Hyrule Then and Now - Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Comparison) 

Sorry if I sound off in this video. I was actually in space when recording this and had a lack of oxygen. Please understand.

When you think about it, it’s actually kind of sad yet relatable when you see these structures all demolished and different in Breath Of The Wild, it actually ties into a real feeling of nostalgia. Picture this: you were a seven-year old playing Ocarina of time, (or any other game before this one) you enjoyed the hell out of it, you wanted to beat all of the dungeons, find all of the secrets, get all of the emblems, and suddenly you stopped playing it for a long while, and then Breath Of The Wild comes out, you’re excited to play this entirely new Zelda game, and you come back to all of these locations, you’re feeling like “oh my god, how long was I gone?” It really makes you feel old and out of place.

"The bridge of Hylia is what bridges Lake Hylia" Dude, spoilers

I played Ocarina of Time when I was 14. I played Breath of the Wild when I was 34. To me, the broken ranch is genuinely like seeing a real life location full of happy memories now destroyed by time. =(

If you play BOTW without playing any other LOZ games then you're like Link not knowing what the hell is going on.

I appreciate how you changed Link's outfit according to the game you were talking about

I recently got this game and I spent most of my first hours playing it exploring the world. I was enjoying it until I came to the ranch ruins...broke my heart. I took my horse around the track a few times before I left :(

Just seeing all these great locations completely devastated makes me sad

This is my first Zelda game, I’ve been playing it nonstop during quarantine and was upset alone at the memories....now I’m sad at nostalgia I never even experienced 😂

We need an ocarina of Time switch remake please

nothing has sadden me more that when i came across the Ranch Ruins for the first time. the place when Link first meets and befriends Epona. now gone....

Love how as the video progresses it goes from “apocalyptic replica” to “doesn’t look the same, isn’t in the same place, shares no traits, is spelt differently, buuuuuuutttt”

I love how Zora's domain is always so beautiful from game to game

Dang that Lon Lon Ranch one hit me in the feels especially with Epona‘ song in the back

BOTW´s story is so sad. Link´s best friends and comrades are dead and gone now. His childhood friend who always had a crush on him is dead and gone now (poor Mipha). The biggest city which was filled with happy and diverse people is destroyed and empty now. Basically 80 percent of the regions population is dead and gone now. Now we know WHAT happens if we fail once in destroying the evil which threatens the world in the Zelda games.

Isn’t it weird how in 10 years, new kids will find interest in these games. Kids that might not even exist now. We’ll have grown up and this music will give us so much nostalgia :(

That's sad. Seeing your childhood version of a place, being destroyed and assassinated.

You sound continuously out of breath

Am I the only one who feels sad and who thinks that Link might be depressed after looking at the changes?

There are actually lakes in the lost woods, like lake saria, or mido swamp (I think it’s called) that are names after people in Ocarina of time

"The goron city is the city of the gorons"

Sad to see the Ranch all destroyed, just depressing.

I like how he put on the clothes to add the effect

God I love this game, but seeing what's become of Hyrule gives me such melancholy feelings. Like I can't even explain it, but I just want to cry. I haven't even FINISHED the game but the memories I've uncovered and the depth of Hyrule is insane at this point. I went to the Central Hyrule tower and looked down at the castle and Castle town and like I didn't know what to think. It was all just so... heartbreaking to see it like that. I can't even take the time to go through it because of those damned Guardian things sharpshooting me from like 50ft away! I'll eventually find a way. But bloody hell does this whole thing upset me. All that aside, I don't know how Nintendo thinks they're gonna top this game.

It would've been really cool if Epona hadn't been an amiibo unlockable and was instead found at Lon Lon ruins.

Actually I think the Lost Woods bears more resemblance to the woods from Majora's Mask than to the woods from Ocarina of Time, due to the huge trees, the overwhelming fog, and the fact that it seems easier to venture through by horse- Just a thought :D

"That's the 7th blunt today.... Guess it's time to do the voice acting on my last video."

