The Mysterious Last Words of Link’s Uncle

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Link's Uncle dies at the very beginning of A Link to the Past. His last words are something of a mystery...
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@SuperBlackboy2 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your problem now" is my canon.

@legonerfmaster3858 5 ай бұрын

I love this 🤣

@ItsNekotaku 5 ай бұрын

lmaooo

@shadow_28476 5 ай бұрын

Fr 😂

@Ninjaananas 5 ай бұрын

That's what I wanted to say.

@ikmor 5 ай бұрын

Haha!

@chrisj617 5 ай бұрын

He was definitely trying to say, "Zelda is your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

@MaxonerousX 5 ай бұрын

"So what does that make us?"

@momokochama1844 5 ай бұрын

@@MaxonerousX "absolutly nothing"

@seabornefiber9963 5 ай бұрын

@@momokochama1844"Which is what you are about to become."

@scenesfromdreams 5 ай бұрын

@@seabornefiber9963I see your joycon is as big as mine. Let's see how you... handle it.

@ssj4gohan2884 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@BotWhisperer 5 ай бұрын

Zelda is your Destiny No matter what tale they appear together in, Link is always destined to be entangled in her story.

@s7r49 4 ай бұрын

thats what i always assumed myself, even as a kid

@seink9163 4 ай бұрын

Sounds more like a curse to me XD

@poison7512 4 ай бұрын

Sure.. but only because she's his SISTER.

@s7r49 4 ай бұрын

@@poison7512 that's going to be awkward when he gets her preggo

@prohsodie 4 ай бұрын

Destiny doesn’t really make sense because that’s not exactly a huge reveal. And if it wasn’t something consequential and revealing, then why cut him off from saying it right before he dies?

@JustinWebbMusic 4 ай бұрын

“ZELDA’S MY WHAT?!?!” from that old Egoraptor animation is all I can think of whenever I read the Uncle’s text 😂

@karagravis2671 11 күн бұрын

Hahahahahahaaaa yes, I was just about to say this! When he starts ripping how own skin off WHAT IS ZELDAAA!?!?!??!

@darkcloak100 5 ай бұрын

Link, Zelda is your real name......

@bananadaily2317 5 ай бұрын

zelda is a boy and you play as him

@EuropeanApple755 5 ай бұрын

That’s the best theory by far

@twinzzlers 5 ай бұрын

@@bananadaily2317Its a joke dude

@Ham_991 5 ай бұрын

@@twinzzlersZelda is a boy and you play as him.

@maxspiderwell 5 ай бұрын

Zelda is a boy and you play as him.

@YASYTU 5 ай бұрын

In a shocking twist it's actually "Zelda is your ... uncle's killer. avenge me, Link!"

@akindlyorc 5 ай бұрын

💯

@TheSonicFairy 5 ай бұрын

Gasp!

@seawind930 5 ай бұрын

It would explain why she is in prison

@williamfalls 5 ай бұрын

Ganondwarf: _The true hero of Hyrule trying to imprison Zelda for her crimes against humanity, though Zelda's wisdom makes everyone convinced he's really the bad guy doing all the bad things._

@ashes2ashley230 5 ай бұрын

sister shes your sister

@DJFlare84 5 ай бұрын

You know, I NEVER considered the possibility that his Uncle ALSO heard the telepathic message. I always assumed he was already planning to head to the castle while you were asleep and was just doing something at his table before he set out. He already has his sword and shield in hand when he gets up which lends to this idea imnsho... But it would make sense if it was a message meant for her royal knights. ... but then, why did LINK hear it? Perhaps he was IN TRAINING to be a royal knight. If his Uncle is one, then he was probably helping Link with his training. Link IS already capable of using his sword and fighting the other corrupted knights. That can't be a coincidence. If this is the case, it's possible his Uncle was going to say "duty". As a knight, protecting the royal family WOULD be Link's duty!

@b.schurman 5 ай бұрын

I haven't played the game but with no other context, I thought of "destiny".

@krystoffersprague6100 5 ай бұрын

Simple if Links uncle heard it, yet Link also heard it, they're of the same bloodline. Whether it's the fact they're tasked to hide in plain sight as the last hope as we come to realize while the game progresses, or simply they chose to not be directly involved in the court but close enough to be there in time of need.

@179107199999 5 ай бұрын

My knowledge is old but Hylian's ears allow for hearing beyond normal. It allows for them to hear telepathically. When Link heard the message his Uncle heard it at the same time. I must say its been Forever since I played the game and read the lore.

@tasnica2438 5 ай бұрын

I always figured that Zelda had been sending out the same messages over and over again all night, and that the game starts when one of them wakes Link up. The Uncle is mostly ready to go because he's been hearing them for a while now.

@pokefanmelody 5 ай бұрын

honestly the fact that they both hear it, in my eyes, lends even more to a family connection. link is raised by his uncle, maybe his actual parents are the royal family. or maybe only one of the two, explaining why he was hidden away with his uncle. he'd be royalty, but also a stain on the family legacy

@linkdk59 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure somone else said it already, but the Uncle doesn't die. He absolutely survives, because we see him again at the end of the game, having recovered from his injuries.

@thatoneguy52884 5 ай бұрын

The uncle does actually die. But in the end, he is resurrected by Link's wish with the triforce

@linkdk59 5 ай бұрын

@@thatoneguy52884 I never considered that. I guess it could be true

@Aivottaja 5 ай бұрын

@@thatoneguy52884 Then why didn't Link wish for his parents to be alive too?

@MrEricAdam 5 ай бұрын

@@thatoneguy52884except, the end credits say “your uncle recovers” which suggests that he was just significantly injured.

@thatoneguy52884 5 ай бұрын

@@MrEricAdam that can also work

@waffling0 5 ай бұрын

I think it's interesting that both "You are the Princess' only hope" and "The Princess is your sister" could conceivably both be star wars references.

