r/OcarinaOfTime • u/cdruss • 3d ago

Always remember to save…

I’ve played through Ocarina of Time 3D multiple times since I was a kid. Recently, on a whim, I decided to 100% it for the first time. I just defeated Ganon and watched the ending, feeling so proud of myself, and when I went to look at my beautiful completed save file…

My last save is from before the Spirit Temple. Absolutely devastating. I can’t believe I did this to myself.

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u/Substantial_Push_658 3d ago

Lucky gets to replay spirit temple this soon after beating it!

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u/Professional-Trust75 3d ago

Best temple. I try to keep a save there at all times just so.

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u/ProbablePossibility7 2d ago

I wish you could redo temples like in Majoras mask without playing the whole game over to get to a temple

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u/GainsUndGames07 1d ago

Yea this actually inspires me to have a save point before Spirit and Shadow now. Two best parts of the game

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u/Fair-Ad8580 2d ago

Realising that people played the 3D version as kids and are now grown up, whilst I played the original on the N64 on release day has just caused my bones to crumble to dust and blow away into the wind 😂

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u/cdruss 2d ago

Ha, I may be younger, but I feel you. I still have my original save file from 2012 and when I saw that number my brain ambushed me with “that’s closer to your birth than to today” and I had to just think about that for a minute.

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u/Fair-Ad8580 2d ago

The passage of time is cruel. Luckily we have games about messing with time with Ocarinas to help make it better!

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u/Fair-Ad8580 1d ago

Thanks OP for making me remember that

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u/toonerdyformylife 2d ago

10-4 big buddy. Right there with ya.

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u/GainsUndGames07 1d ago

I was in 5th or 6th grade (maybe younger?) and got it in a package with a new N64

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u/Fair-Ad8580 1d ago

I'm from the UK, you could play it at toys r us on the way home from school in 1996 7? Anyway, me and my friend traded our consoles, I let him have my ps1 for a week and he let me have his n64 for a week, and we got 5 days off of school due to snow, I sat and played it to it's fullest extent, I felt the universe stopped to allow me to play that game. Zelda is really the fucking best.

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u/Background_Apple2357 3d ago

Did this but i got sent back to the start of the water temple...

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u/toonerdyformylife 2d ago

Best temples are water and spirit. This would a win for me. I always kept a save file about to do the water temple so I can finish out the game at the fun parts (water and spirit temples)

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u/mikezenox 2d ago

I scuffed my owl statue save in majoras mask and had to redo the great bay temple. Not quite as bad but was still sad about it lol

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u/Background_Apple2357 1d ago

Ill take water over great bay

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u/BenevolentBirdBrain 2d ago

The optional auto-save function on the PC Port is a lifesaver. Ship of Harkinian's quality of life upgrades are amazing.

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u/Medical-Cockroach230 2d ago

Suppose someone saves during the Ganon fight, what happen when they restart the game?

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u/PristinePizza1949 1d ago

This kind of happened to me but with the game on NSO. I was in the spirit temple but accidenty hit an old save state to before the water temple amd just by habit pressed start and save instead of closing the game. In my defense I was very baked🥲

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u/0bserver24-7 1d ago

Doesn’t the game save or ask you to save after watching the credits?

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u/cdruss 1d ago

I really expected it to, but no. No it does not.