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The Zelda Ocarina of Time Iceberg Explained: Oddities, Rumors, Myths and Trivia

Seedy

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In 2020, I made an iceberg for Ocarina of Time. This video explains over 140 topics about the game that you may not have known about. Obscure info, oddities, rumors, and urban legends are all here. Let me tell you about them.

0:00 Intro
1:04 1F: Above The Surface
4:27 B1: Breaking The Surface
10:47 B2: Bottoming Out
13:24 B3: Strange Waters
15:54 B4: Deep Dive
19:49 B5: Mythic Depths
20:46 B6: The Abyss
23:33 B7: Golden Scale Depths
27:52 Addendum
34:17 Conclusion

My original Ocarina of Time Iceberg image: Twitter: 1304496334913773568

Google Doc of everything explained in text, with links to related topics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...

Thanks to:
The Cutting Room Floor, The Practice Rom Team, The OoT Speedrunning Discord, TPR, ZeldaSpeedRuns, ZREO

And special thanks to:
AceZephyr, Blackop778, Cisco64, Dannyb, Deathmastakawaii, Druncle_Titus, Faschz, Fig02, Glank, Phlori/Hyphlopod, Julian1000, Krimtonz, Macrepeh, MrCheeze, Mzxrules, N3rdswithgame, NatalyaHasDied, Nikra, PaintSkate8, PsyMarth, Pokey, Rzezzy1, Scurty, Sniping117, Swordless Link, Tharo, Terry1994, Tottz, Volvagia, Z64me, and ZFG

Ocarina of Time Info playlist: Neat Ocarina of Time Trivia Videos

Twitter: Twitter: SeedyZ_

#zelda #ocarinaoftime #icebergexplained

20 Comments

@Sathtana 5 years ago

This went from nostalgia to "Am i watching the same video?

@rem520 4 years ago

5:03 I spent hours as a kid trying to figure out why Navi went green like that at random spots and years wondering about it. Thats so crazy.

@twooby_5906 5 years ago

26:03
Actually, that is an easter egg. That is the map of the work studio, where they developed the game. The layout is the same. Even if you translate it, it says the names of the rooms. Search it online

@SamGarrett 4 years ago

The fact that I knew roughly 95% of these really says something about how much this game took over my life as a kid

@ddddoc7078 5 years ago

When you first get access to Hyrule Field early in the game and have not yet entered either Gerudo Valley or Hyrule Lake, you can go to the point on the map between the two. This around the 7 o'clock position and there is a ledge. Standing here, you can simultaneously see Kaepora Gaebora perched on the pillar outside Hyrule Lake and the tree outside Gerudo Valley

@bitter-bit 4 years ago

The butterfly turning into a fairy with the stick trick is an homage to Mario 64, where certain butterflies will fly away from Mario very slowly and, if followed, turn into a one up

@mariomario761 5 years ago

First 23 minutes: Ah yes, a Zelda Iceberg

The next 4 minutes: POR FAVOR NINTENDO

@Some__Guy 3 years ago

30:34 Oh my god, is this why TP Ganondorf gets distracted by the fishing rod? "Why does this seem so... familiar?"

@ZachBot5000 4 years ago (edited)

26:03 in The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia they actually explain that the layout on the dungeon map is actually one of their offices.
Edit: each room is labeled as well

@chrispytel245 4 years ago

Heres an interesting and unmentioned theory that I came to in a recent replay. The room in Goron city where you break a ton of multicolored boulders is a Food storage cache as its mentioned that Gorons eat rocks. You've just destroyed a bunch of their food reserve.

@georgebushdidcovid1919 1 year ago

24:44 no one seems more surprised about the dead body than the dead body

@danielroman6581 4 years ago

26:07 This HQ image is actually a layout of the Nintendo offices.
The text in the HQ image translate to things like "closet" and "cafeteria"

@RayVonRichter 5 years ago

All I'm saying is this: Has anyone seen Jabu Jabu and the Zora's Domain ice in the same room? I rest my case.

@rtl42 1 year ago

@28:52 The bean guy’s tattoo is just the Japanese kanji 豆 for beans (“mame”). The top of the kanji is towards his shoulder.

@obscuredoblivion444 4 years ago

I don't think the Redead was mourning his felled friend but moreso devouring.

@isaac_aren 4 years ago

2 things I think would have been worth mentioning:
1. When you don't shoot anything in the shooting gallery, the shopkeeper's head will start looking away from you rather than following you
2. The theory that the Sheikah were involved in an insurrection during the Hyrulean Civil War and for their treachery, were genocided

@omnivoreal 5 years ago

I've seen a lot of Zelda iceberg videos, but this is by far the best. Really appreciate the dry sense of humor about the B7 theories, haha

@Hero_Of_Time241 2 years ago

8:49 LINK MY MAN YOU DO NOT WANNA KILL THOSE SKULL KIDS TRUST ME YOU DO NOT

@MarxForever 5 years ago

"Willst thou soar? Or willst thou suck?"

Was actually the censored version of the commercial. The original was:

"Willst thou save the girl? Or play like one?"

@ghoulie11 4 years ago (edited)

20:32 The Gorons are actually a hint at having to play Saria's Song for Darunia. The wall paintings are on the same floor as the shortcut to The Lost Woods and are showing the Gorons doing the same dance as Darunia.