to transmit his knowledge to his descendant. .
That version is darker and also emotional, I like it
The fact that the hero of time shares this song with you, it feels special. He is teaching you a song that is so close and personal to him, he wants you to learn everything that he does so hus legacy can live on within you, the song of healing isnt direct healing, instead its bringing one at peace, this song is helping the hero of time to finally one day be at peace as well. Its Touching in a way.
This song penetrates the soul and it resonates there forever.
i just want to cry beacuse i love it so much
it's healing the heart and mind
from what I can tell this song seems to have a strong psychological effect on people.
So do i
@@jacobthoman1089 The music composer at Nintendo is a genius.
@@hylianchampion8867 Koji Kondo
@@ZmansEdits Thanks, I blanked on his name for some reason lol.
why did it take me 10 years to discover this
This truly is a song of healing. After listening to this I just feel much better.
Ah, Majora's mask...
Good times...
Traumatic times you mean
No. Well, yes. But still pretty damn good.
@@iluxius8216
"Yes but actually no."
My first ever Zelda, and its still great to this day!
I would stick my dick in hot ice before I play majoras mask again that shit sucks
2012 was 11 years ago, I remember as far as like 2001 when I first heard the tune in the game. That was 22 years ago. It's crazy how time speeds up as you age. I can still remember seeing the mask salesman and him being annoying, me being 10 back then and being afraid of that creep. xD
I swear every time I see this thumbnail I ALWAYS get a chill down my spine..
what makes this really sad is that the Hero of Time howls the Song of Healing before any other song thinking that if that the song of healing once helped him it can help Link get saved from the curse of the Magic Zant casted on him then when he realizes it doesn't work on Wolf Link it's even more sad
Wait how is the hero of time a wolf?
That's because the song doesn't heal curses. Even in Majora's Mask, it's never used to heal Link. It's used to help spirits that are still tied to the earth through some sense of duty or regret pass on. Link wasn't cursed to be a Deku, he was possessed by the spirit of one (specifically, the son of the butler). The song helps that spirit move on, and frees link and creates a death mask. It's the song you help the spirits of the dead, unable to move on due to regrets and problems they cant resolve, accept their death and pass on their duty to Link, who then can resolve those in their stead.
This song isn't for the Hero of Twilight, the Song of healing can't cure him of a curse. It's for the Hero of Time. Still locked to the earth and unable to move on, who the hero of twilight helps them accept their time is at an end by proving they are strong enough to take over as the Hero.
@@Sir_limon In the game to learn new sword techniques you must first howl at the howling stones (the songs that the golden wolf teaches you) to summon the golden wolf somewhere and meet him with sword in hand then the golden wolf will then become the hero's shade which was the hero of time who has not passed on yet.
It might be that the two Links became wolves because they both have or had the triforce of courage and also they are directly related. The hero of twilight is a direct descendant of the hero of time.
@@kohaiame2691 well I guess but is hero shade hero of time
@@Sir_limon The Hero’s Shade is the Hero of Time the golden wolf is also the Hero of Time just in a different form
majora's and twillight are 2 masterpiece, in gameplay AND in musics
16 years later and this video is still being recommended.
how it feels walking to the kitchen at night:
It's such a beautiful song. Peaceful yet melancholic
Zonai,Twili,Powerful scary magic.... a mask sealed in Shadows.... the tear Midna used to shatter the mirror...tho never explicitly sayng it was destroyed... and now Tears of the Kingdom....
You guys do know that after Majora's mask link returned to Hyrule and lived as a knight. He married Malone and had offspring. He was killed by an unknown assailant. His spirit attached to the forest spirit faron while awaiting his predecessor. TP link is blood kin to OOT link. So Termina must be a real place unless it's all a dream. Which is doubtful
where can i learn more?!
From where did u took this info
@@mateopoblete542 the Hyrule hystoria
Seems wrong.
Not factually incorrect, mind you, but just in general. Hero of Time, Hero of Termina...Having gone through so much pain and trauma, experienced so much magic, tested and tried again and again...bodied by some random assailant?
