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The biggest give away to me is the fact that the Hero of Twilight is a blood descendant of the Hero of Time, meaning Link had to have lived long enough to have a child or children, thus meaning he didn't die in Majora's Mask.

*Nintendo has always taken fall damage very seriously in Zelda* Me: *jumps of death mountain in Ocarina of time, takes one heart*

I've always thought of MM as the "Alice in Wonderland" of the Zelda series. It's like Link chasing the White Rabbit through the rabbit hole to a fantastic world.

"link can fall from surprising heights before it can inflict damage" *looks at Breath of the Wild*

Link was an orphan in _Ocarina of Time_. If he died in _Majora's Mask_, then that would be the end of his bloodline. Ergo no Link in _Twilight Princess_. One could make the argument that Link is a perpetually reincarnated hero, with each incarnation not having to be blood-related to the others. But then why isn't that the case with Zelda. She's born into the same bloodline, generation after generation.

"Yeah, Navi is the only one who remembers and experienced the Hero of Time's adventure." I was really happy to see you mention this in the comments! It blows my mind how so many people hear about the stages of grief, and immediately jump from that to "Link is dead!" and completely jump over the fact that he has just lost his dear friend. Especially when the story exists because he has lost her, and was searching for her in the Lost Woods. THANK YOU! THANK YOU so much for this video. I know I'm late responding to it but, thank you nonetheless. You've earned a sub my friend, and I look forward to watching your other vids!

The "Link is dead" theory has more holes in it than his ocarina.

I like to think that Termina is Link's way of mourning his lost childhood friends and world, which is why everyone looks so similar and yet so nightmarish. Majora represents the darker side of Link's nature and his feelings of failure and loss incarnate, and when he finally frees Skull Kid and defeats Majora, he accepts and lets go of his guilt.

Everyone looks the same because Nintendo wanted to make a new game without creating a whole bunch of new characters. Duh

That Matpat theory has always rub me the wrong way, it can literally be invalid just by reading the original game guide.

It's also widely believed that the 5 stages of grief is Link eventually accepting that Navi has gone to fairy heaven, having fulfilled her purpose in life and not having the Deku Tree to go back to. There's no way Link died in Termina, sorry but it wouldn't make sense, even for Zelda

it's fun to think about the theory of him being dead in MM; but if I've learned anything from LoZ, it's that the hero in green who bears the Triforce of courage never dies that easily. Or will ever let himself die that easily. Every reincarnation of Link, the hero in green, the boy in green clothes, the bearer of the Triforce of courage has earned that piece of the Triforce. I don't think the goddesses would bestow such a title, or even that "power" to someone would let themselves perish, or at least not go down without a fight. But hey that's just a theory, some asshole who's drunk theory!

Man, I LOVE THIS VIDEO! I always hated the "fact" that the Hero of Time had such a tragic fate. And yes! I also wanted Link to marry Malon! Haha! Thanks dude!

Link x Malon is official. I love it.

Navi is dead. Once a fairy fulfills its purpose it vanishes. Navi couldn's bare for Link to see it so she fled. Majora's Mask is Link's Journey to accept that Navi is gone. That's why there is the Five Stages of Grief symbolism. Plus, the timeline states that TP Link is OoT/MM Link's descendant. If Link died as a child, how the hell could he have kids?

I don't understand why some think Link is dead in MM. Yes granted he fell for a bit but he survived falls like that before and falling off Epona like really ? Well good thing the theory is busted thanks to TP and Hyrule historia saying that OoT Link is the blood ancestor of TP Link.

I am now an official believer that Link is NOT dead. Thanks for this video.

o .. o The moment you realize they could make another game about the hero of time... You saw that flip Shade did with all that armor on? The hero of time after the events of MM must have been a bad ass... I can't believe that Link, the hero of time died in battle.

link is not dead CONFIRMED

I like to pretend the Link is Dead theory doesn't exist because I grew up with that game and I thought it was so happy.

not dead

Great video. I like Game Theory but I do wish people wouldn't assume everything they say is canon.

in ocarina of time, it’s said that kids who get lost in the lost woods *turn into skull kids.* so it could be Link fighting a transformation into one. it could still be the 5 stages of grief, but not for Link’s death, it’s for Navi.

