The MYSTERY of the Oocca & City in the Sky - ft. Zeltik (Zelda Theory) 

“Oh my gosh is that a Zonai Spiral?!” Burst out laughing.

Everyone knows that groose was the one who made love with his loft wing and brought forth the oocca

The Legend of Zelda: Ooccoorina of Time

Wouldn't be the first time in the series that a humanoid race became... decidedly less humanoid. The Kokiri underwent a similar transformation into the Koroks.

The name ooccoo is actually in reference to the original Zelda game where the colour of links tunic has the hex code 00cc00. It's also pronounced oo as in boomerang.

Alternate Title: The MYSTERY of chicken people.

Koroks: Man, evolution REALLY did a number on our Kokiri ancestors... Oocca: Hold our Zonai beer.

You know, if we're basing Groose's lineage based on his hair color, by this logic he could also be the ancestor to Malon.

There is a little girl at a stable by the castle in botw she says “good boys can girls and see the castle in the sky” so uh idk if that means anything to you but it does to me

If being "closer to the gods" means you look like that, I'm fine without it. They look...wrong

Nobody: My chickens at 3 am:

I find it hysterically compelling that Groose is the ancestor of the noble red haired Wind Tribe and will now adopt it as my own head canon.

Nobody: The entire Zelda community: OH MY GOSH! IS THAT A ZONAI SWIRL?

An NBC and Zeltik collab. This will be good!

Here is an interesting question: once Link finishes a quest and saves Hyrule, what happens to the items he obtains in the game? Do they go back to where he found them, get passed down, or does the royal family take them? It would be interesting to find out what happens to the items.

Before this video I thought the Oocca were from Skyward Sword, since they live in the sky.

Finally! Someone said what I've been thinking for years; that the ancestors of the Twili were made up of several different races and not just either the Gerudo or Sheikah. It's the only thing that's made sense to me -- I've always felt that there were too many references and inconsistentcies for it to just be one group.

I love how Ooccoo spends more than half of the game searching for the Dominion Rod in the WRONG dungeons, at coincidentally the exact same time as Link, and is always inexplicably getting stuck inside pots that are too small to house the Dominion Rod.

"Unless we are to believe went up with Skyloft, then down, then up again..." This tribe goes down, but they go up again! You're never gonna keep 'em down!

Jeez their dungeon always had me on edge, the song that played dindn't really help either.

The things I have to say about the Oocca 1: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LMAO “OH MY GOD IS THAT A ZONAI SWIRL?!”

Them: ancient bird people from the sky Me: they’re gonna talk about loftwings Them: we need to talk about other games Me: loftwings from Skyward Sword Them: wind tribe from Minnish Cap Me: uh, what?

And that's why, "Link's Crossbow Training" is Canon. ;-)

“Oh sweet Hylia and all that is holy”

I remember playing tp for the first time and being freaked out by those guys, they used to scare me lmao

I remember, when I was visiting the M.C. Escher museum last year, my mom called me from another room, and said: "look it's one of those creepy Zelda birds haha". I was amazed! I made pics of all the drawings depicting the creatures. TIL Nintendo actually took inspiration from those drawings.

So...the Sky People/Oocca...are Hylians...who interbred with their Loftwing partners...who then interbred again with Cucco's...

I"d rather hear other theories anyways than botw 2 ones since we NEED MORE INFO ON THE DAMN GAME lol :P

Just be real: some designer tasked with creating an alien looking race made this cursed chicken in one night with no lore in mind.

I've always believed that oocca were a created race, perhaps genetically engineered by the actual builders of the sky city and dominion rod, etc. possibly left behind as caretakers for the sky city. I do not believe they are the ones who actually built those things. though over the ages they may have forgotten their origins and come to believe that they did those things.

My theory has always been that the Wind Tribe are the descendants of Skyloft, and they inhabited both the land & sky (like, the Air Nomads from Avatar), inevitably remaining there by the Minish Cap... I also believe that they, and not the Oocca, are the true builders of the City in the Sky, for the sole undeniable fact that the Oocca👏don't👏got👏no👏hands👏😂 (also, things there are just too big for them to operate easily) The sky is a pretty big place, ya'know? So logically, the Wind Tribe could simply inhabit another region of Hyrule's sky... Or the same sky-dimension Skyloft seemed to be in... When on the surface, one look up and there's not but clear skies, certainly not enough clouds to obscure seeing Skyloft (as it seems it would from Skyloft looking down)... **cough cough** where do the BotW Dragons go? **cough**

Me: there kinda cute... Everyone else: NO

1:51 I NEARLY KEELED OVER LAUGHING BAHAHAHAHA

8:42 He had an awfully good *Wind* relationship with the *Wind* people who dwealt in the *Wind* ruins. The ocarina of *WIND*

Sheikah, Gerudo, Wind Tribe, connected to the twilight and we only see 3 shadow links in the interloper cutscene...Hmm seems legit.

