Breath of the Wild: What SECRETS Lie Within Hyrule Castle?

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  • Does Breath of the Wild's Hyrule Castle hold any secrets? Today we take an in-depth look as well as find explanations for some of it's most mysterious locations!
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  • @NintendoBlackCrisis
    @NintendoBlackCrisis  Před 4 lety +771

    Another important detail I forgot to mention: the massive pool of ancient energy that was supposedly under Hyrule Castle. It's implied that this area had its own ancient furnace, similar to the ones found in Akkala and Necluda. The reason I never thought to include this detail is because I have a whole other theory talking about it as well as other interesting stuff. Check it out here if you want to know more!
    czcams.com/video/WYQzY9DmHlE/video.html

    • @LinkLovesCrawfish
      @LinkLovesCrawfish Před 4 lety +5

      NintendoBlackCrisis Let’s see what we got here

    • @bilalh66
      @bilalh66 Před 4 lety +18

      Hey by the way the video that you've linked there is shown in the reveal trailer that there flows malice up, where the pipes are.But why does it split in 4 parts ,when there are only 3 known thing where energy is needed,Akala,hateno and hyrule castle. So i am asking myself where does the fourth malice string flows? Has it something to do with the rising of hyrule castle, or is this due to the rising of the ancient laboratory? Please like this comment so he sees it. (And sorry if my English is not that good,i'm german)(and also whanted to say that i love your content,bro.Keep it up)

    • @LinkLovesCrawfish
      @LinkLovesCrawfish Před 4 lety

      NintendoBlackCrisis I enjoyed this one a lot I agree with the the elevator theory keep up the good work!

    • @JohnSmith-cb9hb
      @JohnSmith-cb9hb Před 4 lety

      I wouldn't mind seeing if there is a link between the zoni and twili.

    • @Natej3ds
      @Natej3ds Před 4 lety

      Wtf I was just there smh!

  • @hermanadland9341
    @hermanadland9341 Před 4 lety +3203

    Hyrule castle went from being my greatest fear in the game to my go-to place for op items

    • @theredheadedmenace1010
      @theredheadedmenace1010 Před 4 lety +381

      Herman Ådland I feel like the outside is so much more deadly than the inside

    • @shaggyleaf
      @shaggyleaf Před 4 lety +129

      The Redheaded Menace yeah you are right. But hyrule castle has been pretty easy for me. I mostly go there for guardian pieces.

    • @adelynsconiers4289
      @adelynsconiers4289 Před 4 lety +7

      You r so right

    • @buddymmx3936
      @buddymmx3936 Před 4 lety +3

      Same

    • @purpity8172
      @purpity8172 Před 4 lety +178

      Lol ikr I was shaking in fear when I first went there and now I'm like "I'm bored I'm going to kill all the monsters in Hyrule Castle"

  • @wheeeeeeeeeee
    @wheeeeeeeeeee Před 4 lety +1738

    One thing I adore about hyrule castle is that it feels less like a dungeon and more like an actual castle with complex rooms. libraries, a prison, multiple weapon rooms and so much more.

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety +95

      Yet at the same time, it's so easy to defend, which is what a castle is supposed to be in real life.

    • @bashaaksema94
      @bashaaksema94 Před 4 lety +18

      Yes its really good and you can go however you like

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety +67

      @@bashaaksema94, yet it's still challenging, and a maze with multiple paths connecting to several rooms, probably done on purpose with the intent to confuse an attacking force. Also, I've been saying this a lot, but the Great Hall concept art makes it look like a church kind of room, which Zelda games rarely have for some reason...

    • @CMB-yf9sq
      @CMB-yf9sq Před 4 lety

      @@dragonbornexpress5650 Found you! Remember to click on this comment and find my channel.

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety

      @@CMB-yf9sq There you are! Was wondering if you actually went here or not. Sorry for not responding, as I haven't checked the comment section in this video for a while...

  • @Tylers_subconscious
    @Tylers_subconscious Před 4 lety +379

    I like how he said “they were obsessed with Star constellations for some odd reason” as if all of real life ancient civilizations didn’t obsess over stars, assign the names of their gods to them and use them to navigate.

    • @elcidabiera9751
      @elcidabiera9751 Před 3 lety +27

      i remember one shrine that requires counting the constellations . and those large telescopes in akkala and hateno, i thought by unlocking some quest I might be able to use it 🤣

    • @majuuorthrus3340
      @majuuorthrus3340 Před 3 lety +10

      Navigation and IIRC, the stars were also involved in many early mathematical discoveries as well. Not necessarily an essential part, but the purpose of developing these maths was to improve astronomy.

    • @thanevakarian9762
      @thanevakarian9762 Před 3 lety +4

      The stars are projectors. Yeah.

    • @KertaDrake
      @KertaDrake Před 3 lety +6

      Knowing the Sheikah and how crazy their tech got, I'm half-expecting an ancient orbital space laser to make an appearance.

