my favorite part about the ending in this game is that they forcibly remove any of the upper armor you have on. Nintendo saw the botw tingel armor ending video and said they didn’t want that to happen again
@@payasita01 nope bud. The beginning of the game starts with you failing to grab Zelda and the ending of it is you succeeding. The first person replying thinks the comment is referring to you missing at the end of the game.
I love how in these games, Zelda becomes more like able. She’s a scholar, dedicated, smart and a bit insecure about her true power, You WANT to save her. She straight up helps you just like you help her in this battle. Her and Link are a team and act like one. I love this version of Zelda a hell of a lot more!
What's super brilliant about this, is that this sequence easily could've just been a full cutscene where you watch Link dive after her and save her. But instead, they made it a full gameplay sequence where YOU dive after her, and YOU save her. That tiny bit of extra player interaction intensifies this scene a thousand fold.
Reminds me a bit of Midna’s Lament. Granted, there’s no actual time limit to that sequence; no point at which you can see Midna *actually die* if you fail, but the fact that all normal gameplay is interrupted for a sequence in which you have to save her - it’s one of my favorite moments in Twilight Princess, and the Zelda franchise/gaming in general. If it weren’t for the damn enemy music interrupting it 😂😂
And if you fuck up FUCK YOU cuz you have to start the battle all over again. And let me tell you… it makes this scene so much more adrenaline filled. It’s amazing because you worked hard and killed a demon king just to have the possibility of saving her and you can still royally get screwed.
So I played the whole game with kids 6 and under watching and when Link caught Zelda and shielded her as they reached the water my kids starting cheering with joy that Link was able to save her after such a long journey. Definitely something I'll remember for a long long time to come and who knows, maybe they will remember it forever too :) Ending the game this way was literal perfection
I know this comment is old. I just wanted to say, I grew up playing Zelda with my dad and my older brother. I was 6 when Twilight Princess came out, and I remember it all. Still a huge fan of Zelda and those are happy memories.
@@Sab3na that's awesome those are some of your favorite memories growing up! Since beating tears of the kingdom I've gone through and played skyward sword which my kids loved that one just as much, my oldest got a little teary eyed when Fi and Impa disappeared
@@jimnfl7134 he sort of did, clutching her close to himself before they hit the water. She said she woke up after feeling "a warm loving embrace." That was his, hands down. She didn't wake up after her body was restored by Rauru and Sonia. She was still unconscious while plummeting down. Link woke her up.
@@jimnfl7134 well then it's up to our imaginations and ZeLink shippers. It's like the final battle of Spirit Tracks. They hold hands both on the sword to deliver the final thrust and after. In Skyward Sword Zelda says she wants to live on the land, feel it under her feet. She asks what Link wants to do. His face lights up then the camera pans to their Loftwings flying off together like 2 literal lovebirds. Remember the Skyloftians share a mental connection to their birds.
This could be my favorite finale to any game. The descent into the deepest chasm of The Depths, the ominous music, the Sages coming in to help, the best boss fight in the Zelda series, and finally ending with the most tear jerking happy ending possible😭
I have played nearly every Zelda game, I have always been a huge fan of the series since picking up Wind Waker in 2nd grade and it means so much more to me than I could express. My wife and I were supposed to go on a camping trip the day that ToTK came out but unfortunately both got covid. I decided to pick up the game and we made an indoor campsite in our living room. This was my wife's first Zelda game, and when we got to this scene we were a mess, I am talking full ugly cry, sniffling because were still ill, and holding trying to hold each other together. After we got a hold of ourselves we just sat there and embraced, I got to share something that has been a big part of my life with the person I chose to spend the rest of it with. This game will forever hold a special place in my heart because of this moment.
Man I had the same with my oldest son (7 years old). We went to fight ganon early, failed to get through his army. Did so much to get stronger and came back, and managed to defeat everything through the end. As the credits rolled we were both sobbing and he gave me a big hug. Zelda has been a staple of my life, and to see him have a simular reaction for his first zelda game beaten speaks to the masterpiece that Nintendo created here. What a helluva game and ending
In case anyone is curious, they’re having this conversation on Mabe Prairie, and the lake they dive into is unnamed. They’re sitting on the hill to the left of the lake.
Missed opportunity to have them dive into the heart shaped lake in Faron. Yeah, I know the battle takes place in the skies around Hyrule Castle, but c’mon! We need crumbs!
@@seansilence2697I'd like to think that canonically, the battle with ganondorf was so intense that any head piece you had was knocked off or burned off, as well as your shirt.
