Hopefully a release date for BOTW 2 and Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Majoras Mask - (and maybe Wind Waker) for the anniversary. I wouldn't mind a Link Between Worlds too. Those are all my favorites minus TPrincess and WW, but I need new adventures and I'm down to play them.
@@pthhdsv2 "I bet 200 rupees he'll wake up in 1 year!" "No, 2 years." "5 years." "20." "50!" "100!!" (100 years later, Link wakes up) "Hah, I told you! Now pay up."
imagine a time-lapse, seeing them playing a game of chess, doing twister, playing triforce heroes multiplayer, redesigning the interior of the observatory ;P
Reminds me of an old skit with Ocarina of Time. Zelda got captured and was all "Laugh all you want! Link is on his way right now! * "LATER" sign comes up * So.... Do you like Smash?" And then a sign comes up for "7 years later" and Zelda and Ganondorf walk back on stage laughing together when Link makes his way up the stairs and Ganondorf says "Quick! Look scared!" Only for Link to pass out from climbing all those stairs in full gear with all his items hanging off him. XD
@@feanix03 a big map which is too empty.. And main missions were as good as rock stars random events.. A great game tho but again no interesting missions, story and a very big empty map.
@@hadooken1194 I agree with the story part. Definitely not up to Zelda standards. But I think the map is fine. It's sorta like real life, almost every area is beautiful and cool to walk through. But that's sorta it, you go "epic" and move on. That's all I need for an open world game to keep me interested but I understand where u are coming from
@@hadooken1194 while I totally agree the story was a bit below the loz average, I don't quite agree that the world is empty, there are little to no areas with absolutely nothing to do at all. The entire map isn't completely packed with non stop action, but there's always something to do around every corner, sometimes just taking a moment to enjoy the peaceful world around you is a good thing to have. Like in a world so full of chaos sometimes a break is nice to have
The skull also holds a slight resemblance to the Barbarian helmet you get in one of the labyrinths. This skull used to be Zonai territory. I'm calling it
If that's the case, how come there's no explanation on what happen to them? Wouldn't someone from the game knew what happen to them? That's probable but most likely going to be unlikely. I mean if these were a tribe of people, where are they and how come the only proof of their existence is the Barbarian Armor and the mazes? There's no weapons or anything. Sorry if any of this comes off as rude, that wasn't the intention but I find it strange how there's only one piece of evidence gives the idea that these people existed. The armor makes me believe they were already near extinction or they probably weren't from Hyrule in the first place.
Personally i interpreted the „given up on reincarnation“ bit as ganon just being pissed that the new body he worked so hard on was killed of basically instantly and he just went „alright, screw this whole build a body and reincarnate shit that clearly doesnt work. Lets just go all out brawn over brains“
It might have been a mistranslation from the original, but I don't think they're mutually exclusive. From one perspective, he tries to continue being reincarnated, hence the transformation into Dark Beast Ganon, but you could also say that he has given up on reincarnating *into a specific form*, and just letting the rage loose.
@Victoria Trujillo also, Link, Zelda and Ganon are always different almost every game due to the events of Skyward Sword. This could be the skull of a previous Ganon killed by Link in a previous game or before the events of BotW before his spirit/malice took over the castle and sheikah tech.
Ooh I had a theory on this myself, it's strange that it's surrounded by mountain crows despite it not being on a mountain, also what if its body is below it but submerged in the Swamp and it awakens as a boss in botw 2. Reminds me of stalord a bit.
did anyone else notice how the skull looks really similar to death sword from twilight princess? death sword doesnt have the small horn on his forehead but other than that, the resemblance is striking.
The concept of malice being sentient makes me wonder even more than I already do... Why, why, *WHY* is there so much malice around the Tabantha tower. It's very out of the way so it's not like a lot of people died there like the pools of malice we see around the castle town and Akkala Citadel so... What was the malice trying to hide from us there? What is or was there that caused that massive pool of malice to form around it??? The mystery of the malice around that tower drives me nuts. I want answers to these unimportant questions!
I've asked that question myself. It makes sense that malice would be in areas that were important or strategic, such as the Great Plateau, Hyrule Castle and Town, the Coliseum and Akkala Citadel. However, why would it be all over Nero Hill and the Tabantha Tower? Yet another question we'll hopefully get a chance to answer in the sequel.
