Can You Beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time With Only Young Link?
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a game where you start as young Link, then become an adult. You have to complete the majority of the game as adult Link. So is it possible to beat the entire game using only young Link? In this video, I attempt to beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time using only young Link!
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I find it hilarious that Young Link's height was a problem for 95% of this playthrough except for the final boss. Like sure, the kid can't reach easy platforms but he takes down a demon pig no problem. He is a force to be feared
It is funny to see obstacles meant for adult Link be completely non-issues for child, like the spinning blades in Shadow Temple are too tall to hit him
Hey, if it's one thing Link is good at besides pot breaking, it's killing demon pigs as little kids. Just look at the original loz game and Wind Waker, those kids don't fuck around.
nt, transbani
Link is a little guy but I'll be damned if Ganon doesn't have kneecaps to aim for
5'11" vs. 6' problems and soultions
“Theres only 3 timelines from oot!” The secret fourth timeline:
Zelda CDi timeline
@@swaggin1716 we don’t talk about the cdi games-
The 4th timeline: Leads to Majora's Mask
@@mrj.kottari8453Majora's Mask is part of the child timeline
@@swaggin1716gee, it sure is boring around here
The Master Sword after realizing sealing Link for 7 years was meaningless and only caused war and suffering:
Fi gaining a conscience be like:
The Master Sword failed to account for the fact that Link is Built Different.
Think they realized that around Wind Waker
@@rakhoon8596 yea but the wind waker link is just a random child, while the oot link was a true hylian with hylian powers.
@@yigo310Isnt ww link a direct decendant of oot link or some shit? Been a long time since i played ww
It's funny how Ganondorf just says "Curse you Zelda" twice at the end there
Haha, I made sure to edit the footage so it went that way, but I wasn't sure if anyone would catch it! Nice!
That cutscene is the only diaogue that looks out of place with normal name. I wish that the file name was programmed to be all capitalized too. "CURSE YOU Link" doesn't sound as angry as "CURSE YOU LINK".
zelda sending young link back is so funny to me sending 10 year old link 7 years back, and suddenly you find a 3 year old at the temple of time lmao
I always thought that the boomerang could have been useful as adult Link
Same!
I guess the Twilight Princess developers agreed.
Moral of the story: Young Link at the tender age of 10 was just as capable of a hero, by really underestimating him the Golden Goddesses made a huge oopsie with timeline splits, floods, twilight etc.
I assumed it qas Fi who knocked him out.
Wasn't it the sage of time who thought he had to let Link grow up?
He's 10? I've always thought that Child Link is 7 or 8 and Teen Link is ~15
@@mrj.kottari8453 Adult link is supposed to be 17. So -10 years would make child link 7.
@@Estarile what? Adult link is 17, -7 since characters say thats how long he was gone for, means child link is 10 If he were 7 that would make adult link only 14
As a kid, i never figured out how to get the goron tunic, so i somehow beat the fire temple with just the kokiri tunic through sheer stubbornness thinking it was the intended way
😂😂😂
So this means you did a megaflip, right...
@@David2073 honestly i cant really remember exactly how i did it. I was definitely not skilled enough for megaflips as i was just a kid. I'll see if i can replicate it at some point
@@David2073i think he was just adult link without the goron tunic so no megaflip required
No you didn’t
Imagine how accomplished Link probably feels about defeating Ganon as a child. Honestly I think that’s even more badass than doing it as adult Link.
Waaaaay more badass, bro 😎
I actually really appreciate that he still does what he can and only uses glitches when absolutely necessary
The entire run is impossible without glitches, therefore ANY glitch is considered necessary. You literally cannot enter any of the “adult Link” dungeons and complete them without glitches. Plus in order to set up some glitches later on he has to perform other glitches as child Link, including the very first dungeon of the game. Without those glitches in the first dungeon the run goes absolutely nowhere.
@@tacohut555I think he means he completed specific sections "legitimately" even though he could have used Glitches to make his life easier which would however come at the cost of Enjoyability.
17:48 Great video, but there's a minor detail you missed. You don't actually need Fire Arrows to detonate a bombflower. You can actually use regular arrows. Doesn't matter for this run since you can't use either, just thought I'd point that out.
Damn, I was gonna comment that too...
Beat me to it 🤣
Actually, you _can_ use the Bow as Young Link by using the Equip Swap glitch. For some reason it uses Slingshot ammo, but the projectiles you fire are still arrows, not Slingshot bullets. EDIT: actually, I was misremembering something, when you equip swap the bow, you do just shoot slingshot bullets. I might have been thinking of being able to shoot magic arrows, but I don't remember how that works at all.