When Zelda says she was sleeping until she was awakened, I guess that means from her perspective, the amount of time that passed between her blacking out from transforming into the Light Dragon and regaining consciousness upon changing back was maybe a few seconds, even though thousands of years had passed? That makes the most sense to me, since she doesn't remember being a dragon. I imagine the most traumatic thing about the experience would have been mentally contemplating undergoing draconification and then the pain she felt when she swallowed the stone, convinced that she would never turn back. I would hope looking at Link's photos of her light dragon form wouldn't be too stressful for her. 😰
Thousands of years? My guy, the sheikah attack on calamaty ganon was only 10,000 years ago. The era of the Imprisoning War had to of been even longer than 10,000 years ago
@@neevalmoosai1945But there were Rito in TOTK's flashback. So, the timeline is even more muddled since we're led to believe that BOTW converged the timelines and occured after it, yet TOTK implies that it's both a prequel to all the Zelda games and a succession of the convergence of the timelines. I'm almost feeling that every Zelda game is like a different iteration of a spiderman universe. All of them have similar elements, events, and people, but they all have a slightly different history.
Truly amazing. It's incredible how most of us were like "I wonder if I'll ever enjoy such a game in my life" when finishing BotW and Nintendo managed to literally make a sequel which makes you speechless, scenario and gameplay wise. I have absolutely NO idea what Nintendo has in mind now for that franchise but wow.
@@loganvest367 that's amazing! I love how this franchise brings everyone from all ages together; I'm 16 and I've been a fan since I was probably 6 years old. I have younger siblings and once they reach the maturity of understanding the mood Zelda tries to convey I'll definitely make them play it. I have first played BotW when I finished elementary school, and I finished TotK halfway through my highschool journey. Words can't describe how much I loved TotK, from gameplay to scenario it was amazing. All I can hope for now is that this game wins game of the year so I can shout in front of my TV during the game awards in december xD Anyways continue to enjoy this game with your daughter. My parents didn't introduce me to Zelda nor played with me, but the fact you play with you daughter is really amazing, she'll have amazing memories over the years, so it's one of the best gifts you can offer her. I wish you guys the best and continue enjoying!
1:36 Zelda is positioned the same way as Sheeta when she floats down from Studio Ghibli’s Castle in The Sky. All the sky islands felt like a breathing studio ghibli world to me, especially the intital thunder storm on dragon head (or isle) islands because that how Laputa was surrounded when you watch the movie. the nods to ghibli is astounding to me
Due to botw and totk drawing such heavy inspiration from those movies, isn't it any wonder why many would love if a zelda movie was done in the ghibli art style?
Yup. I think when the Light Dragon rushed to Link's aid against the Demon Dragon despite the fact that any trace of Zelda should be gone, Rauru and Sonia came to understand what draconification truly is. It doesn't destroy the individual's spirit, it merely puts it to sleep within their new body, like how their power remains dormant until they find something to truly love and fight for. Therefore, they can use their Light and Time powers to allow Link to reach her Light and Time spirit and have her feel the presence of the one she loves most and sacrificed everything for, finally waking her up.
Just finished the game. I thought it would be a sad ending: Demon King was defeated but Zelda can’t change back to her Hylian form so she went away to somewhere far away. Link’s replacement arm vanished after he completed his mission. Although he returned as a hero, he lived the rest of his life in solitude as a one arm swordsman.
Again, Nintendo made a masterpiece of an ending for a masterpiece of a game that is now my favorite of all time. The amount of emotion i felt when the black screen showed the title is absolutely unreal.
Tears of the kingdom.......I want everyone to know that I grew up with this whole franchise. There wasn't too many Zelda games that made cry like a baby......but damn, this one did. They really outdid themselves with this game.
You're telling me that plunging from thousands of feet in the air into a lake isn't enough to shock her ass out of slumber? She just daintly flutters her eyes awake after Link pulls her to shore like she just got done a catnap? Wish I had her power.
@@agenderwitchery technically longer than 10,000 years ago, shes been asleep since the foundation of hyrule shes' super ancient Zonai were ancient the moment Sheikah creating their tech
I just beat the game. I'm not the one to get emotional and stuff, but damn. Once that theme hit during Link and Zelda's fall. I was hyped and happy that Zelda was saved.
At the beginning of the game, there are two covered murals next to the ones Zelda takes pictures of. If you watched during the beginning of the credits you will see Zelda recieving the Master Sword from Link. When I realized this I started going crazy, as if the murals were uncovered, they would have seen Zelda in the past. Props to Nintendo for this easter egg. Amazing ending btw!