Having watched the video of mysterious places in BotW by Zeltik and NBC, I have a suggestion: What I've we can find malice here, because this was a place of significance to Ganon? Ganon attributed significance to this place because of the ruins surrounding the tower, because they were somewhat important to him. The large scale of these ruins seem to indicate a place of high importance or high population during Skyward Sword's times, so I thnk it's not that far of a stretch to assume Ganon knows about this and think they are important or emotionally significant to him. Not sure how this whole remembering in the reincarnation-cycle works, but even if a counterargument would be that the current Ganon doesn't remember past actions from different eras, I'd assume something like - something something Demise's curse (therefore linking Ganon's very existence to SS's timeframe) - somehing something subconscious desire to control this place/these ruins, a weak lingering desire even Ganon doesn't really understand or can explain Not really a full enclosing answer, but the best take I have to this problem.
Exactly what I was thinking. I strongly resembles the skull of Ganon in either ALttP or OoT. One of the two has to be long enough ago to have a petrified skull lurking around in BotW.
@@Timberwolf69 fossils take millions of years to form and need intense pressure. Even SS isn't millions of years before BotW, plus the skull is on the surface. I think it's more likely a full skeleton and came from a previous Link killing hundreds of stalchildren in one night.
I think it actually says in-game on the loading screen that the bottomless swamps are formed from water that existed during the calamity but was….. mudified? I think, my memory is questionable and haven’t seen it in a while
The tip actually says that the pools of Malice across Hyrule were formed from pools of Water infected by the calamity. Basically, the Malice outside of Hyrule Castle latched onto Stagnated pools of water to survive and grow from. We can actually see it’s raining in the Memory which comes directly after Link and Zelda rush to Hyrule Castle and the champions die. Believe it may also be raining when link falls in battle, but I’m not 100% sure on that one.
Also interesting thing to point out in relation is that the hole at the top of the rock skull is roughly the same spot where the final weak point of Dark Beast Ganon is on top of the skull itself being about the same right size too
I've always perceived that reincarnation line as "giving up on a procuring a proper vessel to reside in, since we just beat him while he had [a probably incomplete] one moments ago, and knows he won't have time to get a new one, so he's REALLY trying to kill you now"...
I was going to say that the giant skull rock was actually Ganon's head in the the final battle, but that was quickly turned down near the end of the video. I gotta say, this theory is really interesting. Like, what would've happened if link didn't wake up at that time. How would ganon look like?
Okay this is creepy man, I just found this last night and was trying to google what it was out of curiosity, wake up today and bam theory video. Well played... Lol
Maybe they were referring to the “current incarnation of Demises malice (Calamity Ganon) giving up on reincarnating itself as is with its knowledge and memories of events. So in the chance Calamity Ganon lost, Demises curse could then start anew without worry of history allowing any to prepare for it.
I remember someone theorizing that it was a giant dodongo skull, but I think this theory is much better. I also like the additional aspect that Ganon isn't giving up for all time, but giving up on plan-b for plan-c, for that moment.
I know I am a bit late, but I noticed that in the Trailer of Botw 2 not only the Castle begins to fly, but also EXACTLY THIS SKULL. Maybe Ganon is really reincarnating and possessing this. It would be great because I want a really big Enemy, that walks around the World.
It makes no sense to try to find logic in a game where rivers end in lakes that never overflow with the flow of water. Every river has to flow into oceans, but in Breath off the Wild for some reason the physics don't work that way and lakes receive infinite loads of water.
Who says there aren't any underground rivers draining the lake? We didn't get to explore the underground and underwater parts of Hyrule in the first game, maybe we will in the sequel.
MNB when did y'all get so good at editing? This is great. Nice theory. It's possible this skull could be used for a giant stal malice boss from Botw 2. That would be dope
I want to thank you for these videos. Since I found out about you and NBC I've always watched your videos while chilling at my desk. It's one of my favorite hobbies because the level of immersion in Hyrule (or its Past) is crazy while you explain the theory. I like your voice, you fighting yourself in the middle of something, the editing and the amazing theory. Thank you for everything.
It's a cool theory, I love deep dives like this. But in all likelihood it was probably intended to be nothing more than a tribute to Ganon by his followers.
A theory I thought of while watching this is that for the skull bases around hyrule are stone but were carved away by Lynel level monsters who wanted to make a base. As they were carving it they decided to make it into a skull to scare away the smaller monsters so they didn’t have to fight them and mark their territory. As the original monsters died the smaller ones would come in and make it their base. Now obviously this is for if they are just stone but are most likely actual skulls.
I noticed that Ganon took a different form in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. While that game is not canon, his form does look somewhat similar to the bokoblins, but it wasn't that giant. But this just adds onto my belief in your theory.