@PhillipCummingsUSA 5 ай бұрын

Because those are the two biggest cliches for fantasy storytelling

@Troopertroll 5 ай бұрын

Japanese fantasy games but especially Nintendo use Star Wars tropes pretty often

@tylerspeegle6494 5 ай бұрын

I choose to believe it's something less cringe

@Kiamors 5 ай бұрын

@tylerspeegle6494 it's not. It's most likely a star wars joke.

@tylerspeegle6494 5 ай бұрын

@@Kiamors kids think everything is a reference these days.

@RemnantTheWolf 5 ай бұрын

I always felt like "responsibility" is what he meant. He passed on his sword and shield, and with it, the responsibility to protect Zelda.

@danny-vb8bg 5 ай бұрын

yeah i always assumed responsibility too

@Darien2016 5 ай бұрын

Valid. This makes sense too.

@ashes2ashley230 5 ай бұрын

sister shes your sister

@erossenpai2884 5 ай бұрын

I never used "responsibility" as that word is more of a western thing. I always used "charge" as it is Link's duty by blood to defend Zelda. Even as a youngling it was pretty evident by the fact that Link's uncle answers Zelda's call.

@AVPboy6754 5 ай бұрын

This one is the most accurate by far.

@Dracnoral1987 5 ай бұрын

Given how he was assigned as her knight/protector in Breath of the Wild's timeline, his uncle could have been saying "You are the Princess's knight/protector." or something to that effect. Zelda could have been calling for his uncle at the beginning for help as her knight, and when Link shows up in the sewers having also heard the same call for help, his uncle acknowledges him as his replacement.

@midgetydeath 20 күн бұрын

"Zelda is your charge" kind of thing?

@-MACMAR2010- 4 ай бұрын

Most people when uncle die: "wah wah cry cry" Link: *celbrates the new sword then proceeds to stab uncle with said sword multiple times*

@wanderingbardgaming 5 ай бұрын

The first word that popped in my head to complete “Zelda is your…” was “responsibility”. It fits in that, with Link’s uncle dying, Link is the last knight charged to defend her. Seems a more practical word choice than “destiny” IMO

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

It makes sense considering all past and present Links also been tasked with her protection across the timeline giving Link's Uncle reason to impart the same responsibility upon this current Link as all the other iterations of the character.

@spacepope8495 5 ай бұрын

Destiny makes more sense… “Zelda is your responsibility” would make sense if it was your uninteresting real uncle, but it’s an epic video game so no you’re wrong

@Kate_Hanami 5 ай бұрын

You took the words straight out of my mind, I was going to say also that fits better with "your Zelda's only hope" because it fits better than "destiny"

@Thor-Orion 5 ай бұрын

I think that’s what it is too, “responsibility” or “charge.” Something along those lines, that tells Link it’s his job to protect her. Arguing between destiny or responsibility when they imply the same sort of duty to protect her is definitely a purely semantical argument.

@Kate_Hanami 5 ай бұрын

@@Thor-Orion i mean, the world "destiny" can have some different implications, given that in the second game they were depicted as lovers and in this game it slightly more vague

@Axecon1 5 ай бұрын

What's cool is both theories work pretty well. There's bound to be at least a few Links tied to the royal bloodline, either through marriage or as descendants.

@oscarpalm4863 5 ай бұрын

*hypothesis

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 ай бұрын

The Royal Knights are considered nobility and likely have married into or are descended from the Royal Family on numerous occasions. Members of the Royal Family who never took the throne would have been trained in the arts of combat, just like real royalty. "Defender of the Realm" and all.

@GuitarHeroRocks99 5 ай бұрын

@@oscarpalm4863*theory A hypothesis is your guess as to the outcome of an experiment, usually a scientific experiment. Theory is the right word.

@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 5 ай бұрын

@@GuitarHeroRocks99hypothesis works too

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

Considering the implied romance between Hylia and the Link from Skyward Sword it is safe to assume there must be a strong bloodline connection between the Royal Family and the Spirit of the Hero across the timeline.

@randomthoughtinstantiator 5 ай бұрын

Just given the situation, I think the most likely intention was “You are the princess’s last hope” or “Zelda is your responsibility now.” The father didn’t want him involved, but he still instructed Link to continue the mission because he knew it was more important even than his son’s life.

@ianhelene6805 5 ай бұрын

its his uncle

@Shade-0 3 ай бұрын

"Link, you are the princess..." My canon.

@homerman76 5 ай бұрын

I think the "You're the Princess's only hope" option makes the most sense, both based on the dialogue before and because it wouldn't be too farfetched to believe the devs, at the time, were likely making a reference to Star Wars Episode 4 with Princess Leia's classic "You're my only hope" line. At least I imagine it was intended to be an Easter Egg reference since the Zelda devs like to reference various stuff like that.

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 ай бұрын

I don't know that the timing is right for it to have been an intentional reference. A New Hope came out in 1977, and A Link to the Past began development in 1991. Yeah, Star Wars was well known at the time, but it hadn't exploded in popularity the way we know it yet. That happened in 1996 when the Special Editions were made, new toys released, and plans for expansion of the series were picked back up.

@chaosDesigner9 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio While that is true, it's possible the writer who wrote this line was a Star Wars fan either way. It's not completely out of the question. Either way, I think the "you're the Princess's only hope" is the one that makes the most sense to me, even without taking the possible reference into account.

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Yet Japan was already well acquantied with the original Star Wars trilogy as Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump/Arale anime had blatant references to Star Wars as far as 1981. It's not far-fetched to assume Miyamoto and company wanted to reference Star Wars to further aknowledge the western inspiration which the Zelda series was using as basis for it's world.

@Turo602 5 ай бұрын

@OtakuUnitedStudio Sonic the Hedgehog had the Death Egg in the early 90s. Even so, if we were to assume Star Wars influence, I think it could still be reasoned that Zelda and Link were siblings given Luke was too living with his uncle while his sister was literally a princess.

