End Credits (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) | 近藤浩治 [Koji Kondo] 

Truly saddening. I hope the best for you and anyone involved. This world is more beautiful that it gets it’s credit for and your friend is in an amazing place. It’s great to see the game can make that big of an impact on a human life. I hope the best for your endeavors, partner.

I immediately started crying reading this. I am so sorry. What a beautiful friendship you had. He will always be looking out for you. Thank you for making his last moments the greatest and so fitting. I hope you’ll be able to heal someday. He’s on to a great adventure… until the day you meet again, take care.

May he rest in peace

Rest in Peace.

rest in peace.

The gods will.

He was remembered, just not when he was around. Remember how when ganondorf re-appeared, the people of hyrule were praying for him to return to defeat him again, but he couldn't because he was sent back in time. And in the child timeline, it wasn't until after his time that he was known as a hero

@@thekingtoastamo5808 but then he wasnt even known for what he did it was for something else

@@otakuslayer5702 sure enough it could've been it, but the legacy of the HoT says he was a great hero, even in the Child Timeline so who knows. I know that Zelda may have known what he did, but idk who else could've known

@@thekingtoastamo5808 He died regretting that he couldn't do more to help and unable to pass down his legacy properly which made him the Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess who cannot pass on until he can able to pass down all he has known to his descendant to which he eventually did.

history repeats itself

The flow of time is always cruel...

Wind waker vibes

I hope your child self found out about master quest

literally me, when I finish every videogame.

I totally understand and agree.

I feel your pain...

Then one day you find about Majora's Mask, and flipped out in the best way.

*Mario Kart 64 credits just entered the chat*

@@Lost_idiot223 There's something surreal about MK64's staff roll

@@retardwithconviction imagine this song played after you have accomplished your dreams and lived a life without regrets

@@Lost_idiot223they just knew how to make end credit music back on the n64

@@xboxgamer8381 Oh definitely! And I love mario kart 64 credits because it not only feels like you won a fun race, it sounds and feels like you won at life!

I felt it when I was 6 years old (older siblings played the game, I watched). the Intro to this theme felt like it was conveying a musical message that "every end has a beginning". I felt sad the story ended, but also felt relieved by that intro into the theme before it plays zelda's lullaby.

@@qwmx Every story must come to an end, but in life every ending is just a new beginning

I know what you mean but also we've been in this world with our imagination in such an intense way, for a lot of us, since we were kids. Visiting every so often. It almost means more BC it's a world the dirt of this world/earth can't touch.

i remember being blown away when I played it for the first time. Pure magic. it will always have a special place in my heart.

Not the best game ever created. Good game good music.

Literally thinking the same thing.. then i read this comment (I don't think it's just muh "Nostalgia" either OOT is the GOAT

yes majora's mask is

Not just among the greatest games Nintendo ever created, but among the greatest games ever created. It’s cliche to say, but it’s true

Fr

I finished it right now. My face is full of tears

When I finished, I stared at the screen for 5 minutes. those were good times.

gg from france

ONE HOUR OF CRYING HOLY!

yes back in the days (even now) I cried a lot after the end, I still can't get over with it

Correction: The feelings you experienced with it will never be quite the same with other games. Future titles were very much like OOT, some more than others, memory has a funny way of making things from long ago hold deeper value.

Idk OOT 3D is pretty similar to OOT 🤣

Not until a new leap in technology is made.