There is also a setup for using bombchus to hit the bomb flowers.
@@paulnewton2284 aCtShUaLlY
In a world where pichu can defeat mewtwo, you can't use smash a reference lmao
I'm pretty sure there's a way to beat a Mewtwo with a Pichu in a Pokémon game too
@@LilacMonarchugly ass pfp
@@LilacMonarch That is the truth.
@@LilacMonarcheven a rattata (level 1) 1. Equip it with focus band (prevents to fainting with 1 hit) 2. It must know: Endeavor: leaves the opponent at your same HP Quick attack: no explanation needed. This works like this: Turn 1: mewtwo will hit you and leave you at 1 hp because of focus band, you use endeavor and leave it at 1 hp Turn 2: you use quick attack, since it has priority, you'll hit mewtwo first, fainting him.
@@sergiodavidalvaradoangel7637 F.E.A.R. (Focus Sash, Endeavor, (Quick) Attack, Rattata)
In areas with a heat-timer, if you’re in mid-air (e.g. falling down the shaft outside of Fire Temple), you can press the button that ocarina is assigned to, which will temporarily freeze the timer until you land on the ground. That would help out with the tight timing in that area :)
Beating phantom ganon so easily with the boomerang is quite hilarious, not to mention the ganon's fight going under him by just running by. It looks like young Link was quite the hero!
This was very interesting to watch. I found it funny that most of the obstacles were just things ever so slightly too high for Link yo reach.
If you want to do Shadow as child again, there's a jumpslash clip from the cage to the ferry. You might also want to look up OOT Max Bosses as Child and OOT Max% Child to see other strats that speedrunners use for a similar kind of route you did. And Defeat Ganon No SRM for the endgame portion. Interesting vid though.
It’s crazy after 20 something years we are still making content on one of the greatest games of all time
Meanwhile Speedrunners: Wrong Warp to castle > Beat Ganon. Lol very cool to see an actual in order progression of ways to actually beat the entire game as young link. Kudos to you, sir.
As a programmer, I find it very impressive they never had e.g. "if LensOfTruthEquipped { BongoBongoDamageable = true }" lines, which would perhaps make the game much easier to debug or in general simplify the game logic. Instead, they kept the capability of the items as well as the fact that certain enemies can be damaged or areas accessed separate, in accordance with the lore logic. I get the impression today in non-sandbox games, this isn't typical anymore.
For 25 years, i had never heard anyone pronounce ocarina like ocaraina, until this week when I've seen videos from three different people pronouncing it that way and now I've just spent half an hour down the rabbit hole of pronunciation variations. But also i love this video and this isn't a criticism, I was just surprised to hear a different pronunciation by so many people so recently!
On my end, I didn't realize the way I pronounced it here was uncommon until the comments on this video 😂
Lol I'm sorry! I was genuinely interested by the different pronunciations 🥲 didn't realize others had pointed it out as well, although I did catch the emphasis in your most recent video 😅
Now do it adult link only
As an avid speed run watcher, I can say for certain that I have no idea if you can
Probably not, without some glitches... How does Young Link deal with the Water Temple or the Fire Temple? Like, the timer for hot areas and being underwater; It's dependent on how many hearts you have...
Not without glitches but with glitches, then yeah, you can. Just leave the forest without deku and do child stuff, then skip master sword and glitch into the adult dungeons with ISG cause as they said every dungeon exist in both eras. Leaving deku for the last temple let's you wrong warp to either the final fight, castle escape or trials, and occasionally the tennis battle with Ganondorf.
@Tazerboy10 It is dependent on timer, but with glitches, you can glitch your way to obtain the goron tunic beforehand.
@@Supersonicblue1027 - I was mostly referring to his specific video playing only as Young Link; Not other runs...
Ocarina of time any% has not included going adult in like 12 years
Next bro is gonna do Majora’s Mask maskless
Before he was doing Zelda games he won Mario Kart on foot😮
😂😂😂@@townhomes13
ITS THE WAY HE ACTUALLY DID IT LMFAOO
He did it: Majora's Mask, no masks: kzhead.info/sun/mbyEo5aofGqOqHA/bejne.htmlsi=OHQsX8Xu9paMzfSr
HE LITERALLY DID THAT
I remember seeing something where if you like deathwarp as you collect the medallions it negates the cutscenes but I think it was pretty involved to set up.
