Hidden Village

The Hidden Village is a location in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Link's Crossbow Training. It lies north of the Bridge of Eldin.

Twilight Princess
Early in Link's quest, entry into the village is blocked off due to a rockslide. In order to restore Ilia's memory, Link goes in search of clues. One clue, the Wooden Statue, triggers a memory from Ilia when it is shown to her. She remembers that someone saved her from monsters and is still in danger of them. Gor Coron recalls where he has seen the Wooden Statue before, and that leads Link to the Hidden Village. Link goes there to rescue the one who helped Ilia with the aid of Darbus, who breaks through the rocks to clear Link's path. When Link first visits the town, it is occupied by 20 Bulblins which he must kill. After he slays every single one, the only other resident of the village, named Impaz, comes out of her home.

Most of the buildings in the village were abandoned and ruined by the Bulblins, and only Impaz's house was still fit for residence. Impaz's house is also home to several cats that she takes care of. In the backyard of one of the abandoned buildings, Link will find a Howling Stone as well as a cucco who asks Link, in wolf form, to play a game with the cats in exchange for a prize. The various stray felines wandering the village will play a mini-game with Wolf Link where he has to talk to each individual cat at least once. Listen to the Hidden Village music here.

Link's Crossbow Training
The Hidden Village appears in Stage 5 of Link's Crossbow Training as a Ranger Mode bulbin hunt/shoot-out. Link freely moves through the village to kill the 25 bulbins. Most of the bulbins are found in clusters and shoot flaming arrows as soon as they see Link. Several explosive barrels can be found, which when hit, destroy everything within their vicinity. Slaying all 25 bulbins will add a multiplier of the remaining time to the score.

Theory
It is heavily implied that this village is an older Kakariko Village, the ancient village of the Sheikah, mostly due to a sign saying "Welcome to Old Kakarico" in Hylian (misspelling noted).

Trivia

 * In Link's Crossbow Training, the 'Kakariko Shootout' stage takes place in Hidden Village, and is essentially a replication of the Hidden Village Bulbin scene from Twilight Princess.
 * Impa from Ocarina of Time was, as she directly quoted, "born and raised" in Ocarina of Time's Kakariko Village, whereas the Hidden Village was implied to have been built by her.
 * Hidden Village could be seen as having been inspired by Old Kasuto, which was also a ghost town with a single resident.

Gallery
File:Impaz_comes_out.jpg|Impaz cautiously checks to see if all the Bulblins are gone. 