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Lmao, talk about phoning it in. I guess it's better than not fixing it at all, though—maybe one of those situations where it's like, "This might break even worse if we mess with it too much, so let's just comment out the line that marks it as collected and call it a day." I'll probably get around to playing OoT3D at some point just to see what they changed; from what I remember hearing, besides the obvious graphical makeover, it's mostly just small quality-of-life fixes rather than major changes?
Love me some joke speedruns. I just learned about a regular OoT speedrun today where you use the Reverse Bottle Adventure glitch to obtain the maximum number of Small Keys possible (37 keys in the Water Temple, apparently). Oh, and related: I was surprised that in the April 1999 Issue #119 of Nintendo Power they showcased a major glitch (as well as a minor exploit that is coincidentally similar to the one OoT3D introduced):
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A cropped scan taken from the 'Classified Information' section of the April 1999 Issue #119 of Nintendo Power. It the Ocarina of Time logo at the top and is mostly text, with three screenshots illustrating each trick (described below after each containing section)Hyrulean Hyrulean
Hyrule is home to many things, and codes aren't one of them. Even so, Link has a few tricks up his sleeves, tunic or wherever else a Hero of Time could hide an extra Skulltula, rupee or bottle. If your inventory has got you down, get a boost from one of these item-amassing tricks.
100-plus Skulltulas
Play the Song of Storms at the tree in front of Hyrule Castle (near Malon) to enter the lair of a Skulltula. Retrieve its token with your boomerang, but before catching it, backflip onto the warp platform. If you return to the hole, the spider will still be there, but you'll get credit for its token.
[A screenshot of Young Link facing a wall with a Gold Skulltula, his back close to a warp platform.]
21 Bottles
To exceed the supposed four-bottle limit, swing a bottle at a fish, but before you capture it, pause the game, then replace your bottle with a new CButton item. Note: The item you chose will be gone, but another bottle will have taken its place.
[A screenshot of Link's inventory after multiple glitches have been performed. In the 3 x 3 section of items in the upper left, instead of the usual loadout (including such items as the Deku Stick, the Boomerang, and Bombs), it is filled with nine bottles containing fish.]
Raking in the Rupees
A bug captured in a bottle will become many bugs when you release it. To earn rupees, free a bottled bug, catch the numerous bugs that flee, then sell the mites to the bug buyer in the Market or in Kakariko Village. Keep one bug to bring back whenever you need to tap into this unlimited source of money.
[A screenshot of Young Link in Hyrule Castle Town showing the contents of his bottle to the Buyer NPC, with the text box showing the dialogue "Oh, it's a cute little Bug! I'll buy it for 50 Rupees! All sales final, OK?"]
They also printed instructions for the Safari Zone glitch in February 1999, which is barely a step removed from the legendary old man glitch that allows you to encounter glitch Pokémon like Missingno, so they're clearly more willing to publicize glitches in their own games than I expected!
Completely tangential, but I found this neat video that proposes an interesting theory about the location of the Ice Arrows and Iron Boots being swapped late in development (although information in the comments makes it seem a lot less plausible). Regardless, that video taught me that
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you can jump over the broke Gerudo Valley bridge with Epona instead of using the Longshot, which I had no idea was possible, and also that you can freeze the Blade Traps. And from a different video, I learned that you can jump over the back walls of Lon Lon Ranch to escape instead of jumping over the gate (and Ingo) which is what I did instinctively.I'm sure I'll discover many more little secrets of the game as I continue to learn about it via secondary sources and subsequent playthroughs!
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: