I still remember Christmas of ‘98. I found Golden copy of OoT hiding in my parents closet 10 days before Christmas. It was the start of winter break and I could not wait to play so I opened it and played it in secret and put it back in its packaging before my parents could find out. It was really hard acting surprised that Christmas morning. I love you mom and dad.
@@luckofhan 3 days before christmas, same year, my father came while my mom was away: "hey buddy wanna try your new nintendo?". But i was stupid cause when on christmas night i piut zelda on tv, there was already a save so everyone caught what we had done ^^
So nostalgic it almost “hurts” hearing it. Maybe just for me because i watched my older brother play ocarina and majoras mask when I was a little kid and he passed away in 2016. I been replaying Ocarina on his Nintendo 64. Majoras mask after
I have shipped 15 games as a professional, and 1 indie game, and Ocarina of Time still impresses me with just how much of the 'basics' they got right in modern game design. They really nailed almost all of the things we take for granted all at once back on a calculator of a game console. I love this this game.
It's crazy to think tbe N64 is a calculator of a console nowadays. When it was released, it was considered so poweful in comparison to what came before... Times fly by
I remember reading once that at the time of release, OoT was viewed as a patent machine for Nintendo. It advanced 3D gaming with so many industry firsts, far more so than Super Mario 64. Much like how every modern shooter has a bit of ancestral DOOM and Quake ‘DNA’ still in terms of mechanics (and sometimes even code), many action-adventure and open world games still use game mechanics that were first introduced in OoT.
The opening theme kind of sounded like music that you think about as you grow over the years, which is exactly what this game is about. It also is ironic how this game accurately depicts real life where things are so nice and easy when we are kids, but become very dark and gloomy when we're adults.
Yup, I always kind of thought of it that way; Plus, meeting Sheik outside the Forest Temple that has a lot meaning behind it too! IMO: I mean all of the things Shiek says when you meet them is always a good message behind them!
Another reason the game is 3rd person is because of the importance of seeing child Link vs adult Link. Seeing your character grow up in front of you is an integral part of understanding the character
I was 7 when this game was released and I looooved watching my older brother play for hours (I was too scared to play myself). Now I'm 32 and playing TOTK. This game series is every thing to me.
@@Drew_2152 Ok, to be totally honest, I'm loving it cuz I'm a dumbass for real and I was struggling with BOTW lmao. So now with TOTK I feel warmed up and I'm completing the shrines and other things a lot faster now. And I think the story line is really cool. Twilight Princess is still my favorite though.
@@collinmccarthy6279 that’s cool. I also liked the story and its new characters. I like BOTW a bit more with some things but I still play TOTK more because of the new world.
I was 8 playing OoT back in the day, it kills me to see how far the series has fallen. BOTW was the worst 3D Zelda game and TOTK is only slightly better but still a horrible Zelda game. Aonuma has killed the franchise,
@@ItApproaches TOTK misses on so many core elements like the story, dungeons, puzzles, characters, items/equipment, side missions, musical instrument, and music. I do think the abilities and gameplay were fun and innovative tho. The open world is sparse and boring and just a big gimmick that falls flat after 30 hours. Nothing will ever compare to OOT and MM. I’ve been playing those games on repeat since I was 7 and they seriously never get old.
That title screen and music takes me right back to my teens, picking the game up just before Christmas and playing this with the family around the house during the holidays. Perfect times.
I HAD TO RELISTEN TO MAKE SURE I PRAISED THE LEGEND CORRECTLY. All of this games music is so... god idk the word... LEGENDARY?! no but seriously, all, if not the majority of music composed in this game is so god damn beautiful. Nocturne of Shadow hits different for me, idk why but it does. The intro piece too, man, I can keep going on. What a composer
The thing a lot of recent players probably don’t realize is, while the game itself is amazing…the GLITCHES in this game were also some of the most wild ever seen. The whole bit in the end with the master sword glitch at the Gannon fight turned it almost into an extra “level” to enjoy. Nothing to accomplish…but more of like a playground where anything could happen. Hook shot flying. Sky swimming. Driving epona remotely. There was so much. I’m pretty sure it became the main reason we got so many playground rumors around that time. Edit: one thing I wanna point out is that these glitches were not obvious. It wasn’t like Skyrim where the game just shit it own pants every now and then…OoT was completely solid to play. You only got the glitches by following a set procedure at the very end of the game…but once you did…it’s like it cracked the whole game wide open.
The first 3d games must have been wild for trying to stamp out glitches because no one knew where to set boundaries or what players would try to do with the tools they were given
My moniker in some places (my phone, my console modding name, etc.) is Swordless Link. It's odd how one of the first 3D adventure games was so entirely polished, yet the glitches that it did have often added value to the game. Skyrim, this is not.
For the z-targeting in combat, one neat trick is if you're fighting multiple opponents and not locking on, they will all attack, but if you z-target one, the others will back off so you can fight one-on-one
@@SurprisedPikachu247 Read his interview statements on how he doesn't want to give Zelda fans what they want, he has no more creative ideas and is bored with the traditional Zelda formula so going forward starting with BOTW he just wants to make each Zelda game just some random new idea he has regardless of it it makes any sense or not. He is just using the Zelda series to experiment with game ideas instead of making actual Zelda games. He basically insulted the fans too.