I think that's the glitch I was looking at! It did seem pretty involved to set up, which is why I didn't bother.
@@MandatoryPixel Is the same as the wrong warp you did from Gohma to Ganon's Castle, but instead of crossing the door you just die from a bomb. Each blue warp has his own setup. They take a while to learn if you are not used to them. The only special one is in Jabu because Ruto is on the middle of the warp and you need to do a longer setup, but that one is not necessary for your run as you can just watch de cutscene
That's common to see in max% child as it's the only way to obtain the medallions without crashing ZFG has done plenty of max% child runs if you wanna know every possibility item thats collectable as child only
1:00 "After getting my caracter the canon name" LOL Took me several seconds to remember that Zelda should not be his name
At least you got it in the end, the amount of comments I've received thinking that I got the name wrong and wasn't joking is wild 😆
Every big brain move before Spirit Temple: Well executed glitches and skilled gameplay Spirit Temple: Actual Wizardry
i love the thought of ganon, possibly one of the most threatening beings in hyrule, getting his ass beat by a *literal* child lmao.
Young Link is the man!! He's my favorite out of all the Link's. Wish they would consider continuing his story after MM .
10:58 yeah the Adult Link cutscences always load you into the Adult Link version of the map after successfully completion. Some of them can handle child Link and some end up looking like that. 28:13 the Child Master sword is actually used in debug mod and it's hard to notice in the Ganon fight but it has a triforce symbol on it instead of the kokir emerald. Sadge no funny Adult Link in child era glitch ending cutscence 😅 Side note: ARC requires a lot of understanding with coding or just knowing the game extremely well it's cool though cause equipping the mirror sheild as child with it let's you hold it like normal also you can equip the child master sword and sometimes warp into the Adult temple of time to activate the light arrow scene. I even think you could get Link in the Adult era hyrule for a bit. It a lot.
That's neat info, thanks! Makes sense why so many of the medallion cutscenes crashed, then.
I can't imagine how much time this video took to make. You actually taught me how to hover with bombchus. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you! I tried to give a brief description of each glitch so people wouldn't be completely lost, but I didn't think people would actually be able to perform them off of my brief explanations. That's cool!
Man was I psyched to see you post! Your challenge runs are super interesting; earned a sub for sure!
Thanks very much!
@@MandatoryPixelI’m on the boss fight of the Shadow Temple Bongo Bongo
This was COOL. What a great showcase of your knowledge and execution of a ton of fun glitches. What a great video.
Thanks very much!
Beating Ocarina of Time as only Young Link? Truly an endeavor for the most dedicated and slightly masochistic gamers among us. Your perseverance and mastery of glitches are genuinely impressive. The infinite sword glitch and bomb hover tricks? Chef's kiss. But, darling, let's be real - this challenge sounds like pure agony at times. The endless hovering, precise glitches, and dealing with timers in the Fire Temple? Only someone with unyielding patience (or a love for suffering) would dare try this. And let’s not forget the Shadow and Spirit Temple hurdles, proving once again that not all heroes wear capes; some wield slingshots and deku sticks. The grand finale with Ganon was spectacular, and seeing Young Link triumph with that tiny but mighty frame was the perfect end to this arduous quest. Would I recommend this to my subjects? Absolutely not. But watching you conquer it? Pure entertainment. Kudos to you for pushing through and showing us what true gaming dedication looks like.
i clicked on this video expecting the intro to be a classic "Here's what we're going to do, and oh no it's going to be difficult because etc etc." what i got: "The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is the classic tale of a young boy growing up to be a drink salesman." well shit looks like i actually have to finish the video.
You pronounce “ocarina” like “Macarena” and it’s silly and makes me giggle
Never even thought about asking this question as I didn't even think it was even possible
"This item is entirely optional, but I thought it was a cool trick, so I wanted to do it." Inspiring tbh
i had to stay in watch cause i could tell you put ALOT of time into this well done man
Who would've known a young Link is easier at beating Ganon than adult Link.
This was so interesting to watch! This vid needs more views man! I am really impressed with this journey you had completing the game as young link, that was damn epic! 👏👏
🤔 - Hmmm... What about the Water Temple? > Not able being to dive into the deeper water nor the area with the cage that release enemies underwater... 17:48 - 17:52 ---> You don't need FIRE arrows; You have fire an arrow or in this case, use Bombchus to blow the bombs up to get across the pillar over the gap...