I always thought the giant skull was just supposed to be the main base of operations for Ganon's forces since its basically in the center of the kingdom more or less. Also why is the sweet puppers named after a literal demon? Oris it he eats like a pig since all dogs are foodies
I really like this theory, because it actually makes all the bokoblins and other Ganon's minions sound way better. That they aren't just some monsters but actually good work force and act as his royal servants.
In the botw 2 trailer you can see at the end where the castle moves upwards a large dust cloud in the area where the skull is located. This location may become very important in botw 2
I go on zelda theory and lore sprees all the time and I am still finding things I didn't know and seeing other peoples views and thoughts and theories amaze me. The fact that this game series has so many questions unanswered. That its leaves so much to your imagination. It all still amazes me.
Just from the thumbnail, I can tell this is going to be an interesting theory. I hadn't even considered the possibility of the Bottomless Swamp skull belonging to a previous incarnation of Ganon.
Haven't watched the whole vid yet, so idk if Bandit will mention it, but i've always thought that "mud" was tar, which would explain the -bones- (edit: rocks) and stuff stuck in it
I love the music at the end of the video when you list your Bandit Crew. What is it? Also, your videos are AMAZING! You are my favorite Zelda TH-camr. Your voice is amazing, you are the perfect balance between excited and chill, and you are hilarious. Not to mention the great job you do on your videos. Thank you so much.
Imagine this giant rock skull acting as a Bubble flying towards the castle to perch on its highest spire, then possess the very walls and foundation itself to transform into a mega castle abomination. Would've been cool.
I think it would be awesome if this rock skull turned into a boss fight in the next Zelda game where the Malice possesses it, and it emerges out of the mud to fight Link and Zelda.
Ok so this theory actually gave me chills. I mean, all of your theories sound super plausible but this one was just a bit more than others. The thought of Ganon trying to create a final, perfect body (kind like he did in age of calamity) seemed super epic and foreboding. Just Imagine what would have happened to the Botw timeline if he actually pulled this one off and just stomped hyrule flat. Just makes me all the more hyped for Botw2 and E3... I personally think there's just no way Nintendo will be showing up and NOT say anything about Botw2. Also Metroid 4, a new Donkey Kong Game, possibly a new smash character. Anyway Bandit, thanks for the awesome vid, love your editing/greenscreen moments.
That's a very interesting theory because if you think about it, the thing that stopped him from finishing the rock skull, was... the Wild, nature itself keeping Ganon back so Link could defeat it
I always thought the "gave up on reincarnation" line was simply because link destroyed ganon's latest attempt at it, so he was like "fuck it" and just turned into his beast form
Ay bro you completely overlooked that the skull would most definitely have a warmer interior if it was made of bone, and would not have a scratches and scars on its horns, a broken horn tip, or wound in its head if it were carved. Calling it a rock was most definitely a mistake on the dev teams part. The fact that its sitting around in mud and that its so deep could support the idea that whatever it was fell inside the pool and was killed. If you forget the name the dev’s gave it, the story here is totally different
As much as I like this, I keep getting a nagging feeling that the game says that the “mud” is actually malice contaminated water. Not that it changes much if anything, but now I am wondering if I remember correctly. Does anyone else remember this? I think it was on one of the loading screen tips.
My theory is a little different than yours, this is the Bokoblin-made skull of Dark Beast Ganon. When Calamity Ganon was killed he immediately possessed the skull and Dark Beast Ganon was born.
I feel like the area where you fight the 3 moblins in the battle of Hyrule field is what the bottomless swamp used to look like Also the area matches up very well in the field
this only being a skull would also make a lot of sense, because dark beasts weakpoint was its eye in the face. the skull could act as a mask, that could make his ultimate weakspot unreachable for the hero
One glaring problem though: Why did the other bokoblins make more skulls like they do all over Hyrule if your theory is correct? If Ganon would want to possess the skull, wouldn't they want to create the rest of the skeleton so Ganon could have full control over limbs as well and more strength? What is the purpose of making more skulls, it seems to be wasting time, effort, and materials. They already have places to hide out as well, like in the monster skull and behind the limbs if they carved that out instead.
Hey remember that the process of fossilize The “bones” that we find today it’s actually stone that took the mold of the bone and if botw took place many years(10,000) after Gannon came the first time and fossilization takes approximately 10,000 to happen this could be it.