@KaedeLanyo 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Throwing yet another into the hat. Final Fantasy 4 came out in '91, and has more than a few Star Wars parallels and nods. Japanese devs just, absolutely adored referencing those movies.

@JasonBoyce 5 ай бұрын

Zelda is your designated driver. She was supposed to have the keys to drive Link & his uncle back from the annual Hyrule kegger, but then Aganhim got involved

@xkrylo8002 5 ай бұрын

Legend of Zelda: A Lincoln to the destination

@BiggieCheeseJr. 4 ай бұрын

You're really helping my iceberg research out lol, you have quite a few videos dedicated to single points on it. Love this mystery content

@Shoefae 12 күн бұрын

"Zelda is your charge now" or something like that would make sense. "You are the Princess's protector/knight"

@MMallon425 5 ай бұрын

I think I always assumed it was "destiny" but the Japanese translation totally flipping the subject of the sentence around is very interesting. It definitely SOUNDS like the Obi Wan Kenobi thing from Star Wars when they phrase it like that.

@homerman76 5 ай бұрын

I'm thinking it was an intended nod to Star Wars as well, it's not uncommon for the Zelda team to include references from their favorite media after all (just take Studio Ghibli's influences on the latest games for example.)

@I_DoThingsSometimes 5 ай бұрын

Help me linki-wan kenobi, you're my only hope An addendumb, why are you liking this, it's really stupid

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 ай бұрын

@@homerman76 Funny thing is, early ideas for the original Zelda would have likely had Star Wars references considering it would have involved time travel and the revelation that the supposedly mystical Triforce is actually a powerful supercomputer, with its fragments being computer chips specifically. I think that concept would have been a more appropriate entry to put in a Star Wars reference. But the idea that it was meant to be a not to Star Wars has been around a long time, though I don't really see it. I think they'd have made it a bit less cryptic if it was meant to be a reference at all.

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Considering how much further sci-fi Zelda has been turning into as of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom i'm pretty much sold on it been a Star Wars reference for that very reason you just pointed out above.

@keithtorgersen9664 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Interestingly, very early OoT beta testing literally had the same portal technology as featured in the Portal Franchise.

@christopherwitherspoon4979 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your link to the past" that's my best guess to this.

@johnboygunsling666 3 ай бұрын

Roll credits 😂

@TheDark4light 2 ай бұрын

.... It aggravates me how well that works.... Especially since I can't go into how well it works without devolving into a tirade about how uneven the power scale is between the supposedly equal three sides of the Triforce.

@johnboygunsling666 Ай бұрын

@TheDark4light I'm lost , is this for my Rollin credits 🤣

@DM_STUDIOS_4132 Ай бұрын

Nice pun to the game's title

@chaosphoenixhex 28 күн бұрын

That’s actually a brilliant insight

@mkatakm Күн бұрын

"Link, Zelda is.... your father.."

@XBC3-4GOTY 9 күн бұрын

“Zelda is your Sister” “no Incest Link”

@AlluringBagel 5 ай бұрын

I kinda love how everyone always says the uncle died because they forgot he recovered in the credits lol

@Zeltik 5 ай бұрын

That's only after Link wishes to undo all of Ganon's evil!

@PorscheCayenneS 5 ай бұрын

Guys, we need to keep the thumbs' up for initial comment and Zeltik's response perfectly equal.

@stdesy 5 ай бұрын

If you had the Triforce you might bring back your uncle too

@Omnicortisol 5 ай бұрын

Im doing my part@@PorscheCayenneS

@XX-sp3tt 5 ай бұрын

And I completely forgot!!! I've played this game a million times and I forgot that! I fell for the oldest trick in the book hook, line, and sinker! Set up some sense of mystery to draw someone in, then pretend they never did such a thing as the focus quickly switches! It's same trick the Pokemon Anime threw when the GS Ball was introduced, was meant to contain Celebi, then the 4th movie happened, and the GS Ball was given to Kurt with the hopes that the fans would forget about it! (It didn't work.)

@Lego3400 5 ай бұрын

Another possibility is "Responsibility", as now link is the only one that can help her.

@CanidRose 5 ай бұрын

This was a take I first saw on the Game Grumps playthrough of Link to the Past, and it's one I tend to agree with. The uncle may well have been the last of the knights of Hyrule (if he wasn't certain before, the fact that he and Link are the only ones to respond to the Princess's call proves it) and while he didn't want to involve Link, now he has little choice but to push his nephew in that direction, or else the kingdom is doomed.

@Lego3400 5 ай бұрын

@@CanidRose I've never seen game grumps and literally thought up this while watching the video, so it's interesting to hear about others who came to the same idea. I remember assuming it was Sister as a kid. I guess between the general pop culture behind Star Wars and being a little boy whose only sibling was a sister led to me filling in gaps with something familiar.

@Xebelan 5 ай бұрын

Given he was a knight passing the torch of guardianship to his nephew, i always read it as "responsibility" too

@benevolenttengu7241 5 ай бұрын

I own a rare beta build cartridge of this game. "You are the princesses protector" is the original Japanese line translated. meaning Miyamoto probably omited the line, to allow the player to decide what the words were and also make the scene more tragic.

@mikef.795 5 ай бұрын

Did you get it from your uncle that works at Nintendo?

@willchurch8376 5 ай бұрын

I think it was from his girlfriend who lives in Canada. Her uncle works at Nintendo.@@mikef.795

@Khajitxi 5 ай бұрын

@@mikef.795dude. Didn’t you see the video? His uncle died to give him that information.

@DrGameboyPHD 4 ай бұрын

They don't have videos on their channel if they do have this so called "rare beta". Calling you out bud 📞 otherwise it's pure 🧢

@catscanhavelittleasalami 4 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the evasive ultra rare beta build cartridge, owned by an absolute stranger on youtube. Now the mystery is solved.

