How Ocarina of Time Built 3D Zelda 

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the slow hilarious realization that this is not a hour and half long video about ocarina of time but rather a re-review on every major 3d zelda is pretty damn funny. banger video

I found the Majora's Mask section to be particularly moving - love the parallels you drew between the threats to Termina and needing to distract yourself from the metaphorical "moon" representing current day issues in the real world. Very relatable. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these, I've been a fan for years!

I like the way you handled this video, discussing all the games, not from a critical perspective, but from directly how you feel. And well, that's what games are, art, and that's what art is, an emotional piece. I was expecting an in depth analysis of ocarina of time specifically but it changed after having watched it all. Maybe your recent videos clued us all in on this but, maybe discussing media as something you feel emotionally attached to is much better than discussing it as something that serves a directly functional purpose.

Mikau wasn't just a guitarist cut short, he was a young father who was killed before his kids were born trying to save them, and every time cycle you don't recover those eggs, he died for nothing.

The transition from Ganondorf screaming in agony to Groose screaming in terror as he falls had me ROLLING 💀 Great content as always. Always a pleasure to see your growth and how your thoughts and opinions change

Can we all just appreciate the masterful transition at 1:23:01? Truly a work of art.

Ocarina of times ending always felt very melancholy. Link may have saved the day but it feels so much qas sacrificed and lost to achieve it. It also helps that wind waker continues this same feeling.

Twilight Princess Hyrule Castle is such a haunting place, and it's not even the tower portion that does that for me It's just...the dead silent gardens, the only sounds being the rainfall, the strange blue lighting in the graveyard area, like a place you weren't supposed to find. Seeing those dead soldier spirits just simply pointing to where you need to go, it always made me imagine Ganondorf showing up at the castle while you're running around and just cutting all these guys down, I find it so chilling to think about Getting inside finally and just...more quiet emptiness, only the tiniest sliver of a song playing, like something far away is calling for you, the rain outside even louder when you're close to a window This really was the area that made the strongest impression on me, I think

Don’t let the imposter syndrome get to you. I suffer from it pretty badly myself, I think everyone does a little bit. Your old Zelda reviews still hold up and you made good points, even if you don’t agree with them anymore. Growth doesn’t have to mean you completely discard your past self. You can come to understand where you were coming from back then even if you don’t agree with what you said. Great video as usual.

That Majora's mask rewrite is some of the best retrospective writing I have listened to on RU-vid. I can feel the passion, stress, and pride that you put into this video. I'll be rewatching this for months

This was an incredibly refreshing change of pace. I enjoyed and respected the things you had to say about Zelda in your previous videos, but this feels so much more... free. Like you've stopped caring about the 'objective' argument and you just wanted to talk about some games that mean a lot to you. And god damn the breakdown of Majora's Mask really hits home. Your growth shows, KingK. I didn't even realize I had watched the entire video, and it was suddenly over. Phenomenal work.

OoT was a masterpiece. The fact that I can come back to it, even now, 25 years later, and still enjoy it is testimony to that.

Randomisers gave me something I thought I'd never have: the feeling of playing Majora's Mask for the first time. As a kid, I watched my brother play through it 100% at least once before he would ever let me play, so when I eventually did play it on my own I already knew the story and where everything was, at least in broad strokes. I still always considered it my favourite game, but playing it with the items in all the wrong places made it a completely fresh experience that just made me fall in love with the game all over again.

