The Curious Case of Kakariko Village - Zelda Theory

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  • @joancruz2785
    @joancruz2785 3 роки тому +1591

    "Kakariko Village was a peaceful place..."
    *color shifts to negative colors*
    "Until it WASN'T"

    • @SavingCentury
      @SavingCentury 3 роки тому +20

      Anxiously waiting for this docuseries

    • @joseveliz218
      @joseveliz218 3 роки тому +12

      Like the many small towns in real life that look cute but hold so many dee dark secrets.

  • @calamari08
    @calamari08 3 роки тому +3405

    I’m tripped out, because the peanut farmer that you used is my uncle! He’s a peanut farmer in Georgia, USA! Lmao

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +1102

      Wait really! Wow! What are the odds :O. Say hi to your uncles for me, and my apologies for photoshopping his face xD

    • @calamari08
      @calamari08 3 роки тому +298

      @@MonsterMaze Yeah, I felt like I was in the twilight zone when I saw his face lol Blowing up his face was the best part! Lol

    • @randomSPOOKYgirl3po
      @randomSPOOKYgirl3po 3 роки тому +409

      It's been a week... has your uncle seen this yet? We need to know how this story ends.

    • @linkswords10
      @linkswords10 3 роки тому +76

      Lmao what are the odds 😂😭😭😂

    • @EM663
      @EM663 3 роки тому +114

      So… does he have a peanut allergy? Inquiring minds would like to know

  • @smilesfordays
    @smilesfordays 3 роки тому +1011

    She farms cucoo’s because her brother did first before he left to go into the forest. It’s probably the last connection she has to him after he disappears. It’s kind of heartbreaking...

    • @gamerofthetime
      @gamerofthetime 3 роки тому +21

      wait, they are related? That would make so much sense.

    • @smilesfordays
      @smilesfordays 3 роки тому +117

      @@gamerofthetime yea she says the blue cucoo was her brothers and then he freaks out when you give it to him, calls him by name and says it’s his and gives you the saw... which is his fathers... the construction leader...

    • @gamerofthetime
      @gamerofthetime 3 роки тому +31

      @@smilesfordays This is the kind of detail I love to see, and hate that they get lost in other languages. I am sure she didn't say the blue cocoo was her brothers, she just said she has a special blue cocoo.

    • @sidnew2739
      @sidnew2739 3 роки тому +21

      @@xionmemoria She does it in German, too.

    • @sidnew2739
      @sidnew2739 3 роки тому +18

      @@gamerofthetime But she did. You just don't remember.

  • @auru1325
    @auru1325 3 роки тому +838

    Monster maze makes a new video
    Nintendo: let's go we get to learn the lore

    • @buzzzysin
      @buzzzysin 3 роки тому +5

      Ha!

    • @auru1325
      @auru1325 3 роки тому +10

      Thx so much for the heart and likes

    • @apIthletIcc
      @apIthletIcc 3 роки тому +2

      @@auru1325 navi is the guide lol thats perfect

  • @KalCounty
    @KalCounty 2 роки тому +342

    What I love about the Zelda lore community is their ability to make a 25min video based on a couple random pools of acid used as obstacles for the player and make it all sound logical and compelling.

    • @gameman3981
      @gameman3981 Рік тому +14

      It's like how Matthew Robert Patrick could make you believe that the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron is about time-travel.
      Yes, he has actually made a theory about such a thing and due to the evidence he shares it seems completely plausible.

  • @denezebootle
    @denezebootle 3 роки тому +478

    I never got over the fact that bongo bongo is literally the upper torso of a man with his hands and head chopped off. Goshh

    • @katiecurbow7086
      @katiecurbow7086 3 роки тому +111

      Rated E for everyone.

    • @dayshallcomeagain
      @dayshallcomeagain 3 роки тому +112

      Rated E for Eternal Nightmares.

    • @kamille286
      @kamille286 3 роки тому +38

      And somehow I didn't notice until watching this video. I feel like a missed a lot while playing Oot

    • @eboroni
      @eboroni 3 роки тому +12

      He looks like he is bending backwards

    • @jnf6772
      @jnf6772 3 роки тому +6

      Omg!! Never noticed it

  • @Melont06
    @Melont06 3 роки тому +587

    It's so creepy that these people are living a normal life above, yet they don't know about this whole dungeon beneath their feet. There's literally bodies down there!

    • @BlaxeFrost-X
      @BlaxeFrost-X 3 роки тому +92

      as far as we know, that could happen literally everywhere in the real world

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +160

      Look up the Paris Catacombs, and you will get a real life equivalent of what we see in Kakariko. Well... minus the zombies and magic that is xD

    • @docAvid314
      @docAvid314 3 роки тому +109

      @@MonsterMaze bold of you to assume there are no zombies in the Paris catacombs

    • @orio-kami7601
      @orio-kami7601 3 роки тому +35

      @@MonsterMaze I think another difference is that we know it exists. It is STILL creepy, but a little less.

    • @Val.Kyrie.
      @Val.Kyrie. 3 роки тому +39

      @@orio-kami7601 there’s a lot of undercity cities people have no idea about. Almost anyone can be living above a centuries old town or city.

  • @thegnoblin
    @thegnoblin 3 роки тому +414

    Kakariko Village: seemingly peaceful, but SUPER CREEPY.
    [Insert Zonai swirl here]

    • @ast.4049
      @ast.4049 3 роки тому +22

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 3 роки тому +1

      The Zonai might be the new Sheikah.

    • @r_e_e_e_c_h
      @r_e_e_e_c_h 3 роки тому +2

      @@ast.4049 Wait, there's a Zonai emoji?

