Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays Everyone! I decided to bring you a special gift this year in the form of the full life of the Hero of Time narrated by Jason Damron and myself. Hope you enjoy it as the second gift is coming on December 25. It also begins on J ;)
The second gift begins with a J? That could mean only one thing... The gift has to be...! Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke! ...yes, it's an actual thing.
_"They say that Malon of Lon Lon Ranch hopes a knight in shining armor will come and sweep her off her feet someday."_ - Gossip Stone And he wears his shiniest armor for the occasion.
I've always said the Hero of Time had an incomplete story. All we know is he died and became the heros shade. There's an entire blank period between Majoras Mask and Twilight Princess. He deserves one final game to complete the story. He is arguably the most important and legendary Link in the bloodline. Its only fair he gets a proper conclusion.
I'd like his ending to be bittersweet that pulls on the heart strings. Something like The Heros shade sitting on a tree stump in the lost woods holding sarias ocarina. Her ghost appears, along side all of the sages with Zelda, Malon, and the citizens of both termina and Hyrule, tatel, tale, navi, skullkid, etc... She reaches out her hand and tells him its time to come home. As their hands touch, the heros shade turns back into Link, and they depart for the afterlife. It would be a perfect way to end his story and show he was not forgotten.
@@aryandescendant6116 nah its not as sad as the Hero of time's life, MM is already a fcking a traumatic experience but a lot of ppl forgot that OOT is also sad, where Link's suffer began
I think it's also important to note that the Hero of Time was sealed away for seven years and just "woke up" as an adult. From Link's perspective, he'd have no time to develop mentally, so in his head, he must still be a child even if his body became adult. That makes the whole thing a lot more messed up and tragic for the poor boy.
The king of thieves stole not only Hyrule, but links childhood. The Hero Of Time was the most betrayed hero of all and just didn't deserve the world to throw him to the side after he gave everything. Literally.
That's probably why the goddesses didn't force the choice on link in windwaker. He willingly made the choice on his own and so they'd test him to be sure of his resolve. I'd like to think one of saw how sad OoT link's life was afterwards and felt awful for him, from then on deciding to let the hero awaken largely on their own.
@@TazHall i appreciate Jesus too dude but that was out of nowhere. You do know alot of symbolism and story in Zelda was spawned from Christianity right?
Tony Marcus Cassani Instead of a whole game, I’d argue for a short film that recounts the events of OoT and MM and then tells the events of his life leading up to TP
He knew to set up Howling stones implying he became wolf at some point. Perhaps a knight with his experience and no Midna would be able to do more than lunge at enemies while a wolf.
Full agree, I used to think Link’s awakening was that game and it lead to the events of the Original Zelda 1, then 2; but it appears Nintendo had different ideas.
ironic in the adult timeline he is a legend that outlasts hyrule itself and in botw still has legend of his achievements which is like 100 000 years in the future more than any link
BOTW is waaaaay more depressing. That Link worked hard with zelda to gather powerful friends and then watched as they were locked inside the divine beasts and murdered by manifestations of ganon. And then he died. In his prime. And then woke up 100 years later to the aftermath of complete genocide.
@@gregspencer1355 I mean for me botw is the second or third most depressing after the hero of time and maybe hero of legend Botw didn't actually help zelda gather the champions they were selected by the king and zelda went to visit them and ask for their response. Link didn't die where did that come from. and their was no complete genocide. Hyrule just lost it's army thats basically and only central hyrule was taken hylian continued to live in peace and were fine. True he lost the champions but that was about it, he made new friends, saved zelda and at least got the chance to say goodbye to his old friends. Hyrules state in botw was nothing compared to OOT which ganondorf had an absolute rule over not just one section: -Goron were imprisoned and about to be eaten -Zora were frozen over completely -Kokiri couldn't leave their homes or they would be killed -Hyrules army was wiped out (just like botw) -Hylians lived in fear -Links friends were all captured (sages) Compared to that Botw was a joke they only had one of the points above which was the lost army the hylians living weren't bothered by ganon As for the hero of the wild he only really lost his four friends and he may not even like revali He still had zelda, new friends, his fame and a chance to restore the land he saved which was still in good condition The hero of time lost: -His parent the great deku tree -His potential lover zelda -His friends the sages, malon and everyone else without a chance to say goodbye to the unlike botw -The chance to see the future of world he saved -His weapons and powers he worked hard to gain -His companions navi and epona -His fame and legacy which caused him to become regretful and unable to pass on for a large number of years Literally after he returned he got no credit for his deeds, his dad was dead, navi ditched him all his hard work lost and all his friends hated him because mido told them he killed the deku tree so link had nothing Its ironic as he died regretting he had no fame yet in the adult time like his legacy went on for like 100000 years even after hyrule sunk. Literally in the windwaker the people prayed to him like he was a God to save them from ganon before they even prayed to the actual gods thats how much faith they had in him His legend still goes strong even in botw even more so than other links who are more recent So while botw was sad I dont think it holdes a candle to time
Imagine him dual,wielding the FD Sword and Master Sword while fighting a dark God or a giant army or some shit. Would be the most epic moment in all of Zelda lmao(Next to Calamity Ganon Boss start beginning)
As someone who grew up living and breathing Ocarina of Time, it hurts me so much to know of his life after Majora’s Mask. The constant tragedies that have befallen onto him - leaving his childhood to become the Hero, having none of his friends remember him, then working endlessly as the Hero only to have all that hard work thrown away, to being sent back to his childhood, losing the girl that he (probably) loved (Zelda), to losing his best friend and not being remembered as the triumphant Hero he was... From the start to the end of his life... tragedies just stack up all the way until his death on the battlefield. When I first found out about what really happened to my favorite variation of Link, it continued to bother me. I hated that my favorite Hero had such a tragic life. I always knew that I had some special connection to the Hero of Time, and I realize now that it’s because *I WAS* that Hero. That was me out there, fighting for Hyrule. To my younger self, that life felt as real as you and I. To this day... it pains me to see that the things I worked for as a child... had to end in such a tragic way. Every time I hear that simple, yet touching opening theme to Ocarina of Time, I feel like I’m going to cry. Long live the greatest video game ever made...
I think those are all misconceptions though. After Link goes back in time, everything is back to normal. It's just the guard in the alley who dies. He saves everyone in Termina, then returns to Hyrule. In the original timeline he goes all the way to the end of LA, which is after LttP, in which he has found his uncle. All his friends should still be alive. Plus new friends.
Yes, we all are the HERO OF TIME...we all are that link...it does suck to know what we all did for hyrule was for nothing...and to think that we all had made those bonds with the amazing people in hyrule...just to find out..no one remembers us..how heart breaking..to keep moving forward and being that courageous noble humble and brave hero...we all are inside. I loved meeting all those people though...some sad and some very happy..stories and memories we all made..💔❤😭
I disagree. A live-action movie on Ocarina of Time would be fucking awesome. CGI nowadays is insane - there’s nothing they couldn’t do with it. They would just need to choose fitting actors. It’d be a hit for sure...
tico.rico that’s because back then Nintendo wasn’t in charge of anything, they just let it happen and boy was it their mistake, the new Mario movie is taken with care from Miyamoto since he’s keeping eye on everything.
You can obviously see the hint when his father asks if your interested in marrying malon... And also the stone says malon wants a knight in shinning armor... Lol Plus twilight link is a farm boy as well. So... Makes def sense. If he and zelda got together .. Wouldn't it be incest eventually??? So meh .__.
it would make a lot of sense actually to have link and Malon be together. I personally don't like link and ruto because that's just weird. But I personally think link and Malon got together because twilight princess link is a farm boy and is a direct decendant of the hero of Time. It also feels like a happy ending to have link end up with her.
@@ChrizzyGotAFatGlizzy It'd also make sense because the Hero's Shade, after learning all the hidden skills, says something in the lines of "good luck, my child" or something. Well, that doesn't actually prove that Malon is his mother but idk lol just throwing that out there I guess
i agree. but he also was the first 3d link. and not even talkning about plot or story.. the N64 / Ultra 64 /64DD had so much development stages that the "first 3d" link just had the best timing of spotlight i think. also because the 3d era was kind of a milestone. in my eyes this is also one important and remarkable thnig that made hero of time link the most outstnanding. and the plot pushed him even further into the spotlight! this is why i always get chills when he is mentioned in another game. i hope breath of the wild will go into some details about our boi.
Exactly! He just always felt like the main character to the storyline, sorta like how darth Vader is to the Star Wars universe. Despite they ain’t no main characters, it just always felt like they were the most important and felt like they were main characters. Not to mention the hero of time link had the best voice actors then any link and they had the best OSTs of all time
I like to think that the hero of time helped someway in the creation of the divine beasts. Since he saw in Termina how 4 deities protected the town from evil. When he returned to Hyrule Link pitched the idea of having 4 protectors to princess zelda or the king.
I thought this as well... maybe not that deep into for myself but I saw the similarities in having 4 entities from all 4 regions of the land to unite and fight the impending doom.
Mega Squeeze lmao very that! 🤣 Also this theory could’ve taken place after twilight princess since the hero of time was also present as wolf link and in the same way he teached twilight link his fighting skills. When they needed a back up plan for the future return of ganon, Link pitched the idea and since Mipha was the first champion of the prophecy (riding her Devine beast wolf link) they used inspiration from termina and the twilight world to create these 4 guardians.
