The irony of spending 7 minutes to talk about how slow the text speed is was not lost on me.

Fun fact: the footage of Exo spamming the buttons on the N64 controller is actually footage of him playing Marioparty.

When you accidentaly talk to an npc: This little manouver is gona cost us 51 years. And then you want to roll away and talk to the npc again.

For Christmas 2003, I got a new GameCube with the Zelda Collection game for $100. That bundle was just phenomenal.

I refer to the legend of Zelda ocarina of time as: ZOOT

Worse thing to happen is when mashing b with the owl and he asks if you want him to say it again and mashing b makes him say it again..

The 3DS version is legitimately the definitive version of OoT. It's so good. I'm so glad it exists

As someone who played the original game at release as a middle schooler, seeing you criticize it was a bit painful, especially because you're right.

"I am never doing an hour long review for anything ever again, unless it's for one of my favorite games of all time." - ExoParadigmGamer 4 Months Ago

FOR ACTUAL BEST RESULTS, WATCH ON A SMALL SCREEN IN 240p, 15 FRAMES PER SECONDS. Real talk, this is just the girthy video I need for today. Thank you.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the editing in your videos is superb. Ooh, how about a ROR for Pokemon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

In all seriousness, man, OoT is one of my personal most cherished games, but these criticisms are probably the most valid criticism's I've seen against the game. Good on you for coming off very unbiased, easy to understand, and collected. This might be my favorite review of OoT tbh

OCARINA OF TIME 3D IS 7 YEARS OLD?! GOD I FEEL OLD

The 3DS version is easily the definitive version of the game. I don’t care what anyone says. I love that remake. Same also goes for Majora’s Mask.

The 3DS version has always felt to me as the definitive version of Ocarina of Time. Heck one thing you didn’t seem to mention was that the character models in the 3DS version look exactly like the artwork for the characters from the instruction booklet of the N64 version. So they were remodeled yes but remodeled to look like how they were originally SUPPOSED to look like but sadly the N64 version couldn’t cut it. Ocarina of Time 3D is the TRUE version of the game. I feel like the original on N64 was more or less a prototype. While the 3DS version is the true/definitive version.

This was honestly an amazing review of the game and it's rereleases, would love to see it done for Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker too one day!

The reason (at least what I think) Navi leaves is because Link is not a Kokiri, even though the Great Deku Tree knows this, he summons Navi. Navi's real mission is to guide Link through his adventure, it's only when peace is restored Navi decides to leave because he has served his purpose, that's why I think Navi leaves at the end of the game.

No contest. I believe the 3DS version is the definitive version. I like it more than the original because it looks better, controls better, is more accessible, and has more content.

"Until you realise how quickly jump attacks drain their health (on bosses)" Someone never discovered the power of crouch stabbing by using your shield while not locked-on. If you do it after a jump attack it saves the damage strength of your last attack and you can attack pretty much as fast as you can spam the button.

The thing I love about this guy is how he completely validated his points, following up with a brilliant explanation and giving his own personal opinion and respecting your preferences

now we want ROR Majora's Mask 3D please :^3

One hour and twelve minutes? This is gonna be good!

Timestamps N64: 5:55 Gamecube: 42:51 3DS: 49:46

Many older games aren't so easy to bump up in famerate. Much of the game's script, timers etc are tied into the framerate which would require a lot more alterations to be made. Also, thanks for confirming I'm not crazy when I say the N64 stick doesn't translate well to modern sticks on emulators.

Au contraire, I _loved_ the Shiekah Stone in the 3DS remake. I'm someone who tends to miss obvious clues when it comes to puzzle-solving, but I don't get frustrated, I just get bored and play something else. That's one reason the Zelda series was never one of my favorites. But as an early 3DS adopter with absolutely NOTHING else to play, the game could nudge me in the right direction whenever I got stuck. It's the only reason I finally beat Double-Oh Tee (and I'm totally stealing that). Excellent work as always, EPG!