Without even watching the video, I have to agree that the Hero of Time did NOT die in Majora's Mask. Just look at the timeline. The next Link in the Child Timeline is the Hero of Twilight from Twilight Princess, and it's been confirmed several times that he is a blood decedent of the Hero of Time. Sooo, if Link was around the age of 10-12 in Majora's Mask, and he dies in that game, how does he have a decedent MANY years into the future? More likely, Link returned to Hyrule after the events of Majora's Mask ( though whether he returned as a child and grew up into an adult there, or returned as an adult after a LONG adventure is up in the air ), got married to some lucky woman ( possibly Malon, as she was the only girl left from his childhood who had legitimate feelings for him, the rest having turned into Sages ), had a child of his own, and then died afterwards, which would explain why he has a blood decedent in Twilight Princess, but he never got to pass on his skills to his next of kin ( or anybody for that matter ) before he perished. This also opens the possibility that the Hero of Time became a Knight of Hyrule, very similar to his father, and ended up meeting the same fate as his father: Killed in battle before his child could even know his name. Like father like son, as they say. I would pay a lot of money to see a new Zelda game that explains what happens between the events of Majora and TP, simply because there's so much room to tell a new story there.

You also forgot to mention that Majora's Mask didn't need to be the 'one' who teleports Epona, because Skull Kid Majora's puppet, in all iterations including OOT & TP, possesses the ability to teleport. Even in the begging of Majora's Mask, Skull Kid appears out of nowhere implying that he either has the power of invisibility at his disposal, or the ability to teleport. To put it simple, Majora's mask could easily just tap into Skull Kid's powers to transport Epona to Termina.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------*_Other possible evidence_*----------------------------------------------------------------------------: *This comment will get updated every time new evidence comes to light* *Ancient Hero* : I only remembered this a few months after making this video. The only reference of 'The Ancient Hero' in the entire Zelda Series is in Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. Both are talking about the Hero of Time being the Ancient Hero. There is no other Zelda game that references another Link as 'Ancient Hero' (see 20:32) This means that it has to be the Hero of Time and not another Link that saved Hyrule after the events of Majora's Mask and before Twilight Princess. *EDIT* Breath of the Wild now mentions an ancient hero, but the ancient hero it references is the hero 10,000 years prior to the events of Breath of the Wild, which isn't the Hero of Time. *Hyrule Castle Gravestone* : 'The cursed swordsman sleeps before the sacred tree'. This might hint that the Hero of Time was buried in Hyrule Castle graveyard since he is a swordsman and is cursed with regret. The sacred tree can be a reference to him and the Great Deku Tree. We don't know if this is the Hero of Time's gravestone, as it may just be another cursed swordsman. *Wolf Howling Stones* : There is a song from Majora's Mask which the Hero of Twilight Link learns from the Wolf Howling Stones. This song is the Song of Healing which the Hero of Time Link learned from Termina. There are also other songs that we have not heard in Ocarina of Time or Majora's mask. This means that the Hero of Time Link must have learned these songs *after* his adventure in Termina. *Termina description on the official Zelda website* : If you go to Zelda.com and look for the description of Termina, it implies that the three golden Goddesses had accidentally created millions of alternate worlds when creating Hyrule. Termina was one of these alternate worlds. This can potentially prove Termina isn't a purgatory realm and that the Goddesses had no intention of creating Termina as a purgatory realm because Termina was created accidentally. *EDIT* Unfortunately, the link on Zelda.com to the description of Termina has either been changed or removed. You can still find the description on Termina on several other websites: _"When Hyrule was created by the three goddesses at the beginning of time, there were certain side effects of its creation which Din, Nayru and Farore did not anticipate. As the three holy women breathed life into the world and chased away Emptiness, their potent breath slipped through tiny cracks in the folds of space and created millions of alternate worlds in the process. One of these worlds became the land known as Termina."