Skull Kid History in The Legend of Zelda

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Skull Kid History in The Legend of Zelda

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The history of Skull Kid in the Legend of Zelda series! Journey through a complex story of loneliness, anger, and redemption for this tiny imp.
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@vgjournals 9 ай бұрын

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@leodefine86 Жыл бұрын

I wonder why Nintendo ignored this character in the later games, i was hoping for a return in Tears of Kingdom.

@vgjournals Жыл бұрын

That could have been so cool hearing his little laugh in the woods, or maybe seeing him in the depths!

@Catson-Edits Жыл бұрын

They are probably waiting to introduce them, probably to bring hype to a new game

@Iffondrel Жыл бұрын

Totk gave us a lot of new cool stuff, but I don't want Easter eggs anymore. I'd love a new Zelda game that brings back skull kids and stalfos, musical instruments and transformations. And deku scrubs! I love those lil guys.

@human5435 Жыл бұрын

Imagine if skull kid was actually in totk and will have a secret dialouge with link if he wore the Time and Twilight set or hell even the majora's mask. Would be a cool easter egg

@Majoras-Pet 11 ай бұрын

Same!!

@redspartan0614 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: in the twilight princess manga, it is confirmed that it is the same skull kid, as once he sees the triforce of courage on link, he starts crying and saying something like “you finally came back”

@PhantomV23 11 ай бұрын

Damn that actually kinda sad

@knightluke44 11 ай бұрын

@@PhantomV23 the Zelda manga is also sad In the ocarina of time manga we get a flash back to young link during the adult arc Where he bought this dragon that happens to grow up to be Volvagia and link actually cries knowing he has to kill it

@PhantomV23 11 ай бұрын

@@knightluke44 Yeah I have the ocarina of time manga and that part almost made me shed tears.

@knightluke44 11 ай бұрын

@@PhantomV23 yeah i hope the manga adaptations of link can be adapted into an anime series

@PhantomV23 11 ай бұрын

@@knightluke44 That would be awesome 💯

@Rainkea-fr 10 ай бұрын

As someone Who played both majoras mask and twilight princess before ocarina of time, i felt so betrayed when he started shooting at me in ocarina of time

@ramsey9890 9 ай бұрын

They haaaate adults for some reason in that game. I wonder if it has something to do with them fleeing to the woods to begin with.

@Rainkea-fr 9 ай бұрын

@@ramsey9890 probably, all is forgiven tho, I found out they respawn so that's a way to get a bunch of money

@glidershower 18 күн бұрын

Because those are the Skull Kids from an alternate timeline than Termina, when Ganondorf had already won.

@KillItWithFireOfficial 10 ай бұрын

imagine saving hyrule and some kid goes up to you like “you smell familiar..”

@jamestomlin5525 10 ай бұрын

It's a nod to the tragedy of the hero of time After everything he did and everyone he saved he was ultimately forgotten

@chipakpaka Жыл бұрын

You know, when i got to his part in twilight princess, i interpretted it as him being in my way, but looking back at it now, he really was helping, wasn't he?

@joshua2400 10 ай бұрын

yeah : ) its like a lot of things in life

@joshua2400 10 ай бұрын

Jesus the good true sovereign God cherishes you my friend, I hope you can get to know Him personally and are able to rely on Him for strength

@lordturtle5680 8 ай бұрын

I thought he was protecting the sword, but I guess that doesn't make sense with everything else in the way, and the fact that the lost woods are invigable to anyone but skullkid.

@chase_h.01 8 ай бұрын

I'm not sure how u interpret the puppets attacking you as helping

@chipakpaka 8 ай бұрын

@@chase_h.01 well maybe not that, but he does guide you to the master sword

@laininbluescourt 9 ай бұрын

Skull kid's giggle is so silly and cute bro u cant

@RedDeadDevilTrigger 11 ай бұрын

Majora’s Mask is my favourite Zelda game

@Froggycolouring 11 ай бұрын

Same! I love how dark it is and how well written in story it is compared to other zelda games!

