There are so many places to get fairies in the game. I cant believe the one that sticks out to you is balls deep in the forest temple 😂. Fucking awesome.
There's even a fairy fountain in sacred forest meadow that is less painful to get to, from the same warp point as the forest temple... This is amazing lmao
1:31:38 The saying goes "Doing the same thing *expecting* different results is the definition of insanity." But trying the same thing a few times to *validate* your original result is just being a good scientist. Never be discouraged if something doesn't work. Never feel foolish for double- or triple-checking your original hypothesis. Edit: That said I don't think I've ever seen someone try to sword-only Bongo Bongo.😄
Even in science you should expect different results, or at least be looking for them. To do it solely for validation leads to confirmation bias. Not to mention when applied to anything skill based just invalidates the concept of practice. It's a bad phrase and shouldn't be applied to anything other than things like putting your hand in a fire :D
“the vibe of this place is horrible” describes the shadow temple perfectly. It creeped me out so bad as a kid and I didn’t even fully grasp the meaning of the objects like the torture devices and guillotines.
I was nearing my thirties when I first realised Bongo Bongo wasn't some weird vase-shaped monster with floating hands. I still remember the audible gasp I let out when I finally figured it out, after playing randomisers for I don't even know how long. It just hit me: Omg, that's not a weird shaped monster! That's a man with no head.
the original song on the bongos was the blood dripping from the headless body, presumably so that you didnt have to be in the room to know when the person ran out of blood... i can't unthink that
It would of been cool if when you entered the dungeon, you could hear the drums quietly in the distance and then as you got closer to the boss they got louder.
I think it makes a kind of logical sense. If they were really big gloves (think somethjng the size of baseball gloves), you couldn't really hold a shield if you were wearing them. So it makes sense if it's on the shields row because it's one or the other.
1:32:35 that far cry trailer where the villain talks about the "definition of insanity" has done irreparable damage to "making sure to double check" IT'S NOT EVEN THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
Also, for every comment quoting the trailer, there's another comment complaining that Mapo did the right thing, but executed it incorrectly, so he just wrote it off as not being the answer. There's really no pleasing the RUclips comments
I know on a conceptual basis Bongo Bongo is really silly, but there's something really creepy about his design and weird humming he does. Lore implications are quite cool as well, and if I remember correctly, one of the theories I used to love was that it was an executed person due to how he looks, almost like it's a hanging body with no head and arms. Definitely one of my favourites.
I don't think he is that silly, conceptually. What bongo bongo is, is a man (turned ghost or whatever) who was hung upside-down, hands chopped off, and then decapitated. Note, his hands are not attached to him, and he has no head. his "eye" is at his neck, where it appears the skin is frayed off... as if his head was cut off, and his eye was put there (probably after death, as a ghost)... This boss was tortured and killed in the shadow temple. I don't think that's conceptually silly. I know you said most of what I said already, but it's not a theory. It's a concept and design. The theory is only why he looks like that. He literally is missing a head and his hands are not attached, and he is hanging from where his feet should be. He is a shadowy specter/ghost. None of this is theory. It is concept and design. They don't tell you why he looks like that to let you fill in the blanks... it's a bit too much for kids, but adults could easily fill in those blanks, especially with the overall themes of the shadow temple.
Personally I think he was tortured/executed/punished because he had the lens of truth and it was considered illegal magic use in Hyrule so that's how he was in the well and the Shadow Temple
According to the lore the shadow temple is where the royal family took people to be imprisoned, tortured, and executed. This isn’t a joke. Zelda’s family is actually pretty brutal.
It was a Sheikah village, and we were told when we first arrived that Impa had opened it to regular people. The pleasant little village we see is a pretty recent thing. Prior to that, it was more like a secret service housing area built over the prison. There is so much dark stuff in this "kids game".
I believe he had a backlog already with a list you can check out. I believe there's a submission form too? I don't quite remember but I would love to see it too.
@@cleverman383 I understand the nostalgia, but there is a lot of Jank in that game that he most likely wouldnt be able to figure out without a guide. It wouldn't be as fun to watch as A Link to the Past. At least in ALttP you can actually see which walls are bombable... Not sure I'd like to see Mapo randomly bombing walls for 2 hours
@@BKay121 It's not nostalgia. I didn't play the NES Zelda until a few years ago. Instantly became my favorite one. And the "randomly bombing walls" meme is extremely exaggerated. It gives you all the hints you need to complete the game if you just pay attention and think it through. No randomly bombing walls necessary, unless you're just mindlessly brute forcing your way through it, or are a completionist and want to find every little secret.
@@souplife1 are you me? I had a crippling fear of redeads from playing this at like 5 years old. So much so that it took me MANY years to learn not to be terrified of them lmao. Even now as an adult the sight or sound of them still has my adrenaline kick in for 1 second before I relax LOL
when I was the kid the werewolves, zombies and mummies terrified me, and being inside the Deku Tree for some reason. But I don't think anything else did. Maybe hands falling from the ceiling.
I also thought that Bongo Bongo was a ridiculous boss for the shadow temple, but when someone pointed out that the music for the shadow temple has bongos in it, I appreciate it a little more.
What can one say about the Shadow Temple? It is damp and it is dark. It is creepy and it's kooky, mysterious and spooky. It's also got a wickedly well designed atmosphere and a lore that is very interesting once you start thinking about the implications. I also find it to be the Temple that "breaks" with the established patterns of design that you have seen in most places so far. Giving you the map/compass/dungeon item trifecta right at the start just makes the Shadow Temple feel very different from... say the Water Temple. Where the path, for all that it can appear to be a confusing mess, is actually very linear. Getting the Longshot is what opens up the Temple and allows you to really explore the nooks and crannies. The Shadow Temple in comparison, requires the Hover Boots from the very first room you get to. Making the Temple itself more into a gauntlet of "which item(s) that I have can help me in this situation?" Personally I find that this is a nice change of pace in many ways. One example of this would be the fan sections, where you can (as you did) time your runs and stop your backwards momentum with the level geometry. Or you can plonk on the Iron Boots and just ignore the wind entirely. Which of course adds another complication in the form of those spiked contraptions sliding back and forth. Basically a pros/cons analysis and the game telling you "time to put together all that you have learned so far" which can be frustrating for a lot of people. Quickly referring back to "optional acquisitions" that I mentioned in previous comments... turns out Din's Fire isn't optional after all! Imagine that; a single line from Darunia after Dodongo's Cavern, leading to a place you don't HAVE to explore in order to progress the story at that point, becomes relevant four dungeons later! Lighting the entry torches, burning flimsy, wooden walls! OoT does not pull its punches in that regard. Which, honestly, I appreciate. Modern games have a little too much of the "Hey! Go there! [Important Item] needed!" aspect to them for my tastes. It is nice having to actually use your brain with minimal context clues as reference. Will add my voice to what I presume is countless comments applauding you for beating Bongo Bongo on hard mode. The Hover Boots do not make that fight easier ☺ Lack of traction can cause all kinds of problems. And with sword only on the hands for the first half or so... you madlad! Impa, Sage of Shadow has been awakened... now where the heck is that Princess... and no Gannondorf either...