    • @ZeldaLore
      @ZeldaLore 3 роки тому +12

      @@r_e_e_e_c_h always has been

    • @r_e_e_e_c_h
      @r_e_e_e_c_h 3 роки тому +8

      @@fluffynator6222 Personally, I think the Zonai might be the old Sheikah, the ones who used the old, archaic magic and created all the magical artifacts. The "new" Sheikah are the ones who used technology to create the Divine Beasts and guardians

  • @GalactaKnight-tu9ig
    @GalactaKnight-tu9ig 3 роки тому +428

    I love me a good Zelda theory

  • @symbolik4372
    @symbolik4372 3 роки тому +457

    I had not even really thought about those Green pools before but now that i think about it, that makes 3 forms of magic liquid in the Zelda Franchise. Malice, the blue liquid used in Sheikah technology found in BOTW and the green pools in Ocarina of time. Interestingly the colors all correspond to the 3 goddesses, Nayru, Din and Farore. Perhaps these liquids are some form of pure essence from each of the goddesses used to create Hyrule. It does seem to fit as Farore, represented by the color green created life so it stands to reason that it can reanimate corpses, and is often used to represent spirits. Similarly Nayru is the goddess of Wisdom, represented by the color blue who created Law and order, which in terms of the universe can be calculable with mathematics which would explain why Sheikah technology would use a blue liquid. And Malice is red and black and represents Din who is associated with creating the material realm which might explain why Malice is shown as being more of a goop than a liquid and can take shape such as Malice eyes or Ganons Blights.

    • @chewie221b
      @chewie221b 3 роки тому +33

      I've been playing BOTW & OoT for two years and I was today years old when I realized that tHE DRAGONS HAVE THE SAME NAMES & COLORS AS THE THREE GODDESSES!! 🤯🤯 how did I not notice that?!??!??

    • @symbolik4372
      @symbolik4372 3 роки тому +24

      @@chewie221b I had the same reaction when i first caught the reference too. Gotta hand it to Nintendo they love their references. lol. Though they are not quite the same names. the dragons are Dinraal, Naydra and Farosh, not Din, Nayru and Farore. But yes they are named after the three golden goddesses. There are theorists out there who suggest this was not just an easter egg but that these dragons are deities related to the goddesses, but that's all speculation at this point.

    • @chewie221b
      @chewie221b 3 роки тому +16

      @@symbolik4372 that's right not the same names but very similar. Either way it's very cool and it makes me wanna play OoT again to go through the dungeons with new perspective

    • @symbolik4372
      @symbolik4372 3 роки тому +12

      @@chewie221b there's always master quest. Dungeons are different, feels like a whole new experience. You can get it on emulator too. project 64 is a good emulator.

    • @pennyd.5866
      @pennyd.5866 3 роки тому +2

      Nice catch!

  • @shadowdecidueye
    @shadowdecidueye 3 роки тому +301

    Thor said it best; “Your Ancestors Called it Magic, but You Call it Science. I Come From a Land Where They Are One and the Same.”

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +62

      Omg I ALMOST put that clip in the actual video. It's even in the script still, but I couldn't find a decent quality clip of it :(

    • @chedidkamal837
      @chedidkamal837 3 роки тому +1

      @@MonsterMaze that’s sad

  • @BanditGames
    @BanditGames 3 роки тому +846

    Aaaand just when I thought you couldn't get any better at cinematography and editing, you did just that. This was a spectacle to watch, as well as a hell of a theory that attempts to tie so much of this Kakariko weirdness (and even BotW 2) together. Impressively well done sir.
    Also, points for Ocarina of Time love.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +77

      Why thank you so much mister bandit! Keep the Ocarina of Time love alive!

    • @slimygastrodon
      @slimygastrodon 3 роки тому +12

      Imagine if Kakariko Village was where Ganondorf was hidden!

    • @gregzotter6189
      @gregzotter6189 3 роки тому +7

      @@slimygastrodon How terrifying! But highly interesting.

    • @Rachel-jg7sv
      @Rachel-jg7sv 3 роки тому +6

      Bandit!

    • @HowIremember
      @HowIremember 3 роки тому +4

      We made some models from the Shadow Temple entrance and the Kakariko Catacombs that could have helped in this video (only if you like them of course).

  • @Emerald23928
    @Emerald23928 3 роки тому +467

    I've said this before but I want to say it again, they should 100% add redeads to BOTW2. Anyone else agree?

    • @varden506
      @varden506 3 роки тому +43

      One could argue that dehydrated ganondorf is a pretty close example

    • @adrianrosales98
      @adrianrosales98 3 роки тому +16

      That makes sense when ganondorf gained power in OoT all of the town was ran up with redeads so he casted a curse on the people and turned them into redeads and then whoever imprisoned him under Hyrule castle In botw casted the curse on him?

    • @adrianrosales98
      @adrianrosales98 3 роки тому +1

      @@varden506 ^^

    • @misterclinkers3774
      @misterclinkers3774 3 роки тому +17

      Better, also bring back Dead Hand and Gibdos.

    • @varden506
      @varden506 3 роки тому +6

      @@misterclinkers3774 yes and yess

  • @MonsterMaze
    @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +90

    8:13 "Knowlegde"... can't have a Monster Maze video without at least ONE typo ^^.
    Anyway, thanks as always for watching everyone ^^. Be sure to check out NBC's video!
    ua-cam.com/video/KNMnXDlh2x0/v-deo.html

    • @auru1325
      @auru1325 3 роки тому +5

      Hi

    • @auru1325
      @auru1325 3 роки тому +8

      Monster maze makes a new video
      Nintendo: let's go we get to learn the lore

    • @MischievousLittleImp
      @MischievousLittleImp 3 роки тому

      BTW, isn't it "Hyrulean War" instead of "Hyrulian War"?

    • @theoaremevano3227
      @theoaremevano3227 3 роки тому +4

      "You've just watched another Monster Maze production,
      consider yourself knowlegde."