I would save the Volvagia fight until after you RBA the Spirit and Shadow Medallions, that way you can get the Fire Medallion without it being removed. Then you can have all the medallions (besides Light but no one cares about Light Medallion) Also, it might be interesting to see how much more of the Water Temple you can do with out of bounds clips and diving with the Gold Scale.
That definitely would've been cool! As you might've guessed from the video, this was my first time doing a lot of these glitches, so although I knew about RBA, I didn't know the specifics. I might've tried to do Volvagia last if I did!
Thanks for putting in all this effort! I love seeing this game in new ways. I've been playing it since 1999 and feel like I've seen it all, but more things keep popping up. Fascinating video, thank you!
No problem! Thank _you_ for watching!
This is absolutely fascinating. Well done 🙏
This was hilarious. I would usually just equip swap the boomerang in for the Phantom Ganon fight and it’s so funny watching the game freak out 😂
That does sound like fun! I actually only learned about the Equip Swap glitch while making this video, so it would probably be fun to mess around with sometime.
Great video! Ive never really thought about what would happen if young link said "nah im goin here RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW"
24:00 WTF 🤣🤣 gotta love how ppl break those games, it's just insane
Max%Child is an Extension Category for this game's speedruns...
I learned about that while making this video, but most people aren't going to be familiar with things like speedrun extension categories! A video like this is made for a wider audience, which is why I explained how to perform glitches that speedrunners would already be familiar with.
@@MandatoryPixel oh im not trying to 'correct' you or anything...im just sayin, for those "just in case" people that dont know...like, if they want to see More, that would be where to look...
ZFG did max % Child before and after SRM
Max Child Bosses is also a really cool extension category that does a lot of the coolest parts of max% without making you you do an hour long guay hover.
@@rtyuik7 When you put several dots at the end of a sentence that usually indicates irritation or that the person you address should have found something to be obvious. At least many people are going to interpret it that way.
This video warranted an instant subscribe for me, amazing work man!!
Hell yea new upload
For anyone who is interested, here is a link to a commentated LOTAD (Low Optimization Tool Assisted Demonstration, basically a TAS but not nearly as strenuous) of the Max% Child speedrun by ZFG. kzhead.info/sun/ns1uY7mAgX-id2w/bejne.htmlsi=8Bu6komVVSdWqFQb He has also done RTA speedruns of the category. Here is his current record: kzhead.info/sun/mbqqm6WdgKeppYk/bejne.htmlsi=EymhBLJsIHT0ubKE
very rad video. lots of interesting tactics. young link was always my favorite and it's awesome to see him in all those cutscenes and temples. thank you for your work here
Dude this is incredible, I applaud your efforts and enjoyed watching this! I laughed when phantom ganon was clueless in how to handle the boomerang haha
This is really cool, I thought you might be interested to know that in the Ganondorf fight you don't need to use the sword to deflect his attacks. In fact, an empty bottle is actually more efficient than the master sword due to the animation of swinging a bottle being marginally quicker. Great video man, subscribing right now, hope to see more like this
I was familiar with that bottle trick, but I've never actually tried it so I thought learning the new timing might mess me up, haha. Thanks for subscribing!
The great deku tree got his revenge by blocking ganons massive sword with the kokiri shield.
Awesome video you madd man!
An incredible amount of work went into making this. Great work man!
By Young Link’s time in the story, the temples were clear of monsters and bosses with the exception of the Shadow and Spirit Temples. The sages were still dormant until the time came to awaken them and Ganondorf was out chasing little girls instead of ruling the kingdom. Narratively, young Link clearing the temples wouldn’t work, unless OoT Rauru woke Link up one year into his sleep instead of seven. How this would work instead is interesting, though for this game, good luck.
Amazing job! That's great! I myself beated the Goron temple in Majora's Mask without using the sit-attack, but what you did is on a totally different level there my friend!
What? How!?
This is truly amazing! Thank you so much for dedicating countless hours to achieve what was seemingly impossible for over 25 years.
probably the most amazing thing i have ever seen in gaming.
Speed run young link percent unlocked. I tried this as a kid and got no where , this dude has gone beyond plus ultra!
Max % child is a speedrun of this
Congrats! Also a great video
That Fire Temple entrance was slick.
Your content is so good. You deserve WAY more subscribers!
Thanks very much!
very cool, bro! it was enjoyable to watch!
Woah! That’s so cool- I’m impressed with how much you’ve memorized the maps despite them being glitched-
Legend of Link: A Glitch in Time. This was so good
How awesome! Ocarina of Time is my favorite videogame of all time, and it's cool to see a playthrough as child Link! I love your humor, and I certainly wouldn't (and couldn't) try this myself! Fantastic job!! :)
Thanks very much!
