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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age,[3] and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines.[4] It was released in Japan on November 21, 1998, the United States on November 23, 1998, Europe on December 11, 1998, & Australia on December 18, 1998. It is the first game in The Legend of Zelda series that was visually displayed in 3D.
It is widely considered to be a classic, most famously scoring the first perfect 40/40 score in Famitsu Magazine - a feat that only 26 games (including The Wind Waker, Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild) have ever achieved.[5] In addition, G4 television declared it "the #1 game of all time" as well as Nintendo Power. Ocarina of Time is listed in Guinness World Records - Gamer's Edition 2008, as the highest ranked game of all time.[6] In the 2010 Gamer's Edition, Ocarina of Time was updated as "the most critically acclaimed game of all time."[7] It is also the highest scoring game of all time on Metacritic, at 99/100.[8] It has also been ranked the greatest video game of all time by dozens of other publications.[29]
Approximately ten years before Ocarina of Time's story begins, there was a war known as the Hyrulean Civil War.[30] This war explains the origins of several characters and provides extra backstory to their motives.
In the Kokiri Forest, all the forest children have their own guardian Fairies, bestowed upon them by the Great Deku Tree, except for one boy named Link.[31][32] Link has recently been plagued by nightmares of Princess Zelda fleeing from an evil man clad in black. For as long as he can remember, Link has been ostracized by the Kokiri and has never quite fit in.[33] One day, the Great Deku Tree sends Navi the fairy to summon the boy to him.[34] In order to test young Link's courage, the Great Deku Tree bids Link to venture inside his hollow and break the curse cast upon him by a "wicked man dressed in black."[35][36]
Link complies, but his efforts are for naught; the Great Deku Tree's death was sealed in the pages of fate before Link's quest had even begun.[37] With his final breath, the Great Deku Tree bestows upon Link the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, the Kokiri's Emerald, and entreats him to travel to Hyrule Castle and meet with Princess Zelda.[38]
After traveling across Hyrule Field and passing through Castle Town, Link does not take long to realize that speaking to the princess of Hyrule will not be a simple matter; many guards stand watch, alert and ready to catch any trespassers. However, he manages to infiltrate the castle, bypassing the front gate and evading all of the guards in his path.[39] When he reaches the castle itself, the raised drawbridge seems like an insurmountable obstacle. However, Link discovers an unguarded water drain by the castle moat and manages to crawl through the hole, emerging within the castle garden. Many more guards are on patrol here, but Link is able to dodge all of them and sneak into the Castle Courtyard. In this Courtyard, his fate converges with that of the young Princess of Hyrule.
Princess Zelda tells Link of her prophetic dreams, explaining that she had actually seen him come from the forest and break through a veil of darkness, accompanied by a Fairy guide and bearing the Kokiri's Emerald.[40] She also warns him about Ganondorf, the man clad in black whom Zelda believes is symbolized by the dark clouds of her dreams,[41] and his evil intention to steal the Triforce of legend from the Sacred Realm.[42] With the power of the goddesses, his desire to subjugate the world would be realized. In order to do this, Ganondorf would require not only the three Spiritual Stones of Hyrule, but also the mystical Ocarina of Time. Zelda insists that Link track down the other two Spiritual Stones, so that they might beat Ganondorf to the Triforce and put an end to his wicked ingenious plot.[43] Here, he soon meets Impa, the loyal attendant of Zelda and a member of the Sheikah.
Link sets out for Death Mountain and Zora's Domain, where he succeeds in assisting both the Gorons and the Zoras (particularly Darunia and Princess Ruto) in quelling the calamities that Ganondorf had wrought in his pursuit of the Triforce and is awarded with the other two Spiritual Stones, the Goron's Ruby and Zora's Sapphire[44][45][46][47] for his efforts.
He returns to Hyrule Castle to inform Zelda of his success, only to witness his ominous nightmare he experienced in the very beginning of his quest become a reality. Ganondorf attacked Hyrule Castle in an attempt to steal the Ocarina of Time, and Princess Zelda was forced to flee with Impa on horseback in order to keep the Triforce from Ganondorf's hands. As she passes Link on the drawbridge of Hyrule Castle Town, she quickly throws the ocarina into the moat to give him the chance to enter the Sacred Realm and retrieve the Triforce. In hot pursuit, Ganondorf charges across the drawbridge on horseback, blasting Link with dark magic when he tries to stand in his way.[48] Dismissing Link as no credible threat to his power, he speeds off in pursuit of the princess.Link then looks on in frustration.