The plot for the game in a nutshell: Deku Tree: Link hurry, you must go inside of me and kill the giant deadly spider thing before it’s too late. Link: But I’ve never fought anything before. Deku Tree: JUST DO IT! (One dungeon later) Deku Tree: You were too late Link. In fact you were so late that I was doomed before you even got here. Link: Then why’d I have to do all that? Deku Tree: Oh because I felt like having you pitted against a giant spider. Now go to Zelda and avenge me. She has a perfectly perfect 100% full proof impossible-to-fail plan. (Goes to castle) Zelda: Link! I have a perfectly perfect 100% full proof impossible-to-fail plan! Ganon, the person who killed the deku Tree, wants the triforce. It is sealed away in the sacred realm, which is sealed by the master sword, which is sealed by the door of time, which is sealed by the three sacred stones and the Song of Time, which are sealed in 4 separate places all over Hyrule! Link: Okay so what’s the plan? Zelda: We’re gonna unseal everything! Because the triforce is surely better in the hands of 2 defenseless children than all those seals. (3 stones and an ocarina later) Link: Okay. Unseal the door. Unseal the sword. Unseal the Sacred Realm. And Unseal the Triforce. Ganon: Gwahahaha. Thanks for doing all of the work for me. Now enjoy puberty. Link: What? (The sounds of aging 7 years instantly) Sheik: There you are hero. You failed! And now we’re in a post apocalyptic future, because why not? Link: Hey this was all Zelda’s idea. I can go back and just prevent this from happening you know. Sheik: No! You need to make things right and atone for your actions. Now go, while I observe you from nearby. (Five sages later) Sheik: Great. Anyways you have the triforce of courage while Ganon has Power. The Triforce of Wisdom belongs to the smartest person in the world. (Reveals herself) Zelda: AND IT’S ME! Link: What?! How do you have that? Your plan is the whole reason why the world was doomed. Zelda: Because that was all your fault. Anyways I hid myself as a sheikah to fool Ganon so he wouldn’t find me. Because I’m soooo smart! (Ganon captures her) Zelda: Kyaaaa Ganon: Thanks for ever so foolishly revealing yourself. Now come to my castle, boy. I say this, but you’re gonna need to build your own bridge to get in. (One escape sequence later) Zelda: Yay Link! You did it. (Ganon comes back) Zelda: Ahhh (Link goes and fights him) Link: Zelda don’t you have insane magic and sheikah powers you could use to help me? Zelda: No I’m the damsel in distress, ahhh. (Link fatally wounds Ganon) Link: Alright Ganon. Time to kill yo- Zelda: Don’t worry Link! I’ll save you. Sages! Seal him away! (Ganon is sealed) Link: Why’d you do that? I was going to kill him! Now he’s just going to come back eventually when the seal is broken. Zelda: Of course Link. It’s meant to be. There was absolutely no other option. Link: You know, if I would’ve just ratted Ganon out instead of following your plan, none of this ever would’ve happened. Zelda: Gasp, you’re right. I’m so smart for thinking of that. Now it’s time for reverse puberty! Link: What?! (The sounds of an adult voice morphing into prepubescent child voice.) (Goes back to the past) Zelda: Link! I have a- (Puts finger to her lip) Link: Shhhhh. Hey King! Ganon killed the Deku Tree. King: Gasp, how horrible! Guards, execute him. Ganon: Wait, What?! Link: Heh, that was easy.

I think a lot of n64 games haven't aged well but it doesn't mean that they aren't fun

31:33 I haven't played OoT in a long time, but I think Zelda actually sends you to Death Mountain, since she gives you a letter to be able to access said place. There you find a rock blocking the dungeon entrance so you end up heading to Goron City, where you can use the shortcut to go straight to Lost Woods. My only problem with OoT 3D is that I have to play it on 3DS. When I'm at home I want to sit comfortable and hold a big controller in my hands. Just because of that I have kept playing the N64 version through the Wii Virtual Console over the 3DS one.

But on gamecube it isn't even a remaster......... It's just a port of the N64 version.

