11 Biggest Video Game Industry Lies You Still Believe

2. The Triforce Wasn't A Collectable Item In The Legend Of Zelda's Ocarina Of Time

Another example of Nintendo inadvertently creating an urban legend came with the release of the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998. An early trailer for the game showed a scene where Link stands in front of the Triforce, leading fans to believe it was an elusive treasure hidden within the game. Couple this with an empty inventory slot for the item and you can see how everyone was led to believe it was doable. It wasn't - Nintendo told fans the inventory slot was "purely decorative" but they didn't believe them. Players tried to track the Triforce down in hundreds of different ways and some convinced the masses that they had done it, uploading screenshots to old message boards. Back in a bygone era where image manipulation was a niche skill, it broke a burgeoning internet more than Kim Kardashian's oily backside as everyone scrambled around to see if it was true. When one solution was debunked, a brand new picture of a secret dungeon or level was posted and fans did the same merry dance all over again. Eventually, the hype died down and fans came to accept they'd be fooled by both Nintendo and the Zelda community; there was no Triforce, and they could go back to enjoying arguably one of the best games of all time.