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00:00Are you well? You seem a bit distracted.
00:03Welcome to Mojo Plays and we are back with some more secrets in The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
00:10We'll be looking at 10 more easter eggs and hidden details we didn't cover in our original 100.
00:16Ahhh!
00:18Yum yum!
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00:31Lava Proof Bokoblins
00:36Since Link gets all kinds of neat armor, some of his enemies decided to copy him.
00:41In Tears of the Kingdom, you might come across a Lynel or Bokoblin wrapped in stone,
00:45making fights just a bit tougher.
00:48But there are a few hidden things about this armor you may not have noticed.
00:52For example, although it seems to be mere rock, the armor is lava proof.
00:58You can tell by knocking a Bokoblin into lava using a weapon with a bouncing material fused to it.
01:03That's pretty OP.
01:05Not even Link's Flame Breaker set can stop him from taking damage should he wander into a lava pool.
01:11Powerful Hooves
01:13Rock Armor
01:20Speaking of rock armor, there are multiple ways to destroy it so you can deal damage to the enemy underneath.
01:27Your first instinct might be to use a weapon with a material good for smashing, like horns,
01:32or maybe you'll just let loose a few bomb arrows.
01:35However, the best materials to use that some might be unaware of are Lynel Hooves.
01:41Fusing these to an arrow can decimate the outer shell of an armored Lynel,
01:45even better if it's with a tri- or five-shot bow,
01:48and you've boosted Link's attack with armor, potion, or a meal.
01:52These can also make short work of the Phrox and Talos mini-bosses,
01:57destroying the gym nodes on its back in mere seconds.
02:02Eye for an Eye
02:03The opening in Tears of the Kingdom certainly leaves an impression,
02:16as Zelda and Link discover a mummified-looking Ganondorf.
02:20Whenever you see this version of the villain or the Gloom spawn that plague Hyrule,
02:24the piercing yellow eyes are sure to burrow into your soul.
02:28Some players thought these eyes looked familiar,
02:31and, wouldn't you know it, we've seen them before in Breath of the Wild.
02:35Eyeballs sticking out of Malice pools, which Link must destroy to clear them, look identical.
02:41It's a nice way to visually connect the dots and suggest that Ganondorf
02:45was always watching during the previous adventure.
02:49Hidden Notes of Five
02:51When we first covered the game, we mentioned the audio easter eggs that referenced Fi
03:02from Skyward Sword. We hear her chime, as well as part of her theme,
03:06when Link sends the Master Sword back in time to Zelda.
03:09However, there's another, much more well-hidden nod to the companion that comes even earlier.
03:16When Link and Zelda are exploring the caves beneath Hyrule Castle,
03:19there's a moment where the Master Sword begins to glow.
03:23When Zelda comments on it, the first note of Fi's theme plays.
03:34It's incredibly hard to hear since it's quiet and gets drowned out by other sounds.
03:39It isn't part of the main musical track either, making it a very cleverly hidden easter egg.
03:50Hunting Ducks
03:55This one calls back to one of Nintendo's earliest games.
03:59You'll likely spend plenty of time hunting animals to get more meat in Tears of the Kingdom.
04:04When you shoot a duck, or any bird able to fly, out of the air,
04:07it performs a very distinct animation where it spins in a nosedive towards the ground.
04:13Old school players might recognize this as the same animation from Duck Hunt on the NES.
04:18In that game, hitting your mark causes the ducks to fall in a very similar manner.
04:24Mastro's musical flair
04:31We talked a lot about members of the musical group, the Stable Trotters, in previous videos.
04:37But one member we didn't touch on was Mastro, the group's conductor.
04:41The whole character is one giant walking easter egg,
04:45and we don't just mean his resemblance to Mario and tendency to yell wahoo.
04:49Looking at his face, you can see his mustache is really two eighth notes,
04:54his sideburns are shaped like quarter note rests,
04:57and his eyes and eyelashes resemble bass clefs.
05:01Even the shape of his body is reminiscent of a treble clef.
05:04Well, he is very passionate about music.
05:07High Flying News
05:18Throughout the Zelda series, there are all manner of easter eggs hidden in Hylian,
05:23the language of Hyrule's people that can, in fact, be deciphered.
05:27At a certain point in Tears of the Kingdom,
05:29Link can become a part time reporter for the Lucky Clover Gazette,
05:33helping pin the Rito in tracking down stories.
05:37You get a reward for each side quest, and after two,
05:40you get a special fabric for your paraglider.
05:43It looks like it's been made of old newspaper clippings, which isn't far off.
05:47The central part that is decipherable reads,
05:50at the same time that Hyrule Castle floated,
05:53something happened on the ground, referencing the opening of the game.
05:57Zora Nomenclature
06:04Breath of the Wild introduced new Zora characters,
06:07the deceased champion Mipha, the prince and Link's best friend Sidon,
06:12and their father, King Dorephan.
06:15You may have heard that the names of these characters come from the famous major musical scale,
06:20Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do.
06:23The first four letters in Dorephan's name cover Do-Re,
06:27Mi-Fa is obviously Mi-Fa,
06:29and Sidon covers Ti-Do,
06:31since Si and Ti, or Sai pronounced in his name, are both the B note.
06:37Well, when it was time to introduce a new Zora character in Tears of the Kingdom,
06:41Nintendo named her in a similar fashion.
06:43Yona's name comes from Yonanuki, a Japanese pentatonic scale.
06:48Boy, the Zelda team sure did a good job.
06:52The Wise Ancestor
07:08Here we have another name pun, and one that's even more blatant than the Zora's.
07:13We're surprised it took us so long to notice.
07:15The Dragon Tear memories show Zelda far in Hyrule's past,
07:19where she meets its first king and queen, Rauru and Sonia.
07:24While Rauru shares a name with the Sage of Light from Ocarina of Time,
07:28Sonia is a Slavic name derived from the Greek name Sophia.
07:33And Sophia literally means wisdom.
07:36Giving Zelda an ancestor with such a name when she's known for being wise,
07:41and is even the primary wielder of the Triforce of Wisdom,
07:44is really on the nose.
07:47But we respect Nintendo's commitment to the bit.
08:01Tears of the Bokoblins
08:08We got a few new enemies introduced in Tears of the Kingdom that have never been in the series
08:14One of them is the boss Bokoblin,
08:16a big brute who is always seen traveling with a pack of smaller ones,
08:20which he can call to his side with the blast of his horn.
08:24However, this group of Bokoblins have a unique reaction that is unlikely to be seen by most players.
08:30If you kill their boss without them noticing you,
08:32which requires a one-shot ancient arrow to do,
08:36they will genuinely weep for their fallen leader.
08:40Aw, we might feel a little bad if they weren't trying to murder us at every turn.
08:45What's something you recently discovered in Tears of the Kingdom?
08:48Let us know about it in the comments.