@@vynthiswechseln3868 We don’t know how old he was when he died. He could have been quite old when he was attacked
I love this version of the song. It's such a beautiful song. Peaceful yet melancholic.
I didn’t even realize the song of healing was in twilight princess 😳
All wolf melodies are taken from either Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask.
@@petersilie304 except that one that was from the wind waker..
@@peepeerogers
Which one?
@@petersilie304 i believe it's the Ballad of Gades or correct me for it's proper name
@@peepeerogers
Didn't expect it. :o
It's the Ballad of Gales. The storm melody taught by Cyclops which allows you to use his wind for fast travelling.
Experience, however painful, is the greatest teacher of all...
This song, my past life and these comments made me cry )':
The first zelda game I ever played was TP. Now having played through OoT and MM it gives the songs more significance to me
I can still hear the howling lol
I legit don’t know if it’s actually there or so thoroughly imprinted into my brain that I can’t escape it
This is what really wants me to go back and play this game again and again. I miss this.
Beautiful mix, thank you for this!
Edit: Don't know why but to me, this also sounds like a little nightmares track
at some point midna shows 'some relation to majora they might both have been cursed..midna is a legend. majora is a curse
If in addition to that there is a theory that the Twilighs created the mask but it was stolen by the man with the happy masks
And in fact it can also be seen in their personalities as it seems that both of them are kind of rebellious so to speak.
In way I sorta think twilight princess is just what happened in majora's mask years later trying to adapt to new world they found.
It's just so hauntingly beautiful
It's really creepy and foreboding that the eyes on the relic are similar to the ones on Majora's Mask
Hello anguished one
@@luizbanana4956 Hello to you too.
The majoras mask is rejected by the interlophers
Whenever I hear this song, I will always think of wolf link howling to this song. Can never unhear it now 😭
Growing up with the LoZ series
This game was special to me as it gave the feeling of this fate of being one of the cursed three pieces of the Triforce (despite their holiness) and its history of no one truly winning despite there being a clear loser.
This cycle *WILL* repeat.
While it wasn't meaningless to save those that needed to be saved; it wasn't an impact the world will feel but its the impact we need to comfort ourselves as it cycles through another Triforce battle.
Poor Link Has Suffered Enough Pain Its Very Similar To Castlevania Where The Belmonts BECOME Dracula And So On And So Forth
Can't believe it's 10 years. I remember when it was like 4 or something
If the hero’s shade is Link from OOT and Majoras mask I guess that’s why the wolf taught all those songs to link
Not if, He is link
@@AllTheSameSeam yeah it is confirmed
I love this version of the song
like them both. this music help me relaxed and removed depression.
It'd be cool a full version of this song following TP's sound base.
Imagine if we got a zelda sequel to Twilight Princess and Majora's mask at the same time i.e. you use masks like the former, turn into beasts like the latter while having the melancholic atmosphere of both
So you mean PEAK.
Am I the only one who finds this song quite sad sounding?
No. Not anymore
Me
It's the implications that this song brings--not just from the past, but also why it's being sung in the now.
@@popsicIes It's hard not to be overcome with emotion, i felt like I got some closure...it was powerful.
Its sad but in a "Youve been through a lot but your trouble is almost over". Its sad in an optimistic way.
Definitely one of my favorites
I unironically listen to this song when I'm sick to get better sooner
That’s actually sounds so beautiful
A beautiful melody when walk in some field when there is walls facing you and plants ❤❤
Glad you like it!
There's one incorrect note (compared to the MM version) and it's killing me. At about :51 and repeats.
Wolf link also misses so many fucking notes on Zelda’s lullaby too, when that part comes I just think
Damn he missed that note *h a r d*
How dare Nintendo make their music the way i dont like
Where?
Ughh that is painful to listen to
I don’t hear it
It finally dawned on me that this wolf howling section is using the song of healing. I'm having a nostalgic freakout right now!
The mask with the stone feels uncanny but somewhat complete
This song brings me to a very scary and anxious trance. It happened when I was younger. I must've been staring at the screen listening for a few hours. My grandma found me. I remember these little people in my room, with all different masks. It's terrifying to talk about it again after all these years.