@RedDeadDevilTrigger 11 ай бұрын

@@Froggycolouring the 3 day quest with Kafei and Anju has gotta be the best Zelda side quest I’ve ever played just because it actually tells a story better than most main stories of the other games

@Froggycolouring 11 ай бұрын

@@RedDeadDevilTrigger agreed, all the majoras mask npcs have so much depth even though most people wouldn’t talk to them on their first play through. It really shows how much the devs cared about the game

@RedDeadDevilTrigger 11 ай бұрын

@@Froggycolouring it’s impressive how fast they could make it using mostly just Ocarina Of Time assets

@Froggycolouring 11 ай бұрын

@@RedDeadDevilTrigger as well as the fact that they didn’t have 5+ years like some zelda games, considering it came out only 2 years after oot(which considering how long making games takes thats not a lot of time)

@Mintyaxo 10 ай бұрын

The skull kid has a pure heart, everyone thinks he's bad bc of the mask

@Son-Of-David1990 Ай бұрын

Your right! That's probably the only reason the mask was able to take him over was because he needed a pure heart to pervert. Just like real life evil Look up Ephesians 6:12❤

@brofistbro 11 ай бұрын

And now when playing Twilight Princess with the hindsight of you being Hero of Time's bloodline, traversing on his path and seeing his history 🥲🥲🥲. I wonder if Skull Kid recognized you being "just like Him."

@brandonklotz1207 10 ай бұрын

Someone above said in the TWP manga skull kid recognizes Link bc of the triforce of courage on his hand and says “you finally came back.”

@MarianahsTrenchGal1 9 ай бұрын

@@brandonklotz1207stop that's so cute im gonna cry 🥺

@antonionatalvenancio6131 7 ай бұрын

@@brandonklotz1207 Manga is not canon, but many things in tlz manga could be possible, but it's not even made by Nintendo, and they don't really care about the plot and the history to be True to the original, if it was atleats made by nintendo them it could be canon because it's not like nintendo is giving a shit about tlz lore rn so we could just add this to our headcannon or just dream about it idk

@SuperDababy2 Ай бұрын

@@antonionatalvenancio6131 it's lowkey better, it let's Midna kiss Link before leaving.

@ollietheminion 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: if you beat the six lyonels in the depths of Tears of the Kingdom, a chest will appear and if you open it, it will give you Majora’s Mask. It has little to no defense power and just helps you be more stealthy around certain enemies, which is pretty crappy considering the previous fight was harder than ganondorf :/

@Name-tn3md 14 күн бұрын

That's in floating coliseum

@vgjournals Жыл бұрын

This one was tough to squeeze into 60 seconds! My original script was so much longer. I'd love to dive deeper into lore and theories, so give this comment a like if you'd be down for some long form content 👍

@Edition44 Жыл бұрын

Yes long form content

@brandonklotz1207 10 ай бұрын

Please do it!!

@NewAni-002 9 ай бұрын

Thank you…. I remember…. ❤

@ChaosDaKid209 8 ай бұрын

Do ittt

@justinpatterson5291 11 ай бұрын

His Twilight Princess look is very reminiscent of Majora's Mask. His eye coloring. The style of his clothes... The moon like face and face paint like the previously mentioned mask.

@Official_24YEETMAN 11 ай бұрын

So the mask side quest in ocarina of time was a canon event

@hikaru9624 11 ай бұрын

Yes.

@nicolewil8990 11 ай бұрын

*waowaooo intensifies*

@Mari_Izu 9 ай бұрын

Not necessarily, as the kid who teached the song to him was Saria, not Link.

@hikaru9624 9 ай бұрын

@@Mari_Izu they were referring to the skull mask you give to skull kid. If I recall right the skull kids already knew of Saria and her song long before Link learns it.

@molduga 9 ай бұрын

Can’t say for sure. All we know is canon is Link playing Sarai’s Song to him. Though the Happy Mask Salesman should’ve remembered Link if the mask sequence did happen

@Soulintent95 11 ай бұрын

The twilight princess version of lost woods music is so good. Its dark, but sounds like music a kid would listen to if all he knew was darkness. That whole part of tp was just so good. Tp is the best zelda game hands down.

@antonionatalvenancio6131 7 ай бұрын

How is it dark? In oot it's literally said that if you get lost in the woods (going into the wrong direction) you become a stalfos or a stalchild/skullkid unless you have something like a fairy to keep you safe, tp lost woods is only cursed under the control of skullkid, and it's beatiful and calm unlike oot forest meadow

@Soulintent95 7 ай бұрын

@@antonionatalvenancio6131 you need to get your chromosome count checked

@tylercardinal8782 Жыл бұрын

Such a sad thing that happens. It really pinpoints society. How children get lost and taken by evil , that victimizes the weak and futile.....

@gizillatv1742 Жыл бұрын

the skull kid is the lost shepherd in that forest...