Same thing with the master sword. The light dragon doesn’t have the sword until link sends it back in the present, and no light streaks coming from its horn either
I kinda hope a dlc story involves us going around rebuilding Hyrule. It was cool to see the world rebuilt slightly in the background. But would be even cooler to see happen in Real time, idk. 🤷♂️
I wanted to see the hug SO BAD. But my guess is it might be because hugs and shows of affection are different in Japan than here? Still. This warranted at least a hug, platonic or otherwise
5:26 anyone else get affected by Zelda's line "Oh, Link, you really did it" ? To me it's so powerful because of how casual it is, as in it the intensity of the relief and joy Zelda is feeling breaks through her elegant way of speaking. Like she really can't believe it, her voice is breaking, she thought she was gone forever but they won against the unbelievable odds 🥹
I love how that last "Hold" command is emphasized with bold, red text. It's like a mix of the game cheering you on and begging for you to not screw this up. Like, _this is it._ ...So naturally the person who made the video slips that part up. XD
Saving Zelda from the fall is the cherry on top. Every great climax has that oh shit moment where even after the main threat is gone, the characters are still in danger from the situation which I always love to see.
Was anyone else expecting the castle to just collapse back into the hole after ganon died? I know there is technically a pillar holding it up, but i prefer to think that the gloom is pushing it upwards
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Why Nintendo, why couldn't you even make them hug?? I'm not even asking any kiss out of you, just Zelda rushing to hug Link at the end of the cutscene. Do you know how happy that would already make me??
It seems that Nintendo was afraid that Link would show that he likes Zelda but we know they sleep in the same bed, they didn't want to suggest that somehow after that scene they were going home to f**k like there was no tomorrow which any normal couple would have done.
True masterpiece. Rather than visually bombard players with particle effects and shaking screens like the ps5, Nintendo delights the player with soft beautiful graphics and calm cutscenes. The player is given space to feel some emotion.
This was an absolute joy to experience it was worth the wait and I will remember this game for a very long time Hats off to everyone who helped pull off such a game
I came to this vid cause I accidentally skipped the end cut scene missing everything because for some reason I wanted to pause the game and go into the menu lol 😂
I really hope there's a triquel (like a sequel but three? Idk.) To this game. Botw and Totk were both MASTERPIECES (I'm not even that far into totk, but ik what I'm doing bc I watched gameplay before getting it.) If there isn't a third game in this timeline, I swear I'm going to die
How would they even go about a third game tho? Totk seemed to have tied up all the loose ends, at best we might get dlc that goes a little more in depth but that's about it
@@lalalalalalalablablablablabla AoC doesn't count, it's not canon to the story of BOTW and TOTK and it's a completely different genre of game by a completely different developer
i don't understand why they healed his arm when rauru's gave him so many benefits. i don't think he wanted his boring one back lol it's like he stole back a present he gave him
Personally i think the power in the arm, paired with the remaining power of Rauru and Sonia, was what it took to restore Zelda and as a result the arm “died” finally and returned to Rauru
Anyone else notice that the the sound the master sword makes is the same sound from skyward sword when Fi comes out to tell you something you already knew😂
the fact that people STILL are trying to justify anything else winning GOTY is laughable. i always direct them to that final boss fight and this scene.
See Zelda wasn't rewinded back from her dragon from to human form, she remembers her time as a dragon, even though she compares it to sleeping. That thing pulled of by Rauru and Sonia happened because the goddesses employed their spirit to perform a miracle.
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my favorite part about the ending in this game is that they forcibly remove any of the upper armor you have on. Nintendo saw the botw tingel armor ending video and said they didn’t want that to happen again
And because you have to be able to see the arm
😂
My thoughts exactly lolll
Nah I think rauru is gay he removed links clothes twice in this game
Lmao
They said "You WILL appreciate this scene"
I love how quickly this scene goes from "Holy shit I saved Zelda!" to "Holy shit, I still need to save Zelda!" in two seconds.
I love how it started with you failing to catch Zelda but ends with you successfully doing it and the music
I did exactly the same thing, I thought it would be a rapid hit then I just failed😅.
@@JianbangGuo you misunderstood the comment
@@moaimemes5843you misunderstood the comment
@@payasita01 nope bud. The beginning of the game starts with you failing to grab Zelda and the ending of it is you succeeding. The first person replying thinks the comment is referring to you missing at the end of the game.
Even more perfect, this song is called "Not This Time" in the OST.
Bravo to who ever put the quest completion at the end. Hits hard
BoTW did the same thing, but it also means you cannot get those quests marked as complete on your save.
I love that this time the final quest you complete isn't defeating Ganon, it's something much more important. Finding Zelda and bringing her back home
@@becky6505I love it. Shows how much Link loves her.
