Unused Content / Ideas in Zelda Games #2

A look at some content and ideas cut from Zelda games, from more magic arrows in Ocarina of Time to inaccessible areas in sunken Hyrule!

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Sources:

Primary source: https://tcrf.net/ - a brilliant resource for anything and everything cut from video games. Contains information on:

The Wind Waker https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Wind_Waker
Majora's Mask https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask
Ocarina of Time (+1997 build) https://tcrf.net/Ocarina_of_Time

Miyamoto interview on Medallions and the Bow: http://web.archive.org/web/20020306010911/http://ign64.ign.com/articles/061/061532p1.html

Article on 1997 build leak: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-zelda-64-beta-version-has-been-discovered-and-fans-are-pulling-it-apart/

Elemental Arrows + their effects on enemies: https://wiki.cloudmodding.com/oot/Damage_Charts
(+ GameShark codes for the arrows from https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/zelda64/oot-unused-arrows-item-action-modifiers-and-all-th-t793.html)

MrrCheeze has a fantastic thread on the 1997 build leak, including translations of unused Medallion Spells and the elemental arrows: https://twitter.com/MrCheeze_/status/1351629178387505155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1351634231118671873%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.videogameschronicle.com%2Fnews%2Fa-zelda-64-beta-version-has-been-discovered-and-fans-are-pulling-it-apart%2F

Iwata Asks interview with Miyamoto: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D/Vol-5-Mr-Shigeru-Miyamoto/1-Ganon-s-Castle-as-the-Only-Setting-/1-Ganon-s-Castle-as-the-Only-Setting--224548.html

And of course the Zelda wiki: https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Gameplay footage used:

ZorZelda: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2p4YAKTHG7S8g8ERC56KfQ
ZeldaMaster

Great Fairy unused cutscenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Sl1TN1myI&ab_channel=TriforceLegend

Unused Zelda animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCSWAubNuoU&ab_channel=Porcinosama

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