My parents had played a nice trick on me on Christmas day. I opened my gift, it was Zelda, Ocarina of Time. I only had a Super Nintendo. I tried to explain the difference to my parents. The gift, wrapped as my dad’s present, was in fact a Nintendo 64 for me. What a time! This cover art for the tune brought me right there. At that moment!
I hear it. so clearly it's like someone is playing it right now. I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes and listened for a moment. I dozed off. (slept at 3: 27, woke up at 4:44 PM.) I realised my hands had settled into the position I always held the N64 controller when I was sitting down to play. my thumb ached and I cried when I realised why: I had been constantly pressing a vibrant red "START" button on a Ocean Blue Controller that was no longer there to hold, that hadn't been held in my hands for years. I can still feel the well worn plastic, the smooth grooves worn into it and the other 3 from so many generations of my family playing games like this and GoldenEye. when I closed my eyes I heard the twinkle sound of navi moving around for the briefest moment. words cannot explain the bliss I felt that day.
My uncle bought my brother and I this game for Christmas 1999. I wasn’t good at it so I just enjoyed watching my brother play it almost every day after school. I don’t think he ever beat the 2 save files that he had saved, mine being the 3rd. He passed away this past spring at 29 years old, and while I don’t have the cartridge back yet I’ll be damned if I don’t finally finish this game for the two of us.
"The flow of time is always cruel... it's speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..." - Sheik
“Time passes, people move. Like a river's flow, it never ends. A childish mind will turn to noble ambition. Young love will become deep affection.” -Sheik
I remember my elder sister and I being roughly 7 or 8 and being unable to find it so we called in the big guns to help...our mother and Elder brother xDDD
AHWCandPHPRODUCTIONO I don’t know what you’re talking about but it sounds interesting 🤔 can’t wait to learn more I just bought a Nintendo Switch off Amazon! Should be here on the 18th of June
@@_daleko Well said. Sometimes people meme way too much. While that's absolutely fine, never being able to be serious and sincere can be problematic. So let people enjoy sentimental moments as best they can.
Oot and majora's are both master piece in every sense, music, environement, story, characters, level design But if I had to choose a single game to qualify as "art", it would most definitly be shadow of the colosus
OOT is like the Mona Lisa. It's a one of a kind, and it's priceless. But, at the same time, there exists better paintings than Mona Lisa, or better games than OOT.
This song in particular always brings a tear to my eye. Reminds me of simpler times. Of a time when my family was still together and everything was right in the world it seemed.
Same here... Reminds me of simpler times... Safer times, and some friends that moved to other places, and some other friends that are not my friends anymore... I was so happy and I didn't knew it.
I wasn’t alive in 1998, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t cry remembering coming home from school to play my 3DS, sitting at dinner riding Epona, or the summer where me and my friends would talk about Zelda and Pokémon and Mario and all of that. I miss that so much. I miss coming home from school and sitting on the couch with my shoes off and feeling the cool air around me as I played the Nintendo games that I’d been dreaming of all day at school
Same here man. I’d do anything to go back. Heck, I’d even go back to 3-4 years ago, during the fortnite era. I never realized how much I would miss those times. And now in highschool, I don’t even have time for those things. My childhood is over and it’s hard to believe it. Anyways, have a good one my dude.
@@mohamadrizk5536 I'm 19 and i feel that. However, it's important to remember that you have all the time to make new memories now! In 3 or 4 years time, you'll look back fondly on this time too!
I just got this game earlier this month and playing it for the first time. Had an n64 in my childhood but missed out on this classic one. Never to late. :)
This song makes me feel different now than it did years ago. I yearn for my youth when nothing mattered and all I had was a gold cartridge and an N64. Life was much simpler then.
True mate. But we enjoy the time we have now too. as one day this time will be looked back upon with the same feeling of sadness. Enjoy every day as we never know when it will be our last. God bless you.
@@ededdandeddytv5164 Considering that the main theme of the game revolves around the transition from childhood into adulthood, I don’t think it’s such a far-fetched statement. But thanks for your input.