@DeriusW 10 ай бұрын

Man what

@tylercardinal8782 10 ай бұрын

The mask took over a forgotten child.. i mean why are you even here without knowing this lol

@DeriusW 10 ай бұрын

@@tylercardinal8782 yeah but that does it have to do with society...

@jamestomlin5525 10 ай бұрын

No?

@spider-jeff_101 9 ай бұрын

Skull kid been on those death sticks after majoras mask

@WizzyPuff Ай бұрын

Somehow, I never realized he plays the same tune in Twilight Princess, damn, he has one of the best arcs of any Zelda character

@AshleyTheLizard 11 ай бұрын

You can’t tell me that those giants don’t look like cursed Kirby with long legs

@Froggycolouring 11 ай бұрын

That reminds me in like 5th grade I created a character called “legby” it was just kirby but with cursed legs 😭😭😭

@AshleyTheLizard 11 ай бұрын

@@Froggycolouring LOL 😭

@spaced35 12 күн бұрын

It seems only appropriate that his history is only 8 years from his first appearance to his last. It means he always remains a kid. Skull Kid is 8 years old forever.

@JaketheJedi23 8 ай бұрын

I have to play this game. I’m buying it for myself this Christmas. Thank you for this video🕯

@vgjournals 8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@WyvernLP 8 ай бұрын

....HELPING Link in Twilight Princess? Dude, he summons puppets to attack Link.

@kotasports6659 Ай бұрын

Literally just played that part for the first time a week ago. He definitely wasn’t helping lol

@hugosilva9502 21 күн бұрын

@@kotasports6659 To clarify here, he looks like he's not helping, but if you really think about it, he guides you through lost woods. He's helping, but wants to make it a lil fun for himself. At least from what I remember, the puppets aren't much of a threat, or at least a good one. more like an obstacle

@kotasports6659 21 күн бұрын

@@hugosilva9502 I have no problem with that point of view/logic. Good point

@prestonbyrd8443 3 күн бұрын

And we've wanted them back ever since.

@British_Museum 11 ай бұрын

Ok but why did twilight princess make him creepy. They got rid of his cute beak

@vgjournals 11 ай бұрын

So many things in TP got a creepy makeover! His moon like face in TP might be a call back to the moon from Majora's Mask. I do miss the little beak though.

@Froggycolouring 11 ай бұрын

Fr they looked like penguin or kappa and I thought so cute but now they just look like what I see when I turn the lights off 😭

@ezza5213e 8 ай бұрын

Loving this series

@BokoKnight69 11 ай бұрын

I have a dumb idea. Hear me out. The skull kid becomes the caretaker of the deku tree, who is soon to wither and die. In the evening, you can listen to their song before it becomes night. At night, the skull kid will be found sleeping in a hammock nearby, flute in hand.

@PumkinLord_the_second 10 ай бұрын

Would of been cool if we could find his on-the-brink-of-death body and when we interacted with him he would start humming the tune

@Phantazma1988 10 ай бұрын

Skull Kid reminds me of a kid version of the scarecrow on Batman the animated series

@Lozal. 10 ай бұрын

That was extremely wholesome

@kamel.artist 11 ай бұрын

My heart is warm

@taku-ruki 20 күн бұрын

Skullkid a real one. He the only one that remembered the good thay HoT Link did

@HirokiCreates 8 күн бұрын

This made me cry as I remember ever single moment with them in orcriana of time❤🥺

@TheUkuleleViking 6 күн бұрын

Forest kid in link to the past was kind of the OG skull kid

@oxin8753 Жыл бұрын

An indirect reappearance is in hyrule warriors 3ds and definitive edition. Ik it's not canon and technically the same guy and doesn't even make sense since... he has majoras mask yet can utilize tge power of it in twilight princess. It still appeared in a forest and tried to confuse and play with Linkle.

@Derf61 2 ай бұрын

Just went full circle with the little link thingy above the title.

@Implosion-Gaming 10 ай бұрын

Skull kid is one of my favorite Zelda characters.

@DylanDaBomb4609 2 күн бұрын

They did him dirty in twilight princess

@JackyWackyVr Жыл бұрын

Wow man! You are very underrated and I subbed before you blow up one day! 😂

@vgjournals Жыл бұрын

What a legend! Thank you so much.