_ *The Hero's Bow* : It is highly speculated that the Goron Mines is actually an extension of Dodongo’s Cavern from Ocarina of Time. If so, then it means Link would have placed the Hero's Bow there some time after the events of Ocarina of Time which would mean the Hero of Time was still alive after Majora's Mask. If this was a different Link, then the Hero's Shade wouldn't be teaching TP Link if he had already taught another Link the hidden skills before TP Link. EDIT: You can see my Hero's Bow theory here which can give more evidence that the Hero of Time was alive after Majora's Mask: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ocdxlcll1NjVXZs.html *Malo and Talo* : In Twilight Princess in Ordon Village, there are two children with the names Malo and Talo, an obvious reference to Malon and Talon in Ocarina of Time. I see some possibilities with this. It may, in some way support that Link and Malon became lovers, or it may just be an easter egg. Also, I want to point out that even though there is evidence that can give us an educated guess that Link and Malon become lovers, it's still possible that Link and Malon never got together, and that they just simply lived in the same village. *King of Red Lions/Elegy of Emptiness resemblance* : As I showed in the video, Link's statue has blue pupils while the other statues have white/dead eyes. The same can actually be seen in Wind Waker. The boat that Link sails on, The King of Red Lions, has no pupils in the final cut scene of the game. The boat is lifeless by displaying white eyes. This only happens after Hyrule was completely washed away at the end of the game. *King of Red Lion's quote* : In Wind Waker, the King of Red Lions talks about the Hero of Time's journey: "When the Hero of Time was *called to embark on another journey* and left the land of Hyrule, he was separated from the elements that made him a hero". This might have been useful as the quote seems to imply that Link's Termina journey was destiny. However, this quote can mean more than one thing so we can't say for sure. *Tingle Tuner from The Wind Waker* : Another interesting thing in Wind Waker was the Tingle Tuner. This is because it would allow players to have access to a small story while in the Tower of the Gods about the Hero of Time and Tingle. This story is called _The Legend of the Fairy_ . It described the Hero of Time's adventure in Majora's Mask and how Tingle aided the Hero, which suggests further that Termina is a real place in the Zelda universe. However, this does have flaws since it would suggest that Tingle can somehow shift between timelines (Child and Adult). This was also taken out of the Wind Waker HD version, the updated version of the game, suggesting that the story is non-canon. However, this does show that Nintendo sees Link's Majora's Mask adventure within Termina as a real event that happened in the Zelda universe instead of purgatory. *The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask Collector's edition* : For anyone that has the physical copy of the Zelda collector's edition, you'll find on the back of the box for Majora's Mask that there is a description that further implies Link headed back to Hyrule after his adventure in Termina. _"Link embarks on an urgent quest to solve the mystery of the moon, save the world from descruction, and find his way back to the peaceful land of Hyrule!"_ You can check it out on this video to get the full view of the collector's edition from Nintendo Power and published by Nintendo of America: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtuhmMl12byVfoU.htmlm54s *Twilight Princess Nintendo Power guide* A Twilight Princess guide by Nintendo Power and published by Nintendo of America has an interesting detail about the Hero's Shade on page 43 of the guide: _"Over the course of your adventure, you'll have the opportunity to learn seven hidden skills from a golden wolf who transforms into a knight called the Hero's Spirit."._ This, once again, reiterates that the Hero of Time became a knight, suggesting even further that he didn't die within the events of Majora's Mask. *Timeline split* Another thing to wonder about is if Link died within the events of Majora's Mask, then shouldn't there be another timeline split? In a different universe, this same Link was defeated by Ganondorf which caused the Downfall Timeline. So going by this information, wouldn't the same happen again if Link died as a child in the Lost Woods? *Spaceworld 2000 GameCube Demo* : Nintendo were in the middle of making Majora's Mask and they had presented a demo demonstrating the GameCube's capabilities and potential upcoming games. In the Zelda part of the demo, it shows the Adult version of the Hero of Time with the Hero's Shield at the start of Majora's Mask. This could of been a clue that Nintendo were thinking of making another game with the Hero of Time after the events of Majora's Mask as the same Link is battling with Ganondorf again. This would have completely debunk Link is dead theory. However, this was just a demo, and may not be an actual concept for a game. Although, it did still inspire a sequel to Ocarina of Time as Wind Waker was the first Zelda game that came out on the GameCube. *Something to think about* : If Link really did die in Majora's Mask and Termina is purgatory, i.e: a place where souls go to be purified before moving on to the afterlife, why is the Hero's Shade still lingering in regrets? Surely, if purgatory is supposed to cleanse a soul, then Link would have no regrets after moving past the acceptance stage. This also raises the questions: How does Link grow into the Hero's Shade if he's dead? Where did he get the armor from? Why is his eye missing? How did he learn those techniques if he was dead? Link for most of his life grew up in Kokiri Forest, so why aren't the Great Deku Tree and the Kokiri there as part of Link's memories?