I always laugh when people say "you actually don't need the dungeon item for this boss like you do for the rest", meanwhile you get knocked out of your bow aim every 2 seconds if you're not wearing the hover boots lol
@frankcaggiano8282 that is a point yes but you don't need the bow to disable the hands. It makes it safer yes but it's quite possible (and in my opinion easier) to do the fight without them.
@@tevinkp2313 you don't need to disable the hands with bow or longshot lmao? :0 news to me after at least a thousand playthroughs LOL I always just stand right where I land and use the bow to stop the hands, then dome him in the eye, then just spam quick spins and never even let him attack lmao
Yes you don't *need* the bow or Longshot to disable the hands, strictly speaking you can do the entire first with just the master sword but disabling bongo bongo when he rushes you is hard to time with the sword alone.
@@tevinkp2313 huh. I had no idea haha, I've always just used the bow with the boots because it's incredibly safe and effective and the safety of the bow just happened to be my first thought for most challenges as a kid lol
People give you shit about trying something multiple times? I'm sure they also give you shit when you "give up" on the right answer after a single try if you happen to be slightly off. Rude people who do not appreciate this incredible playthrough!
Exactly, when that happens, I shout no you're right there! and face palm myself when he's says well, I guess that's doesn't work. I would Also like to add that Mapo's ideas of how concepts like time and the game mechanics work are fun and not a bad idea to keep an open mind like that for the future.
People will give Mapo shit for literally anything he does. If he goes left, they shit because he didn't go right. If he goes right, they shit because its not left. He can't win with them.
Don't sweat the boots. They're the "intended" way to fight the boss. Without the boots, you get knocked into the air and its harder to run and aim your bow. There are downsides to the boots, but if you know the boss strat, there's no need to remove them since you'd be stationary firing arrows instead.
"Sometimes it might be a scarecrow, other times it might be a time block..." And maybe those aren't the only possibilities. Perhaps there are even _more_ mechanics you haven't seen yet, simply because you've never played the right song in the right spot. 😉
but he was using his targeting more, at least for the end of bongo bongo fight.... I really needed him to target the golden skulltula tokens and beamos
I did that also. I would get the boots and never remove them for the rest of the game. Idk why I really liked to play wearing them. Played it again last week on PC, I don't remember using it almost anywhere XD
I chalk it up to exhaustion from boot switching in the Water Temple. After that, I understand not wanting to play the boot switching game anymore, lol.
Kakariko may seem a quaint little village but the history of the Sheikah and their service to the royal family is bloody and dark. If the well doesn't drive it home the temple really should.
You made things so much more difficult by wearing those boots so much! I think I dealt with the fans by wearing the iron boots to weigh me down. I’ve always really liked the Shadow Temple, but I’m a big fan of everything creepy…..which is why I like the bottom of the well too. I thought allusions to a dark, bloody past in Hyrule’s history was such an interesting addition to the game. One thing I find truly creepy about Dead Hand is how the hands on the main body are just stumps…..why?! How?! What’s with all the other hands?!
Since the Shadow Temple is some kind of prison/giant torture chamber for the enemies of the royal family Dead Hands are probably some kind of prisoner. Also a common medieval punishment for theft was cutting off the hands of a thief... So maybe there's a connection :)
i always imagined he was the punisher of said thieves, now trapped in a bad way due to his deeds, fused with and haunted by all the hands he'd lopped off.
Mapo: Zelda is about context clues. Boss: Drops arrows and magic potions. Mapo: Swings at the boss with the sword! Nintendo really likes having floating heads and hands as enemies/bosses. I personally loves this boss and Bongo Bongo is a very fitting name for it!
I love how cheerful the Shadow Temple is with its cute little bouncing bird boat that rings its jolly little bells. When constructing the Shadow Temple they must have realized that the wood spikes protecting the Boss Key would eventually rot away so they must have placed a protective enchantment on the spikes which is why the bomb didn't work but Din's Fire does because its Magical Flames.
I had forgotten how awesome Bongo Bongo is. My brother and I loved that fight when we were kids. Thank you for putting a smile on my face with that fight.
Oh I had completely forgotten about this boss. So funny and so creative despite being really annoying. Definitely picking up his mix tape, what a banging tune!
Wearing the hover boots all the time is like playing as Luigi in Mario Galaxy. If you can get used to being slippery all the time then hey it's not really a detriment.
For what it's worth, watching you try everything on Bongo Bongo gave me ideas for how a "best" version of the fight would go. And I'm glad the scarecrow and time blocks are in your toolbox together.
Hey folks, new viewer here, really enjoying myself, both the commentary and gameplay are extremely entertaining, it's so nuts seeing someone play a game like this fully blind, I have one question through; Is Mapo the type of person that 100% the games he plays? I'm asking since it would be a little unfortunate if he misses out on some of the more hidden items, and he's really playing through the game quite fast, so I'm a bit afraid that he's going to beat the game without even getting every item in the inventory slots (stuff like getting every Heart Piece and Gold Skulltulas would be insane for a blind player, so totally understandable if he misses those)
I don't 100% my blind playthroughs no, as for the most part that is an impossible task. I do most of the content I come across but can't do everything!
@@Mapocolops Holy moly! I didn't think I would get a response from the man himself! Thank you for the direct answer, and of course, your reasoning is very much understandable ^^
Self-inflicted hard mode. I'm amazed you continue to enjoy this game, even though at times bc you make it more frustrating than it should be. I think that speaks to how good this game actually is, even after all these years.
@@Mapocolops Because many gamers, especially going back to an older game, just get frustrated and move on. A lot of people do not like playing games with little tutorials, for example.
@@Mapocolops Oh, I'm not worried. It wasn't a shot at you. I love the way you're playing it. It was more of a comment about how good this game is that, even if we make it more frustrating than it needs to be, its still enjoyable.
The bulllllll of my beloved 90s game is so frustrating but you handled it so well! Your endurance and sense of humor is so awesome throughout the playthrough 😁
1st try Bongo Bongo!? Dude, you rule! That boss is super difficult for a newbie to OoT, and you're put at a disadvantage with controller issues. Well done!
