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Title: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: MegaByte on May 03, 2011, 10:04:55 PM

Backmasked audio reveals a familiar tune.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/26216

Time-reversing the music from the latest The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword trailer reveals that the track is based on Zelda's Lullaby, a recurring theme that originated in A Link to the Past.

Youtube user FPawesome1 first discovered the hidden motif after playing a recording of the trailer backwards. The trailer was shown by Satoru Iwata at his GDC keynote. Below, you can watch the original trailer, followed by a time-reversed version.

Nintendo is known for hiding musical "easter eggs," such as the GameCube menu music, which was a slowed-down version of the Famicom Disk System boot jingle.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: NWR_pap64 on May 03, 2011, 10:39:37 PM

That is both really creepy and INSANELY cool and clever!

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Stogi on May 03, 2011, 10:44:37 PM

That's amazing! Well done.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Bboy on May 03, 2011, 10:46:23 PM

This is really, really cool. The person who wrote the music to that trailer is awesome.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: MegaByte on May 03, 2011, 10:55:47 PM

When I saw the trailer at GDC, I remember thinking that the song was familiar, in the way that songs in New Super Mario Bros. resemble old songs, but are actually new. In this case, I thought of Song of Storms.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: ShyGuy on May 04, 2011, 01:15:42 AM

This is Da Vinci  Code level trickery.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Thaneros on May 04, 2011, 02:20:37 AM

My mind just exploded!

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on May 04, 2011, 02:47:27 AM

I wonder if this is actually tied to the gameplay or story. I mean, perhaps reversing time is an important gameplay mechanic, or "Zelda's Lullaby" and "Zelda's Wakeup Song" are somehow intertwined. In Majora's Mask, playing the Song of Time backwards slowed time down, so there's a precedent....

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Dasmos on May 04, 2011, 05:24:04 AM

Yeah, this is badass.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: pololmejor on May 04, 2011, 10:34:00 AM

Woah this is scary at first.
I hope this game comes bundled with a Motion plus cus I dont have one

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Ceric on May 04, 2011, 10:40:46 AM

I know this is about the music discovery which is cool but doesn't Link look odd and awkward holding his shield with this left hand?  Just doesn't seem natural.  Be like me with a mouse to my left instead of right.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: SilverQuilava on May 04, 2011, 07:09:25 PM

Here's to hoping Nintendo never stops doing awesome things like this!

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: NeoStar9X on May 04, 2011, 07:36:08 PM

Great find. Nintendo has done this before but it's still cool when another one of these is found out.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Da Jarvis on May 05, 2011, 09:38:44 PM

It's like Nintendo is trying to brainwash us to buy other zelda games... Jk, but that is still pretty cool :)

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: Scatt-Man on May 08, 2011, 02:26:12 AM

Link's sword totally brings spiders back to life now!

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer Secret Uncovered
Post by: SonofMrPeanut on May 08, 2011, 10:34:25 PM

I buried Tingle.