The miniature Divine Beast hanging from the ceiling in the Hateno Tech Lab seems to be just the right size for a Minish champion. Just saying.

I would be really funny if they actually weren't cut and nobody has seen them yet

Imagine a tiny person in a tiny divine beast shaped like a mouse

I think it would have been awesome to have the Minish in the game. I can imagine a little angry Picori champion threatening to fight Revali or one perched on Link’s shoulder as they talk about their village

You: *Mentions a Picori having a divine beast* Me: *sits up in shock* “Wait, what about the mini divine Beast in Purrah’s Lab?!”

9:59 “Ravioli supports us in flight” Me: Uhhh.... wait what!? 😂 🍝

Tarrey town being the home of the minnish would explain the goddess statue. Just cuz you can't see anyone there wouldn't mean it's not widely populated

Minish Cap squad staaaaand up! Really hoping the Minish and/or Vaati at least get referenced in BOTW2

It would be funny if the Minish were living in the caves that Link and Zelda are exploring....now that I think about it imagine if they were helping to keep Ganondorf contained...that would be weird.......but also interesting. And also the Minish divine beast could be the one found in Hateno tech lab, it’s small so maybe?

Your point from near the end (exploring Hyrule at Minish size) is probably what broke their backs. That would be a huge workload. Enemy behavior concerning our tiny self would have been to be programmed. Each and every time... But it would have been fun to see a Minish Champion. Remember Gentari talking about besting a Rooster (for comparison: You cannot even fight back against newly hatched chicken.) back when he was young when asked where he got his feather from? Besides: He fought and bested a Rooster... A *hylian* Rooster... And anyone knows that the Cuccos of Hyrule are insane...

Maybe we were originally supposed to find Picori, but that got replaced with finding Koroks.

I would honestly imagine that the minish will be in botw 2 or at least they should be in it. And let’s be honest, who wouldn’t love them to be in the game.

I worried the Picori were gone or on the brink of extinction after the Calamity when I noticed rupees and hearts couldn't be found when cutting bushes or breaking pots.

Imagine the Picori living in the stables and certain houses in the villages and the kinstones are similar to the korok seeds; you find them through puzzles. Maybe kinstone fusion could cause the Yiga to fall asleep so you can sneak in easier, unlock a shrine, clear the weather for a few days, act as keys to a dungeon (like the Wind Ruins in Minish Cap) etc. That would've been really neat.

The Minish are the size of Link's thumb, and they can't be seen by everyone. I can't imagine a Minish Champion and their own divine beast. If they were in the game, they would have some supporting roll like the Koroks have.

Except for the fact that there's always rain in BotW, and one droplet of rain is enough to drown a picori, and puddles are like endless lakes. Water is ALWAYS a problem... right? unless this version is bigger... and more visible to adults... and probably more immune to cats and dogs XD

Hyrule Gamer: the fith champion. Me: bruh isn't link the fith champion.

Well if the Minish would have been included we could have been riding a Flying Beetle instead of Epona which could have been interesting.

There’s a place near the Hyrule castle called “The Minshi Woods” and I know the spelling isn’t the same but maybe those woods were meant to hold their settlement? Think about it, there are a lot of places in BOTW whose names are references to other Zelda games with the names changed ever so slightly, for example Mekar Island is 100% a reference to Makar from Wind Waker, even though the spelling is different. Maybe they wanted to put the settlement there and call it the Minish Woods but since the Minish were cut from the game they decided to leave the woods in but change the name slightly for a more subtle reference.

Now I’m hoping we get a whip weapon in the sequel. Maybe it’d come out of Links Sheikah arm. Take out flying or far away enemies and act like a hook shot wrapping around branches or attaching to cliffs.

The Kikwi, Picori, Kokiri, and Koroks have never coexisted in a Zelda game, so it's likely that all four are simply different forms of the Deku Tree's children during various eras of Hyrule. Though that begs the question of why Zoras mysteriously vanished in Wind Waker.

10:00 Notice how he says RAVIOLI instead of REVALI. I like your vids man keep up the good work :)

Who else loves how we are here, playing as link and get destroyed by lynels, and link before the calamity, as seen in the memories, only uses his master sword and can destroy 3 lynels and over 10 bokoblins.