So.. fun fact! If you listen to the music of the shadow temple closely, you hear the bongos being used as the percussion instrument and it goes on and on all the time through the dungeon. The boss was awaiting you all that time, playing those bongos you hear from beginning to the end of the dungeon. Also nothing scares me more than people thinking a fun fact like that is a spoiler, so please go away! ~
Mapo: " this boat is fueld by dreams" :) Me having played oot since 2007 and seen alot of theories and knowing the truth about the shadow temple, also knowing I am not allowed to spoil anything: " who's gonna tell him?"
It's extra funny if you have the hover boots already by the time you move the statue, if you do it wrong you don't slide down right away and you can save yourself if you can react fast enough
“****** arrows who needs them?” Clearly you do. I have never seen this boss defeated the way you did in nearly 30 years 😂 Also, use your Z-targeting! It was revolutionary at the time for a reason! (And your shield!)
I enjoy this play through. Cool to see a play style that is still workable without certain gameplay discoveries. Not z-targeting the boss’s hands to shoot arrows makes the fight wayyyy harder. Glad he pulled through!
Mapo, I am a new huge fan of yours. I love this series because of how you're truly reacting to everything blind, and it's extremely nostalgic to see these temples and adventures again through a new *lens*. I have gone through to watch some of your other playthroughs and I really appreciate your relaxed style of humor. Thanks for your great content! BTW this temple has the worst music in my opinion 😂
I fondly remember when you entered the Deku Tree, and we thought it was the most disturbing thing in the Zelda universe. Though of all the horrors I expected to find at the bottom of the Shadow Temple, Bongo Bongo was not one of them. Kudos to you for beating the dungeon in those slippery boots. :) Looking forward to the next episodes.
You made this this dungeon and endboss fight so hard for yourself by wearing the hover boots most of the time. But it surely adds a little bit of challenge to an overall not so difficult game. I find your approach to Bongo Bongo really interesting. it never came to me to fight him just with my sword. I always thought, that the only way to stun his hands and eye would be arrows. That's what I love about your playthrough. Even I who played through this game endless times can learn something new about it :-)
1:37:53 Okay I'll admit, I have never seen someone melee Bongo Bongo before. What a flex. It's certainly an interesting boss to encounter after two dungeons full of dead things, blood on the floor, torture chambers, and traps. Fighting a creature with disembodied hands is a Nintendo staple, sure, but a beheaded hanged man playing a bongo is unique. All in all I find the Well and the Shadow Temple to be really interesting, as it adds just tiny flecks of gray to this fairly standard heroic fantasy tale. Hyrules bloody history... (rhetorical) do they mean the citizens, the crown, the enemies? Was Impa, as founder of Kakariko and Shadow Sage, aware? Is this a Sheikah thing? It's a nice little thing to noodle and write about that's pretty exclusive to this game.
Absolutely not, the hover boots give you a two-second frame to aim and that's all you need. Without boots you're constantly going up and down due to the drum. How YOU people do it without boots is beyond me !!
@@luciep9741 I always stayed on the outer third of the drum. Not center where you bounce like crazy, but not the rim where you get knocked off. But at the very least, either take them off when you’ve stunned him, or wait longer before stunning him, otherwise you won’t reach him in time to hit him with the sword
Im so glad you finally figured out the arrows could be used in the hands (for the sake of your sanity 😂). That said I didnt even know you could manage to do the fight with just the sword so it was a fun experience watching you do that. Loving the videos- i can never reexperience my first time playing through this game but watching someone play through this completely blind is the next best thing
1:08:45 for the most part the Song of Time actually DOES NOT transport blocks from point A to point B but rather from point A (in the past) to point a A (in the future). You normally would not witness this as most places that have Song of Time blocks in then you either can not access in the past or can not access in the future so it is unlikely you would ever make the observation in normal play. Players have been able to confirm that most blocks are traveling through time though some do just change physical locations. This might answer your question you posed earlier on in your playthrough as to why the hell would the Song of ‘Time’ be used to move blocks.
In 26 years of playing and watching others play this game I never knew you could damage Bongo Bongo with the sword before stunning him. I thought it had to be arrows and never thought to try anything else.
I think we can safely say the Shadow Temple is not Mapo's favorite. I think a good chunk of it had to do with very conservative use of the Lens of Truth. I can relate, 'what if I REALLY' need the magic later on' :p. I don't think the magic meter ever dropped below half, this is not a wasteful man. But it did make it much less likely to stumble upon the hidden objects, platforms, etc. To be fair, there were earlier periods where the dungeon pots and enemies basically never dropped magic refills. But the Shadow Temple thankfully throws them at you all the time. Oh yeah another chunk had to do with constantly subjecting yourself to everyone's favorite mechanic: ice physics. Those boots might look cool but they're a pain to traverse on.
Ive played the game a million times and even im still having to constantly tell myself I don't need to be stingy with the lens if truth. Logically i know conserving magic is not necessary or worth the stress, but I still find it hard to help myself 😅
@@ToastyOs I have a pretty severe habit of not using my consumable items in other games but not with the lens. Maybe my fear of missing things overrides it :p
Man I treated the hover boots like iron boots: only wear them during the moments they're needed, then piss off back to regular boots. Couldn't stand the traction issue
Re: 1:10:58 to be fair, had you placed that block in its final resting place before leaving the room that area would have remained open as a quick shortcut from the dungeon entrance to the ferry. The problem is, the game was only programmed with two scenarios, a) the block spawns at its point of origin or b) the block has been moved to the location in which you need to move it in order to progress. Moving it to the place it needs to be in order for you to progress sets a flag in memory that any time you leave the room and then renter (I.e., the room is reloaded), the block is in that location rather than at its origin point. If you have not done the steps in order for that flag to be set and saved to memory, the block will always spawn at its origin point blocking progress to the ferry. Technically the programmers could have programmed a flag that leaves a small gap if you move the block just enough to get to the emergency exit back up to B2, but that could likely have lead to more bugs in the code that would have needed to be sorted out or might not have been something the programmers anticipated the players doing and so never programmed it that way.
Actually, the Bongo Bongo monster is very suitable for the dungeon. Remember that this dungeon is the "shadow" dungeon and it refers to the dead. All of the monsters in this area (except for the Skulltulas) are dead but re-animated. So, someone is using dark (shadow) magic to re-animate the dead. Where have you seen this scenario before? Most commonly known in African tribes and they mostly use bongos. Perfectly fitting!!
I believe you're not summoning bricks out of thin air, but instead you're moving them back and forth in time. It was going to be a feature where a block you sent back or forth would be there after time travel but eventually it was too bothersome of a mechanic, but they kept the fact that bricks "appear and disappear" for puzzle reasons, that's why you use the Song of Time for that.
