20 Legend of Zelda Secrets It Took YEARS to Find

Even the oldest Zelda games hold secrets that players are still discovering today! Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we’re looking at Easter Eggs and other secrets from “The Legend of Zelda” that weren’t known by most players for a long time. Our list includes The Minus World “The Legend of Zelda” (1987), Fashion With a Purpose “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” (1998), The Night Sky “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” (2000), The Hidden Grave “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” (2006), A Helping Heart “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” (2003), and more! What are some of your favorite Easter Eggs in the series? Let us know in the comments!

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[mojoplays]

What are some of your favorite Easter Eggs in the series? Let us know in the comments!

[devonm]

I wonder how many people realize that Spectacle Rock in Ocarina of Time is effectively the roof of the Fire Temple?

[chompythebeast]

The gerudo guards changing outfits with Link is most likely the game pulling the color of both from the same bit of code. It is interesting that nobody noticed it or cared enough to change it, even in subsequent revisions, but it's likely it was one of those bugs that "fixing" would have caused more unintended consequences than it was worth

[KnightTimeLuigi]

Damn who pulled off those crazy moves in the Hidden Village for Twilight Princess?

[kaitoudark]

So the Keaton mask is likely not based on Pikachu at all. I have found nothing to confirm this from the developers. Rather, it's based on a kitsune. Kitsune are fox spirits in Japanese mythology who possess cunning and wisdom. They're also known as tricksters.


This is reinforced in Majora's Mask, because you find the actual spirit the mask was made to resemble.

Another reference for the mask is hidden in plain sight in Majora's Mask. The Keaton mask may be part of a reference to the Star Fox franchise (which has ties to the 3D games as an Arwing can be found in the code for Ocarina of Time).

The Keaton mask represents Fox
The Bremen mask represents Falco
The Bunny Hood represents Peppy
Don Gero's mask represents Slippy
And lastly, the Mask of Scents represents Pigma.

[AuraSilverHero]

That thing about the Skull Mask and the bats in Ocarina of Time? Turns out the crows won't attack you either.

[phillyphil]

Can twilight princess and wind waker come on switch already.

[RedOcelot]

The Keaton mask isn't a Pikachu reference. It's a Kitsune.

[NFITC]

The Twilight Princess palace extra key is something I found on my first playthrough. You only need one key in the palace, to get inside. However, there are two keys outside. Once you get the first the player would usually burst in and climb only to learn there's a locked door next to the final boss door. The map reveals lots of chests behind it, but unless you went to the bottom again and knew the OTHER side also had a small key you'd likely not know how to get in.

[gregc]

Not really an Easter egg, but shooting an arrow at the same time as using a bomb in Link's Awakening to create missiles was an awesome thing to discover.

[mccuish]

Excused me Secret supply room in OOT. I have beaten OOT several times and I never once knew about this

[jpfoland]

The hidden room in OoT Ganon's castle and MM Bremen Mask song working on the king's guards blows my mind.

[browncoatkevin]

I like the "unorthodox item usage pays off" angle programmed into several boss battles. The Forest Water is a prime example, following the Bug-Catching Net deflecting Agahnim's spells (LttP) and bottles deflecting Ganondorf's spells (OoT).

There's also the bit in OoT's Spirit Temple where a statue of a Gerudo can be targeted with the Hookshot only on her nipples. And similarly to the guards' clothes in OoT, Zelda's dress in the first game changed color with Link's tunic (clearly saving memory by mapping them to the same palette).

[starchariot]

I wonder if anyone realized that Baito, the part timer, also made an appearance in Majora's Mask as the part-timer working at night at the Trading Post in West Clock Town, while the Curiosity Shop's manager is at his other store. You can also find the part-timer climbing a tree near the Astral Observatory in Termina Field during the day, trying to make more rupees. He and his Wind Waker counterpart have the same face and hair/beard style

[HelpTheWretched]

If anyone remembers the Nintendo Badge Arcade on 3DS, the host bunny was also named Baito for the same reason. And the Japanese word "Arubaito" is a loanword from German, which I believe is "Arbeit". That's especially interesting since the The Wind Waker's Japanese title ("Takt of Wind") also has a German loanword, with "Taktstock" being the word for a conducting baton.

[LinktheCommunistWaifu]

Yo one that I like is that in Ocarina of Time if you hold out a deku stick near a butterfly, if the butterfly lands on it it turns into a fairy. But I remember struggling in the Igos Du Ikana boss fight, and I never realized you could just make his minions march around.

[BoojieD]

The ZELDA letters in the second quest were obvious from the get-go. I remember watching my brothers play it when I was 5 and it was the biggest thing we talked about.

[ThomasRuigeimoy]

My favorite easter egg is in Link's Awakening. The map of the Face Shrine represents Link crying (keep in mind he just learned the truth about the island before getting inside).

[ShogunRyuusha]

I never knew Link could straight up murder a man with a hookshot. Damn.

I found out the BRemen mask thing on accident when I got so good at the fight I tried to style on them by marching to dodge their attacks....
Then found out the secret.

[RealMoosterchef]

Whoever was playing that little bit at 15:04 deserves an award