I would've loved to see the minish in the final version of BOTW, for real. I'm playing The Minish Cap for the first time now, and I think it would be amazing if they had made into the final cut. Now I can only hope we might see them again. Nice video ❤❤

I recall recently realizing I had never gotten any rupees out of the grass in BotW, and then facing the horrifying prospect that the minish went extinct. You say you've found rupees in the grass? Hmm. Maybe they're still out there, somewhere... But Link can't see them.

Maybe their divine beast could be the prototype hanging in the lab in hateno?

Yaass, Picori love.

Fun fact: The model used to demonstrate the size of the Picori shown in that photo is actually the model of Gully, the kid from Skyloft in Skyward Sword. The fact that Nintendo never went as far as to create models for the concept shows that they enjoyed the idea of putting the Picori into Breath of the Wild, but when testing it using Gully's model, it never went past that phase in production. Overall great video Hyrule Gamer! I didn't know about the early Champions concept art in the Creating a Champion book! Super cool find! :D

If they return in BotW's sequel, I really hope they rework them to appear closer to their weird-yet-cute, alien-like, bird-elf-mouse-gnome designs used in TMC because I strongly dislike the design they almost went with. The proposed BotW design, in my opinion, just looks too unambiguous and human-like.

What I think would be cool in a Zelda game is a "calendar." Essentially npc dialogue and activity changes over time depending on the location, time of day, and most of all time of year. Villages hold festivals and other such events, side quests appear and disappear during certain times of year, and so on and so forth. That way it'd be possible to see more relevant active references to past games. Normally we just see items, names, and locations that reference older games, with some variation. However, with such a calendar there can be the Picori festival and other such events with associated side quests and different dialogue and activity from npc.

Maybe the Tech Lab's purpose was to research how to shrink people. And they use the telescope to see the Picori

What if the minnish divine beast was the tiny hummingbird device in the sheikah lab? It is too small to be a divine beast but for a minnish it would be perfect

7:56 "An early design Rito" That's- that's a Sheikah, my dude...

There's always hope for them to appear in the sequel since we know it is largely being made with cut content. Although some of it was originally planned for DLC, I would rather have a full game made with unused ideas.

There are 6 races in Hyrule “angry Korok noises.”

I believe that the minish divine beast was the one hanging up in the tech lab in Hateno Village. Think about it. It's small,just the right size for a minish divine beast.

Shrinking would have been really cool. Imagine shrinking when facing the first phase of calamity Ganon, that it gets a staggered state and in order to damage him you must shrink to enter him damage inside him... or maybe, just to give it a nice twist, enter to him and little by little you start taking off his armor, exposing more parts to damage him or maybe even making him drop weapons so he can't use them for a time.

YES - A Minish Cap video.

What if the master cycle was the Minish Divine beast? Hah. Also, in minish cap, the minish were all over. It would be cool to see a minish village in each major settlement.

Isn’t there a mini divine beast hanging from the ceiling in Hateno Lab?

Did anyone else feel when they played BotW that although it was a big game, it only felt like the first part of a Zelda story? Similar to if they had released OoT but it finished when you pulled the master sword for the first time then you had to continue in OoT 2

I feel like with the inclusion of the Great Deku Tree and the Koroks the person in Creating a Champion is confirmed to be a Kokiri. That said perhaps the original idea wasn't to have them be Picori at all but rather Hylians that fled the calamity by shrinking down via Sheikah Tech and Link would've gained the same ability via the Sheikah Slate.

MINISH CAP GANG MINISH CAP GANG. There better be some minish or Vaati stuff happening in games soon. Both need more recognition

This is just another example on why I live these theory videos so much. Videos like this include things that I and other people may have already seen, but have never actually thought or asked ourselves about. Great job, and keep up the good work! I can’t wait until BOTW2 releases so that I can see even more videos!

The bigger question: Would Vaati have made a return with the Picori? I really want to see him in 3d. A big demonic eyeball with wings and claws would be terrifying in 3d.

10:00 ‘Ravioli’ 💀 I am deceased.

I believe the Minish would have been excellent in the role of the Korok Seed givers.

Minish Cap was my favorite handheld Zelda title and it was unfortunate they didn't go ahead and include them in BotW. I wish they'd include them in the next game. They are so important to the worlds lore, they should reappear and play a role in the next one.

10:00 I knew I wasn't the only one who called him Ravioli!

09.59 *Ravioli* I'm calling him that from now on

i will like every video of yours so long that you keep that amazing intro☺️

I'm ok with how they went with things. At least in comparison to removing one of the major races and swapping them out with the Minish. If they manage to bring them into the sequel that's perfectly fine. And I'm sure they can do something good with them. Could certainly have been interesting to have them there on top of what we already got with an extra champion and maybe even a miniature divine beast to check out.