The childhood imagination is beyond our understanding. Very intense stuff.
You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
Love the mix of the Fused Shadow and Majora's Mask
To think, when link first started, he was a student of a school in the sky being bullied, but he became a hero that saved Zelda, only to be wrapped up in this dark and depressing conflict in this timeline, the dark timeline I call it..... If only he would've known then how much pain he would feel and see...... Crazy to think that if things didn't go his way, the bully would've become the hero instead and who knows if he would've been as strong as link to handle this heavy stuff.
You know that SWS link is not the same person as the TP link or the OOT and MM link ether.
This one is nice but in my opinion doesn’t provoke the same feelings I get from the Majoras Mask Version
Yes.
I like better this version.
It's so beautiful
Let’s just say this is probably the best thumbnail I have ever seen
SO BEATIFUL!! :'D
For me the best Zelda Game ever! :)
I cant tell if your talking about majora or twilight princess. Both are good dont get me wrong.
play it in 0.75 speed. it sounds amazing
this was one of the hardest songs to learn as a wolf (For me) but so worth it. it was a magical experience :)
that I feel looked at full moon and list healing of song over and over again
i wish i could experience zelda games all over again.
I come here thinking this is a fan rendition of it in the TP soundfont, and then look at the comments and I get spoiled D: (I was planning on playing it soon)
But what I did see, its really cool and an amazing touch that really centers zelda as one of my favorite franchises :)
It is indeed cool friendo
Twilight princess released closer to majoras mask than today
This song just makes me cry.😭 it’s so peaceful and reminds me of my childhood💜😢
You had a great childhood 🙂
why music also make cry
about depression,dark past,good memories
You can play the ocarina on the loading screen in hyrule warriors definitive edition on the switch and if you do X Y L, X Y L, X Y L R Y you'll have successfully played song of healing (nothing happens but it's beautiful)
bro learnt how to play the instrument on kalimba
thats kool
i dont know why this keeps being recommended to me, but im not complaining.
I'm surprised reading a lot of comments of people hating the wolf howling, I loved it as a kid especially for this one
WOW That touches my spirit .
The Child Timeline is the Best Zelda Timeline in my opinion
I like the downfall timeline the most. Four Swords Adventures and Twilight Princess are solid stories though.
I miss the game , would be cool if they port it to Nintendo switch
Yes
Here's hoping this ages like fine wine
@@yohhh6715 it's on the switch :/
Granted you have to "Subscrib" to the online stuff my Majora's Mask is there.
@@ronhalmen67 I think they were referring to Twilight Princess.
Best bet is to get a gamecube/wii/wiiu to play it or just use an emulator because Nintendo hates people playing their older games!
This is what you do expect from the darkest two games in the series.
Now let's hear the song of harming
👀
Mark my words; Tears of the Kingdom is gonna bring back the Twilight. I don't think we'll actually see any previously notable Twilight inhabitants, but there's too many similarities with the Zonai for them to not bring it back.
I agree! I got so excited when I saw all the similarities in the trailer, MM and TP are some of my favorite games in the series.
I really hope this to be true.
I've got a similar theory (only difference is that I think it could also be the Twili's ancestors, the Interlopers). The energy and the glowy line things on Zonai stuff would already be a dead giveaway, but there's more. Some Zonai constructs have an eye symbol on them not too dissimilar to the eye on the back of the Fused Shadow. Also, the eye on the front of the Fused Shadow looks similar to the eye of the mysterious figure on the trailer 3 mural. If you look on a couple of notable Twili constructs (the Fused Shadow and the Twili throne), you'll find Zonai-like spiral patterns. Finally, the Zonai clearly have an association with twinned serpent dragon iconography as shown on the logo for TotK. Twinned serpent iconography can be clearly seen on many noteworthy Twili constructs such as the Twili throne room, the Fused Shadow, Zant's shoulder armor, and the Scimitar of Twilight.
Suffice to say, if the Twili (or their ancestors the Interlopers) don't make some sort of appearance in TotK, I'll eat my haberdasher.
@@weatherman1504 don’t forget two of the most damning pieces of concrete evidence we have.