@@scintillam_dei he was in your life as a lesson. The hurt and pain was meant to build a stronger you. I wish that you could find peace within you and forget him, but also appreciate the good that came with it while keep the lesson from the bad it brought 🌻 May you have better endeavours in the future :)
@@texazmade713 I once asked him to show me his penis. I wasn't a sodomite. I just was young, and always heard that penis size matters, so I wanted to know if my penis was normal. It was the most awkward moment of my life. I regret that decision because he probably thought I was crooked, not straight, after that, so he wanted to avoid me later. By the way, the cover of Zelda with young Link on the ocarina coinciding with the crotch of older Link is subtle homsexual propaganda Nintendon't put in there because Nintendon't is of the devil.
My brother handed me a copy of this game when I was around 8 years old and he told me “You should play this, I think you’d like it.” Now at 17 I’m sitting here listening to this and tearing up. This game truly changed my life. My favorite video game of all time.
My only connection was from watching Clint Stevens. One day I gotta play this myself. If only Nintendo made a remake :( Update: I'll just get a ROM and play it when I have time (maybe second semester of my senior year)
I was 14 in 1999 Born in Medellin came to America August 99 and the nostalgia is big. Ps1. decembers and the good feeling of freedom. Love y'all I hope y'all live your dreams and be happy
I remember one morning when I was 10, I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, but I rolled over in my bed and stared out the window to see a full moon setting westward. I just laid there watching it slowly move for what must have been a good thirty minutes. And as I stared I imagined this particular song playing in my head. It was such a serene moment. I was a huge Zelda fan at the time, and this was before smartphones or the internet being easily accessible, therefore many soundtracks from the games I would have memorized note by note so that they can basically play in my head at the right times, and this was one of those times. And 20+ years later, I still remember the songs to many games I grew up with, like tattoos to my memories.
When I hear this, I think of my late oldest brother. He had just turned 12 when OoT came out and it quickly became his favorite game of all time, but unfortunately he passed a few months later in ‘99. After some time passed, my second oldest brother and my parents decided the time was right for another child and so I came along. When I was old enough and after I had learned about my late brother, I was introduced to Zelda by my brother. My first game was Majora’s Mask, the 3DS remake. I fell off of the series for a few years due to becoming busy with High School, so when BOTW first came out in 2017 I didn’t pay any attention. I gave BOTW a shot in 2019 and during my first year of college…and it was all I played. I absolutely adored the feeling the game gave me, which was a feeling of adventure. When I told my mom about how much I loved BOTW, she told me that OoT was my late brother’s favorite game before he passed and we both shed some tears. Whenever I hear this song, I think of only you, Kevin. I hope you’re looking down from wherever you are and going just as crazy over TotK as I am, if not more.
I know a lot of people have said this, but: It's funny how this makes me feel nostalgic, even though I never played the original OOT and only beat the 3DS remake a few years ago. There is something truly special about this song.
got this game when I was 6 when it came out 1998. Pretty sure this game is the reason I enjoy single player roleplaying type games so much. This game, mario 64 (which I got for my fifth birthday and I still have that cartridge) bomberman 64, donkey king 64, smash bros, and mario party 1 made my childhood. My family would also play alot of snes. My siblings and I would take turns playing donkey kong country and super mario world. My parents loved watching us take turns and playing. My dad loves playing Mario 3. He wrote down every puzzle in the card shop so he knew each card arrangement so he could get the coins. He only plays for the coins.
I KNOW! I've never played OOT at all, but for my b-day I will be asking for a 3DS or Wii U so I can beat it. Probably Wii U even though everyone says it sucks whatever. Anyway, I still feel nostalgic
You’re right! I’m not that old so I didn’t play the original or the 3ds version. I recently played the original on an emulator, but didn’t beat it, yet this song somehow manages to make feel strangely nostalgic. That’s the sign for a good theme!
8:30AM Tuesday November, 2004 It's a rainy day... Sick and away from school... Grandma making me soup to feel better... Mom complained that I was playing videogames too early in the morning... But what she didn't know, was that I would play a masterpiece of a game that etched itself into my entire life and help make my memories of happy, better days of youth and friendship timeless, just like the very game itself. Thank you for letting me remember those moments of stillness in life, never worrying about the things going on with the world.
