The Most Hated Dungeon in Zelda 

I feel like I am and was the only person who loved the temple of the ocean king! As you get more items you can do the previous floors faster and even get pretty good loot from chests. And I always liked that aspect of speed running it as a little kid to see how fast I can do it.

I’m one of those weird people who feel serious nostalgia for the temple of the ocean king. Phantom hourglass was my first Zelda game. I was 5 in 2008 and it just blew my mind. I love the game.

The Temple of the Ocean King is far more enjoyable when you simply do what the dev's expected you to: take notes. I found it super satisfying to scribble down detailed "walkthroughs" on the map. Returning with that handmade guide felt like being helped by my past self. Editing it with new notes using unlocked items really made me feel stronger every time I entered. Reaching a new floor then felt humbling. I would get a teeny but nervous, since now I had to figure out the new puzzles and jot them down. I think my main complaints are the scarcity of checkpoints, the visual design, and the music.

I actually liked the Temple of the Ocean King for the concept of a mega dungeon you chip away at over the course of the game. I liked that with each visit you’d adventure deeper in and new items let you collect treasure you couldn’t the first time around. Plus for what it’s worth, you can increase the time limit by defeating bosses and salvaging chests from the ocean, and the Spirits of Power and Wisdom when upgraded let you stun Phantoms and decrease the time lost from being hit by them respectively.

What i loved about this dungeon was the satisfying feeling of being able to kill the Phantoms later in the game. They were so scary at first that u felt like a god finally beating their asses!

Spirit Tracks did have a similarly styled dungeon (Phantoms included), but it skipped the timer and made it so you didn't have to repeat sections unless there was a previously inaccessible chest you wanted. You can actually do the Temple of the Ocean King in just 4 trips if you have good timing. While it is intended for you to use a Bombchu, there is one puzzle where you can use a regular bomb if you're quick enough. Thus, you can get two sea charts in one trip.

I totally get the problems with it, but I honestly really liked the temple of the ocean king. If you knew what you were doing, you really barely had to apply any stealth. And I think the shortcuts were actually a lot of a better time save them people give them credit for. And even then, I didn't always use them because even without them, I didn't find the re-running too bothersome. Some specific parts were still very rough and avoiding, but while I totally get the dislike, overall I much appreciated the feeling of progression and growth it gave you.

I actually liked the Temple of the Ocean King. Between the shortcuts you find, improving your time, and finally killing the Phantoms, you get a very concise sense of progress that's unique to Phantom Hourglass.

I remember loving this dungeon as a kid, the fact that it "evolved" each time with you discovering something different or getting closer to the end of the game really felt great enough to counterbalance the annoying aspects it had ! But yes killing the knights was like a benediction after so many death screens aha

While I like it, I don't think many people who have played Phantom Hourglass would answer anything other than the Temple of the Ocean King Edit: I honestly don't consider the Divine Beasts or TOTK Temples to actually be "dungeons". They take the same spot, but they feel fundamentally different enough from standard Zelda dungeons

Bro I love phantom hourglass. The Temple of the ocean king is great because every time you enter you find new ways to delve deeper in a shorter time. I never understood why people hated it so much because it's so well designed.

I haven't replayed Phantom Hourglass in over a decade now, but I absolutely loved the Temple of the Ocean King as a kid. I loved the Sand of Hours mechanic, I loved sneaking around, and I even loved getting chased by unkillable monsters. It felt daunting walking back in and satisfying walking back out again. Ah, to be a kid again, playing that game for the tenth time because I didn't have anything better to do. Phantom Hourglass will always be one of my favorites for that reason.

Personally, it was my favorite dungeon. I understand why others wouldn't enjoy it, but for some reason I just saw it as a recurring challenge to keep my newfound skills in check. And yes, the music really sucks in retrospect, but while I was playing it the simplicity of it allowed me to focus more on progressing through the dungeon as efficiently as possible, like I just zoned out and immersed myself completely. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it has a lot more to offer to those willing to see it through for what it went for rather than some other dungeons which were a drag to everyone almost universally

The Temple of the Ocean King wasn't universally hated, it was just divisive. It's a dungeon which becomes more fun on repeat playthroughs of the game. Once you've learned the shortcuts that allow you to complete it in the most efficient way and that you can skip an entire visit if you collect two sea charts at one point, it becomes satisfying in a unique way compared to other dungeons in the series.