@jasontheredfox 5 ай бұрын

I love the art in this video, always wondered about this

@everonlyallforthee 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your...automotive financing account representative, and she's been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty." *dies*

@NASCARRACER89official 3 ай бұрын

I died reading this 😂

@ConnorGlass121 Ай бұрын

So good

@mcsmartass8306 5 ай бұрын

I don't know exactly why, but I found link's uncle's death really hard hitting when I played the game as a kid. Going back to your house and hearing the kakariko village theme was one of my earliest memories of fully reckoning with the deaths of some of my close relatives. something about being in that familiar, comforting place and hearing that music you know and love, realizing now that the person who made those memories for you is now gone.

@user-mr3lv2tz9m 5 ай бұрын

I feel the same way about _Castlevania 64_ and when my dad passed... 'Makes me glad to be a gamer: if you can't visit a gravestone, you can at least visit your memories, it just takes the flip of a switch...

@XeroFailGames 5 ай бұрын

I was living in el paso texas....got a snes from Montgomery ward..and it was storming for real just like in the game....I'm 41 now and I remember that so well

@LifeisGood762 5 ай бұрын

I read that and later that night felt like crying and didn't know why until I talked through it with my mom.

@EsotericBibleSecrets 5 ай бұрын

You know what bugs me? Link was living with his Uncle for how long, and there is only one bed in their house.

@Shinobubu 5 ай бұрын

@@EsotericBibleSecrets in ancient times entire families share the same bed to save on firewood.

@fatalwaffle1715 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Video bro!

@Nordlaser 5 ай бұрын

In Japanese, sentences are often unfinished, but clearly understood in context (and often even translated in Anime as a complete sentence despite the missing word, as non-Japanese viewers wouldn't understand). It's clear that he meant "You're the princess's last hope". There's no possible ambiguity.

@curioustrout 4 ай бұрын

"There's no possible ambiguity" is his unfinished and unspoken statement.

@RebmunModnar 4 ай бұрын

Japanese uses a lot of implied references to earlier context element, but that's not the case here. It is clear here that the sentence is left unfinished both grammatically and semantically, not because the missing part was implied but because Link's uncle (presumably) passes away before he had a chance to utter the last words.

@catscanhavelittleasalami 4 ай бұрын

what are you on about

@anthonyrodriguez6515 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your liege" or something akin to that seems appropriate. The respect the knights had to the royal family and the fact that Link has become (presumably) the last one in that line of knights should push Link's uncle to make him realize his calling and to protect Zelda as his liege

@SageKasuto 5 ай бұрын

I think this is likely. Similar possibilities include: "charge" or "responsibility". And "You are the Princess's protector."

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

With how most of the Links across the timeline have been personally tasked with the protection of their Zeldas it makes a lot of sense for Link's Uncle to have attempted to impart such a responsibility upon him so i'm pretty sure that's exactly what Nintendo was more or less suggesting with that piece of dialogue.

@MegamanStarforce2010 5 ай бұрын

it doesn't quite work with the phrasing i feel like

@ZT1ST 5 ай бұрын

I think the biggest problem with this phrasing is...why would the uncle have left that line to be something he needed to tell Link at the last second? "Is your liege" is presumably super obvious, given that they're both in the Kingdom of Hyrule. This would put the least important information, and least urgent information, into the most urgent part of what Link's Uncle wanted to say. Was he just expecting to die after saying "Save the princess..." - and then realized he wasn't dead yet?

@komlat253 5 ай бұрын

Lol

@chrispork1443 5 ай бұрын

I go with “Zelda is your destiny…” If Link is descended from the Hylian knights, it’s highly unlikely he and Zelda are siblings.

@faleilham8334 5 ай бұрын

Nah. They came from a same clan

@smathre978 5 ай бұрын

It's possible to be related . If the queen had been violated by a man the child would be illegitimate but related to Zelda as a half sibling. This would explain why the uncle is taking care of Link instead of links Dad. Pretty sure links Dad would be beheaded in such a scenario. Was it worth it to lose your head to get in the queens loins....maybe.

@chrispork1443 5 ай бұрын

@@smathre978 Would that be appropriate in a game rated E for Everyone?

@EsotericBibleSecrets 5 ай бұрын

So link to the past is back to the future? Also, Link was living with his Uncle for how long, and there is only one bed in their house. Zelda is your density, I mean, your destiny.

@chrispork1443 5 ай бұрын

The uncle apparently sleeps in a chair and lets his nephew have the bed

@GaijinCartoonist 5 ай бұрын

I speak Japanese and spent a good amount of time living there overseas. GIven the context of the original text it's obvious to anyone who spent a long time using the language. It really implies that the answer is "Zelda is... your... brother's, nephew's, cousin's, former roommate."

@RebmunModnar 4 ай бұрын

I second this. I'd like to stress too that, from the verbal form and choice of the second person pronoun, the uncle doesn't approve of it probably because it is at odd with Hyrule's royal etiquette. Someone is gonna have some explaining to do.

@superwolf371 3 ай бұрын

Spaceballs reference is crazy

@ColdFuse96 3 ай бұрын

Damn. Videos like these remind me of how much I loved Zelda as a kid. It was whimsical and had just enough mystery to make it more than just just a video game but a full story, like am interactive book or movie. I want to get back into Zelda!!!

@Mech_B0i-MK69 5 ай бұрын

"ZELDAS MY WHAT? WHAT IS SHE , WHAT IS ZELDA?!" ~ Link to the Awesome

@Themacattack1209 5 ай бұрын

I need to know so I know if I’m good to ask for a kiss or not!

@SagittariusAyy 5 ай бұрын

First goddamn thing I thought of

@momokochama1844 5 ай бұрын

@@Themacattack1209 other worlds, other rules - maybe families are a bit closer in hyrule 😁

@MachFiveFalcon 5 ай бұрын

"Come ON! I wanna put my wiener in that!"