*Give my boy Vaati a chance to redeem himself in BotW 2 please I’m begging you*

I would love the Minish to be in Botw but it seems kinda odd that the Champion of the Minish would have an Ability that makes them smaller.. it makes sense that if link would get the ability that it would make him smaller but not so much if the actual Minish Champion uses it. just kinda seems odd to me

There are not enough videos on the minish cap out there. Glad to see it even if only in a small reference

i hope they make a reemake of the minish cap for the switch, i realy liked that game as a child

It’s impossible to make a pikori champion amiibo figure, it’s too small, so no merchandise, that’s why they got scrapped

I can just imagine a little divine beast! So cute!!

Here's to the sequel, baby! Really can't wait to see all of the good, unused ideas return for that game. . . Damn we need some new info.

That "early design Rito" looks a whole lot like a Sheikah.

I wonder if you intentionally call him Ravioli rather than Revali, I'm certain it is intentional, but sometimes wonder!

I know it sounds off topic but have you ever talked about the zonai owl throne east of the Rassla lake on one of the plateaus in the faron region?

When you talked about a possible picori champion and their divine beast, I remembered some fanart someone made of Saria and minish cap Vaati as breath of the wild champions. Like, Saria being the kokiri (korok) champion and Vaati being the minish champion. They're even wearing the blue that the champions wear (Its a little harder to see the blue on Vaati but its like an undershirt and you can see it near the sleeves) I know that its not cannon and just some fanart someone made, but it looks cool and makes me wander into imagining all sorts of things that could've happened in botw if the minish were in the game and the koroks had a champion.

7:55 the "early design Rito" looks a lot like a Sheikah to me: complete with color scheme clothes, light hair, and a big ol eye on his chest :)

The minish are there, Link's just too old to see them

Maybe the picoris divine beast was the miniature one found I think in purahs House? Or whoever the 6 year old scientist is lol.

So, for the Gorons and Gerudo, the way we were able to gain access to their settlement was through acquiring an outfit (gerudo vai outfit and fire-proof armor), I would guess that perhaps there could have been a minish outfit that could shrink you? so you could gain access to their village and get the quest to unlock their divine beast. Maybe even a hat/headpeice paying further reference to the minish cap/Ezlo. Of course, that would certainly change the purpose of their champion ability, but maybe some other aspect of the picori could play into that (Or just something having to do with their specific champions skills, like Mipha's grace or Urbosa's Fury. The zora aren't known as particularly amazing healers, and I doubt any of the other gerudo know how to shoot lighting haha). I also def think the mini divine beast in Purah's lab would be the best candidate for theirs, I find the irony of the the tiniest race piloting a whale-like creature Hilarious lmao

4:21 is it just me or does that picori look like a scaled down version of the kid who teaches you to roll into the tree in skyloft.

Imagine the amazing side quest we could get

I like the tiny men/woman

Picori Champion’s whip looks like a tongue too, I would like to see their beast as a chameleon, seeing as they can be “invisible” too and the whip could also be the chameleon tongue :)

Now all I can imagine is going to a stable or any of the 'inns' at villages and seeing a tiny version for the Minish (like how the Minish had their own tavern in the rafters of the Hylian pub). That would be so cool and cute.

I see them as having become the koroks during development

Well they are there still. But not able to be seen Since they still out stuff under grass and such

I love how the fandom just randomly decided the rito champions name is now Ravioli.

The concept of the "whip" weapon seen at 8:45 is actually a call-back to the whip Link used in LoZ:SS (but with a pinkish-red color, rather than the original greenish-blue color)!

new song for the minish!! in many times when we are in need a hero came. we noticed the calamity, hyrule was at its weakest, when we lost hope, our hero was chosen, "zelda's knight" but he was not alone. 4 champions, gerudo, zora, goron, rito, we had a 5th, the minish, lost in time! but the hero failed, leaving us nearly hopless, 100 years passed. minish still un-noticed cut the grass, the rupees you find, left by one, we'll never find. that is, less than a quarter our size. aided the second hero, in his journy! ____________________________________________________________________________ | | |kass: like it? I dont even know who the minish are, or who I learned this from. | ____________________________________________________________________________

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Really love your vids man. All I've been binging lately. Would love to talk Zelda with you if you ever have time.