    • @En-cw7cl
      @En-cw7cl 3 роки тому

      Without*
      We can't have comments without typos either!

  • @JordenBarry
    @JordenBarry 3 роки тому +138

    Never ever noticed the Sheikah texts in the houses around Hyrule. So many great arguments made in this video you guys.

    • @blitzgirl6522
      @blitzgirl6522 3 роки тому +3

      But did those books with the logo exist in the original N64 version of the game? If they didn't, then this theory doesn't hold up.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +24

      @@blitzgirl6522 I don't see why the theory wouldn't hold up. Ocarina of Time 3D is the newer version of the game, and allowed them to put more details and hints in the environments than they could in the original. Which now looks empty compared to the 3DS version. Ocarina 3D is just as canon in my opinion. They didn't change the overal story, they just added some new details.

    • @blitzgirl6522
      @blitzgirl6522 3 роки тому +2

      @@MonsterMaze But someone other than Nintendo did the actual remaster, right? How do we know they didn't put in stuff they wanted to put in without Nintendo's consent? I just can't consider it 100% canon, feels shoe-horned. Plus with all the mods people add to emulated versions of the game that make it not even look the same.

    • @karihana
      @karihana 3 роки тому +8

      @@blitzgirl6522 Canonicity belongs to the IP holders and those who work on it (the IP), and we don't really decide or have a say about that.
      By following your logic, a good amount of Zelda games in the timeline are not canon at all because they aren't made by Nintendo EAD/EPD team themselves (Minish Cap, Oracles, Triforce Heroes and most remakes), and so are many books that reveal and explain the lore of the series (notably, Creating a Champion). I'm not going to open the can of worms concerning localisation because following your logic all non-Japanese Zelda games and lore are not canon because the translation isn't done by the creators.
      If any studio or company is allowed to work on a big IP like this, the creators oversee and it should be considered as canon even if it contradicts the source material from the creator themselves (creators contradict themselves all the time, anyway). That is why Zelda theorists often decide to use the creators' source material for lore rather than spinoffs or something made by third parties if there is a contradiction.
      Adding worldbuilding and secrets (that may have been originally made by the creators, by the way, since worldbuilding is the first step of making a game) does not make a game noncanon because its original game or the creators were not capable of showing it back then.

    • @akward4210
      @akward4210 3 роки тому +3

      @@karihana I think that part of the problem that @Blitzgirl is bringing up is that even the creative teams from Nintendo that are aiding these third-party developers involved in these remasters may not even consist of the original creative teams that made the original games. These different team members could still be adding in details based on interpretations that weren't intended in the original game. Even if they did consist of some original team members, creators can still change their opinions about the intentions behind their creative works over time and make alterations to those works in order to "fix" them. This has already happened in the Zelda series with Majora's Mask 3D, where upon revisiting the original game, Eiji Aonuma is quoted to have thought that something was wrong with him back when he was the game's codirector; a lot ended up being changed in Majora's Mask 3D from the original game which upset many fans.
      We can assume that the added worldbuilding and secrets in Ocarina of Time 3D were from the original creators, but we can also just as easily assume that @Blitzgirl is right and all the additions were from Grezzo or Nintendo team members who had little to no involvement with the original game's development and probably didn't care if a couple new details were added. None of us were there during the development to really know what the creative team's intentions were, besides "Let's replace these blurry textures with more detailed stuff so the game looks better." Nintendo has never been about developing their games around worldbuilding, it's almost always been about developing worldbuilding and story around gameplay.

  • @chessycopter9619
    @chessycopter9619 3 роки тому +84

    0:59 I’d like to point out that this lady was also JUGGLING HER CUCCOS in the end credits of the game.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +34

      What a scammer! She was playing us the whole time :O

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +8

      Underrated observation and comment!

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +8

      @@MonsterMaze Sounds like there's a theory there somewhere!

    • @lasercraft32
      @lasercraft32 6 місяців тому +5

      Imagine a peanut farmer with a peanut allergy juggling peanuts... 🤔

  • @salome5603
    @salome5603 3 роки тому +108

    Even when you think you've heard of all possible zelda theories, you guys always find a way to deliver some new great ones. Thanks! That video was awesome

  • @centurosproductions8827
    @centurosproductions8827 3 роки тому +75

    "The fact that a lot of people died here doesn't automatically explain why they would rise from the grave."
    Except many fantasy stories would explain it because of specifically the *way* they seem to have died.

    • @Flaris
      @Flaris 3 роки тому +26

      That's what I was thinking too. Dying on the battlefield and being tortured to death are two rather different ways to go. Pretty common fictional concept that the latter would cause more ghosts, zombies, and 'bad vibes' than the former.

    • @MsOdd86
      @MsOdd86 12 днів тому

      Literally in Japan they have special words for the type of ghosts that spawn from different types of death and the ones who die unjustly or in extreme distress are the most dangerous and likely to appear

  • @maxbetatron
    @maxbetatron 3 роки тому +21

    I love these theories. I wonder if the River of the Dead from BOTW is really the flooded village and temple. If so... It’s pretty close to the resurrection chamber as well. So maybe the connection is even stronger.

  • @metalcorpseman5433
    @metalcorpseman5433 4 дні тому +1

    One thing that trips me out (and what brought me to this video) is that the music man in the windmill tells Link about playing the Song of Storms before it actually occurs. Link has to travel into the future to learn about an event that has already happened (in the past) before it even occurred. This is probably why they label the inside of the windmill with a "?" when you go in there. Great video guys, thanks! ♥

  • @geoffreyrichards6079
    @geoffreyrichards6079 3 роки тому +155

    And the moral of the story is: don’t mess around with Farore‘s powers. She gives life, and she can take it away.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +16

      Well said

    • @dayshallcomeagain
      @dayshallcomeagain 3 роки тому +26

      Never thought about it that way. If that's the case, it makes a lot of sense why Link is the holder of the Triforce of Courage, as he is often seen giving peace to the spirits of the dead.

