Fans believe that Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a reference to Michael Jordan

There is no doubt that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time It is one of the best games ever. It is because of this that he continues to give what to talk about in the community. On this occasion, an interesting theory is circulating in which gamers believe that the Nintendo 64 game has a reference to Michael Jordan, the popular former NBA player.

As you surely remember, this installment of the franchise was released in 1998 to conquer the entire industry, so its users continue to dig each area to find more secrets.

Thanks to this, it has been circulating on the networks that a particular moment in the title refers to Jordan in a rather curious way, where Link as a child is looking for the access key to advance in a dungeon.

Here you can see it:

As you could see, it is the first dungeon of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time inside the Deku Tree, where you find a creature that gives you a puzzle to advance.

This Deku shares the following clue with you: “the order is… 2 3 1, 23 is the number!”, which has led some fans to consider that the phrase refers to Michael Jordan, who was an active player at the time. who used the number 23 and was considered the best basketball player.

Is this reference to the former player real?

However, and although everything would indicate that this theory is true, the script and the translation of the game need to be reviewed in detail. So we are sorry to tell you that it is false, since the hint that the Deku gives you is a Japanese pun that was not translated correctly.

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The original phrase in that language was “Brother is number one”, where the word 2 is “nii” and 3 is “san”, so when they come together they form nii-san (brother). However, this connection did not fit in English and the translators had to come up with a new phrase.

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