Now THAT is an interesting theory. I hope they reveal more about the origins of the divine beasts in Botw 2. The hero of time being added as some historical background to botw 2's story would be rad.
The hero of time is the main reason I became a gamer at the ripe age of 2. Mario got my grounding in gaming, but OoT my experience grew and I slowly made progress. I beat finally OoT when I was in first grade. (Of course dad had to help)
A fun yet quite sad thing about the Hero of Time is that in Twillight Princess, one of the Howling Stone you come across is the Song of Healing. Some one speculated that the Hero of Time tries to heal you from the curse turning you into a beast like he did with the people of Termina
One of the gossip stones in OoT revealed that Malon's dream was to be picked up by her knight in shining armor and go riding romantically into the moonlight. Sounds a lot like Link to me.
This is kinda interesting if you think about the fact that the hero shade aka link but after he died wants to pass on his teachings to the next generation
Link's tragedy in the Hero of Time saga is one of the saddest stories not only in Zelda lore, but in gaming history. This is why I want a 3rd game with him where he redeems himself.
I agree that he was not recognized by the Hylian public for his heroic actions in OOT timeline. But the Royal family of Hyrule kept records of his events in Ocarina of Time and in the parallel world of Termina. This there proven evidence in the introduction of the Majora's Mask game.
There is a theory that after Navi completed her task of helping Link save Hyrule, she as a result, "moved on to the afterlife". This theory is somewhat supported do to the idea, that when fairies heal you, they complete their life's task, and then just vanish.
@@triforceofpowa I like to add onto that with a head Canon of my own. Navi was the soul of Link's mother, who wanted to look after him on his journey, explaining why she was more nagging than other partners, it was her motherly side looking after her son. After Ganondorf was defeated and her purpose was fulfilled, she began to fade and join her husband, but unable to tell Link the truth, caused him to look for her, until he either gave up or just didn't have time to anymore.
If all the links were together, then the hero of time will definitely be the leader. I imagine the hero of time having a stronger bond with the hero of legend, those two links have the most experience but had opposite lives. Hero of legend had a positive life while the hero time had a negative one. Even the hero of twilight would be highly sympathetic towards his great grandfather (The hero of time himself) So no doubt this link which is the hero of time is definitely the most important one that all the other links would follow.
Look up a comic strip called Linked Universe. It has all the Link's together and he is considered one of the leaders, as well as the "Old Man" among them.
Yeah this Link had a brutal trial to go through. Not to mention that in Twilight Princess, he ends up as a *Stalfos with the regret of never passing on his legacy that no one even knows about. It's safe to say that this Link was pretty much the punching bag for a tragic childhood story. At least other Links are much older (besides The Wind Waker Link) *Edit: Alright, he might not be a "stalfos" in the traditional sense but this is from the zelda gamepida page of the Hero Shade/Spirit. "the Hero's Spirit's form has bluish skin and a pallid, decaying appearance, with a skeletal face." Let's compromise and say that he's a skeleton ghost specter, not a stalfos. But his Japanese translation could be looked at as "Skeleton Warrior" so I assumed that it was a Stalfos. My bad. Thank you for the kind comments. :)
Let's not forget the Hero of Wind. He found the Pearls, raised the Tower of the Gods and conquered it, got the master sword, revived it's power, found the pieces of the TriForce of Courage, and defeated Ganondorf and his minions, and did all this basically as side quests to rescue his sister. He wasn't chosen by the Gods, he demanded they recognize him.
I beat ocarina of time as a child with my dad (we played an hour a day after school/work) it's one of the first games I ever did play, so needless to say OOT will always hold a special place in my heart. With that being said I replayed this game about a year ago and it hit so much different. Actually understanding the full implications behind the story, then moving on to majoras mask it doesn't seem like your typical nintendo games. For everything the hero of time did, he was always abandoned by those he needed most.
Maybe Malon died first when they was old. Maybe Link didn't die 'til after leavin' Twilight Princes Link--their son--in the villagers' hands. Those villagers lived in Ordon Village where that son was gonna grow up as Ilia's childhood friend. He was an old veteran who fought ta really keep Hyrule safe (his Hyrule was destroyed by Ganondorf's attack 'cuz he warned the Royal Family of his plot). He was also protectin' his son. Then, 17 years later, Twilight Princess happened. Twilight Princess Link was born as a human. Then he became a wolf. At 17 years old, he started his journey with the motivation ta really rescue the kids, AND get 'em back home. He finished the story by killin' Ganondorf in battle as justice by stabbin' the center of his chest with the Master Sword (bringin' the peace, the freedom, the justice, and the security back to Hyrule AND the Twilight Realm by killin' the Dark Lord). It was with the purpose of endin' the Twilight Invasion, protectin' everybody else who still lived, and becomin' the hero at 17 years old. With the next Links in later eras (like the Era of Shadow, the Era of Light and Dark, the Era of Decline, an' the Era of the Wilds in chronological order) bein' successful in defeatin' the major villains like the next Ganondorf (the one who became the Ganon from Four Swords Adventures and A Link to the Past), the lands of Hyrule in their eras ended up bein' saved from Demise curse. An' the Hero of Time's legacy DID carry on, all the way to the Link in Breath of the Wild. Midna was knocked out. In the deleted text, the Dark Lord said "one of my blood". He could mean "nephew". When somebody's yer nephew, he's yer blood. In a vision, Zant's spirit was snappin' his own neck (not Ganondorf's), a gesture that was mockin' his former master while the Master Sword finished the job. An' Link was the one who killed the King of Thieves with the Master Sword finishin' the job by bein' inside 'im (as justice ta make sure that nobody else was gettin' murdered, robbed, an' terrorized by the Demon King), not Zant. With the giant dead, Midna's curse was lifted, an' then she Link saw her real form. He was surprised, an' then he was happy that she was OK. Link an' Zelda was forced ta say goodbye ta Midna when she destroyed the Mirror of Twilight with her tear (preventin' the Twilight Invasion from repeatin'). After that, he put the Master Sword back in the pedestal. Then maybe the sword itself was taken to the northwestern woods before A Link to the Past (the Pedestal of Time wasn't gonna be taken anywhere, so maybe the sword needed a new stone where it could rest). Maybe THAT'S why Link the Hero of Legend could find it in the Lost Woods in the northwest (of the Hyrule in his era, hundreds of years after Four Swords Adventures).
Not only is he my favorite Link, he is the most important Link to all of Zelda history. So much that even in BOTW there are tales about what happened in OoT.
I think the most ironic part about the hero of time fate is that an entire timeline exists that worships him as a demi God and he ultimately was forced to live out his days in a timeline where none of his deeds from OOT matter.
We need a third hero of time game. Where in the game link finally finds out what happened to Navi. It shows the romance between link and Malon. It should serve as a link between the hero of time and the hero of twilight, and in the end credits it shows how the hero of time lost his life.
I honestly don't think there will be another game with such a rich storyline like Legend of Zelda. It's been 20+ years and we are still talking about it!
My favorite Link for sure, and the one I grew up with. Probably the best protagonist setup in any piece of media I've ever seen. I really don't know why Nintendo never did anything else with this Link, because the character is so loved by many. And I've been thinking/hoping, what if the Hero's Shade was in BotW 2???
I'd hope he wasn't still unable to be at rest after tens of thousands of years. But maybe there could be something like in Avatar TLA where the current hero could speak to and get wisdom from his past incarnations?
"the Great Deku Tree refused to hand over the Kokiri Emerald. This act of courage and loyalty to the Hyrulian Royal Family quickly turned into a death sentence." no wonder Link became the Hero of Time with this being raising him, in addition to just automatically having his particular piece of the Triforce.
Time Link obtained the Triforce of Courage during his 7 year nap after Ganondorf broke into the Sacred Realm and took the Triforce of Power. Time Link wasn't born with the Triforce, but Twilight Link was.
If you guy really wanna have something to cry about....watch the Link vs Ganondorf animation called Twilights Shadow. Right in the feels. Really feels like the ultimate tribute to the Hero of Time.
No that's rarely the case the games that share the same Link are: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask - Hero of Time A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening - Hero of Light Zelda 1, Zelda 2 - Hero of Hyrule Now that is the case most of the time with Ganondorf/Ganon Ironically enough the Zelda in Zelda 1 isn't the same sleeping Zelda in Zelda 2 the sleeping Zelda in that game is said to be an ancient princess meaning that the Zelda from Zelda 1 and the one in Zelda 2 are both different Zeldas existing at the same point in time
The Hero of Time is by far the most important Link in Nintendo can be viewed as the Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees due to his importance, manliness & good looks. Of course, he smashed both of the princess & the ranch girl.