I think that Ganon only started to create his malice/guardian form when Link woke up is because it is both tied to Zelda getting weaker. It isn't complete yet during the fight, because Link interrupted the him from fully reincarnating
Doing my own amateur translation with 4 years of college-level Japanese as a backbone, I've translated it to be something along the lines of: "Birthed from the distant past, (This form Ganon has taken on is) the embodiment of deep grudges and hatred of having to repeatedly revive after being destroyed so many times. "
The fact that you took the time to take those pictures of the skulls/rocks at the same exact time of day so that no shadows create fake cracks or bumps. That’s pretty dang meticulous.
What do you predict Nintendo will talk about at E3 this year?
Hopefully a release date for BOTW 2 and Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Majoras Mask - (and maybe Wind Waker) for the anniversary. I wouldn't mind a Link Between Worlds too. Those are all my favorites minus TPrincess and WW, but I need new adventures and I'm down to play them.
I really hope its botw 2
Me and my friend hope for multiplayer similar to the way the port for 3D world worked
I’m early (17 minutes late)
Zeldas anniversary has to be there
When you have way, WAAAY too much fun with the green screen
Yah.
Wait until you see his video about the breech of demise 🤣
A lot? Yes
Too much? Absolutely not
I ain't never had too much fun ~Daryle Singletary
Ganon and Zelda were just casually waiting and drinking tea in hyrule castle while link took a nap for a century.
I'm pretty sure that they made bets when Link is gonna wake up.
@@pthhdsv2
"I bet 200 rupees he'll wake up in 1 year!"
"No, 2 years."
"5 years."
"20."
"50!"
"100!!"
(100 years later, Link wakes up)
"Hah, I told you! Now pay up."
imagine a time-lapse, seeing them playing a game of chess, doing twister, playing triforce heroes multiplayer, redesigning the interior of the observatory ;P
Reminds me of an old skit with Ocarina of Time. Zelda got captured and was all "Laugh all you want! Link is on his way right now! * "LATER" sign comes up * So.... Do you like Smash?" And then a sign comes up for "7 years later" and Zelda and Ganondorf walk back on stage laughing together when Link makes his way up the stairs and Ganondorf says "Quick! Look scared!" Only for Link to pass out from climbing all those stairs in full gear with all his items hanging off him. XD
@Toca Rainbows!! nah coffee
The fact that there are still theories about botw today just shows how developed and well completed it was.
Except for the general areas of the edges. Those are just fucking empty
@@feanix03 a big map which is too empty.. And main missions were as good as rock stars random events..
A great game tho but again no interesting missions, story and a very big empty map.
@@hadooken1194 I agree with the story part. Definitely not up to Zelda standards.
But I think the map is fine. It's sorta like real life, almost every area is beautiful and cool to walk through. But that's sorta it, you go "epic" and move on.
That's all I need for an open world game to keep me interested but I understand where u are coming from
@@hadooken1194 while I totally agree the story was a bit below the loz average, I don't quite agree that the world is empty, there are little to no areas with absolutely nothing to do at all. The entire map isn't completely packed with non stop action, but there's always something to do around every corner, sometimes just taking a moment to enjoy the peaceful world around you is a good thing to have. Like in a world so full of chaos sometimes a break is nice to have
Not every place in hyrule can be filled with magic and adventure, but there are a few interesting places if you know where to look
The skull also holds a slight resemblance to the Barbarian helmet you get in one of the labyrinths. This skull used to be Zonai territory. I'm calling it
If that's the case, how come there's no explanation on what happen to them? Wouldn't someone from the game knew what happen to them? That's probable but most likely going to be unlikely. I mean if these were a tribe of people, where are they and how come the only proof of their existence is the Barbarian Armor and the mazes? There's no weapons or anything.
Sorry if any of this comes off as rude, that wasn't the intention but I find it strange how there's only one piece of evidence gives the idea that these people existed. The armor makes me believe they were already near extinction or they probably weren't from Hyrule in the first place.
@@hiddenmoss2899 10,00 years sounds like good enough time to forget something happened lol
@@hiddenmoss2899 if they were tribal and they are from 10000 years ago, I imagine the weapons deteriorated
I had the same thought. I was looking for a comment that had it. You beat me lol
youre profile picture is cursed
Personally i interpreted the „given up on reincarnation“ bit as ganon just being pissed that the new body he worked so hard on was killed of basically instantly and he just went „alright, screw this whole build a body and reincarnate shit that clearly doesnt work. Lets just go all out brawn over brains“
Wasn't that a mistranslation?