@Omargaming-2010 8 ай бұрын

sad thing is the link the skull kid met again in twilight princess isnt his link its his descendant wich is close enough i guess

@YODATHEEFRENCHIEE 2 ай бұрын

When I was a kid and would play this game he would scare me I guess in a creepy way. I always thought of him like a monster just from the appearance on my Nintendo 64 but now I want his mask tattooed ✊🏼 grateful to have this game throughout my childhood beast ass game. Especially riding the damn horse jumping over the fences. Good ol times life was simple 🤝

@link3895 11 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure after the battle with him in Twilight Princess, he mentions something about you being familiar or reminds him of an old friend or something along those lines.

@yujirohanma6830 7 күн бұрын

Goosebumps

@oxstudios9406 9 ай бұрын

He has always been my favorite Zelda character

@seansean792 10 ай бұрын

Skull Kid, Midna, Fi. Idgaf I still want DLC and I want to see how they're doing at this point of time. I want to hear Fi recount tales of the other Link's she fought alongside, and what it was like watching the Koroks for 100 years. I want to see how Midna's world has been faring since she broke the mirror all those years ago. I want to know what the fuck Skull Kid is up to. Fuck it, give them sage stones, fucking something idk, I mean Fi's kinda is the sword but still, buffing it again like before is what we really want anyways.

@alexbartha274 8 күн бұрын

It's also an early indicator that majora's mask and Twilight princess are the same timeline. Not only does he react to you as if you were his friend, but since he's there, you didn't kill him as an adult. Child timeline.

@jeremiahhoy1905 Ай бұрын

I always likes to amagen that OOT link stade friend with skull kid after MM and then ask him to protect the master sword when he died

@ramsey9890 11 ай бұрын

Ugh i miss the skull kid in the new games. Also deku scrubs 😫

@Shira_RazorFin4 26 күн бұрын

#1 Majoras mask

@x27club 11 ай бұрын

skull kid and majoras mask are my favorite. poor dude overtaken by an ancient evil and was so apologetic because he just wanted to have fun. forever will i have majoras mask tatted on me

@Majoras-Pet 11 ай бұрын

Skull Kid is my favorite character

@MistressMajora Ай бұрын

My favorite theory begins with the Japanese version of the game where the Skull Kids had an all black face. (This was obviously removed in the US version for to avoid racism.) The theory states that the main Skull Kid we see in OoT/MM is constantly seeking his true face again after losing it in the Lost Woods, which is why he's asking for masks. He stumbles upon the wrong mask one day and is possessed by Majora, but after he's discarded by the mask, his best friends Tatl and Tael go on to grant his wish of finding his true face. We see that face in Twilight Princess, the face that closely resembles The Moon from MM. It's one of my favorite theories.

@Ilicia_08 9 күн бұрын

Considering that Twilight princess Link is a descendant of ocarina of time/majoras mask Link, I guess they would smell the same lol.

@elyijahzimmermann-yn3yp 8 ай бұрын

I love your videos

@JMAC8028 8 ай бұрын

**sniff** I’m not crying you’re crying 😢

@PhoenixDening-cz5wd Ай бұрын

Theory: the reason it doesn't appear in later games is because he wanted to play one last game with link before he finally passes on to the afterlife

@goatshenanigans6090 15 күн бұрын

Ok, but why does he look like a cryptid version of Pablo from Backyardigans?

@ascendordie7427 Ай бұрын

IMO Skull kids are a tribute to the real kids that wonder into the woods in japan and unalive themselves.

@SpyderGnat 9 ай бұрын

they are less of skull kids and more of duck kids

@gizillatv1742 Жыл бұрын

the horror kid is the lost shepherd in that forest...

@grenindraw6947 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea skullkid spanned than long, i only ever thought he was in majoras mask, neat :0

@caseisfat0069 3 ай бұрын

OAT: some kid idk MM: Kid Buu 2.0 TP: Helping Hand

@hoodiemuzikgroup Ай бұрын

Whats crazy is all of these theories ive watched about the Majoras Mask origin, they dont even say this simple part about the skull kid. I knew he was the one you give that mask to in the forest and become friends with! They just brush him off as a random character who just found a mask

@viruschris3160 Ай бұрын

Me too. When I beat MM the first time in the N64 and he said that and I went “You’re that same Skullkid I gave the Skull Mask to and played Saria’s song as well!” And thought it was cool. Amazing since then most people don’t bring that up and assumed he’s not the same one.

