Some of the unanswered questions you had in the game are actually answered, if you know where to look.  Specifically, the Sheikah stones will tell you that the Gerudo tribe will get busy with the Hylians whenever they want kids, which is how they can go on even without a living male Gerudo (which means being a Gerudo is apparently made up of dominant gene traits?).  They also explain that the owl is an incarnation/reincarnation (differs depending on the game version, I think incarnation was the correct version) of a sage, suggesting a link to Rauru or perhaps a pre-OoT sage.

Also, there were pots filled with magic refills at the bottom of the Ganondorf chamber.  It's easy to miss, but the idea probably was that most people who would struggle with that fight would end up getting knocked down there and would discover them.  Still, you're right, it would've been nice if they had made magic a little more accessible for that fight.

Somebody has probably already mentioned this, but at the bottom of the floor in the Ganon fight there are magic pots.

The Gerudo problem is easily solved. If you ask one of the Sheikah Stones, it'll tell you that Gerudos come to Hyrule Castle Town to look for boyfriends. That's how the Gerudo reproduce. Every 100 years, a male is born and that male is made king by default.

"Look at childhood Link's nose. Reasonable. Now look at this thing. awkward pause Unreasonable."

Hilarious. Nearly choked on my coffee.

"Why is [Ganondorf] so unhappy if he's the only man, a king, in a tribe of woman. You know, you'd think he'd kind of busy... doing things... with the rest of the tribe..."
(shows various shots of objects entering holes)

Subtle.

That nose bit always gets me.

Fun fact, the canonical explanation for how the Gerudo reproduce is they once a year journey into Hyrule to basically have 1-night stands for the purpose of conception

The footage synced to you talking about Ganon getting laid was priceless.

At the end of this video when he says the game has held up for over ten years, I realized this video was posted only fourteen years after Ocarina of Time came out. Now, this video is about to turn fourteen years old itself.

32:40 A gossip stone in front of the temple of time says, ""They say that Gerudos sometimes come to Hyrule castle town to look for boyfriends."

3:00 "tree-dimensional". You don't actually have an accent. It was just an absurdly long setup for that one joke. It was worth it.

I saw this video not long after release, and somehow all this time I never stuck around past the conclusion and the black screen to realise you played King Sora's scootching animation a second time.
What a lovely little thing to discover after all this time, haha!

I love your accent, Matthew. It leads to such great unintentional puns.
3:00
"This dungeon, while exceptionally easy for anyone who has played a Zelda game before, provides an excellent introduction to Zelda in a 'TREE-dimensional' environment."

9:19 The zoom in on the Goron's face made me lose my shit every time.

8:44
"Even these days voices in a Zelda game would probably ruin the experience"

... And then Breath of the Wild was announced!

I miss this channel so much

I really applaud your honest impression of the Shadow Link mini-boss fight.

8:42 "Even these days, any voices in a Zelda game would probably come out sounding incredibly forced and ruin the experience." Sadly, Nintendo didn't get this message.

It's August 2026 now. Interesting to revisit this video with the new Switch 2 OoT remake only a few months away.

10:52 King Zora slowly scooting over is so comical and works so well. My brother, who is almost 46, still does the "mweep....mweep....mweep," when we are at family events and you ask him to move.