I believe the text boxes that loaded quickly while you were button mashing is actually a frame-perfect trick that can skip most text boxes in the game - you have to hit the button on the frame that the text starts populating. I could be mis-remembering, but I think I've heard speedrunners talk about that.

Zora don't first appear in Ocarina of time....they are in the first zelda game

Seeing EPG mash his b button constantly also made me laugh.

Apparently there was a port of Ocarina of Time to a Chinese system called the "iQue Player". It was the same in every way except it had a flawless framerate, with no lag whatsoever. It also has a faster text speed. Just thought it was interesting that the Chinese managed to fix the problems you had with the game in a port only like 10 people actually own.

1 hour baby!

been rewatching some of my favorite videos of your's. still endlessly entertaining years later, both new reviews and old. keep up the great work.

The main thing that for me makes 3D the definitive edition is the improved controls. Having a dedicated Ocarina button and 4 item slots makes playing the game so much more fun. Combined with the simpler and faster menu and the fact that certain equipment (boots) are now items instead makes stuff like the Water Temple less annoying to play through. Then there's the circle pad which is leagues better to use than an analogue stick (this includes all modern analogue sticks btw, fite me). Also the fact that you don't have to memorise songs is such a huge bonus for me. Although, I think that N64 OOT and Majora look *amazing* and prefer their looks over that 3D versions and I will go to the grave with that. And this isn't nostalgia or anything (I wasn't even alive when the N64 was around), it's just my genuine opinion. The other thing I prefer about the N64 version is the feeling of the controller in my hands, the 3ds is nice and all, but the angled grip of the N64 is one of the comfiest things for me. I just really love both of the versions, absolutely the best 3D Zelda for me (Oot > BotW > Majora > Twilight Princess > Wind Waker (Would be above Majora but I never finished it because of that *awful* triforce piece hunt, tried again on the WiiU version and still couldn't do it. it's just so boring and annoying to do and completely takes me out of the game) > Skyward Sword)

wheres the skip button to skip the complaints about the slow text speed? :)

Skip to 18:10 if you're sick of hearing about text speed.

I actually liked Starfox Adventures. I never understood why ethryone is/was bashing it.

Brilliant video with some fair points completely unclouded by nostalgia. Love your ROR series!

I was "there" for the hype and release of ocarina. During that era, people were infatuated with 3D games, with many believing that a game being 3D automatically made it better than anything from previous generations. I never found ocarina to be superior to link to the past, though many of my friends did. There was a lot of change during that time, not just in technology, but in marketing. I think a lot of us from that era got caught up in some of that. Ocarina was certainly a new experience and deserved the attention it got at the time, but most people are taking memories from when they were very young and comparing them to experiences they had after maturing as gamers and people.

I'll leave a not so known tactic for people so they don't have to backtrack to the forest to get Saria's song: unlock Darunia's room and then lit the torches to move the jar in Goron City, then bring a lit stick to the shortcut to the Lost Woods. The lit stick will actually make the bombs from the walls DROP AND ACTIVATE. Pretty cool

Sincerely, this is one of the best reviews I've ever seen. It has even inspired me to make some review videos in Spanish. So, thanks for that buddy!

This is a fantastic review. You basically said everything I thought about the original for years. GJ.

You turned off your rumble pak my guy. That's why you couldn't find holes. The entire game definitely tells you where everything is if you don't just mash through everything.

How am I supposed to get invested in a story if I'm not allowed to skip though it, dumb zelda game.

Wow... I'm really amazed of how you put so much effort in this review, that was amazing, really I've discovered your channel today with this video and I definItely want to see more ^^'

See I grew up with this game. And yet. I get where this guy is coming from.

The whole point to "arbitrarily" play Zelda's lullaby was to showcase that those places in particular were somehow connected to the royal family. The puzzle does solve itself, but you mentioned opening doors or getting a chest, YOU need to prove you have a connection to the royal family. While I do agree with the sentiment of providing clues instead of using the triforce on the ground, most places use the triforce because those areas are apart of the story and it simplifies progression.