@Condescending_Absol 5 ай бұрын

I WANNA PUT MY WIENER IN IT, I GOTTA KNOW!

@Saint-Ruin 5 ай бұрын

His uncle is saying that it's Link's destiny to protect Princess Zelda. It's mentioned at the end of the A Link To The Past graphic novel by Shotaro Ishinomari. It even shows Link's parents too. It was also originally published in Nintendo Power, so yes, it's canon.

@Aivottaja 5 ай бұрын

I remember the comics in Nintendo Power.

@michaelf9664 3 ай бұрын

Ah, the comics. And the really weird Super Mario World ones too. I really don't think being in Nintendo Power makes anything canon, but kudos for remembering that and let's call it...persuasive evidence?

@superplushtiman7ti075 2 ай бұрын

Oh my… Ishinomori doing a Nintendo based Manga… Ironic given that Nintendo’s N&B blocks had a set themed around one of Ishinomori’s creations

@Dark_Mishra Ай бұрын

Except that the mangas aren’t officially canon - which is sad because there’s a lot of great content in them that could have been logical explanations to things in the games.

@inteligentidiot7233 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your destiny" has been ingrained in my memory and perspective so long I Mandela effected myself into forgetting the line was never completed. Still makes the most sense to me.

@BlackLaval 5 ай бұрын

Great vid!! Subscribed.

@SAHGolem 5 ай бұрын

I didn't know about the third version. Personally, even though I had subscribed to the "Zelda is your destiny" theory, kinda wish they kept the line more ambiguous. Cool detail nonetheless and great video!

@Zeltik 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it's an odd one, and I agree that I prefer the original.

@LainK1978 2 ай бұрын

@@ZeltikI think that there is a better option than sibling or destiny. "You are the Princess's Knight." That would fit with them being a from a line of knights. Other options would be savior or protector.

@isaac_aren 5 ай бұрын

"only hope" or "last hope" definitely fits the best. It matches both the texts while still indicating there is something special about Link, which the GBA translation tried to oversimplify and spell out

@ashes2ashley230 5 ай бұрын

sister shes your sister

@fuseteam 5 ай бұрын

Hmmm yeah out of all options discussed 'hope' seems to be the only on that fits the japanese text

@Avaddon911 5 ай бұрын

@@fuseteam plus she is the light that seals the darkness. So she truly is their only hope.

@jordnwolf1098 5 ай бұрын

It always goes back to Star Wars 😂

@HereAfterNow 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your only hope??" Why would she be Link's only hope... That doesn't make sense

@elementneon 5 күн бұрын

I had never heard of this, nor anything about it, but I find it satisfying that for the English version the two thoughts that sprang to my mind were "Sister," and "destiny." And with the japanese version the thought I had was "only hope." It is nice to see such alignment in a video like this.

@angerykenboi1959 Ай бұрын

“Z-…Zelda’s my what..?” “ZELDA’S MY WHAT??!?!”

@gilbertl1409 5 ай бұрын

Perhaps it could be, "Zelda is your cousin"? He is Link's uncle after all. It could explain the importance of their bloodlines, hence why the knights are sworn to protect the royal family.

@gilbertl1409 5 ай бұрын

Alttp is my favorite game in the series btw. I would love to see more videos on it!

@wellokayyes1266 5 ай бұрын

Definitely plausible.

@homerman76 5 ай бұрын

Not uncommon for there to be a branch family that serves to protect the main family, historically speaking, so it's possible 🤔

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

The same Zelda outright *kisses* the same Link at the end of the Oracle games causing both to blush with little hearts coming out of Link's head so i seriously doubt Nintendo would be willing to imply _incest_ in the Zelda series with such a throwaway line as this one. It's safe to assume Link's Uncle was going to say "She's your responsibility now..." as he passed away from his injuries attempting to rescue her.

@kit76149 5 ай бұрын

The problem with that is the alttp manga has them as romantic. Like the creators of the manga even call them romantic on a page somewhere, and it ends with implying they got married and had an apple farm. And while it might not be "game level canon" it is still an approved Nintendo product; someone had to sign off permission on the manga and it's contents before it was printed. Albw also has the rumor guy talking about the current zelda looking wistfully at a painting of "a previous hero and princess embracing" in the castle. So I HIGHLY doubt they are related unless Nintendo is trying to imply incest with this version....

@butterspread 5 ай бұрын

Katsuya Terada’s artwork is gorgeous, as is much of LTTP’s concept art. It’s lovely to see its sombre tone captured in your video

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

It makes me wish we got such a gritty, serious and yet surreal Zelda game with the same aesthetic in real life. I feel like Nintendo could easily have given us such a game around the time of Skyward Sword but instead chose to go kid friendly for the sake of been as "accessible" to all demographics as possible without risking getting an above E rating.

@NuiYabuko 5 ай бұрын

@@javiervasquez625 The gritty franchise, The Legend of Zelda. Gamers will really say the most stupid of things. Don't a few Zelda games have T rating? And why are you so pressed about ratings? Perhaps you have some actual growing up to do first.

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

@@NuiYabuko Lol okay? I guess opinions don't exist then.

@Niafi11 5 ай бұрын

Wow thanks alot for that. Feels like i know even less than before

@stevewilliams2895 4 ай бұрын

i always assumed it would be "responsibility" or something to that effect.

@andre_601 5 ай бұрын

You forgot another option: You are the Princess' knight It would also make a lot of sense. Being a different way of saying "It's your duty link, now that I'm unable to."

@foogod4237 5 ай бұрын

I agree that in the context, this feels like maybe he is trying to confer his own _title_ onto Link, before he dies. That is, he is giving him the title/position/role of "The Princess' knight" that he can no longer carry himself.