@@wepmastersso was oot master quest

@@xboxgamer8381 lol

I always think about both sides of the story while listening to the first two parts of this credit sequence. To me, first as Zelda's Lullaby plays it's a moment to take in all the all the weight of the journey, how what started as a childish plan to prevent chaos turned into 7 years of turmoil that Link and Zelda would have to bear witness to. Even though the plan actually succeeded and evil was vanquished, the cost comes to Link who has lost his innocence and childhood now trapped in a world of peace that he likely feels separate from. Navi is the only person who truely shared Link's experience,and after she leaves Link no doubt feels completely alone. I think this ties in beautifully with the themes and story of Majora's Mask too. On the flip side, the bonfire takes place in the future time after Ganon has been defeated. Zelda has likely spread the word of Gandorf's demise and so everyone has gathered to tell the tale of the hero Link. I think of the music as as this Legend being recounted by all the people of Hyrule. Link, a boy from the forest , protector of the Hyrule citizens, brother to all Gorons, love of the Zora princess, Malon's knight in shining armor, a warrior worthy of the Gerudo, truely, the Hero of Time. This ending hit so hard, and when I first beat the game when I was little I don't think I understood but I know I felt it. I mean, the feeling you get of great emotional depth and sorrow with Majora's Mask is all here in this game. Majora's Mask is pretty much the story of Link just learning to cope with all of the events in Ocarina of Time. I really do believe that both games deserve to be considered masterpieces of their time, I would actually love a more in depth retelling of both their stories. All of the background and subtext seems so beautifully crafted to me now, and I think there will never be a Zelda game that can hit the same mark as they did so perfectly.

@@rhamieljoseph9775 love your narrative here. Great perspective. One thing about the ending I always questioned though was the idea that Link likely feels seperate from the future timeline because he lost those 7 years. I feel like Link had no say in that and Zelda decided it for him. In the game, you spend much more time as adult link than child link. And you see the cause and effect of Ganondorf taking advantage of you opening the temple of time before that 7 year warp, so you understand why all this happened, you grow into your new role as a man and save the day. Maybe by then you feel you do belong in that world, but it got stripped from you by someone who decided otherwise. Link should have been able to make that choice himself.

The saddest part was seeing Mido and King Zora mourning the loss of their loved ones Saria and Ruto while everyone was partying.

@@randomdude4816 was that what that moment there was about w the two of them just sitting together? I never got that until now, thank you.

​@@randomdude4816should have added Link the Goron, he lost his dad as well :(

Same here! It’s like au au au the dog’s voice. (So my ex-bf he’s said like this “au au dag, meow meow cat” If I listen to this voice I wanna DIE!) 😂😅

You trying to start a fight man, dont make me cry :(

Unless Nintendo makes a "re-imagined" remake like Resident Evil 2 or Final Fantasy VII.

@@doomofmandos5410fr

This but with this game obviously, and also botw, totk, and links awakening

Well I mean it’s Zelda’s lullaby, it’s a main part of the series and that part was focused around zelda

Same

majoras mask continues on after oot :)

@@Lara-vo6rp Majora's Mask is too different with the 3 day cycle and doesn't have the same feel that Ocarina of Time did.

@@poliwhirlking atleast the story continued onto a second part into a new style it would be a bit dull to repeat the game style over again in majoras mask

tú si sabes preciosa, un hermoso juego, a mi también me hizo llorar cuando lo terminé.

They known what they're doing at Nintendo, and they've always known.

Goodbye Navi

those bells made my friends and i think that link and zelda were getting married

The powerfull showcase of master sword

This theme also appears in the Starfox 64 credits. It hits hard, right on the feels.

Idk I prefer the intro, it in a few seconds sets the tone for the whole song and the ending. It's a victorious version of the main score but it's tinged in sadness, hopeful yet heartbroken. Then the dialogue hits and you realize that while you've won, link has lost, everything. Everyone who knew who he was who knew he saved them is gone (baring the close relatives of the sages lost). The score tells a recap of the whole story in a brief few seconds. And that's why I think it's amazing. Another song that does this well is, "For the dark soul" It's a song that shows you the theme of the game it's presented in in the first few seconds of the song then changes it before circling back. While these songs contrast (one being about moving on even after losing everything and making a life for yourself even after loss and the other being about maddening cycles) They both capture their stories theme well, these composers are geniuses and I don't think they get enough credit for how well they make scores in come games.