One of the most influential games ever created, it’s music was above and beyond at the time, and has cemented itself as a masterpiece for years to come
this song takes me back to middle school...back to careless times when everyone was cool with each other :,) we had a whole table section where we all just played games and hung out and when this game released on 3Ds my whole life changed i had an experience i’ll never forget...good ol days
This takes me back to elementary and a little bit of middle school as well. Ah dude I tell you, early 2010s was probably the last time, the LAST time humans actually interacted with each other and the last time kids interacted with each other. Because Snapchat Instagram and Tik Tok didn’t exist back in the early 2010s and social media wasn’t as toxic and was just still on computer. Now kids today, speaking mostly to very late Gen z and Gen alpha are mostly infected with the toxicity of social media exposed to dumb videos on RU-vid kids, nobody watches cartoon anymore ah my god let’s just go back to the early 2010s. Early 2010s will always outclass the late 2010s.
This song is just full of sadness and magic at the same time it makes me cry. This game is the reason why my little brother and I got into The Legend of Zelda. Reminds me of the beautiful memories that my little brother and I shared together when we were young. I miss him so much, I hope he’s happy and i hope he can forgive me for all the bad times we had. We’ve had so many good times, but they’re just at times painful to look back on. I love you so much little brother, everyday I have to wake up to silence and an empty bed. I can only find you in my memories and in our childhood video games.
my heart swells with emotion every time i listen to this song. I remember the day my dad brought me the n64 with a copy of ocarina of time. He lived in a different country to make ends meet, yet he saved enough money and read enough about video games to know this is the game my siblings and i wanted. feeling warmth is the feel that describes this video.
My mother gave to me Ocarina of Time on christmas of 99 with the n64 and I remember it was my best christmas ever. I have the best memories with this game, it changed me as a person, it still influences me as a musician and it still gives me the most beautiful emotions.
Beneath the optimistic melody lies a vein of sadness, a hint of something lost or forgotten. This bittersweetness reflects the game's central theme of time travel and the fleeting nature of childhood. It's like looking back on a cherished memory, knowing you can never quite recapture that moment.
Gotta love that Koji Kondo decided to pull that little short riff phrase he composed as the jingle for playing the flute in the very first Legend of Zelda and expanded it into a full song for the Title Screen of Ocarina of Time. The game has a nostalgia factor baked into it just by being affectionate for the very first Zelda, over 10 years after that title was released.
Yep, only our generation will know feelings like this. When this game was the only thing of its kind. Its still stoof the test of time as my favorite of all time. Nothing can give me a feeling like this did back in the late 90s.
My first ever video game never saw an ad never heard anyone even mention it but just the cartridge art alone made me ask my dad to get it for me at a flea market and ever since been a fan of zelda
in 2016 my dad bought me a Legend Of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D 3DS verison, I never completed it, in 2021 he died in a car accident, now I recently found the 3DS and have currently been playing it and it's so much fun. I have 2 stones and I'm making my way through the jabu jabus belly. This game is beautiful
A kid, on a journey to save the land he had been isolated from his whole life. Treated like an outsider until he found out he was one. But yet he still did just that, this is the story of The Hero of Time
this makes me nostalgic for something i never even experienced. I was born too late to play ocarina of time. But this song is beautiful, it has a special place in my heart despite that, and to everyone who has played ocarina of time, i wish you a fantastic day :)
I remember being stuck at the gate where the guy gives magic beans, on the path to zoras domain. As a kid my mind went wild with imagination wondering what was beyond that border that I couldnt reach. Even today, thought we have all explored every inch of that tiny Hyrule, you still have that feeling like theres something out there, waiting to be discovered.
This whole soundtrack was way ahead of its time, it’s almost more like a movie soundtrack! The whole game really was, it was more than just another video game… it is a masterpiece!
I always feel immense peace when I listen to this song. It helps me cry when I can't bring myself to. The past few years have been hard on me, and just when I thought I was getting a little better these 2 months in particular have been crashing onto me. It will be my birthday in 13 days, and I don't want my birthday month to be ruined by these emotions. The TLOZ tracks have always helped me. They're so peaceful and overall a work of art. Thank you for helping me hold on for just a little longer!