Breath of the wild graphics in Ocarina of time.... life is complete

The difference between lon lon ranch in both games is like how you see the world as a child and then as an adult

It's kinda sad, seeing all those places broken down and in ruin......

“The Bridge of Hylia is what bridges Lake Hylia” Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor

"I hope that cow escaped before it [Lon Lon Ranch background building] collapsed though." -ZeldaMaster

Tbh it’s kinda of amazing that the ranch is still in that good condition. Think about it, the time between Each link cycle is so long that it becomes legend and forgotten by all but the most historical people. So that means it must at very least be thousands of years between each game. Botw is the latest game in the timeline because it references Twilight Princess which was previously the latest in the time line. So it’s potentially been 10s if not 100s of thousands of years since Ocarina of Time, and there’s still bits of the fence left lol.

I definitely like the graphics for BOTW but I really loved twighlight princess

I have "Breath of the wild" every morning when I wake up. Litterally

I named my horse Jesus and stood on top of mount Lanayru and called my horse and it said Jesus couldn't hear your call....

When I saw Lon Lon ranch the first time I actually teared up knowing my child hood is gone

You know how when you try to call your horse, and it's too far away you get the " could not hear your call"? I called my horse Epona, keep this in mind. Well, I went to the ranch ruins, and I got chills as I looked around the place, and after a moment of standing around feeling nostalgic I pressed the call horse button, thinking maybe it'd trigger some special events and I get the message "Epona could not hear your call", I just about cried! It was the saddest shit ever. D:

Lon Lon ranch made me tear up a bit and the music, its just crazy how well these games were created. I just remember traveling and just playing ocarina of time in the car and trying to figure out the game. this game will be remembered forever

While playing BoTW I felt like I was playing a character inside a painting. It's the most gorgeous game I ever played. But the truth is, Nintendo focused, I would say, 80% in exploration in this game. So, it lacks in story, it lacks in diversity of enemies (cmon, a Zelda game without spiders?), it lacks in CAVES. Exactly. CAVES. Everytime we entered a shrine we knew beforehand what was going to happen, what type of enemies we would face inside. In OoT and other Zelda games, when we entered a cave we were completely scary because some random thing like a fucking ghost or a fucking REDEAD would jump and scary the shit out of you. I never had this feeling playing BoTW. And, finally, it lacks in NPCs. Yes, we had 76 sidequests. Some I can remember because they were great and funny. But at least 50 of those 76 were generic to me. A lot of NPCs in BoTW are generic. I coudn't empathize with them. WHERE WERE THEY WHEN THE GAME ENDED? COMPARE THE FUCKING ENDINGS WITH BOTH BOTW AND OOT. The ending of OoT is MAGICAL. YOU SEE EVERYONE THAT YOU HELPED DURING YOUR QUEST. In BoTW it just ended. You guys know what I mean?

Zora's Domain is SO beautiful in BOTW! I will never forget the first time I saw it, after that rainy mountain trek seemed to take forever, and I finally came upon it....wow, just gorgeous.

This guy sounds like Mr. Slave from South Park

Dude this brings back so many memories from my childhood it makes me emotional

Where's Grooseland

This dude constantly sounds like someone is squeezing the oxygen out of him

Thumbnail: shows now and then Title: says then and now Me: *triggered*

One of the strongest connections is Dragon Roost Island / Rito Village

Are you okay? Do you have a cold? Try some tea before filming, it may help. That said, thanks for tearing out my heart.

R.I.P lon lon ranch that girl when i was little always made my heart skip a beat even if she wasnt real

did Anyone notice that each game he showed in BOTW he put on the clothes of each link shone

I know it’s just a game but since I’ve first started playing I just love going to the villages and seeing civilisation because I wanna feel what hyrule once felt before ganon. I love how a story is told throughout all games.

I died inside when he showed us the collapsing, broken Lon Lon ranch

I haven't watched, or played Breath of the Wild, do you think the Switch is worth buying at the time?