I personally liked the timer aspect, I would willingly play through the temple over again to try to get a faster time.

My favorite detail about the dreaded water temple is Link’s reflection in the water disappearing after you cross the little island with the dead tree. Then who do you fight? Your reflection 3:25

PH was the first Zelda I completed when I was 9. The dungeon was of course annoying af, but oh man, the feeling of completion you get when you can kill those guards at the end with the phantom sword and knowing all the floors by heart is what got me hooked on video games.

I actually loved the Temple of the Ocean King. Was fun going around and using all the shortcuts that they would leave, and noting down future ones. The time limit also was never an issue for me, never felt like I had to rush.

I’ll take a whole game revolving around the Temple of the Ocean King before doing the Great Palace without save states again.

Temple of the ocean king was my favorite part of Phantom Hourglass. I loved going back and progressing further in the temple after each other temple and new key item acquisition.

I love the temple of the ocean king personally because the further into the game you get the faster you can get past each floor in addition to being able to draw on the map to mark what you need to do and where you need to go each time I think it's great but maybe me playing the game when I was younger made it better or helped me notice the new routes because my mother who played the game after me hated the dungeon saying it was too long repetitive and tedious

Hourglass was my first Zelda game and I honestly have nothing but good memories about this game. This game SWAMPED me as a kid, but it’s probably the biggest reason I like puzzle games now. The dungeon changing over the course of the game had to be one of my favourite parts of it. The struggle is probably repressed, but this was one of the first games I played through to the end. I love this one.

I didn't really mind The Temple of the Ocean King that much. It was annoying at times for sure, but so long as you take good notes on the map, find all the extra bits of sand for the hourglass, and abuse tf out of the safe zones, you have more than enough time to lollygag around and figure out what to do. My most hated is either Great Bay Temple, or the OoT Water Temple. Cannot count how many times I got lost in them or got frustrated and rage quit.

While the switching of the iron boots is annoying, that was really my only issue with the water temple. When playing the 3ds version it's one of my favorite dungeons

Also, man… I *love* the TOTOK… It‘s so good! It‘s so fun to improve your time and I got so good my time was 0:00 passed time at the end…

About OOT's water temple, there is also a key after Dark Link battle, where we need to play song of time to move a time stone from the floor. It's very easily missed

I think I am one of the only people who enjoyed the Water Temple, the difficulty is what makes it enjoyable as you get a feeling of satisfaction you get when you complete a puzzle, yes you will spend a long time wandering around wondering what to do, but when you finally figure it out, it is satisfying.

Never had a problem with the music in The Temple of the Ocean King, I think it fits perfectly. It has a "think carefully your next move" combined with a looming "hurry up" sense, it also has a "hollow" and "poisonous" vibe, iirc the air in the temple was cursed or something so it felt like Link needed to get out of there asap.

Phantom Hourglass is one of my favorite Zelda’s specifically because of the TotoK. It’s one of the most brilliant gimmicks in the entire series, second only to the three day mechanic in Majora’s Mask. It’s everything I love about Metroidvania-styled progression and I wish they’d bring it back.

i honestly never really minded the temple of the ocean king. i can understand how some people could hate it, but i never really had any trouble with it. sure you have to do some floors multiple times, but from what i can remember the floors are all much shorter than the other temples in the game, so its not that much of a nuisance. at least they came up with some unique puzzles and mechanics to do with the phantoms and that stuff, i thought the stealth segments were intuitive and offered a good degree of challenge. as for the timer, well its not very easy to get lost in it so that was never a problem for me, even as a dumb kid who frequently got stuck in video games

the more you talk about the ocean king temple, the more i want to go back to it XD

hot take phantom hourglass was fun because of the challenge. take any of that away and you get the newer 3ds versions that hold your hand. ima replay phantom hourglass now ! :) Edit: I rememberd there was 7 palm trees on the beginners island skipping a bit of that nonsense 😂

Something that wasn't brought up on the Water Dungeon which can make it especially difficult to complete. If you don't unfreeze the King Zora after the red flame dungeon, you will have a limited air supply when underwater, about 7 seconds per heart. This is really gruesome when trying to get the key under the central pillar, as it takes around a minute and twenty seconds to complete, and if you have only a few hearts it can literally be impossible to get through in time.