@@nightwalker174 Yes in the end, I didnt know that then
It might have been a mistranslation from the original, but I don't think they're mutually exclusive. From one perspective, he tries to continue being reincarnated, hence the transformation into Dark Beast Ganon, but you could also say that he has given up on reincarnating *into a specific form*, and just letting the rage loose.
1:55 Just casually assaulting a bokoblin as he explains geography
"is actually a-" *smack* "-little bit lighter than-" *smack* "-the color of--
@@BanditGames lmaoo
poor bocoblin
rip
@@datdood0 you mean "poor BACON" since they're pigs...
@@reeeeee4012 ah yes, of course
I actually thought you were gonna say it was the skull of a previous ganon
me too
kaiju ganon
@Victoria Trujillo yeah
@Victoria Trujillo also, Link, Zelda and Ganon are always different almost every game due to the events of Skyward Sword. This could be the skull of a previous Ganon killed by Link in a previous game or before the events of BotW before his spirit/malice took over the castle and sheikah tech.
@@MicahMoeller_ No, Ganon is the same.
Ooh I had a theory on this myself, it's strange that it's surrounded by mountain crows despite it not being on a mountain, also what if its body is below it but submerged in the Swamp and it awakens as a boss in botw 2. Reminds me of stalord a bit.
@Alexander Brigagao could be, could be.
That is my theory also. We'll see.
Ooh that’s so cool! I’d love that!
that would be SO cool
I always thought it was just a reference to stallord
Yes! The bottomless swamp always stuck out to me and I’ve been hoping someone would cover it!!
did anyone else notice how the skull looks really similar to death sword from twilight princess?
death sword doesnt have the small horn on his forehead but other than that, the resemblance is striking.
Or Stallord, it even has a big hole in the top as if stabbed by a necromancer’s great sword “scimitar”
So our favorite Twilight Princess beast bosses could've been here?
The concept of malice being sentient makes me wonder even more than I already do... Why, why, *WHY* is there so much malice around the Tabantha tower. It's very out of the way so it's not like a lot of people died there like the pools of malice we see around the castle town and Akkala Citadel so... What was the malice trying to hide from us there? What is or was there that caused that massive pool of malice to form around it??? The mystery of the malice around that tower drives me nuts. I want answers to these unimportant questions!
I've asked that question myself. It makes sense that malice would be in areas that were important or strategic, such as the Great Plateau, Hyrule Castle and Town, the Coliseum and Akkala Citadel. However, why would it be all over Nero Hill and the Tabantha Tower? Yet another question we'll hopefully get a chance to answer in the sequel.
Having watched the video of mysterious places in BotW by Zeltik and NBC, I have a suggestion:
What I've we can find malice here, because this was a place of significance to Ganon? Ganon attributed significance to this place because of the ruins surrounding the tower, because they were somewhat important to him. The large scale of these ruins seem to indicate a place of high importance or high population during Skyward Sword's times, so I thnk it's not that far of a stretch to assume Ganon knows about this and think they are important or emotionally significant to him.
Not sure how this whole remembering in the reincarnation-cycle works, but even if a counterargument would be that the current Ganon doesn't remember past actions from different eras, I'd assume something like
- something something Demise's curse (therefore linking Ganon's very existence to SS's timeframe)
- somehing something subconscious desire to control this place/these ruins, a weak lingering desire even Ganon doesn't really understand or can explain
Not really a full enclosing answer, but the best take I have to this problem.
The view
WAIT! Bones, if old enough, eventually turn into stone! This could HAVE been a skull!
Edit: Thanks for the likes!
Fossils! 😬
Exactly what I was thinking. I strongly resembles the skull of Ganon in either ALttP or OoT.
One of the two has to be long enough ago to have a petrified skull lurking around in BotW.
@@Timberwolf69 It could also be Volvagias (is that how you spell it?).
@@Timberwolf69 fossils take millions of years to form and need intense pressure. Even SS isn't millions of years before BotW, plus the skull is on the surface.
I think it's more likely a full skeleton and came from a previous Link killing hundreds of stalchildren in one night.
@@n1nj4l1nk There are other ways of petrification. And that swamp there might be just the right place for it to happen.
when he said: "hey guys, bandit here. have you ever- ?" at the intro my brain thought he was going to say "do you ever get collectors anxiety?"
This theory may be darker than we think
Yeah
pErHaPs
Link killed pig ganon and was able to feed all of hyrule
Hmm... Ganon's skull, eh? This will be interesting.
And it actually makes sense based on the shape.