My own theory is as follows. When link returned to the past after ocarina of time, Zelda believed him but the king kicked link out and humiliated the hero. Zelda knowing that link is right does everything in her power to at least convince the king to deny ganondorf an audience. Slighted, ganondorf returns to the desert to consolidate power. At this moment, link leaves on a journey, both to find nami and ease his anger from saving an ungrateful land by helping people who don't take him for granted in termina. After saving termina, link returns to hyrule. Because of link and Zelda's difference of position (she was a princess and he was an orphan), link did not pursue her love. Without anyone needing his sword skills because the crisis of oot had been averted, link looked for work. He, had no relationship among the zora, sheikah, gerudo, Gordon, and the kokiri kicked him out of the forest so he couldn't exactly find a job easily at those places. Kakariko village is undergoing construction which isn't a job for a child so link decides to work as a ranch hand at lon lon ranch for many years. Overtime, link developed a better relationship with malon and even married her inheriting the ranch with talon's blessing though much to ingo's chagrin. The couple have at least one child and for a short time, live their lives happily, with link intending to instruct his child in the way of the sword. But soon afterwards, ganondorf strikes at Hyrule with the full strength of the gerudo to force link to take the master sword so the door to the sacred realm is opened. The original temple of time is destroyed but not before link retrieves the blade. Link defeats Ganon but is unable to kill him with his current power and lost an eye in the fight. Ganondorf cruelly unleashes his minions after the hylians. Monsters and gerudo hunt down the people of Hyrule relentlessly. The king of Hyrule has ganondorf executed but not before the triforce of power attaches to Ganon. They fail at killing him so instead they seal him into the twilight realm which is pretty much Hyrule's dumpster. Despite Ganon being sealed, the monsters persist. Link prioritizes his family's safety so he takes his wife, child(s), and epona along with a caravan of supplies to the kokiri forest hoping that the magic of the forest will hide them. Monsters pursue them into the forest and once they are in the lost woods deep enough. Link faces the horde alone so none may follow his family. He wins the battle but is mortally wounded, as a result, link becomes a stalfos. The deku tree protects link's family as they pass through the lost woods. On the other side of the great forest is fertile land. Malon and her child bury link and establish ordon village. The deku tree honors link's sacrifice by building a new temple of time has his tomb. The master sword is laid to rest here. Link is filled with regrets because he was never recognized as a hero except by his family until his last breath. He had not only been forgotten, but also ignored because he failed to stop ganon. Lastly he was unable to pass on his skill with the sword to his children whom were only babies. Link lingers in the forest where he is constantly reminded of his regrets and failures. First allowing Hyrule to become ruined in oot, losing Navi, failing to kill Ganon in the new timeline, losing his family, unable to pass on his legacy. The hero of twilight is everything the hero of time hoped for in a son. This was the one who would succeed where the hero of time failed, and his pride was well placed because the hero of twilight didn't only match his expectations, but exceeded them.
hero of time link is an orphan that became a child soldier lost all his friends and got ptsd just to be sent back in time to die as totally unknown ... yikes
Hell, no. He can narrate a prologue to a movie or a video game but not read an entire book. I don't want to listen to every word being overly emphasized for 25 hours.
The Hero of Time might lament that he was never remembered, but we remember him because we were with him as we mounted impossible odds together to save the land of Hyrule and her people. Never forgotten
Odd as it may sound, I do not think the Hero of Time was killed at the Beginning of the Downfall Timeline. Wind Waker showed Ganondorf could claim the pieces of the Triforce without killing anyone who held a piece. And as was discussed in Oracle of Ages, the Broken Sword (which is reforged into the Master Sword since Seasons came first), was left in the possession of the elderly Zora’s family by a past hero. My head canon is that after Ganondorf claimed the full Triforce and became Ganon, he used it to resurrect Twinrova, which distracted him long enough for the Sages to deal him in the Dark World. Twinrova then fled Hyrule, likely working on a plan to either break his seal or resurrect him, and the Hero of Time went into a self exile to chase them down. Near the end of his life, he would then leave the Master Sword in the possession of that elderly Zora’s family, where it would be passed down until it ended up in the hands of the Hero of Legend, who would reforge it at Restoration Wall and use it to stop Veran, Twinrova and Ganon. Afterwards, the Oracles would likely take it to Hyrule and it would be used by one of the Knights of Hyrule to end the Imprisoning War, before leaving it in its pedestal deep in the Lost Woods for the Hero of Legend to draw come A Link to the Past. But hey, that’s just a theory of my own.
The child era makes me so sad, sometimes I can't comprehend that this is a timeline and my 2 favorite games of all time were majoras mask and twilight princess, when I learned that the skeleton in TP is OOT link I couldn't look at this part of the game the same again
Poor Hero of Time he saved Hyrule and Termina. Healed a wandering Goron ghost's regrets and listened to the final words of a dying Zora. He took upon himself not only to listen but to provide solutions to their problems/ regrets on their behalf. Fast forward to returning back to Hyrule his life was presumably short. The most heartbreaking thing is that the Hero of Time - became a wandering ghost with regrets like the ones he once consoled. Though, he did find solace by teaching the his sword skills to TP Link.
It always made me sad that he was traveling at such a young age since he found out he’s not a Kokiri. No real home to his name. My favorite Link by far
I hope one day we get more info on what happened to Link after Majoras Mask, or another game with him in it, maybe battling Vaati or a new villain so we can get more of the Hero of Time he's the 🐐
They happened after a link to the past originally the oracle games did, they were just moved to be after links awakening instead which was the only practical difference.
I absolutely love this video. I always hoped he would've been with saria, but sadly she couldn't grow up :( but Malon was a good companion as well. One of the reasons I love this game so much is the tragedy. Saving the world and losing so much, only to have no one know. Having to go through life knowing that even though it's a time split, a version of the people he loved so much, just couldn't save them. Those regrets must have been so heavy...
The hero of time is the best link for a reason. Great video guys. I want to believe that he didn’t got killed and more like he died of old age but with regrets that during his time he could never found someone to passed on his knowledge
We can assume that Link had issues with not being recognized for his deeds in saving the world But, more in line with how Link seems to be--noble, brave, etc--he might have just accepted it. He seems like a Saitama in that aspect. Not really caring if he gets the 'glory' as long as he can help people
Honestly it makes more sense that Link was angry and ashamed that he couldn't finish the fight. Ganondorf was sealed away and Link and Zelda probably knew he would return. And when he did, it might've been after his lifetime. So yeah, I think it was less about Glory and being a Hero and more akin to, I caused this mess, I couldn't fix it properly, and now I'm making sure that the next hero after me can be better prepared to finish my fight.
I have... several questions How do you know Saria gave him the fairy ocarina again in the child timeline? We never see him with Fairy Ocarina in that timeline, only the ocarina of time Zelda gave him. Why do you think Terminians are elitists who reject the goddesses in favour of mask worship? There's implications in Stone Tower Temple that the Triforce is disrespected (upside down and being licked iirc), but that's just one abandoned location in the world, it doesn't indicate what, say, a random Clock Town citizen believes. How do you know Ganondorf's invasion in the child timeline was actually an epic war that Link was absent from? It could have been a mass of bloodshed or it could have been won by the Hylians easily without much conflict, especially since they had forewarning from Link. And, Ganondorf would have had to rush it since his initial plan to backstab the king was suddenly cut short. Plus, Nabooru probably wasn't brainwashed yet and I doubt she'd be cool with slaughtering random citizens. Surely there'd be some resistance from the Gerudo to obeying Ganondorf. I mean maybe Twinrova forced her into it but there's still the other issues. Unless you're saying Ganondorf waited quit a while before attacking? Got kicked out of Hyrule because some kid with a triangle said he's a meanie butt, and Ganondorf spent years being butthurt and planning the invasion? Also, Link and Malon moving to Kokiri Forest hinges on the idea of the ranch being burned in the war, but would the ranch be a target anyway? Especially since the adult timeline in OoT indicates that Ganondorf saw the ranch and the horses they raised as a useful resource he could use. And you say Link kept searching for Navi after MM and had more adventures before going back to Hyrule but how do you know? What other adventures? How do you know he didn't give up on finding Navi after MM and went straight back to Hyrule? You also say Link died in war, leaving Malon widowed and the children fatherless, but there's other ways to explain him not passing on his skills. The kid had a physical birth defect and couldn't fight. The kid was a hardcore pacifist and refused. Link himself had too much PTSD to calmly pass on sword lessons. The kid just sucked at it. Link was too forceful trying to make the kid learn so as a rebellious "I DO WHAT I WANT, DAD", the kid refused to try. Malon didn't want them learning this stuff for some reason. Etcetera. Well, anyway... it's not a bad video or anything. Some of your fanon is well explained, but a lot of it... not so much, and it's distracting to me. Well edited though and none of it is completely implausible or anything, I'm not totally sold on all the ideas though. I also kind of wish you made it more clear what's fanon and what's actual canon.
i believe the hero of time never died in the war and when he actually died at a very old age living his life, and wanted to be buried with his armor on, which explains why the hero's shade has armor
The sages didn't really "die" die. The five of them ascended to their roles, and remember: they are shown returning to Hyrule after the climax of the final battle. Rauru, an ancient sage, had been in the Sacred Realm for so long he could only return through the vessel of the wise owl, Kaepora Gaebora. But we don't see this happen with the other five Awakened Sages. Even the name, "Awakened," gives us a sense of a spiritual awakening; an ascension.
@@nonoctoro4933 every sage went to face off against the "boss" of their respective temple in some form. They aren't regular people, though, and they possess powerful souls as sages. We see them back in Hyrule at the very end as flesh, not spirit.
@@MrJmZack King Daphnes is a spirit yet it's as if he's still alive ... He can even use the Triforce somehow. They can turn into balls of light too, and it might be the warping stuff.
I'm so happy you got Jason to help narrate. I've been listening to his Fallout lore videos for a long time and his voice is perfect for this sort of thing.
