Now i need the "Which Great Deku tree is the strongest" video

@Biggphil

9 күн бұрын

I think it would be the botw one

@christinaly1368

9 күн бұрын

Weakest gotta be OOT deku tree...he died at the beginning of the game all because of a parasitic bug

@BigHeadClan

9 күн бұрын

@@christinaly1368I mean he died from a death curse by Gannon. Goma was just the physical manifestation of that curse.

@christinaly1368

9 күн бұрын

@@BigHeadClan fair point, it was preordained after all, nothing he could do

@KingsBard

9 күн бұрын

Wind Waker because he has eyes and a tooth

The sprout in oot being the deku tree in wind waker is one of my favourite bits of zelda lore tbh

@davisbowe8668

9 күн бұрын

Bits like that are why the "every Zelda game is the same legend being retold" theory is bullshit. Many of the games blatantly reference previous games, yet you still have people who deny that any kind of timeline exists.

@JaidynReiman

9 күн бұрын

​@@davisbowe8668The timeline exists, but its so incredibly loose that they stretch things all the time. And frankly the lore of the WW tree being the sprout, while cool on paper, is utterly destroyed by the fact that there's no logical reason for it to exist where it is. The gigantic hollowed out tree does not resemble the old Deku Tree in the slightest and the elevation is too high. If you can accept that this is an obvious retcon then you can accept other retcons as well. And you have to ignore minor elements of the world structure such as location names or similar appearing locations in totally different regions as mere references that can be replaced on a whim by the developers whenever they want.

@darkdagger5237

9 күн бұрын

@@JaidynReiman I disagree there is a logical way for the Deku tree in Wind waker to be the sprout from Ocarina of time. The tree was moved when it was smaller too the mountain top that became Forest haven

@Ninjaananas

7 күн бұрын

​@@davisbowe8668 The "same legend retold" theory has always been just fanfiction and headcanon by people who don't like continues stories.

"Deku Tree won't be in the next Zelda game" Nintendo: hold my moo moo milk

@461weavile

6 күн бұрын

They watched this video and then immediately added him in the trailer.

Fighting off the Phantom Ganon INSIDE of the Deku Tree in Tears of the Kingdom was such an awesome and well thought out call back to Ocarina of Time.

Genius idea for father's day and the new lego set!

@FinleyTime7

9 күн бұрын

I love our content, you are hilarious

@ZdinoYT2

9 күн бұрын

I eat bread for ever meal

@Robin_quil

9 күн бұрын

Ayyy my boiiiii❤❤❤❤

@Zeltik

9 күн бұрын

I didn't even think about Father's Day lmao... let's say it was intentional

@TheBreadPirate

9 күн бұрын

@@Zeltik It is ALWAYS intentional!!

We all ask “what is the Great Deku Tree” but no one asked “HOW is the Great Deku Tree” 😔

@aaandSCENE

9 күн бұрын

Bigman gets a lotta tummy aches 😢

@subtlegong2817

8 күн бұрын

Why is the Deku Tree?

@frankjohnson123

8 күн бұрын

On average pretty good. Only four existential threats over like 10 millennia doesn’t seem too bad.

@ripscort1896

8 күн бұрын

Dead

@GE0RGECREWS

8 күн бұрын

The face i made when i got to the korok forest full of gloom in TOTK 😮😮😮

It's my theory that, since the Deku Tree's a guardian deity of the forests, the Lost Woods isn't a physical location. I think that it's a metaphysical space that any deep forest can "connect" to, thus why it moves around in so many games, never has the same layout, and has a seemingly magical bending of space. It would make sense for a deity to have some control over their domain, after all.