ooohhh this makes me want to go on a doodle rampage !! super need to somehow play tMC ALSO, i adore the little houses from that cut concept, they honestly remind me a little of a hybrid between the houses in hateno and the houses we see in castle town ;o;

ok i hate Rivali as well but calling him ravioli? really

Wanna know what I think? I bet the Picori would have had the same role as the Koroks. Think about it... Picori hide stuff in grass, and put little medals for Hylians to find. That sounds just like Korok seeds (something that is brand new to botw, Koroks never used seeds like that before). Perhaps after they scrapped the size-changing mechanic they swapped the Picori with Koroks to fill the same purpose (just without the size change).

I had no idea this concept was even entertained for the game. It would have been a wonderful addition (loved Minish Cap).

There are so many ruins and abandoned items in the world. I imagine well the minishs settling in some of those ruins. Can you imagine? You find the remains of a home, you expect to find the usual broken shelves, bed and pots, but there, surprises, everything has been rearranged to form a tiny Picori town...

I don't remember if it was Robbie's or Pura's lab, but there was what looked like a model aquatic Divine Beast hanging from the ceiling. Can you imagine learning from the Minish that their champion was murdered by a Blight Ganon IN that model, which was in fact a real Divine Beast for the Minish, and gifted Link the ability to shrink to their size to travel through it to defeat Tinyblight Ganon? While Robbie/Pura continues his/her research, Link is fighting for his life against a Ganon the size of a thimble on his/her ceiling. That would have been comical.

5:20 *Sad Faron region noises* Though I do agree, as even dialog found from one of the npcs in Akkala say "akkala is known for... well nothing"

Imagine if the champion ability of the Picori was changing one's own size at will, and for their champion, they could do so to others as well That would supply a method of shrinking down to visit them and to enter their (presumably tiny) Divine Beast, along with giving you some possible puzzle mechanics after beating their Divine Beast

It would’ve been awesome to see a small miniature village as you’re just gliding around!

If they do bring the picori back in the sequel, maybe we'd be able to have one as a guide type character. Haha! Someone to tell you about enemies or maybe help you find your way around picori villages. Haha! I'd imagine that glowing hand will replace a few sheikah slate abilities, so maybe they'll get rid of it. I didn't look to see if zelda and link had those in the teaser though. Haha! If they do get rid of it though, a picori guide would be cool I think. Haha! And now that you mention it, tarrey town does seem like the perfect place for them to live. Especially the plant pots. Haha!

I love how you have the Mask Salesman laugh at the beginning of the video.

It would've been interesting if the Minish ability was to shrink down to their size, like you said- And perhaps that could significantly increase your stealth- to a point you can't be seen by enemies at all (save for certain triggered enemies like in highrule castle) or if it gave to some kind of increased evasiveness- where monsters are less able to hit you

There is a place called the minshi woods in botw, it’s right next’s to the lost woods.

What if instead of a whip, the Minish Champ was using a long tread? In their game, their elders were wielding clothing pins with a long tread in them.

In Tarrey town, if you look under the houses, there are small square holes that open up to a sort of tunnel system... 🤔

Very interesting, I hope they come back someday.

They must have existed at least during skyward sword because you can get hearts and rupees in the grass...I haven’t actually played minish cap but I’m planning on playing it next. Great video!

I think they would add humour like the picori having the biggest divine beast but having that divine beast underground in the great plateau as a way to teach how to think about the divine beast puzzle like how the plateau is just a really elaborate/disguised tutorial.

My theory is that maybe the ability of a cut Minish champion is to find the kinstones.

Minish Cap is my first Zelda game which made me fall in love with this franchise so it holds a really special place in my heart. I'm just now playing BOTW and have always wondered if there will be any kind of reference to them. I hope soon they include them in the sequel!

Something to think about is how the Picori can only be seen by children because of them having pure hearts and the mini Divine Beast in Hateno Tech Lab. Then the fact that Purah turned herself into a child, I know this is completely coincidental but it'd be fun to think that the original idea for her being child wasn't to stay alive to see Link again but to actually talk to the Picori while looking after the Picori Divine Beast, maybe to do research on it and develop a new function for the Sheikah Slate with her Guidance Stone that would allow Link to shrink himself to the size of the Picori to enter the Divine Beast and also to talk to the Picori. Also another cool convenience is the fact you need a pure heart to see them and her name is Purah 😂