    • @dr.velious5411
      @dr.velious5411 3 роки тому +12

      @@dayshallcomeagain That gives a lot of context to Majoras Mask too.

    • @cifge_404
      @cifge_404 3 роки тому +9

      Uh, yeah lol. I would think that messing around with and trying to abuse the powers of a deity is just generally a bad idea.

    • @geoffreyrichards6079
      @geoffreyrichards6079 3 роки тому +2

      @@cifge_404 Well, that and the fact that the energy is green.

  • @spaceghost9969
    @spaceghost9969 3 роки тому +60

    Also Kakariko is the sound a rooster makes in French, which Paris has very similar well known catacombs.

    • @spaceghost9969
      @spaceghost9969 3 роки тому +8

      @Eternal Cowboy Zeldas so full of gravy it’s just ridiculous.
      Here’s a ladle for ya. Obviously Majoras Masks Stone Tower is the tower of Babylon.
      They tower they built as a shortcut the heaven go God inverted the whole thing, there’s a reason you turn it upside down to get to the boss who’s definitely not on the moon.
      The moon landing in Majoras Mask hits a lot closer to Dante’s Paradiso than that boomer NASA nonsense.

    • @dayshallcomeagain
      @dayshallcomeagain 3 роки тому +5

      @@spaceghost9969 Babel. Not Babylon.

    • @spaceghost9969
      @spaceghost9969 3 роки тому +2

      @@dayshallcomeagain o thanks but hold on! I thought the Babel tower was in Babylon or was it older?

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +14

      No way! That is crazy! Wow... I have NEVER heard that before. If that was intentional, then the Zelda team are more genius than I thought.

    • @spaceghost9969
      @spaceghost9969 3 роки тому

      @@MonsterMaze I think they know exactly what they’re doing, they maybe run of elves.
      Wind Waker was all about the flood also I’m pretty sure that in Skyward Sword Hylias supposed to be Gaia. Maybe though with reversed roles with her as the sky and Demise below as Urectum. You know what I mean and I just ended that stupid joke once and for all!

  • @darkhobo
    @darkhobo 3 роки тому +47

    So since this was a Civil War, and there are very few Sheikah left... And Hylians now live in Kakariko. It could be the Royal Family found out about the Sheikah experiments and that kicked off the Civil War. An early version of the Yiga, if you will.

    • @JariDawnchild
      @JariDawnchild 3 роки тому +25

      Possibly? Bongo Bongo did lead a traitorous faction of the Sheikah before they were all hunted down by the loyalists and executed. That's where most of the Sheikah had gone by the start of OoT, the ones who weren't killed in battle were killed by other Sheikah. I, personally, think that's where the redead came from, their efforts to develop the techniques that would later preserve the monks in BoTW.

    • @darkhobo
      @darkhobo 3 роки тому +7

      @@JariDawnchild pure speculation

    • @JariDawnchild
      @JariDawnchild 3 роки тому +16

      @@darkhobo Of course, that's what makes stuff like this fun lol.

  • @darkspider420
    @darkspider420 3 роки тому +32

    I love how interconnected the Zelda theory community really is.

  • @UnasZole
    @UnasZole 3 роки тому +46

    For some reason, "Professor Maze and the Curious Village" is the first thing that came to mind when reading the title !
    And the video didn't disappoint, one of your best !

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +3

      Professor Maze says: Thank you!

  • @docAvid314
    @docAvid314 3 роки тому +16

    One of the great things about Zelda is how it's like secretly super dark. A couple entries have a more overt dark vibe, but if you look closely enough, most of them are surprisingly creepy and sad. Wind Waker is a post apocalyptic cartoon with an antagonist you can sympathize with, despite his ruthlessness. Breath of the Wild is populated with people suffering from severe post traumatic stress syndrome and barely coping. I think a lot of people miss these things, but not you!

  • @sammaloney1746
    @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +13

    Love how you zelda theorists all show love and support for each other and each others content!!!
    The heroicism of the lore is not lost on you! It's a truly beautiful thing!

  • @RoninCatholic
    @RoninCatholic Рік тому +3

    Hyrule Field is also teeming with undead - Stalchildren when you're a child and Big Poes when you're an adult.

  • @centurosproductions8827
    @centurosproductions8827 3 роки тому +30

    "If we as Zelda fans had to choose... zombies are obviously cooler. I mean, come on."

  • @kirbykid2635
    @kirbykid2635 3 роки тому +25

    this makes you wonder if the cave the Ganondorf is sealed in is underneath Botw's kakariko village

    • @The_Super_NOVA
      @The_Super_NOVA 2 роки тому +2

      * Snake cardboard box surprise sound effect *

  • @juanma250297
    @juanma250297 2 роки тому +12

    With how smart and resourceful the Sheikah were, I find it hard to believe that they are really dead. I mean they were basically ninjas and they had knowledge of magic and even of tunnels and caves

    • @michaelmario299
      @michaelmario299 Рік тому +8

      My own pet theory is that the Sheikah ever being close to extinction was propaganda on their and the Royal Family's part to give them cover if the atrocities beneath Kakariko Village were ever discovered. They just went into hiding after the Hyrulean Civil War and eventually resurfaced in Breath of the Wild's backstory.

  • @nicobones9608
    @nicobones9608 3 роки тому +3

    Link to the Past hints at a lot of this too. The Dark World is a mirror of Hyrule, and Kakariko's counterpart is The Village of Outcasts. The Village of Outcasts has a vast underground prison, just like OoT Kakariko, full of traps and the like. Also, one of the citizens of Kakariko Village says that one particular building in the town used to be a hideout for a gang of thieves.