    • @smugslider3690
      @smugslider3690 Před 2 lety +2

      @@KertaDrake considering how powerful ancient arrows are, hell yeah, ancient orbital airstrike for the win

  • @KryyssTV
    @KryyssTV Před 4 lety +777

    You're overlooking a detail which explains a great deal of what is going on with the observatory and the excavation and why Hyrule worked so hard to gather the Sheika tech. Keep in mind that we know that the remains of Ganondorf exist deep under the mountain that the observatory was constructed on. Furthermore, the castle was then built over the observatory. Since the 5 pillars containing guardians are Sheika tech we can conclude that they were intended to guard Ganondorf's burial site. So why the observatory? Simple, its a clock. Constellations have long been used to track the passage of time over very long periods, so it would seem that the Sheika knew something about Ganondorf which required a clock of this nature. Perhaps they knew there was only so long he could remain imprisoned in the stasis imposed by the Sheika monks.
    Odds are the observatory was an alarm clock intended to awaken an army of guardians to battle Ganondorf. Furthermore, to ensure the secrecy of this failsafe, the Sheika went to great lengths to keep the observatory secret in order to prevent sabotage but the outer wall was discovered by accident - maybe during some work to expand the library section of the castle. Once they found a way into the observatory they realized that it was nearing the time for Ganondorf to return, so effort was made to excavate the technology across Hyrule. They may not have known that the technology to defeat Ganon was meant to be kept secret. But they underestimated the Triforce of Power as it allowed Ganondorf's hatred and malice to manifest ahead of his actual release from stasis and he turned the mecha army against Hyrule.

    • @NintendoBlackCrisis
      @NintendoBlackCrisis  Před 4 lety +124

      Very interesting!

    • @KryyssTV
      @KryyssTV Před 4 lety +83

      It does raise the question though. Did the excavation of the technology lead to Ganondorf being made aware of these plans against him, through his minions and followers, therefore causing him to create the malice on purpose to corrupt the Sheika tech or was the malice manifested by accident (or on an unconscious level) and just so happened to me able to corrupt the Sheika mechs? I guess BotW2 will explain more. I'm glad you found my input useful.

    • @packagedkarma9175
      @packagedkarma9175 Před 4 lety +19

      I guess you can say..... you get A’s in ELA class with writing PARAGRAPHS

    • @arowyn.m
      @arowyn.m Před 4 lety +12

      #thorough

    • @bonkdonk297
      @bonkdonk297 Před 4 lety +26

      This has got to be like the best most logical theory on this I've ever read. This is really cool!

  • @bigdady2700
    @bigdady2700 Před 4 lety +455

    there are so many mysteries to this game, cant wait for botw 2 to come out

  • @christianweber7435
    @christianweber7435 Před 4 lety +505

    Can’t wait to learn more about the laboratory

    • @xeli3046
      @xeli3046 Před 4 lety +4

      Cant wait to meet dodongos

    • @itrains1841
      @itrains1841 Před 4 lety +2

      Can't wait to get to to get killed by ganon

    • @bert8819
      @bert8819 Před 4 lety

      Botw 2 hopefully explains it all

    • @obuIisk
      @obuIisk Před 4 lety

      @@bert8819 I dont know from the one trailer we have currently it seems it will be very different from breath of the wild

    • @bert8819
      @bert8819 Před 4 lety

      ᗰᖇ ᗩᑎᗪᗴᖇՏOᑎ
      itll be different, but it takes place in the same time period and will have the same lore with new stuff added

  • @hastyonions2932
    @hastyonions2932 Před 4 lety +395

    Maybe the reason that no one wrote about the library excavation us because they found it just before the calamity appeared. That part being excavated could have even woken the calamity.

    • @orio-kami7601
      @orio-kami7601 Před 4 lety +56

      Didn't think of that before, but your explanation seems really plausible to me.
      Maybe NOT the last part, but the library excavation not being mentionned anywhere because it was discovered not too long before the Calamity seems logical.

    • @jojipoji2322
      @jojipoji2322 Před 4 lety +11

      That is a possibility, have you considered the connection between the different leaf on the Deku Tree and the observatory?

    • @Frogboyaidan
      @Frogboyaidan Před 4 lety +1

      @@jojipoji2322 tell black

    • @jgeovinni
      @jgeovinni Před 4 lety +1

      Interesting

    • @AemVR
      @AemVR Před 4 lety

      Tell will

  • @Delukatio
    @Delukatio Před 3 lety +57

    The Great Hall is featured in Age of Calamity and looks pretty much exactly like it does in the concept art.

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 3 lety +6

      Yep. That game used quite a bit of concept art, such as the aforementioned Great Hall, which is basically a church or chapel. However, it also used the concept art of the Guardians coming from the holes in the large pillars surrounding the castle, rotating as they come out before dropping onto the ground. As expected, the Great Hall in particular looks amazing.

  • @ZenkuTheories
    @ZenkuTheories Před 4 lety +147

    Funny, I was working on this exact theory two weeks ago. I came to the conclusion that the Astral Observatory had been sealed due to the king from 10,000 years ago wanting to hide the Sheikah technology in the castle.
    It's stated in the Master Works that the king of Hyrule had banned all Sheikah technology. It would be hard to hide something like the observatory since it's part of the castle as far as I can tell.

    • @IslanderDran
      @IslanderDran Před 4 lety +8

      Exactly. Was just about to say this. They probably deliberately covered the observatory up during the suppression.

    • @obuIisk
      @obuIisk Před 4 lety

      Ok who are you

    • @popthisway
      @popthisway Před 3 lety

      hyrule deserved the fate. i don't make the rules.

    • @Mare_Man
      @Mare_Man Před 3 lety +1

      I *definitely* don't think the current Hyrule Castle is the same one that would have existed at the height of Sheikah influence.

  • @cifge_404
    @cifge_404 Před 4 lety +14

    I realized _the millisecond_ before you said the Shiekah must've been obsessed with stars that a lot of the patterns on Shiekah technology look like constellations. My mind has officially been blown.

  • @samuelthecamel
    @samuelthecamel Před 4 lety +80

    I feel like the developers made this game have a lot of mysterious things so that it can be explained in the sequel. There's areas you can't access, areas that seem to be something but aren't, and a lot of unanswered questions.