I'm pretty sure an earlier part of the game tells you what green navi is supposed to do. Also, I always find it funny when people try one or two things, give up, when if they keep trying, they will eventually get it (this is not a criticism. I find it funny).
I cannot get enough of your playthrough of Zelda Ocarina of Time. I am so looking forward to more Zelda games played by you in the future. I love watching you figure stuff out and you are quite good at it. It angers me to no end the people that are backseating and getting mad because you didn't do something right the first time or do something they didn't like. Everyone's first time playing was not perfect and they fail to understand that figuring things out on your own in the real fun of video games. Have fun completing the game mate and I so want to see you play A Link to the Past. I think you'll really love it.
You thought it was ridiculous and beat him with the sword, as a kid I was so terrified I used arrows just so as not to get close to the damn creepy tribal shadow monster thing xD The best part about Bongo Bongo, honestly, is defeating him and never having to go back to the Shadow Temple again.
Maybe you could have used farore's wind to go back to the door near the ship before the block? Honestly I didn't know you had to push the block all the way in the hole otherwise it resets, that was really brutal.
I love how they give you the lens of truth as a kid from the fight with the dead hands, and, even if you don't know it, you can use it to fight the dead hands as an adult. Since you already did it, you can see where he is hiding with the lens of truth, and... I think only a bomb can hurt him from there, and then he will pop out on his own from the damage.
So a bit of lore about bongo bongo….he looks like that because he was the founder of the Jiga clan! Bongo Bongo was executed by Impa, by having both hands cut off and then beheaded…that’s not an eye…it’s a stump!
@@Wrenchdolt the yiga clan was not a thing in official capacity, it would b more accurate so say he was “the first known sheikah traitor”…in the sense that He is the first known traitor and we know it was sheikah traitors who told Ganon about the triforce…sooo…
"What is Kakariko's secret? What is its dark past?" Mapo hasn't even finished the game and he's already cooking up some tasty fan theories about Zelda lore
The Song of Time blocks make more sense than it seems. You're tehnically transporting them across the time skip, which moves it out of te way or back in place.
1:38:00 It's not SO ridiculous, but it is hard to understand what it is. There's been a bunch of theories, he was supposedly a voodoo sorcerer, who cursed the royal family with his ritual magic (playing bongos) in vengeance for something, as music has a lot of power in all the zeldas (except the most recent ones cause *shrug*) Because of that he was put in one of those things where your head and hands are locked, sentenced to death and had his hands (for playing the cursing music) and head cut off. Then his body was thrown down the well, then was sealed there. Hence his hands seperated from his body.
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There are so many places to get fairies in the game. I cant believe the one that sticks out to you is balls deep in the forest temple 😂. Fucking awesome.
There's even a fairy fountain in sacred forest meadow that is less painful to get to, from the same warp point as the forest temple... This is amazing lmao
best part is he has been there, but it was pretty early on, just doesnt remember it.
@@GRiMchampion back before he knew you could catch them in bottles, yeah
@@julsmanbr8152 Isn't there a Fairy Fountain _right_ outside the Shadow Temple in one of the graves? Like behind a bombable wall? 😂
@@turntsnaco824 sounds right, but ya know it's been 20 years
1:31:38
The saying goes "Doing the same thing *expecting* different results is the definition of insanity."
But trying the same thing a few times to *validate* your original result is just being a good scientist.
Never be discouraged if something doesn't work. Never feel foolish for double- or triple-checking your original hypothesis.
Edit: That said I don't think I've ever seen someone try to sword-only Bongo Bongo.😄
Even in science you should expect different results, or at least be looking for them. To do it solely for validation leads to confirmation bias.
Not to mention when applied to anything skill based just invalidates the concept of practice.
It's a bad phrase and shouldn't be applied to anything other than things like putting your hand in a fire :D
😔 I did sword only. It took me three tries. That, and I only remembered to use the eye of truth the third time. I felt so stupid.
😮 “the shadow temple”
***Turns corner
***jumps to death
😂😂😂
As a kid, i wore the hover boots and red tunic for the rest of the game lmao. I was all about the fashion
And don't forget the red shield
when i get sent flying across the final boss room wearing the hover boots as a kid: "omg ganondorf is so strong!"
“the vibe of this place is horrible” describes the shadow temple perfectly. It creeped me out so bad as a kid and I didn’t even fully grasp the meaning of the objects like the torture devices and guillotines.
I was nearing my thirties when I first realised Bongo Bongo wasn't some weird vase-shaped monster with floating hands. I still remember the audible gasp I let out when I finally figured it out, after playing randomisers for I don't even know how long. It just hit me: Omg, that's not a weird shaped monster! That's a man with no head.
yep, a prisoner executed by the Sheika, serving the royal family. Presumably the original owner of the lens of truth and the reason he was killed.
the original song on the bongos was the blood dripping from the headless body, presumably so that you didnt have to be in the room to know when the person ran out of blood... i can't unthink that
@@SpacepoetYTof course I read this comment right before bed
1:40:36 "I'm gonna go try the arrows this time."
Proceeds trying to strike the hands with the sword while wearing the Luigi movement boots.
It's been a long time since I saw the Shadow Temple with a fresh set of eyes. I forgot how much this Temple trolls new players.
I love how he uses the lens everywhere except where he needs to
just like when he first got the hookshot and used it everywhere it couldn't work and nowhere it could. 😄
It would of been cool if when you entered the dungeon, you could hear the drums quietly in the distance and then as you got closer to the boss they got louder.
Oooh, yeah that would've been really cool :D
Zelda 1 vibes there
A row of 3 tunics, a row of 3 swords, a row of 3 boots, and a row of 2 shields with an empty slot. Mapo "I wonder if we'll get gloves in this slot" 😂.
this comment reminds me of that one daily dose video with "55 burgers, 55 fries, 55 chickens, 100 colas... " same beat xD
he played with the idea of a more powerful shield, but he couldn't imagine one better than the hylian shield.
I think it makes a kind of logical sense. If they were really big gloves (think somethjng the size of baseball gloves), you couldn't really hold a shield if you were wearing them. So it makes sense if it's on the shields row because it's one or the other.
@@RikThunder33 "daily dose video" lol it's from a show called 'I think you should leave' and that's not even the best skit
@@nairdacnalbelthe heelian shield protected Link from Cloud’s Omnislash.
1:32:35 that far cry trailer where the villain talks about the "definition of insanity" has done irreparable damage to "making sure to double check"
IT'S NOT EVEN THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
Also, for every comment quoting the trailer, there's another comment complaining that Mapo did the right thing, but executed it incorrectly, so he just wrote it off as not being the answer. There's really no pleasing the RUclips comments
That quote about insanity has existed for decades before any far cry game came out, also.