A good review, however I'd like to just mention that when you talk about the text speed issue early in the video, you dedicate a good 10 minutes or so to that topic, and you spend about 7 of those minutes showing us the same clips of you mashing the A and B buttons impatiently. This is really annoying to watch, it adds nothing to the video or your argument, and it is done for far longer than it ever needed to be done. We got the visual point after the first 2 times you did it. It's extremely irritating. Please don't drag a visual clip, gag, point, example, or anything on for THAT long ever again in your videos. Pretty please.

40:00 When I was a child I collected all 100 skulltula's. The rumble pack feature, where the game would rumble near secrets, was all I needed. No guide required and finding the hidden caverns with the songs was easy since, yes, I did talk to the stones and wear the mask of truth.

It's really refreshing to hear someone who agrees with me that OoT isn't the best, most amazing game ever but finally, FINALLY did it in a way that...*doesn't* try to maliciously insult the people who consider it their favorite game? Why is this such a novel concept to so many people. You can praise a game or talk about its flaws without maliciously tearing into the people that enjoy it. Amazing! (This, unfortunately, applies to a lot of other things outside of video games, and it's a mentality that I will never understand, despite how I form my opinions on things...) I wish I could give better feedback on this video, but I barely ever get to play OoT, original or remake. Even now, where my household technically owns the remake, it's a digital download on my mom's semi-broken 3DS, so I can't really play it very much or for very long. I feel like I've beaten it once or twice, but I can't figure out if that's actually true or if I've just watched so many other people play it that my brain just thinks I have.

Why do you call it "double o t" when you can Just call it "oot“ with lesser syllables.

I found this review both intrinsically and extrinsically rewarding.

You're fine for preferring the 3DS version of OoT, the only reason I still play the original version is because I have a 00 Golden Cartridge version of the game that has everything uncensored. The blood that comes out of enemies is red instead of green, the fire temple's music is unaltered, and they still had some of the hindu imagery within some of the areas as well as on the mirror shield. The 3DS version of the game is considerably better than the N64 version, the only reason you'd prefer the original is nostalgia. That said, I have a real nostalgic love for the appearance of pre-rendered imagery like the N64 has.

A Zelda Haiku: Legendary game The Ocarina of Time Memories of youth.

You're back! It's about time, my dude. (OneyPlays also started doing Ocarina of Time is this a conspiracy?)

I thought this review was really fair. Some of the things like the graphics and text speed never bothered me personally but that’s just different strokes and I found the review very fun o listen to. Ocarina isn’t perfect and has its flaws. I think for me many of the Zelda games have big flaws like TPs boring world, WWs big empty dungeons, or BOtWs uninspiring story. All great games, but I think we haven’t hit that perfect Zelda yet even if we have gotten close. Ocarina always stands out to me as one which even with its own flaws tends to perform better in most of the areas of gaming especially with the 3ds version remedying the graphical issues. I felt it’s less of a good start and more of a “Gaming standard “ which is why it holds up so well. Anyway I really enjoyed this and I thought your review was very fair and unbiased and you made a ton of good points on what is a touchy subject for Nintendo fans. Great job

Fun Fact : Grezzo wanted to do the entire game with an orchestrated sound track, but they ended up not doing it because they figured originalists of OOT would crucify them for changing it

Crash Trilogy ROR for 100k subs?

This video made me put my 3DS on the charger for the first time in probably 6 months. I've never beaten OoT but I'm nearly done with the first third of the game so I'm willing to give it another shot if the game gets significantly better after the child Link sequences at the beginning. Really nice video my man!

I've been playing Ocarina of time since I was really young but I'm not shackled by nostalgia, I remember playing it for the first time on n64 when I was 5 at my cousin's house and being blown away by how sophisticated it seemed at the time but I never got my true introduction to the game until I got my hands on the 3DS remake where I finally played it to completion. I've played every single port and release of the game to date and the only one that I really find the most enjoyment out of is the remake, it just fixes so many pointless pacing issues and other design flaws the other versions had that it's nearly impossible to go back once you've played it. I really appreciate your effort that went into making this video, I think it's a masterpiece in terms of reviewing and it's pretty impressive you didn't feel the need to restrict yourself to just a short 10 minute video.