    • @ShadowSkyX
      @ShadowSkyX Před 3 lety +11

      Like makar island. It sits alone, not part of the lost woods but oh so nearby. There's only the dead tree in the middle...getting on it seems to trigger something and a bunch stal enemies pop up around the tree, like some sort of trap you sprung, like there was a mechanism in place to protect something important. Yet there is nothing you can see, no amount of bombing will reveal anything. No koroks, nothing. Except the tree, dead as it appears, spawns the stal enemies when you first get on it. You gotta wonder if it's really a dead tree and there isn't a switch or door underneath

    • @crazydave1292
      @crazydave1292 Před 3 lety +8

      Game developers have been putting mysteries in games for years in order to give each player unique experiences in multiple playthroughs and also to keep conversation and debate going. It keeps the game interesting and players wanting more.

    • @code_breaker3756
      @code_breaker3756 Před 3 lety

      @@crazydave1292
      And Since they started
      It never failed once

  • @Aegisdex
    @Aegisdex Před 4 lety +626

    I know this is very late but I have a theory of the eighth heroine. The eighth heroine could of actually be a male. This could be why it is outcasted. The gerudo’s no voe rule for the town may be a result of this as botw is actually one of the few games that gerudo actually prevent men from getting in. In oot the let you pass after defeating all the warriors and any other time is just them defending their outpost. Remember that man that gave you the clothes to get into the town? He looks a awful lot like a gerudo and this ties into the theory, what if one of the heroines was secretly a male and when the secret was revealed he was outcasted. The mirrored text may symbolize the opposite gender and the missing sword is definitely the stripping of honor. This is only lightly supported at best but would like you to take a good look at it and iron out anything wrong

    • @connorr7951
      @connorr7951 Před 4 lety +141

      If the Eighth Heroine is a male Gerudo, then he would have to be Ganondorf

    • @kyleapatrice
      @kyleapatrice Před 4 lety +123

      Maybe the Eighth Heroine was indeed Ganondorf which would further support him being outcasted, especially after the destruction he brought. Maybe when he was alive he ordered the Eighth Heroine statue created in his honor kind of like how Egyptians made statues of himself.

    • @AlvinaYunoa
      @AlvinaYunoa Před 4 lety +22

      It’s almost like Disney’s interpretation of Mulan but not as lucky as Mulan

    • @omniscientomnipresent5500
      @omniscientomnipresent5500 Před 4 lety +5

      No, just look at the statue

    • @catiewhite4668
      @catiewhite4668 Před 4 lety +5

      Good theory

  • @bandanadeesupremacy332
    @bandanadeesupremacy332 Před 4 lety +158

    Some people hate all the monsters in the castle, others hate all the guardians. However, for me there’s one thing that I hate the most...
    THE DAMN PIECES OF RUBBLE BLOCKING THE HALLWAYS

  • @epicninjafork2866
    @epicninjafork2866 Před 4 lety +183

    You should talk about the springs and their locations. I find it interesting how the spring of courage is near the zonai region which makes sense and the spring of wisdom is near kakariko village and is near the sheikah. But the spring of power is in akalla. It’s very strange to me because akalla seems like such a random place for the spring representing the triforce of power. It’s not even near the dragon dinraal.

    • @thomaspereira1545
      @thomaspereira1545 Před 4 lety +47

      Well it kinda is. This place is to the right of the volcano while Dinnral starts behind the volcano, goes left and drops near the forgotten temple then follows the crack southward

    • @epicninjafork2866
      @epicninjafork2866 Před 4 lety +7

      Thomas Pereira I guess but the other two are in the same region. this one is next to the region but I guess it’s close.

    • @yemaya2370
      @yemaya2370 Před 4 lety +29

      I have to agree. I would've thought the Power Shrine would've been close to the Gerudo desert (highlighting Ganondorf's Gerudo ties), somewhere by the Yiga clan since they worship Ganon/Ganondorf it'd make more sense to me if they took up residence by the Power Shrine. And Dinraal flies over that region as well so it seems like a more fitting setting.

    • @epicninjafork2866
      @epicninjafork2866 Před 4 lety +2

      Ashe • exactly

    • @Yarblocosifilitico
      @Yarblocosifilitico Před 4 lety +5

      you could say Akkala represents technology (that's where you get upgrades). When Ganondorf has the power triforce is red because of his evil and when the good guys have it is blue (or is blue to counter Ganondorf's).

  • @bad72690
    @bad72690 Před 4 lety +11

    The fact that the Champions knew to shoot at the castle and that it funneled down to the observatory to hit Ganon lends credence to the idea that they knew it was down there.

  • @jadynrodrigues866
    @jadynrodrigues866 Před 4 lety +253

    Here's a challenge for you:
    Did you notice the sheikah text around the mural when Impa tells the story of 10,000 years ago (like from 11:41 to 11:45). Could you translate that? I don't think anyone else has done this before.
    BTW, great vid
    Edit: please like so NBC can see this.

  • @wolfnerd4984
    @wolfnerd4984 Před 3 lety +64

    Me: has sunk hundreds of hours into the game
    Also me: there’s a stone talus in Hyrule castle?!

  • @saphira8080
    @saphira8080 Před 4 lety +104

    In BotW Hylia is prayed to a lot. Hylia is the golden goddess. Her light is like the sun. She was worshipped in Skyloft. The 3 goddesses from OoT are also always portrayed like comets flying through space.
    The sky and the divine are strongly connected. This is also the case in Christianity, a major influence on the Zelda series.
    What if the Shiekah in their quest for knowledge tried to understand the divine, tried to understand Hylia. So they looked upwards, towards the sky and towards the goddesses.
    We know that the royal family eventually banished the Shiekah and made them give up their knowledge and research.
    This mimics the story of Galileo Galilei and (again) Christianity / the Pope. Galilei also looked to the stars for knowledge and in the process discovered something that he shouldn’t have. This lead to his banishment and the people in power tried to discredit him. He is also strongly associated with binoculars and telescopes (although he did not invent them, that’s a myth).