@felixchristianjuarsa1487 5 ай бұрын

Yeah it would fit better than most cause a lot of incarnations are Zelda's Knight

@luiszuniga2859 5 ай бұрын

"You are the Princess'... whatever", is my money

@andre_601 5 ай бұрын

@@luiszuniga2859 "You are the princess' true identity" Would be such a plot twist... Link being the actual princess.

@VikingSky21 5 ай бұрын

There's nothing better to get me into the Zelda mood than an upload from Zeltik

@Big_Man_W 5 ай бұрын

Real

@specialnewb9821 16 күн бұрын

Damn love those Katsuya Terada pics in the opening

@braillynn4903 3 ай бұрын

I just had this thought recently!

@matthewjalovick 5 ай бұрын

This is the exact question I’ve had. A Link to the Past is my favorite Zelda game. I remember reading that line when I was 5 years old and thinking… his sister? His “meant to be”? His family? His twin? Ahhhhh. It kills me.

@jpineapple9495 5 ай бұрын

Zelda is your clone. Mipha is your true love.

@kit76149 5 ай бұрын

I doubt they are related. The alttp manga has them as romantic. Like the creators of the manga even call them romantic on a page somewhere, and it ends with implying they got married and had an apple farm. And while it might not be "game level canon" it is still an approved Nintendo product; someone had to sign off permission on the manga and it's contents before it was printed. Albw also has the rumor guy talking about the current zelda looking wistfully at a painting of "a previous hero and princess embracing" in the castle. Implied to be the alttp versions. So I HIGHLY doubt they are related, unless Nintendo is trying to imply incest with this version....

@kit76149 5 ай бұрын

@@jpineapple9495 fish bones isn't even in this game

@janlolwitz951 5 ай бұрын

>reads Zelda dialogues as five years old As a five year old I picked my nose lmao.

@Kafei2006 5 ай бұрын

In the French script (because yes the original SNES version was also translated officially in French by Nintendo even back in 1991) the uncle's words are not as cut as in other versions. He goes "Sauve Princ... Zeld... Tu es son... sauv...". It's clear there that he meant to say "You are her SAVIOUR". The ambiguity is only really induced by the English localization and I don't think it was ever meant to be a brother/sister twist, except maybe in Nintendo of America's translators' mind at that time, only to be revised in the GBA version to be closer to the Japanese version and a bit less open to flights of fancy.

@Justforvisit 5 ай бұрын

The german version confirms that theory too, since there it is "Du bist ihr..." meaning "You are her..." ...Retter / saviour

@frengkygiovany5152 5 ай бұрын

Average 90s english localization

@lordmegatron4789 5 ай бұрын

oh interesting

@BreaksBee 5 ай бұрын

well then its confirmed.

@foogod4237 5 ай бұрын

As pointed out in the video, though, the ambiguity is there _even in the original Japanese (お前は、姫の｡｡｡),_ so it is not "only in the English localization", and it clearly was intended by the original creators. That "sauv" part was actually _added by the French translators_ and has no basis in the original game dialogue at all. So it's actually the French translators who were apparently making up stories from their own minds, not the English ones.

@tattertot8259 5 ай бұрын

Zelda is your key to saving Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever .

@TiffanyALuna 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this video, _thank you_ for sharing it. I also believe, that "destiny" ❤ was the word. 😊

@TheBreadPirate 5 ай бұрын

Covering smaller Zelda mysteries is such a cool idea for a series!! Great video Zeltik.

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 ай бұрын

But are they as good as Cheesy Bread?

@poochinsky 5 ай бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudioask your mom

@DoomDuckGod 5 ай бұрын

Knowing the original text now makes me think it was actually a veiled Star Wars reference. "You are the princess’s only hope," immediately reminds me of Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

@Seajack64 5 ай бұрын

The game is littered with Star Wars references.

@VulpesVvardenfell 5 ай бұрын

...and Luke ends up being her brother so both would make sense! :P

@brittanyorton9083 4 ай бұрын

You make the best Zelda video's plsplsplsplspls never stop😅

@TheBardSM 5 ай бұрын

Great video cheers

@Mikabii 5 ай бұрын

"Z-Zelda's my what? Zelda's my WHAT?! WHAT IS SHE?!"

@Bronze998 5 ай бұрын

Link. Zelda is your father.

@SongoftheLute 5 ай бұрын

Uncle, what have you been drinking dude! 🤣🤣🤣

@mr.krinkle8173 2 ай бұрын

"You are the princess' fated hero"? That's what I thought after hearing the GBA translations.

@brenscott5416 5 ай бұрын

I always interpreted this line as him ready to say "the princess is your responsibility now"

@reverendB 5 ай бұрын

I can remember calling the Nintendo help line one night when I was playing this to ask them specifically what he was going to say. The girl that answered actually put me on hold and went and asked someone else. She came back and told me very coyly that they weren't allowed to say. I guess in actuallity they didn't know!!

@guilo44 5 ай бұрын

Link to the Past is such a fascinating game and introduce so much lore despite being just the third game in the series. One place that always fascinate me was the Eastern Palace. It's a palace in ruins, taken over by dark forces. So just whose palace was it?

@NickCorbinOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Likely the palace of the Hylia.

@5thWolf 14 күн бұрын

I use to have an old illustration lore book from the late 90's and from what I remember reading there is never been a blood relation that I know of. So "sister" is never an option. But destiny seems spot on because of links blood line to protect her.

@brothers_of_nod 5 ай бұрын

Earned a subscriber.

@JH-io8wx 5 ай бұрын

I'd assume that because the Japanese translation seems to have a possessive form of the word Princess, based on the video above. The most likely intent is "You're the Princess's knight". It'd align well with the story we are aware of in game and the later additions in the series.

@kit76149 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I don't know why some people jumped all the way to "siblings" or whatever lol. Especially given the manga and albw exist and imply romance with this version. Which would make that werid...