If you weren't playing games in 1998 (or maybe even born) it's going to be difficult to understand what a towering punctuation mark Ocarina was in the gaming landscape at that time. The tech has aged, which is bound to add an anchor to the experience of a new player and we now live with visuals we couldn't have even imagined in the 20th Century. As someone who got their first video game system in 1979 and who can remember when arcade machines were mechanical (& I don't mean pinball) and what a surprise Space Invaders was in 78, I really enjoy listening to the well-reasoned discussions of my most joyous game purchases by someone decades younger. I don't always have to agree with every point, but I can agree to think. I've watched video games in the home arrive, become popular and develop from nothing to this multi-billion $/£ industry and I still get excited at 'the next big thing' and I like to enjoy an intelligent essay on this subject that has been a close-companion for most of life. Thank you for your videos. I'm no fanboy for any brand (at 55 ) and I've owned systems of all gaming creeds, but I have spent so many hours, days & weeks with Link in my life and just replayed Ocarina (again). It's been damn good and long may it continue, this adventuring on my TV (which gets ever larger as the years shuffle by).

Your transition from Twilight Princess to Skyward Sword - A+

The flow of Time may be cruel,but looking back, I think many of us can say we've met a wonderful fate by living in the time when Zelda went from 2D to 3D. Thanks for your time and effort,time after time.

There's nothing wrong with taking an objective, critical look at these games, but I am so happy we're in a time where people can talk about why they enjoy them and what they mean to them personally. It's so engaging and even thought provoking. Even games I know aren't "great" I've seen people come out and talk about what they learned and gained from that experience. I know you've been making a lot of great videos lately, but this one might be my favorite you ever done thus far. Thank you for all your hard work!

I love how the subtext you unearthed from OOT was confirmed for Ganondorf in Wind Waker. The fate of him and his kind against the Hylians who had fairer winds blow at their backs. Fantastic stuff.

"Hope burns ever brighter the taller the darkness looms." Imma keep this in mind going forward now.

This game will never stop making me be in awe of it. I've seen countless retrospectives and yet I'll keep coming back for more. Truly the best game of all time to this day.

It was the original Ocarina of Time Retrospective you did back in 2017 that made me find your channel. Cool to see you doing it again.

41:22. That moment in the script hit me hard. It felt real and I appreciate you putting it in the video.

Exactly what I needed at 2:42 AM. A sleep schedule is worth sacrificing for any new KingK drop!

Yo good on you kingK, I used to listen to your retrospectives to get to sleep years ago and always thought it was hella wack u didn’t scream the praises of the 3d Zelda’s but you always had something interesting to say. Feels like a good chunk of adulthood so far is rediscovering things we loved as a child and accepting them for what they are and realizing they still have a lot of meaning, pretty cool keep it up dawg.

I don’t know if you’ll read this but your posts are some of the highest quality on RU-vid. Wether it’s Zelda, Pokémon, kingdom hearts, or other content I always watch because you’re a great writer and a great narrator. Always going to be a KingK fan!

I gotta say the transition from TP to SS was gold. Bravo.

juxtaposition between TP ganondorf death scream and Groose made me audibly LOL, well done.

I really wasn't expecting to stay up until 2 AM tonight, but this video was easily worth it. Thank you so so much KingK, it might sound crazy but you really have been a prime influence on my life. Your videos are the perfect blend between gaming reviews and.. podcasts I can put on while gaming. I've found so much enjoyment over the past year or so going through your back catalogue of videos, each one, at least to me, being just as wonderful as the next. I really do hope you keep growing as a person. Keep it up, the best member of the Unversed Cast!

Even with how amazing BotW and TotK are I absolutely miss this age of Zelda

How much you care about the zelda series really shines through in your scripts. Its infectious, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm

Shout out to pairing the phrase 'unspeakable evil' with footage of having to enter the pause menu in order to put the iron boots on

The transition between Twilight princess and Skyward sword is epic🤣

I've been a fan of KingK's videos for a long time now. I remember being introduced to this channel through those Zelda retrospectives. I have to say, this is their most beautiful video to date. The thematic resonance of each individual game is mirrored in the essay's theme of personal (and societal, to an extent) growth, linking all of these games together into that thesis, no pun intended. Thank you, KingK. Fantastic job, as always.

Windwaker is responsible for one of my favorite conversations I witnessed in high school. Friend 1: "It's so advanced you don't even have polygons!" Friend 2: "But I love polygons! I want to have the polygons!" Math teacher: "...You two have no idea what you're talking about."