@@ItApproacheskind of like how Sakurai ruined KI uprising for 3DS The experimental control scheme ruined everything. Come to think of it Themis is basically the whole story of the DS. All the major franchise games were ruined with shit control schemes Because of the DS second screen touch screen r3t@rd3d gimmick
@@ItApproaches which is why the capcom zelda director is slowly taking over. hidemaro fujibayashi has been with nintendo since the minish cap and has only worked on zelda since
U R damn skippy whoever u r! The memories of playing this game make me want to travel back in time to at least the time when I saw its commercial during a Superbowl! To then wait anxiously to buy it again & re experience the crap out of it. Unforgettable memories. Makes u want to reincarnate into Link!
I found a working CRT Tv 📺 at thrift store and dug out my older brother’s Nintendo 64 with Ocarina of time and Majora’s Mask. He passed away in 2016 so it’s tough for me to play Ocarina without getting sad. Playing the same 2 games he competed when he was 10-12 years old. RIP Phil ❤ 1989-2016 When I finish Ocarina I’m going to try Majora’s Mask I’ll probably need to use a TH-cam more than a few times while playing Majoras mask. Ngl I had to use TH-cam to beat the water temple in Ocarina 3 months ago. They made Ocarina and MM tough and difficult so that you would feel proud and accomplished if you completed the game all the way through.
Hey I'm sorry for your loss and I hope the playthrough is a cathartic in a way knowing this video game offers a wordless conversation for you and your brother. I am currently playing through Majora's Mask and I confidently say there is no way in hell I could make progress in this game without some kind of guidance. It's absolutely one of the most unique Zelda games out there and recommend it, but holy shit if it ain't a slow burn. With that said, happy gaming!
@@patricksluiter3620 In my case I finished Majora’s Mask way before I ever finished Ocarina Of Time & that was around somewhere 2007/2008. I didn’t beat OOT until 2023. I bought them used at the same time in 2007.
I hope someday they can dig up the old code (or the fan-made reverse engineered code) and make a "director's cut" with all the things that were originally removed for time or technical constraints.
Man, this is the first game I remember playing. Absolute magic, as a kid when things got rough I’d go to Zoras domain & listen to the theme music. Seemed to always calm me down.
Great episode! I really enjoyed hearing how the team developed it and the chaos of putting it together and the part about Toho studios and the fight giving them ideas!!
How the actuall hell do you not have more subscribers? Instant sub, like, and comment as soon as I saw your editing and the theme of these videos. I am praying that the algorithm is kind to you and grab others as it did me!
21:17 Interestingly, Banjo-Kazooie has more dynamic music than Ocarina of Time, and it came out 4 months before Ocarina of Time. It's honestly very impressive everything Rare did with that game.
Yes, OoT DID invent the "chaining" targeting the way we see it in many games to this day (like Souls). What you see in Tomb Raider is basically aim assist. Mega Man Legends doesn't even let you move, and even to roll you have to release the button. There are other games that come close, but they are never quite it
Ive never believed it. Ppl just regurgitate what they've heard. I'm sure there was a lock on targeting "system", or action, prob on PS1 before oot. It def wasn't the first 3d game and there where plenty for a few years before that game came out. Im gunna go do some digging. If I find sumthing I'll update this comment
@@NintenDub Alita and Virtual On are the closest you will find. Alita doesn't have a dedicated targeting button, the camera is static and the game automatically picks the target in your line of sight. In Virtual On, it's really just the dash attack (a rather cinematic on-rails action) where the game automatically locks on for you, and you can't walk around freely while "chaining", use different weapons and switch between multiple targets like in Zelda So yes, OoT was the first to do manual targeting the way you see it in games like Dark Souls today. Don't let anti-Nintendo fanboys tell you otherwise
@@ryukishi8492 in Megaman legends 2 targeting is really similar. But then, it was just refined from the first game, after seen how a 3d Zelda handled it.
@@NintenDubHi, old ass gamer here. I don't need to repeat what anyone else has told me cuz I was there. You're wrong! OoT was the first. It was a big deal, something magazines were oohing and aahing about months before release. I remember being baffled by all the praise at the time because it seemed like such an obvious way to handle targeting to me, but with adult hindsight and context it's easier to see how revolutionary it was.
@@Goosewitdajuice317They were the first. Not the first 3D lock on targeting system. But the first targeting system that allowed full movement and dodging and the seamless switching of targets, paving the way for Soulslikes especially. Believe it or not, Nintendo is actually a company who is sort of famous for their revolutionary gameplay systems, as well as hardware innovations. They invented z-targeting.
To even hear you talk about this game and to think about puts tears in my eyes, that's how much I love this game and nothing has ever came close to the magic that was OOT, experienced as a kid.
I think this would have way more likes if the sound editing was better. There were times that the sound just exploded, but when your voice returned it was so low that I barely heard you... But nonetheless, you really are a gem channel! Your content is amazing and managed to grab my attention from start to finish even with that problem with the audio. Thank you for the video!