@foogod4237 5 ай бұрын

@@kit76149 The reason that "sister" is what pops into a lot of people's minds is because the English version of this line is very reminiscent of the famous line from Star Wars, "I am your father" (which also then consequently also made Luke's love interest in the movie (Leia) turn out to be his sister, too). Given this, the idea that this might have something to do with hidden familial relations seems like a fairly natural thought to pop into the mind of anybody who's ever seen Star Wars, really, so it's not really that surprising that a lot of people might have interpreted it that way (but that doesn't mean that's necessarily what was actually intended).

@fuseteam 5 ай бұрын

Yeah but the context seems to point to 'hope' The line preceding it says 'you must save princess zelda!' So logically flows to 'you are her only hope'

@Sirrantsalot 5 ай бұрын

I always believed Link's uncle would say, "Zelda is your destiny."

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

"Destiny" meaning what exactly?

@Sirrantsalot 5 ай бұрын

@@javiervasquez625 Destined to save and protect her. Maybe Link's uncle was her appointed knight at one point but resigned to protect Link from the bloodshed of being a knight.

@ignitusz2015 5 ай бұрын

"I'm your density... I mean, your destiny."

@childofcascadia 5 ай бұрын

@javiervasquez625 Meaning it is Links destiny to defend Zelda from evil. All the Zelda games are full of people having important destinies, fated to do certain things, not just Link and Zelda. But they are the important 2. Im pretty sure in any of the games with actual dialogue - a whole bunch of references are made to Link's fate or destiny as the hero of Hyrule.

@javiervasquez625 5 ай бұрын

@@childofcascadia Thanks for the reply though i already knew after Sirrantsalot told me.

@sagaswp 5 ай бұрын

I always assumed he was going to say, "Zelda is your responsibility."

@AdmiralUnterhose 5 ай бұрын

When I first heard this line just now, my thoughts immediately went to "The Princess is your Weakness." which also makes it sound a lot more interesting if it's true the other way around as well. "You are the princess's weakness."

@MaxRobertoErikson 5 ай бұрын

I feel like the original Japanese leaves *more* to the imagination than the English version, which really only gives the two options that you suggested, with 'sister' being the option most likely to pop into people's heads. Meanwhile, there's loads of options for the Japanese version: last hope, chosen hero, legend (get it?), destiny, brother, knight, betrothed, and so-on.

@foogod4237 5 ай бұрын

It's worth pointing out that the Japanese version of the text also does not actually say anything about what verb is involved (there is no reason to assume it must be saying "You *are* X") at all, and it does not even necessarily imply a possessive form for "princess". There are many Japanese constructions which use の to connect two words in ways that we would not necessarily consider to be a possessive in English, for example: お前は、 *_姫のために_* 戦う必要がある。 "You must fight _for the princess._ "

@fuseteam 5 ай бұрын

I think it's worth taking the context into consideration tho The line right before says 'zelda him otsukui suru no da' It seems to imply he is pretty to the point. So perhaps 'omae wa, hime no _tameni, tatakai suru no da_' :D Or perhaps 'omae wa, hime no saigo no kibou da' ;)

@EsotericBibleSecrets 5 ай бұрын

What does the Japanese version say about Link living with his uncle all those years, and there only being one bed in the house?

@obake6290 5 ай бұрын

@@EsotericBibleSecrets The uncle doesn't sleep. He sits at the table ever night.

@saribeepo.o5111 5 ай бұрын

@@EsotericBibleSecrets He sleeps seated at the table, vigilantly protecting Link (as he tries to by going to save Zelda himself telling Link to stay behind). Though I am also curious, how do we know how many years Link has been living with his uncle?

@lilkorok 5 ай бұрын

i'd love to see more fun little videos like this thrown into the mix, if that'd be something you'd consider doing! :)

@SoyAntonioGaming 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda is your b*tch", 100%

@LitheInLitotes 5 ай бұрын

The Nintendo power comic of Zelda has her and link becoming somewhat romantically involved.I don't believe they are siblings.

@ObiwanNekody 5 ай бұрын

Gotta love how Link's uncle is dying and Link gets all excited about having a sword.

@nooneinparticular5256 5 ай бұрын

"If he says 'sister,' I'll kill him!" --Red Link

@aristeasturmschwinge1235 5 ай бұрын

"Wait a minute... He's not dead, he's just drunk!" - Green Link Let's all rewatch the four swords misadventures :)

@DLviewer2 5 ай бұрын

"Link, Zelda is your father's, brother's, nephew's, cousin's, former roommate."

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 ай бұрын

"What does that make us?" "Absolutely nothing, which is also what I'm about to be. HRK! Bleh..."

@kyzorend.tirrem4457 5 ай бұрын

"Zelda's my what...? ZELDA'S MY WHAT!?" **proceeds to spaz out and shoving a fairy down uncle's throat in the hopes that it revives him**

@EvilTomba42 5 ай бұрын

Really interesting!

@Tonyvld 5 ай бұрын

If I remember right, in the ending to the game, Link's Uncle is just fine and in the end credits. So, he didn't really die, just kind got knocked out from getting his butt kicked. Either way, as a kid I always thought he was saying "Zelda is your sister." but later on I changed my mind to him saying "Zelda is your destiny." and it fits since well, she kind of is. You have to save her and hyrule in pretty much every game. Save for Majora's Mask.

@JacksonVoet 10 күн бұрын

Nah, Triforce wish. The king is dead in his chair, yet at the end he’s healed, good as new.

@SirPonnd 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I always interpreted it as something along the lines of "Zelda is your responsibility now".