I noticed the markings on the Hero's Shade armor looks an awful lot like the dominion rod's symbol.

Thinking about it, there's that coocco in A Link to the Past that becomes a woman when you sprinkle magic powder on it. Hmmm

I don't know. Nintendo feels like they are phasing out the Four Sword games into their own thing. You could basically remove them all from the main series and no plot holes would be created.

I always had a little head theory that after Skyward Sword, some of the Skyloftians missed the sky. They learned how to keep a piece of land airborne and then, with the permission of Princess Zelda, they left. Why wouldn’t they keep in contact? They knew each other personally! And as Hylians, they already have an understanding of Magic. It’s not unreasonable to believe that they would learn about technology as their society continued. Eventually their bodies became more and more bird-like, until we have the Occa. Why wouldn’t they have some more details hidden in places like the Temple of Time? They used to worship there! They probably left records of their continued bond with the Hylians there as a monument to their friendship. They still understand Hylian because they used to speak it! Oh wait. Nevermind. I just got to the end of the video. Ok.

The Oocca have the same ability as Farores Wind in OoT, and also is represented by green energy. This implies they are granted power from Farore, or the Triforce of Courage. Also, that scene with the interlopers mirrors Link in Majoras Mask meeting the moon children inside the moon. Although two of the children aren't there, and the ones present look like Dark Link, the resemblance, symbolism and connection is striking.

The city in the sky was always my favorite Zelda theory.

After relearning the Oocca backstory and how similar the Zonai are after playing TOTK, my headcanon at the moment is that they are the result of inbreeding evolution of the Zonai to survive a harsh climate going on at the city of the sky for centuries.

Consider the implications now of instead of the wind tribe becoming it oocca, it was the zonai. Both live in the sky, both maintained early relations with the kingdom, and that owl statue looks awfully familiar…

the Ooccoo are obviously the descendants of Loftwings, duh!

Always thought City in the Sky was connected to Minish Cap's Wind Tribe. Glad to have more evidence to support it

18:35 That symbol can also be found on the portal/door that Zant hands use to travel between rooms. Also, would you consider making a video on Death Sword?

Plot Twist: The Oocca are the zonai

That chicken gave me nightmares when I was 7... I still shudder at the thought 😨

I can't help but feel how closely the Oocca's face resembles Zants. Did they once have contact and even control of the Twili? Or are they a close descendant or relative that just adapted to life in the sky? The resemblance to Zant's face is uncanny. Notably, in the same game too.

Occo is one of my favorite characters from Twilight Princess, because if you warped out of the dungeon before saving and quitting, you didn't have to restart it.

People often hate on Twilight Princes but for me it is one of my favourite games of ALL time. Even if the plot is a little straight forward and linear, the land of Hyrule is STUNNING in TP. Sometimes I even just spent time standing on top of Snow Peak looking at the peaks far ahead thinking what mysteries they might hold. It is just soo much fun theorizing about the hidden notes and mysteries that it outshines the entire story of the game. Gorgeous game, honey😂

Someone I know once said that the ooca are the evolved forms of the people who lived in Skyloft and that is frankly terrifying.

About the Oocca, they're so alien in appearance that I can only imaguine them coming from the end of time. From when the Goddesses have abandoned the world completely and Demise and his hordes of demons once again roam the land in greater number than ever before. Only two races remain. The Gorons who may have been the first race to walk the lands, and who are likely to be the last. And the Oocca, who are the descendants of the Hylians, who over the course of millions of years and with the aide of magic, cast aside their ancient forms for these more efficient ones. They survive by rising high above the demonic hordes in their own sky cities. The maintain the Gates of Time, trough which they can travel back to past and oversee the progress of fate. They have been with Hyrule from the beginning, although they originate from long after it's end. At least, that's how I like to imagine it.

Out of all the plot issues TOTK created, the Zonai may have helped clear this up. Not sure how goat dragon people later became chickens with human heads, but both are highly advanced civilizations with a heavy presence in the sky.

That will always be one of my favorite dungeon

I found the entire City in the Sky so creepy and unsettling as a kid. Somehow, everything about it just felt off to me and I'm not sure I've ever gotten that feeling from a game since. It's part of what made me love the game so much, I think because it seemed so viscerally otherworldly.

"CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO BREATH OF THE WILD 2 THEORIES!? Those for the days..." What a splendid and magnificent line. But we all know what the true 'good old days were' a RU-vid landscape with thumbnails saying "ZELDA WII U A SKYWARD SWORD DIRECT SEQUEL!?"

The moment you realize that NBC's real name is William. I've been watching him for a whole and did not not that..

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I love these theories about the older games, especially when there are strings between multiple games.

could the hero of time have been the messanger of the sky Since the rod is in the temple of time and the temple has been heavily altered with sky people symbols Could mean the the ococo helped RECONSTRUCT the temple of time The only one who could access the second part of temple(to store away the Rod) is one who has the master sword and ocarina of time That person being the hero of time EDIT something may have happened between ocarina and twilight like ganondorf revolting which destroyed it Theory maybe the reason ganon sent the dragon there is because the ococo helped fight ganondorf using there technology so to stop them intervening he sent a dragon like he did to stop the other races EDIT I get the tiles are meaningless but they were taken from the art book meaning they have have been considered at one point

12:34 it's almost like ... there's a development process or something ... and these games are stringed together by mostly just iconography....

My theory is after some time the tribe of the winds did some love (if you know what I mean) with their chickens

They are weird chickens

Sometimes I really hope Nintendo watches theories as well done as yours. Like, things that they might have done accidentally could then make the story more complete, changing their future storyline based on these really well done theories

Thank you for doing a video on the Oocca! They're my favorite species in Zelda lore.

AMAZING COLLAB! Both videos were some of the best Zelda vids I’ve seen in a while! 🙌🙌

I always thought the Occa were originally citizens of Skyloft who aid in the construction of Hyrule then returned to their floating city. Using the wind to travel back and forth via the bird statues in SS. Being accustomed to this method of wind manipulation, they may have developed an affinity for this art, and with the passage of time they bacame race associated with the wind - the wind tribe. Their affinity for wind magic may link to one of the founding goddesses. In OoT Farore's wind allows Link to travel out of dungeons - quite similar to Occa's power in SS. Another link between Farore and the Occa can be inferred from the presence of the lone triangle atop the hyrulean bird crest. If the triangle a representation of Farore, and she is associated with wind, then this could be depicting wind beings above Hyrule. Keep in mind that birds, wind and teleportation have been linked before in MM, with the bird statues. Once again, this link is present in SS too. Ultimately, I believe the Occoa are an evolved wind tribe, who in turn can trace their origins to those closest to Hylia herself: the citizens of Skyloft. As for the blue energy that serves as a seemingly eternal power source for the sentries that protect the temple of time, I would speculate they are powered by timeshift stones, and may have been created by the proto-Occa - a race that pre-dates the Occa and had access to timeshift stone. Alternatively, the guardians of the temple of time could be powered by the blue energy that powers the robotic race in SS, since this energy seemingly powers automotons in the SS era, such as beamos. Also, why do all Zelda races seem to evolve into birds? The Zora and the Wind Tribe seem to undergone similar evolutions. Are all the races supposed to evolve in a way that makes them able to return to the sky? Perhaps its a genetic/devine defence mechanism Hylia installed so as to protect all the races from DEMISE and his demons on the surface?

Aftrr TotK, I have a strong feeling they came from the Zonai. They have basically the same role as founders of Hyrule with advanced tech that allows for constructs and flying cities, plus there's that spiral. Also been thinking recently they might be related to the Minish for similar reasons

Really enjoyed this! Great job y'all! 😁😁

I am LIVING for these collabs between my fave Zelda channels ❤

Alternate title : what happens when you try to find lore out of reused wall assets!

yeahhhh we see in skyward sword that the Occah have nothing to do with the birth of hyrule.

Heck yeah! Another TP vid! Great job on this one!

You two have the best Zelda related content and theories!

OMG I asked for this theory last week!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! But did you guys know that those TPHD murals in Castle Town are actually meaningless? The designer who worked on it admitted that he just wanted to make it look cool. Also, Groot openly admitted that he'd be staying up in Skyloft at the end of Skyward Sword, so there's a chance that he'd be an ancestor.

Here's a somewhat random related theory. Maybe after the wind tribe moved above the clouds they came in cotact with loftwings so they used Magic and/or tech to combine themselves with the Loftwingsas the feathers would allow them to float on/in the wind better and eventually they settled in the remains of Skyloft then they became the sky people as they appear in TP. There is a mechanical appearance suggesting it was a tech combination. Perhaps it was a punishment from the gods/goddesses for tampering with the holy creatures.