Zelda Ocarina of Time has been my favorite game since I was a kid this whole time, and I NEVER knew... that Navi's name came from the fact she "Navigated" Link .... Wow... I love it :)
Metroid Prime was in extreme trouble at the time when Miyamoto showed up to address the development team. His design suggestions were really thinly veiled ultimatums for Retro Studios to deliver on or all funding would have been pulled at that point.
Can you imagine the experience of going from first person to then suddenly switch to third person, side-on view for all the encounters? Who would even think of something that needlessly clunky? Miyamoto has some good ideas, but BOY has he got some STINKERS
@@Lewi_Richit sounds a bit like Final Fantasy 7, if that had used first person for the maps. So it wouldn't really be clunky, but it also wouldn't fit very well with the action adventure style.
I have been a fan of Zelda since i was a kid with the first one on the NES, and as i grew up i played every entry up until now, but i will have a special place in my heart for the time when OOT was released, it can't be described how impacted the industry, it became an instant classic and a masterpiece.
We had Club Nintendo in The Netherlands back then and they showed off screenshots of the alpha build. I waited 3 years for what would become not only my favorite Zelda game, but still my favorite game to this day! Hearing about the development process made me want to and eventually become a game developer. Watching this video inspires me again to make games like this eventually!
in 9th grade my buddy SWORE that a friend of his knew a guy who SWORE he found a way to get and equip the triforce and we spent a ton of time trying to figure out how, also i discovered a whole new level of hate for water levels thanks to this game
I was the kid who had a GameShark and knew a little about binary and how computers work in theory, but not much about how games were actually made. There was that "beta quest" code that scrambled the cutscenes and entrances and made the game really bizarre and dreamlike. I got so much extra enjoyment out of screwing around with that after having finished the game. It was like discovering all these bizarre, unfinished, broken leftovers. At that time, I didn't really understand that most of what I was seeing was just glitched, rather than actual unused/hidden content. Though, there was a bit of that too.
Wow, it's so good to have found this channel... I'll be taking a look at your A Link To the Past video later. I've always loved learning about N64 games and their developments. There's just something so mysterious about them, especially this and Super Mario 64. It's kind of like the opposite to the development cycles on the SNES, when Nintendo had perfected the 2D formula.
Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask was damn perfect, the atmosphere was so serious, dark and mysterious, and the graphics was perfect for the setting. All Zelda games after that have just looked and feeled bad compare to this two games. Damn how much i miss thise two game and how they was.
When I was a young teen I used to think this was not only the greatest game ever made but the greatest adventure of my life thus far. It got me interested in the fantasy genre, medieval history, stories from epic history, tabletop gaming and JRPGs. Suffice it to say, it was the best Christmas gift of my life and the only other game that came close to having a similar impact was Final Fantasy X.
Hey! Listen! Just a fellow OoT and Zelda series lover who happened to be recommended this video, and since this is my favorite game of all time I tend to search for people making fun or interesting content about it, or to hear even more about it and am very happy to run into this one. Just wanted to say it was super well done, clear and concise with the simple edits of gameplay footage & easy to read quotes. Very much now am a fan of yours, earned a sub and absolutely will be going back to binge further. Hope to see lots more content like this for OoT and a ton of the Zelda games, your voice is very relaxing and it's clear you did your homework instead of half-assing it. Appreciate the time you put in for the Zelda die hards like me who can never get enough info about OoT or the series as a whole, keep it up!
I'm currently looking into game design and this video is God-Sent! So many wonderful quotes about game design in one place. Thanks for sharing this story. :D
My first time playing OOT was on the 3DS. Once I became adult Link, I did the dungeons completely out of order, completing the Water Temple first (at least from what I remember) by getting some items from the other dungeons
I still have the old Nintendo Power issues that show early screenshots of the game with Link in a very basic 3D town, and many other scenes that never appeared in the final version. It's so cool to learn about the development process.
I'm watching this after playing ToTK, I played OoT when I was young on the N64, but the one comment about the sages imprisoning war had me GO CRAZY! Because the ToTK timeline in the past is about the imprisoning war, so now you have my head going in Circles! Because they themselves have now put a piece of the timeline, that people had a hard time understanding or figuring out when it happened, on the timeline! This is amazing!!
OoT is my favourite game of all time. I still remember when I got the game, I was probably 7 or 8 years old. Around young Link's age, which made me identify more with the character. The music, Hyrule Field, everything about OoT just brings me a smile. Thank you for this video. It's a gem. Liked and subscribed!
Timeless classic *pun Intended* people still playing in going into 2024! broken or fixed! this game will never die! and will always be one of my favorites games! awesome knowledge in this vid man!
Christmas 1998 I didn’t even know just how good it was going to Be. My cousin already had it and we half way through. All I had were his words to build the hype in my mind. It blew me away. I had never played anything like it. Thanks mum and dad for making a wonderful Christmas Memory for me playing it anywhere that i could get time on the tv 💙
omg.. how is it that in the 25 years since this game came out, and despite it being one of my favorite games of all time, I have literally never noticed that the title screen music is based on the warp whistle tune!? I don't know whether to feel stupid, or amazed, or both.