Lost Woods in BOTW looks like the Lost Woods in Majora's Mask.

the guardians have destroyed eponas home :( *slaying guardians agressively intensifies*

I like how you went through the effort of getting footage for each of these games,nice work!

Link from breath of the wild is right handed Link from ocarina of time was left handed

This is like the fourth comparison of then and now for Breath of the wild featuring Lon Lon Ranch I've watched, pretty sure all of them had the Ranch in the thumbnail as well...

Well it's most likley that all of these places were in the same exact area as previous games but those games take place centuries before botw so no doubt that they moved the castle and remodeled some places. Maybe the original goron city was caved in so they decided to just make their city outside and zora's domain was remodeled years after. Kakariko village could have also been destroyed and rebuild somewhere else. The land could have changed so much in the past so really all of these changes are just because time destroyed or rebuilt them.

Lon Lon ranch 1:03 (OOT) temple of time 3:01 (OOT) Lost woods 3:47 (OOT) The great bridge of hylia 4:50 (TP) Hyrule castle town 5:50 (TP) Sealed temple 6:59 (SS) Spring of power 8:00 (SS) Arbiters grounds 8:54 (TP) Goron city 9:21 (OOT) Zoras domain 10:12 (OOT/TP) Bridge of Eldin 11:41 (TP) Kakariko village 12:12 (OOT/TP) Tingle island 12:58 (WW) Mercay island 13:37 (PH) Thank me later :)

100 years later everyone is dead

This is a weird habit of mine, but whenever I've gathered four orbs to level up with, I always go to the Temple of Time. I've literally never used any other Goddess Statues. It's a weird thing, I know. Just gives me this nostalgic feeling, y'know?

I can’t believe that’s your voice. It sounds exhausting to just have it

I miss the girl who teaches you how to play eponas song

Am I the only one who cried when I saw the ranch ruined?!

It would've been nice seeing Kass in Lon Lon Ranch playing Epona's Song and telling you something about it like "Legend says the hero who's gone through time met his trusty steed in these ruins"

Eventide Island is supposed to be Koholint Island from Link’s Awakening. It references Koholint Peak and Toronbo Shores, and the peak where the shrine is located represents the same peak Link awakened the Wind Fish at.

"The bridge of Hylia is what bridges Lake Hylia" waow 210 like :D

Look at the improvement in graphics from 3ds to switch. Insane

It’s funny how Breath of the Wild got rid of that “Disney Land” storytelling that Egorapter was complaining about but instead replaced it with a history museum.

I'm almost crying from nostalgia. I grew up on OoT and Majora's Mask and seeing ruins from OoT like lon lon ranch hurts. It sucks to think that some people haven't played them and can't because they're so old and don't have has many complex features, but I'm glad I got to experience them.

Gerudo Region. WW- *"Dragonroost Isle"* BotW- *"Dragon's Exile"*

Epona: those punks, they destroyed my home. Gannon will pay

Sees Lon Lon Ranch before and after. *Shreds a tear* ;(

I’m just now realizing the major graphics difference. Ocarina of Time was my first ever Zelda game and I LOVED IT. Currently loving BOTW! I covered half of the screen so I wouldn’t get spoiled lol

it made cry to see lon lon ranch like that

Seeing everything that are in ruins makes me so sad, so many memories😭

I'm literally crying over the ocarina of time locations ruined.

I feel like botw 2 would be better if they had the open world elements but also added old school dungeons, my biggest complaint is the story, the divine beasts were extremely boring with crap bosses. I really hope they bring back some of the core elements that made this franchise what it is today. The collectibles are all great Korok seeds and armor weapons, some shrines were challenging but they didn’t really make you feel much

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oh my god when i saw lonlon ranch i nearly cried for some reason maybe cause of the memorys i had there or the damaged place but i do want to know what happened to the people there or if they died too?