  • @theoaremevano3227
    @theoaremevano3227 3 роки тому +11

    How ReDeads were named:
    -Bringing a person back to life: "Wha? Huh? I'm ALIVE! WOHOO!"
    Shiekah testers: "A bit too alive... can we kill him again, just.. not as much?"
    I always thought of the substance in the underground areas as just acid. The fact that this actually adds up with stuff established later on down the road so well is incredibly amusing. :D
    Okay, seriously, I'm almost angry how well this stuff adds up. XD This is ridiculous. I'd like to think some of this actually occurred to developers and is the reason for many supporting details. I do love the idea they'd embrace this lore.

  • @King-hl1ck
    @King-hl1ck 3 роки тому +13

    Ahh yes😌. Perfect video to go with my dinner for tonight after work. Thanks monster maze you are amazing.👍🏾

  • @kathleenbielecki6814
    @kathleenbielecki6814 3 роки тому +14

    The explanation of the redeads made me think about Kikyo from Inuyasha as her body is made from clay and bone made from magic and her addition of her soul gave her somewhat free will. The redeads could be made like that completely without free will.

  • @xxgalaticrpgxx1849
    @xxgalaticrpgxx1849 3 роки тому +15

    What if the reason for the negative side effects and off coloration is because that is unrefined magic, like how you have to process crude oil to get gasoline

  • @RobbWes
    @RobbWes 3 роки тому +21

    The medicine shop owner in castle Town is also a student of the old lady in Kakariko.

    • @asenseofyarning5614
      @asenseofyarning5614 3 роки тому +6

      Would that mean the Sheikah book we see all over the place is like a college textbook? Lol.
      That poor Castle Town shop owner must've kept the book after graduating his apprenticeship because the campus bookstore would only buy it back for 10% of its value. Ngl, I also kept textbooks out of spite.

  • @pennyd.5866
    @pennyd.5866 3 роки тому +3

    Great Video!
    Here's something else to consider.
    In the game one of the NPCs mentioned Kakariko being opened to the poor of Hyrule by Impa, suggesting that this village wasn't always open to outsiders. Perhaps Kakariko village was originally closed to outsiders, similar to the concept of a Soviet-era 'closed cities' which were used to manufacture weapons or were involved in closely-guarded state secrets? Perhaps the Shadow Temple served as a chief research facility that was eventually converted into a black site for Hylian experimentation while the other tunnels, such as the Well and Dampe's tomb, were planned expansions (as you seem to suggest in your video).
    Maybe Kakariko Village was deliberately built over the remnants of a Shiekah research station to cover up the research and fallout caused from tampering with forbidden knowledge? You know, once all the undead and demons have been properly sealed away in the ruins.

  • @fernandowada7504
    @fernandowada7504 3 роки тому +48

    Monster Maze, NintendoBlackCrisis and Zeltik are the triforce of Zelda theories!

    • @EnchWraits
      @EnchWraits 3 роки тому +4

      MM->green->courage NBC->red/purple/black->power Zeltik->goldish->wisdom

    • @BlaxeFrost-X
      @BlaxeFrost-X 3 роки тому

      @@EnchWraits rather than courage, power and wisdom, the colors represent the godesses that in extension relates to the triforce like that... but the godesses first

    • @EnchWraits
      @EnchWraits 3 роки тому

      @@BlaxeFrost-X yes, but those are the things (can't think of a better word right now) in humans, or hylians, or gerudo, releted to the pieces of the triforce and the golden godesses.

  • @Obad87
    @Obad87 Місяць тому +1

    In tears of the kingdom Gannon's body is glowing with green magic spirit energy.

  • @mangojam4518
    @mangojam4518 3 роки тому +34

    Ok the title of this video reads like a Junji Ito manga lol
    See The Enigma of Amigara Fault

  • @4sight611
    @4sight611 3 роки тому +23

    I remember when you first suddenly appeared in my feed... one of the best days of my youtube life.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +2

      Happy to hear I did not disappoint ^^

  • @paulturner1311
    @paulturner1311 3 роки тому +17

    Wow i hadn’t even considered that we had seen free flowing green substance in the series (green pools, green fumes)or that we already have a name for zombie in the Zelda universe (Redead).i wonder if you could refer to the mummified Shikah shrine monks and the decrepit Ganondorf as redead?

  • @Dealerofdeath1998
    @Dealerofdeath1998 Рік тому +1

    Love your videos bro please keep making these zelda videos gives me nostalgia every time ❤

  • @Swift96
    @Swift96 3 роки тому +47

    Could the redeads that Link encounters in the bottom of the well as a child be leftover creations by Bongo Bongo from the time before he was sealed away?

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +18

      It's hard to say. It's strange actually, because when Link visits the well as a kid, Bongo Bongo is not there. Even though he technically should be in the well still. Even if mister bongo created the redeads inside the well, it still doesn't account for the ones in the Royal Crypt. Kakariko is such a mysterious place!

    • @zacharydavies5381
      @zacharydavies5381 3 роки тому +6

      @@MonsterMaze i think that he is released from the well when ganondorf gains the triforce and is just hiding in the shadow temple, waiting for impa to return after escaping with zelda which is why we cant find him in the well

    • @Stormthepolterwolf
      @Stormthepolterwolf 2 роки тому +1

      @@MonsterMaze mister bongo was probably busy practicing his bongo skills somewhere out of reach in the bottom of the well

  • @kinggilgamesh013
    @kinggilgamesh013 3 роки тому +9

    The blue fire has been a thing since oot so in my mind that is the source of the sheikah tech as reinforcedby botw. Magic itself was used by Hylia and the robots had tech and a power source before there was hyrule. The green fluid was probably a type of acid used for security in the crypt and torture in the well. I appreciate the work you put in but idk bout this one.

  • @moss_and_ivy3517
    @moss_and_ivy3517 3 роки тому +7

    youve clearly put a lot of thought into this, its fascinating !