"The Great Deku tree is very much a real tree." I don't know why that made me laugh so much 🤣

One thing I've noticed is that many Zelda games have three primary "deities" of some form. You have the three dragons named Eldin, Faron, and Lanaryu in Skyward Sword (plus Levias), in Ocarina of Time you have the Guardian deities (Great Deku Tree, Volvagia, Jabu-Jabu), you have similar deities in Wind Waker (GDT, Valoo, Jabun), and in Twilight Princess you have the Light Spirits who are also named Eldin, Faron, and Lanayru (plus Ordona). These three also seem to be associated with one of the three Golden Goddesses: Farore (the two Great Deku Trees, Faron), Din (Volvagia, Valoo, Eldin), and Nayru (Jabu-Jabu, Jabun, Lanayru). I've often wondered if these "guardian spirits" are in fact the same beings who exist solely to assist the Hero and take on different forms when called on (Well, except Volvagia but I feel like if guardian deities can "die" then they can also be corrupted in some way). This could even explain why the two gigantic trees we see in Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess aren't alive, since the spirit who inhabited them in OoT and WW (Faron) was inhabiting a different being (a dragon in SS, and the light spirit in TP) at the time.

@mukomaryan4919

9 күн бұрын

We do know guardian deities in Zelda can become corrupted. In Skyward Sword when we first meet Levias, whom I don't know if he is a different rank from the other dragons, but a deity regardless, find him corrupted by Bilocyte, whom Link had to vanquish in order to restore the guardian's benevolence. And then there's Naydra in Breath of The Wild, whom when first met, is sickened and poisoned from malice. During this period they act unlike themselves, flying erratically, showing that the malice was in the progress of affecting their brain. Once Link cures the dragon, they resume their duties of patrolling the sky just like Dinraal and Farosh. So it's safe to say that guardian deities in Zelda are immortal in the sense that time does not age them, or at least veeeeeeery slowly, but are still susceptible to things like corruption.

@mercury2157

8 күн бұрын

​@mukomaryan4919 it's also pretty much guaranteed that the three elemental dragons were draconified Zonai, meaning they swallowed a secret stone to attain their forms. Ganondorf, having done the same, was killed by Link.

I really love the idea of Twilight Princess' Faron Woods being made of hundreds of colossal trunks of dead Deku Trees. It would explain why the forest is so much darker and deeper than the ones in OoT and SS.

poor deku sprout... aged like milk... i cant with the design of the deku tree in wind waker XD

I would have dropped over 1000 hours on OOT in my life and I NEVER knew you could turn butterflies into fairy's with a Deku Stick! Truly a magical game!

@FriedEggandChips

8 күн бұрын

Came here for this comment, I just had an outburst when that was mentioned!

@ImaginationStudios123

6 күн бұрын

Me too! I'm absolutely furious and laughing at the same time. I beat ocarina of Time multi multiple times and never knew this

@JoseMartinez-bs8oi

6 күн бұрын

Wish I could go back in time and tell that to little kid me. Man, I spend hours on that game. Played it from start to finish many times. Even explored every corner thinking of hidden secrets. But this! Never would have guessed it.

Found it really cool that the Deku Tree in BOTW/TOTK is a father figure of all Koroks.. Imagine having to memorize each one of them! xD

@thanevakarian9762

5 күн бұрын

Imagine the smell

@michaelamponsah4352

5 күн бұрын

@@thanevakarian9762yooo wat 😭😭😭. I’d assume like nature 💀

People say that Link and Zelda from SS founded hyrule, but nothing ever says they DID, the Deku tree could have been that one tree from Skyward sword, without it's spirit yet. And the sprout could still exist in all 3 timelines, since OOT Link didn't really up and leave after he saved hyrule in the adult stage, he just got sent to before he entered the sacred realm. 7 years later and the sprout could be in that time too. Oh the pain of timelines :,]

@javiervasquez625

9 күн бұрын

7 years right before Ganondorf's audience with the king so as to warn him and Zelda about Ganondorf's plans and prevent his attack on the castle. Had Adult Zelda sent Link back in time right to before he removed the Master Sword the king would already had been killed and Zelda and Impa would be on the run from a pursuing Ganondorf.

@KulaMedli

9 күн бұрын

@@javiervasquez625 I means before before my guy

@Ahouro

8 күн бұрын

We have a thing that say that SS Zelda didn´t create Hyrule but her descendants so I don´t understand why people still believe that she did it, HH page 77.