That intro is legendary. Always reminds me of getting home from school, my feet freezing during the winter from snow in my boots, and running upstairs to let my feet warm up while the intro played while it was getting dark out. And I was already in high school! :P
The music in this game was beyond immaculate. The second I hear 3 notes of any of the songs from the game, I know what I'm listening to. That's the mark of great song-writing. Even to this day, I regularly listen to the OST.
I still would want to see the development of this Game made into a movie. Aonuma could be the protagonist, a fish out of water guy who never played a videogame but now has to create one of the biggest ones at the time. Miyamoto could be both the mentor figure for the whole team, leading and teaching them through rough times, but also being a villain who needs to be overcome on some very important decisions.
Greatest game I ever experienced. Wow! Doesn't even come close to describe what i went through with this masterpiece of a game. I remember how scared i became when i had to fight the first boss. Also, when i arrived at The Water Temple. Wow! The memories!
I knew about the first person thing, but I didn't know it would pull out for combat. That's...very Metroid Prime-like. I wonder if he held onto that and suggested it to Retro.
The third open world game has to be like "Melody of Memories" or something with free musical composition creating the various world manipulating effects?
Thank you so much for acknowledging the misconceptions around the things that Ocarina of Time is credited for. While it wasn't the first to do some things, it definitely did them pretty well. Great video!
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I still remember Christmas of ‘98. I found Golden copy of OoT hiding in my parents closet 10 days before Christmas. It was the start of winter break and I could not wait to play so I opened it and played it in secret and put it back in its packaging before my parents could find out. It was really hard acting surprised that Christmas morning. I love you mom and dad.
@ActionGamerAaron they knew the whole time 😂 I thought I was very sneaky but guess I wasn’t.
@@luckofhan 3 days before christmas, same year, my father came while my mom was away: "hey buddy wanna try your new nintendo?". But i was stupid cause when on christmas night i piut zelda on tv, there was already a save so everyone caught what we had done ^^
@@beyka76 realizing the game was $110+ at the time in todays money makes me grateful to have such great parents. Hope they are well!
@@luckofhan wtf jess
Hell yeah
Ocarina of Time's title screen still gets me nostalgic to this day. Such a beautiful game.
hahahah beatiful lel
@@liukang3545cringe
For real. I got goose bumps and a tear in my eye when i first loaded OoT 3d. It was so long since i heard and saw that title..
So nostalgic it almost “hurts” hearing it. Maybe just for me because i watched my older brother play ocarina and majoras mask when I was a little kid and he passed away in 2016. I been replaying Ocarina on his Nintendo 64. Majoras mask after
😭 - Yup...
I have shipped 15 games as a professional, and 1 indie game, and Ocarina of Time still impresses me with just how much of the 'basics' they got right in modern game design. They really nailed almost all of the things we take for granted all at once back on a calculator of a game console. I love this this game.
It's crazy to think tbe N64 is a calculator of a console nowadays. When it was released, it was considered so poweful in comparison to what came before... Times fly by
And as an adult how many times have you had sex?
Lmao
I remember reading once that at the time of release, OoT was viewed as a patent machine for Nintendo. It advanced 3D gaming with so many industry firsts, far more so than Super Mario 64. Much like how every modern shooter has a bit of ancestral DOOM and Quake ‘DNA’ still in terms of mechanics (and sometimes even code), many action-adventure and open world games still use game mechanics that were first introduced in OoT.
Also, the audio and music design.
The opening theme kind of sounded like music that you think about as you grow over the years, which is exactly what this game is about. It also is ironic how this game accurately depicts real life where things are so nice and easy when we are kids, but become very dark and gloomy when we're adults.
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Very poignant. Thank you for sharing.
Yup, I always kind of thought of it that way; Plus, meeting Sheik outside the Forest Temple that has a lot meaning behind it too!
IMO: I mean all of the things Shiek says when you meet them is always a good message behind them!
@@shanekimberlin - Yup!
Such an underrated element to the game
It's incredible how I'm still learning new things about this game. And the music...every time I hear it it's like I'm transported back to 1998 again.
Another reason the game is 3rd person is because of the importance of seeing child Link vs adult Link. Seeing your character grow up in front of you is an integral part of understanding the character
I was 7 when this game was released and I looooved watching my older brother play for hours (I was too scared to play myself). Now I'm 32 and playing TOTK. This game series is every thing to me.
How are you enjoying TOTK. I'm disappointed with some things but I like it for the most part.
@@Drew_2152 Ok, to be totally honest, I'm loving it cuz I'm a dumbass for real and I was struggling with BOTW lmao. So now with TOTK I feel warmed up and I'm completing the shrines and other things a lot faster now. And I think the story line is really cool.
Twilight Princess is still my favorite though.
@@collinmccarthy6279 that’s cool. I also liked the story and its new characters. I like BOTW a bit more with some things but I still play TOTK more because of the new world.