  • @Ninten007
    @Ninten007 3 роки тому +12

    Great Theory! It could be possible that the energy also pooled in that initial spot Because of the Shiekah’s activities. Whether they knew this or not. I’ve always viewed the shadow temple as some sort of filter or containment for hatred, with bongo bongo being some manifestation of this “greed and hatred.” This would make it seem similar to Malice, but maybe that’s the point.

    • @elitegamer9310
      @elitegamer9310 3 роки тому +3

      I have a theory, based off of this one of course, that the Green liquid is basically magical fossil fuels. Just that, instead of being from dead plants/animals, it's from all those Demise and his demons killed.

  • @dayshallcomeagain
    @dayshallcomeagain 3 роки тому +14

    You know, I think that Bongo Bongo and by extension the Shadow Temple as well could be connected to the Interlopers, or as they're described in the japanese version, the Shadow Clan. Take a look at Bongo Bongo. He looks VERY similar to the Shadow Beasts of Twilight Princess, heck even his title is *"Phantom Shadow Beast"*. When in direct sunlight, he's either invisible, or visible only as a living shadow, much like Midna does at times. Could Bongo Bongo, in life, have been an interloper?
    An old man in Kakariko Village speaks of a man "with an eye that they said could see the truth!", and that "his house stood where the well is now". Is it really a coincidence that Bongo Bongo first emerges from the well and that the Lens of Truth is found there? I think not. I think that Bongo Bongo was that very same man. He was once a human being most likely a Sheikah, who due to his greed and hatred, was transformed into a vicious monster.
    Twilight Princess and the Shadow Temple of Ocarina of Time seem to share a common theme of inner darkness and inner corruption. The interlopers were not an outside force, but were civilians of Hyrule. As stated by a spirit in the Shadow Temple "Here lies Hyrule's bloody history of Greed and Hatred..." Hyrule's worst calamities came from within, and I think that the connections made between the interlopers and the Shadow Temple are too strong to ignore. The Mirror of Twilight, even a small shard, is capable is bringing out the worst in a person and changing them into a horrific monster, as is seen with Yeta, even if they are not bad people themselves. The Fused Shadow is also capable of such a feat. The Mirror of Twilight and the Fused Shadow pieces are even enough to draw in the undead. The darkness attracted the monsters, who gather in both the Shadow Temple and the Arbiter's Grounds in great numbers. So what am I saying exactly?
    I think that either the fused shadow or the mirror of twilight(or both) were made and kept here, explaining the large concentration of monsters and undead creatures in the Shadow Temple. If Bongo Bongo was able to create the Lens of Truth, who says he stopped creating new things, possibly the mirror of twilight or the fused shadow?

  • @rosem5062
    @rosem5062 3 роки тому +1

    This was really well done. Nicely written and organized. I felt like I was watching a documentary about a real-life place. This is the first Monster Maze video I've seen and it made me subscribe within the first 5 minutes.

  • @jermtwitero
    @jermtwitero 3 роки тому +16

    Many interesting stuff, but specially the fac that the green pool of presumed spiritual energy could have been version of the Lazarus pit of DC lore is very intriguing OWO!

    • @elitegamer9310
      @elitegamer9310 3 роки тому +3

      It is sort of like a nerfed Lazarus pit. Instead of bringing you back from death with a little bit of psychosis, you just come back as a zombie, with little memory of your previous life.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +4

      Let's go Jerm!
      Sorry for the late reply. I had some nasty deadlines after this video went up haha

  • @lurkerlight1430
    @lurkerlight1430 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing video as always! Interesting to think that there might be more "sacred water" than just the blue stuff we see regularly. Maybe this green water is farores version? If it does have to do with spirits and the like, and farore is supposed to be the one who gave the spark of life to the world if I'm remembering right.
    (Additionally, I actually did know a woman who's family grew wheat and barley and had a severe gluten intolerance - she couldnt eat anything off the farm much to her frustration.)

  • @user-me5fh3yu1j
    @user-me5fh3yu1j 3 роки тому +16

    I don't think Ganondorf knows about the reincarnation. Based on that, he may have discovered the redead juice from the king's advisors when he took over, injected HIMSELF with it as a bid for immortality, and that desire for eternal life led to an eternity of not quite being dead until he wakes up in BOTW 2.

  • @LegendaryPokemon1221
    @LegendaryPokemon1221 3 роки тому +1

    I've gotta say, I've seen you guys before and I lpve your theories... but it's even better when you collaborate! You can clearly see how much work goes into these videos, and I just want to let you know we appreciate you guys.

  • @KatDiedAgain
    @KatDiedAgain 3 роки тому +3

    This is so well put together. I am sold, as usual!

  • @kuroikumo8338
    @kuroikumo8338 2 місяці тому +1

    The thing about ganondorf’s body never truly dying. Could that be why they changed the blood he coughs up to green? To further signify that he was experimenting with the spirit juice.

  • @Kopke_Your_Realtor
    @Kopke_Your_Realtor 3 роки тому +10

    I have ALWAYS thought Bongo Bongos eye looks suspiciously like the Sheikah eye.

  • @UltimateTobi
    @UltimateTobi 3 роки тому +1

    I like how you can always learn something new in such detail, from unspoken lore. So much hints and evidence that "just" lies around for you guys to pick up and formulate into hypotheses or theories. Especially from a game that came out in the late 90s; and not even (majorly?) contradicting older and newer games. Awesome.
    That is why I love the Zelda franchise (well, I grew up with it). I think many absorb those things subconsciously, but wouldn't know how to explain. You guys can and do, so thanks!

  • @boigeorge1149
    @boigeorge1149 3 роки тому +4

    I've always thought of that green stuff as acid used as a minor protective measure, but I love the idea of it being a sort of magical lifeblood!