As someone who really isn't too keen on Botw and Totk compared to classic 3D Zeldas I don't have much to say. It was a very nice albeit somber look back. That chapter might be complete but part of growing up for me has also meant that I can now choose the direction I want to grow in and in the realm of Zelda...I'm almoat contend to not grow with it anymore. There have been single games, franchises and styles that simply speak more to me lately than new Zelda probably ever will. It certainly has sweetened this otherwise very bittersweet feeling I get when I now think of the series. In any case, this video has been great and I'd like to thank you for putting in so much effort. The time spent and the passion is evidently on display. Good job man!

I hate the whole "wracking your brain on arbitrary puzzles" and "being lost for 3 hours as you wander around lost". I have no time for that anymore. There's too many games to play, too many hobbies to tend to, and too many people who want to hang out. In my 2 hours of freetime I'd rather be placed right in front of the puzzle and then be tested to see how well I can perform it, not waste that precious time finding a needle in a haystack. I bought Metroid Prime remastered not too long ago and I'm having the hardest time getting into it. Most of my play sessions are just wandering blindly lost in the tunnels, and accidentally missing the poorly marked doorway far above my PoV that I never would have found without a guide. I ended up just swapping to other games like Advance Wars remastered and TotK since they don't waste your time with that sort of nonsense. Dread I had no issues with though. They set you where you're supposed to be and ask you to "do it. prove to us that you're good enough to get past this challenge that's before you." instead of "go trade your valuable limited time to wander around lost only to find a disappointing puzzle at the end of your timesink." I've gone back to a lot of games I loved in my youth, only to be turned off by "exploration" games like Yoshi's Island were one of my favorites, but going back and realizing that every 5 minute level takes 20 minutes to comb through, to find all of the collectibles makes it feel like more of a chore than a game. It just feels like padding, and its not hard or challenging, and it doesn't "feel good". None of the words you used to describe the joys of "wracking your brain" and "sitting and pondering the solution" jumped out at me, because a lot of these older exploration games just have obtuse solutions that feel cheap, like a hidden switch in an unmarked area, or nothing to draw your eye to a door that's sitting above you. I have a lot more fun tackling small individual challenges VS wandering around unsure of which of my 1000s of hypothesizes to progress through the temple are right or wrong.

I was 11 when Ocarina came out. Had just gotten my N64 a year before and was still wearing out Goldeneye. I remember my stepfather, who was the reason I discovered Zelda playing his original NES game, was talking about it and his co workers buying it. I had no idea how ground breaking it would be. I still have by childhood copy of Majora's Mask which I bought the day it came out with birthday cash. From the time I played it till now, it's always been my favorite Zelda.

This is a beautiful video, so glad to see such informed, meaningful, and inspired interpretations of these legendary games. And your upload frequency doesn't make me care about you any less. Your videos are amazingly well-written and add so much meaning to some of my favorite pieces of art. You add so much meaning to my life and I can easily assume you do so for many others. No matter what happens, you've created art that resonates with and helps people.

Ironically enough I just watched your original OoT video yesterday for the first time and yeaaaah... this one is much better. I simply love watching your reviews, and now I can clearly see the evolution you've had since 6 years ago. Really looking forward to what comes next!

I’ll definitely be watching this one countless times. The writing in this one is amazing, great work. Just finished the Majora section, and I’m kinda speechless. Love the videos❤️

"After youve solved the water temple once, youre likely to not struggle from it again." This is an egregious lie...

I never really think of Majora's Mask as scary but the way you talked about it hit home for me. As a fellow RU-vid creator, I also get freaked out about trying to put out videos on a regular basis. I just don't have enough time to do everything I want to do and that is terrifying. There are a whole bunch of interesting artistic ideas I have that will likely never be made because life is to damn short and I can only make so much.

