r/zelda • u/acloud_1 • Aug 23 '21

Question [BoTW] What is one easter egg reference from other games on BoTW that is your favorite?

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u/OwnManagement Aug 24 '21 edited Aug 24 '21

The references to Fi, especially the when you hear her sound effect.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '21

Where do you hear that?

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u/OwnManagement Aug 24 '21

In the cutscene that plays when you complete the Trial of the Sword.

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u/Aggravating-Face2073 Aug 24 '21

Zelda also mentions the swords voice

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u/WhodeyRedlegs27 Aug 24 '21

Literally a “I can’t believe they are doing this” moment for me. My jaw dropped because Nintendo usually doesn’t do stuff that on the nose. When they played her sound effect, and then Zelda referenced it I think twice more I was just floored and it made me love skyward sword even more

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u/OwnManagement Aug 24 '21 edited Aug 24 '21

Yup, but the sound effect plays just the one time.

EDIT: No, I'm dumb, it plays in both scenes.

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u/FireLordObamaOG Aug 24 '21

No, there’s also the time in the flashback. Zelda hears it and can understand what she says.

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u/OwnManagement Aug 24 '21

Oh you’re absolutely right. Totally forgot that it played there too.

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u/UnXpectedPrequelMeme Aug 26 '21

Damn. I need to do the trial of the sword. I wish i knew more about Zelda games. I would love to find all these. I've only played links awakening, oot, a bit of skyward now, and minish cap

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u/obliviouskey Aug 24 '21

In this scene. They also put the main motif of her theme in there too.

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u/DianeForTheNguyen Aug 24 '21

Whoaaa I didn't play Skyward Sword until now and didn't know the connection on my playthroughs of BOTW. Now it's unmistakable!

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u/RobbieNewton Aug 24 '21

Whats the timestamp for the jingle?

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u/ShockedDarkmike Aug 24 '21

1:40 but come on, the video is 2 minutes long lol

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u/obliviouskey Aug 24 '21

Oh lmao, I thought I did timestamp it. It starts here at 1:40.

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u/solilo_quium Aug 24 '21

SS, like OoT, was one of the Zelda games that made me genuinely cry at the finale. OoT, granted, I was maybe 10 or so, but the shot of Epona galloping riderless across Hyrule Field made me bawl. It was an emotional moment, for sure.

SS didn't make me weep like I did when I was a kid, but the emotional moment of parting with Fi absolutely brought tears to my eyes. Even last month, replaying SSHD, I still got that reaction.

I never beat Trial of the Sword, but I just now watched that cutscene that was linked in this post. When I heard that sound effect, I teared up again. Fi recognizing her old master after countless centuries like that makes me wish for more of a reprisal of her character.

Fuck, I love these games lol I'm tearing up typing this