Almost forgot! All the Skyward Sword gameplay footage comes from chuggaaconroy. His videos are also where I did a lot of my research, so thanks for that ;))) One thing that didn't make it into the video was this part from the Masterworks book (after the video was already finished). It is on the ancient energy specifically: "Ancient energy resembles a glowing, highly viscous fluid. It is the mysterious source of energy for ancient Sheikah technology." "There was a wealth of ancient energy pooled under Hyrule Castle, and they used it to further their studies of the relics." "Pools of ancient energy have been discovered in East Necluda and Deep Akkala. Research is conducted using the ancient furnaces to energize ancient relics." Besides that, hope you all have a great weekend! I plan on doing a stream of Smash Ultimate the day it comes out for most of the evening, so stay tuned for that!

"... what is every beginner's worst nightmare" *guardian piano music* Me: *instant panic*

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The stationary “turret” guardians look SO freaking similar to SS Beamos! Even the rotating panels on either side of the eye!

Manipulating time with Time Shift Stone. Sheikah technology uses them. Wouldn't that explain why the Sheikah Slate grants Link the ability to stop time via Stasis and Stasis+?

Hm, this video was really short. *checks run time* What?? It was fifteen minutes?? Is the video a Timeshift Stone?

"Stones and crystals are very different" *Every geologist applauds*

also, 3 ancient cores are used to upgrade stasis. this would make sense if they are actually timeshift stones.

Yeah, this theory holds up. The older technology is, the longer the battery lasts: - Ancient technology: Runs dry after an aeon. - Nokia 3310: Runs dry after a week. - Modern phones: Run dry after 12 hours.

“Let’s talk about the 4 states of matter” Bose Einstein Condensate: Sad Noises

The blue flame could simply be the pure energy that burns within time stones, the same way ancient weapons drip and glow with fire-like energy.

nbc: "Legend of Zelda Skybound Blade" nintendo: "Thanks, ill take that"

this seems even more plausible now that we've seen the little egg guardian in Age of Calamity *actually* time travel with similar special effects.

This might be 6 months late, but what if the Shrine of Ressurection's is in fact powered by Timeshift Stones. Its described as a ''healing facility'' with a ''long term statis chamber'', but what if it is instead stopping and reversing time on biological beings, which could be probably way harder to realize on biological beings. On a 99% dead Link, it might have really taken 100 years to undo, not ''heal'', Link's damaged body. The design of the sheikah mechanism above Link's stasis pool is more unique, curvy and clearly biological/vegetal looking just like blood vessels or tree roots, unlike almost all of the other sheika technology which tends to be robotic and very angular. I couldnt be surprised if the Shrine of Ressurection was in fact a very unique facility, built to test/utilize timeshift stone energy on biological complex beings, and it shows on the way the technology is shaped.

12:10 there is literally a crystal that’s looks like a time shift stone right behind one of the sheikas in this scene

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If Link would have survived... Sounds like another timeline-split to me.

You know fire is a plasma right? Like, no matter how hot?

I’ve just watched this again, and I’ve noticed that when the monks dissolve, they’re the same color as the spiral in the sequel trailer.

See, I was imagining that rather than the flame of the furnace being the power source of the entire thing, that it was simply a flame produced by the actual power source inside, carrying the same energy.

Good video and good theory but I have to point out that all of the electric weapons (all elemental weapons really ) are magically imbued not technologically, thus making them inconsequential to whether hyleans did or did not have the technology to harness electricity. On an another note your theory has given me some new ideas for my liquid data theory.

I think that it would basically become an apocalyptic world. With Link not hiding/healing in the shrine of resurrection, and Zelda not holding him back, Ganon would use the guardians to look for them. Kakiriko, Hateno, etc. would become like Castle Town and Hyrule Castle, ruins across Hyrule. There would be small civilizations spread out across Hyrule (likely close to shrines). Link and Zelda would be forced to move to different locations as they are Ganon's targets,leaving it unsafe for them to stay put. Except maybe the Gerudo desert(ignoring the monsters), because I don't recall encountering guardians there.