I was 8 playing OoT back in the day, it kills me to see how far the series has fallen. BOTW was the worst 3D Zelda game and TOTK is only slightly better but still a horrible Zelda game. Aonuma has killed the franchise,
@@ItApproaches TOTK misses on so many core elements like the story, dungeons, puzzles, characters, items/equipment, side missions, musical instrument, and music. I do think the abilities and gameplay were fun and innovative tho. The open world is sparse and boring and just a big gimmick that falls flat after 30 hours. Nothing will ever compare to OOT and MM. I’ve been playing those games on repeat since I was 7 and they seriously never get old.
That title screen and music takes me right back to my teens, picking the game up just before Christmas and playing this with the family around the house during the holidays. Perfect times.
This is exactly my experience. This game ate up from Christmas through my entire summer in '99 doing playthroughs with my cousin. Great times.
koji kondo is my hero. what an absolute legend
Koji Kondo is easily in my top 10 favorite musical artists ever
I HAD TO RELISTEN TO MAKE SURE I PRAISED THE LEGEND CORRECTLY. All of this games music is so... god idk the word... LEGENDARY?! no but seriously, all, if not the majority of music composed in this game is so god damn beautiful. Nocturne of Shadow hits different for me, idk why but it does. The intro piece too, man, I can keep going on. What a composer
The thing a lot of recent players probably don’t realize is, while the game itself is amazing…the GLITCHES in this game were also some of the most wild ever seen. The whole bit in the end with the master sword glitch at the Gannon fight turned it almost into an extra “level” to enjoy. Nothing to accomplish…but more of like a playground where anything could happen. Hook shot flying. Sky swimming. Driving epona remotely. There was so much. I’m pretty sure it became the main reason we got so many playground rumors around that time.
Edit: one thing I wanna point out is that these glitches were not obvious. It wasn’t like Skyrim where the game just shit it own pants every now and then…OoT was completely solid to play. You only got the glitches by following a set procedure at the very end of the game…but once you did…it’s like it cracked the whole game wide open.
I can see that
yep. same with super mario 64 as well.
The first 3d games must have been wild for trying to stamp out glitches because no one knew where to set boundaries or what players would try to do with the tools they were given
My moniker in some places (my phone, my console modding name, etc.) is Swordless Link. It's odd how one of the first 3D adventure games was so entirely polished, yet the glitches that it did have often added value to the game. Skyrim, this is not.
Don't forget the two that made speed runs possible: Infinite Sword and Bomb Sliding.
For the z-targeting in combat, one neat trick is if you're fighting multiple opponents and not locking on, they will all attack, but if you z-target one, the others will back off so you can fight one-on-one
Can’t believe I’ve played this game for over 20 years and never realized that. So cool. Thanks man.
Really? Never realized !!
Cool!
Liar
@@mendaixI thought they had the enemies rotate in during z targeting for Majora's Mask.
as a kid i used to just let the intro run while i was getting ready to play, in out my room etc eating dinner, homework. Parents must of hated me
Imagine having no game dev experience, and being casually invited to join the development team for the biggest video game in history
And now Aonuma killed the Zelda series and is an out of touch bitter bored old man.
@@ItApproaches explain like I'm 5?
@@SurprisedPikachu247 Read his interview statements on how he doesn't want to give Zelda fans what they want, he has no more creative ideas and is bored with the traditional Zelda formula so going forward starting with BOTW he just wants to make each Zelda game just some random new idea he has regardless of it it makes any sense or not. He is just using the Zelda series to experiment with game ideas instead of making actual Zelda games. He basically insulted the fans too.
@@ItApproacheskind of like how Sakurai ruined KI uprising for 3DS
The experimental control scheme ruined everything.
Come to think of it Themis is basically the whole story of the DS.
All the major franchise games were ruined with shit control schemes
Because of the DS second screen touch screen r3t@rd3d gimmick
@@ItApproaches which is why the capcom zelda director is slowly taking over. hidemaro fujibayashi has been with nintendo since the minish cap and has only worked on zelda since
The G.O.A.T. of all video games.
...The Greatest Of All Time of all video games?
Thats like saying Chai Tea
U R damn skippy whoever u r! The memories of playing this game make me want to travel back in time to at least the time when I saw its commercial during a Superbowl! To then wait anxiously to buy it again & re experience the crap out of it. Unforgettable memories. Makes u want to reincarnate into Link!
I found a working CRT Tv 📺 at thrift store and dug out my older brother’s Nintendo 64 with Ocarina of time and Majora’s Mask. He passed away in 2016 so it’s tough for me to play Ocarina without getting sad. Playing the same 2 games he competed when he was 10-12 years old.
RIP Phil ❤ 1989-2016
When I finish Ocarina I’m going to try Majora’s Mask I’ll probably need to use a TH-cam more than a few times while playing Majoras mask. Ngl I had to use TH-cam to beat the water temple in Ocarina 3 months ago. They made Ocarina and MM tough and difficult so that you would feel proud and accomplished if you completed the game all the way through.
I'm really sorry, God bless the both of you.
Hey I'm sorry for your loss and I hope the playthrough is a cathartic in a way knowing this video game offers a wordless conversation for you and your brother.
I am currently playing through Majora's Mask and I confidently say there is no way in hell I could make progress in this game without some kind of guidance. It's absolutely one of the most unique Zelda games out there and recommend it, but holy shit if it ain't a slow burn. With that said, happy gaming!