Love your vid’s also this is the earliest I’ve ever been to one of your videos

Great video; very informative and intricate in the lore I enjoy learning about.

Just a thought...Groose did build a catapult that launched Link into Faron Woods. This is similar to and could have been the predecessor of the Oocca Sky Cannon in Lake Hylia, further tying Skyward Sword (Skyloft and its inhabitants) to the oocca race.

Why does every species in Hyrule evolve so quickly into other species... Except the Hylians themselves?

Interesting theory! Thanks for uploading!

It is amazing how many details really go into to the LoZ games. And this video really made me realize I remember very little about twilight princess so now I have to go play it again. Thanks a lot guys!

The wind tribe and the loft wings and the people who stayed behind in the sky in skyward sword are clearly all the same tribe my dude. I think the fact that the sky tribe has red hair implies they're groos's descendants. Like, maybe he went to the lanayru desert, started a little country, and then it split later with half of them going to the sky and becoming the sky people (because they know they can live in the sky) and the other staying and eventually becoming the gerudo.

For a “city” it’s...basically the ruins of a powerplant or warehouse. There’s no dwellings or signs of horticulture for these chicken hybrids to use in what’s essentially a sterile, industrial ruin (and the oocca inside are supposedly fairly sheltered from the dragon roosting in one of the highest spires) A devolution would explain how NOTHING is scaled for the oocca. (Also who says they can’t be engineers still? Teleportation magic and telekinesis to steal the dominion rod from Link are literally childsplay for them. Not to mention sticking to walls and ceilings. Even if you don’t have hands, you can still manipulate things with telekinesis, and bird feet are pretty dexterous (although a lack of a beak is a disadvantage). But. Where are the signs of actual CITY Life as the oocca adapt to an environment too large for them. Why is the place literally falling apart when they’re shown to still be magical. ...it’s beyond disappointing how Sterile this location is while being dubbed “city”. Especially with how lived in places like Snowpeak Keep and Hyrule Castle (SORTA) are...associated with the Royal Family or Military or no. So...even if the level Link explores is nothing more than the final remains of a power plant, there still should’ve been signs of people living there. (Oocca wandering around in convenient rooms doesn’t cut it.)

Very interesting theory. Seems pretty solid and the info about the "interlopers" were some damn good points.

I just love than NBC, Zeltik and Hyrule Gamer all work together for Legend of Zelda videos

It could be that the interlopers were members of the wind tribe/sky people (assuming they are one and the same), who wanted the power of the Triforce and subsequently became the first twili by being banished to the twilight realm. Evidence: both the wind tribe and the twili have red red hair and are stated as possessing advanced magic, but the sky people are stated as also having advanced tech, it could be that by being banished to the twilight realm they lost their tech and regressed in that area of expertise and maybe focused solely on magic or something like that, but the twili do seem to have advanced tech but nowhere near the same level as the sky people so yeah I just thought that I should put this idea out there since I feel like it would make sense! or... am I just crazy? please let me know!!!

Good the REAL NBC. Those death threats actually worked. Note: this is a reference to one of my comments on a another one of his videos

Loving the content man 💙

I love when NBC and Zeltik work together. DO IT MORE OFTEN!

Also. Would the City in the Sky just be a part of Skyloft that never fell? Oh. Well, you partly answered that. A city that rose to the heavens. So, the Wind Tribe then? Edit: I should probably watch the whole thing before making comments. I was partly joking at the end there... Ok. Next time I’m watching the whole thing before commenting.

Wait, the Occo didn't have any thing to do with hyrule, it's clear from skyward sword that the first Zelda and her family were the once who created hyrule

I love that you guys are connecting all the different symbols!!! Certainly have a keen eye! I've theorized for a long while that the Interlopers were of different races come together (Gerudo, Sheikah, Hylian, nd maybe even the Zonai), but the idea that they could have also been of the Wind Tribe or Occa is fascinating as they were around from the very begining and posses both magic and technology! And obviously we saw no Zonai patterns in loz tp, so they aren't there with their powerful magics, which leaves the Occa. Maybe. ~nya

i’ve been waiting so long for this 😩

I wonder if the song of soaring from MM is connected to the ooccoo.

The occo could be evolved loftwings since they went back to the sky in skyward sword

I had been planning to do a theory about these Ooca, but you beat me to it

Love this Very In-Depth