In fact, young Link is 9 years old, which is the same age you were when the game came out.

@@isaknascimentoferreira Guess it helped me have a strong connection to it, saw a kid my age going on a grand adventure.

Indeed! I like that part, too!

This is deep... I hope others will also scroll this far down, because this is the essence of Ocarina of Time for me too. That last sentence honestly made me tear up a little because it's so accurate.

Holy shit, bro got me crying

i-im so sorry buddy..anything i can do to comfot help you?

@@Onistuwa 5:40

Struggling to hold back tears reading this. Write a book on this I'll buy it

Bittersweet nostalgia

I too lost my Brother and this makes me comes to tears every single time I listen to it, but nothing reminds me of my childhood quite like this game has.

Same

Thats the part when I conpletly broke crying

wait?! It is? Where?

@@real_Furryratchet yeah just play it one more time. In the first scene when zelda comes into links house

Just to state, it's not the whole theme. Just the first part of the credits transitioned into Minish Cap.

@@real_Furryratchet It played as you first woke up in the opening of the game.

(The part of Saria's Song for the Gorons)

Home... Where you're supposed to be... The way you're supposed to be. - Princess Zelda

Hello, Link, the Hero of Time! I know! That is so sad that you had to say bye to Zelda and then Navi... When I played the game and watched the ending I bawled my eyes out!

A demon...

ganon

@@kid8911 u right u right

me?

@@Ravioli_-vd4wb damn must be a hard world to not be able to appreciate masterpieces

I agree. But Epona still loves Link and I'm sure she misses him.

the best game T_T

THE best and all time ever AMONG ALL VIDEO GAMES NOBODY WILL BEAT OOT I PROMISE YOU

Play the game dude

Dude 👌✨

L

This game is a legend. I would buy an N64 just to play it.

@@Koolyaroo one day….one day :)

The flow of time is always cruel... It's speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days. - Sheik

Aún me sigue dando pena el pobre Link... Todos celebrando y él volviendo al pasado donde le espera algo quizá aún peor 😔

@@davidbastiasg1732 algo peor en busca de navi :/

@@davidbastiasg1732 aunque, tenga un final triste ese link después de perderse en los bosques perdidos almenos logro descansar en paz luego de que le enseñará el arte de la espada a el link de Twilight princess

x2

The Hero of Time made everyone else happy but he was never happy.

I saw somewhere that according to Zelda lore, fairies die once they have completed their purpose or something and so Navi flies away from link so she can die because she doesn't want him to see it.

@@thisisausername1506 Don't make it sadder.😭

Navi knew to save Hyrule from destruction she had to leave and Link would follow which would alter the future events . Without the help from Navi and Zelda , Link couldn't pursue the keys for the Temple of time therefore wouldn't remove the master sword which only the hero of time could remove . Only Link was the chosen one to open the sacred realm with him gone changed the destiny of Hyrule

I wish you recover, friend.

m-me too!! i was tryna hold it in but it was so much

@@Onistuwa agreed. I love this game so much

@Avinash Anand I think he means the last time you will see adult Link Untill Twilight Princess.

@@FalcoShineShine well the hero of time specifically you don't see again till tp

Eres un grande, chico.

La verdad yo también lo jugue de pequeño y pues me parece una joyita junto con Majora's mask

Un bebé ? Para nada, las personas maduras y geniales jugamos las joyas del Nintendo 64 😎 a mis 19 aún no he dejado de jugarlas

Me alegra que aún halla gente como yo, gente que a pesar de los años no se aferra a lo que está de moda sino que se aferra a las cosas que en realidad valen la pena y que no merecen morir

De hecho yo igual lo jugué a los 6, pero en emulador, y me pasaba jugando al Zelda con mi tío, porque el se lo había pasado en N64 nunca logre pasarlo asta que tenia 8, pase 2 años para pasarme el juego y todavía me duele el final de este juegazo y aun lo juego de a veces.