  • @MrNucleosome
    @MrNucleosome 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant quality, like always!

  • @Buphido
    @Buphido 3 роки тому +21

    Damn, this makes a LOT of sense! Especially how the green pool at the bottom of the well was randomly dug out, it does indeed look that way so why did I never think of it?
    If we take inspiration from some fantasy novels then it would make sense to say that, as Hyrule is inherently a place that contains magic, this magic has to be present everywhere in the world in varying higher and lower concentrations. And it might be then that the earth, too, is inhabited by magic in the form of veins running through it like long, thick, liquid roots. And then it just so happened that the Sheikah stumbled upon such a vein. It's not that different from fossil fuels, just that magic has a lot more potential. And here we also have our tie in back into the science of botw.

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +3

      So magic in Hyrule is kinda like Mana in a sense? Something tangable that exists, and is responsible for the existence of magic.

    • @Buphido
      @Buphido 3 роки тому +5

      @@MonsterMaze Yeah, like that! And if we tie that into the interpretation of green standing both for magic and for souls, we can go further and say that magic is the same thing as life force and the magic veins we speculated about are literally the blood of the planet. And it damages Link when standing inside it because, instead of the life force flowing into him in the form of magic, his life force is being sucked out. And also, the green stuff would then again have a connection to redeads because it could infuse dead bodies with lifeforce, kind of like a faux soul, a replica of the real thing, just coming from the earth itself.
      I mean, let’s look at A Link between Worlds real quick. Isn’t magic substituted for stamina there? And stamina, in a sense, is the energy stored inside the body making it move. Its life force. In that way we could again speculate that ALbW Link is the only Link inherently capable of magic by sacrificing his stamina for power. Luckily it regenerates, because I could imagine that sacrificing more than your stamina would result in damage to your hearts.
      Wait... Hearts interchangeable for stamina? Botw anyone? :P

    • @krspykreame1
      @krspykreame1 2 роки тому

      Seems more of an allegory for our own world to me. Uranium is green, mined, and has killed plenty of people. It's unlimited power but at what cost? IDK

  • @firewispgames7539
    @firewispgames7539 3 роки тому +2

    This is so well edited, my eyes are loving this

  • @chessycopter9619
    @chessycopter9619 3 роки тому +4

    Wow this was actually one of the most interesting theories I’ve seen. It all connects and gave me so many *(gasp)* moments

  • @jackrebble
    @jackrebble Рік тому

    This video is so well done, the editing, the thumbnail and even the commentary is all so good and fitting. Well done guys! :D

  • @WizardJoni
    @WizardJoni 3 роки тому +6

    Sufficiently analyzed Magic is undisinguishable from Science.
    D&D has a few settings known for this philosophy, Eberron being most famous for this.
    The technology in BotW is clearly Magitech.

  • @Thinkafurr
    @Thinkafurr 3 роки тому +1

    bravo! an absolute banga theory MonsterMaze and NBC!! this is genuinely a truly unanswered mystery and its fantastic to see it brought to light! I always brushed over the strange liquid/fumes thinking it a mere trap when I was a child.
    Amazing work on the writing, recording and editing.

  • @askinnyball785
    @askinnyball785 3 роки тому +14

    Mysterious green spirit magic? Zonai vibes. Wonder how many times i have heard the word ”zonai“ now

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +3

      I purposely didn't call them by name in this video haha. But yes... Zonai!

    • @ShadowSkyX
      @ShadowSkyX 3 роки тому

      If you go to the old lady's shop behind the regular potion shop, her potions give that same kind of smoke. It's remincent of malice moreso in a way, hurting you when you touch it and presumably reanimating the dead and such, except its shown here to be green to be a visional indicative "it's poisonous, don't walk in it" to the player. I mean unless the "lava" beneath ganon's castle isn't just lava, the coloration of the mask and lens of truth don't make sense if they pulled the green substance from underneath the village. After all, both the mask and lens of truth share the eye of malice, and the lens is the same color as the "poisonous red water" found in skyward sword and the malice goop in botw.

    • @elementalheroneos2757
      @elementalheroneos2757 3 роки тому

      Probably too many to count

  • @ReReRed
    @ReReRed 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve already said it on some of your streams, but I will never be tired to repeat - Your editing is so inspiring! Keep up an amazing work!

  • @HyruleNews
    @HyruleNews 3 роки тому +4

    This was an awesome video mate, loved it! 🤝

  • @SavingCentury
    @SavingCentury 2 роки тому

    No matter how many times I watch this, I always enjoy re-watching it. A very amazing video!

  • @sarahireland2619
    @sarahireland2619 3 роки тому +9

    The Sheikah: finds liquid substance that can do damage if standing in it*
    The goddesses: 😳

  • @quigz125
    @quigz125 4 місяці тому

    The lore of the magic so so crazy. I love how you’re able to critically think of the lore on the green substance. I never thought twice of the “scaffolding” on the green pool at the bottom of the well until now. Now this makes perfect sense.

  • @marisanya
    @marisanya 3 роки тому +7

    Monster Maze, this is one of the best ones yet

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому

      Glad to hear! It was very fun to work on this one. I really love the darker side of Zelda ^^

  • @SuperLinks0
    @SuperLinks0 3 роки тому

    Your channel is mindblowing. That's such a good feeling to dive again into some classic Zelda with a new look on certain places or events. I love these kind of theories, even though there are a lot of "what if", it's always very interesting and it all makes sense. You guys rock at storytelling and visual presentations ! Thanks to make us discover new things on games we thought we knew everything on it !

  • @Solibrae
    @Solibrae 3 роки тому +5

    Maybe this explains how the Stone & Shard of Agony work too, since if they use this theoretical "Spirit Magic" then maybe they can commune with nearby spirits, or indeed the spirit of the earth itself, to allow the user to find secret places.