Okay so Link and Zelda make it to Kakariko village. Zelda can't use her powers so she starts research about Sheikah technology. With the help of Impa's extended library hidden under her house and Purah and Robbie, they find out that Sheikah technology has helped defeating Calamity Ganon another time. When the signs of the actual first appearance of Calamity Ganon appeared, no one wanted to risk their strong warriors dead, so the Sheikah dug up the time stone technology. The Sheikah took all credit and claimed that they invented all the technology, when in reality, the time stone technology was just the base of Sheikah technology, like taking a moter from one car and inserting it into another. This is also the reason Sheikah technology looks different from time stone technology. As Calamity Ganon prepared to enter Hyrule, the Sheikah decided to make Cucco armor* so they'd have a chance of defeating him (Link was still asleep). Unfortunately the armor failed and all but one cucco died, this cucco would later become the ancestor of all modern-day cuccos (which is why they're so strong). This cucco actually killed Ganon. Knowing all this, Zelda quickly found the cucco armor in another secret basement and improved it until it was perfected. Cado's grandfather trained his cuccos and combined with the armor, they were undefeatable. Ganon was permanently defeated and they all celebrated. But in the end the cuccos turned around and killed everyone TL;DR Cuccos and everyone dies *I didn't develope my original theory correctly

You should make a video with zeltik.

I think that Hateno village would become the new capital and this would be an all out war. If it became a game it might be a fire emblem crossover with some Zelda elements and other stuff but plays like a fire emblem game. I think you'd be trying to fortify different places against Ganon with Sheikah tech and magic. Every blood moon Ganon grows stronger. It might have some stealth kind of missions. Pretty much you'd start off trapped in Hateno village and would have to secure areas around shrines and eventually build back an army. So it'd have open world elements with fire emblem gameplay. Sorry if this was incoherent and repetitive. Also guerilla warfare.

my theory is that link and zelda would still experience a similar situation that would activate zeldas power and link almost dying. it would only happen at a later date

13:39 You do know flames are a form of plasma right! Awesome.

If Zelda did not use her sealing power at the fort, then Hateno village would have been hurt by the guardians. That might mean that you, as a player, would not be able to go to that tech lab because it would have been destroyed. If they both went to Kakariko village, then it is possible that the would talk to Impa and Link might be able to meet Kass's teacher (Robbie) and have him create the guardian weapons you can get in the game later. This might need more evidence, but this would change the game and how Link and Zelda are affected. (Side note what if Zelda went to the shrine of resurrection?)

great theory guys! One thing I noticed by watching, the way the ancient furnaces are powered could be that the timeshift stones are combusting to create the fire, or that the timeshift stone sparked the fire of it

NBC the part where you talk about the robots in Skyward sword, there’s another robot in the area and if you talk to him he tells you he’s powered by electricity

The shiekah monk was preserved in time stone energy... then when we disturbed* the barrier the monk transformed into "GREEN" energy... is this a possible botw 2 theory?

Fire is a plasma, dingus.

Timeshift stones that are turned off are orange/yellow-ish. The ones that are activated are blue. This can be seen in some shrine puzzles in BotW, when you set down an orb and it gets activated vs when it's just standing by. The same could be true for the ancient cores you find (when you pick them up they're yellow, but will probably turn blue when inside an active Guardian.

So are we going to talk about why they are harnessing Ganondorf’s body to “power” the ancient technology under the Hyrule Castle?

Love this theory its amazing

I love your content so much NBC! You have such an awesome personality.

Love your videos man! Keep them coming!

thanks for continuing to upload all this amazing content NBC!

Love this timestone theory and they probably are made out of the same stuff, but the highly advanced civilization part I don't think is referencing the same Sheikah that we see in BoTW. Because that would mean the sheikah were Highly advance prior to skyward sword, then somehow forget everything and become not highly advance relying more on mysticism and magic/dark ninja like ways, than years later way after OoT, TP, etc. revert back to being a people who embraced advance technology over magic. That would be the only way to work, because when Impa is referencing "highly advance civilization", 1- she is talking about all hyrule, not just the sheikah tribe, 2- that all takes place within the BoTW part of the series which would be way, way past Skyward Blade. Just saying. Love the video

10:23 "some of these derelict models have been known to awaken from SATIS." statis is also a rune to freeze objects and enemies, maybe that is also a reason why they still work

2:02 AHHH THAT MUSIC BRINGS BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES

FINALLY I've been connecting beemos and guardians for so long now I can't remember when the idea first started. glad to see someone with a following talk about it.

One thing for sure, all this in depth thinking, is surely making BoTW a masterpiece.