@KulaMedli

8 күн бұрын

@@Ahouro ikr

@Ninjaananas

7 күн бұрын

Rauru's Hyrule was founded way in the future. Zelda did not travel back to the unification timeline.

Godly timing cause I was like “ man. I need a new Zelda video”😂

The sentence "the Great Deku Tree appears in 4 games" made this video outdate quickly 😂😅

@Lucideyes89

Сағат бұрын

Wasn't he in minish cap?

Fun fact: In brazilian portuguese, saying "Deku tree" translates to "Ass tree". However, after the lego set revelation, the translation team decided to name it "Árvore sagrada" which means "Sacred tree" Something similar also happened to Lord Dooku from Star wars

@beecees410

9 күн бұрын

What have they done to Midoriya's hero name?

@tsogobauggi8721

9 күн бұрын

In Finland deku is a word for an old alcoholic (maybe living on the streets). So Deku Tree could be Drunkard Tree. :)

It's really unfortunate he made this before the new Zelda announcement which has the Deku Tree in it.

awesome that you made this video just as a new deku tree was revealed. i wonder how echoes of wisdom's deku tree fits in?

Honestly, I've always thought the Deku Tree to be one of the goddess' creations charged with watching over one of the world's people. Like most guardian spirits came to be, I reckon.

@javiervasquez625

9 күн бұрын

Same here yet it's worth noting that in Ocarina of Time the Deku Tree refers to himself as the "source of all life" or something to that extent implying a direct relationship between the Deku Tree and all plant life which maintains balance within the realm where the many Hyrules stand on. Given what happens to the forests of Hyrule should the Deku Tree wither and die i can definetly agree with the notion he's the source from which all plants thrive and grow amidst the demons who would prevent that from happening where he to pass away.

@KBXband

9 күн бұрын

It's kinda genius to have a sentient tree take care of a forest. Death Mountain has a volcano to protect that region and the lake and river has Zoras.

What's the full lore with the Fairies, Great Fairies, and Fairy Queen?

@Zeltik

9 күн бұрын

I have some older videos covering them, but I do intend to talk about them again soon!

Not to mention that leaks from A Link to the Past showed that a Deku Tree was originally planned, probably already in a Guardian position for the Master Sword. This makes me think of the talking trees in the Dark World.

@davisbowe8668

9 күн бұрын

Is there a source on this? This is the first I've ever heard of it.

@arc7375

9 күн бұрын

“Talking trees…what would trees have to talk about, hmm? Except the consistency of squirrel droppings?” “They have feelings, my friend.”

I love your artwork in the beginning of the video!

@Zeltik

9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Now explain the Echoes of Wisdom Deku tree

I cannot believe nobody is talking about your artwork at the beginning (and end) of the video! Absolutely stunning. Your videos are consistently exceptional quality. Well done, mate!

One of the best Dads in video game history. 10/10 would sleep in Wood Papa again

Always a great day when Zeltik uploads. Recently in a Zelda kick playing through an MM randomizer, so this is great to watch along side it.

Mt personal HC for the Deku Tree in general relates to how trees in real-world forests. Forests are all connected via vast webs of roots and fungi. We’ve found that trees can, and do, share nutrients with each other via this system. And even seem to communicate with each other to share dangers (for example, an infestation of beetles might start killing trees in one part of the forest, but after a short while the rest of the forest starts producing alterations to their wood to prevent themselves from also being killed. It’s fascinating). This is also how albino trees exist and actually live. So I HC that the Great Deku Tree is liked across the whole forest via a similar root web (Like the swamp in Avatar the Last Airbender). This is also how I imagine the new Deku Tree has lingering knowledge

Great video, glad the Maku Trees got a shout out as well 😊

It’s interesting to see the personalities of these Deku Trees. In OoT, if you have Link refuse to listen to the Deku Tree after beating the dungeon, the tree brooks no nonsense and tells Link to listen anyway in a stern, yet calm demeanor. It demonstrates the Deku Tree’s experience dealing with petulant children, either from the Kokiri or Link himself, since it is one of Link’s choices of dialogue in OoT. Contrastly, the Wild Era Deku Tree shows a sort of fondness for Princess Zelda and Link and a reverence to Hylia as he describes the mechanic of the Master Sword where it absorbs sacred light. Considering the Deku Tree is the one that bathes the Master Sword in energy, it could further connect Sheikah ancient energy to Rauru’s light magic.