    • @enforcerridley158
      @enforcerridley158 Před 4 lety +9

      Funny you should mention Galileo's banishment. He wasn't actually banished for any discoveries he made. He was banished for mocking the pope about it afterwords.

    • @arowyn.m
      @arowyn.m Před 4 lety +2

      Christianity and Catholicism are two extremely different things. Catholicism focuses mainly on the worship of Mary, because she was chosen by God to give birth to Jesus, God incarnate. However, God did not choose her because she was holy. Christians believe (according to the Bible) that she was a sinner just like everyone else, and was chosen because of her apparent inadequacy to be chosen, as an example that God can and will accept you into His Kingdom as you are, provided you only ask and repent. The Pope in Catholicism is also apparently allowed to edit the Bible and forgive sins, a right only really given to God himself.
      The example you are referring to is Catholicism. Still, interesting connection! :)

    • @TheTrueHolyDarkness
      @TheTrueHolyDarkness Před 4 lety +2

      Galelio was given a fair trial and was basically put under house arrest for contract fraud. He tried to publish some findings aboit ocean waves without proper peer review, when he was being paid simply to verify Kant's equations.
      A play from the late 1800s created the modern myth that it was some kind of barbaric procedure. The catholic church, taken as a whole throughout 2000 years, is a relatively fair and rationale organization, having served as the root source for the modern university system. A few bad examples of corruption doesn't negate that its impact on humanity over the past 2000 years has been mostly positive. I'm not a catholic but I do respect them, and advocate respect for them. You just don't get universities without their role in history.
      That aside, while Christianity might have an influence on Zelda, I'm not so sure about Catholicism specifically however.

    • @ravioli3807
      @ravioli3807 Před 3 lety

      @@TheTrueHolyDarkness Show some proof maybe? It's a pretty understood fact that he was put under house arrest for writing a book that mocked the churches viewpoint. Honestly, it was a dumb move, but he didn't deserve to be put under house arrest. Also, tell me exactly how and which catholic system serves as the basis for university. The hiring system? The grading system? If so, that's not a compliment. The grading system sucks quite a lot.

    • @TheTrueHolyDarkness
      @TheTrueHolyDarkness Před 3 lety

      ​@@ravioli3807 Essentially, the university system is the offshoot of a bunch of bored librarian monks having too much free time on their hands so they ended up debating each other a lot.
      To deep dive for an answer, we'd have to review the Italian Renaissance and Christian Enlightenment eras of philosophical thinking. Which is something I can't afford to do at the moment, though I advocate for your own knowledge and appreciation for history, that you set out to discover good sir. :)
      Why wasn't the concept of universities invented in say, ancient Egypt for instance?
      Now, as I think about it, the Greeks and their forums must've had their influence as well in the history behind how "peer review" sprang forth.
      Western history is defined by Judeo-Greco thought patterns after all. But such is the homework of entire philosophy courses.
      Still, if you'd wish to give your own argument behind the origins of "peer review" by all means, do so.
      Until then, violations of contract and "peer review" is basically what the real story of Galileo is about, not that the Church was afraid of science. Their influence is also responsible for the notion of Hospitals and charities after-all. If there's something wrong with that sentence, feel free to explain how.
      So long as everyone learns, everyone wins.

  • @TheJosh9494
    @TheJosh9494 Před 4 lety +37

    Remember, 10,000 years ago, the (then) king of Hyrule banished the Sheikah so he could’ve built the floor to conceal their lab/astral observatory and the Sheikah would’ve taken everything with them, including their discoveries from the lab leaving an empty room. Fast forward 10,100 years later and Ganon falls as break the hallow floor and 🎶we all fall down.🎶

    • @natirasohumana
      @natirasohumana Před 3 lety

      Also the Ancient Royal lab... The Ancient tells me is way older than 100 years ago. Definitely it was destroyed by the king's orders, the king from 10,000 years ago

  • @McScootyKins
    @McScootyKins Před 4 lety +33

    The episode: *starts*
    NintendoBlackCrisis: Turn to page 394

  • @TimmyTomsen
    @TimmyTomsen Před 4 lety +19

    I really hope we'll see a restored Hyrule/Hyrule Castle in BotW. That's probably my biggest hope I have for the game right now. And it'd be awesome of our safegame from BotW somehow carries over so that the NPCs actually acknowledge that we defeated Ganon etc

    • @omegatenshi2302
      @omegatenshi2302 Před 4 lety +1

      SwaggitySwooty no need your safegame, just asume you beat the first game... i have botw on wiiU and will have the second on switch :p if they do that i cant have my savefile on switch

    • @TimmyTomsen
      @TimmyTomsen Před 4 lety +6

      @@omegatenshi2302 That's true i guess...
      But I also meant NPCs remembering that you helped them with various quests would be a nice thing to be carried over, because not everyone did everything and it'd be a nice way to reward the players that did as much as possible in BotW1.
      Something similar was done in Pokémon BW2 where the main character of the first game that you played was sometimes mentioned by the name that you gave him iirc

    • @baconeggandcheese8402
      @baconeggandcheese8402 Před rokem

      @@TimmyTomsen I'm actually hoping for that too!

  • @willm3027
    @willm3027 Před 4 lety +14

    I spent like 1-2 hours exploring the castle and I couldnt finish exploring everything.. nice video!

  • @TeaquestSagas
    @TeaquestSagas Před 4 lety +3

    Exploring that castle was and is still just fantastic. It's like you don't only search for ganon, but you also unearth lore and the past and are challanged against strong mobs at the same time. And you can even search for treasure! It's the essence of everything a dungeon can be mashed together and combined with the best music and atmosphere.