For some reason, when going to fight Ganon I thought "There's no way I can just walk through the front door". And I love that you can do exactly that. Also you're voice isn't as bad as some people I've watched on here. You at least sound human.

I really love this video. As the years go by, I always find myself coming back to this video as it really hits me in the feels each time. It's crazy to believe that each Link that is born is bound by the same name and destiny but is yet so different from each other. As I am a player that likes to immerse myself in these games knowing it's deeper story, it makes me feel somewhat depressed knowing that each Link is born thousands of years part completely forgetting all of his past accomplishments. As the players, we should constantly feel out of place and sad as we recognize all these places that we once loved being destroyed and forgotten. It gives us a feeling as if we the players are immortal, and we see how much our land has changed throughout the passage of time. All these legendary characters like Ruto, Darunia, Saria and all the sages that we grew up playing with, are now long dead and barely remembered in Hyrule anymore. It really makes us feel like we should have also been "dead" along with them because all these new characters are nothing but just their descendants who are now living in a generation of their own with their own paths/destinies ahead of them. It's such a sad tale when you think about it as a whole but that's what makes it so good. Part of me wishes that there is a future Zelda game in which Link somehow retains the memories of some of his former incarnations and journey's through time to each of these Link's time periods as he fights an incarnation of Ganon that can time travel. This would essentially kind of make a second Hero of time but, this could bring so much nostalgia as we could potentially revisit time periods of Hyrule in which some of our beloved characters and areas are still doing well. I know I would personally love it if Nintendo made a Zelda game in which we explore the past of previous Links. ----- Also, on the topic of future Zelda games, I kind of want a Zelda game that dates back even further in time possibly even before Skyward Sword. This Zelda game could potentially explain who Fierce Deity is and why is he regarded as a creature more evil than Majora. We know Fierce Deity's mask resembles Link, so this mask already has a story to it that we still don't know about. I find it even more interesting as this Link could be a Link that has already achieved power and has gone through his "adventure" but has now lived long enough to become a "villain".

That Lon Lon Milk that Talon sells you when you're a kid in Ocarina of Time saved my ass so many times. It's sad to see that it's all gone.

Oh man BOTW is so beautiful

Thank goodness that the hero in BotW is Not the same character as the older ones. Could you imagine if you were literally the same Link from Ocarina of Time? I'd be walking through Lon Lon Ruins.....literally in tears.....it would be so heartbreaking. Or Twilight Princess's link who would stare at the ruins of the twilight mirror grounds, and lamenting never seeing her again. It would just be heart breaking, but somewhat beautiful at the same time.

You forget that twilight princess had TWO Kakariko villages. The main one where all the villagers live, and the old, abandoned one that is the rebuilt remains of the one from OOT.

Botw raised the bar so high for future Zelda games

Has anyone else noticed that Hateno looks kind of a lot like Kakariko from OoT? And is in the same general area?

It would be cool if these places had memories if you had the certain items or clothing i.e Epona in Lon Lon Ranch or like The Hero of Time set in the temple of Time.

Jesus Christ, what is this guy’s voice?

I loved Lon Lon Ranch. It had such a good background song. Kind of sad to see it completely destroyed :(

I'm playing the game the 3rd time now and I thought I had recognised every place but I needed this to notice that the giant Goddess statue is the same one from Skyward Sword. This is brilliant. Nicely done comparing the scenes side by side.

There's another Easter egg on the great plateau of the castle garden from ocarina of time, the one where you find Zelda spying on Ganondorf through the window

I damn near forgot link used to be left handed. I wish they made him left handed again. I remember they changed it due to skyward sword and the Wii function, but I always thought it made link unique to be a lefty.

When I visited Lon Lon Ranch in BotW, a Guardian Stalker killed the horse I was riding. It was tragic... :((

is that your real voice?

I cried while watching this... Please tell me I wasn't the only one...

Did anyone else notice in ocarina of time link is left handed. It in breath of the wild he's right handed

I've watched a lot of these videos and you're the only one that's mentioned the scale difference.