Always hated that "theory". They were really stretching it with a lot of their points. It's surprising that theory even has to be disproven, considering evidence that it's all untrue can be found everywhere, like you said, from official guides to facts from other games. Great video!

you actually changed my mind, and it makes a lot of sense also, major as mask actually is probably the greatest evil, as he is the being of the ultimate evil. And the legit eay to beat him is with arrows, not the fierce deity mask, so yeah

And to top this theory off... If link was dead in mm, how could he possibly have a child to continue the hero timeline? Thank you for saying that. I always think of that when people say link was already dead. That pulls the entire game theory apart.

Honestly you’ve convinced me. I’d really missed a lot of these details in the game and I honestly prefer an ending where he’s alive. It’s sweet and way less somber, he’s made new friends that he’ll remember forever and he’s done more great things. It seems to be a lot better. I mean Zelda makes him young again so he can live his life, it’d be sad if he just died right afterward. Would’ve made it all pointless.

I refused to believe the hero of time died in a tragic fate. You are right with all the facts you told us about. Termina is not a purgatory but an alternate world and link's descendants lived and one being the hero of twilight. Great video

Thank you so much for this video I always believed link didn't die I had my arguments with some people about this because they said he died and I didn't have anything to back it up because of that guy theory but now I do you. :) True Zelda fans no link doesn't die.

In the very beginning of Ocarina of Time, the Great Deku tree refers to the forest as "a barrier deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world." I think it's reasonable to think that the Lost Woods isn't simply a boundary between two countries, but rather a boundary between universes. The woods have been shown to have unusual spatial properties, such as multiple paths leading back to the same spot regardless of position or distance, as well as places in the woods that take Link to distant locations. Since the woods are able to apparently teleport Link within Hyrule, it isn't that much of a stretch to think they may be connected to other worlds as well.

See, I've always had a head-story that while Link was an adult, he was wounded or got sick, and Termina is Link fighting for his life, as if he has only three days left to live before the disease kills him or something. (Of course, obviously this is not the case, but I like to pretend, lmao.)

Good on you for putting your time and effort into making this video. You really dedicated yourself to make sure that you provided stellar evidence and very thorough explanations for each and every point you make in this video. It really comes to show that matpat really did not put much research into his video and glossed over anything that would make his theory look incorrect. You, on the other hand, went far and beyond to make a video with incredibly strong points and no indication of being vague about your logic. I could easily see what your reasoning was behind every given debate, and you made sure to clear up any suspicion that the audience may have had in your argument. Your editing was absolutely amazing, as you gave perfect visuals that may have been hard to explain with just words. Not only that, but you showed every single piece of evidence you came across as well. You showed your audience that you were trying your absolute best to not misguide them, and damn, you did well. I was stunned with the amount of work you put into this, just, how the hell did you find the motivation to make this video so thorough? You’ve earned yourself a subscriber, my friend. Keep up your hard work and effort, I strongly believe you’ll reap the rewards soon enough.

Another example of link resisting a long fall. The snow head temple in majoras mask has a room with a very, very long fall, in total you take only 1 heart of damage.

He's not dead link in twilight princess is related to link from ocarina of time

I'm a huge fan of mat pat, and I was kind of scared to see one of my favourite theories on his channel go down the drain to another. But this is also a great theory, and it makes things more interesting. I also hope you weren't trying to take a stab at mat pat.... But then again, great theory :)

dude, you are the most credible zelda theorist i have come across on youtube. I have not seen anyone else that has referred to so much licensed nintendo zelda text for debating zelda theory. You have a new subscriber.

Wow this video is 5 years old and it's still good.

I love this and Game Theory. Nice Dubunk to a nice Theory!!!

Tbh I love the idea of link and malon together xD

Maybe matpat should’ve, ya know, LOOKED AT THE GUIDE FOR THE FRICKIN GAME

I looked back at this video and im in awe at how the effort put in showed that game theory was not the only quality theorist Amazing vid Continue uploading plss

The stages of grief happens when you experience death or a loss, so I think that link is only mourning the loss of Navi. Therefore, Link is not dead

Definitely like this theory much better. Link being dead did sound pretty extreme. I also love the connections you made between MM and TP (TP is my ultimate favorite thus far), it makes me want to play MM for the first time even more.

