Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A collection of thoughts on the evolution of 3D Zelda and how I've come to love all of its incarnations in anticipation of the Ocarina of Time Remake.
Watch my videos on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/kingk
0:00 Ocarina of Time
29:10 Majora's Mask
46:08 Wind Waker
1:03:37 Twilight Princess
1:21:51 Skyward Sword
1:36:17 Breath of the Wild
2:21:58 Tears of the Kingdom
Channel Icon by:
twitter.com/Radrappy
Patreon: patreon.com/kingdomklannad
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kingklonoa.bsky.social
Twitch: twitch.tv/KingKlonoa_
Last Life: last-life.net
Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1kxz4bqbNJY7BKpaQly0GVJgfnmiDrKfhHOTnaGk_XEw/edit?usp=sharing
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Sources
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Aonuma on the name Termina: zeldadungeon.net/eiji-aonuma-interview-reveals-origin-names-for-both-majora-and-termina
Various Majora dev tidbits: youtu.be/YPWSmizffuw
Aonuma on the Spaceworld demo: zeldadungeon.net/aonuma-felt-spaceworld-2000-tech-demo-wasnt-zelda
Aonuma on Skyward Sword:
zeldadungeon.net/eiji-aonuma-and-koji-kondo-talk-about-music-in-skyward-sword
Breath of the Wild GDC Panel: youtu.be/QyMsF31NdNc?si=XDWGBPVDQM_RPozv
Surface level understandings of Buddhism: worldhistory.org/buddhism
Surface level understandings of Shintoism: worldhistory.org/Shinto
Aonuma on player creativity: theverge.com/23721063/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-interview-aonuma-fujibayashi
Ultrahand creations: youtube.com/watch?v=hTz1BAyGCF0&t=232s
Fujibayashi talking about haunted houses: npr.org/2023/09/13/1199307678/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-dlc-video-game
Interview about the Sheikah tech: kotaku.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom-breath-wild-link-sheikah-tec-1850914708#:~:text=In%20an%20interview%20with%20The,%2C%E2%80%9D%20Fujibayashi%20told%20The%20Telegraph.
A collection of thoughts on the evolution of 3D Zelda and how I've come to love all of its incarnations in anticipation of the Ocarina of Time Remake.
Watch my videos on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/kingk
0:00 Ocarina of Time
29:10 Majora's Mask
46:08 Wind Waker
1:03:37 Twilight Princess
1:21:51 Skyward Sword
1:36:17 Breath of the Wild
2:21:58 Tears of the Kingdom
Channel Icon by:
twitter.com/Radrappy
Patreon: patreon.com/kingdomklannad
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kingklonoa.bsky.social
Twitch: twitch.tv/KingKlonoa_
Last Life: last-life.net
Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1kxz4bqbNJY7BKpaQly0GVJgfnmiDrKfhHOTnaGk_XEw/edit?usp=sharing
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Sources
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Aonuma on the name Termina: zeldadungeon.net/eiji-aonuma-interview-reveals-origin-names-for-both-majora-and-termina
Various Majora dev tidbits: youtu.be/YPWSmizffuw
Aonuma on the Spaceworld demo: zeldadungeon.net/aonuma-felt-spaceworld-2000-tech-demo-wasnt-zelda
Aonuma on Skyward Sword:
zeldadungeon.net/eiji-aonuma-and-koji-kondo-talk-about-music-in-skyward-sword
Breath of the Wild GDC Panel: youtu.be/QyMsF31NdNc?si=XDWGBPVDQM_RPozv
Surface level understandings of Buddhism: worldhistory.org/buddhism
Surface level understandings of Shintoism: worldhistory.org/Shinto
Aonuma on player creativity: theverge.com/23721063/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-interview-aonuma-fujibayashi
Ultrahand creations: youtube.com/watch?v=hTz1BAyGCF0&t=232s
Fujibayashi talking about haunted houses: npr.org/2023/09/13/1199307678/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-dlc-video-game
Interview about the Sheikah tech: kotaku.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom-breath-wild-link-sheikah-tec-1850914708#:~:text=In%20an%20interview%20with%20The,%2C%E2%80%9D%20Fujibayashi%20told%20The%20Telegraph.