Another really great video, KingK! I love the passion and embracing of just genuine love you've got for the series! It's great to be able to resonate with that level of celebration ♡ Ocarina is my favorite, and I'm so glad there are so many variations on it from Nintendo. These games are darlings, and have meant so much to me. And I love how much they clearly mean to others. It's so great to hear how they're great can be so well articulated! I'm so impressed you were able to jam so many great points and perspectives on so many games. Really has made my morning a good one as I've listened to you. And I actually do like the tadtones. It's kind of neat to explore an old location with more free 3d movement, in a semi collectathon styled structure. It's not like perfect, but I like it.

I absolutely love your new analysis style. I liked your previous Zelda videos but this new style of delving into games' themes and deeper meaning truly resonates with me. Thanks for the hard work @KingK

Thank you for highlighting Morpheel's dynamic music, it is such an important feature of that and other boss fights!

Bringing up randomizer perfectly captured how i've felt about Zelda recently. Learning tricks i would have never learned before, and always having a new experience.

fantastic video, honestly not what i expected with a deeper dive into the emotional impact of the games and their meaning as an art form but it was definitely welcome, keep up the great work as always

KingK leveled up. That was a well made video and I love the self reflection on how you make videos and why you make them they way you did. I hope this time you feel proud of your work.

I have not finished the video yet but Majora's Mask is still my favorite Zelda game all these years later and your analysis of it was great.

That point about Gannon not needing to change the shadow temple, wow that revelation hit like a brick. I never noticed that, thank you for pointing it out! It makes me think about how the end of Wind Waker makes it clear that while Ganon isn't a great person, he wasn't treated well by the creation goddesses as they favoured the Hylians, which I think would upset anyone. And then the shadow temple shows that the Hylians aren't all that great either... I also love your view on randomizers, I knew of them and that they're popular but I'd never heard anyone explain exactly their appeal, how much it transforms the game and leads to "new" stories in the same game and gives you the first time playing experience in a way! It's almost like learning a language, learning all the building blocks and then skillfully re-arranging them into infinite patterns on the fly as needs arise. I think that's so cool! It's also interesting to hear you grapple with nostalgia and view it almost as a bad thing (I think you said it poisons your view at one point?) when to me, nostalgia is one of the most wonderful, magical emotions. And guess what, when people talk about their nostalgia, I get to see what they see in a shiny new way that I couldn't see on my own; It's like I get to carry some of their love for the game with me now and my love of gaming is fuller for it. I don't get that if people try and be objective about their experience. It's funny to me that I also played WW and TP as a child except I played them in reverse order and preferred Wind Waker, though I would have trouble expressing why (there's a reason Im not a youtuber haha). While I wish you had the experience with WW I did, I appreciate your points about playing it randomized, so I'll be giving that a try! Overall, I loved that this wasn't a series of game reviews but a look into what about each game stood out to you and diving into that one topic. I just love to hear what catches everyone's eye, because it's always different! Thank you so much :)

The tone of the messages king k has been holding for these newer videos has been so real, I've literally felt chills several times in this one. Idk how else to describe it but it feels a lot more personal, as if this video is a reflection of his true thoughts and feelings related to the topics at hand, an excellent piece in writing and delivery in voice, amazing work!

This is an amazing video! I found out your channel through the 3D retrospectives and watched all of them as they interested me, loved the TP and SS segments the most and a really neat update on thoughts overall.

I've watched (more realistically listened to while walking about) all of your Zelda videos so many times over, and the depth that you went into in this one was fantastic. It was a joy, I genuinely felt sad while you spoke about MM. You've a mind that works well for this sort of analysis, keep it up.

I respect, very strongly, that transition from the Twilight section to the Skyward Sword section. 👌

Think this might be my favorite video of yours KingK. About 3 years ago my mental health was severely declining and your Zelda vids really hit the spot for giving my mind a break from the constant rushing of thoughts. Thinking about how much I’ve grown since then along with some of the themes of growth you’re talking about in this and I must say you’ve always been a smooth talker but the writing in this is 11/10. Thanks K, your fans cherish you!

