So the conclusion here is basically "they misplaced an enemy that just so happened to be the jankiest enemy in the game, and everything else is working as intended"

Misery Mire sounds like an alter ego of Monster Maze.

Link- "Well, uncle, you came back from the dead, so..."

I'm honored to have been part of this investigation all those years ago and have my name mentioned at 4:54.

As a developer I'm always fascinated by the inner workings of games and code in general and it's so cool that you broke it down.

I legit never even knew these "ghosts" were a thing, somehow more than two decades went by without me stumbling on anything talking about them. Cheers for the info, and for going so ham on investigating them!

Dude the devil swamp part just cracked me up “what the hell?” Hahah

Opening: Link. Do you believe in ghosts?

Me: So poes just dont exist now huh?

As a programmer, this algorithm  level breakdown is so entertaining to watch!
Also, I wonder it could open up a whole new class of spooky enemies if the devs understand what was going on. Invisible enemies moving every frame, only defeatable with specific weapons is really an awesome idea.

you know what I also love about this? it even answers why they're still there. we can't say for sure why they're there in the first place (but from comments, most likely someone later went back and altered how much deep water is there, not realizing they broke the zora) but they're still in later builds, clearly because nintendo doesn't realize they're there in the first place. and that one little mistake lead to such a fascinating story, and a perfect little puzzle for us to sink our teeth in for ages. if there's one thing to love about both the zelda games and the zelda community, it's this.

And here I thought Wind Waker was the first Zelda game to have a ghost Zora. The more you know.

The fact that you reverse engineered a glitch is insane. I love how in the 90s stuff like this just became a mystery, as if there was some in game secret people had yet to figure out. Whereas today it would probably just get patched.

Like the Mew under the truck, It seems like one of those things that was more fun before the internet.

My guess is "Ancilla" is short for ancillary (an-sill-ary). Meaning subordinate, secondary, subsidiary, auxiliary, etc. It's a secondary state value that's tied to the time and/or the AI state, and used to determine vulnerability.

i love the visuals of the ghosts just being floating john cena heads. because you cant see them.

Man, these last few uploads are the exact kind of thing that got me in to Zelda lore in the first place. Little tidbits that have way more detail behind them than you'd expect. Thanks for the entertainment and the nostalgia, my man.

It was probably planned for the Ku to have a walking variant, but for whatever reason it didn't happen.  After all, they exist in A Link Between Worlds.

Have a great week everyone! :_sword::_triforce:

JFC the amount of time you went on and on about one of the tiniest. most innocuous things that really doesn't matter whatsoever is utterly ridiculous.

...Subbed. <3

I have been playing A Link to the Past literally since the day it was released.  It is my favorite of all the Zelda games.  But this is the first time I've heard about "The Ghosts".   And being a computer programmer old enough to have written in Assembly, the explanation was totally fascinating as well.   Excellent video!  Keep up the great work.

I encountered the ghost once but I never imagined there was a whole hunt for that glitch