@@patricksluiter3620 In my case I finished Majora’s Mask way before I ever finished Ocarina Of Time & that was around somewhere 2007/2008. I didn’t beat OOT until 2023. I bought them used at the same time in 2007.
The title screen music in Ocarina of Time is incredibly beautiful
Really wish they’d had time to complete the sixth adult temple “Light Temple” where you’d get the hookshot. Seems pretty clear this was intended
I hope someday they can dig up the old code (or the fan-made reverse engineered code) and make a "director's cut" with all the things that were originally removed for time or technical constraints.
This was such a good game. My text ringtone is the Navi “hey, listen!” 😆
Oh jeez…I have to do that now, lol…
My text ringtone is the Guitar bit at the beginning of Gerudo Valley!
I cant believe Navi is from "Navigation".
We've found a hidden gem of a channel folks
Exactly what I thought, Master Yoda.
All hail the algorithm for bringing us here
Man, this is the first game I remember playing.
Absolute magic, as a kid when things got rough I’d go to Zoras domain & listen to the theme music. Seemed to always calm me down.
Great episode! I really enjoyed hearing how the team developed it and the chaos of putting it together and the part about Toho studios and the fight giving them ideas!!
This was an amazingly well done video, reminded me of the Gaming Historian in quality. Keep up the great work!
I recently played this game in 2022 on an original n64 and I loved it. It got me into Zelda and is now one of my favorite games of all time.
0:22 oh you unlocked a deep memory of when that tune would play in Super Mario Bros 3 when you used the flute
How the actuall hell do you not have more subscribers? Instant sub, like, and comment as soon as I saw your editing and the theme of these videos. I am praying that the algorithm is kind to you and grab others as it did me!
Quality and success don't have much of a relationship.
21:17 Interestingly, Banjo-Kazooie has more dynamic music than Ocarina of Time, and it came out 4 months before Ocarina of Time. It's honestly very impressive everything Rare did with that game.
Hands down, the best Zelda game ever made.
Yes, OoT DID invent the "chaining" targeting the way we see it in many games to this day (like Souls). What you see in Tomb Raider is basically aim assist. Mega Man Legends doesn't even let you move, and even to roll you have to release the button. There are other games that come close, but they are never quite it
Ive never believed it. Ppl just regurgitate what they've heard. I'm sure there was a lock on targeting "system", or action, prob on PS1 before oot. It def wasn't the first 3d game and there where plenty for a few years before that game came out. Im gunna go do some digging. If I find sumthing I'll update this comment
@@NintenDub Alita and Virtual On are the closest you will find. Alita doesn't have a dedicated targeting button, the camera is static and the game automatically picks the target in your line of sight. In Virtual On, it's really just the dash attack (a rather cinematic on-rails action) where the game automatically locks on for you, and you can't walk around freely while "chaining", use different weapons and switch between multiple targets like in Zelda
So yes, OoT was the first to do manual targeting the way you see it in games like Dark Souls today. Don't let anti-Nintendo fanboys tell you otherwise
@@ryukishi8492 in Megaman legends 2 targeting is really similar. But then, it was just refined from the first game, after seen how a 3d Zelda handled it.
@@NintenDubHi, old ass gamer here. I don't need to repeat what anyone else has told me cuz I was there. You're wrong! OoT was the first. It was a big deal, something magazines were oohing and aahing about months before release. I remember being baffled by all the praise at the time because it seemed like such an obvious way to handle targeting to me, but with adult hindsight and context it's easier to see how revolutionary it was.
@@Goosewitdajuice317They were the first. Not the first 3D lock on targeting system. But the first targeting system that allowed full movement and dodging and the seamless switching of targets, paving the way for Soulslikes especially. Believe it or not, Nintendo is actually a company who is sort of famous for their revolutionary gameplay systems, as well as hardware innovations. They invented z-targeting.
To even hear you talk about this game and to think about puts tears in my eyes, that's how much I love this game and nothing has ever came close to the magic that was OOT, experienced as a kid.
17:30 😅 I love that Koizumi’s wife spurred the first “handsome Nintendo character”
Freakin legend
Handsome Link is my favorite Link (and this is coming from a straight guy)
19:35
those tunes spoke to my soul...
I will never get tired of playing this game
When that beat drops at 12:15 though. The soundtrack was so good.
I think this would have way more likes if the sound editing was better. There were times that the sound just exploded, but when your voice returned it was so low that I barely heard you... But nonetheless, you really are a gem channel! Your content is amazing and managed to grab my attention from start to finish even with that problem with the audio. Thank you for the video!
Zelda Ocarina of Time has been my favorite game since I was a kid this whole time, and I NEVER knew... that Navi's name came from the fact she "Navigated" Link .... Wow... I love it :)
Oh yes, so happy this just dropped!
So so SO glad this was on my recommended. This is fantastic so far!!!!
It’s interesting how Miyamoto suggested Zelda go to first person. A few years later he would suggest it again for Metroid, and that time it stuck.
I feel like Metroid probably works better because of the shooting mechanics. He probably realized that
Metroid Prime was in extreme trouble at the time when Miyamoto showed up to address the development team. His design suggestions were really thinly veiled ultimatums for Retro Studios to deliver on or all funding would have been pulled at that point.