Man you hit the nail on the head with this one. I'm a hardcore lurker but playing this game with my Mother way back when I was a carefree child brought back too many memories not to say anything.
i was born on 2001 but my dad kept all of his old consoles and show me all the classics he played during his childhood, and i watched him play a lot of games and OoT is one of my clearest memory especially because of this song it remembers me this perfect childhood i had and how lucky i am to have a dad like him who teaches me all of this videogame culture and i’ll be always blessed for this !
Pure love was put into this game. I am currently a video game developer because of the impact this game had on me as a child. An absolute masterpiece. The music, the combat, the map creation and detail, the storytelling, the variety of items and secrets to find. This game didn't miss a single thing, and was generations ahead of it's time. This song is always here for me when I need to restore my heart peace. c:
I saw someone comment “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” and that honestly hits so hard for where i’m at right now. I’ve been visiting my hometown for the first time in years (i moved away as a kid) and today marks the very end of my trip. I’m listening to this reflecting on all the family i’ve met and the people i’ll miss, and man this track is perfect for that 🥲
This song makes me feel like I’m in a field of grass. The sun is great, the roses smell good as ever, the trees wave at me, the blue sky surrounds me, and I also see a bunny hopping it’s way to who knows. Like all my life problems just went away.
It's a melody that makes you ponder about the purity of life and the sweetness inherent within it. It's chilling yet sombre-just a stunningly elegant piece that is timeless and neverendingly beautiful.
This song makes me feel like I'm floating through space, with nothing left to do, just float and float. Nothing, and everything at the same time. Me and my thoughts, in a mostly empty void.
When I first played this game I must have been around 12 years old. I had heard so much about this game just as I was getting into the series. I wasn't blind to the primitive graphics and gameplay but something about it just hit me. I think it was the music, world building, and overall vibe to it. It made me fall in love with the rain. I'm 22 now and the last time I really fully played this game was when I was around 14. It had such a profound impact on me at the time though I had not fully realized it yet. I should very much like to return this game as soon as I arrive back home.
I was 9 years old in 1998 when this game came out. I just turned 34 yesterday. ...I must have played hundreds of games the last 25 years, and let me tell you : this one is still EASILY in my top 5. What an absolute masterpiece, what a gem. I know that there is no perfection in this world but this is damn close.
I grew up with this game and listening to this soundtrack, I just think about how sad this Links life truly is. He does ALL of this. Saves the world. Gains powers, friends. Only to be thrown back in a timeline where no one knows what he's done. And then dies alone in battle later in life.... No one to know what he's been through. No one to witness his accommodations..... Is so sad. But such a great fricken story at the same time. And this soundtrack sums that up perfectly.
My older sister LOVED this game! She got to grow up with the N64 version but any opportunity she had to play it, she would. My friend would bring her Wii over to my house when we were kids, and she had Ocarina of time downloaded on it. She would always ask my sister if she wanted to play, so my sister would be sitting in a chair, my friend and I on either side of her just watching her play. I miss those times ❤
Reminds me of one of my favourite memories of living in Japan. It was late a cool, late autumn night and I was making my way home. I made a shortcut though a small shrine park, empty apart from myself. I came up to a little river and an old wooden bridge that's when I heard some soft music being played. Though I couldn't tell from where it was coming from in the darkness, I recognised that it was this song almost immediately. I ended up just sitting there for about 5 minutes just listening to that music, never actually seeing where it was coming from. I don't know if it was the tiredness from a standard day of work in Japan, or just plain sentimentality but, It's hard to describe the sense of peace and tranquility I felt in that moment before I finally had to go back home. Listening to this, it takes me back there, if for just a second. Lovely song.
I first played Ocarina of Time on the re-release for the 3DS. The first time I booted it up, I just sat there staring at the title screen and listening to this song. Even hearing it for the first time evoked such a strong feeling of nostalgia, longing, and beauty, one that I still get to this day. Every now and again, I go back and re-play OOT. Every time, I stop and listen.
