Second Quest

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Second Quest refers to a mode in several games within the Zelda series which allow the player to go through the game again utilizing new features.

The Legend of Zelda

In The Legend of Zelda, players could encounter Hyrule on the NES with a new set of puzzles and increased difficulty, allowing for an extended playability. Gamers could also enter the first five letters of their name as "ZELDA" in the name input screen to start the second quest automatically.

Ocarina of Time

In Ocarina of Time, many players found the then-unprecedented depth of the game to suggest that ideas such as that of a second quest would be far from impossible. Countless discussions, theories and hoaxes about the alleged second quest to obtain the Triforce within the game spread around the internet, although any such endeavor has since been conclusively disproved by Nintendo and skeptical fans. The hype was most likely fueled by the aforementioned sense of depth in the newly-developed Ocarina of Time environment, nostalgia and internet pranksters. The closest hopefuls might have gotten would have been by bringing unused data left on the game cart during development into play via a cheat cartridge, or Ura Zelda — "Another Zelda".

Perhaps due to the hype, Master Quest was originally planned for the 64DD Nintendo 64 add-on, but was finally released in selected copies of the The Wind Waker on the Nintendo GameCube along with the unedited Ocarina of Time. This production was a revamped version of the original quest with excruciatingly difficult new puzzles and challenges, but a seemingly unaltered storyline.

The Wind Waker

The Wind Waker also features a Second Quest, although more limited in change than its previous counterparts. The game's Second Quest makes primarily aesthetic changes — namely, Link will wear his initial outfit for the entire game (consequently obtaining the Hero's New Clothes as opposed to the Hero's Clothes in the First Quest), Aryll will wear her ending pirate outfit for the entire game, and all Hylian text will be translated into readable English.

Link also starts with the Deluxe Picto Box, with the same pictures he had in the first quest. Because some characters only appear prior to the point where Link can normally reach the Nintendo Gallery, it is impossible to acquire every figurine without starting a second quest.