I know it has been a while since you made this video, but I just came across it again. You did a very good job of addressing each point the Game Theory used. This is overall an extremely well made video and I commend you on doing such a good job.

I knew most of these things that's why I called bullshit when Matt Pat did his theory. Yeah Link was definitely not dead.

Amazing work dude!! It was a pleasure working with you on the video and doing the voice over. May this video rise to the heavens XD soooo much evidence it's crazy.

I love this video and Game Theory's. It's freakin' awesome that we can speculate so much about a Zelda game. :)

No link isnt dead, at the end of Majoras Mask it says how Link left continuing his quest to find his lost friend.

Well put!!! You spoke about a couple of things that I thought of to prove this theory wrong! Every other evidence you dug up to further the correction was superb! Now I have another theory: ... Termina is actually the twili realm in it's early stages... there's a lot of evidence!

Just putting this out here now. Haven't even watched the video yet so don't know what your points will be yet, but I always hated the theory. Just too much doesn't make sense about it if you consider the hero's shade and his actual story that is given in game. It is confirmed that the hero's shade is OoT Link. And this is one of his quotes. "Although I accepted life as the hero, I could not convey the lessons of that life to those who came after. At last, I have eased those regrets." I'm pretty sure this is implying that he isn't a stalfos. That he is going through the same turmoil the gibdos were going through in Majora's Mask. That there was something he wanted to fulfill before he died, but never got to. As a result, he wasn't able to find rest. By learning all of his hidden arts, you are fulfilling his wishes and healing him just as he once healed others in an alternate dimension. And that's exactly where he was during MM. Not purgatory, just an alternate universe. He did not die falling down the rabbit hole, otherwise his ghost wouldn't be that of an adult.

Thank you for this video because I always thought the Link is Dead theory was stupid. The problem with Game Theory is that because so much time, evidence and stuff is put into the videos, people take the theories as actual confirmations made by the game creators themselves, as pointed out in the end of this video. When in actuality, they're not as proven by the evidence you provided in the video. Hell, it's a nightmare for MatPrat to make FNaF ones because Scott Cawthon himself goes out of his way to destroy those theories showing that MatPrat is not always correct because if he was, then Scott probably would've been like "Congratulations on putting all of the pieces together," but nope, he releases new pieces of evidence to counteract those theories instead. And even then I've found better theories made by other people. I don't hate MatPrat but man is it annoying when people take his theories as canon & official material. Sadly my best friend does the same with some of the theories so I try to change the subject. For example that Luigi is Rosalina's Father theory. MatPrat made an excellent argument but I'm still a little iffy on that one.

When I came to think about most of my points that Link was not dead are in the video, I didn't make a video or blog about it because I'm lazy and you could cover it much better than me. Great Job.

The is by far one of the best theory video’s I’ve ever seen! Really well done! I will subscribe ;)

As Link I can confirm, I am not dead in majora's mask.

U gave more info about link is not dead the game theoist said he is dead

This is honestly one of the best theory videos I've seen with sources to boot. You not only look at this as balanced and neutral as possible but you've provided insight within the lore of the Zelda series. I don't recall learning much from PBG nor MatPat aside from that these are merely theories and that what they interpreted the information felt a bit off. I'm glad that you looked not at just both sides of the argument but also provide factual information that gives ground for the counter-point to stand on. I would honestly consider MatPat's theory to be debunked at this point and it seems like he didn't do too much research or really think it through when it came to the video itself, not to bash the guy, but he doesn't seem to improve or even acknowledge any criticism or provide any links (pun unintended) to back up this information. I loved the video, gave it a like and it stands at 4 thousand and 20 likes, it's pretty dank at this point. I look forward to going through your other content soon, I am also surprised how well this video aged seeing that it's from 2015.

Even Link with the Ocarina of time can teleport with warps songs

Thing is though, I prefer the "link is dead" story. Not because of "evidence" regarding that "theory", but because I feel it's a better story. First time I played the game was in 2001, maybe 2002. Since then I've come back to it a couple of times. To me it has always felt like a sad story. A story about friendship, loss and grief. Maybe a bit of melancholy is good for some souls and not for other. I for one like the concept of metaphorically coming to terms with your own demise as a game mechanic, even if it wasn't what the developers had in mind.

