IMO they're absolutely adorable, but you must treat them with extra respect and charm, yeah?

phew... now that I've made my little lecture, let me rest my arse down. *crunch*

Oh, bloody wankers.

(sadly, a real-life experience &*(@^!$)

i have this exact one, minus the stamp. it sounds great but it's fairly heavy so i havent mastered how to hold it and play without hand fatigue. would lov to become proficient, i was inspired to get one after watching this rendition of Sadness and Sorrow. sooo beautiful!

Is it pronounced Oak-arina or Ock-arina?

They used to have ads for Zelda ocarinas in Nintendo Power all the time. Eventually I got one. Kinda low quality, but I enjoyed it.

Got a nicer one as an adult. But in trying to learn to play it, eventually found out that the pitch depends on the pressure in your breath. So it's sad that it's kinda impossible to use with other instruments, for me, since I'll always be off key. Still a nice thing to play with!

Goes really well with a hookshot.

I really want Alec's ocarina from Lunar Silver Star Story. Sadly. I've never found one for sale.

A Link to the Past had a "flute" that called a bird as a fast travel mechanic. The icon looked like a blue transverse ocarina but the in-game text called it a "flute."

For some reason they based the next major console game in the series entirely around this instrument, correctly identified it as an ocarina this time, and ocarinas have officially been blue ever since. Having lived through the N64 era it's hilarious watching people re-discover them.

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i could never do that dance right.