A channel with a variety of theories about The Legend of Zelda, where I show you new things in old Zelda games in order to explain the world of Hyrule and beyond.
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Decided to come here after Nintendo officially declared that Breath Of The Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are set in their own timeline; separate from the existing timelines that Nintendo had set before. Vortexxy was so excited and was already piecing together how BoTW would tie in. It really bothers and saddens me that they decided to go a different way. It is what it is. ❤RIP❤
It’s the only solution that makes sense to me - there’s too many retcons and discrepancies for them to fit into any one timeline, and a converged/reunified timeline would have mind-boggling implications. In saying that, I personally think Skyward Sword is still canon to BotW/TotK, since the lore (especially relating to Hylia) set up in that game remains relevant. Based on the limited information available at the time, Vortexxy made some pretty decent guesses. I’m sad we’ll never get to see her reactions and deeper insights, but I’m at least glad we got to experience her first impressions. I’ll be thinking of her while I play Echoes of Wisdom 🩵
A correction: Ruto is a river Zora, as she lives in the rivers of Hyrule and has a shorter aging process, and likely a shorter life based on the fact that the Rito age the same speed as a Hylian. The ocean Zora have longer lives, and the BotW Zora are likely a hybrid of the two. The downfall timeline river Zora got corrupted and became more aggressive to Hylians
I know what you mean... 8 years and 3 new Zelda games (plus remasters), it hurts thinking about all the videos she could've made and shared with us since she disappeared 😥🩵
I feel like the temple was a place originally build as a sacred place for spirits to dwell n almost be trapped in, in the after life. Similar to the Winchester mansion, how the build random stair cases to confuse spirits. Maybe at some point they could of used it as a strong hold but I feel like it was abandoned centuries earlier. N I like to think phantom ganon area is a cursed place that showed the trespasser their biggest fear, in links case phantom ganon. As an attempt to cause them to flee and prevent them from finding a hidden item, in that case, the medallion to the sacred realm. Maybe the medallion attracted spirits into the temple to become trapped. but to prevent any entity or spirit from getting into the realm. They put the curse of seeing your ultimate fear. Which was supposed to stop anything.
8 years today, 8 years since she was last heard from. I literally just learned about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom a few hours ago. In the same style as the remaster of her first ever Zelda game (Link’s Awakening) and FINALLY starring Zelda as the protagonist. Yet another game Vortexxy will never get to play or talk about… I bet she would’ve been stoked. She and her loved ones are in my thoughts this 20th June, as always. I’m really hoping to play EoW, and if I get to she’ll be in my thoughts then as well. Rest in Peace 🩵
I think the goddess of time is Hylia because Zelda is known as the Sage of Time and has power over time and she is a descendant of the incarnated Hylia
I still come back to this video from time to time, and I'm happy to see other people do too. I hope she knew just how many people she touched with these videos and really wish she had had the chance to see the game come out. Life is too cruel. Rest in peace.
I know right? Today marks 8 years since she release this video, her last, yet people still comment on her videos and dedicate their theories and playthroughs to her. I hope she knew what an impact she made, and the legacy that lives on 🩵
They literally say that this place hides the secrets of Hyrule's dark and bloody past. I think Hyrule's first king was a bad man who built his kingdom on the bodies of those who would oppose him. After his death the shadow temple was built to hide the horrible truth. Bongo bongo is the kings evil spirit that Ganondorf woke up.
How can I miss someone I never met? I use to fall asleep to these videos and get lost in the lore, now I come back to this channel just to remember. You can feel she’s not here and it’s strange that it feels so loud and pronounced😔. Rest easy Vortexxy✊🏾
Thank you for your video first and foremost. This is a hard topic and also really debateable. I will need to disagree that the "Lens of Truth" is unnecesarry optional Item. While there can be a timeline in which Link indeed is able to "guess" where all the hidden rooms, platforms and Traps are, I do think this is far fetched for a normal human being even if he is the hero of hyrule. Another big point is that in the future the Well is drained so there is no future were Link didnt drain the Well. Now you could argue he just drained the Well but I would like to argue that he did that to get to the lens of truth, for there wouldnt be any reason to do so. Link actually learns that he should got to the Bottom of the Well in the future from an old man in Kakariko.Thus, Link should always have the lens of truth at the end of his journey because otherwise he never would have had to drain the Well. That is were your theory hinks because MM Link can only exist if OoT Link ends his journey. So how did OoT Link learn the Song of Storms? As Guru-Guru has stated the "ocarina boy" has played the melody 7 years ago. The interessting part is that in different languages guru guru actually doesnt say "ocarina boy" directly. The most simple but also boring solution is that another person has played the song of storms in the original timeline. Link just uses that to his advantage and uses the Song of Storms in the past which might seem like a paradox but actually isnt. Now who could that other person be? Saria? Perhapse Skull Kid did it. We do know that Skull Kids love to play pranks and they also love to play their instruments.
Just got the news of her departure. I don't know why, but this kinda hits me hard, even though I never knew her just watched a few of her videos. Rest in Peace Vortexxy
It still amazes me how much of an impact one's entertaining/educating material can have on people. Vortexxy is still remembered, almost 8 year since she disappeared 💙
I'm a bit biased, but her style of theorising always felt very special, like being read a bedtime story instead of being sold something. So lovely and refreshing 💙
"Dead Hand was likely used on victims who refused to talk, or already fulfilled their purpose"... what a way to summarize the end of some dark interrogations!
12:09 it’s so sad that Vortex didn’t get to play BOTW That line while always epic will always feel more significant when the cold night and scorching day is a gameplay feature
Hey Vortexxy making my once a year visit hoping you’ll return to stop by again and say I miss you 😢 but I know Hyrule needed you. I hope to cross paths with you in another plane of existence 😞 💔
Your fans are here. We are loyal. Happy holidays vortex. Bring us a cool new year! Did you hear they announced a live action loz movie?! Crazy amazing!
Last time i watched her last video i was a early 20 something waiting on a college class to start. Now im deep into my career and i came back from nostalgia. I think i come back here once every 2 years to watch these videos.
It's a sad tale that took hundreds of years to fulfill...only to be bittersweet in the end. Everything about the adult timeline falls into a shambles for the kingdom of Hyrule.
Alot of people blame hero of time for not coming back and saving the land. What they didnt Realize is he was sealed in Termina. 😢. And yall are saying its a different link that also somthing bad happened too.
2:00 is ironically funny considering the relationship between Link and Mipha, who is a Zora, in BOTW, in addition to the fact there was a confirmed Hylian/Zora relationship among some of the NPCs.
Yeah, Link/Mipha definitely had some Link/Ruto inspiration (from a meta perspective) 😂 I guess with tens of millenia of evolution the two races could have become more reproductively compatible, or just simply spent more time together for more romantic connections to form
I want to know where Keatons come started from. Surely they didn’t start in video games? I do love Zelda, but every time I search it, that’s is what pulls up in results. My daughter wants to make a fox Keaton. I just wanted to know the history!!!!