That was really well put together! Great points and very concise.

I like how in the game theory video they hypothesize that oot link regrets dying at such a young age which turns him into a stalfos and they show the historia page to back it up but the passage they're showing explains the exact reason as to why he had so many regrets

Beautiful video, good work guys! You've countered GT's video in a perfect way! I'm very happy to have seen this and I'm very proud of your work! ^_^

I believe that link didn't die in that game and the main reason is because of the song of storms. If you look back at ocarina of time at no point does link learn this song. Instead he is taught the song. But then who taught the song to the guy in the windmill? Now we look to Majora's Mask. Link learns the song in this one. So in short I believe that he learned the song in this and at some point after he was done his quest he went back in time, taught the song to the guy in the windmill (he did say it was a kid dressed like you, even though in OofT you were not the one to teach him it, was the one who played it), then he taught future link, who went back in time and taught the windmill guy as young link, thus causing yet a out time line to be started (as link from Majora's Mask no longer needed to come to this time line to teach anyone the Song of Storms).......... And that's not a theory, it's a game theory. ;)

I get a lot of emotions from Majora's Mask. I have seen The Game Theorists ideas and yours too. HERES MINE. I don't think Link is dead but i think that's on the right track. Link has not died but rather had a near death experience. he is not in purgatory but in a comatose state. everything is a fabrication of his mind and hence the reason why everybody has familiar faces. Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to ocarina in terms of the story line, so when link was weary from travel and drained from his last battle(beginning when hes searching for navi) the skull kid took advantage of his weakened state(which is why in Termina the skull kid is made to be the bad guy). link then passed out and him falling into the hole is him entering a coma. I also believe that each area in Termina is designed to be the five stages of grief. Denial is clock town. Anger is the Swamp area. bargaining is Snowhead. Depression is Geat Bay, and acceptance is Ikana canyon. now here's the twist. at the acceptance phase its not that Link is accepting his death but his will to live. link didn't want to live any more but at the acceptance phase he chooses life. this would also explain why link's stalfos teacher in Twilight Princess had some regrets. he walked away from being a hero. This also doesn't contradict the fact that Links teacher in Twilight Princess and the link from Majora's Mask are blood related.

also I believe that when the goron said that the hero's bow was used to destroy the most powerful evil, I think he was referring to majora's mask because 3 of the game's bosses are defeated using the hero's bow

Didn't Miyamoto (or someone else at Nintendo, I can't remember who) deconfirm the Kübler Ross theory?

Every month or so I'll come back to rewatch this video, not just because of how much I love Majora's Mask, but because of how well put together and lore based it is. After or while watching I'll usually go down and read comments, and while some are trolls, it never takes long to find one that says, "Nice vid, but I still think he's dead." Literally everything in this video up until late into it (where he clarifies, "This would mean going into another theory." Which even then, is based on plausible evidence from the series lore) is based entirely on game lore and is FACTUAL. Some of which even comes from the games creator himself. At this point in time there is zero, not a lot, not even a little, ZERO evidence that Link is dead in Majora's Mask. Every single point made by MatPat has been debunked, which means "Link is Dead" isn't even a theory at this point, it's a hypothesis. It can't stand up to even the slightest scrutiny. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with enjoying the Link is Dead "theory," but spreading it around as "legit" or factual doesn't help anyone. It's bunk. Sorry for the long winded rant in your comments The One, as I said previously and again a while back, I love this vid and the amount of effort you put into it!

Man to be honest your evidence is pretty strong to be honest you prove to be better

Wouldn't be surprised if someone decides to make a theory about link being the skull kid

23:27 that guy doesn't deserve to even know what the legend of Zelda is

You literally disproved link being dead in every aspect. Anyone who thinks link is ded in MM should watch this video. Smh

I liked the almost ending how MATPAT would accedently confuse those and then the people watching the video would take it seriously

This is a good video. I like how you countered all the arguments, and that they do make sense. I had always thought that Link had died in the lost woods, and him falling down was just symbolism. And turning into a stalfos, but all the gaurds mention in Clock Town that they won't let kids pass unless accompanied by an adult or a weapon, and they try to stop you from leaving before they notice your sword, implying your a kid, and that if Link had been "lost" to the lost woods, he would have become a skull kid. Very interesting theory. I will have to think about this one myself.