I was waiting for this so much

This is really interesting. Love your theories!

I love this theory makes a lot of sense, glad to see someone pointed out and theorized on the many correlations between botw and skyball blade.

I luv this stuff!! Great job!! Keep doing what your doing!!

here's another hypothesis... if the columns around Hyrule Castle are, in fact, timeshift stones (or powered by large amounts of them) they could have generated a field around the castle. That could be why Princess Zelda didn't age at all over the last 100 years while link was enjoying his century long spa treatment...

Ive been thinking about this as well i really like this theory man

I just realized that Purah must have used stone powers to regenerate herself like it's obvious after watching this video

I love the video. Keep coming man.

Mind blowing video! This theory would also explain why the ancient arrows are so OP. When any living form is hit by it, the arrow moves the target through the time, either sending it to the future where it doesn't long exist, either sending it to the past, before it existence.

aw dunk i hoped youd cover this sometime since i thought something similar during my annual summer SS replay with my sibling lol loooove it

the time juice that link was sleeping in for all that time could also be timestones.

6:04 LMAO I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE UNTIL THE “pause for comedic effect” HAHASJSHSH

This is really cool to think about! I just thought that the blue flame was the flame of Nayru.

Your channel is amazing!

Very impressive research, guys.

one more question: how are the acient weapons (made in cherry) so fragile then?

I'm so glad you used so much SS lore (and that you picked up the game again.) It's my favorite Zelda game, and I love how it can be used for reference. The desert was so annoying for me if I remember correctly lol. Other than the guardians in that time (SO SCARY)

Could this mean that 10,000 years ago is actually in the era of the goddess Hylia? And yes, I know that the Hyrule Royal Family was the one to banish the Sheikah, maybe in that case, the Sheikah retook the technology after the establishment of Hyrule and used it to make the land prosper. The only other inconsistency is that the Legend of the first Calamity Ganon, but maybe that could be another incarnation of Demise or an interpretation of Demise since it is a Legend.

Wooow. Loved this theory!

I like this theory. It also plays in well to the idea that Hylia is the Goddess of Time mentioned in Majora's Mask.

If time shift stones are the basis for sheika tech, then that would give the perfect explanation for the fast travel system. Remember, you need to go to the point and activate it before you can fast travel there. Later, when you want to travel back, the slate could be reversing time to the point when you activated the beacon.

I think that some of the guardians may not have become corrupted giving Hyrule a fighting chance. They could then make their way to Hyrule castle to face off with Ganon. Also before the Champions died they would’ve been able to help in some way instead of just dying the the blightganons.

I think that whatever energy/essence/matter/force can shift time in tloz universe can also shift space. IRL (obviously) time and space are interconnected, one and the same, so it would make sense. It could explain how sheikah technology allows Link to teleport between shrines/towers.

Great video!!! I just love your theory videos! And if Link survived, Zelda and Link would go to Kakariko village and zelda would do research on the old shiekah tech with Impa and Link. Zelda would never gain her sealing power because she never saved Link, so she would maybe will like Link a bit less and retreat to research on how to take down Calamity Ganon and the Divine beasts as well. And if so... another timeline split because Link survived.

Amazing as always!!! You really do an awesome job with this theories Also and as bit of off topic, is really a third DLC coming? I want my own personal guardian, maybe even upgradable It would be super fun to go with him alongside

ohhh, you done it now. One dose not simply say "Sky-bound blade"

2:39 "Oh,looks like I'm problably going to die ...But first,let me take a selfie"

Considering Link needs Zelda & her Power of Light (which is used by her Light Bow) I don't think they would be able to destroy or banish Ganon. In some Zelda games You don't need Zeldas Light Power but in BOTW you do. So I think they would be at war many years until she learns her power. There would also be less destruction since Link would be able to fight off many of the attacks.

I love how the real intro says "Nintendo Black Crouton"

Something you could have mentioned to solidify your theory even more would be that at 8:34 on the Beamos you can see things that look like ears and at 8:41 you can see the same type of "ears" on the defensive Guardian hinting that Beamos are a predecessor to the defensive Guardians.

That intro was amazing

An example you could have used for gas other than the flame would be the blue mist that towers release when you get data from them

One thing you didn't mention : the "ears" of the factory's guard towers are the same design as the castle's guardian towers. Same design, same source?