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I think it actually says in-game on the loading screen that the bottomless swamps are formed from water that existed during the calamity but was….. mudified? I think, my memory is questionable and haven’t seen it in a while
The tip actually says that the pools of Malice across Hyrule were formed from pools of Water infected by the calamity. Basically, the Malice outside of Hyrule Castle latched onto Stagnated pools of water to survive and grow from. We can actually see it’s raining in the Memory which comes directly after Link and Zelda rush to Hyrule Castle and the champions die. Believe it may also be raining when link falls in battle, but I’m not 100% sure on that one.
3:56 nice terminator reference in the mud.
Oh' so you saw that too. Was looking to see if anyone else did.
Me 2
Your charisma level is beyond the charts
If I see Calamity ganon as evidence here, I’m gonna suspect something
Same
WAIT GANON’S SKULL IS HERE , WICH GONON IS THIS
@@rrsanchala possibly Ganon that caused the great flood. Just, take a look at the wind waker tapestry, and you can see how HUGE Ganon is.
Also interesting thing to point out in relation is that the hole at the top of the rock skull is roughly the same spot where the final weak point of Dark Beast Ganon is on top of the skull itself being about the same right size too
I've always perceived that reincarnation line as "giving up on a procuring a proper vessel to reside in, since we just beat him while he had [a probably incomplete] one moments ago, and knows he won't have time to get a new one, so he's REALLY trying to kill you now"...
The premiere was super fun! And now I know that malice tastes like celery
Both are equally bad
with enough ranch, even celery can taste good
I was going to say that the giant skull rock was actually Ganon's head in the the final battle, but that was quickly turned down near the end of the video. I gotta say, this theory is really interesting. Like, what would've happened if link didn't wake up at that time. How would ganon look like?
Okay this is creepy man, I just found this last night and was trying to google what it was out of curiosity, wake up today and bam theory video. Well played... Lol
I haz now joined the Bandit Crew. HUZZAH!
Welcome James W
Maybe they were referring to the “current incarnation of Demises malice (Calamity Ganon) giving up on reincarnating itself as is with its knowledge and memories of events. So in the chance Calamity Ganon lost, Demises curse could then start anew without worry of history allowing any to prepare for it.
8:43 the way you say "foiling his plans" then show his angry form supports the theory
I remember someone theorizing that it was a giant dodongo skull, but I think this theory is much better. I also like the additional aspect that Ganon isn't giving up for all time, but giving up on plan-b for plan-c, for that moment.
I know I am a bit late, but I noticed that in the Trailer of Botw 2 not only the Castle begins to fly, but also EXACTLY THIS SKULL. Maybe Ganon is really reincarnating and possessing this. It would be great because I want a really big Enemy, that walks around the World.
The skull could be fossilized, this means that it could be an actual monster skull but still be rock.
It makes no sense to try to find logic in a game where rivers end in lakes that never overflow with the flow of water. Every river has to flow into oceans, but in Breath off the Wild for some reason the physics don't work that way and lakes receive infinite loads of water.
I hadn't noticed that.
true
I know what you did.
That's always bothered me. Not so much as to ruin my enjoyment of the game, but nonetheless.
Who says there aren't any underground rivers draining the lake? We didn't get to explore the underground and underwater parts of Hyrule in the first game, maybe we will in the sequel.
MNB when did y'all get so good at editing? This is great. Nice theory. It's possible this skull could be used for a giant stal malice boss from Botw 2. That would be dope
I want to thank you for these videos. Since I found out about you and NBC I've always watched your videos while chilling at my desk. It's one of my favorite hobbies because the level of immersion in Hyrule (or its Past) is crazy while you explain the theory. I like your voice, you fighting yourself in the middle of something, the editing and the amazing theory. Thank you for everything.
I see MNB that you're having fun with the green screen.
E3 next month? HYPED
It's a cool theory, I love deep dives like this. But in all likelihood it was probably intended to be nothing more than a tribute to Ganon by his followers.
A theory I thought of while watching this is that for the skull bases around hyrule are stone but were carved away by Lynel level monsters who wanted to make a base. As they were carving it they decided to make it into a skull to scare away the smaller monsters so they didn’t have to fight them and mark their territory. As the original monsters died the smaller ones would come in and make it their base. Now obviously this is for if they are just stone but are most likely actual skulls.
I noticed that Ganon took a different form in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. While that game is not canon, his form does look somewhat similar to the bokoblins, but it wasn't that giant. But this just adds onto my belief in your theory.
