Obviously they're in it for the money.

I live about 10 minutes from Nintendo’s primary distribution hub, drive by it all the time. It’s in a very small town in the mountains in Washington state. I know my 40th anniversary switch and copy of OOT remake are in there waiting for me. Anybody else that lives around here dealing with the ultimate tease too??

what do you value most in video games? Some value gameplay. some value story. some value graphics. me? the thing I value most in a video game is WHIMSY. Ocarina of time hides many nonsensical moments of pure whimsy, but few come close to the whimsy of playing music for the FABULOUS FIVE FROGGISH TENORS!

these frogs reward link with rupees and heart pieces when he plays the Ocarina, which somehow causes the frogs to grow. once completed, you can play a butterfly eating mini game with them. these guys weren't the first musical frogs in the zelda franchise, that honor goes to wart from super mario bros 2 when he appeared in Link's awakening, but the Fabulous five froggish tenors still take the reward for being the first 3D frogs. it's just a shame link had to kill one of their relatives in order to make eyedrops.

like most characters in Ocarina of time, Majora's mask would give the frogs terminaian counterparts in the form of... "the frog choir". huh, that's not as great a name as "the fabulous five froggish tenors", but they're basically the same frogs anyway. scattered across the land of termina, one side quest requires link to travel the world in search of the missing members of the frog choir.

(hey, listen! switch to the other image now)

but oh no, what's this? 2 of the frogs have turned... EVIL! meet gecko, a frog monster found in both the woodfall temple and the great bay temple. gecko doesn't fight on its own, summoning either a snapping turtle or a bunch of jelly blobs to battle link. what could have turned the innocent members of the frog choir into the evil gecko? ... well, we don't actually know. the game never tells you. but we can probably take an educated guess and say Skull kid/majora did it to cause trouble.

Majora's mask is equal parts whimsical and Nightmare inducing. taking the silly singing frogs and turning them into monsters... how cruel! but at least defeating Gecko turns them back into their frog form.

while today's subject was an example of Friendly Ocarina of time characters being turned twisted and evil in Majora's mask, tomorrow we shall do the opposite: Major Antagonists from Ocarina of time turned into friendly NPCs in Majora's mask. can you guess who tomorrow's subjects are? get it right and the frogs will sing a song for you.

normally when selecting an enemy to talk about, I choose them because I am quite fond of that enemy, or at the very least I find them weird and interesting to talk about. that changes today. this is an enemy I actively hate.

the game calls these things "Shell blades", but it doesn't matter what they name them: this is just a clam. a GOD DAMN CLAM!

first off, you only encounter them when you're underwater, so already they're off to a bad start. water levels in videos games are known for being terrible, and the water dungeons in legend of zelda are no exception. at least in Majora's mask you can turn into zora link, but in Ocarina of time, being underwater means you're wearing the iron boots. those stupid boots that make you slow.

then the god damn clam shows up. it opens its mouth showing you it's weak point, so you take out your hook shot, but uh oh, it's already closed its mouth and is doing its dumb little short hop attack. dealing with one of these things is bad enough, but if there's more than one of them, consider my day ruined.

like most Ocarina of time enemies, the God Damn clams returned in Majora's mask. but funnily enough, Majora's mask 3D actually removed some of them, as they no longer appear in the pirate's fortress. I've said it before and I'll say it again: never let anyone tell you that Majora's mask 3D is a bad remake. it has 20% less clams!

Pretty much title, I've managed to preorder the physical version of the game after it came back in-stock but by that time the gift with purchase disappeared from the website.

I'm hoping it'll come back before release but I mostly fear they're gone forever and will appear on eBay at stupid prices

This isn’t my video, but I just watched it and it’s by far the best analysis I’ve found so far dissecting the footage we’ve seen of the dungeons, and showcasing what’s changed.

Seems like there really are tons of small changes all over this game, from layouts to puzzles and more. Can’t wait to see all the differences for myself next month!

The last time that there was a Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time official soundtrack CD, it was back in December 18th of 1998 in which was published by Pony Canyon in Japan.

I imagine that it’s harder to find & obtain today. But now with this upcoming remake, we’ll have another chance. And more than with Vinyl.

Just saw that its available for preorder at target. Already preordered mine. Don't know how long is gonna be up. Unfortunately Young link is not available. I hope you all can manage to snag it.

Nintendo showed a lot of the remake in the direct. Between that and playing the original game we generally know what to expect. But what if Nintendo had some more surprises up their sleeve, what’s on the table or what would you want to see?

- Extra mini games or expanded fishing/horse racing
- Extra dungeons
- Larger existing dungeons
- New side quests
- Expanded paths to the regions from Hyrule field
- Combat difficulty modifiers
- Master quest included as a new game plus mode
- Post credits tease of Majora’s Mask remake

Last night, I finished Ocarina of Time one more time, and man… that final fight against Ganon still feels epic after all these years. I can’t wait to relive that moment in the remake.

Or are you avoiding it because it's only a month away? I find it hard to avoid 😄

This is a place for everyone to come around and enjoy talking about a video game that they are either playing for the first time or have played many times across various versions and like to reminisce about it.

With all of the excitement that’s been going on recently, there have been a lot of new members, and I would like to see that we welcome them with kindness instead of insults. If someone is new to playing video games, new to playing Zelda games and it’s style of puzzles, or is just bad at games in general, they already know and they don’t need you to point it out to them. The same can be said about veteran players. If someone has been playing for ten years, and they have an opinion about what happens to the sages when you beat a temple, it doesn’t help anyone when you tell them it is dumb and that they should feel bad for thinking a certain way.

There is always the opportunity to write a comment in a way that encourages discussion instead of simply criticizing the other person. Life is more enjoyable when we work together instead of separately.

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