I know on a conceptual basis Bongo Bongo is really silly, but there's something really creepy about his design and weird humming he does. Lore implications are quite cool as well, and if I remember correctly, one of the theories I used to love was that it was an executed person due to how he looks, almost like it's a hanging body with no head and arms. Definitely one of my favourites.
I don't think he is that silly, conceptually.
What bongo bongo is, is a man (turned ghost or whatever) who was hung upside-down, hands chopped off, and then decapitated. Note, his hands are not attached to him, and he has no head. his "eye" is at his neck, where it appears the skin is frayed off... as if his head was cut off, and his eye was put there (probably after death, as a ghost)... This boss was tortured and killed in the shadow temple. I don't think that's conceptually silly.
I know you said most of what I said already, but it's not a theory. It's a concept and design. The theory is only why he looks like that. He literally is missing a head and his hands are not attached, and he is hanging from where his feet should be. He is a shadowy specter/ghost. None of this is theory. It is concept and design. They don't tell you why he looks like that to let you fill in the blanks... it's a bit too much for kids, but adults could easily fill in those blanks, especially with the overall themes of the shadow temple.
Personally I think he was tortured/executed/punished because he had the lens of truth and it was considered illegal magic use in Hyrule so that's how he was in the well and the Shadow Temple
According to the lore the shadow temple is where the royal family took people to be imprisoned, tortured, and executed. This isn’t a joke. Zelda’s family is actually pretty brutal.
Or at least, they were haha. Must be her granddad had a REAL bad experience with a Zora one day
@@BusinessSkrub Well it had to be her dad, The Civil war was just about to end when link was born
It was a Sheikah village, and we were told when we first arrived that Impa had opened it to regular people. The pleasant little village we see is a pretty recent thing. Prior to that, it was more like a secret service housing area built over the prison. There is so much dark stuff in this "kids game".
@@KSilverlode It’s also said that Bongo Bongo was conjured up from the tortured souls of the dead
You mean every royal family in the medieval times.
I would really enjoy a Zelda A Link to the Past playthrough from you. I don't think I'm alone in this. Would be fun to watch.
I believe he had a backlog already with a list you can check out. I believe there's a submission form too? I don't quite remember but I would love to see it too.
I hope he doesnt skip "The Legend of Zelda" from the NES. The game that started it all.
@@cleverman383 I understand the nostalgia, but there is a lot of Jank in that game that he most likely wouldnt be able to figure out without a guide. It wouldn't be as fun to watch as A Link to the Past. At least in ALttP you can actually see which walls are bombable... Not sure I'd like to see Mapo randomly bombing walls for 2 hours
@@BKay121 It's not nostalgia. I didn't play the NES Zelda until a few years ago. Instantly became my favorite one. And the "randomly bombing walls" meme is extremely exaggerated. It gives you all the hints you need to complete the game if you just pay attention and think it through. No randomly bombing walls necessary, unless you're just mindlessly brute forcing your way through it, or are a completionist and want to find every little secret.
@@cleverman383 agree to disagree. time will tell
Watching mapo try to rush bongo bongo in his damage phase, while sliding in place because of the boots, was hilarious
"Where's the sail? Play the damn tune captain"
WAIT UNTIL THIS GUY HEARS ABOUT WINDWAKER
lol this is totally a horror game at times. Kid me would have been freaked the hell out 🤣
can confirm I was terrified to go into:
Hyrule town as adult
bottom of the well and
Shadow Temple
edit: anywhere with redeads really lmao
@@souplife1 are you me? I had a crippling fear of redeads from playing this at like 5 years old. So much so that it took me MANY years to learn not to be terrified of them lmao. Even now as an adult the sight or sound of them still has my adrenaline kick in for 1 second before I relax LOL
It took my son 3 years to finish the game because he was so scared of these parts he couldn't get past them.
Oh yeah. I was about 11 and I needed someone else in the room with me whenever I did anything involving redeads or gibdos
when I was the kid the werewolves, zombies and mummies terrified me, and being inside the Deku Tree for some reason. But I don't think anything else did. Maybe hands falling from the ceiling.
The shadow temple boss is supposedly one of the victims of the torture rooms. Which is why his arms and head are removed. A vengeful spirit.
Zelda was ahead of its time with the Sacred Feet ™
How so?
I think there is no ice/snow levels in Ocarina of time.
Mapo: Hold my hover boots
uh the ice cavern?
I also thought that Bongo Bongo was a ridiculous boss for the shadow temple, but when someone pointed out that the music for the shadow temple has bongos in it, I appreciate it a little more.
Lol, you had this dungeons number. Knew exactly what the treasure was gonna be 😅
"You bongo'd your last bongo!"
---Link, probably...
45:18 The wooden beam on the floor is to stop you from pushing the block out of the room.
I love when he calls stuff before it happens!
To the person who came up with Dead Hands: there’s a special place in the shadow temple for you.
Bongo Bongo:"Everyone's a critic."
I really felt that "Nooooo" as he knew he wouldn't make it to Bongo Bongo in time for a hit 😂. Thanks for the chuckles on this one
What can one say about the Shadow Temple? It is damp and it is dark. It is creepy and it's kooky, mysterious and spooky. It's also got a wickedly well designed atmosphere and a lore that is very interesting once you start thinking about the implications. I also find it to be the Temple that "breaks" with the established patterns of design that you have seen in most places so far. Giving you the map/compass/dungeon item trifecta right at the start just makes the Shadow Temple feel very different from... say the Water Temple. Where the path, for all that it can appear to be a confusing mess, is actually very linear. Getting the Longshot is what opens up the Temple and allows you to really explore the nooks and crannies. The Shadow Temple in comparison, requires the Hover Boots from the very first room you get to. Making the Temple itself more into a gauntlet of "which item(s) that I have can help me in this situation?" Personally I find that this is a nice change of pace in many ways.
One example of this would be the fan sections, where you can (as you did) time your runs and stop your backwards momentum with the level geometry. Or you can plonk on the Iron Boots and just ignore the wind entirely. Which of course adds another complication in the form of those spiked contraptions sliding back and forth. Basically a pros/cons analysis and the game telling you "time to put together all that you have learned so far" which can be frustrating for a lot of people.
Quickly referring back to "optional acquisitions" that I mentioned in previous comments... turns out Din's Fire isn't optional after all! Imagine that; a single line from Darunia after Dodongo's Cavern, leading to a place you don't HAVE to explore in order to progress the story at that point, becomes relevant four dungeons later! Lighting the entry torches, burning flimsy, wooden walls! OoT does not pull its punches in that regard. Which, honestly, I appreciate. Modern games have a little too much of the "Hey! Go there! [Important Item] needed!" aspect to them for my tastes. It is nice having to actually use your brain with minimal context clues as reference.