It represents something deeper.. the sword reached me personally 🙏
@@ridingatractor7616 i mean its literally his job so.
I love this ending, the two games start with Zelda waking you up and Tears of the Kingdom ends with Link waking Zelda up
Mirrors alot to Skyward Sword
@@VergilGaming19 Which fits even more
@@VergilGaming19 I was gonna say that but then I thought nobody would get that because apparently nobody else has played SS
@@BowlOSoup6661 Ironic, I haven't even played Skyward Sword lol.
@@VergilGaming19 :(
I love how in these games, Zelda becomes more like able. She’s a scholar, dedicated, smart and a bit insecure about her true power, You WANT to save her. She straight up helps you just like you help her in this battle. Her and Link are a team and act like one. I love this version of Zelda a hell of a lot more!
Zelda in Skyward Sword aswell
Zelda in Spirit Tracks too ^^
I liked her in Hyrule Warriors
she and link screwed up for 100 years during calamity.
they couldnt afford to fail again.
The moment she began to become redeemable in BotW, it was too late lmao
What's super brilliant about this, is that this sequence easily could've just been a full cutscene where you watch Link dive after her and save her. But instead, they made it a full gameplay sequence where YOU dive after her, and YOU save her. That tiny bit of extra player interaction intensifies this scene a thousand fold.
That's what real video games used to do. This game took me back to real gaming. It's been years since I played something like this
Reminds me a bit of Midna’s Lament. Granted, there’s no actual time limit to that sequence; no point at which you can see Midna *actually die* if you fail, but the fact that all normal gameplay is interrupted for a sequence in which you have to save her - it’s one of my favorite moments in Twilight Princess, and the Zelda franchise/gaming in general.
If it weren’t for the damn enemy music interrupting it 😂😂
And if you fuck up FUCK YOU cuz you have to start the battle all over again. And let me tell you… it makes this scene so much more adrenaline filled. It’s amazing because you worked hard and killed a demon king just to have the possibility of saving her and you can still royally get screwed.
So I played the whole game with kids 6 and under watching and when Link caught Zelda and shielded her as they reached the water my kids starting cheering with joy that Link was able to save her after such a long journey. Definitely something I'll remember for a long long time to come and who knows, maybe they will remember it forever too :) Ending the game this way was literal perfection
This comment hit me in the feels
I know this comment is old. I just wanted to say, I grew up playing Zelda with my dad and my older brother. I was 6 when Twilight Princess came out, and I remember it all. Still a huge fan of Zelda and those are happy memories.
@@Sab3na that's awesome those are some of your favorite memories growing up! Since beating tears of the kingdom I've gone through and played skyward sword which my kids loved that one just as much, my oldest got a little teary eyed when Fi and Impa disappeared
Link catching Zelda is one of the greatest moments in Zelda history. Hands down.
I haven't played many zelda games but from what I know this is one of the best moments in gaming in gaming
@@JoshTheWoz Wished they would have at least Hugged each other.
@@jimnfl7134 he sort of did, clutching her close to himself before they hit the water. She said she woke up after feeling "a warm loving embrace." That was his, hands down. She didn't wake up after her body was restored by Rauru and Sonia. She was still unconscious while plummeting down. Link woke her up.
@@burger_kinghorn Zelda was asleep i mean a Hug after Zelda realized that Link saved her.
@@jimnfl7134 well then it's up to our imaginations and ZeLink shippers.
It's like the final battle of Spirit Tracks. They hold hands both on the sword to deliver the final thrust and after.
In Skyward Sword Zelda says she wants to live on the land, feel it under her feet. She asks what Link wants to do. His face lights up then the camera pans to their Loftwings flying off together like 2 literal lovebirds. Remember the Skyloftians share a mental connection to their birds.
Probably one of the most happiest and satisfying ending to a Zelda game
I said most happiest im an idiot
Nah they should have kissed
@@strxwberrypuffagreed, mario is too spoiled and kisses peach every game.
@@strxwberrypuff Fr call me selfish but I really wanted a disney ending where they kiss or AT LEAST HUG
@@strxwberrypuff exactly
This could be my favorite finale to any game. The descent into the deepest chasm of The Depths, the ominous music, the Sages coming in to help, the best boss fight in the Zelda series, and finally ending with the most tear jerking happy ending possible😭
seriously!! i loved the ending and final fight sooo much!!
I have played nearly every Zelda game, I have always been a huge fan of the series since picking up Wind Waker in 2nd grade and it means so much more to me than I could express. My wife and I were supposed to go on a camping trip the day that ToTK came out but unfortunately both got covid. I decided to pick up the game and we made an indoor campsite in our living room. This was my wife's first Zelda game, and when we got to this scene we were a mess, I am talking full ugly cry, sniffling because were still ill, and holding trying to hold each other together. After we got a hold of ourselves we just sat there and embraced, I got to share something that has been a big part of my life with the person I chose to spend the rest of it with. This game will forever hold a special place in my heart because of this moment.