Can you imagine the experience of going from first person to then suddenly switch to third person, side-on view for all the encounters? Who would even think of something that needlessly clunky? Miyamoto has some good ideas, but BOY has he got some STINKERS
@@Lewi_Richit sounds a bit like Final Fantasy 7, if that had used first person for the maps. So it wouldn't really be clunky, but it also wouldn't fit very well with the action adventure style.
Welp, here’s an entire channel to binge. Looking forward to this journey❤
I have been a fan of Zelda since i was a kid with the first one on the NES, and as i grew up i played every entry up until now, but i will have a special place in my heart for the time when OOT was released, it can't be described how impacted the industry, it became an instant classic and a masterpiece.
I only ever owned two games on my N64...Mario and Zelda. Pretty disappointing that there was never a Metroid game on that system.
We had Club Nintendo in The Netherlands back then and they showed off screenshots of the alpha build. I waited 3 years for what would become not only my favorite Zelda game, but still my favorite game to this day! Hearing about the development process made me want to and eventually become a game developer. Watching this video inspires me again to make games like this eventually!
in 9th grade my buddy SWORE that a friend of his knew a guy who SWORE he found a way to get and equip the triforce and we spent a ton of time trying to figure out how, also i discovered a whole new level of hate for water levels thanks to this game
I was the kid who had a GameShark and knew a little about binary and how computers work in theory, but not much about how games were actually made.
There was that "beta quest" code that scrambled the cutscenes and entrances and made the game really bizarre and dreamlike. I got so much extra enjoyment out of screwing around with that after having finished the game. It was like discovering all these bizarre, unfinished, broken leftovers.
At that time, I didn't really understand that most of what I was seeing was just glitched, rather than actual unused/hidden content. Though, there was a bit of that too.
Wow, it's so good to have found this channel... I'll be taking a look at your A Link To the Past video later.
I've always loved learning about N64 games and their developments. There's just something so mysterious about them, especially this and Super Mario 64.
It's kind of like the opposite to the development cycles on the SNES, when Nintendo had perfected the 2D formula.
Every time I learn more about OOT’s history, I believe more it’s a miracle it’s this good.
And I also understand why can be so glitchy in speedruns.
NES in Hebrew means Miracle.
This gives me Gaming Historian vibes. Keep up the good work!
What a relaxing video style. The algo recommended this to me and I'm happy to sub and look forward to your playthrough!
Haven’t played this one yet but I just set up ship of the harkinian on my retro console box with 4 k textures and can’t wait to try it
Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask was damn perfect, the atmosphere was so serious, dark and mysterious, and the graphics was perfect for the setting. All Zelda games after that have just looked and feeled bad compare to this two games.
Damn how much i miss thise two game and how they was.
When I was a young teen I used to think this was not only the greatest game ever made but the greatest adventure of my life thus far. It got me interested in the fantasy genre, medieval history, stories from epic history, tabletop gaming and JRPGs. Suffice it to say, it was the best Christmas gift of my life and the only other game that came close to having a similar impact was Final Fantasy X.
lol my fav games of all time are also ffx and oot
Hey! Listen! Just a fellow OoT and Zelda series lover who happened to be recommended this video, and since this is my favorite game of all time I tend to search for people making fun or interesting content about it, or to hear even more about it and am very happy to run into this one. Just wanted to say it was super well done, clear and concise with the simple edits of gameplay footage & easy to read quotes. Very much now am a fan of yours, earned a sub and absolutely will be going back to binge further. Hope to see lots more content like this for OoT and a ton of the Zelda games, your voice is very relaxing and it's clear you did your homework instead of half-assing it.
Appreciate the time you put in for the Zelda die hards like me who can never get enough info about OoT or the series as a whole, keep it up!
This is such a professional and well made video game documentary. Well done.
Loved this video, great voice tons of info and tidbits. New sub and will follow along.
I'm currently looking into game design and this video is God-Sent! So many wonderful quotes about game design in one place.
Thanks for sharing this story. :D
By the way, do you have an email address? I was wondering if I could ask you a question?
legendaryadventurespod@gmail.com
Fairly certain that whistle melody you mention early is also the WHISTLE theme from Super mario bros 3 when you warp.
Yes, it is. The developers included it in Super Mario 3 and had it carry Mario away in a whirlwind as a reference to the original Legend of Zelda.
The algorithm brought me here and I love it. Liked and subscribed
I.... Never caught on to the ocarina of time title music sampling the flute from the original game....
That's so awesome
My first time playing OOT was on the 3DS. Once I became adult Link, I did the dungeons completely out of order, completing the Water Temple first (at least from what I remember) by getting some items from the other dungeons
The water temple in the original game was excruciatingly painful because of the constant switching to menu screen to swap boots.
@macethorns1168 ah i see. it's my favorite but i can see why playing the 3ds version had a different effect on how i felt about it
@@LinkyTea3DS improved on that by letting you equip boots to buttons, but it also changed some things to make the water temple easier to navigate.
A playthough of my favorite game of all time. Looks like I'm subscribing.