Will add my voice to what I presume is countless comments applauding you for beating Bongo Bongo on hard mode. The Hover Boots do not make that fight easier ☺ Lack of traction can cause all kinds of problems. And with sword only on the hands for the first half or so... you madlad!
Impa, Sage of Shadow has been awakened... now where the heck is that Princess... and no Gannondorf either...
The hover boots made that fight significantly harder but congrats on finishing it in 1 try
I always laugh when people say "you actually don't need the dungeon item for this boss like you do for the rest", meanwhile you get knocked out of your bow aim every 2 seconds if you're not wearing the hover boots lol
@frankcaggiano8282 that is a point yes but you don't need the bow to disable the hands. It makes it safer yes but it's quite possible (and in my opinion easier) to do the fight without them.
@@tevinkp2313 you don't need to disable the hands with bow or longshot lmao? :0 news to me after at least a thousand playthroughs LOL I always just stand right where I land and use the bow to stop the hands, then dome him in the eye, then just spam quick spins and never even let him attack lmao
Yes you don't *need* the bow or Longshot to disable the hands, strictly speaking you can do the entire first with just the master sword but disabling bongo bongo when he rushes you is hard to time with the sword alone.
@@tevinkp2313 huh. I had no idea haha, I've always just used the bow with the boots because it's incredibly safe and effective and the safety of the bow just happened to be my first thought for most challenges as a kid lol
People give you shit about trying something multiple times? I'm sure they also give you shit when you "give up" on the right answer after a single try if you happen to be slightly off. Rude people who do not appreciate this incredible playthrough!
Exactly, when that happens, I shout no you're right there! and face palm myself when he's says well, I guess that's doesn't work. I would Also like to add that Mapo's ideas of how concepts like time and the game mechanics work are fun and not a bad idea to keep an open mind like that for the future.
People will give Mapo shit for literally anything he does. If he goes left, they shit because he didn't go right. If he goes right, they shit because its not left. He can't win with them.
Don't sweat the boots. They're the "intended" way to fight the boss. Without the boots, you get knocked into the air and its harder to run and aim your bow. There are downsides to the boots, but if you know the boss strat, there's no need to remove them since you'd be stationary firing arrows instead.
The Shadow Temple isn't my favourite dungeon, but it really does seem like a proto Souls area
"Sometimes it might be a scarecrow, other times it might be a time block..."
And maybe those aren't the only possibilities. Perhaps there are even _more_ mechanics you haven't seen yet, simply because you've never played the right song in the right spot. 😉
"Just take the boots off!" was said 2,873 times today.
I can't begin to count how many times I said that watching this.
but he was using his targeting more, at least for the end of bongo bongo fight.... I really needed him to target the golden skulltula tokens and beamos
You keeping the hover boots on for most of the dungeon stressed me the hell out. XD
I pretty much don't take them off for the rest of the game every time I finally get them lol, best boots 💜
Its all about fashion over function@@BusinessSkrub
I did that also. I would get the boots and never remove them for the rest of the game. Idk why I really liked to play wearing them.
Played it again last week on PC, I don't remember using it almost anywhere XD
I chalk it up to exhaustion from boot switching in the Water Temple. After that, I understand not wanting to play the boot switching game anymore, lol.
Glad I wasn’t the only one lol
Never once in my 26 year long ocarina of time career have I ever hit Bongo Bongo's hands with a sword. Didn't even know you could
Kakariko may seem a quaint little village but the history of the Sheikah and their service to the royal family is bloody and dark. If the well doesn't drive it home the temple really should.
You made things so much more difficult by wearing those boots so much!
I think I dealt with the fans by wearing the iron boots to weigh me down.
I’ve always really liked the Shadow Temple, but I’m a big fan of everything creepy…..which is why I like the bottom of the well too. I thought allusions to a dark, bloody past in Hyrule’s history was such an interesting addition to the game.
One thing I find truly creepy about Dead Hand is how the hands on the main body are just stumps…..why?! How?! What’s with all the other hands?!
Since the Shadow Temple is some kind of prison/giant torture chamber for the enemies of the royal family Dead Hands are probably some kind of prisoner. Also a common medieval punishment for theft was cutting off the hands of a thief... So maybe there's a connection :)
i always imagined he was the punisher of said thieves, now trapped in a bad way due to his deeds, fused with and haunted by all the hands he'd lopped off.
Mapo: Zelda is about context clues.
Boss: Drops arrows and magic potions.
Mapo: Swings at the boss with the sword!
Nintendo really likes having floating heads and hands as enemies/bosses. I personally loves this boss and Bongo Bongo is a very fitting name for it!
Phantom Shadow Beast Bongo Bongo is the boss name of all time
Bongillion dollar name right there
I love how cheerful the Shadow Temple is with its cute little bouncing bird boat that rings its jolly little bells. When constructing the Shadow Temple they must have realized that the wood spikes protecting the Boss Key would eventually rot away so they must have placed a protective enchantment on the spikes which is why the bomb didn't work but Din's Fire does because its Magical Flames.
I had forgotten how awesome Bongo Bongo is. My brother and I loved that fight when we were kids. Thank you for putting a smile on my face with that fight.
Oh I had completely forgotten about this boss. So funny and so creative despite being really annoying. Definitely picking up his mix tape, what a banging tune!
good job with the shadow temple! so hyped for next temple, its my favourite :D
Wearing the hover boots all the time is like playing as Luigi in Mario Galaxy. If you can get used to being slippery all the time then hey it's not really a detriment.
"What am I gonna get? Like little Hermes shoes that will float me across?"
For what it's worth, watching you try everything on Bongo Bongo gave me ideas for how a "best" version of the fight would go.
And I'm glad the scarecrow and time blocks are in your toolbox together.
Hey folks, new viewer here, really enjoying myself, both the commentary and gameplay are extremely entertaining, it's so nuts seeing someone play a game like this fully blind, I have one question through; Is Mapo the type of person that 100% the games he plays? I'm asking since it would be a little unfortunate if he misses out on some of the more hidden items, and he's really playing through the game quite fast, so I'm a bit afraid that he's going to beat the game without even getting every item in the inventory slots (stuff like getting every Heart Piece and Gold Skulltulas would be insane for a blind player, so totally understandable if he misses those)
I don't 100% my blind playthroughs no, as for the most part that is an impossible task. I do most of the content I come across but can't do everything!
@@Mapocolops Holy moly! I didn't think I would get a response from the man himself! Thank you for the direct answer, and of course, your reasoning is very much understandable ^^
@@MapocolopsThere's one particular sidequests I hope you complete. You're already halfway.
