The final boss fight? Oh, it’s been heavily reworked. Ganondorf now has three phases that include a rap battle. No, I’m not joking. He’ll literally spit fire bars about how you “should have stayed in the Temple of Time.” You can respond by playing your ocarina with the touchscreen, but it’s not a fair fight—he’s a demon king with ghostwriters.
If you win the rap battle, he explodes into a confetti of rupees. If you lose, Navi says “Hey! Listen!” for thirty straight seconds. It’s the worst punishment in gaming history.
The Sheikah Tech Easter Egg
Hidden deep in the game is a secret: if you play Zelda’s Lullaby backwards on the new “Retro Ocarina” mode, you unlock a playable demo of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link—but only if you’re standing under the Clock Tower at midnight, real-world time. It’s absurd, it’s obscure, and it’s absolutely peak Nintendo.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launches on November 5 | RPG Site
I spent an hour trying this. My neighbors think I’m a weirdo who dances with a plastic controller at 11:57 PM. Worth it.