This channel is a freaking gold mine. I love it.
this video alone made me subscribe and i will also share this video with a friend. thank you for the awesome video.
I still have the old Nintendo Power issues that show early screenshots of the game with Link in a very basic 3D town, and many other scenes that never appeared in the final version. It's so cool to learn about the development process.
Great podcast. Looking forward to the next episode.
Fascinating. I never noticed enemies backing off while Z-targeting, but yes, they do. 🤔
Awesome find. Thank you, Algorithm! lol look forward to more Zelda talk!
I'm watching this after playing ToTK, I played OoT when I was young on the N64, but the one comment about the sages imprisoning war had me GO CRAZY! Because the ToTK timeline in the past is about the imprisoning war, so now you have my head going in Circles! Because they themselves have now put a piece of the timeline, that people had a hard time understanding or figuring out when it happened, on the timeline! This is amazing!!
OoT is my favourite game of all time. I still remember when I got the game, I was probably 7 or 8 years old. Around young Link's age, which made me identify more with the character. The music, Hyrule Field, everything about OoT just brings me a smile. Thank you for this video. It's a gem. Liked and subscribed!
Subbed, here before 2.5k subscribers. Leaving this as proof that I liked him before he got super popular
Subbed instantly
Happy I fell upon this channel. Great stuff. subbed.
Thanks for the video with all this info in a good format.
Timeless classic *pun Intended* people still playing in going into 2024! broken or fixed! this game will never die! and will always be one of my favorites games! awesome knowledge in this vid man!
Great video man hope you do Majoras Mask, Wind Waker and twilight princess
That is the plan!
@@legendaryadventurespod awesome :)
@@mendaix I think so Wind Waker’s history is so interesting!
25:06 Gotta love the way Darunia hits on Link the moment he sees him.
What a history lesson! It feels so good to hear about the indephts of one of my favourite titles ever. Thank you very very much!
What a cool video! Thanks for dropping this info - I haven't heard a lot of it! You got a subscriber in me :)
Very great video. Thanks
10:16 is this the same cube map that metal mario uses in mario 64?
What a great watch. Freshly subscribed and I look forward to get watching the other videos.
Just hearing the opening music brings tears to my eyes. I love this game so much.
I can't help but think of the whistle item in Super Mario Bros. 3, followed by the cloud theme (if that's what it's called)
Warp zone theme*
What a nice way to remind people the two games were created by the same people.
thank you, and I agree!
Yep, the whistle in SMB3 and Zelda 1 both used that tune!
Christmas 1998
I didn’t even know just how good it was going to
Be.
My cousin already had it and we half way through. All I had were his words to build the hype in my mind. It blew me away. I had never played anything like it.
Thanks mum and dad for making a wonderful Christmas
Memory for me playing it anywhere that i could get time on the tv 💙
Amazing game, I still have to stay. Even my kids play with me and loved it.
omg.. how is it that in the 25 years since this game came out, and despite it being one of my favorite games of all time, I have literally never noticed that the title screen music is based on the warp whistle tune!? I don't know whether to feel stupid, or amazed, or both.
It's also the warp whistle in Super Mario Bros 3.
It's just unfortunate that playing it in the game doesn't do anything.
That intro is legendary. Always reminds me of getting home from school, my feet freezing during the winter from snow in my boots, and running upstairs to let my feet warm up while the intro played while it was getting dark out. And I was already in high school! :P
Great video man, keep it up!
But 21:32 "Sa-ra-e-ah"?!
This was beautifully done
The music in this game was beyond immaculate. The second I hear 3 notes of any of the songs from the game, I know what I'm listening to. That's the mark of great song-writing. Even to this day, I regularly listen to the OST.
This was a stellar video!
I still would want to see the development of this Game made into a movie. Aonuma could be the protagonist, a fish out of water guy who never played a videogame but now has to create one of the biggest ones at the time. Miyamoto could be both the mentor figure for the whole team, leading and teaching them through rough times, but also being a villain who needs to be overcome on some very important decisions.
Hmm... nah...
Greatest game I ever experienced. Wow! Doesn't even come close to describe what i went through with this masterpiece of a game. I remember how scared i became when i had to fight the first boss. Also, when i arrived at The Water Temple. Wow! The memories!
7 minutes in and I’m a new subscriber
Great stuff dude
25 minutes in and I’m heading back to watch previous episodes
Great stuff dude
Where has this channel been hiding?
Great content ❤
LETS GOOOOO man this is perfect for its 25th anniversary, really enjoy your videos
Ridiculously great video man! Thank you very much.
I knew about the first person thing, but I didn't know it would pull out for combat. That's...very Metroid Prime-like. I wonder if he held onto that and suggested it to Retro.
Im playing this game with my 4yo son and him getting invested in the story is very gratifying.
The third open world game has to be like "Melody of Memories" or something with free musical composition creating the various world manipulating effects?
Thank you so much for acknowledging the misconceptions around the things that Ocarina of Time is credited for. While it wasn't the first to do some things, it definitely did them pretty well. Great video!
This was a loving lesson to myself and children on how to live and overcome corruption, like the Bible, and I have become Link
Just earned a new sub. Love this.