Mapo the machine gun, with that bow.
Haha. Good job.
I hope you play Majora's mask after this one.
Self-inflicted hard mode. I'm amazed you continue to enjoy this game, even though at times bc you make it more frustrating than it should be. I think that speaks to how good this game actually is, even after all these years.
why would you be amazed at that lol
if a game is good, it will be enjoyable, challenge or not
@@Mapocolops Because many gamers, especially going back to an older game, just get frustrated and move on. A lot of people do not like playing games with little tutorials, for example.
@@bendecidospr yes but if you’ve seen my channel, I play and love many older games so don’t worry about me there haha
@@Mapocolops Oh, I'm not worried. It wasn't a shot at you. I love the way you're playing it. It was more of a comment about how good this game is that, even if we make it more frustrating than it needs to be, its still enjoyable.
The bulllllll of my beloved 90s game is so frustrating but you handled it so well! Your endurance and sense of humor is so awesome throughout the playthrough 😁
Bongo Bongo has to be my favorite boss in Zelda just because of the vibe of the fight. He is easy and fun and just hilarious.
1st try Bongo Bongo!? Dude, you rule! That boss is super difficult for a newbie to OoT, and you're put at a disadvantage with controller issues. Well done!
So.. fun fact!
If you listen to the music of the shadow temple closely, you hear the bongos being used as the percussion instrument and it goes on and on all the time through the dungeon.
The boss was awaiting you all that time, playing those bongos you hear from beginning to the end of the dungeon.
Also nothing scares me more than people thinking a fun fact like that is a spoiler, so please go away! ~
The song of time blocks travel through time. There are a few places you can see this but most you can't get to as young link
Things to consider when Navi turns green:
Zeldas Lullaby
Suns song
Song of Storms
Song of Time
Scarecrows Song
This ^^^
I'll never understand why 'try every song and item once' isn't the go-to behavior in this game when you run across something unusual.
No spoilers or backseating, please.
If only there were other places to easily obtain fairies other than the forest temple. 🤔
Yeah like a spring of fairys or something like that 🤔
Probably unrelated to Navi going green letting you know that a song will do something.
If only. Like even right outside that very same temple.
Mapo: " this boat is fueld by dreams" :)
Me having played oot since 2007 and seen alot of theories and knowing the truth about the shadow temple, also knowing I am not allowed to spoil anything: " who's gonna tell him?"
If Bongo had given up after the first time he Bongo'd, even though he was successful, you'd never have Bongo Bongo. A lesson to us all.
Excellent video. I'm glad you're having a good time, or at least seem to be. Excited to watch more!
5:52 Want what, the floor opens up if you get that wrong? I guess I never did that in any of my plays through, huh.
It's extra funny if you have the hover boots already by the time you move the statue, if you do it wrong you don't slide down right away and you can save yourself if you can react fast enough
@@BusinessSkrub Yeah, you'd stand there like Wile E Coyote for a moment. lol
That shortcut is a harsh bit of oversight.
However you could have set Farores wind to the last door you entered to bypass the block.
“****** arrows who needs them?”
Clearly you do. I have never seen this boss defeated the way you did in nearly 30 years 😂
Also, use your Z-targeting! It was revolutionary at the time for a reason! (And your shield!)
I enjoy this play through. Cool to see a play style that is still workable without certain gameplay discoveries. Not z-targeting the boss’s hands to shoot arrows makes the fight wayyyy harder. Glad he pulled through!
Mapo, I am a new huge fan of yours. I love this series because of how you're truly reacting to everything blind, and it's extremely nostalgic to see these temples and adventures again through a new *lens*. I have gone through to watch some of your other playthroughs and I really appreciate your relaxed style of humor. Thanks for your great content! BTW this temple has the worst music in my opinion 😂
I fondly remember when you entered the Deku Tree, and we thought it was the most disturbing thing in the Zelda universe. Though of all the horrors I expected to find at the bottom of the Shadow Temple, Bongo Bongo was not one of them. Kudos to you for beating the dungeon in those slippery boots. :)
Looking forward to the next episodes.
huh i never knew you could see deadhand's shadow
You made this this dungeon and endboss fight so hard for yourself by wearing the hover boots most of the time. But it surely adds a little bit of challenge to an overall not so difficult game.
I find your approach to Bongo Bongo really interesting. it never came to me to fight him just with my sword. I always thought, that the only way to stun his hands and eye would be arrows.
That's what I love about your playthrough. Even I who played through this game endless times can learn something new about it :-)
1:37:53 Okay I'll admit, I have never seen someone melee Bongo Bongo before. What a flex. It's certainly an interesting boss to encounter after two dungeons full of dead things, blood on the floor, torture chambers, and traps. Fighting a creature with disembodied hands is a Nintendo staple, sure, but a beheaded hanged man playing a bongo is unique.
All in all I find the Well and the Shadow Temple to be really interesting, as it adds just tiny flecks of gray to this fairly standard heroic fantasy tale. Hyrules bloody history... (rhetorical) do they mean the citizens, the crown, the enemies? Was Impa, as founder of Kakariko and Shadow Sage, aware? Is this a Sheikah thing? It's a nice little thing to noodle and write about that's pretty exclusive to this game.
Nearly every Zelda fan during that Bongo Bongo fight: “FOR GOD’S SAKE MAN PUT AWAY THE HOVER BOOTS!!!”
Absolutely not, the hover boots give you a two-second frame to aim and that's all you need. Without boots you're constantly going up and down due to the drum. How YOU people do it without boots is beyond me !!
No one is forcing you to watch.
@@luciep9741 I always stayed on the outer third of the drum. Not center where you bounce like crazy, but not the rim where you get knocked off. But at the very least, either take them off when you’ve stunned him, or wait longer before stunning him, otherwise you won’t reach him in time to hit him with the sword
Im so glad you finally figured out the arrows could be used in the hands (for the sake of your sanity 😂). That said I didnt even know you could manage to do the fight with just the sword so it was a fun experience watching you do that. Loving the videos- i can never reexperience my first time playing through this game but watching someone play through this completely blind is the next best thing
1:08:45 for the most part the Song of Time actually DOES NOT transport blocks from point A to point B but rather from point A (in the past) to point a A (in the future). You normally would not witness this as most places that have Song of Time blocks in then you either can not access in the past or can not access in the future so it is unlikely you would ever make the observation in normal play. Players have been able to confirm that most blocks are traveling through time though some do just change physical locations.
This might answer your question you posed earlier on in your playthrough as to why the hell would the Song of ‘Time’ be used to move blocks.
