I feel like we should take a second to acknowledge how scary it is that the Master Sword broke. If Malice really is, well, malice, then that means Ganondorf destroyed the Master Sword, an ancient, god-forged weapon designed specifically to kill him, through nothing but _sheer force of hate._
Come a long way from those puny malice crystals in Skyward sword, that's for sure. Or remember the malice in the ancient cistern how it only stopped you from attacking.
He's been practicing hate for about as long as Hyrule has existed. In this world, the sacred realm, the twilight realm, living and dead. He's inflamed nipples are as the warrenous hives of infinite bees.
If Fi does happen to make a comeback, it would be amazing if she had some design change, to show that she grew with her time in the Master Sword, and was perhaps absorbing information as time passed. Maybe she’ll be more of a fleshed-out character and less of that Annoying and Persistant Automaton
Hope we get to actually use the corrupted sword, acting like a weak short sword, and slowly becoming a stronger and longer blade. My main complaint being that in newer playthroughs, sometimes all my weapons would break, this would allow the game to have a last resort weapon.
Time reversal could be another way to restore the Master Sword, similar to the ability we see in the trailer. This doesn't necessarily mean time travel, but maybe it can go thru stages as it would require some way to purify the malice spread all over Hyrule by Ganon and remove the curse, allowing portions of the sword to grow back... Some more stuff popped in my head just now, but I'm also half asleep 😴
yeah, some theorize that the hilt of the master sword has or is made of time stone, stones that appeared in Skyward Sword's desert region that when struck temporarily reverse time around them to the lush land it once was, which would explain its regenerative/everlasting properties.
I like the idea that Time shenanigans are gonna return to Zelda. I know Nintendo wants to move away from all of the stuff we traditionally see as "Zelda", such as Time Travel, but it is clear that Time Travel has always been a big part in the Zelda Series.
It could be used as a temporary fix and would be a interesting mechanic and make it so you have to judge when to restore it in a battle before it is fully repaired
That ending XDD Also I realize I hadn't taken in the magnitude of the sword being broken, it really just shows that this Ganondorf is extremely smart in taking out all the major key players like in BotW with the guardians and champions, but instead of just being told then fighting a bestial form of Ganon, we get to actually to go against that Ganondorf, which I'm really excited about
I think it's also important to consider what this means for link. We've seen that link's condition and the master sword's condition mirror eachother. Since link probably won't constantly be on the verge of death throughout the game, and we can also see link's blackened hand quite clearly in the trailer, I think it's safe to assume that he is corrupted by malice, like the sword.
Mmmm not so much, I mean he clearly lost his arm in some form, but this seems more like some form of magic, plus is resembles the hand holding Ganon captive, making me think it’s more so…a blessing, that the spells final power was to restore Links arm, to allow him to banish/seal/kill Ganon again
The Malice acts like a really strong acid, eating away at the actual metal of the blade. It makes sense if you think about it from a story-perspective. In BOTW, it was shown slightly eaten away at from the contact it made with the Malice in all the corrupted Guardians Link fought on his and Zelda's escape. Now as has been seen the trailers of the sequel, Link has the sword drawn and a stream of pure Malice has enveloped it which could lead to Link dropping it and the Malice goes after it but the Hand Entity somehow prevents the Malice from completely destroying the blade leading to the state we have seen in the latest trailer. It's possible that the Hand Entity somehow tapped into the sword's time control capability and put the Malice that remains on the blade into a long term stasis or a state of time dilation so what seems like a second to the Malice is in reality several days or even weeks. After all, Link has been shown to have the capability of several seconds worth time-reversal through the hand and the Ancient Shiekah having the ability of actual stasis which they put as an actual feature of the Slate.
You’re definitely right about malice being corrosive, cause if I recall correctly, all the weapons found near Malice in BOTW were all rusty. Link just needs to throw the Master Sword into a Stone Octorock’s mouth and BAM, fixed😂😂😂
I would actually love to see more types of weapons in botw2. In the main game we had dual handed weapons, one handed weapons and a shield, spears and bows, which were used by the champions, but I think it would be cool to see 4 new types, maybe gauntlets, dual wielded daggers/short-swords, crossbows and some shieka gun or something.
I could definitely see crossbows making a comeback alongside things like whips, daggers, hammers, etc. Maybe a sort of fantasy version of a blunderbuss for more ranged weapon variety.
Honestly I’m kind of hyped for this journey. It is a bit painful to see the sword reduced to this. All the more so after replaying Skyward Sword last year. But in that sense we could get to go on that kind of journey once more. Reforging the sword, truly rebuilding it and maybe getting it to the strongest state it’s ever been in. I may not be the biggest fan of Fi. But she deserves better than being left in this condition.
my thought is that the *rebirth* of the master sword, reforged in the way it was formed originally, will lead to it having a new design in ongoing games. It may be some small differences, but it could be interesting to have it look a bit different.
I know this isn't related to the subject of the video, but the shot of the hole in the Yiga clan's base caused me to think maybe that's the hole leading to the cave that Link and Zelda are seen exploring in the trailer. It would make sense for the Yiga Clan to have a tunnel to Ganondorf's body, maybe sealed in some way that they couldn't open and only Link and Zelda are able to open (either by Sheikah Slate, or some other method).