@garulia17 5 ай бұрын

1:10 I always think its so funny that Link still poses with his dead uncle's sword

@tardistime6857 4 ай бұрын

Zelda is your destiny i always thought it would have been

@chasesimonton1154 3 ай бұрын

I’ve seen some theories that Zelda is his sister in this universe, I always thought that was kind of cool

@Galamoth06 5 ай бұрын

I mean, it could be both. Maybe it was one way in Japanese, and the English localization just translated it differently. It works either way, really. I'm pretty certain based on the context from the line before, "Link, if anyone can do it, you can," that the last words would be "You are the princess' only hope/last hope" in the original Japanese text. It just has a logical flow.

@BladeEdge86 5 ай бұрын

Last hope, responsibility, destiny, any one of those could easily be what Link' uncle meant here. Many incarnations of Link are decedended from the bloodline of the Knights of Hyrule and this incarnation of Link is most likely one of them giving the whole chosen one implications of this statement credence. Link is heavily implied to not be an ordinary person, he was able to wield the Master Sword after all, albeit after getting the 3 pendents which were likely a test by the sages to determine worthiness.

@ellieporter3270 2 ай бұрын

I like “Zelda is your responsibility now/You are the Princess’ only hope” since it contextually makes a lot of sense, even more so than “your destiny”

@andrewnguyen664 28 күн бұрын

3:02 I think these last 2 fit the description the most accurately in saying Link is either the Princesses only hope or her destiny as these two are constantly intertwined by fate no matter what timeline/game and every time It's always and only Link who can save her.

@HyruleGamer 5 ай бұрын

Love this wee ALTTP video! Videos on the older games are always enjoyable :)

@pkscarr 5 ай бұрын

it's worth bearing in mind that during this era, game localisation was often left much more to a local team with almost no oversight from the original writers, sometimes none at all. The localisers of the time were also often writing within very strict character limits for technical reasons of the more low-level programming languagues, which often led to dialogue having to be fairly heavily re-interpreted by localisation teams across many languages to get it to fit inside the memory restrictions. Personally i think the most likely intended finish to the sentence was "last hope" or "only hope".

@eeyuup 5 ай бұрын

Definitely. Translation issues were notorious during the SNES days. Despite the jank, I'm surprised how functional some of them are. Of course I'd rather take a better translation like they did for the DS Final Fantasy 4.

@pkscarr 5 ай бұрын

Out of interest I asked a friend who works as a translator about this, whilst they agree that the most likely intent was along the lines of "you are Zelda's only hope", they also noted that this kind of cut off sentence trope is one hated within that industry as the gramatical rules of certain languages make it very difficult to cut off at the right point due to sentence structure differing, and that whilst it's now more common in cases like this for the original writers to include a comment containing the uncut sentence or a note on intent (or for there to be a way of localisers directly contacting them to check on something that could be translated multple ways), they believe it likely such things would not have been available to the localisers in this era.

@NuiYabuko 5 ай бұрын

Another comment mentioned how translators were flown to Japan, so they have access to the source material, so that doesn't seem to be the case at all.

@zeebo30 4 ай бұрын

Except he compared it to the original Japanese text and they effectively say the same thing so that doesn't apply here

@Dark_Mishra Ай бұрын

If the reason was merely a technical issue, and not to add mystery, the devs didn’t need to waste the character limit with the uncle’s previous lines. They could have shortened his speech to free up memory to add one or two more words like “destiny” or “final hope.”

@s-wo8781 2 күн бұрын

I never thought about it even when I played it and I stayed on gaming forums but never heard this either.

@bizznick444joe7 5 ай бұрын

The uncle seems to know Link was able to hear her as well to have come down there as well.

@pablojoel3217 5 ай бұрын

I was also wandering about this as well for a long time. Thank you for making this video. Also, I love your channel snd Zeldudes. Both of you are making great content. Keep it up and don't give up 😊

@ThaneGaming 5 ай бұрын

This video is excellent. It's the perfect length for what it is, presents all known evidence to help answer the question, and it taught me something new (I was not aware of the bonus dungeon in the Game Boy Advance version, so it was super cool hearing about Blind the Thief impersonating Link's Uncle during the rematch)! The subtle animations added to the artwork (like at 01:16) are satisfying too--I love the floating spores and the flicker of the lamp.

@davidchavezibarra2191 5 ай бұрын

Hope you have a wonderful New Year!

@Synplex 5 ай бұрын

"Only hope" for sure I know this was created during the early '90s but Star wats was still so popular. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the original line as a nod or joke that was purposely turned into a cliffhanger. Wouldn't be the first time they used a Star wars reference

@ragingfilthycasual 5 ай бұрын

"....sister" Link: I know. Deep down, I've always known.

@sharp52092 25 күн бұрын

That's I also thought. LOL

@VividlineImages 5 ай бұрын

I personally think it is “your are Zelda’s only hope” considering the ability time travel in the game… his uncle obviously knew more than he lead off. But telling link a piece of his destiny may have altered the future verses link learning it all on his own. Also could just quite simply be a cliffhanger 🤷🏾‍♂️

@sparkydoodle696 5 ай бұрын

Time travel wasn’t in A Link to the Past

@VividlineImages 5 ай бұрын

@@sparkydoodle696 “a link to the past” Past implies time travel… whether it be a different dimension or what have you heard dis travel to a different time

@sparkydoodle696 5 ай бұрын

@@VividlineImages the link in the title is referring to events that happened in later games, not time travel

@MLennholm 5 ай бұрын

@@VividlineImages "A Link to the Past" is entirely a reference to how the game is a prequel to the first LoZ game. The Japanese name, "Triforce of the Gods", doesn't even make this reference. There is no time travel in the game, only the ability to travel between the normal world and the Sacred Realm (which Ganon turned into the Dark World).

@VividlineImages 5 ай бұрын

@@MLennholm cool, fact remains link has a destiny the uncle knew about. But never told link anything. How the uncle got that information 🤷🏾‍♂️ beats me. But I for one believe there is another piece to the things his uncle knew that implies time travel. But it’s nothing that would ever be proven so it is what it is.