The first overworld boss you can encounter is *literally* a pile of rocks that comes to life.
I always thought the giant skull was just supposed to be the main base of operations for Ganon's forces since its basically in the center of the kingdom more or less. Also why is the sweet puppers named after a literal demon? Oris it he eats like a pig since all dogs are foodies
Is it just me who wonders how do most of Calamity Ganons forms have hair.
The ones that just got into the bandit crew I hope you all have a great day, Also we just got another MaskedBandit
Welcome James w, Bobo, and Tyrel G
I really appreciate seeing you more in your videos recently. It feels more personal as if we're geeking out together haha
You're doing pretty good as a theorist. They make sense, sound believable, and you got a good voice to keep me hooked on these things. Keep it up! :)
I really like this theory, because it actually makes all the bokoblins and other Ganon's minions sound way better. That they aren't just some monsters but actually good work force and act as his royal servants.
In the botw 2 trailer you can see at the end where the castle moves upwards a large dust cloud in the area where the skull is located. This location may become very important in botw 2
I go on zelda theory and lore sprees all the time and I am still finding things I didn't know and seeing other peoples views and thoughts and theories amaze me. The fact that this game series has so many questions unanswered. That its leaves so much to your imagination. It all still amazes me.
Just from the thumbnail, I can tell this is going to be an interesting theory. I hadn't even considered the possibility of the Bottomless Swamp skull belonging to a previous incarnation of Ganon.
Haven't watched the whole vid yet, so idk if Bandit will mention it, but i've always thought that "mud" was tar, which would explain the -bones- (edit: rocks) and stuff stuck in it
anyone else start laughing as soon as he started the intro
4:56 Thank you for the Sploosh. My soul is now complete.
If gannon reincarnated to this skull in the next botw game i want to play as the divine beast
With AoT theme in the background
I love the music at the end of the video when you list your Bandit Crew. What is it?
Also, your videos are AMAZING! You are my favorite Zelda TH-camr. Your voice is amazing, you are the perfect balance between excited and chill, and you are hilarious. Not to mention the great job you do on your videos. Thank you so much.
Imagine this giant rock skull acting as a Bubble flying towards the castle to perch on its highest spire, then possess the very walls and foundation itself to transform into a mega castle abomination.
Would've been cool.
I think it would be awesome if this rock skull turned into a boss fight in the next Zelda game where the Malice possesses it, and it emerges out of the mud to fight Link and Zelda.
I asked hyrule gamer to cover this a year ago and still hasnt done it. Thank you MNB for finally giving us the theory
I thought it might have been a historical skeleton of the dragon from OoT's Death Mountain, but this theory makes me rethink all of that.
It explains why there were parts chipped off, the monsters carving it made a couple mistakes (or dropped a moblin on it)
Ok so this theory actually gave me chills.
I mean, all of your theories sound super plausible but this one was just a bit more than others.
The thought of Ganon trying to create a final, perfect body (kind like he did in age of calamity) seemed super epic and foreboding. Just Imagine what would have happened to the Botw timeline if he actually pulled this one off and just stomped hyrule flat.
Just makes me all the more hyped for Botw2 and E3...
I personally think there's just no way Nintendo will be showing up and NOT say anything about Botw2.
Also Metroid 4, a new Donkey Kong Game, possibly a new smash character.
Anyway Bandit, thanks for the awesome vid, love your editing/greenscreen moments.
I remember watching a video somewhere that pointed out this swamp skull is almost IDENTICAL to Volvagia (sp) from the fire temple In OOT .
Oh that was my video 😊
@@Caztendo afraid not it was Zeltik .
@@hunterbrumfield9527 ah dang lol
@@hunterbrumfield9527 sorry for the misconception
That's a very interesting theory because if you think about it, the thing that stopped him from finishing the rock skull, was... the Wild, nature itself keeping Ganon back so Link could defeat it
you're waaaaaay to underrated for the amazing videos you make
I always thought the "gave up on reincarnation" line was simply because link destroyed ganon's latest attempt at it, so he was like "fuck it" and just turned into his beast form
Ay bro you completely overlooked that the skull would most definitely have a warmer interior if it was made of bone, and would not have a scratches and scars on its horns, a broken horn tip, or wound in its head if it were carved. Calling it a rock was most definitely a mistake on the dev teams part. The fact that its sitting around in mud and that its so deep could support the idea that whatever it was fell inside the pool and was killed. If you forget the name the dev’s gave it, the story here is totally different
As much as I like this, I keep getting a nagging feeling that the game says that the “mud” is actually malice contaminated water. Not that it changes much if anything, but now I am wondering if I remember correctly. Does anyone else remember this? I think it was on one of the loading screen tips.