Man I had the same with my oldest son (7 years old). We went to fight ganon early, failed to get through his army. Did so much to get stronger and came back, and managed to defeat everything through the end. As the credits rolled we were both sobbing and he gave me a big hug. Zelda has been a staple of my life, and to see him have a simular reaction for his first zelda game beaten speaks to the masterpiece that Nintendo created here. What a helluva game and ending
@bobbyliink218 Hate to say it but WW is over 20 years old 😂
@@tharagz08 We love to see that!
Very nice story. Thank you for sharing! Zelda means so much to me too. Been a fan since Wind Waker!
I'm not crying on the bus 😢.. You are 😭
In case anyone is curious, they’re having this conversation on Mabe Prairie, and the lake they dive into is unnamed. They’re sitting on the hill to the left of the lake.
Missed opportunity to have them dive into the heart shaped lake in Faron. Yeah, I know the battle takes place in the skies around Hyrule Castle, but c’mon! We need crumbs!
@@megasean3000Zelda did say “when i felt a warm loving embrace, i woke up” sooooo
Working that theme with "i felt something... Like a warm loving embrace" i immediately was sobbing like a newborn
What a beautiful way to wake up after centuries of being alone
Do you want to watch me play my game
I wonder if i'll be able to play another masterpiece like this in my life.
Probably the next Zelda game
i remember thinking that after finishing botw and well, here we are yet again
@Snivy036yeah FF16, sure...
@Snivy036FF16 is not a masterpiece 😂😂
These games are similar:
Devil May Cry 5
Middle Earth: Shadow of War
Metal Gear Solid V
Elden Ring
Darksiders 2
So are we just gonna ignore Rauru taking our shirt off.... Again?
Never forgetting that, I will have revenge on him idc if he’s dead
@@modcon-based113nah brother rauru represents something much deeper beyond your understanding.
Lmao it's just so you can see the arm
@@seansilence2697I'd like to think that canonically, the battle with ganondorf was so intense that any head piece you had was knocked off or burned off, as well as your shirt.
@@ShadowSkyXhow did thine pantaloons not burneth off
I'm honestly surprised that no one else seemed to notice that 4:12 is the first time we've ever gotten to see Link hold Zelda in a bridal carry.
That part at the end when Zelda said: Link, we really are the tears of the kingdom" hit me right in the feels 😢
When link said “it’s kingdoming time” and kingdomed all over the place I started balling on floor, the narrative is such a masterpiece
@@modcon-based113 absolute peak storytelling
Zelda: You did it Link…you found the Link to the Past
"Maybe the real wild were the breaths we made along the way"
@@theunicornenthusiast7194Link, allow me to play this song for you on my Ocarina of Time.
I love how it fades to black and then tells you that you completed the “Find Princess Zelda” mission. That is a chef’s kiss.
The “I’m home” at the end hits really hard. She certainly took the long way home.
I completely lost it when he grabbed her hand, he finally reached her 😭😭😭 such a good game ❤
How is it a good game?
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It's A WONDERFULL GAME!
@@Luzox1 Very much agreed!!
Show of hands: who gets a MASSIVE case of goosebumps when Zelda's Lullaby starts playing, around about 2:54?
I was an absolute wreck during this finale. 😭 11/10 game 🐉
I wish Zelda and Link at Least Hugged each other. They should be in Love.
When Zelda says she was sleeping until she was awakened, I guess that means from her perspective, the amount of time that passed between her blacking out from transforming into the Light Dragon and regaining consciousness upon changing back was maybe a few seconds, even though thousands of years had passed? That makes the most sense to me, since she doesn't remember being a dragon. I imagine the most traumatic thing about the experience would have been mentally contemplating undergoing draconification and then the pain she felt when she swallowed the stone, convinced that she would never turn back. I would hope looking at Link's photos of her light dragon form wouldn't be too stressful for her. 😰
Thousands of years? My guy, the sheikah attack on calamaty ganon was only 10,000 years ago. The era of the Imprisoning War had to of been even longer than 10,000 years ago
She technically lived through every zelda game other than skyward sword
@@neevalmoosai1945no... The map is exactly the same between totk past and botw/totk present, meaning there are no Zelda games in between
@@neevalmoosai1945No, she didn’t.