To add a little more to the Great Deku Tree. The sole and only reason when he agreed to accept Link to be raised among the Kokiri is because of the destiny he sensed Link would one day fulfill. No other circumstance or reason would have been enough to grant anyone that wasn't a kokiri access to the forest. The only one other person I can think of that the Deku Tree would allow is Zelda.
This video randomly showed up in my recommended feed. I could've sworn I'd heard this voice somewhere before, then I looked at the channel name and the dots connected almost instantly. Thank you Storyteller! This was a great video.
I wouldn't mind seeing the Hero of Time becoming the protagonist of a new LoZ post Botw somehow connecting the entire timeline from beginning up to today
He was never forgotten by the Hylians : ハイラルに伝わる王家の伝説 そこに一人の少年が登場する _"In Hyrule, a legend is handed down by the royal family in which a lone boy appears"_ - MM Intro
Nonoctoro I’m only saying so did us the players who we know played hero’s of link in other games but this hero link touch us the most traveling through time in the game itself as players never had forgotten this hero in our gaming lives growing up Don’t be showing me that line which only princess Zelda is in that game for a second showing her she gave him the ocarina also mentions a Goddess of Time as well which was new never was mentioned again until skyward sword appeared
I was talking to my friend yesterday and we had this very conversation (well, the topic, anyway) and we never got to finish it (dang bell had to ring at school). Before parting ways I played Zelda's Lullaby on the 12-hole Ocarina of Time. We're continuing the conversation later today! :D
Theres a video that went to links mental state and his troubles copeing with being alone and unremembered, and Terminus was his mind finally proccessing all his traumas. Link had no family, his friends don't remember him, only Malon who only called him "fairy boy" by the point OoT ended. Nav left him for no given reason, but figured out that, like the Gaints with the Skull Kid, there must have been a reason for it. Best part was the analysis with Malon, how Termius' version of Malon made him realize if he wanted to be with her, he has to do it now, not later
I never really thought about the OoT Link of being a tragic hero. I love this channel because it presents compelling theories and story-telling. I'm thinking I'm going to back through your videos at some point and re-watch them. I often forget about the Hylian Civil War and I cannot remember anything about that since I don't ever remember seeing it specifically talked about in games. Anyway, thank you again for a wonderful video! Keep up the great work, and always have fun! x3
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays Everyone! I decided to bring you a special gift this year in the form of the full life of the Hero of Time narrated by Jason Damron and myself. Hope you enjoy it as the second gift is coming on December 25. It also begins on J ;)
I think there was an official manga about his origins. I think his parents named him link and his father wasn’t just some knight
@@iRule37 the Zelda Mangas are not canon
The second gift begins with a J? That could mean only one thing... The gift has to be...! Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke! ...yes, it's an actual thing.
Oh. My bad
Merry Christmas!
Malon: I love you Link
Link: Heyaah
Do you link take malon to be your lawful wedded wife
Link: Zzzyaaaaa
_"They say that Malon of Lon Lon Ranch hopes a knight in shining armor will come and sweep her off her feet someday."_ - Gossip Stone
And he wears his shiniest armor for the occasion.
EliasEv HIYAH
Get it?
screw malon, Link+Ruto all the way!!!
I like how this game is still being talked about to this day.
It’s Zelda, what’d you expect
It’s the best video game ever made. It’s no surprise
Me too and I'm loving every second of it.
I can replay this game so many times, and love it just the same. I need a HD remake on the Switch along with Majora's Mask.
@@link5605 If you disagree, you are either 12 or never even played the game.
Your voice makes me feel like I’m watching a video on the civil war in history class
I couldn’t have said it better!
or some tutorial with a robot voice
If there was a Zelda class, I think we all would go nuts
Storyteller from ShoddyCast,
@@Moros-if6bz yeah a zelda major fucking imagine 😭
I've always said the Hero of Time had an incomplete story. All we know is he died and became the heros shade. There's an entire blank period between Majoras Mask and Twilight Princess.
He deserves one final game to complete the story. He is arguably the most important and legendary Link in the bloodline. Its only fair he gets a proper conclusion.
Also agreed
It would be pretty badass if his story ended with him sacrificing himself to save Zelda and hyrule.
I'd like his ending to be bittersweet that pulls on the heart strings. Something like The Heros shade sitting on a tree stump in the lost woods holding sarias ocarina. Her ghost appears, along side all of the sages with Zelda, Malon, and the citizens of both termina and Hyrule, tatel, tale, navi, skullkid, etc...
She reaches out her hand and tells him its time to come home. As their hands touch, the heros shade turns back into Link, and they depart for the afterlife. It would be a perfect way to end his story and show he was not forgotten.
@@tylerbrown3516 kokiri children don't age
@@launcherx2044 They don't age but it never said they were immortal.
I've always felt like the only way to kill Ganon was with the Deku stick so old man tree could have his revenge
The rise of the great Deku tree, NICE
@Munasilla I just imagine a tree that looks like a giant escanor
Botw link did just that
Jajajaja
Speedrunners have a surprise for you
When you think about it, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are the saddest stories of the Hero Link to date.
Id say its as sad as Wilds life, tho it can be debated which one is more sad
@@Georgefloydthesneedster Botw Link,He [kinda]Died,came back,but forgot everything about the world.
My personal favorite link is the hero of legend.
@@aryandescendant6116 nah its not as sad as the Hero of time's life, MM is already a fcking a traumatic experience but a lot of ppl forgot that OOT is also sad, where Link's suffer began
@@Moros-if6bz
The one that appeared in the most games?
I think it's also important to note that the Hero of Time was sealed away for seven years and just "woke up" as an adult. From Link's perspective, he'd have no time to develop mentally, so in his head, he must still be a child even if his body became adult.
That makes the whole thing a lot more messed up and tragic for the poor boy.
If you think about it he never had a normal boy's life the kokiri are children like adults
It actually says they sealed him away so his spirit could develop. So I assume somehow his mind did as well.
Puberty in a nutshell
You're wrong. They explain it in the game and the book that his mind and body were sealed to develop.
@@thelegendofthem6120 which is nifty if you think about the shrine of resurrection from BotW
The king of thieves stole not only Hyrule, but links childhood. The Hero Of Time was the most betrayed hero of all and just didn't deserve the world to throw him to the side after he gave everything. Literally.
That's probably why the goddesses didn't force the choice on link in windwaker. He willingly made the choice on his own and so they'd test him to be sure of his resolve. I'd like to think one of saw how sad OoT link's life was afterwards and felt awful for him, from then on deciding to let the hero awaken largely on their own.
Now all that hate and anger like had came back to haunt him as Dark Link which is dark within itself
Jesus deals with it every day.
@@TazHall i appreciate Jesus too dude but that was out of nowhere. You do know alot of symbolism and story in Zelda was spawned from Christianity right?
@@ShadowSkyX I agree and I think the goddesses felt the same too.
link is a child soldier, let's put that into perspective.
Yeah
So?
@@pandamonium7801 So, ok.. let me explain. The title of the video is "Tragic life". Child Soldiers normally goes along with "Tragic life".
@@BrotherO4 Meh, Ness and Lucas still got it worse.
@@mikeanthony3300 that family being turn into spiders :l
The Hero of Time deserves one more game, to complete the gap between MM and TP.
Tony Marcus Cassani Instead of a whole game, I’d argue for a short film that recounts the events of OoT and MM and then tells the events of his life leading up to TP
@@AlecEburhard one can only hope
Twighlight princess spit in the face of the Hero of Time. They need a new game to just fix it.
Hey Wud Up I believe twilight princess is a tale from his son that’s why he teaches him his arts
@@Xxx-ty7ir tbf, it's never directly stated how many years there are between MM and TP. Maybe in an outside source. Idk.
The most interesting link is right. We need a third game with him.
He knew to set up Howling stones implying he became wolf at some point. Perhaps a knight with his experience and no Midna would be able to do more than lunge at enemies while a wolf.
AMEN SIR 👏
Full agree, I used to think Link’s awakening was that game and it lead to the events of the Original Zelda 1, then 2; but it appears Nintendo had different ideas.
i.imgur.com/L38JJGi.png
Whatever this is into a game ?
Well, not to be THAT guy... but wasn’t he technically in twilight princess?
The life and times of the Hero of Time. The most depressing story for the most depressing time of the year. Love it.
considering Daryl Talks Game's recent video...
yeah
ironic in the adult timeline he is a legend that outlasts hyrule itself and in botw still has legend of his achievements which is like 100 000 years in the future more than any link
BOTW is waaaaay more depressing. That Link worked hard with zelda to gather powerful friends and then watched as they were locked inside the divine beasts and murdered by manifestations of ganon. And then he died. In his prime. And then woke up 100 years later to the aftermath of complete genocide.
@@gregspencer1355 I mean for me botw is the second or third most depressing after the hero of time and maybe hero of legend
Botw didn't actually help zelda gather the champions they were selected by the king and zelda went to visit them and ask for their response. Link didn't die where did that come from. and their was no complete genocide. Hyrule just lost it's army thats basically and only central hyrule was taken hylian continued to live in peace and were fine.
True he lost the champions but that was about it, he made new friends, saved zelda and at least got the chance to say goodbye to his old friends.