  • @danyak1034
    @danyak1034 Před 4 lety +31

    10:10 looks like from the Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 trailer. Lol just noticed

  • @jlminecraft6133
    @jlminecraft6133 Před 4 lety +34

    I think the elevator in the laboratory, or what we all know as the calamity Ganon Battle room, goes up _and_ down. I may just be dumb, but that might explain the location of link and Zelda in the botw 2 trailer.

    • @IceEeehtir
      @IceEeehtir Před 3 lety +1

      @@jlminecraft6133 or maybe why the castle elevates at the end of BOTW2 trailer

  • @JonathanTash
    @JonathanTash Před 4 lety +27

    House: A building that a family lives in.
    Fortress: A walled structure with the purpose of providing protection from enemy attacks.
    House + Fortress = Castle

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety +3

      Technically, a castle is first a fortress and a house second....

    • @FilledOfOJ
      @FilledOfOJ Před 3 lety

      People who have no family in their house: cringing

  • @chrisbullock8158
    @chrisbullock8158 Před 4 lety +22

    What if in doing the excavations, this led to the return of gannon. We see many blocked off tunnels and closed passage ways. What if they mined into an area that awakened the calamity but, collapsed, by time or other means. We also know that they were in the middle of the excavation before the reawakening of the calamity. We know the greed of Hyrule's kings and how he ordered the excavation before the awakening of the calamity. What if they mined into the chamber we see in the botw 2 trailer but, didnt reawaken gannon, just allow the malice to pour out from the chamber and start the awakening of malice. Idk just a thought about the reawakening and why gannondorf's body didnt awaken as well.

    • @Sterl500
      @Sterl500 Před 4 lety +4

      Another question is why the Astral Observatory itself seems to have malice flowing through it like the guardians do, especially since the energy balls that come from the castle itself in the flashback cutscene with King Rhoam are seen erupting from the center up, almost as if they were being funneled through something. I'm thinking it has to do with how the Sheika may have been harnessing Ganon's life force to power their machines and may also have something to do with why they were exiled to begin with. It even kind of explains the Yiga, defectors from the Sheika. If the Sheika were harnessing Ganon's malice, maybe some of their members became corrupted/fascinated, maybe spiritually or mentally by the energy itself. The chamber itself may be able to focus the energy that is being gathered in the trailer and maybe that energy is tied to astrology. Like why is there even a blood moon? What does the moon have to do with the resurrection of monsters in the first place? Why only on a full moon? Maybe the observatory helps in adjusting to the ebb and flow of the moon and the stars.
      There's a lot of mystery here. All of it fascinating.

    • @chrisbullock8158
      @chrisbullock8158 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Sterl500 interesting... I think if there was an elevator from the astral observatory can go up to the room above it, why cant it go lower. It would explain a whole knew place to the castle the player would have yet to explore

  • @kyleapatrice
    @kyleapatrice Před 4 lety +15

    Honestly, I think they intentionally skipped discussing under the castle further because in the BOTW Sequel trailer you see Hyrule Castle going upwards after Ganondorf’s corpse moves.
    I feel like the energy source mentioned under the castle is an allusion to the green energy hand you see sealing Ganondorf and that is also why he never resurrected again. He has been sealed there for a while so the malice seeping out is how he resurrected his rage.
    Also, maybe the Astral Observatory was actually used for predictions and trying to understand when the seal would fail (probably a far stretch).
    But I’ve been putting probably wayyyy too much thought into this.

  • @AgnusCavichioliPereira
    @AgnusCavichioliPereira Před 4 lety +10

    Great video!
    I have some comments that may be of your interest.
    First, can we all agree that this Hyrule's Castle is fucking amazing? I mean, it's very well planned, and really passes the vibe of a useful stronghold and glorious palace. I REALLY wish to see it at his original form. The architecture, the details, the realistic defenses, everything is impressive.
    Second, regarding the questions about the Royal Family's knowledge of the Astral Observatory. I suppose they did know it existed. The lab was probably build 10000 years ago, during the era where Sheikah lend their technology at full pace to Hyrule Kingdom. When they were "banned", the king of the moment probably choose to seal that chamber only, since disrupting it too much could damage the castle, as it was build in the ground base of it.
    Lastly, your Stallnox theory makes perfect sense! Defeating a monster of that caliber would probably be the bare minimum to become a knight.

    • @NintendoBlackCrisis
      @NintendoBlackCrisis  Před 4 lety +5

      Your second comment is very true! Can't believe I didn't think of that xD and yes the castle is pretty awesome!

    • @AgnusCavichioliPereira
      @AgnusCavichioliPereira Před 4 lety +4

      @@NintendoBlackCrisis BTW NintendoBlackCrisis, since you're here, I'm going to take this chance and tell you: You're one of the best Zelda youtubers out there. Keep growing, because you deserve it

    • @NintendoBlackCrisis
      @NintendoBlackCrisis  Před 4 lety +2

      @@AgnusCavichioliPereira

  • @tmsmeister7603
    @tmsmeister7603 Před 4 lety +102

    Sigh... last day of summer vication...
    At least we get a NBC video to soften the blow

  • @kaisermoser2149
    @kaisermoser2149 Před 4 lety +22

    The mines would have been made in the search for the guardian pillars. At least thats my thoughts on those

  • @bashaaksema94
    @bashaaksema94 Před 4 lety +6

    Dude the hyrule castle music is my all time favorite its amazing!

  • @orderlymonarch
    @orderlymonarch Před 4 lety +220

    "I've been addicted to persona 5 for the past few weeks"
    Welcome to the dark side. We have pancakes.