10:58 there are actually plants in the world (or maybe one plant) which actually uses its roots to walk around and will travel notable distances even within the span of a day - maybe the deku tree sprout of time (era of time) sensed the trouble coming early on and decided to schrooch himself inside of his dead dad

@Exquisite_Poupon

9 күн бұрын

That's not true at all....

@AsilarWindsailor

9 күн бұрын

I think it's called a walking palm

@steak9194

8 күн бұрын

@@Exquisite_Poupon pretty sure it is - maybe look it up next time before you pop into the comments

That was a good Father's Day special!

i love how you introduce the timelines as new concepts, but so concisely. it’s a nice reminder!

Now it's five games. There is a Deku tree in Echoes of Wisdom. 😅🎉🎉

Let’s go another Zeltik video 🔥 can’t wait for your strongest link and Ganondorf remakes. Also great video idea for Father’s Day

Can’t wait for the update to this video in September 🤩 It was always curious to me that the koroks in the forest itself were all affected, but the 1000 outside the forest are all just chill and don’t care about their Deku daddy. I think Hestu mentions it but that’s it lol

i didn’t know about the japanese ujigami inspiration!! i thought the deku tree was inspired by yggdrasil from norse mythology but it’s probably a mix of both which is so cool!!!! i love things like this :D amazing video

@tomkerruish2982

7 күн бұрын

There's also the concept of a genius loci from classic Roman beliefs.

@nolynylon

6 күн бұрын

So many mythologies feature spiritual trees. It's weird if a given myth DOESN'T feature one

Walking trees do exist in real life.

@marioseoul

8 күн бұрын

Right! Mossy Earth's video (also came out today) about their new land in the Amazon showcased one for a few seconds, and they hope to do a timelapse later on. Protect our forests in the spirit of the Great Deku Tree!

A great return to form zeltik, this sucked me in from minute one and didn’t let go. Doing videos on these recurring characters and themes seems like a great well of content to pull from, I hope to see many more just like it.🎉😊

Thanks, I love your theory and/or lore explanation videos! Been waiting for new of those since TotK‘s release 😊 Looking forward for more!

And soon we'll get the first appearance of the Deku Tree proper in a 2D Zelda game in Echoes of Wisdom!

Wow, 2 days and already outdated. Eow Deku Tree revisions will be needed.

bro this video is so good. you can just taste the amount of elbow grease that went into this video. I have been following you for a few years now and this video is such a jump in quality. love to see your skills grow. keep it up bro

Why are my notifications for this channel getting buried? Come on, KZread. Love every video.

So many elements of Nintendo games are influenced by Shinto. The Deku Tree, Jabu Jabu, the dragons, etc are all basically Kami. The Guardian Spirits in Twilight Princess are the most unambiguous examples of Kami in Hyrule imo

Always a good day when there's a new Zeltik video!

This video is incomplete without mentioning the Great Deku Tree’s (and a new Great Deku Sprout’s) appearance in Freshly Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. This is Tingle Erasure!

That music from breath of the wilds master sword cutscene still gives me chills

You always have the best lore videos!

It's always a good day (or night) when Zeltik uploads!

Years ago, I remember listening to Dr. Wily's theory of Hestu possibly being some type of Deku Sprout.

The great Deku tree has to be one of my absolute favorite plot elements from OoT. A grandfatherly nature spirit in the form of a tree.

This is going to be the banger we need. I’m calling it.