Ocean King temple still sounds better than the wild and tears dungeons. After all, it's actually a dungeon. I got the dungeon feel exactly one time between wild and tears, and that was in the first few minutes of the desert pyramid temple in tears.

i honestly didnt have any problem with the temple of the ocean king. i actually felt a lot of tension while exploring it. the combination of how hostile the entire place is with how it drains your health, the unkillable phantoms patrolling everywhere, the music being kind of ominous like its the buildup before something nasty happens, i honestly felt scared every time i had to return there

I can’t imagine anyone hating forsaken fortress. It’s one of my favorite gaming experiences, and coming back a second time with all your items to slay the bird is so cool

Dungeon of the ocean king is underrated, with the function to draw things on the map you could draw shortcuts in currently not available so on your next visit, you could take them.

I like the change of temple scenes with the sound of the music at the beginning

I actually really enjoyed the temple of the ocean king. Then again I also tend to love the stealth portions of Zelda games.

Temple of the Ocean King serves a very different purpose from the dungeons in other games. It's not the only one that you recurse to, but it *is* the only one where the 'keys' to the next section are scattered among the other dungeons. Rather than being an individual progress marker, it's a gradual progress *indicator.*

Well researched and good points. I happen to be playing through Phantom Hourglass right now, my second play through. Just having played through the TotOK the first time in this new play through, I found myself thinking about a lot of your points. Good choice.

So glad to see a new video from you!!! I think the most hated is OoTs Water temple. Mainly because it's so well known due to OoT being so iconic

any water temple,for years I started thinking that every water temple is cursed.something bad always happens,I have countless stories from every water temple that exist in zelda

I’m surprised there wasn’t even a small mention of City in the Sky 😂

I don't know if it's just me, but I never felt rushed in the temple of the Ocean king. Maybe it's because I played Phantom Hourglass before or maybe because I know the Zelda series by heart, but I never get stuck on any puzzles or paths.

This video made me realize I never beat Phantom Hourglass and indeed gave up at this part. Must have repressed that memory

The devs REALLY TRIED to impress upon the player “please take notes, this entire mechanic is a thing on the DS, draw on the screen take notes when you come back here” Like…they tried many MANY times to do a tutorial for the player on just how important taking notes is

“I'd heard a lot of people talk up the water dungeon as some legendary puller of plonkers, but I breezed through on a single plane flight. Not even an international one, just two hours domestic, and I spent the first half-hour of it staring into space. Check the rooms you haven't been to yet, guys. It's not rocket science. Yes, I am saying that I'm smarter than you were when you were twelve.” -Yahzee, ‘Zero Punctuation’

I LOVED the Temple of the Ocean King. Every time you go back, you have new items that give you new ways to advance in it. And a lot of the shortcuts are very creative. Because of your new items, each time you go through the temple, you do it in a different way. It's satisfying when you realize you can use your hookshot on two torches to completely skip the Tri-Force room. It's satisfying when you realize that using the top-right exit in a level (requiring a Bombchu) would allow you to carry an extra key into a later room, bypassing a more difficult phantom floor altogether towards the top of the temple. You can even leave notes for yourself on the map so you don't forget the shortcuts. And it's especially satisfying when you've successfully implemented a route that gets you to the checkpoint with 0 seconds spent. (If you're within 30 seconds, you probably forgot that you can open the room with the Triforce symbol, grab its extra time, then exit it and open the room using the Hourglass) And the changing nature of the temple works the farther you progress in the story. You can rush through using the checkpoint and shortcuts, but if you have the Phantom Sword, you can also kill all of the phantoms on each floor for the new treasures and ship parts that generate when they're all dead. You could even plan a route through the temple that rushes through the floors that give treasures and takes time on the ones that give ship parts. I can see why someone who didn't like the temple would HATE having to return to it, and I don't think this concept would work well in a 3D Zelda Game (the simplicity of the map and graphics makes it a lot more manageable) but I find myself taking my time more in the temple whenever I replay this game.