@@neevalmoosai1945But there were Rito in TOTK's flashback. So, the timeline is even more muddled since we're led to believe that BOTW converged the timelines and occured after it, yet TOTK implies that it's both a prequel to all the Zelda games and a succession of the convergence of the timelines.
I'm almost feeling that every Zelda game is like a different iteration of a spiderman universe. All of them have similar elements, events, and people, but they all have a slightly different history.
Truly amazing. It's incredible how most of us were like "I wonder if I'll ever enjoy such a game in my life" when finishing BotW and Nintendo managed to literally make a sequel which makes you speechless, scenario and gameplay wise. I have absolutely NO idea what Nintendo has in mind now for that franchise but wow.
One of the best games of all time.
@@loganvest367 clearly
@@Link-Link I'm 35 and just finished TOTK with my daughter. It's her favorite game easil.
I started BOTW skeptical.. I ended TOTK a believer.
@@loganvest367 that's amazing! I love how this franchise brings everyone from all ages together; I'm 16 and I've been a fan since I was probably 6 years old. I have younger siblings and once they reach the maturity of understanding the mood Zelda tries to convey I'll definitely make them play it.
I have first played BotW when I finished elementary school, and I finished TotK halfway through my highschool journey.
Words can't describe how much I loved TotK, from gameplay to scenario it was amazing. All I can hope for now is that this game wins game of the year so I can shout in front of my TV during the game awards in december xD
Anyways continue to enjoy this game with your daughter. My parents didn't introduce me to Zelda nor played with me, but the fact you play with you daughter is really amazing, she'll have amazing memories over the years, so it's one of the best gifts you can offer her.
I wish you guys the best and continue enjoying!
Truly
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1:36 Zelda is positioned the same way as Sheeta when she floats down from Studio Ghibli’s Castle in The Sky. All the sky islands felt like a breathing studio ghibli world to me, especially the intital thunder storm on dragon head (or isle) islands because that how Laputa was surrounded when you watch the movie. the nods to ghibli is astounding to me
Due to botw and totk drawing such heavy inspiration from those movies, isn't it any wonder why many would love if a zelda movie was done in the ghibli art style?
Rauru’s power, Sonia’s time powers and Link’s love were the keys to bring Zelda back from her Draconification.
Yup. I think when the Light Dragon rushed to Link's aid against the Demon Dragon despite the fact that any trace of Zelda should be gone, Rauru and Sonia came to understand what draconification truly is. It doesn't destroy the individual's spirit, it merely puts it to sleep within their new body, like how their power remains dormant until they find something to truly love and fight for. Therefore, they can use their Light and Time powers to allow Link to reach her Light and Time spirit and have her feel the presence of the one she loves most and sacrificed everything for, finally waking her up.
@@speedude0164I completely agree😍❤
Just finished the game. I thought it would be a sad ending: Demon King was defeated but Zelda can’t change back to her Hylian form so she went away to somewhere far away. Link’s replacement arm vanished after he completed his mission. Although he returned as a hero, he lived the rest of his life in solitude as a one arm swordsman.
Have Zelda hug Link and tweak her dialogue a bit and you've got a near perfect ending.
I was waiting for a hug as well. Maybe even just a hand hold..
@@grapes2268 no, takes away the power of the moment
The subtle crescendo at 5:09 was too good, along with the suspended cymbal roll. Such beautiful music.
Again, Nintendo made a masterpiece of an ending for a masterpiece of a game that is now my favorite of all time. The amount of emotion i felt when the black screen showed the title is absolutely unreal.
Finally a game that felt like it was made by real gamers. Like it was in the 90s. My new favorite of all time as well.
Tears of the kingdom.......I want everyone to know that I grew up with this whole franchise. There wasn't too many Zelda games that made cry like a baby......but damn, this one did. They really outdid themselves with this game.
😂❤
You're telling me that plunging from thousands of feet in the air into a lake isn't enough to shock her ass out of slumber? She just daintly flutters her eyes awake after Link pulls her to shore like she just got done a catnap? Wish I had her power.
Link knows his shit tho
the woman was unconscious for 10,000 years let her sleep
she’s built different
@@agenderwitchery technically longer than 10,000 years ago, shes been asleep since the foundation of hyrule
shes' super ancient
Zonai were ancient the moment Sheikah creating their tech
How did she not lose her memory like link lost his memory sleeping 100 years Zelda been asleep for god knows how many
0:55 Honestly my favorite part. That little determined look lol.
Same love how he realises “well this might help my girl so here I go”
I just beat the game. I'm not the one to get emotional and stuff, but damn. Once that theme hit during Link and Zelda's fall. I was hyped and happy that Zelda was saved.