This was an interesting theory!

Woah. You actually did the theory I suggested to u. I feel a bit better about myself. And i know you probably were probably going to do this before I suggested it

Wow, you've definitely done your homework on this! I enjoyed this theory. I don't comment hardly on your videos (or any video for that matter) but I think you do really good on each of your theories. As for the theory about Link surviving and not waiting 100 years, I'm gonna do some looking into that and thinking :o Also, whens your next Skyward Sword stream? ;)

If you count malice as a power source you'll have one for each piece of the triforce, Timeshift Stones for Wisdom, Electricity for Courage, and Malice for Power

You got a moon for this video

Maybe a lot of people noticed but: the small robots from skyward sword, have some sort of hats, with three spike/spirals form... Kinda ressemble the ones on the walking guardians? Maybe the small robots were upgraded through the ages to ressemble a fighting/defense robot, more than "diggers". Maybe that meant they lost their conscious. Anither think, the beamos, have sort of ears? That turns like radars when spotting link. The still guardians around hyrule castle in BOTW also have those similar radars/rotating ears things! Like i said for the small robots, the guardians are just upgraded beamos!

Things like the Sheika Slate, the Guardians, the Towers, the Shrines and the Divine Beasts were probably made with Time Shift Stones, I agree. After all, they expected those things to be needed again when Calamity Ganon returns. However, there must have been a lot more technology that did not include Time Shift Stones and was therefore lost. I now envision a kind of cyberpunk setting ...

Oh boy ! My theory I had for so long ago finally take life. Thanks guys !

I haven't checked the posts to see if this was written already, but has anyone considered the combination of the time and blue coloring may be connected to Nayru. And the orange red coloring when the engine machines are taken over, may have something to do with Din.

Awesome vid!

14:41 I wasn't aware of being able to do that!

The theory with the timeshift stones would explain, why link can use stasis and stasis+! Idk if you mentioned it in the video, but it also would explain why link could be revived again!

Beamos and turret guardians look really similar. They even have the fan things on the side

11:42, I am usually not this picky, but fire is the state of plasma.

I heard the piano the first time in the video while playing an entirely different game, and I still ran in my game. I was playing god of war. And I was talking to ratotosker. 😂

What's the music used at the very start of this video? It's so familiar but I can't place it.

You can cut the technobabel a little, if you can alter the time state of object, maybe like a battery or other source of electricity, you could effectively drain it, and return to a time where it was once full again, as well as use it as a semi conductor for storing information. The ability to alter the time state of an object could have infinite applications, quite literally with the inclusion of time cycles.

Honestly I think if Link and Zelda survived and retreated to Kakariko village, they would have had to go to Hateno at some point where the civilians would have started to get into the fight as well. They probably would play it safe for a while and specifically ask the Sheikah to help. But after being overwhelmed like that they'd either get civilians to help, or Ganons forces would have found their way through and the civilians would have been forced to help (and maybe even in some scenarios some other tribes would have had their civilians help though I personally see this as unlikely as they most likely would be discouraged and in mourning from their champions dying). In a similar situation as before with Link fighting for his life and so many civilians, untrained people including children and women whom Zeldas supposed to protect instead of trained guards who chose to and were meant to put their lives on the line for the kingdom, she would have been in such a state of grief that her power would have awakened. They would still be overwhelmed but I think Zelda could have found her way to Ganon and held him back, but obviously not without dire consequences to the rest of the kingdom. I think it's likely that Link may have died at some point here as well, that or Zelda would have managed to get the Sheikah to put him in the chamber of time. Whether he nearly dies during the battle against Ganons forces or Ganon himself, that's the question.

Did anyone notice that the Shrine of Resurrection is also possibly a Timeshift Stone? It could be used to take link back to his normal state

When you said that main control units are powered by furnaces I thought that the ancient furnace had something to do with the 5th divine beast. Probably nothing but it was just something that came to my mind

At 5:26 and at other points the crystals (time shift stone) symbol is the same as botw’s symbol

Pretty sure gnoggin made a video in which he theorized that the Sheikah slate contained a time shift stone. I'd say this is on point.

the eyes of the lanayru defense robots is the same sometimes as the Guardians and this theory is so colllllllllllllllllll and provides more intel on the sheika and i love the mystireis of the sheika

Love the video! Edit: “When is the next skyward sword stream”😆