1) in one of the trailers we see a droplet falling in reverse. It splashes first, then the original drop rises up. This EXACT same droplet is from the springs of light in TP
2) look at the Master Sword in the TotK logo. It’s 100% Twili magic
@@gordo8354 I'm not sure about the light spirit spring droplet you mentioned (It's been a while since I played that game). I knew about the Master Sword having the borked half of it's blade replaced with Twili magic. That falls under the "glowy line things" that I mentioned in my comment. It's also an interesting detail because this wouldn't be the first time the Master Sword was augmented by the power of Twili constructs as it was also powered up by the Sols in the Twilight Realm.
So, in other reality, called Termina. The inhabitans of the StoneTower Temple problably were the ones who made the Majora's Mask. But in the Main Reality, the Twilight people were the ones who made the equivalent for it.
Oh man, this song really works 😭
healing of song about feeling, depression,dark past or memory from childhood. very powerful music they created.
Remind me when someone puts this on Spotify please and thank you.
I hope Tears of the Kingdom has an interaction with the Hero's Shade, or a new Song of Healing rendition. Probably not gonna happen since Nintendo doesn't care much about having existing continuity set up in previous games to affect the story of other Zelda games, and references only go as far as easter eggs.
Wow, the algorithm did it again
Fitting because a popular theory is that Majora and Twili are the same
they're in the same timeline but are not the same
Lloyd Ramirez My theory is that Majora and the ancient ones are Twili and onces Majora died they made the mask, but the real mask was the parts of the helmet Midna wore, and the twilight creatures stole them to cause another catastrophe.
@@SkelekittenGaming I think the story tells the creator of Majora mask where people in a cult that created the mask with the great evil power, since Termina is a parallel universe, same story was told to in Twilight princess where evil people in a cult like in Termina but in Hyrule instead was banish to Twilight realm and became Twili’s instead of humans, and spending time in the twilight realm, they created exactly the same thing like Majoras mask with power but with Twilight likeness like Midna wears later on in the game
I wonder if Majora was native to Termina and took a trip to Hyrule where Maskman finds him, or vice versa he's from the Hylian reality (where the Twili are) and took an excursion to Termina and used it as his own playground where other sources of Twili/Hylian culture and tech/magic didn't prominently exist anymore
The former. There is a theory that Ikanas stone tower was a portal into Hyrule and that Hyrule is Terminas heaven so to speak. The tower was built to invade the realm of the gods and take there power. The power was the triforce and the evil tribe of legend in majoras mask that made the mask were the interlopers of twilight princes.. However they were sealed away by the Goddeesses into the twilight realm becoming the twilii we see in twilight princess. The fused shadow mask is yet another attempt by the tribe to create a magical super weapon. However like majora it backfired and was deemed to dangerous so they destroyed it.
Hearing this song again after quite some time since I've last heard it makes me remember how much I love this game.
Twilight Princess is really beautiful
i cant hear this song without the howling
Damn, the first 19 seconds sound like they could almost be from one of the first three Resident Evil games without the bells. Very similar vibes.
The beginning almost sounds like a resident evil 2 song, I love it
Without the howling this is.. epic
“Includes paid promotion” WHERE?
You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
I keep hearing the howls in my head i cant😭😭😭😭
majora's mask and Twilight Princess are from the same timeline, and the eye of the fused shadows and the majora's mask are identical, so in the past did twilis create the majora's mask?
It could be a possibility since we don't know much about the people who created the Mask of Majora. Maybe Majora was an ancient ruler of the Twilis and his/her spirit was sealed into this mask for their terrible deeds toward their people. Then the mask could have been eiter cast away in the dimension of Termina in exile or the mask could have been stolen.
@@kylebroflovski8656 I think it was usually stolen since the man in the happy masks asks you to give it back
Either that, or it was made with the broken remains of Majora's Mask and essence.
the mask salesman tells us the ancient tribe that created majoras mask just vanished a long time ago
the twili were a tribe of sorcerers that were banished to the twilight realm after trying to steal the triforce
i think it would make sense for the twili to be the same ancient tribe
I would kill for a Majoras Mask Sequel ;-;