  • @docAvid314
    @docAvid314 3 роки тому +1

    This is a great theory, I love how you've put together a total picture from things I mostly already knew, that's both very probable, and surprising!

  • @buzzzysin
    @buzzzysin 3 роки тому +5

    The Leviathan Labyrinth- wait, no the Titan Entanglement- wait, no The Monster Maze has gifted us again :3

  • @andrews.4780
    @andrews.4780 2 роки тому

    This is the best theory I have seen so far. The explanations you gave make sense. Especially the connection between the Sheika and secret operations on behalf of the Hyrule Royal Family. Perfect theory.

  • @mattlink1235
    @mattlink1235 3 роки тому +5

    Good video but link in OOT actually has access to magic without the use of a magic item. After he is granted magic power by the great fairies, he can do a magic spin attack. This implies that link may have the spirit required for magic but not the reservoir of power needed to fuel it. Also in other Zelda games, link has access to sword beams which are clearly also magical.

    • @Uusarushirley
      @Uusarushirley 3 роки тому

      Maybe spin attack is also linked to the master sword ?

    • @Lucy-uf6oi
      @Lucy-uf6oi Рік тому +1

      @@Uusarushirley he learns spin attack as young link

  • @ubx9563
    @ubx9563 3 роки тому

    This was a fantastic lore theory video. You gave me so much to consider and think about. I can't get over that even after so many years, these games still can be delved into deeper.

  • @masterspongebat2387
    @masterspongebat2387 3 роки тому +20

    The dislike is from Bongo Bongo

    • @eshalrafiq1999
      @eshalrafiq1999 3 роки тому

      😂😂

    • @linkthepig4219
      @linkthepig4219 3 роки тому

      There are 9 now, meaning it's Deadhand, Bongo Bongo, Gohma, Ganondorf, Morpha, Kotake, Koume, Volvagia and Ingo.

  • @J0shJames
    @J0shJames 3 роки тому +1

    Some of these clips are GORGEOUS

  • @AFG-yc1ck
    @AFG-yc1ck 3 роки тому +12

    What if BOTW the monks are made of that green stoff to live longer (Sorry for bad English)

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +5

      Great point!

    • @remka2000
      @remka2000 3 роки тому

      I always thought these were mummies that died a long time ago. They look A LOT like Japanese mummies TBH.

  • @ThatTacoLady
    @ThatTacoLady 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, I played OoT multiple times in my life, and I never noticed the Shieka books! I guess I was too busy trying to rescue the shark in the laboratory. Totally subscribing!

  • @PatThePerson
    @PatThePerson 3 роки тому +6

    1:28 cities of the underworld theme plays

  • @moberlysquad67
    @moberlysquad67 3 роки тому +2

    Super cool theory! The Hyrule-Sheika connection in OoT is always so jarring to study.

  • @sunte91
    @sunte91 3 роки тому +3

    The visuals, the storytelling... This is a top level video. Well done 👍🏻

  • @genecron
    @genecron 29 днів тому +2

    Looking back, it's both funny and sad that you applied more thought to your analysis of Rauru's arm and Ganondorf's body than Nintendo did for all of TOTK's story. Lol

  • @laurenloertscher1319
    @laurenloertscher1319 3 роки тому +6

    Do the Zelda developers watch these videos? They might find some cool inspiration...

  • @earthmother4397
    @earthmother4397 3 роки тому +1

    What a great video to enjoy my breakfast with. Very dark and interesting history. Imagine living in the village and stumbling upon that creepy underground. Yikes.

  • @thetimelords911
    @thetimelords911 3 роки тому +3

    2:36 I had to do a double-take when you threw in the Ravenholm music from Half-Life 2. Great inclusion!

    • @MonsterMaze
      @MonsterMaze  3 роки тому +1

      Ravenholm is so legendary> And it's a town overrun by zombies. It was just TOO fitting haha.

  • @Aldehydebends
    @Aldehydebends 3 роки тому +1

    This video was amazing! loved how detailed it all went!

  • @alyxxpratt678
    @alyxxpratt678 3 роки тому +25

    My click speed after seeing the notification for this video 📈📈📈

  • @linkslayer15
    @linkslayer15 3 роки тому +1

    This dude with his theory
    Nintendo : it's literally just a random pool we put there to get in your way

  • @DidMikeMakeThis
    @DidMikeMakeThis 3 роки тому +4

    I just assume the green shit has the power to bring the dead back to life and the royal family put it in their own graves in the hopes it would do that for them but instead they turned into redead, and then bongo bongo was in the room full of it for the same reason, to try and make himself a new body.

    • @dayshallcomeagain
      @dayshallcomeagain 3 роки тому +2

      That was a thought I had as well. I always found it strange how the poem in the royal family's tomb is for the royal family, and yet all it talks about is the tortured undead beings residing in the crypt. The redeads possibly being royal family members as well has always been an idea I had.

  • @maddyhodges63
    @maddyhodges63 3 роки тому +1

    Magic is just science we don't understand, my dude. Great video, as always!

  • @InkMink
    @InkMink 3 роки тому +3

    This video makes the fact that link wakes up from a “sleep” in a pool of liquid in botw kind of creepy 😂

  • @spencerholdaway5006
    @spencerholdaway5006 Рік тому

    I didn’t know your page existed until I saw a Zeltik video referencing you and I’m glad he did because you have some great content I really enjoy watching! Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos!

  • @Candy-8448
    @Candy-8448 3 роки тому +9

    litterally 2 seconds ago i was on youtube and there was nothing new posted so i went on discord and it said there was a new vid so i was confused. when i came bk here i found this

  • @BalboaBaggins
    @BalboaBaggins 3 роки тому

    A refreshing, well thought out Zelda theory video, without stupid ads or sponsors, finally someone who I can respect 👍 thumbs up man.