Zelda "Gamers": you need the longshot! Speedrunners: hold my Water Temple. Who knew this game was so easy when you don't follow the rules.
Awesome video dude.
Bro RESPECT it sure was very very hard to finish this amazing Challenge
I've played this game so many times and I never knew that the fire timer was based off of how many hearts you have
These videos are so high quality I know you’re gonna explode in popularity
These glitches are insane 😱 Good stuff man
Thanks! I knew about some of the glitches before doing this, but some of them I only learned about while researching as I played. They're definitely pretty cool!
Now do this for the best game of all time (Majora's Mask) -> no masks allowed
im surprised the model for young link didnt glitch out or stretch when doing adult link tasks
THE AUTO CAPTIONS USED THE WRONG YOUR I SWEAR IM ABOUT TO RAMPAGE
This was super fun to watch 😂
This is a super super interesting and cool video. My coffee and me arr having a great time here. Thanks ❤
Haha, good to hear! Thanks for watching!
i enjoyed this as much as I enjoy ZFG speed runs. Thank you
You can get to dmc great fairy with a somewhat precise megaflip from the very edge of the higher ledge (where the bombable rock is)
I didn't know there was a Devil May Cry cameo.
@@FelisImpurrator- 😆 DMC - _Death Mountain Crater_ DMC - _Devil May Cry_
@@FelisImpurratorYeah Dante shows link how to air hike so he gets more distance in the air 😂
Amazing work, gg brother ❤
youtube has relentlessly shoved this video to the top of my home page for days now
It took me rewinding several times to figure out the sound clip at 2:30. It is Luigi spinning out in MK64. Also this was a GREAT video. Thank you for it
Thanks for watching it!
When I was playing this on my Wii as a kid, I had NO IDEA you could even turn into an adult. Needless to say, a lot of the game was not played by me
This game isn't on the Wii. You're thinking of a different Zelda game.
@@trompette4485 no, it was. You could download old titles on the Wii. I have the original Super Mario Bros on it, as well as Ocarina of Time
@@trompette4485 it WAS on the Wii. You were able to purchase various old titles on the eShop. I still have Ocarina of Time, the original Super Mario Bros., and even a Bomberman title on my Wii
@@trompette4485 It was on the Wii Virtual Console, and it's the most popular version for speedrunning too.
@@trompette4485 Rereleased on the Wii Shop Channel as part of Virtual Console. Also, if you had backwards compatible Wii, GameCube controllers and the Zelda Collector's edition disk or master quest you could play through that
Amazingly crazy!!! I never eould have believed this was possible if you didn't do this.
Fire temple became the new water temple, Instantly! Hahaha I really enjoyed watching this make ocarina of time access a hard-core mode
This was so cool!
The run was interesting and highly entertaining to watch, glad the youtube gods allowed me to find your channel lol
We need this to be a speedrun category at the next AGDQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if you say it’s agonizingly boring. We can find a way! Lol. Killer work man! Great run!
It's not that the playthrough is boring as a whole! It's just that many parts, like the Morpha fight and the many long hovers, are tedious and can take ages. So it's hard to recommend, but maybe a speedrunner who practiced could do these things in an impressive way! If you want to watch speedruns of something similar, there's a category called Max% Child, where you try to get as many items as possible as Young Link.
I want a rom hack making every adult item useable as a child
I've been seeing a lot more of these types of challenge videos pop-up in my feed, and I'm enjoying every single one of them. Including this one. Great job!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
@@MandatoryPixel Your Welcome!
Awesome Video Bro.
The walking backwards is hilarious 🤣🤣
Seeing new people discover what you can do in this game is so cute lol
It's interesting that they implemented a system where the timer increases based on your number of hearts even though they never intended for you to do it without the tunic.
11:08 you were placed in the upper crater, but with the lower part (where the fire temple entrance is) loaded. A lot of rooms are split up into multiple chunks that only load in when you get close/in view I.E. the great deku tree part of kokiri forest is a separate chunk from the main area. Same with upper/lower zoras river
Interesting! I knew some areas like the Deku Tree worked like that, but I didn't know it worked that way in the crater.
Excellent video and great fun
Getting the broken Gordon sword sounds like playground gossip from “my uncle who works at Nintendo”😂
No doubt, I'd say several of the glitches are like that 😆