Covering Papa tree on Father's day. Clever. Very Clever. I love it

I find this interesting summation of all the deku trees: before the tree gains its sprout or even its physical form, it already has knowledge as the deku tree is the spirit of land and forest itself, the one which (if we're talking about it knowing everything) experienced every history of hyrule, it is already a spirit with records and wiseness before it harbors a tree form, which it does at times of darkness or when it is called to guide a young hero

Yet another excellent video from my favorite Zelda KZreadr!

@Zeltik

9 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

@sharmilakrishnakumar2499

7 күн бұрын

@@ZeltikSame , you are my favourite KZreadr Zeltik !!!! Big fan ❤

I will say that I enjoy playing all the Zelda games and I am glad you have covered this it's quite interesting

Awesome video Always love seeing something new from you, keep up the great work and God bless

The Deku tree reminds me a lot of Jurak from Dark Cloud 1&2. As both Japanese games and Dark Cloud 1 releasing a few years after the Deku tree's first appearance, I have no doubt there was inspiration. Just like the Deku tree Jurak is also a tree guardian spirit. In Dark Cloud 2 Jurak was also resurrected by planting a few trees and time travel, as well as Jurak retaining the memories even from thousands of years ago. Also Jurak is shown to have a lot of elf/dwarf creatures called firbits. However, the firbits don't seem directly connected to Jurak only drawn to him, as many firbits seem perfectly fine without Jurak. I think the biggest difference between the two is that Jurak is far more social. While still within the deep woods, he is always nearby a town. By the end he was a full on mall in his branches. I think he just likes being helpful rather than just talking to the chosen one and that's it.

6:38 we got a Groot situation on our hands

Nice vid, thanks for the lore drop.

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you

Letd go fall asleep with your video and rewatch it tomorrow ❤

Awesome Video Bro!

I hope Zeldudes gets back online....I also enjoy watching your channel😊.

yooooooo another Zeltik vid. Thanks for the upload brother and thanks to the editor. if thats you, double thanks.

@Zeltik

9 күн бұрын

That's me! Thank you so much

Amazing analysis

Nintendo dropping a new trailer with the OOT Deku Tree in it immediately after this video is hilarious

The era without a hero; sounds like the next Zelda game. We will get to play as Ganon 😊

Great video keep it up

“Now, why don’t you make like a Deku Tree…and get out of here…” -Biff.

The WW tree being inside the original isn't as contrived as you'd think imo. It is obvious by how quickly he burst out of the ground in OoT that he was capable of some limited movement as a sprout since his roots weren't as deep as his predecessor.

great storytelling i love this one

The timing of this video 😅 still a great video Zeltik!

This makes me so excited for the upcoming Lego deku tree 2 in 1

Good video mate

A other good vidoe dude keep it up you rock

talk about hilarious timings

Isn't there a tree with a face in A Link to the Past? Or is that only in the manga?

@GabePuratekuta

8 күн бұрын

All the Dark World trees look like they have a face, if that's what you mean.

@JamisonHingle

7 күн бұрын

@GabePuratekuta Thanks, I've never gotten a chance to play A Link to the past yet, only A Link between Worlds. It definitely is in the manga by Akira Himekawa. It first shows up in Chapter 4, Page 4, where he tells Link about his parents. Clearly, it's not a Deku tree because he says he used to be a Hylian that just got transformed by the dark world, but yeah, ig he didn't mention it bc it wasn't in the game. Sorry.

@GabePuratekuta

6 күн бұрын

@@JamisonHingle In the forest glade between Link's house and Kakariko?

Though from a different franchise, I wonder if Treant from Dark Cloud, and Jurak from Dark Chronicle, are drawn from the same concept as the Deku Tree. They even have their own afflictions wrought upon them by the main villain. The Dark Genie cuts off Treant's water supply, while Emperor Griffon uprooted the counterpart Jurak originally had in the main time period where the majority of Dark Chronicle takes place. And both Treant and Jurak are encountered while you're in the middle of exploring both games' analogues to the Lost Woods. They also seem to reincarnate each time they die.

guess who's in the next game

@Epcorn

3 сағат бұрын

Zelda

well, now we know The Great Deku Tree IS in the next zelda game!!