Oh heck yeah! Link married Malon, I knew it!

The músician ghost at the cave in Ikana's valley says to Link that that's no place For Someone si FULL OF LIFE. End of Link is dead theory...

i kinda think that the reason you hear "you've met with a terrible fate fate. haven't you?" when the moon crashes is because link plays the song of time as fast as he can in an attempt of desperation to save his life, thus you travel back to the first time that line plays. although in the 3DS version that theory is dis-proved.

It should be noted that in some versions of Faerie are considered both a parallel world and a kind of afterlife. This is why people who visit Faerie who are given a mount crumple to dust when they dismount - they are actually long dead and only the magic of the mount keeps them "alive". GURPS Spirits even classifies the faerie world, along with Heaven and Hell, as Inner *Spirit* Worlds.

GET RECKED MAT PAT

very well expained, I am happy to know that the link is alive.

You're awesome bruh! Can't believe you have under 5k subs

The One You are abslutely right... i agree with all your points. i mean.. when people say that Majora's mask has the 5 stages of grief they usually think that Link died in the first fall... but the kubler-ross model it fits in every situation that a person suffers a loss... In this case, we assume is Navi... And the hero of time being a Hylian knight, and not being remembered as a hero in his adventure against ganondorf and the theory that tells us about being malon' husband is the strongest point not only that Link is not dead in MM, but it proves that Link returned to Hyrule. The adventures of the hero of time were countless perhaps. i hope we have a game telling thos e adventures...... thanks for the video!!!good job man!!!

wonder is matt pat has seen this

Oh yeah, and though not official, in the manga, Malon has a crush on Link after Link saves her from Ingo, so yeah!

Eponas song is used to help breed and milk farm animals, although that doesn't really change much I mean it still seems like it was passed down in TP

I think that it's merely a parallel to Hyrule. When Link fell he landed in what is known simply as The Catacombs. This is a series of dark caves and when Link reaches the end he goes through a spiral corridor and a door closes behind him like he warped into another world.

Nicely put together! Interesting... subbed!

if Link really did die his bloodline would of ended.

something to note in the majora's mask thats worth looking in. Parallel world have symbol left by the gods (i.e the Triforce) evidence pointing towards lorule. Termina doesn't have one and if it did... it was usually mocked within stone tower in Ikana....

"You've met a terrible fate" Actually. Its just thats the words he hear before he walks out of that place. meaning when he said "You've met a terrible fate" Its like a save point. But in time.

*Looks at the two Hero's Bows* *Looks at the designs* Yeah, look at that!

I have watched both videos, both theories provide solid evidence, however I support your theory, Termina is a parallel World, not likely to be purgatory since it has clearly been shown before that link can very easily travel through portals in other places (Ocarina of time Goron city, Zora Domain, etc) In addition, the elegy of emptiness as you already mentioned also clearly shows us the truth, the eyes are windows to ones very own soul ... we were able to see his clear blue eyes compared to the dead deku, goron and Zora Link is not dead, he just travels through a parallel world Brilliant work! 🤘💀 I Look forward to see more theories 💜

Man this is awesome, truly. I made a lot of these same arguments in a post on the Game Theorist youtube channel. Its so awesome you made this video and actually talked to matt about it. I am Subscribing.

I've seen one there here that the Hero's Shade is the Hero of Time himself. They were talking about how the Gerudu tribes disappeared and that's mainly why you didn't see them in the desert in Twilight princess. It was just a desolate wasteland. When link came back to the original timeline, Zelda was able to inform her father of Ganondorfs actions and that caused a war that led to the genocide and eventual extinction of the Gerudu. The lost eye that you see on the Hero's Shade is from that war. And that's another reason why link would still be alive at the end of Majora's Mask. :)

Links a legend and legends never die

I agree, also He possesses the Tri force of courage and if the Tri force of power can keep gannondorf alive during his execution I don't think that Link would have died that easily.

I loved this theory, but I am liking this perspective. Also it’s sad to run into this during the time of his retirement as host!! I hope you still upload, because I want to subscribe!!

This video is 5 years old now 🤧 Happy late birthday to this video! (No seriously, I'm really late, it's October 10th where I'm at-)