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Did You Know?
Nintendo planned an alternate intro and starting plot for Ocarina of Time...
In the early days of a video game's development cycle, nearly everything is tentative and subject to change later on in time. For Ocarina of Time, one of those changed aspects of the game is the game's introduction and starting plot. Here is the original intro to the game, courtesy of the December 1997 issue of Nintendo Power...
"Long ago, before Ganon stole the Triforce and kidnapped Zelda, Link set out to his coming-of-age ceremony in the Maze Woods. It was the custom of his tribe, the Kokiri family, that a young man would receive a guardian spirit or fairy who would stay beside him and guide him throughout his life.
But as Link walked through the woods, he discovered that a monster had captured one such fairy. Gallantly, Link came to the rescue and defeated the monster, but the fairy was mortally wounded. In her dying breath, she warned Link not to allow Ganondorf to possess the Triforce and to seek out a wise man and his spiritual stone. At the same time, Ganondorf stumbled into the Maze Woods and neared the secret place where the Triforce was kept.
Link went to Hyrule Castle for help. Princess Zelda knew of the Triforce's hiding place, but to reach it they would have to find three magical stones to unlock the secret. Thus begins the adventure."
This original intro seems to have been more dramatic for the fairy (who we assume became Navi) than the one we had first experienced in 1998. Instead of being mortally wounded, the arguably annoying fairy interrupted Link's beauty sleep in the final version of the game. It also appears that the Temple of Time, or at least its purpose, was originally within the forest of the Kokiri rather than in Hyrule Town. The concept of acquiring three spiritual stones remained the same, but the reasoning behind it was slightly altered.
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