Hyrules state in botw was nothing compared to OOT which ganondorf had an absolute rule over not just one section:
-Goron were imprisoned and about to be eaten
-Zora were frozen over completely
-Kokiri couldn't leave their homes or they would be killed
-Hyrules army was wiped out (just like botw)
-Hylians lived in fear
-Links friends were all captured (sages)
Compared to that Botw was a joke they only had one of the points above which was the lost army the hylians living weren't bothered by ganon
As for the hero of the wild he only really lost his four friends and he may not even like revali
He still had zelda, new friends, his fame and a chance to restore the land he saved which was still in good condition
The hero of time lost:
-His parent the great deku tree
-His potential lover zelda
-His friends the sages, malon and everyone else without a chance to say goodbye to the unlike botw
-The chance to see the future of world he saved
-His weapons and powers he worked hard to gain
-His companions navi and epona
-His fame and legacy which caused him to become regretful and unable to pass on for a large number of years
Literally after he returned he got no credit for his deeds, his dad was dead, navi ditched him all his hard work lost and all his friends hated him because mido told them he killed the deku tree so link had nothing
Its ironic as he died regretting he had no fame yet in the adult time like his legacy went on for like 100000 years even after hyrule sunk.
Literally in the windwaker the people prayed to him like he was a God to save them from ganon before they even prayed to the actual gods thats how much faith they had in him
His legend still goes strong even in botw even more so than other links who are more recent
So while botw was sad I dont think it holdes a candle to time
@@SDHVFS that last sentence is all your essay needed to be
I've been Hylianticipating this
Just Some Guy without a Mustache lol
I don't Hylidoubt that.
@@andresbarquin Hylianlikely that one would.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache
Are we both subbed to the same channels?!
I swear i see your comments everytime i watch a video im interested in
Ha okay that was a good one
Ironically, he's the most recognized Link in our timeline. He'll never be forgotten here.
You know what ever battle he died at must have been intense.
He died battling chickens that he accidentally angered
@@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij I guess it was bound to happen.
all headcanon till Nintendo decides to actually do something about it.
Imagine him dual,wielding the FD Sword and Master Sword while fighting a dark God or a giant army or some shit. Would be the most epic moment in all of Zelda lmao(Next to Calamity Ganon Boss start beginning)
He got sniped by a Deku Scrub while low on health.
As someone who grew up living and breathing Ocarina of Time, it hurts me so much to know of his life after Majora’s Mask. The constant tragedies that have befallen onto him - leaving his childhood to become the Hero, having none of his friends remember him, then working endlessly as the Hero only to have all that hard work thrown away, to being sent back to his childhood, losing the girl that he (probably) loved (Zelda), to losing his best friend and not being remembered as the triumphant Hero he was... From the start to the end of his life... tragedies just stack up all the way until his death on the battlefield.
When I first found out about what really happened to my favorite variation of Link, it continued to bother me. I hated that my favorite Hero had such a tragic life. I always knew that I had some special connection to the Hero of Time, and I realize now that it’s because *I WAS* that Hero. That was me out there, fighting for Hyrule. To my younger self, that life felt as real as you and I. To this day... it pains me to see that the things I worked for as a child... had to end in such a tragic way.
Every time I hear that simple, yet touching opening theme to Ocarina of Time, I feel like I’m going to cry. Long live the greatest video game ever made...
I think those are all misconceptions though. After Link goes back in time, everything is back to normal. It's just the guard in the alley who dies. He saves everyone in Termina, then returns to Hyrule. In the original timeline he goes all the way to the end of LA, which is after LttP, in which he has found his uncle. All his friends should still be alive. Plus new friends.
Yeah totally get you. Hearing that song instantly reminds me of that first day I got top play this game.
Yes, we all are the HERO OF TIME...we all are that link...it does suck to know what we all did for hyrule was for nothing...and to think that we all had made those bonds with the amazing people in hyrule...just to find out..no one remembers us..how heart breaking..to keep moving forward and being that courageous noble humble and brave hero...we all are inside. I loved meeting all those people though...some sad and some very happy..stories and memories we all made..💔❤😭
@@corapavisook8107 Someone who understands lmao
@@Ryan-rv5em Haha hell yeah..I love legend of zelda! Link is my all time favorite Nintendo character. 😁👌
A moment of silence to honor the hero who's story has a huge gap...
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We need a Hero of Time movie.. Animated of course
I disagree. A live-action movie on Ocarina of Time would be fucking awesome. CGI nowadays is insane - there’s nothing they couldn’t do with it. They would just need to choose fitting actors. It’d be a hit for sure...
Ryan I just don’t think real actors can convey video game characters. The Mario Bros movie was a disaster because of this reason.
tico.rico that’s because back then Nintendo wasn’t in charge of anything, they just let it happen and boy was it their mistake, the new Mario movie is taken with care from Miyamoto since he’s keeping eye on everything.
@@Ryan-rv5em CGI ... insane ?
*CLANG CLANG CLANG*
Go to Zelda universe they dubbed the game and added animated cutscenes I recommend it
I'm slightly fangirling that's so cute how Malon and Link potentially got together and had other little Link(s)
I didn't even know that they are a thing, I never felt some sort of chemistry when I played it
You can obviously see the hint when his father asks if your interested in marrying malon... And also the stone says malon wants a knight in shinning armor... Lol Plus twilight link is a farm boy as well. So... Makes def sense. If he and zelda got together .. Wouldn't it be incest eventually??? So meh .__.
Nekounmei yeah but those hints aren’t convincing enough, I want to FEEL like its real
it would make a lot of sense actually to have link and Malon be together. I personally don't like link and ruto because that's just weird. But I personally think link and Malon got together because twilight princess link is a farm boy and is a direct decendant of the hero of Time. It also feels like a happy ending to have link end up with her.
@@ChrizzyGotAFatGlizzy It'd also make sense because the Hero's Shade, after learning all the hidden skills, says something in the lines of "good luck, my child" or something. Well, that doesn't actually prove that Malon is his mother but idk lol just throwing that out there I guess
It seems that the Hero of Time is like the main building block of the Zelda series even though he wasn't the first one
i agree. but he also was the first 3d link. and not even talkning about plot or story.. the N64 / Ultra 64 /64DD had so much development stages that the "first 3d" link just had the best timing of spotlight i think. also because the 3d era was kind of a milestone. in my eyes this is also one important and remarkable thnig that made hero of time link the most outstnanding. and the plot pushed him even further into the spotlight! this is why i always get chills when he is mentioned in another game. i hope breath of the wild will go into some details about our boi.
Yeah but you got to give credit to skyward sword but ocarina of times hero is probably the best when it comes to story even though it is a tragic one
He's like, literally the 4th Link....
Theres Skyward Sword Link, the Link from the Minish Cap/its sequels, then Ocarina of time.
Exactly! He just always felt like the main character to the storyline, sorta like how darth Vader is to the Star Wars universe. Despite they ain’t no main characters, it just always felt like they were the most important and felt like they were main characters. Not to mention the hero of time link had the best voice actors then any link and they had the best OSTs of all time
I like to think that the hero of time helped someway in the creation of the divine beasts. Since he saw in Termina how 4 deities protected the town from evil. When he returned to Hyrule Link pitched the idea of having 4 protectors to princess zelda or the king.
I like this idea...or maybe he mentioned something to Impa about it since the 4 divine beasts are Shiekah tech
I thought this as well... maybe not that deep into for myself but I saw the similarities in having 4 entities from all 4 regions of the land to unite and fight the impending doom.
Camilo Romero i can imagine link in a room with sheika elders.
Link: *hits blunt* giant, robot animals!
Sheikas: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Mega Squeeze lmao very that! 🤣 Also this theory could’ve taken place after twilight princess since the hero of time was also present as wolf link and in the same way he teached twilight link his fighting skills. When they needed a back up plan for the future return of ganon, Link pitched the idea and since Mipha was the first champion of the prophecy (riding her Devine beast wolf link) they used inspiration from termina and the twilight world to create these 4 guardians.
Now THAT is an interesting theory. I hope they reveal more about the origins of the divine beasts in Botw 2. The hero of time being added as some historical background to botw 2's story would be rad.
Your mans Jason Damron sounds like he should be narrating something about war on the History channel, not video game theories lol
Pob Lowe He sounds almost like that one Fallout historian dude.
I really don’t like the way he emphasizes like every word
Yeah I was really taken aback here.
sounds like shit
@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange That is the StoryTeller...
The hero of time is the main reason I became a gamer at the ripe age of 2. Mario got my grounding in gaming, but OoT my experience grew and I slowly made progress. I beat finally OoT when I was in first grade. (Of course dad had to help)
If only i had a dad :(
@@GRATERxOFxCHEESE same
I'm 14 and still only on the shadow temple-
@@degenerate-otaku6634 bruh when i was 12 i was scared af playing that dungeon
Same
A fun yet quite sad thing about the Hero of Time is that in Twillight Princess, one of the Howling Stone you come across is the Song of Healing. Some one speculated that the Hero of Time tries to heal you from the curse turning you into a beast like he did with the people of Termina
One of the gossip stones in OoT revealed that Malon's dream was to be picked up by her knight in shining armor and go riding romantically into the moonlight.
Sounds a lot like Link to me.
And dreams in OoT are usually strangely prophetic...
Link did really dodge a bullet with Ruto. Do you really think he wanted to be married to an anthropomorphic fish girl.
I don't mind.