I knew it would be rhe Temple of the Ocean King before I even watched it. I remember playing this game as a kid and neing frustrated with the time limit. Although even though its tedious and annoying to redo all of the floors I don't hate it. And aside from the temple it's actually a really good Zelda game. I wish a lot of people didn't hate on it just because of the temple in it.

that was my first zelda game and for a long time my favorite, i never minded the dungeon, always felt smart, in the rooms i already knew what to do

8:23 😂 😂 the Deku Link rotating during that theme caught me off guard lol. I spit my drink out

I feel seen!! This was the dungeon I thought of when I saw your video title. Exactly all you said! The repeated backtracking gets really annoying, along with the dull music, and I REALLY hate time constraints above anything else in a game (which is why I gave up on MM). I've never replayed PH since I was a teenager, but I have replayed ST, which says something. One thing I did like about the dungeon was the notes ability with the stylus, however. I liked making notes for the fastest ways, and adding more and more notes and getting faster with each return. But a more immersive soundtrack would have made it a better experience, for sure.

Are you kidding me i loved the Ocean Kings temple

Phantom Hourglass was my first Zelda Game, and while I don’t think it’s the greatest entry in the series now, I still have very fond memories of playing it as a kid. Temple of the Ocean King is kinda weird looking back on it because while I wasn’t exactly excited to return there every time, I didn’t necessarily hate playing through it multiple times. I guess I just thought it was another part of the whole experience. I will say that Spirit Tracks did a much better job at the whole “central super dungeon you constantly return to” gimmick with the Tower of Spirits. So it’s nice to know that the devs learned what did and didn’t work with the original idea.

I was just wondering this question earlier!! Glad you uploaded this

In my personal opinion, I have just two words to say... Me personally, I think phantom hourglass was a great game and all, and the Temple of the Ocean King is a cool dungeon, and I think it's what makes the game unique and fun - plus the concept of the time limit really gives you the ability to think harder about any puzzles, and it even is a fun challenge. That being said, my 2 words I must say are skill, and issue.

as soon as the temple of the ocean king ost started playing i got a rush of nostalgia like i was playing the game again, in the moment with the story i think it was actually a pretty alright tempe with some fun puzzles

I really liked the temple of the ocean king. The way new paths and strategies open up as you obtain more items is just really cool to me. Maybe cut one or two visits or make the difference between runs through new items bigger or more noticable and i think it wouldn't be an issue. And lets be honest, going in at the end with the master sword and being able to kill the phantoms you had to hide from for so long just feels so good

Nice video, definitely has all the qualities of a video that will pop up on people’s recommended and get a watch. Keep it up!

Phantom Hourglass was the first Zelda game I ever completed. I have very fond memories of the temple of the ocean king

I was super critical of it when it first released but honestly the temple of the ocean king was really well thought out progression wise. Though they did do a similar dungeon with the sequel game but they fixed a lot of complaints

Honestly,, Temple of the Ocean King was really fun. Never had any issues with it, and it felt so good getting to the end of it. The only part where I got held up was a bit where you have to close the DS, which blew my mind when I accidentally figured it out. Going back to get better times in that dungeon felt extremely satisfying, and very faithful to the original experiencing of exploring a world in Zelda. In addition, the time limit feature gets extended by exploring every corner of the map for extra sand, which feels like a great way to reward the player for doing that. In other words, Temple of the Ocean King is core to what makes the Phantom Hourglass a great game.

Great vid, great channel, surprised at the sub amount you should have way more!

I was one of those people who gave up on Phantom Hourglass. This was mostly due to the temple of the ocean king. It is hard to believe that it made it through the testing phases during development of that game.

I LOVED that one! Like, getting further and further, finding new ways, this was so unique and cool

Such a well made video. It’s great to see representation from the DS games as well as the mainline console releases

All the temples are pretty great, the only gripe about the water temple in ocarina is the constant menu'ing the switch boots, which was fixed very well with quickswap in later editions.

I dunno… I remember having absolutely no trouble with the Temple of the Ocean King. I thought it was very easy, maybe to compensate for the time and stress factor. I don’t think I was caught by a phantom even once.

I found it annoying too, for sure, until I got the Phantom Sword and could kill the Phantoms. But what I found interesting about it is that it turns out to be the final dungeon, and the entire time, at the end of the temple is the lair of the Big Bad, Bellum. Which of course you can't reach until you get the Phantom Sword at the end of the game, as opposed to how in BotW and TotK you can fight the final bosses virtually right away (but with much more difficulty and a boss rush before them, which would be particularly difficult in TotK)

I actually greatly enjoyed the Ocean King Temple when I was a kid. I felt like an adventurer with the notes and stuff, it was great.

ah yes, the ocean king temple. The dungeon i loved so much to the point that I would unnecessarily replay it multiple times and loot it for ship parts all the time. I've discovered that it's a hated dungeon lately, and I'm really confused about how and why.