I enjoy how much more personal you got with this video, with inserting parts speaking about your channel and the process of making videos. You can tell how different these videos are now, where the old ones from years ago seemed to be attempts to objectively review these games, this one seems more on what these games mean to you and how aspects of the games pertain to aspects of your life. I enjoy this newer style of writing, it's a lot more enjoyable and makes the reviews more unique.

Love your reflections in the beginning, - I'm sure there are many more to come. I always loved your old videos, even though they were hyper-critical. I'm sure I'll love these even more.

That transition from Ganondorf to Groose was perfection. And you nailed it with the endgame of Twilight Princess. One thing I liked doing in the GameCube version was saving the game right before Argorok, copying the save file, and then just go from the Argorok fight to the end of the game in a sitting and it was so much fun. Only Zelda game where I did that.

Man, this video had me in my feels and reaching for my copy of Ocarina of Time for yet another replay. What a beautiful, thoughtful look at the road the 3D entries have taken and how your thoughts have evolved on them. Seriously, this video is a masterpiece. A real love letter to the series.

I LOVED the formatting of this video. I enjoy all of your videos, but this one is extra well done. Keep it up!

Classic 3D zelda is one of my favorite game series of all time. While I definitely have my favorites, I love all of these games for their own reasons. While I know that skyward sword will likely be the final 3d zelda in the classic style (for at least awhile), and that's probably for the best, I can't help but lament the loss of dungeons. While totk tries its best, and the lightning and wind temples comes close, they just don't scratch the same itch. I don't know if classic dungeons can work with the botw style, but I think it would be worth giving a shot to. And hey, if not, hopefully the next 2d zelda can pick up the slack.

Lovely video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I mostly have the same thoughts of the individual games though I wholeheartedly disagree with your conclusion. BOTW & TOTK charted a new path, but they took too many steps back in the process. There can be a game that melds the two styles in a proper way. ToTK was supposed to be that, but I fully believe they spent too long on mechanics to really give us something special in the story and dungeon departments. The memory system needs to go and the puzzle box long form complex dungeons need to return. We already spend so much time in BOTW and TOTK thinking of traversal as a puzzle that it makes the newer "dungeons" fall flat when simple traversal is also their main form of puzzle. I hope the next Zelda game will have a more condensed overworld with a story that takes place in the present and has long form dungeons actually return. We can keep the open world, but perhaps a open region style open world like Elden Ring would be the best path forward IMO.

I love how nuanced you are in how you talk about games. No game is the best or worst thing ever and you express what there is to appreciate about each game so well

I love this video. I've loved all your videos I've seen but this is the one that hits different. Something truly worth while and a video I've already revisited several times. I await your next release with much anticipation. Thank you.

Holy crap. I don’t think I’ll ever be this luckily early again. I’ve had a really hard, 36+hour day, finally have a moment to throw something awesome on to zone out to. 20 seconds before clicking onto my subs feed, this gets uploaded.

Funnily enough, Wind Waker was actually the first 3D Zelda I truly enjoyed after trying to get into both OoT and MM beforehand. It's really hard for me to pin a specific reason down too but I think for me it comes down to it probably having the best feeling combat in the series and that I really love just riding around in a boat on the water despite normally not liking that sort of thing in a big open 'field' like that. Despite the linearity of the adventure, I think the visuals and music really help to carry it and coming across islands and hostilities at sea are interesting even if you don't have the tools for them. Not saying I disagree with any of the critiques leveled at it mind you since you aren't wrong on them but I guess they're more positive than negative for me.

You just keep getting better and better, KingK. Keep up the excellent work!

Just watched this for the first time. This is the greatest video on Zelda I have ever seen. Very excited to watch the next two!

This video is one of the greatest written videos I've watched in almost 2 decades of watching RU-vid. So many of the themes resonated at such a raw emotional level for me! Thank you!