The Shape Of Water
I had a crush on her when I was a kid, but not anymore. (I'm no longer into tsunderes.)
I only have 3 words for that: Hyrule Warriors' Ruto
BotW Link: "Well, this is awkward..."
Maybe one of Link's regrets is that he died and left Malon and their child alone like what happened to his family.
This is kinda interesting if you think about the fact that the hero shade aka link but after he died wants to pass on his teachings to the next generation
Franky his child might be Link From twilight princess
@@Xxx-ty7ir TP does follow MM on the timeline.
Franky read the mangas it will explain more
@@Xxx-ty7ir I've read 3 volumes of the TP manga.
"Hi Mr. Mustachioed Tree, please raise my child"
*takes out Master Sword aggressively >:(*
“Possibly fell in the bloody war”
As we can clearly see the axe in his chest
The Chad of Time.....that version of link is a complete boss...even as young link he saves the world
Link's tragedy in the Hero of Time saga is one of the saddest stories not only in Zelda lore, but in gaming history. This is why I want a 3rd game with him where he redeems himself.
I actually miss Link in the OOT timeline, he wasn’t recognised for his heroic actions and died
I agree that he was not recognized by the Hylian public for his heroic actions in OOT timeline. But the Royal family of Hyrule kept records of his events in Ocarina of Time and in the parallel world of Termina. This there proven evidence in the introduction of the Majora's Mask game.
Ocorina of Time is hands down my favorite Zelda game!
Majora's Mask is my favorite but Ocarina of Time is a very close second. N64 Zelda ftw!
@@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij got OoT running to kill Xmas and love it always but soo keen to get to MM, its been ages. By far one the best!
@@SombreroPharoah got both on my 2ds and they are so affordable
Ocarina is really overrated
Did I say that botw wasn’t overrated?
The saddest thing is that Link actually never found Navy.
He headed out for a lost Friend but they never got reunited.
Its truly a Tragedy 🥺
There is a theory that after Navi completed her task of helping Link save Hyrule, she as a result, "moved on to the afterlife". This theory is somewhat supported do to the idea, that when fairies heal you, they complete their life's task, and then just vanish.
@@triforceofpowa
I like to add onto that with a head Canon of my own. Navi was the soul of Link's mother, who wanted to look after him on his journey, explaining why she was more nagging than other partners, it was her motherly side looking after her son.
After Ganondorf was defeated and her purpose was fulfilled, she began to fade and join her husband, but unable to tell Link the truth, caused him to look for her, until he either gave up or just didn't have time to anymore.
If all the links were together, then the hero of time will definitely be the leader. I imagine the hero of time having a stronger bond with the hero of legend, those two links have the most experience but had opposite lives. Hero of legend had a positive life while the hero time had a negative one. Even the hero of twilight would be highly sympathetic towards his great grandfather (The hero of time himself) So no doubt this link which is the hero of time is definitely the most important one that all the other links would follow.
You should check out the comic can series "LinkedUniverse" as it addresses and goes much deeper into that.
It 's very good! 😊
Look up a comic strip called Linked Universe. It has all the Link's together and he is considered one of the leaders, as well as the "Old Man" among them.
If only our history was this interesting I would've passed History with a A+ back in high school.
It is and way more tragic.
@@dice5709 Nah, not as intwrestimg
@@DrMonty-yr1kc you dont know about history than
@@mikemarks6136 Guess history class ruined his interest for history. There is so much more to find out that isn't in the books already.
@DutchGreen Gaming What I don't like is,that archaeologists hide evidence of many cultural sites,that most of humanity doesn't even know about.
“Why do you love the Hero of Time so much?”
*Will Smith Memes this entire video*
_That's _*_HOOOOOOT_*
*It's rewind time!*
@@bushmaster6894 What's even better is that the acronym for "Hero of Time" is HOT.
Hero
Of
Time
;)
Yeah this Link had a brutal trial to go through. Not to mention that in Twilight Princess, he ends up as a *Stalfos with the regret of never passing on his legacy that no one even knows about. It's safe to say that this Link was pretty much the punching bag for a tragic childhood story. At least other Links are much older (besides The Wind Waker Link)
*Edit: Alright, he might not be a "stalfos" in the traditional sense but this is from the zelda gamepida page of the Hero Shade/Spirit.
"the Hero's Spirit's form has bluish skin and a pallid, decaying appearance, with a skeletal face."
Let's compromise and say that he's a skeleton ghost specter, not a stalfos. But his Japanese translation could be looked at as "Skeleton Warrior" so I assumed that it was a Stalfos. My bad. Thank you for the kind comments. :)
Sidenote, he became a stalfos... He never made it out of the lost woods...
hes a shade not a stalfos. he is a ghost not a skeleton.
Point taken. Though he does look like a skeleton ghost so that's why I thought about it like that. :)
Yup, that's what I wrote. "he ends up as a Stalfos." Though someone said shade, but the ghost looks like a skeleton so that's what I thought. :o
As the other guy said OoT Link never ended up as a stalfos plus Tp Link is a direct descendant of him.
Let's not forget the Hero of Wind. He found the Pearls, raised the Tower of the Gods and conquered it, got the master sword, revived it's power, found the pieces of the TriForce of Courage, and defeated Ganondorf and his minions, and did all this basically as side quests to rescue his sister. He wasn't chosen by the Gods, he demanded they recognize him.
the gods answered the prayers of the people and made another spirit of the hero
Yea, he wasn't chosen by the gods, he was literally just some kid
I beat ocarina of time as a child with my dad (we played an hour a day after school/work) it's one of the first games I ever did play, so needless to say OOT will always hold a special place in my heart. With that being said I replayed this game about a year ago and it hit so much different. Actually understanding the full implications behind the story, then moving on to majoras mask it doesn't seem like your typical nintendo games. For everything the hero of time did, he was always abandoned by those he needed most.
I hate the fact he left Malon when he died that killed me
Well .. when you die you leave your loved ones ...
@@nonoctoro4933 yep
Maybe Malon died first when they was old. Maybe Link didn't die 'til after leavin' Twilight Princes Link--their son--in the villagers' hands. Those villagers lived in Ordon Village where that son was gonna grow up as Ilia's childhood friend. He was an old veteran who fought ta really keep Hyrule safe (his Hyrule was destroyed by Ganondorf's attack 'cuz he warned the Royal Family of his plot). He was also protectin' his son. Then, 17 years later, Twilight Princess happened. Twilight Princess Link was born as a human. Then he became a wolf. At 17 years old, he started his journey with the motivation ta really rescue the kids, AND get 'em back home. He finished the story by killin' Ganondorf in battle as justice by stabbin' the center of his chest with the Master Sword (bringin' the peace, the freedom, the justice, and the security back to Hyrule AND the Twilight Realm by killin' the Dark Lord). It was with the purpose of endin' the Twilight Invasion, protectin' everybody else who still lived, and becomin' the hero at 17 years old. With the next Links in later eras (like the Era of Shadow, the Era of Light and Dark, the Era of Decline, an' the Era of the Wilds in chronological order) bein' successful in defeatin' the major villains like the next Ganondorf (the one who became the Ganon from Four Swords Adventures and A Link to the Past), the lands of Hyrule in their eras ended up bein' saved from Demise curse. An' the Hero of Time's legacy DID carry on, all the way to the Link in Breath of the Wild. Midna was knocked out. In the deleted text, the Dark Lord said "one of my blood". He could mean "nephew". When somebody's yer nephew, he's yer blood. In a vision, Zant's spirit was snappin' his own neck (not Ganondorf's), a gesture that was mockin' his former master while the Master Sword finished the job. An' Link was the one who killed the King of Thieves with the Master Sword finishin' the job by bein' inside 'im (as justice ta make sure that nobody else was gettin' murdered, robbed, an' terrorized by the Demon King), not Zant. With the giant dead, Midna's curse was lifted, an' then she Link saw her real form. He was surprised, an' then he was happy that she was OK. Link an' Zelda was forced ta say goodbye ta Midna when she destroyed the Mirror of Twilight with her tear (preventin' the Twilight Invasion from repeatin'). After that, he put the Master Sword back in the pedestal. Then maybe the sword itself was taken to the northwestern woods before A Link to the Past (the Pedestal of Time wasn't gonna be taken anywhere, so maybe the sword needed a new stone where it could rest). Maybe THAT'S why Link the Hero of Legend could find it in the Lost Woods in the northwest (of the Hyrule in his era, hundreds of years after Four Swords Adventures).
Chill it's not even confirmed lmao
@@internetexplorer9492 I know but its still sad to think about
Commonwealth Realm: There was no time for love triangles.
Me: Or love pentagons.
Love pentagrams 😁
*hyperdodechahedron
*love squares
I was thinking that too 😆
On god
Link went to Malon and to impress her started singing: "LOOK AT MY HORSE, MY HORSE IS AMAAAZING(...)"
GIVE IT A LICK
@@neko-san5346 *I don't like where this is going*
@@biglion3179 that actually rhymes i'm impressed.
@@neko-san5346 hmmm it taste just like raisins
The Hero of Time will always be my favorite Link of all time
Thank you
Not only is he my favorite Link, he is the most important Link to all of Zelda history. So much that even in BOTW there are tales about what happened in OoT.
The Hero of Time is the greatest fictitious person to have ever lived. He hangs the moon.
