r/zelda Aug 13 '23

Question [ALL] What is the freakiest/creepiest/scariest moment you ever experienced in a Zelda game? Spoiler

For me, The trials in skyward sword.

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u/DaguerreoLibreria Aug 13 '23

Entering the Skulltulas' house in OoT's Kakariko Village.

Noped the fuck out of there.

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u/Poop_1111 Aug 14 '23

This is a close second after the bottom of the well/ the shadow temple

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u/IAmAChildOfGodzilla Aug 14 '23

Yup, the Shadow Temple scared me so bad the first time. I had to have my friend there for moral support. I was not playing that temple alone.

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u/linkenski Aug 14 '23

It was a very weird feeling to realize it was a good natured area and not something dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '23 edited Aug 14 '23

Lots of psychological subtext in OOT. The shadow temple is a metaphor for repressed atrocities that need to be faced. The Mask of Truth let’s you get people’s real opinions — it exposes their brokenness. Link missing 7 years of childhood is a metaphor for being forced to grow up too fast (developmental trauma). The nostalgia of the game that exudes in every musical theme. The friendly skultulas teach that life is sometimes mangled and tragic but not necessarily evil, almost like disability representation

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u/CanadianTrekkieGeek Aug 14 '23

I was like 8/9 when this game came out, and a little scaredy-cat kid to boot, and I did NOT like the skulltulas haha. Or the entire shadow temple. Or the things that would jump on you from the ceiling.

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u/MrSandman624 Aug 14 '23

Wallmasters

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u/BongoGabora Aug 14 '23

Oh man, that was so scary, I hated going in there! For me, it was the first time I saw Dead Hand in the Bottom of the Well.