It's nice, having taken my first steps into the Zelda franchise myself recently, coming to the same conclusions about the older, original entries of the series. A feeling of growth and risk, taking chances and learning what does and doesn't work, consequences and reception be damned. And if anything it encourages me to look to these games with my own thoughts for the first time too, to see what they might mean for me.

I truly appreciate the quality of your videos. Thanks a lot, mate. Please never stop!

I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch, your takes are always interesting and well-thought out and in general, your work just makes me feel uplifted and appreciate even more a medium I love so dearly.

I really enjoyed this look back on 3D Zelda. It has me thinking about how much I miss the old formula. Zelda has come a long way since OoT, and the transition into BotW and TotK has been insanely transformative for the series and the industry. But I lament that it cost us the traditional 3D Zelda formula, a formula that I feel still has a lot of room for creativity and unique ideas. A formula that I feel like has never quite been captured by any other game/franchise (other than Okami). That's not to say other games haven't pulled from 3D Zelda design, and used it to craft unique experiences. Dark Souls has often been cited as something that pulls both from Metroidvania and Zelda conventions. But I guess I am just craving something a bit less transformative, and I think that is just the part of me that wants to rekindle those feelings from my childhood, a feeling I will constantly chase and maybe never catch again.

I see no reason why the Switch Zelda type shouldn't also include dungeons. Let them use a power that only works within the dungeon for example.

“Learn that Jabu Jabu likes fish by talking to people.” Time truly doesn’t change some things.

This video was really special, the Majora's mask part really spoke to me in a personal level, my self-esteem is pretty low nowadays, but hearing that even if you are in the worst possible scenario, you still can smile and have hope, this spoke to me and I gonna try to apply this in my life, and I didn't even play Majora's mask, anyways congratulations for the video KingK, I hope that you continue to be this awesome content creator that you are and continue to improve your work and provide awesome videos like this one

Absolutely awesome video as always. I really love the beginning where you talk about how you’ve changed so much and I loved hearing from your updated prospective. I’ve watched your Zelda retrospectives so much over the years, so it’s cool to get an almost part 2. I feel bad saying it, but playing ToTK, despite being fun, just doesn’t feel as amazing as playing the older games did. I can’t really even explain why, but I just don’t get that warm and fuzzy feeling anymore. Can’t wait to see what the Zelda series does next

Realising how overly-critical you were in past years and now admitting you were, at times, mistaken, is wonderful to hear. The current era of KingK is the best yet.

This is an excellent video. You perfectly described what makes this franchise so special.

I love how thorough you describe each game. I do enjoy Wind Waker, but you make really good points about the game’s dungeon design and overall faults. Your videos are awesome and you articulate every thing so perfectly. Thank you for your content man!

It’s really cool how you’ve come from that old hyper critical style to one that’s more focused on what parts of the subject that resonates with you the most. It’s way more interesting to hear why someone cares about something so much instead of some review that always has to bring up flaws as if any piece of art could be flawless to everyone. I don’t even particularly care about 3D zelda but your style of going into games and trying to find the best in them gives me an understanding of why people like those things that I didn’t get into

Honey KingK came back to us!

Majora's Mask is something so beautiful and real, somber and hopeful, a game that pushes what the video game medium can be. And I think your tone, writing, and your own story articulates and adds so much to it. Thank you for the video!

LITERALLY JUST YESTERDAY I was wondering when your next video is, glad to have had such a prophetic feeling