  • @zynx1828
    @zynx1828 Před 4 lety +6

    I'm playing botw on the pro hud and exploring the Hyrule world, getting korok seeds and admiring the amount of detail poured into this game. One thing I'd like to say is that most of the exploits like the using the bow in sheikah scope mode might have been ideas scrapped which we may or may not see in the sequel.

  • @lederpu
    @lederpu Před 4 lety +7

    Man, your theories are always so interesting! Usually when watching your theories, I accept them as "canon" because of how much they make sense, lol

  • @Radio.Chicken
    @Radio.Chicken Před 4 lety +6

    I was looking forward to getting rid of all the malice so I could actually explore the whole of the castle, disappointed we can't..but hope there is far more to explore of it when the sequel arrives!

  • @WarmLillie
    @WarmLillie Před 4 lety +25

    Hyrule Castle is a real mystery before and after Calamity Ganon.

  • @speedude0164
    @speedude0164 Před 4 lety +4

    Imagine all these theories finally getting explained and clarified in BOTW 2 and we finally learn the full story of Hyrule and it's landmarks from that. This really hypes me up for the game now.

  • @pouicx34
    @pouicx34 Před 4 lety +7

    This really shows how coherent and consistent is the background of the game

  • @EpicMusicAdmirer
    @EpicMusicAdmirer Před 4 lety +6

    Just noticed this, but the map at 6:53 has similarities to the sheikah symbol on the slate which could potentially relate to the map of hyrule castle in botw 2 if we are able to explore the castle in its former glory and might have more correlations

  • @joshwill3941
    @joshwill3941 Před 4 lety +74

    Never clicked on a video faster before

  • @XeroCool420
    @XeroCool420 Před 3 lety +1

    Its amazing how quickly you go from never wanting to step foot into Central Hyrule and Hyrule castle, to going around and owning everything they throw at you. Ive been farming Ancient parts for awhile to convert into Ancient arrows and im like 20-30 away now from having 999 lol.

  • @AfterTheCalm
    @AfterTheCalm Před 4 lety +2

    One of the best videos you've done yet, great job on this man! Really got me thinking about the timing of the King's excavation and Calamity's attack from 100 years ago. Loved seeing more specific lore to the castle that gives it life, such as certain hallways being taken by Royal Members vs Guards, or the recently dug escape tunnel leading to the docks in case of emergencies.

  • @rayqui123
    @rayqui123 Před 3 lety +4

    the thing is the great hall placement was spot on as seen in hyrule warriors age of calamity

  • @wings8956
    @wings8956 Před 4 lety +20

    Video: Hyrule castle has a mysterious mine area with many passageways. What could it have been used for?
    Me: Wow link looks kinda weird walking slowly down stairs lol

  • @gavindorf3255
    @gavindorf3255 Před 4 lety +2

    I enjoy all your content NBC, and I've been coming up with theories myself. Mostly connected to TP. You've really been an inspiration. Thanks!

  • @Beriorn
    @Beriorn Před 4 lety +2

    Maybe the ancient Sheikah built the ancient observatory and those telescopes to check the night sky for Star Fragments. Those things are hella valuable. Maybe they were used to build the cores for the Guardians? The color you see inside the cores kinda matches that of Star Fragments.

  • @xEmity
    @xEmity Před 4 lety +6

    I feel like I haven't even played this game, I didn't know most of the stuff was in Hyrule Castle

  • @dumbbass8867
    @dumbbass8867 Před 4 lety +7

    I think they blocked off the elevator when Hyrule was scared of the sheikah technology ten thousand years ago.

  • @codyrisling1718
    @codyrisling1718 Před 4 lety +1

    That’s such a cool detail! I never noticed 2 sections to the castle for royals and soldiers. I don’t think I would have ever noticed that and I have to completed the game 5-6 times now. Awesome video!

  • @enigma13x
    @enigma13x Před 3 lety

    I love the detail in this video! Very thorough and well put. During the part where you were explaining the paths used by the royals and the soldiers, at 4:03 you can see link marching just like a soldier down the stairs. That's dedication 💯💯💯💯🔥

  • @Aegisdex
    @Aegisdex Před 4 lety +12

    Also at 1:34 doesn’t it look like the pattern that surrounds the shieka eye in most of the shrines divine beasts and the slate

  • @purpity8172
    @purpity8172 Před 4 lety +3

    Robbie's lab used to be a lighthouse. The fact that there was a lighthouse implies that Hyrule may have once communicated with countries across the ocean. Maybe we'll get to travel there in Zelda 2!

  • @pentguin372
    @pentguin372 Před 3 lety

    8:50 man it's so cool to see that some of the info in these games journals actually happen in hyrule warriors like this

  • @sleepyb0i962
    @sleepyb0i962 Před 4 lety

    I'm always excited when you upload a new video. Keep up the awesome work.

  • @Kovatheauthor
    @Kovatheauthor Před 4 lety +7

    You know, I love Breath of the Wild with a passion. But did anyone else think that the Ganon’s were just a little too easy? Honestly, I feel like Calamity and Dark Beast Ganon were pretty easy, but I feel they were overshined by the Thunderblight Ganon who I felt was the strongest boss. Idk, I just feel like his Calamity form became a little predictable and Dark Beast Ganon literally just stood there.
    Note; new subscriber here! I like the channel 😃
    Edit: Don’t have master mode so tell me how Ganon on master mode is if you can, comments section

  • @thesergalladaf6902
    @thesergalladaf6902 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Today answer: Ganondorf and First Kings’ arm.