I genuinely thought she was gonna stay as a dragon so when I saw this I was so happy
My favourite part of TOTK was when Link said "It's Linkin' time!" and linked together a bunch of Zonai parts to build a horrific Korok torture device
🤣
At the beginning of the game, there are two covered murals next to the ones Zelda takes pictures of. If you watched during the beginning of the credits you will see Zelda recieving the Master Sword from Link. When I realized this I started going crazy, as if the murals were uncovered, they would have seen Zelda in the past. Props to Nintendo for this easter egg. Amazing ending btw!
Same thing with the master sword. The light dragon doesn’t have the sword until link sends it back in the present, and no light streaks coming from its horn either
look how he's holding her at ~3:45 :(( its so sweet
I wanted them to hug so badly...
Wasn't Link holding Zelda as they're falling down is kinda like a hug?
@@AnimeIsMeName ye and also A BRIDAL CARRY
The devs decided to drop a MASTERCLASS on the ending of the game
I love this. This is the ending of 7 years of Botw and Totk. I love it.
i just want to have a version were there is game after you beat Ganon I think it would be cool to run around rebuilding hyrule
I kinda hope a dlc story involves us going around rebuilding Hyrule. It was cool to see the world rebuilt slightly in the background. But would be even cooler to see happen in Real time, idk. 🤷♂️
SAME I've been saying this since I finished BOTW years ago 😭
The way the music is perfectly timed it u do the sequence perfectly is amazing
I LOVED that feeling when I was skydiving to catch zelda!
She 😂❤was Goregous
Link and Zelda didn't HUG, and I'm so upset
Though I guess you could say grabbing her was the embrace 🫠👍
bet ya a dollar they did offscreen
I wanted to see the hug SO BAD. But my guess is it might be because hugs and shows of affection are different in Japan than here? Still. This warranted at least a hug, platonic or otherwise
@@Psyducks-headacheWell it does look like she kisses him at 6:31.
“…a warm loving embrace…”
Sonia and Rauru? Or maybe Link rescuing her while falling?
The moment she realizes that Ganondorf is really gone thanks to Link hits hard, she's so relieved
I love everything about this ending
So she didn’t wake when they hit the water or in the water but when he gently lays her on the ground in the sun
I took it as her just being really sleepy and it took a while for her to gain consciousness
If I lost consciousness for 100 thousand years I wouldn't wake up from that
That moment where you finally complete the quest is sooo good. I didn't think they could top the Defeat Ganon one from BotW but they did it.
That ending, diving through the sky to finally catch Zelda!!! Honestly, that is my favorite gaming moment EVER
Girls:Boys dont cry.
Boys when Zelda says ,,Thank You":
1:25 I love that slowed down version of Zelda’s theme
hearing zelda's lullaby makes me so nostalgic
When the music hits right when he wakes up at 2:28, I still get shivers and tear up
It should have said "open your eyes" 😭
5:26 anyone else get affected by Zelda's line "Oh, Link, you really did it" ?
To me it's so powerful because of how casual it is, as in it the intensity of the relief and joy Zelda is feeling breaks through her elegant way of speaking. Like she really can't believe it, her voice is breaking, she thought she was gone forever but they won against the unbelievable odds 🥹
Absolutely. That and the line where she says "I'm not in a dream right?", ugh, so powerful
I absolutely bawled my eyes out 😭😭😭
I loved the End , it was so good and brought me again to cry
The track at 14:12 absolutely SLAPS 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
SO TRUE
I do not care how vague Nintendo wants it to be. This Link and Zelda are in love, and nobody can tell me otherwise.
I love how that last "Hold" command is emphasized with bold, red text. It's like a mix of the game cheering you on and begging for you to not screw this up. Like, _this is it._
...So naturally the person who made the video slips that part up. XD
Saving Zelda from the fall is the cherry on top. Every great climax has that oh shit moment where even after the main threat is gone, the characters are still in danger from the situation which I always love to see.
Was anyone else expecting the castle to just collapse back into the hole after ganon died? I know there is technically a pillar holding it up, but i prefer to think that the gloom is pushing it upwards
Why Nintendo, why couldn't you even make them hug?? I'm not even asking any kiss out of you, just Zelda rushing to hug Link at the end of the cutscene. Do you know how happy that would already make me??
It seems that Nintendo was afraid that Link would show that he likes Zelda but we know they sleep in the same bed, they didn't want to suggest that somehow after that scene they were going home to f**k like there was no tomorrow which any normal couple would have done.
@@Camachox lol
*and then they both died from hitting the lake at terminal velocity*
Lmao I was just thinking that they better be glad this is a video game otherwise they’d both be pulverized hitting the water from that high up.
True masterpiece.