1:05:10 - The bow technically does have one. It's the blue pattern. At the tip of the triangle is where you're aiming.
omg he finally tried the song of time for one of Navi's green indiactors!
In 26 years of playing and watching others play this game I never knew you could damage Bongo Bongo with the sword before stunning him. I thought it had to be arrows and never thought to try anything else.
I think we can safely say the Shadow Temple is not Mapo's favorite. I think a good chunk of it had to do with very conservative use of the Lens of Truth. I can relate, 'what if I REALLY' need the magic later on' :p.
I don't think the magic meter ever dropped below half, this is not a wasteful man. But it did make it much less likely to stumble upon the hidden objects, platforms, etc.
To be fair, there were earlier periods where the dungeon pots and enemies basically never dropped magic refills. But the Shadow Temple thankfully throws them at you all the time.
Oh yeah another chunk had to do with constantly subjecting yourself to everyone's favorite mechanic: ice physics. Those boots might look cool but they're a pain to traverse on.
Ive played the game a million times and even im still having to constantly tell myself I don't need to be stingy with the lens if truth. Logically i know conserving magic is not necessary or worth the stress, but I still find it hard to help myself 😅
@@ToastyOs I have a pretty severe habit of not using my consumable items in other games but not with the lens. Maybe my fear of missing things overrides it :p
Man I treated the hover boots like iron boots: only wear them during the moments they're needed, then piss off back to regular boots. Couldn't stand the traction issue
I wore them a good 80% of the time in the late game on my first playthrough
Re: 1:10:58 to be fair, had you placed that block in its final resting place before leaving the room that area would have remained open as a quick shortcut from the dungeon entrance to the ferry. The problem is, the game was only programmed with two scenarios, a) the block spawns at its point of origin or b) the block has been moved to the location in which you need to move it in order to progress. Moving it to the place it needs to be in order for you to progress sets a flag in memory that any time you leave the room and then renter (I.e., the room is reloaded), the block is in that location rather than at its origin point. If you have not done the steps in order for that flag to be set and saved to memory, the block will always spawn at its origin point blocking progress to the ferry. Technically the programmers could have programmed a flag that leaves a small gap if you move the block just enough to get to the emergency exit back up to B2, but that could likely have lead to more bugs in the code that would have needed to be sorted out or might not have been something the programmers anticipated the players doing and so never programmed it that way.
1:12:50 awesome, you eventually realized that it was not the programmers punishing you, lol.
Actually, the Bongo Bongo monster is very suitable for the dungeon.
Remember that this dungeon is the "shadow" dungeon and it refers to the dead. All of the monsters in this area (except for the Skulltulas) are dead but re-animated. So, someone is using dark (shadow) magic to re-animate the dead.
Where have you seen this scenario before? Most commonly known in African tribes and they mostly use bongos.
Perfectly fitting!!
I believe you're not summoning bricks out of thin air, but instead you're moving them back and forth in time. It was going to be a feature where a block you sent back or forth would be there after time travel but eventually it was too bothersome of a mechanic, but they kept the fact that bricks "appear and disappear" for puzzle reasons, that's why you use the Song of Time for that.
I'm pretty sure an earlier part of the game tells you what green navi is supposed to do. Also, I always find it funny when people try one or two things, give up, when if they keep trying, they will eventually get it (this is not a criticism. I find it funny).
Loving these videos! Please explore all the mainline 3D games. 👏
I cannot get enough of your playthrough of Zelda Ocarina of Time. I am so looking forward to more Zelda games played by you in the future. I love watching you figure stuff out and you are quite good at it. It angers me to no end the people that are backseating and getting mad because you didn't do something right the first time or do something they didn't like. Everyone's first time playing was not perfect and they fail to understand that figuring things out on your own in the real fun of video games. Have fun completing the game mate and I so want to see you play A Link to the Past. I think you'll really love it.
You thought it was ridiculous and beat him with the sword, as a kid I was so terrified I used arrows just so as not to get close to the damn creepy tribal shadow monster thing xD
The best part about Bongo Bongo, honestly, is defeating him and never having to go back to the Shadow Temple again.
Maybe you could have used farore's wind to go back to the door near the ship before the block? Honestly I didn't know you had to push the block all the way in the hole otherwise it resets, that was really brutal.
If he'd use Farores Wind he'd be stuck on that side too. Farores Wind always goes to the entrance you entered the room from as spwan location.
I love how they give you the lens of truth as a kid from the fight with the dead hands, and, even if you don't know it, you can use it to fight the dead hands as an adult.
Since you already did it, you can see where he is hiding with the lens of truth, and... I think only a bomb can hurt him from there, and then he will pop out on his own from the damage.
still learning new things about this game
Things this playthrough has taught me after 24 years, #16: I had no idea the lens of truth showed you where the dead hand was going to come from!
So a bit of lore about bongo bongo….he looks like that because he was the founder of the Jiga clan! Bongo Bongo was executed by Impa, by having both hands cut off and then beheaded…that’s not an eye…it’s a stump!
Isn't that just fan theory though? The yiga clan wasn't a thing back then?
@@Wrenchdolt the yiga clan was not a thing in official capacity, it would b more accurate so say he was “the first known sheikah traitor”…in the sense that He is the first known traitor and we know it was sheikah traitors who told Ganon about the triforce…sooo…
Insert Bongo cat gif
"What is Kakariko's secret? What is its dark past?"
Mapo hasn't even finished the game and he's already cooking up some tasty fan theories about Zelda lore
me the whole time watching this dungeon was just thinking, TAKE OFF TYE EFFING BOOTS!!!! 😂😂😂😂
I don't blame him for being confused. Other than the spiked walls being made of wood and the magic pot, the game gives you no hints to use Din's fire
I really like this boss! I think I read somewhere that he has the highest HP of the temple bosses.
The Song of Time blocks make more sense than it seems. You're tehnically transporting them across the time skip, which moves it out of te way or back in place.
Yep, that dang block in the shadow temple gets everyone the first time
1:38:00 It's not SO ridiculous, but it is hard to understand what it is.
There's been a bunch of theories, he was supposedly a voodoo sorcerer, who cursed the royal family with his ritual magic (playing bongos) in vengeance for something, as music has a lot of power in all the zeldas (except the most recent ones cause *shrug*)
Because of that he was put in one of those things where your head and hands are locked, sentenced to death and had his hands (for playing the cursing music) and head cut off.
Then his body was thrown down the well, then was sealed there.
Hence his hands seperated from his body.
1:21:33
he enters this room and 1st item he gets is gigantic refill for mana... my 1st thought was - fire spell
Shadow Temple is one of the places I would only go to if I had someone else close to me. Otherwise I'd get too scared to explore it. LOL