I’m 33 years old and played this for the first time this year, and even now it feels nostalgic. I wish I played this as a kid I could only imagine the emotion replaying it now.
As a 2006 , I didn’t experienced it but I swear I will buy a N64 it cost 380$ and the the Zelda I want to play this game so much it’s a classic of the legend of Zelda
It was just me and my dad, I was like 4 when I first touched this game, and since I turned 16 I’ve been playing it every year, I can never get tired of the music, world, characters, and this version of Link and Zelda
final day of 2022. had to come by here since it’s been abt a decade since i first played this legendary game. crazy because the memory feels both much more recent and much older, occupying a limbo-like state in my recollection. so much to say, yet this song communicates it all. an unbelievable experience from beginning to end. to think about how much i’ve grown since playing this game and yet how much i’ve still left to learn and experience in this world. this song will always have a special place in my mind, heart, and soul and goddamn it i fucking love this game with everything I've got-i missed out on so many ‘ideal’ childhood experiences but having the opportunity to play this game as a kid absolutely trumped all of them and more. thank you oot for all the memories you’ve given me and surely all of the memories you’ll continue to give. dunkey said it best, this game is an absolute mastahpeace
Hearing this makes feel warm and think of the great memories I had with my family. No wonder I'm starting to love the The Legend of Zelda series right now and very much.
I wish I could go back to when I was in elementary school. I would do skiing on Fridays with my friends in a ski program. I would sneak my 3DS or Kindle Fire every week and play it on the way to and back from the ski resort. I would play games with my friends, seeing what funny things my Miis would say on Tomodachi Life, playing Geometry Dash. Just having a blast. Then I would wait for my mom to pick me up and play on my 3ds again until it was bedtime. This song reminds me of that. It reminds me of all the great memories I had back then. I am always emotional during Winter becuase of my past during it. It's also one of the only times out entire extended family is together. All together at our grandmas for Thanksgiving and Christmas. This song also reminds me of how much I love my family and all the times we are together. Always be thankful for what you have, especially family.
reminder i still feel this way, even stronger now that my life has changed drastically recently. i will go into details but tl;dr is i'm losing my old friends i did these things with and it makes me sad, but this song reassures me everything is fine. i never played and completed ocarina of time until recently in the summer time. it was an incredible journey. i had played it before but i bought it on my 3ds so i could play it on the go and have the updated graphics. one of my only friends atm is OBSESSED with this game so we connect with that pretty easily. i have known her since 3rd grade. most of my friends other than her and her sister have never played zelda and frankly don't care about gaming anymore which makes me really sad because they clearly do, they just act like they don't. i've started slipping away from this friend that also loves zelda as much as me, which is confusing me because we connect extremely well, but now she won't talk to me. this is a problem to me because i really like her and i don't want her to stop being my friend if she doesn't feel the same anymore. hopefully i can hang out with her over Christmas break and try and patch things up. winter is my favorite season and i can tell she loves it too. not only will this song remind me of the memories i've made in the winter, it will remind me of her, because of her love for zelda and the winter season, just like me. i'm sure i can figure it out, but if i can't, that's fate and i just have to accept that. this is another reminder that you should take chances before it's too late! ask out a girl, play a game you've always wanted to, climb a mountain, whatever! do it before it's too late and you miss your chance, like i might have. thanks for reading, i usually end up typing this exact thing on multiple videos lol. anyways, have a great holiday
After Iwata died and Reggie left, Nintendo is becoming as shitty as EA. Those people were some of the last employees to give a damn about the company and when they were gone, Nintendo saw it as 'theyre gone now we can do whatever the hell we want no matter whether it is good or bad.' Look at Nintendo now.
My Brother A legend himself passed away on February 10,2024 he was my oldest brother n a father to me one I never had he was so sweet and caring all he really ever cared about was games he loved every single thing in this world 🌎 he was the best friend brother uncle ever he beat this game so many times he introduced us to every thing in this world without him we would know nothing I just want to say I love him so much n miss him cherish every moment you have with your family because that’s all you got and god friends come and go but family is forever ♾️ may you rest now son of RAMIREZ WE ALL LOVE N MISS YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN our Cherokee kid ❤
