Arwing

Arwings are enemies from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. These enemies do not appear regularly in the game, and only appear when the proper GameShark codes are applied. It is not known what purpose they serve in the game, if any. A common theory is that the Arwing is an easter egg for fans to stumble upon, or an experimental actor designed for testing various aspects of the game engine, including enemy flight and target-seeking. It is highly unlikely that Arwings were ever intended to be part of the game's original cast of enemies.

While present in the game's coding and fitted with a complete and fully operational AI, Arwings never appear during the course of normal gameplay. Still, they can be accessed through hacking; the easiest way to do so is done through Actor Modification, which can replace an actor in the game with another one. When accessed, it is often placed in Kokiri Forest.

The Arwing features double laser cannons that it fires in the direction of Link. The lasers can be blocked and will not cause the Deku Shield to burn. The Arwing relies on a hit-and-run tactic which involves coming in to attack and quickly falling back. It is free-roaming, to a greater extent than any other foe. It has access to the entire area inside Kokiri Forest and can fly at varying altitudes, often comically erratic.

Due to the Arwing's limited size &mdash; it is no bigger than a Keese &mdash; its thin armor is easily breached even with simple weapons, such as the Fairy Slingshot, the Boomerang and even the sword, if it is close enough to the ground. Upon defeat, the Arwing will catch fire and plummet to the ground, where it goes up in flames and explodes in a rather spectacular fashion. The blast may cause splash damage to Link.

Gameshark Code
The following code has been tested and worked successfully on an Ocarina of Time ROM version 1.0. The code can be copied and pasted directly. See here for more Actor Modification codes.

This code replaces the signpost next to Link's House with an Arwing, but only in child Link's timeline.

81244424 013B 81244432 0001

Please note that Zeldapedia cannot guarantee that codes provided by users will work on all ROM versions, nor work at all.

Origin
The Arwing is the primary attack craft used by the Star Fox Team in the Nintendo series Star Fox. They are small, maneuverable attack fighters flown in the majority of the missions in the series. The Arwing's model for Ocarina of Time is based off the Arwing's appearence in Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64.