Do a remake or rebrake of Megaman 1 (NES vs Sega Genesis vs PSP), Megaman X1 (SNES vs PSP), and other 3DS remakes.

Starfox and Starfox 64 3DS RoR?

Essentially, the comparison begins at the 50 minute mark................................... so that's 50 minutes of just reviewing the original game.

What's your opinion about Majora's Mask 3D? Remake or rebreak? I played both versions and, although I prefer the zora swim and the Odolwa boss fight from the N64, I definitely stick with the 3DS version and I think people over exaggerate when talking about the bad parts of the remake.

You've been ranting about text speed for 17 minutes now and I just want to skip the whole video.

zoras were actually in the earlier games too but they looked fugly.

You've convinced me to get over my worry of the remake looking different. I now need a 3ds.

Also, I believe Navi left Link at the end, was because he was never really a Kokiri to begin with. And Navi was sent to Link by the Great Deku Tree to aid him on the quest. With the Great Deku dead, and the Quest over, Navi did what we were all hoping for, and went off to fly into a Dodongo's open mouth and commit suicide.

Best of all time? Nah. One of the most important of all time? Yah.

That cat in the hat joke is beautiful

The only few things about the original OoT that I prefer over the superior 3D version is Ganondorf coughing (red) blood, the Star and Crescent symbol on the Mirror Shield and movable blocks, and Muslim chanting in the Fire Temple that help make the dungeon feel like a bigger deal.

This was such an awesome review to watch. I'm watching this right after finishing my first playthrough of the game on my Nintendo 64, and I have to say, this video summed up my experience pretty well. Finishing this game tonight gave me a feeling of happiness and satisfaction very few games capture. To anyone thinking of playing this game, I would definitely pick it up. Even the Nintendo 64 version is worth a playthrough. Awesome video / review and I'll be sure to check out your other content! c:

Very good and honest take on this game. I look forward to the 3ds one eventually. I think it will be a better experience. Thanks for sticking to your guns, and being willing to tell it as you see it. Great channel, I'll tune in for more

Excellent stuff. Great points made which most gloss over. Didn't think i'd watch the whole thing but was well structured!

If you're exploring and paying attention to character dialogue and signs you'd be able to figure out most of the happy mask customers on your first try with the exception being the running man who you'd can very easily miss. For example the kid in the graveyard complains about not being intimidating enough, and the skullkid is named Skullkid but doesn't have anything resembling a skull. The heart pieces that require you to carry a mask to one place in the forest acts a similar way as the sign says you need to have an interesting or scary face to attract their attention. For Anju's brother if you found him during the child link portion you'd know he has family and if you found him during the adult link segment (which really isn't that hard seeing as you'll be exploring the lost woods again anyway) you'd find him acting depressed. Anju gave you the chicken to cheer someone up so it's pretty easy to out two and two together. The rest of the character either follow a similar logic where you'd know about them if you explored and found them already or are directly pointed out by the people asking you to deliver an item (like in the case of the perishables).

9:13 Actually, Zora's have been around since the first game, they were just redesigned for this one, since it's a prequel.

This game came out when I was only four years old and some of my earliest memories are running around and exploring To my hearts content. I do recommend that anyone playing it today use an emulator so you can speed up the text.

At first when I got to this video, I was like "Hmm I don't think I can spend an hour on a video right now", but as soon as I started hearing the points you were making, it got really interesting quickly. I love everything you mentioned in this video, it sorta woke me up and made me realize a lot of things I never paid attention to. I've always played this game as a blinded nostalgic player who saw nothing wrong with it. This video is well done, you cover each aspect of the game and the issues with each while giving great points. The text speed issue is my number one complaint and the reason why I'm never going back to the N64 version.

I Can only imagine the effort that went into making this video. Great job!