I think the most ironic part about the hero of time fate is that an entire timeline exists that worships him as a demi God and he ultimately was forced to live out his days in a timeline where none of his deeds from OOT matter.
We need a third hero of time game. Where in the game link finally finds out what happened to Navi. It shows the romance between link and Malon. It should serve as a link between the hero of time and the hero of twilight, and in the end credits it shows how the hero of time lost his life.
“Link really dodged a bullet!”
DED🤣🤣🤣
I love the story of the Hero of Time.....it's truly one of my absolute favorites~
Imagine if they released another game following on from majora's mask. That feeling of nostalgia would be unmatched by anything
If they do, I think Shades of War would fit for a title, with it taking place during Ganondorf's invasion and capture.
I honestly don't think there will be another game with such a rich storyline like Legend of Zelda. It's been 20+ years and we are still talking about it!
2:23 "His only childhood was one big lie" I know this from somewhere... ah yes, Sasuke Uchiha
You are so damn gay.
Ouchiha
@@melevont5597 its cuz he likes turtles
Sasuke was created after this Link, who took inspiration here...?
Wow..
My favorite Link for sure, and the one I grew up with. Probably the best protagonist setup in any piece of media I've ever seen. I really don't know why Nintendo never did anything else with this Link, because the character is so loved by many. And I've been thinking/hoping, what if the Hero's Shade was in BotW 2???
Xavier Tessereau I sure hope that happens!
sorry to cast doubt but i thought that the hero shade rests in peace knowing twilight princess link knows his sword skills.
Yeah I know, but it would still be cool right? Like maybe he gets re-awakened because of ganondorf.
I'd hope he wasn't still unable to be at rest after tens of thousands of years. But maybe there could be something like in Avatar TLA where the current hero could speak to and get wisdom from his past incarnations?
"the Great Deku Tree refused to hand over the Kokiri Emerald. This act of courage and loyalty to the Hyrulian Royal Family quickly turned into a death sentence."
no wonder Link became the Hero of Time with this being raising him, in addition to just automatically having his particular piece of the Triforce.
Time Link obtained the Triforce of Courage during his 7 year nap after Ganondorf broke into the Sacred Realm and took the Triforce of Power. Time Link wasn't born with the Triforce, but Twilight Link was.
At least the hero of time finally got the respect he deserved in the end. This guy will always be my favorite Link.
If you guy really wanna have something to cry about....watch the Link vs Ganondorf animation called Twilights Shadow. Right in the feels. Really feels like the ultimate tribute to the Hero of Time.
All this time I thought each game was the same Link with a serious case of amnesia
No that's rarely the case the games that share the same Link are:
Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask - Hero of Time
A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening - Hero of Light
Zelda 1, Zelda 2 - Hero of Hyrule
Now that is the case most of the time with Ganondorf/Ganon
Ironically enough the Zelda in Zelda 1 isn't the same sleeping Zelda in Zelda 2 the sleeping Zelda in that game is said to be an ancient princess meaning that the Zelda from Zelda 1 and the one in Zelda 2 are both different Zeldas existing at the same point in time
@@wanko7130 wind waker and phantom hourglass also share the same link.
The Hero of Time is by far the most important Link in Nintendo can be viewed as the Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees due to his importance, manliness & good looks. Of course, he smashed both of the princess & the ranch girl.
My own theory is as follows. When link returned to the past after ocarina of time, Zelda believed him but the king kicked link out and humiliated the hero. Zelda knowing that link is right does everything in her power to at least convince the king to deny ganondorf an audience. Slighted, ganondorf returns to the desert to consolidate power.
At this moment, link leaves on a journey, both to find nami and ease his anger from saving an ungrateful land by helping people who don't take him for granted in termina. After saving termina, link returns to hyrule. Because of link and Zelda's difference of position (she was a princess and he was an orphan), link did not pursue her love.
Without anyone needing his sword skills because the crisis of oot had been averted, link looked for work. He, had no relationship among the zora, sheikah, gerudo, Gordon, and the kokiri kicked him out of the forest so he couldn't exactly find a job easily at those places. Kakariko village is undergoing construction which isn't a job for a child so link decides to work as a ranch hand at lon lon ranch for many years.
Overtime, link developed a better relationship with malon and even married her inheriting the ranch with talon's blessing though much to ingo's chagrin. The couple have at least one child and for a short time, live their lives happily, with link intending to instruct his child in the way of the sword.
But soon afterwards, ganondorf strikes at Hyrule with the full strength of the gerudo to force link to take the master sword so the door to the sacred realm is opened. The original temple of time is destroyed but not before link retrieves the blade. Link defeats Ganon but is unable to kill him with his current power and lost an eye in the fight. Ganondorf cruelly unleashes his minions after the hylians. Monsters and gerudo hunt down the people of Hyrule relentlessly. The king of Hyrule has ganondorf executed but not before the triforce of power attaches to Ganon. They fail at killing him so instead they seal him into the twilight realm which is pretty much Hyrule's dumpster. Despite Ganon being sealed, the monsters persist.
Link prioritizes his family's safety so he takes his wife, child(s), and epona along with a caravan of supplies to the kokiri forest hoping that the magic of the forest will hide them. Monsters pursue them into the forest and once they are in the lost woods deep enough. Link faces the horde alone so none may follow his family. He wins the battle but is mortally wounded, as a result, link becomes a stalfos. The deku tree protects link's family as they pass through the lost woods. On the other side of the great forest is fertile land. Malon and her child bury link and establish ordon village. The deku tree honors link's sacrifice by building a new temple of time has his tomb. The master sword is laid to rest here. Link is filled with regrets because he was never recognized as a hero except by his family until his last breath. He had not only been forgotten, but also ignored because he failed to stop ganon. Lastly he was unable to pass on his skill with the sword to his children whom were only babies. Link lingers in the forest where he is constantly reminded of his regrets and failures. First allowing Hyrule to become ruined in oot, losing Navi, failing to kill Ganon in the new timeline, losing his family, unable to pass on his legacy. The hero of twilight is everything the hero of time hoped for in a son. This was the one who would succeed where the hero of time failed, and his pride was well placed because the hero of twilight didn't only match his expectations, but exceeded them.
hero of time link is an orphan that became a child soldier lost all his friends and got ptsd just to be sent back in time to die as totally unknown ...
yikes
And we aren't even getting into the PTSD from Majora's Mask.
Who is the first narrator? He should be a audiobook narrator for sure!!
Or at least directing Star Fox to go to different planets. 2nd one sounds like the Destiny Crucible announcer.
He does. Search for @therealkank on Twitter. He is also "The Storyteller" in Shoddycast's show of the same name, where he narrates the lore of Fallout
Hell, no. He can narrate a prologue to a movie or a video game but not read an entire book. I don't want to listen to every word being overly emphasized for 25 hours.
@@jenniferchough One can stop emphasizing when needed.
I'm pretty sure link was in a love quadrilateral actually.
NOT A LOVE TRIANGLE, BUT A LOVE _SQUARE_
Zelda, Malon, Ruto, Saria...
@@-jank-willson Nabooru to an extent.
@@ocarinaplaya Navi?
links love shape is just literally all women in Hyrule
@@ocarinaplaya true that, she was alllll wet when link came back as an adult
I love how the narrator keeps flaming the Zora princess 😂
This is great and it also worsened my depression.
The Hero of Time might lament that he was never remembered, but we remember him because we were with him as we mounted impossible odds together to save the land of Hyrule and her people. Never forgotten
Ganon makes the same face as the moon in majoras mask when hes being sealed by the sages 11:37
Odd as it may sound, I do not think the Hero of Time was killed at the Beginning of the Downfall Timeline. Wind Waker showed Ganondorf could claim the pieces of the Triforce without killing anyone who held a piece. And as was discussed in Oracle of Ages, the Broken Sword (which is reforged into the Master Sword since Seasons came first), was left in the possession of the elderly Zora’s family by a past hero. My head canon is that after Ganondorf claimed the full Triforce and became Ganon, he used it to resurrect Twinrova, which distracted him long enough for the Sages to deal him in the Dark World. Twinrova then fled Hyrule, likely working on a plan to either break his seal or resurrect him, and the Hero of Time went into a self exile to chase them down. Near the end of his life, he would then leave the Master Sword in the possession of that elderly Zora’s family, where it would be passed down until it ended up in the hands of the Hero of Legend, who would reforge it at Restoration Wall and use it to stop Veran, Twinrova and Ganon. Afterwards, the Oracles would likely take it to Hyrule and it would be used by one of the Knights of Hyrule to end the Imprisoning War, before leaving it in its pedestal deep in the Lost Woods for the Hero of Legend to draw come A Link to the Past.
But hey, that’s just a theory of my own.
The child era makes me so sad, sometimes I can't comprehend that this is a timeline and my 2 favorite games of all time were majoras mask and twilight princess, when I learned that the skeleton in TP is OOT link I couldn't look at this part of the game the same again
Poor Hero of Time he saved Hyrule and Termina. Healed a wandering Goron ghost's regrets and listened to the final words of a dying Zora. He took upon himself not only to listen but to provide solutions to their problems/ regrets on their behalf. Fast forward to returning back to Hyrule his life was presumably short. The most heartbreaking thing is that the Hero of Time - became a wandering ghost with regrets like the ones he once consoled. Though, he did find solace by teaching the his sword skills to TP Link.