Because the devs of Breath of the Wild state they gave the Deku Tree a more "Japaense" style, this implies the Deku Tree on Ocarina of Time was originally European in origin. Talking trees with faces in medieval fairy tales are a staple of Enchanted Forests.

Excellent video as usual. I think of the Deku Tree as a tutelary spirit like Tom Bombadil in Lord of the Rings (if less mobile) - I think he has a sphere of influence that can keep out any monsters with a lower "power level" (for lack of a better phrase) but not stronger ones (Ganondorf in OoT & Phantom Ganon in TotK). The room with Queen Gohma resembles a more natural spirit temple, so it seems like a trial area the Deku Tree was supposed to protect - kind of a more primitive Forest Temple, and perhaps the immediate source of his power (itself perhaps connected to the Forest Temple). Even though it's a main dungeon as a kid it really has the same relationship as the ice subdungeon to the water temple (or Lord Jabu Jabu maybe) and the bottom of the well to the Shadow Temple - a secondary sacred space. I've wondered if maybe the dungeon under the Deku Tree even served as preliminary training grounds for initiates to go on to the forest temple, which would make an interesting connection for the Deku Tree as keeper of his minidungeon and Saria as the destined Sage. A lot of intriguing possibilities!

Who here hopes that now that they’ve merged all the timelines into one that they start world building a lot more? More cohesion between eras would be an awesome reason to play more Zelda. I think it’s a series rich with lore, but never utilized to it’s full extent. I know the devs said TOTK is the end of the wild era, but I hope we get a clearer idea of where the next game fits in chronologically.

I'm getting a lot of nostalgia of 25 years ago when I first played OoT. I was 10, and my friend was playing it. I couldn't help but watch him play. As we all know, it's an amazing, top 5 of all time game. Top 3 for me. It's been a while though. I think I'll try to get the master quest finished. That would be fun.

You had curiosity but now you have my attention

I actually have a theory on The Great Deku Tree (OoT), it is a “descendant” of The Great Tree (SS), sometime after the Interloper War, the light spirits made their home in the regions we find them in "Twilight Princess", Faron made his home in Faron Woods and sleep upon The Great Tree over the centuries the tree became alive and transformed into The Great Deku Tree (OoT). I believe Faron (Spirit) is The Great Deku Tree's (OoT) Father/Creator.

And now just 2 days later is video is outdated as the great Deku tree is in echos of wisdom

Here is an idea. Zelda together with three other dragons created the great Deku tree shortly after draconification

Happy Father's Day to Tree Dad!

So excited for the new lego

I would love to see you do a video explaining possible connections between the master sword and the magical sword of the first game

For botw and totk’s great deku tree, there was this really interesting theory by a channel named wolf link regarding the connection between the ancient tree stumps littering hyrule, the great deku tree, and phantom ganon, would recommend watching

Take a shot every time Zeltik says “tree” in this video.

I assumed that after the imprisoning war (TotK) or even before things got hectic, Zelda must have visited the Korok Forest at least once. Considering she is "Hylia's" descendant, could she be the "Goddess" that originally planted the Deku Tree? Or maybe even Sonia? Considering Sonia even remembers Hyrule's history and the puprose of the Lost Woods. We know Rauru's Hyrule had an abundance of Cherry Blossom trees, and nothing stopped either descendant of Hylia to visit Korok Forest to plant a Cherry Blossom Tree so that the future forest spirit could inhabit it. I wouldn't be surprised if they even infused some of their "Holy" energy to make sure the spirit would inhabit the Cherry Blossom.

Shame there was no reference to the "If You're Over 25 and Own a Computer..." meme, that basically owes its own existence to the Deku Tree.

I never understood why Nintendo gave such a mythical, sagely, and importan character a "goober tooth" (or you could call it a "bumpkin tooth") in The Wind Waker.

I think it is interesting to note that in the 2020 Nintendo giga leak it looked that the great deku tree was supposed to appear in a link to the past first.

Cool video