  • @d3str0i3r
    @d3str0i3r Před 4 lety +2

    normal mines would also make sense under a castle of that size and age, especially as the main defense of a royal family
    castles are meant to function like small towns, independent of any town outside of its walls, which is why they usually have things like a cathedral, a dining hall, a blacksmith, a stable, a mine would make sense and would prolong its ability to work independent of the outside world because they can get their own metal

  • @liamdrinkswater5334
    @liamdrinkswater5334 Před 3 lety +1

    0:41 SO THATS HOW YOU USE THE CARTS! I’ve never been able to figure it out!

  • @gormauslander
    @gormauslander Před 4 lety +6

    It's my understanding that placing a room underground significantly lowers it's value as a base for observing the sky. Observatory does not make any sense.
    You can also prove that they knew the room existed because the central room floor spans the gap you eventually fall into. One does not accidentally build a floor over a gaping hole. That's not a theory, that's a fact. Moreover, as you fall, you can see clearly Hylian carved designs and stone bricks similar to the castle (lnstead of the material of choice by the sheikah).

  • @debopoporhypersaiyanidc6718

    FINALLY THIS IS THE NBC THEORY I NEED

  • @mikeberry5901
    @mikeberry5901 Před 3 lety

    Freaking love you zelda theorist out there you guys connect all the dots so genuinely and add so much thought and passion to this videos. You guys point out what i miss and iseek out this parts of the game and get so experience then in my own ways. Much love keep it up as long as the internet exist!

  • @justsomenerd284
    @justsomenerd284 Před 4 lety +1

    Love your vids NBC, they often make My day

  • @stevepitt-ash4628
    @stevepitt-ash4628 Před 4 lety +8

    I think they blocked it off because Ganon body is under there

  • @derp_2971
    @derp_2971 Před 4 lety +4

    I just realized Zelda didn’t only lose her friends and family but her home.

    • @Shimanas527
      @Shimanas527 Před 3 lety

      uh the champions died and was her friends

  • @HyruleGamer
    @HyruleGamer Před 4 lety

    Awesome informative video!

  • @OnepieceofRivia
    @OnepieceofRivia Před 3 lety

    Amazing details, I’ve never noticed!

  • @beecees410
    @beecees410 Před 4 lety +7

    or its the mine tracks they used to get to ganon (since the reveal trailer seems to place him at the end of some sort of mine that you see link and zelda traverse). just sayin since noone else does lol

  • @Garathon
    @Garathon Před 4 lety +6

    Me: *Has fun In Hyrule Castle*
    Crusader Me: *Pillages everything*
    Capitalist Me: *Empties every sheild, bow, and sword slot to fill it with royal gaurd equipment to get mad money*

    • @e-mananimates2274
      @e-mananimates2274 Před 4 lety +1

      You can sell Royal Guard Equipment? I think I recall a side quest like that, but you can exchange the items multiple times for gemstones?

    • @Garathon
      @Garathon Před 4 lety +1

      @@e-mananimates2274 yep and I think it's in the Outland stables
      It is in a stable though

    • @e-mananimates2274
      @e-mananimates2274 Před 4 lety +1

      I'll have to check again one of these days. Still, fighting a Stone Talus or killing a bunch of wolves makes some solid bank.

    • @Garathon
      @Garathon Před 4 lety +1

      @@e-mananimates2274 Wolves?????

    • @e-mananimates2274
      @e-mananimates2274 Před 4 lety +1

      You can find hundreds of them up in the snowy mountains in either the Gerudo region or Hebra. They charge at you with reckless abandon, so just chuck a bomb at them.

  • @MochaAsian
    @MochaAsian Před 4 lety

    Awesome video!

  • @hugenose8824
    @hugenose8824 Před 4 lety +2

    Something I’m surprised you didn’t mention: the supposed vast store of the ancient energy liquid beneath Hyrule Castle. We know that there were smaller reserves in Necluda and Akkala (which is presumably what the furnaces there draw from), but we know next to nothing about it in Hyrule Castle. Perhaps there used to be a furnace somewhere? Perhaps beneath the Observatory?

    • @NintendoBlackCrisis
      @NintendoBlackCrisis  Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah I probably should have talked about that, I guess I didn't think about it since it was a part of a previous theory

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 Před 4 lety +9

    I think I know why the Sheika are obsessed with celestial bodies
    Shows the Majora's mask aliens

  • @varia4435
    @varia4435 Před 4 lety +3

    Like before watching, nice new intro

  • @bmorehobo
    @bmorehobo Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the video. I just finished all the memories and divine beasts. After leveling up a bit more, I’m exploring the castle.

  • @prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506

    Maybe the Shiela read the future with the stars, or train thier "minds eye" as astronomy is a type of fortune telling and the Sheika always seem to know what's going to happen next.

  • @lanasmith4795
    @lanasmith4795 Před 4 lety +4

    The castle is also a fortress because by definition a castle is a fortress it kind of has to be

  • @sagespaceghost2413
    @sagespaceghost2413 Před 4 lety +11

    It literally looks just like the imprisonment grounds from ss, I mean I'm convinced Fi will play a part again and thus Demis will too. I know it's all speculation but damn.

    • @Michael-xy6kf
      @Michael-xy6kf Před 4 lety +2

      What makes you think these characters will play a role in the sequel?

  • @scootsifer6208
    @scootsifer6208 Před 4 lety +1

    i love hyrule castle. the vibe I get from it is just amazing.