I still can't believe Malon x Link is offical
Good
Its not exactly official just heavily implied by the lore
It always made me sad that he was traveling at such a young age since he found out he’s not a Kokiri. No real home to his name. My favorite Link by far
I hope one day we get more info on what happened to Link after Majoras Mask, or another game with him in it, maybe battling Vaati or a new villain so we can get more of the Hero of Time he's the 🐐
In the original timeline, the Oracle games happened after MM. But the timeline is a nonsensical mess now.
They happened after a link to the past originally the oracle games did, they were just moved to be after links awakening instead which was the only practical difference.
Ocarina of time was so out of this world for me as a kid. My brother and I were absolutely hooked, we must have beat it five times each.
I absolutely love this video. I always hoped he would've been with saria, but sadly she couldn't grow up :( but Malon was a good companion as well. One of the reasons I love this game so much is the tragedy. Saving the world and losing so much, only to have no one know. Having to go through life knowing that even though it's a time split, a version of the people he loved so much, just couldn't save them. Those regrets must have been so heavy...
The hero of time is the best link for a reason. Great video guys. I want to believe that he didn’t got killed and more like he died of old age but with regrets that during his time he could never found someone to passed on his knowledge
We can assume that Link had issues with not being recognized for his deeds in saving the world
But, more in line with how Link seems to be--noble, brave, etc--he might have just accepted it. He seems like a Saitama in that aspect. Not really caring if he gets the 'glory' as long as he can help people
Honestly it makes more sense that Link was angry and ashamed that he couldn't finish the fight.
Ganondorf was sealed away and Link and Zelda probably knew he would return. And when he did, it might've been after his lifetime.
So yeah, I think it was less about Glory and being a Hero and more akin to, I caused this mess, I couldn't fix it properly, and now I'm making sure that the next hero after me can be better prepared to finish my fight.
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My favorite Link is the Hero of Time. I still hope we get a sequel to Ocarina/Majora’s that continues the Hero of Time’s story.
I have... several questions
How do you know Saria gave him the fairy ocarina again in the child timeline? We never see him with Fairy Ocarina in that timeline, only the ocarina of time Zelda gave him.
Why do you think Terminians are elitists who reject the goddesses in favour of mask worship? There's implications in Stone Tower Temple that the Triforce is disrespected (upside down and being licked iirc), but that's just one abandoned location in the world, it doesn't indicate what, say, a random Clock Town citizen believes.
How do you know Ganondorf's invasion in the child timeline was actually an epic war that Link was absent from? It could have been a mass of bloodshed or it could have been won by the Hylians easily without much conflict, especially since they had forewarning from Link. And, Ganondorf would have had to rush it since his initial plan to backstab the king was suddenly cut short. Plus, Nabooru probably wasn't brainwashed yet and I doubt she'd be cool with slaughtering random citizens. Surely there'd be some resistance from the Gerudo to obeying Ganondorf. I mean maybe Twinrova forced her into it but there's still the other issues. Unless you're saying Ganondorf waited quit a while before attacking? Got kicked out of Hyrule because some kid with a triangle said he's a meanie butt, and Ganondorf spent years being butthurt and planning the invasion?
Also, Link and Malon moving to Kokiri Forest hinges on the idea of the ranch being burned in the war, but would the ranch be a target anyway? Especially since the adult timeline in OoT indicates that Ganondorf saw the ranch and the horses they raised as a useful resource he could use.
And you say Link kept searching for Navi after MM and had more adventures before going back to Hyrule but how do you know? What other adventures? How do you know he didn't give up on finding Navi after MM and went straight back to Hyrule?
You also say Link died in war, leaving Malon widowed and the children fatherless, but there's other ways to explain him not passing on his skills. The kid had a physical birth defect and couldn't fight. The kid was a hardcore pacifist and refused. Link himself had too much PTSD to calmly pass on sword lessons. The kid just sucked at it. Link was too forceful trying to make the kid learn so as a rebellious "I DO WHAT I WANT, DAD", the kid refused to try. Malon didn't want them learning this stuff for some reason. Etcetera.
Well, anyway... it's not a bad video or anything. Some of your fanon is well explained, but a lot of it... not so much, and it's distracting to me. Well edited though and none of it is completely implausible or anything, I'm not totally sold on all the ideas though. I also kind of wish you made it more clear what's fanon and what's actual canon.
Link never lost the fairy ocarina in the first place...
i believe the hero of time never died in the war and when he actually died at a very old age living his life, and wanted to be buried with his armor on, which explains why the hero's shade has armor
Twilight, princess it says the skeleton dude is him
I honestly want one more game with the Hero of Time I really love him literally
The sages didn't really "die" die. The five of them ascended to their roles, and remember: they are shown returning to Hyrule after the climax of the final battle. Rauru, an ancient sage, had been in the Sacred Realm for so long he could only return through the vessel of the wise owl, Kaepora Gaebora. But we don't see this happen with the other five Awakened Sages.
Even the name, "Awakened," gives us a sense of a spiritual awakening; an ascension.
LoruleanHistorian agreed, his friends did not die, they gotta do a little editing on this video and maybe a little more research
Well... Darunia died for sure ...
Volvagia is the hungry type when it comes to Gorons.
@@nonoctoro4933 every sage went to face off against the "boss" of their respective temple in some form. They aren't regular people, though, and they possess powerful souls as sages. We see them back in Hyrule at the very end as flesh, not spirit.
@@MrJmZack King Daphnes is a spirit yet it's as if he's still alive ... He can even use the Triforce somehow.
They can turn into balls of light too, and it might be the warping stuff.
@@nonoctoro4933 the maidens from FSA can also become little fairy balls of light. But they're still very much alive.
OMG. I can't believe I'm hearing the pearly voice of "The Storyteller". Been awhile, nice.
This story never gets old even if I’ve heard it thousands of times
I'm so happy you got Jason to help narrate. I've been listening to his Fallout lore videos for a long time and his voice is perfect for this sort of thing.
Ah so I always did have that feeling that The sages gave their lives fighting the forces of Ganon. Thanks for this great video.
If you liked this video you should also watch this masterpiece:
"OCARINA OF TIME - A Masterclass In Subtext"
it will change your life.
No
@@RisingOnion ok im not the police
that's a really good analysis video, proof that literature analysis can help you after high school
It really is a great video
Well, at least he probably gets to marry Malon with the good hair, so it's not all bad.
Its most likely. Its pretty much canon
I think it'd be so great to have just one more hero of time game where we see an older hero of time
To add a little more to the Great Deku Tree. The sole and only reason when he agreed to accept Link to be raised among the Kokiri is because of the destiny he sensed Link would one day fulfill. No other circumstance or reason would have been enough to grant anyone that wasn't a kokiri access to the forest. The only one other person I can think of that the Deku Tree would allow is Zelda.
More or less.
This video randomly showed up in my recommended feed.
I could've sworn I'd heard this voice somewhere before, then I looked at the channel name and the dots connected almost instantly.
Thank you Storyteller! This was a great video.
I wouldn't mind seeing the Hero of Time becoming the protagonist of a new LoZ post Botw somehow connecting the entire timeline from beginning up to today
OoT MM hero of time always a true hero maybe forgotten by the hylains but us as players will always remember him forever!
He was never forgotten by the Hylians :
ハイラルに伝わる王家の伝説 そこに一人の少年が登場する
_"In Hyrule, a legend is handed down by the royal family in which a lone boy appears"_ - MM Intro
Nonoctoro
I’m only saying so did us the players who we know played hero’s of link in other games but this hero link touch us the most traveling through time in the game itself as players never had forgotten this hero in our gaming lives growing up
Don’t be showing me that line which only princess Zelda is in that game for a second showing her she gave him the ocarina also mentions a Goddess of Time as well which was new never was mentioned again until skyward sword appeared
That was an intense way to explain how the hero of time lived his life
I was talking to my friend yesterday and we had this very conversation (well, the topic, anyway) and we never got to finish it (dang bell had to ring at school). Before parting ways I played Zelda's Lullaby on the 12-hole Ocarina of Time. We're continuing the conversation later today! :D
Theres a video that went to links mental state and his troubles copeing with being alone and unremembered, and Terminus was his mind finally proccessing all his traumas. Link had no family, his friends don't remember him, only Malon who only called him "fairy boy" by the point OoT ended. Nav left him for no given reason, but figured out that, like the Gaints with the Skull Kid, there must have been a reason for it. Best part was the analysis with Malon, how Termius' version of Malon made him realize if he wanted to be with her, he has to do it now, not later
Majora's mask is my favorite Zelda game❤️❤️❤️ I wish they would come out with a remake again for the Nintendo switch or a part 2
In twilight princess you can hear malons voice in hyrule field when it's night time.
I remember Vortexxy's video on this! I miss her.
I never really thought about the OoT Link of being a tragic hero. I love this channel because it presents compelling theories and story-telling. I'm thinking I'm going to back through your videos at some point and re-watch them. I often forget about the Hylian Civil War and I cannot remember anything about that since I don't ever remember seeing it specifically talked about in games. Anyway, thank you again for a wonderful video! Keep up the great work, and always have fun! x3
Being a hero of time fanboy I like to believe he is the strongest, and he is undoubtedly the best link ever.
Honestly I think BOTW/TOTK's Link is stronger than the Hero of Time. But he does seem to be top 3-5 overall.