Wait the resolution increasing proves that they could've made gameplay improvements? >.< What?? And changing the camera to a free moving cam would've been a huge effort (testing included) especially when working with the original code/rom. Skipping through all the text reminds me of my friend who did that and then turned to us and said "What do I do?" I get it for subsequent playthrough though.

Not sure if you read comments on older videos but I recently found your channel (actually I think I found it once a few years back but forgot to subscribe and just recently found you again) I have been watching all your Remake/Rebreak stuff and your content has really grown over the years. Not that it was lacking in anything first off, but you've definitely fit into your niche better I think. I Definitely look forward to keeping up with it now that I'm actually subscribed.

I needed to pause at 13:10. This is no offense but I'd never expected someone could question the text speed of OoT... First of all, the text speed isn't just slow. The text speed is reflecting the talking speed. If a character talks fast his text will also be printed fast. For example, the moment the Deku Tree dies we can feel how his life is running out. The Deku Tree get weaker and weaker, he barely has the power to speak much more but he is pushing himself to deliver the important information to Link but in the end, he couldn't tell Link everything. His last words came so slow so we know how bad his state really was... I'm sure, if the Deku Tree wouldn't die at this moment he would've told Link everything about his origin and Link's mother. The text speed allowed us to "see" how different characters talk. In fact, since it was the goal of the developers to deliver a cinematic experience to the player, the text speed allowed them to show us more emotions of the characters in the game. Just plain text wouldn't be such an emotional experience. In later Zelda games they kept it up to reflect emotions in the presentation of the printed text and they even did more. The quieter someone talks the smaller the text appears. The louder someone talks the bigger the text appears. IMO, it is a neat way to port emotions without dubbed cutscenes.

Maybe it’s nostalgia but I really don’t think OoT looks *that* bad. At the very least it clearly looks much better than Mario 64.

I really enjoyed listening to this video. So long and detailed, absolute ear candy! Amazing job!

That footage of you mashing the controller is hilarious

*gasp* he’s aliveeeee! HEESS ALIVEEEEEE

GCN version actually has worse visuals due to shoddy emulation. It's missing a lot of effects, like hard-edged highlights and even sun flares, if memory serves.

3DS cause of the better graphics, higher FPS, easier access to inventory and switching items. Also it has got the Master Quest included for people that want some extra challenge.

You forgot the shortcut. Take a lit Deku Stick and light up a Bomb Flower on a wall next to the boulders blocking the path and you arrive at the Lost Woods, saving you minutes of travel.

31:36 did you really make the same mistake as arin hanson? There is a shortcut in the gorons city that takes you back to the forest!!! The goron next to the bomb flowers tells you to bring him fire from big gorons room and you then bring fire up to blow up the bombs then you use the deku sticks and boom bombs explode and shortcut opens * mind blown*

Anyone who thinks the original is better than the remake are out of their minds.

Hey, after replaying the game recently, I found out with text part is that you can't skip it on the main cutscenes revolving the story. When talking to NPCs however you can skip it.

Navi leaves at the end because she fulfilled her purpose as a "guardian fairy".

They couldn't really upgrade the music on the 3DS because of how it was made. A lot of it included weird samples from a random CD that can't easily be recreated

31:35 I could understand this being made on the first playthrough. Somewhat. But are you telling in none of those replays you used the shortcut that connect Goron City *directly* to the Lost Woods, thus saving time by just going to Death Mountain, then going to the Lost Woods and back again for the song?

I've seen this and your review of the Sonic Adventures. I must say, you've pretty much nailed my personal feelings towards these games. Very glad to discover! Thanks for your awesome videos!

I was born in 95. I got this game along with many others when I was 5 in 2000. I had an snes and I still remember to this day the exact day I started playing and was blown away

Ok, this video did NOT have to be an hour long. You spent 1/3 of the video saying the text is slow and the game looks like shit. How hard is it to say, "the text can be annoying because it's slow and can be tedious on repeat playthroughs", and "the visuals are dated and don't hold up when compared to games released the same year". That took me less an a minute to say. And talking about the gamecube version is not really relevant because it's just a port of the original aside from master quest which you could have mostly talked about with the 3ds version.