  • @uglydog7749
    @uglydog7749 Před 4 lety +2

    You got me interested when you said something about the Sheikah being obsessed with star constellations. I did some research about the divine beasts and it turns out every single one represents each season, but since the game was obviously made in Japan we would have to look at the constellations that would be seen from Japan’s point of view. Vah Naboris which is the resemblance of a giant Camel can be the representation of the constellation Camelopardilas which is most visible in February, Feburary in Japan is Winter. Vah Medoh, the resemblance of a giant Eagle is the representation of the constellation Aquila which is visible at Summertime in Japan. Vah Ruta, The resemblance of a giant Elephant is the representation of the constellation Cepheus, Cephues is visible in Autumn in Japan. Finally Vah Rudania takes the form of a giant lizard, the problem here is that the lizard constellation is most visible in November. I got stuck here since we can not have two Autumn constellation, so instead I chose not to think of Vah Rudania as a lizard but a Chameleon. When I tried to see what Season the Chameleon constellation is in it turned out to be in April, this would make it visible at Spring in Japan. Now we have all four seasons that each divine beast represents. Also since the divine beasts were made 10000 years before they were actually found what if the lizards were actually chameleons and later evolved into lizards.

  • @ToxicPea
    @ToxicPea Před 4 lety +3

    Nintendo Multiverse head canon:
    Shiekah are obsessed with the Stars. They harnessed the dark power of Ganon to fuel their robots.
    Kirby of the stars. Dark matter and it's obvious powers.

  • @AmeliaPond.
    @AmeliaPond. Před 4 lety +3

    I have a theory or rather something I would like looked at, at least. At the end of BOTW Zelda talks about how her sealing power has diminished after holding the Calamity back for a 100 years. Could that mean that Zelda may not have enough power to help Link banish Ganondorf when he returns? Does she have enough power left over to get it done? Will that be one of the plots in BOTW 2? What are your thoughts? Let me know. Thanks for all you do. In my opinion you are the best theorist I subscribed too.😁👍🏼

  • @felipeskan
    @felipeskan Před rokem

    Man, thanks for you work!

  • @novustalks7525
    @novustalks7525 Před 3 lety

    I didn’t even know there was a book. Really glad there’s finally an explanation for the weird chamber you fight calamity ganon in

  • @Pikachu-iw1se
    @Pikachu-iw1se Před 4 lety +3

    Champions ballad theory’s ( how the resurrection shrine elevator goes deeper than the observatory).

  • @bramhuijbregts2206
    @bramhuijbregts2206 Před 4 lety +6

    Wait, Hyrule Castle isn't just a puzzle?!

  • @danielturner4809
    @danielturner4809 Před 3 lety

    I thought I would not like this but now your talking about hyrule castle Now I love it

  • @michaelhowell2809
    @michaelhowell2809 Před 4 lety

    I cant wait for more info. Havent been so hyped lol

  • @moonracer4911
    @moonracer4911 Před 4 lety +5

    423 views is 3 minutes. Nice job!

    • @YellowNBlue
      @YellowNBlue Před 4 lety

      Wow! So many people turned into a time measurement!

  • @baconstarwars9803
    @baconstarwars9803 Před 4 lety +3

    Do a video about is Gannon teams up with the Gerudo in breath of the wild 2

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety

      Unlikely. He'd most likely have Riju killed off, and then take over rewriting the Gerudo's history as he goes, similar to how Stalin achieved such power in the Soviet Union in the 1920's and 1930's...

  • @ArcaneEther
    @ArcaneEther Před 4 lety +2

    When BotW2 finally comes out, it should take place a few months after Link defeated the Blight.
    I would assume that Zelda would have started a restoration project on the castle...right before whatever that mummy thing levitated the whole area into the sky.
    Maybe we'll finally see what the Great Hall looks like in the sequel, when we finally get up to that flying castle?

  • @Ryan-rv5em
    @Ryan-rv5em Před 4 lety

    Awesome video. Upload more my guy.

  • @clava7851
    @clava7851 Před 4 lety +3

    You can do whatever you want but I really need more botw 2 theoris

  • @smittynumber1812
    @smittynumber1812 Před 4 lety +4

    I really hope BOTW2 adds a lot more lore it's my favorite part of LoZ. There's so many spots around Hyrule with names that make me curious

  • @dingus_maximus
    @dingus_maximus Před 4 lety

    Very interesting video, as always! Also, how far are you in P5?

  • @katylahue1961
    @katylahue1961 Před 4 lety +1

    Now this makes sense. I never knew how so many soldiers along with the King escaped the stronghold of the castle with Ganon directly on top of them. They used the docks to escape and flee.

  • @michaelmodernsonicfan5341

    What if I’m breath of the wild 2 in the trailer they go inside of the columns

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety +1

      Perhaps, but then I feel that'd be a little weird to the player, so instead secret tunnel behind the statue in the back of the Great Hall that leads to several tunnels that have been there for centuries or millennia...

  • @ES-qy2ju
    @ES-qy2ju Před 4 lety +15

    someone else loves the design of this hyrule castle? Just me?

  • @osawoas9629
    @osawoas9629 Před 4 lety

    I recently started my first master mode play through, after struggling with the great plateau, I immediately went and got Majora’s mask so enemies would ignore me, then snuck in to Hyrule castle to get as many OP weapons as i could, made the start a lot easier (as a person who hates reloading and dying)

  • @EggmanlandResident
    @EggmanlandResident Před 4 lety +1

    Would be really interesting to see a partially reconstructed Hyrule Castle in BOTW2. That great hall would be gorgeous.

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety

      Indeed, but first the malice and monsters have to be cleared out, along with multiple big piles of rubble...

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 Před 4 lety

      Would you look at that? You're actually providing a wish that can be done. I've seen countless people demanding that Hyrule castle and castle town be full of life and completely rebuilt, but they don't provide the context to support their wishes and just throw away the setting. You are a diamond in the rough for the Zelda community, which can be cancerous and toxic at times, but not always. I congratulate you and your good reasoning...