How Zelda's Puzzle Box Dungeons Work

How Zelda's Puzzle Box Dungeons Work

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
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My favourite Zelda dungeons are the ones that move, turn, change, and travel through time. After much research, I return from the depths of Hyrule with some Boss Keys and plenty of design details on how these puzzle box dungeons work.

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Sources

[1] Latest Zelda’s making process | Denfaminicogamer
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/english/170609b/3

[2] Water Temple | noclip.website
https://noclip.website

[3] Zelda Director Apologizes For Ocarina Water Temple, Hints At Link Taking Flight | Game Informer
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/11/29/aonuma-apologizes-for-water-temple.aspx

Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, 1998)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo, 2011)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 2017)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo, 2000)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Nintendo, 2013)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Nintendo, 2016)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo, 2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (Flagship / Nintendo, 2001)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Grezzo / Nintendo, 2011)
New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, 2012)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo, 2013)
Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine, 2016)
Carto (Sunhead Games, 2020)

Music used in this episode

Music from The Legend of Zelda series, by Nintendo

Other credits

Karakuri puppet - からくり人形 | TokyoStreetView - Japan The Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgIDStgaybc

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Retrospective | Nintendo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Sg54xwXFI

からくり文字書き人形実演 | 江戸東京博物館EDO-TOKYO-Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDI4RGVWxoQ

Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto | Nintendo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2DnTd3dEo

1980 RUBIKS CUBE IDEAL TOYS | tvdays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxU7e0qHk4o

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