It is-'Bottomless bogs- this water sullied by malice....
Bottomless bogs and Pools of malice are different. Malice that damages link around the overworld is water mixed with pure malice.
@@jetho9859 No, it isn't. It's just Malice, no water.
The bottomless Bog is water mixed with Malice. This is all information in-game.
@@feshpince7181 The water sullied by malice description is for Pools of Malice, not Bottomless Bogs.
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I feel like they just built it to have it as an hq or some kind of base where enemy’s could hangout and get weapons from
My theory is a little different than yours, this is the Bokoblin-made skull of Dark Beast Ganon. When Calamity Ganon was killed he immediately possessed the skull and Dark Beast Ganon was born.
I feel like the area where you fight the 3 moblins in the battle of Hyrule field is what the bottomless swamp used to look like
Also the area matches up very well in the field
Limestone always appears in places of death; skull lake, breach of demise, horse god fountain, and more.
This is why I love your channel. I always see you covering topics a lot of other theorists don't cover 🤝
oh boy
this only being a skull would also make a lot of sense, because dark beasts weakpoint was its eye in the face. the skull could act as a mask, that could make his ultimate weakspot unreachable for the hero
One glaring problem though: Why did the other bokoblins make more skulls like they do all over Hyrule if your theory is correct? If Ganon would want to possess the skull, wouldn't they want to create the rest of the skeleton so Ganon could have full control over limbs as well and more strength? What is the purpose of making more skulls, it seems to be wasting time, effort, and materials. They already have places to hide out as well, like in the monster skull and behind the limbs if they carved that out instead.
I feel like the zonai may have made it though it isn’t like their other structures it looks very much like the barbarian helm.
Finally someone covers this I’ve been wondering forever
Hey remember that the process of fossilize The “bones” that we find today it’s actually stone that took the mold of the bone and if botw took place many years(10,000) after Gannon came the first time and fossilization takes approximately 10,000 to happen this could be it.
That's where link got mortally wounded, 100 years ago. It's a memorial monument for monsters. This would be a cool theory too.
Makes sense to me. He throws a huge wrench into the scary mans plan so scary mans gets very angry and comes out in his final form?
I see it as he has "given up on reincarnation" (into a new physical body) and instead is reviving himself as the Calamity
The beginning of this video with you exploring was tops blooby XD Love the theory!
Your new style is freaking amazing, and 20x more enjoyable! Keep on keepin on!
The skull in the Bottemless swamp kinda looks like the one on the barbarian helm
I think that Ganon only started to create his malice/guardian form when Link woke up is because it is both tied to Zelda getting weaker. It isn't complete yet during the fight, because Link interrupted the him from fully reincarnating
Doing my own amateur translation with 4 years of college-level Japanese as a backbone, I've translated it to be something along the lines of:
"Birthed from the distant past, (This form Ganon has taken on is) the embodiment of deep grudges and hatred of having to repeatedly revive after being destroyed so many times. "
That poor golden bokoblin getting yeeted by its own friendly
I don’t think it makes sense that the skull would be made of rock. I feel like it might have been a dev oversight to name it that way
The fact that you took the time to take those pictures of the skulls/rocks at the same exact time of day so that no shadows create fake cracks or bumps. That’s pretty dang meticulous.
I would have loved if we got a shadow of the colossus style final boss with this thing instead of dark beast
Bandit : exploring hyrule
(5 mins later)
Bandit : oh a chicken nugget
Me : ( laughing my a$# off )
i feel like mechanical monstrosity ganon started being made when link woke up because ganonn did not expect link to come back so soon.
The scary inverted color Beetle face at 4:13 had me trippin for a sec.
It's bed time MNB. I already hit the like. PEACE! (Insert song here). See ya tomorrow.
You know, the limestone rock is actually dried Malice. It has a similar pattern and can be found everywhere malice is. Like the coliseum ruins.
I think it's more likely the Bokoblins & Moblins carved this skull in homage of Ganon.
There is enough rock there to make an artist's rendition on Ganon there; might be fun to figure out how he could have looked in the end
The chaotic nature of this Chanel has only just started to reveal itself
The fact that you believe that the translators wouldn't mess up that massively is really cute.
I’m still not gonna get over the fact you said no one else made a theory about this when I made on about it before you did