When Link retrieves the Ocarina of Time from the moat, he receives a telepathic message from Zelda, telling him to play the "Song of Time" in front of the Temple of Time's altar.[49] Link makes his way to the Temple of Time and proceeds to use the three Spiritual Stones and play the "Song of Time" to open the Door of Time. Beyond it lies the legendary Master Sword, the Blade of Evil's Bane, resting in the Pedestal of Time. Link draws the blade, unlocking the gateway to the Sacred Realm. Despite the Master Sword accepting Link as its wielder, it seals him away in the Sacred Realm.[50] Ganondorf, who had suspected that Link might have already acquired the keys to the Sacred Realm, followed him, appears, and mocks him for leading him to the Triforce.[51] Link watches helplessly as Ganondorf crosses over into the Sacred Realm with an evil laugh.
Seven years later, a grown-up Link is awakened by an old man in the Chamber of Sages. He introduces himself as Rauru, and reveals himself as one of the ancient Sages that preside over the Sacred Realm.[52] Rauru explains that only the Hero of Time can pull the Master Sword from its Pedestal. However, Link was too young to be the Hero of Time, so his spirit was sealed in the Sacred Realm for 7 years until he is mature enough to be accounted for.[53] Rauru further reveals that Ganondorf obtained the Triforce after gaining access to the Sacred Realm, and used its great power to transform Hyrule into a land of darkness.[54] Rauru urges Link to seek out the remaining Sages, and grants Link his power in the form of the Light Medallion.
Link returns to the Temple of Time, where he is greeted by a mysterious young man named Sheik, one of the survivors of the ancient Sheikah tribe. He tells Link of Ganondorf's conquest over the last seven years, and of the legend of the Sages.[55] He urges Link to awaken the five remaining Sages in the five Temples mentioned in the legend, which are scattered throughout Hyrule.[56] Wielding the Blade of Evil's Bane, Link sets out to break the curse on all of the sacred Temples and awaken the Sages within, who are each revealed to be his friends he aided during his childhood, and in turn, bestowed him more power with their own Medallions like Rauru.
After all Six Sages are awakened, Link returns to the Temple of Time and encounters Sheik once again. Sheik tells Link another legend of the Triforce passed down by the Sheikah. The Triforce is a grand scale that measures the three virtues ruled by the Golden Goddesses: Power, Wisdom, and Courage. If the heart of someone who holds the sacred triangle carries all three of these forces in balance, that person will acquire the Triforce intact, the divine authority to govern all.[57] If one's heart is not in balance, the Triforce will separate into three parts, and only one part will remain for the one who touched the Triforce: that part which embodies the force that one most believes in.[58]
If one with an unbalanced heart would seek the Triforce, then that person must strive to acquire the two lost parts, which will rest within two others chosen by destiny who will hold the crest of the goddesses on the backs of their hands.[59] When Ganondorf laid his hands upon the Triforce, the prophecy came to pass. The Triforce split into its three parts, and only the Triforce of Power remained in Ganondorf's hands.[60]
Ganondorf proceeded to conquer the Sacred Realm, and became the self-proclaimed King of Evil,[61][62] but his lust for power was not yet satisfied. Ganondorf began hunting for those chosen by destiny to obtain the other two pieces of the Triforce that had escaped his grasp.[63] Sheik reveals that Link himself wields the Triforce of Courage,[64] and ultimately sheds his disguise to reveal his true identity as Princess Zelda, the seventh Sage who wields the Triforce of Wisdom.[65]
Zelda tells Link that she thought that giving him the Ocarina of Time in the past would be the best way to keep it out of Ganondorf's grasp. However, she did not predict that Ganondorf would follow Link into the Sacred Realm and take the Triforce of Power for his own.[66] Zelda disguised herself as a Sheikah to hide herself from Ganondorf, and patiently waited seven years for Link to return.[67][68] Zelda tells Link that the six Sages must seal Ganondorf inside the Evil Realm, in so that she herself must seal the door to the Sacred Realm itself to keep him imprisoned.[69] She also gives him Light Arrows to aid their goal. However, in now revealing herself to Link, Zelda also fully exposes herself to Ganondorf, who has been waiting for such a moment. The King of Evil promptly encases her within a large magic crystal and brings her to his Castle, constructed where Hyrule Castle had stood before its destruction. Link rushes to the Castle to save the princess.[70]
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