Of all the dungeons, I really think Temple of the Ocean King is over hated. I get that revisiting constantly is annoying, but each visit gives you new shortcuts, sometimes more loot, and other ways to cut your time down. You can also find more sand for the hourglass by using the salvage arm and treasure maps. The time limit only matters the first couple of times you visit the dungeon, after that it just becomes a non factor unless you're always getting hit by phantoms.

I loved TotOK as a kid. I'd try to finish with a full hourglass and it's the closest I've ever come to being a speedrunner. The sense of progression as you revisit old floors with new items is so satisfying and it reminds me of how metroidvanias tend to do it. I played a lot of those in my childhood too, so I guess there's a pattern there.

Great video man, I agree with pretty much everything. I literally have only played Phantom Hourglass once when it came out so I don't really remember it...but I had full war PTSD flashbacks from this video. I forgot how insane it was.

Absolutely shocked when you said Temple of the Ocean King, quite possibly my favorite zelda dungeon... Also, I would argue that Skyward Sword's spirit realms were another kind of dungeon like this one. Skyward Sword is notorious for every one of it's locations basically being dungeons in disguise, and the spirit world challenges felt so much like the Temple of the Ocean King with how the time limit and stealth works I'd say the OoT ocean temple is far closer to being "most hated". The Temple of the Ocean King just isn't to everyone's taste, but it's really not that challenging nor tedious, and as you improve at the game and gain new tools, you get a strong sense of your growth with each visit, like playing Dark Souls and revisiting an area from early in the game after gaining so many levels.

Aw, I liked the Temple of the Ocean King as a kid. I didn't think it was that hard and I loved the puzzles. The only Zelda dungeon that I didn't like at least a little was the Water Temple in OOT, but even that wasn't too bad. It was just a little boring.

Ocean King temple was actually my favorite temple as a kid. I took detailed notes and ran through it again and again in a bid to get better times each time . . . and also because I wanted ship parts. I also loved the stealth mechanic of the Forsaken Fortress and tend to go for stealth builds in games like BoTW, so your mileage may vary.

As a kid, my family didn't have a lot of money. Phantom Hourglass was one of the few games I had over the years, so it passed a lot of time for me. I 100%'d it at least 3 times. That being said, I remember being really frustrated with the TOTOK on the first go, especially that part where you have to close your DS to make an imprint on your map, but overall having put so much time into it my nostalgia is that this temple really grew on me, and I don't think of it as a bad experience overall. It's also been at least 10 years so maybe it's just pure nostalgia though 😅

The worst part of that dungeon is it doesn't even let you save Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever !

Water temple was not bad if your dopamine circuit is not messed up. But because of that hate, we only get baby dungeons now. Because people cannot take a challenge.

"we see you hated a water temple, we'll continue to give you what you want. MORE water temples"

I love how both PH and the Ocean King Temple are one of my fav games and dungeons in all of Zelda, and people constantly shit on them XD. I get the criticism, and both are by no means perfect, but I like them. That's what matters :D

They did actually redo this type of dungeon with Spirit Tracks! I feel like it was a lot better handled, but the Temple of the Ocean King was at least unique enough that I think it’s still a net positive. But god, Tower of Spirits refined the idea way better. No mandatory backtracking, hub of all four overworld regions, and an absolute banger of a soundtrack. Main detractor for that game was the lame flute puzzles

I dont dread the water temple at all in OOT, I think its actually a pretty well designed temple given it being a literal first attempt at a 3D zelda game. It was one of nintendos first several 3D games period. But I like it because the temple has a ton of atmosphere, Just entering it and seeing inside for the first time is perfect. The music is fantastic, it has the best mini boss fight and the longshot right after it. Plus I like the fact that its the only temple I can still stumble on when I replay OOT occasionally. Unforunteately has the most anti climactic boss fight in the entire game tho.

