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I was browsing the MSN website this morning when I saw this screenshot of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time:



At first glance, nothing seems wrong with it, but then I noticed that the map looked a bit unfamiliar. Link seems to be in Kakariko Village, but the map is too small for that. The sword also appears to be different from any I've seen in that game. (And also Link has 21 of each item and rupees, but that's hardly suspicious...) The sword should be on the left and the action should be on the right too.

Does anyone know anything about this?

The link is here:
http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=14072246

My bet is that this is probably the in-between stage of development where elements of the initial game were fused with the released version.

Ah, now that you mention it...
I haven't played it for like four years.

But still, what about the weird-looking sword?

I'm pretty sure it's a beta screenshot. The cuccoos look weird and the sword should be on the B button, while the "drop" command should be on the A.

Look at dem freaky cuccos.

Yeah, that's the beta. An even older version had even weirder colors. This was a near release demo, but unfinished.

Well since this thread turned into a broken record I'm just gonna lock it.