Monkeys in Majora's Mask

[the walrus cat]

So I'm sure many of you have read theories that the kokiris turned in to Monkeys in between OoT and Twilight Princess. However, is it possible that the Monkeys in Termina were originally Kokiris?
Possible evidence for this...
A) The monkeys reside in/near an area very similar to the lost woods, which is very comparable to the kokiri's habitat in Hyrule.
Time seems to pass quicker in Termina. This may be contrary to the gameplay mechanic's in OoT where a whole day is at least half as long, but we do see that Termina is more developed technologically. (just look at great bay temple and clock tower), meaning the transformation between kokiri and monkey happened sooner in Termina.
C)All of the major races in OoT Hyrule can also be found in Termina, except for the kokiri.
Humans
Gorons
Zoras
Deku
Gerudo
Kokiri
All of the above are in OoT's Hyrule except for the kokiri.

 

[MiniMouseofPyru]

This is highly unlikely. Kokiris make only one appearance in the Zelda series, and that's in OoT. In The Wind Waker, it is stated that the Koroks were Kokiri though. Kokiri probably never existed in termina, and simply died out in Tp so I doubt that the monkeys were Kokiri. Besides, it is said that if Kokiri left the forest something bad would happen to them, they'd turn into Korks, probably, not monkeys.

 

[pokewarrior2000]

This makes a little sense to me only because in TP there are monkeys around what is said to be the dead Deku tree.

 

[superw967]

Termina may be a parallel universe compared to ocarina of time, but most of what happened in majora's mask was based on ocarina of time, so both unvierses eventuall introduced monkeys after ganondorf was sealed away resulting in no more creatures forced to do his bidding and can live out their lives. I agree with all your possibilities because as time went by the sacred master sword pedestal could've been weakened like in the wind waker, so it was put in the lost woods to be guarded by skull kid, the two statues, and containg forest life unless skull kid decides to have some fun.

 

[DrNedaj]

Monkeys are monkeys

 

[anuraag]

TP has no great deku tree, and without him the Kokiri cant survive

 

[MonkeyFightSquad]

I don't believe that the Monkeys evolved from the Korki, and

Monkeys are monkeys

 

[TrueChaos]

you added Kokiri in the list of species that are in TP

OT, i very much doubt. i just thought they died or moved somewhere else and became part of the general populous

 

[TwilightDeku]

TP has no great deku tree, and without him the Kokiri cant survive

I agree. I think that since the Deku tree was dead, the Kokiris slowly died after a few decades. I think the same happend to Navi. After the Deku tree died, she could only remain alive until her purpose was over. Once Link defeated Gannon, she left and went to the spiritual world.

However it is likely that I am wrong.

 

[felipe970421]

To me the monkeys just moved in to the forest temple at some point

 

[Legendary Goron]

Nah I don't think that the kokoris turned into the monkeys, but their absence in Majora's Mask is a little odd...

 

[Shadow Mori]

We know less of the Kokiri that the shika. In the words of the toosy pop T.V. ad "The World May Never Know."

 

[Smoore]

Twilight Princess takes place in the Child timeline. Zelda sent Link back to the time before he met her as a child. By that point, Link had already defeated Gohma and received the Kokiri Emerald, but he hadn't gotten the other Spiritual Stones. The Deku Tree was dead, but there was not yet a new Deku Tree Sprout. So the Sprout is never planted, and the Deku Tree dies. At some point, Humans enter the Lost Woods and begin building the Ordon Village.

The Kokiri retreat into the forest. There are three possible explanations for what happens to them. (1) They die out. (2) They change themselves into the Monkeys of Twilight Princess. (3) They become militant to protect their home and get tricked by the Skull Kid to become his puppets.

Options two and three are much more interesting, in my opinion.

 

[Braivety]

I think the monkies in TP are ancestors or something of the ones from MM.

 

[LegendOfUmbreon]

Maybe the kokiri evolved into humans and made ordon village, then evolved into koroks in WW