I don't understand why people hate the temple of the ocean king so much... Yes, you go in the temple many times, but you also get better items for exploring faster and discover new passages. Yes, there is a time limit, but it doesn't make a difference. There is so much yellow jar for giving you more time that my timer say I travel half the dungeon in just one second. Yes, the specters are immortal for quite a long time, but it's because it's a stealth dungeon, you have to be careful. If the specters were killable, that will ruin the whole thing. Yes, the specters oneshot you. But it's not a game over, that's just a little penalty. And it's not like it's too difficult to avoid these specters. That's not a bad dungeon, it's even pretty good to do what it was supposed to do : be a stealthy dungeon and not be too repetitive at each visits. And for the music, yes, it's generic. But you need to concentrate in a stealthy dungeon, so I don't think we can make a great music without deconcentrate the players. It's not really a bad music, it's a music for background. I don't think people hate this music, most of them just probably didn't even notice it. The people who don't appreciate this dungeon just don't like this kind of gameplay. The gameplay isn't bad, that's just not the type of dungeon for everyone. Maybe I like this dungeon cuz I like when the game want me to infiltrate. Or because I like redo the same thing over and over for becoming better and better at doing it (like a speedrun). This dungeon is good, just not the best I supposed. But I can understand that if you don't like this dungeon, you don't like the game. If you don't like the main piece, you can't really enjoy the rest. The water dungeon of Ocarina of time in the other hand, are truly horrible... But if you played it on 3ds, you don't understand my pain... When you miss a key and you have to backtracking, it's already painful. But when the map is just unreadable and so you don't know which corridor is the good one, that you take one randomly, that you need to open your inventory, one second of delay, equip the boots, close the inventory, one second of delay, sink, move 10 meters, open the inventory, one second of delay, unequip the boots, close the inventory, one second of delay, exit the water, and the realize it's not the good corridor, and you have to do all of this a second time, when your emulator is already lagging... You just want to scream You don't know how much I LOVE the iron boots of the remake And for the final word, I love writing. Like, a LOT also good video

As someone who has yet to play Phantom Hourglass, I've only really heard bad things about the Temple of the Ocean King. Interested to give a try myself one day. Also love the Booker T clip lol

Phantom Hourglass I didn’t have a hard time at all playing through, the mechanics are easy to understand and it’s clear as day on what to do getting through each room

It’s a decent DS Zelda entry that I think deserves more praise. Obviously being biased from nostalgia but I thought this was a really good game and don’t see why this is the most hated. How many dungeons in the series are replayable? “Oh wait I got to go back to that 1 spot in the deku tree because I have bombs now” It’s a nice idea and I think it’s implemented better. That doesn’t mean it’s not annoying at times but that’s the fun of going back through, finding faster ways to descend and being clever with what path and your time management.

For Temple of the Ocean King, the SE and NE charts CAN be gotten in the same visit. However, I admit that in order to do that, you need to know how the lowest floors work already.

The best part of this temple is that every time you come back you are wiser and thus you know how to take advantage of the new abilities you have to take shortcuts.

Fun Fact: it is possible to complete the Temple of the Ocean King with none of your available time removed from the timer. Give it a shot, makes for a fun little challenge.

Temple of the Ocean King is easily a top 5 Zelda dungeon, and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

Damn this video blew up good job bro

Nobody mentions Jabbu's Belly. The setup is you see all these tendrils you can't harm and you go around and around in circle. Until you realize that to progress means you have to find a hidden hallway that appears to be a dead end.

I actually quite like the Temple of the Ocean King. It’s not exactly one of my top ten dungeons in the series, but I thought it was fun, and I never felt like I had to replay too much of it on repeat visits. It also helps probably that I have extremely strong spatial memory. So going through the dungeon even on a second visit would turn into muscle memory, often with new ways to tackle problems. It’s not super deep, but deep enough I felt. I actually liked it more than the Temple of Spirits. But the Temple of Spirits is because I really didn’t care for the later part of the dungeon.

3:37 As a gamer who grew up with Ocarina of Time but never finished the game until a few years ago, the difficulty of the water temple still holds up. The only part of the game where I had to find a walkthrough for.

In the LOZ:Minish Cap for the GBA, there was one dungeon that caused me so much headache. But I was young and didn't yet comprehend hidden blastable walls.

I agree about the music, the dungeon theme from A link to the Past (which is also Bellum's theme) would have suited wonderfully instead of this one. The temple of the Ocean king was the height of anxiety to me as a child, precisely because of the limited time and the invulnerable enemies who are searching for you out in the corridors. You can't imagine how proud I was of myself when I finally finished the game! :) (I thought the terror of the limited time/stealth mix was behind me, and then along came Skyward Sword with the psysalis 💀.)

The music in the temple of the ocean king contains parts of the cave music in A link to the past.