Rather than visually bombard players with particle effects and shaking screens like the ps5, Nintendo delights the player with soft beautiful graphics and calm cutscenes. The player is given space to feel some emotion.
Zelda's voice acting wgen she first wakes up is heartbreaking, her voice acting is so good
Now we all know they love each other…..BUT COULD YOU TWO KISS ALREADY?!
exaaaactly!
I think the final scene before the credits was just a way for the developers to show how much they've improved Zelda's smile from BOTW.
what an ending to a spectacular game
I'd say 50% of people have missed the first grab
Proud to say I was on point and got to her first try. I was so locked in lmao. Can't blame anyone who didn't though, such a beautiful scene.
Happy to say I got it first try. Didn't even know you could miss it until now.😂
I wanted to see them splat
@@joelsytairo6338 hello brother in chaos-
I did. But I think it works thematically, where Link fumbles for a bit, but determined to make sure he doesn't fail again... not like back then...
This was an absolute joy to experience it was worth the wait and I will remember this game for a very long time
Hats off to everyone who helped pull off such a game
the music is what sold these final few moments to me. such great orchestral work. a masterpiece, in my eyes.
I came to this vid cause I accidentally skipped the end cut scene missing everything because for some reason I wanted to pause the game and go into the menu lol 😂
The Zelda theme had me bawling
I loved the soundtrack to this.
The parallels between this and the beginning is literally peak story telling
4:25 The Princess Mononoke similarities once again. 🤩
I really hope there's a triquel (like a sequel but three? Idk.) To this game.
Botw and Totk were both MASTERPIECES (I'm not even that far into totk, but ik what I'm doing bc I watched gameplay before getting it.)
If there isn't a third game in this timeline, I swear I'm going to die
Trilogy is the word you're looking for
You’d need a new map for that, and at that idk if it could be considered a triquel of totk
How would they even go about a third game tho? Totk seemed to have tied up all the loose ends, at best we might get dlc that goes a little more in depth but that's about it
it's already a trilogy... Age of Calamity being the second
@@lalalalalalalablablablablabla AoC doesn't count, it's not canon to the story of BOTW and TOTK and it's a completely different genre of game by a completely different developer
i don't understand why they healed his arm when rauru's gave him so many benefits. i don't think he wanted his boring one back lol it's like he stole back a present he gave him
Personally i think the power in the arm, paired with the remaining power of Rauru and Sonia, was what it took to restore Zelda and as a result the arm “died” finally and returned to Rauru
i wish he kept it or like had to get a cool prosthetic made by robbie
@@THuecoT yeah I'd still rather have the arm
Noo I was so sad when Link lost his arm 😭😂 that's his sword wielding arm, it's the most important arm Link has in every Zelda game 😂
I wish i could experience this the 1st time again. I cried!!!!!
i sobbed so hard when i finished the game the other day. i took my time…it was so worth it
And at the end, she said she woke up to a "warm, loving embrace"
2:28 I love it when the music kicks in when link is falling to catch Zelda
Anyone else notice that the the sound the master sword makes is the same sound from skyward sword when Fi comes out to tell you something you already knew😂
Hands down greatest ending to a Zelda Game ive seen in my life
Great ending but I was disappointed that there wasn’t an actual postgame
I just finished ToTK, just leaving a comment, dont watch this video, this is something you have to experience by yourself
Best game ive ever played
1:25 i wonder if they knew what this song was going to become when they made it all those years ago.
song name please, im in love
@@IsmaelMartinez_TVZelda’s lullaby from multiple games, just slowed down a lot here
Everyone: *Talking about how wholesome the scene is*
Me: Ey! Link got his arm back!
the fact that people STILL are trying to justify anything else winning GOTY is laughable. i always direct them to that final boss fight and this scene.
Baldur's Gate must've been one goddamn hell of a game.
2:40
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation" starts playing.
See Zelda wasn't rewinded back from her dragon from to human form, she remembers her time as a dragon, even though she compares it to sleeping. That thing pulled of by Rauru and Sonia happened because the goddesses employed their spirit to perform a miracle.
The only thing missing was a kiss or at least a hug. Curse you Nintendo for teasing us about Zelink in this universe.
This was one of my favourite game endings of all time
This game got robbed of GOTY.
Honesty this is the best ending in the zelda franchise. It have it all
the music is so goood
God, what a perfect game. Ive played every major zelda game from the first, and this one is the best. Nintendo keeps getting better with age.
The endings beautiful! Oh I wish Teba could have been in this final scene. He would have loved this moment he’d be so proud of his son.
The piano in the first bit was a nice calm vibe to the ending not to mention the music is the best part of the game😂