@pie3701 Ай бұрын

One small nitpick i have is that Link didnt teach the Skull Kid Saria's song. Skull Kid already knows it when he meets Link. Him saying that Link smells like the one who taught him the song is referring to Saria, which makes sense, seeing as her and Link were best friends as kids

@ElloThereYoutube 26 күн бұрын

you wanna know what i want if they make a totk and botw style game? being able to drop armor on the ground. I know. its stupid, but i think it'd be cool if you could see a 3d model of the majoras mask out, not on someones face.

@averagejackssimshack241 8 ай бұрын

This is amazing thank you for sharing

@LuisSoto-lt2hf 2 күн бұрын

I wish he still had the mask from OOT

@GameOnShanny 8 ай бұрын

He feeaked me out

@DeAndreEphriam-so4fi 10 ай бұрын

I love the skull kids

@estiiim 9 ай бұрын

Hate to break it to y'all but i think the Wizzrobes are skull kids

@spaghettios-mb3il 9 ай бұрын

HAUCJSMALDNLDMF I LOVE MAJORA SKULL KID We need him in the next LOZ game

@dandeleon7383 18 күн бұрын

Did this guy just say 1998, I feel old af

@ultraexcalibur1728 10 күн бұрын

Another reason to consider these three games a trilogy: Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Twilight Princess

@DarknessXxMaster 2 ай бұрын

Ocarina of time Majora's Mask Twilight Princess... And becomes playable in Hyrule Warriors.

@random67082 Ай бұрын

Cool video

@themangomanjuice 8 ай бұрын

I’ve always found his story interesting.

@gamingyoudidntaskfor 3 ай бұрын

seeing "heroes purpose" has me dying to replay all these! need a switch already :/

@gabrieldiaz555 9 ай бұрын

You know...... it's kinda sad but I viewed him as in my way and not helping me.....but i guess he really was 😞😞

@AlexARY3 11 ай бұрын

I love Majora's Mask best zelda game

@cryptonic799 15 күн бұрын

While botw and totk are fun, I miss the music centric aspect of the game.

@cessarmtc 11 ай бұрын

Amazing, intriguing and a bit dark side character and I love it! Thank you Nintendo ❤

@Daveanoncomedy 10 ай бұрын

Are more than one Skull Kid ever seen?

@liammccbyrne4184 8 ай бұрын

Yeah there's 2 more. you can play a music mini game with them.

@iiidbeats 8 ай бұрын

Damn skull kid got on that dope he look horrible 😂

@xxGamerZxx50 Жыл бұрын

Skull kid always looked like a penguin to me, well at least the ones for the n64

@HidingBehindMask Ай бұрын

I need to stop going deep dives on this character!

@GnatWasJulian 8 ай бұрын

I was born in 2006. Does that mean Twillight Princess takes place the year I was born?

@illuminatedcataclysms7240 10 ай бұрын

I think there are now the green thing's

@grantgibson752 3 ай бұрын

I had a 1996 edition Ocarina of time time Gold edition

@superseriousperson3729 2 ай бұрын

The game wasn't even out

@grantgibson752 Ай бұрын

@superseriousperson3729 right my friends dad work at gamestop and and he was given that game and I get it in 2011

@Moo-cx6un 9 ай бұрын

Awesome

@Pr1ckles 11 күн бұрын

Ermm counting the 3D remakes tho? Surely that would be 1998 to 2015?

@leadernebula7427 9 ай бұрын

Wait but if TP link it the decendent of the hero would that make him related to OCOT link since its the same universe?🤔😮

@HidingBehindMask Ай бұрын

I need to stop doing deep dives on this character!

@Turk_McGurk 10 күн бұрын

OMG OMFG DOES THAT MEAN LINK WAS NEVER LOOKING FOR NAVI?? WERE WE TRYING TO HELP SKULL KID ALL ALONG?....HOLD ON....3 SKULL KIDS APPEAR IN THE OOT AND THERES, NAVI, TATL , TAYL AND KOKORI GOT FAIRIES NOT HYLIANS LIKE LINK....DUM DUM DUM THE PLOT THICKENS

@T2theG123 8 ай бұрын

Anyone else pronounce it deekoo tree?

@OhmyWrist 10 ай бұрын

Creepy so who was the link that craved the mask was it twilight princess link? or OFT link?

@MysteriousTomJenkins 9 ай бұрын

Neither, that is just a non canon manga moment.

@RodyJiK 9 ай бұрын

Don’t even play this game. They should make him a little older in the next appearance and have him be a chief that still plays that instrument and he’s taught it to all the others.