The old dungeon format was definitively better than anything BotW or TotK produced, shrines included. I like linear story, so the new games kind of sucked story wise in the sense of the whole finding memories / tears in any order aspect. I do like the explore anywhere in any order style. My hope for future Zelda games is they find a way to bring back what made traditional 3D Zelda special and apply it to the open world Zelda games. I think Zelda should try story in the same style assassins creed has been trying, a main story plot that takes you around the world, a sub area based plot of current events and conflicts in the area with maybe a charter from another region, and side quest everywhere (it should probably be noted i hate the leveling system of the new ac games and how it prevents you from exploring). I liked the attempt TotK made to bring back the traditional dungeons, but the temples were a point a to point b puzzle box got confusing when the path wasn't clear. I like how easy it was to find your own path with rocket shields or balloons, but doing skips makes me feel like I'm missing fun chunks of the game. Sure, speed runners love that kind of stuff, but the average gamer isn't a speed runner. Would the Ancient Chasm be as fun with a way to skip the whole hellscape part? Would Yeto and Yeta's reunion after freeing her from the twilight mirror shard feel as special without helping her get soup? Slime falling from the sky or big sand storms seems like annoying bothers than story beats, but when an invisible ghost breaks out of a well, sets a town on fire, picked up the ninja and throws her against a wall, then KOs you, that's your immediate threat, and Gannondorf can wait. There is something lost in the new Zelda games, and I hope the next game can bring some of it back.

Quality video as always . Ocarina of time was such an incredible experience at launch for me ❤ a special game for sure

Hey KingK, just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and your work. Way to go, my dude.

Fantastic work here. I love how much your videos feel like expressing a series of ideas and themes in one cohesive package.

Yeah I kind of disagree at the end. The original formula works for a reason. Good storytelling never gets old. I’d argue that OOT’s praise is from its story more than it being a 3D adventure. It’s legacy is now derived from its story and the structure of that game. It can be improved and grow in the same confines of the original game. That exactly what Twilight Princess does and why most people who love OOT, also love TP. Nicer graphics, more complicated dungeons, and utilizing items better in a crafted world are what many still want. It’s like reading an interactive book, and people are ready for a new story, and good linear story telling is something that will NEVER go out of style.

I think as a general rule I would agree with the sentiment that I want Zelda to keep evolving in surprising ways, but take issue with the notion that it must continue via the paths paved by BotW and TotK. I think there is still room to return to a more linear formula while also not just copy pasting Ocarina of Time again. Bigger is not always better and I have serious problems with the trend of the industry cramming more content at the cost of quality. There are definitely compromises that had to be made in transitioning Zelda to an open world formula, and I cannot say it is unequivocally better in doing so, though I do appreciate the experimentation that came from it. Personally for example, I'd love to see a Zelda with a world similar in size to Twilight Princess and the like but with a more non linear structure like Breath of the Wild, allowing players to tackle challenges out of order with plenty of surprising secrets while still maintaining a more carefully crafted, less repetitive world design.

What a wonderful, wonderful video this is. The mix of Zelda themes and real life issues is incredibly touching. You are a genius! Keep up the great work!

As someone who's been involved in the OoTR community and playing myself since the 2.0 days of 2018, it was wonderful to hear you speak so highly of the project I've spent so much of my free time with. Also have had a lot of fun with TWWR. :)

You know, it's crazy how you start this video talking about how you've grown over the last six years. Just last month, I finished my six year military contract, and I've been reflecting a lot of how much I've grown. Not to mention the struggles I've had trying to get on my feet outside of the military.

Agree so much with your opener and BotW. Now that TotK was basically BotW 2.0 I'm probably for the first time ever not getting the next 3D zelda at release. Huge open freeform worlds are cool af but that's not what I play Zelda for...

This video was amazing dude. I laughed, I cried, and I saw just how much you've grown up over the years: which was a nice mirror reflection on my own personal growth over the years. Thank you KingK.😄💖

the Hope section feels kind of unrelated to Zelda and more than a little bit like a cry for help lol

just make a video fam... chill

I mean this in the most positove way, this was my favorite video of yours. You talk in the opening as if you have an external locus of control, but your actions and later commentary show you have an internal locus of control. You're doing it right, keep kicking ass my brother. Tldr; it's okay to feel like life is coming after you, but you are the only one who can change it, so do.

Every last one of your videos is a must watch and must finish the moment they hit my feed