Also, the Yiga Clan hideout is in the Gerudo region, which is Ganondorf's home. So ig it would make sense that his body would be somewhere in that region
@@greasytoe9332 maybe with a self-made lift made of wood? Could be possible that, in order to further explore the region, they could build stuff to reach certain places they couldnt reach before
@@Sacred_Korok69 yeah that does sound like something they could do. I wonder why they were down there by themselves with no guards or anything. I know link is super strong and all but I am still wondering if they were looking for ganondorf or if they were just exploring.
There's a concept of "living ghosts" in Japan too, sort of like astral projection. What Zelda did to talk to Link in the Shrine of Resurrection may be something like that. Alternatively, remember how you had the gossip stone in Wind Waker that Zelda spoke to you through? what if you have a situation where Zelda is trapped somewhere but can speak to you through a similar means? I still think it would be cool to have sections playing as Link on the surface and sections playing as Zelda in underground ruins, playing into the archaeology angle she had in BOTW.
Regarding getting ore, we should note the existence of Master Ore. In ALBW, this ore is utilized to upgrade the Master Sword to its red Tempered and Golden forms. (I also headcanon that Master Ore is in fact an alloy of the three Pure Metals we see in the World of the Ocean King, but that's another matter.) Finding Master Ore to restore the physical blade seems well within the realm of possibility. Though honestly, part of me kinda hopes that the Master Sword _stays_ broken. I don't actually think it will be, not for a second, it's too marketable, but it'd be a really powerful statement to retire the thing for good and go in other directions with regard to sacred weapons. (And I have even less hope of the Four Sword getting involved, but this would be the *perfect* opportunity to do so.)
@romalac I see what you said here about the no remplacement of the MS. If nintendo decide to delete this factual object, and with the spiritual direction of the sequel, I think we have to see the remplacement of the sword for the better to Link. Link>MS
I feel like leaving it broken would have worked better if they had never drawn attention to it, bringing it up and then just not actually using it is kind of poor storytelling, though retiring it after this game makes sense (like if the repairs were more of a temporary thing or sacrificing the blade is the only option to end the cycle for good.)
I think we'll probably have to get star fragments or their equivalents (goddess dust from skyward sword) for materials if we need them to restore the sword because it's literally material from the sky, where the dragons reside and where the sacred flames may be as you mentioned
I have a theory, it's a bit far fetched but there's this yellow gem on the master sword, it was there since the beginning. Maybe the yellow energy in the trailer is something you insert to the gem, thus making it stronger/restoring it/restoring hylia's blessing. The gem is still there after the sword broke although it looks less transparent or "healthy", so I think this yellow energy from the trailer is what makes it look better.
Zelda carrying the essence of Hylia is a crucial point, I'm sure. The story will probably unfold in a way that will render all efforts of strengthening the sword meaningless without her. You will eventually have to return to the caves. Or meet up with her some other way.
I really like the idea of the Triforce of Courage being a secondary objective and possibly being an additional buff Link can obtain for the final fight. I feel this is where the Zonai could come in. They revere the original 3 goddesses the most out of any civilization in BOTW and their main settlement is built around the Spring of Courage and Farosh’s turf. I can see Link coming to the Faron region to receive the Triforce of Courage, possibly after a dungeon here or a major side quest across Hyrule.
Agreed! So far pretty much every hero has received the triforce of courage on top of the master sword. Usually they go hand in hand. BotW Link seems to be one of a few exceptions to the rule. Give him the triforce he deserves Nintendo!
I imagined a similar thing with Master Ore, possibly with Link needing to seek a certain amount out to fix the sword but being able to find more and even reforge the sword into the Tempered and Golden Sword.
@@MonsterMaze what if because Calammity Ganon wasn't the real threat the triforce never manifested for link because he simply didn't need it to defeat the Calamity and since the real threat Ganondorf is coming back the triforce will begin to show itself again.
The idea for the Mastersword to break was so unexpected, that when first watching the trailer I actually didn't even think that that could be the Mastersword!
The Sword getting hurt was something they made a big deal about in BOTW1, but it kinda ended up being a footnote, so hopefully they do more with it now.
I love the idea of looking for materials for the sword. In phantom hourglass, we have to create the Phantom Sword ourselves which is the only weapon that can harm Bellum, who's still a demon. The Crimsonine, Azurine, and Aquanine are all crystals of the color of the golden goddesse. it wouldn't be a bad idea to have this kind of stuff again.
Given the short exposure to them in the first game, I do think it's likely we'd work with the successors to the champions in search of a group of new Sages to battle Ganondorf. While Rito are 'supposedly' related to Zoras and we already have those, they could actually wind up taking the spot of the Forest Sage. The Forest Temple was originally supposed to be their element- Wind, we never did get a distinct Korok other than Hestu, who served a side purpose, and with the apparent evidence that the forest's been nuked, it might be hard to find a korok to serve in that role. Paya is the obvious shiekah successor, and honestly, I think it'd be cool to see someone new rise to the role as a Hylian sage. I feel like we rarely get to see Hylians do a whole lot in Zelda. The most we've seen was the small resistance group in Twilight Princess, who weren't shown doing much beyond one token success in battle. I'd kinda like some new hero to show up, maybe some hot-shot knight kinda like Groose, but with skills comparable to Link's. As for Zelda, it's also possible that if she speaks through the ball of light, she might just be elsewhere in the world, or unable to follow Link into the sky for some reason. I do think it'd be a bit pointless for her to lack a significant physical presence in the game after they made that new design for her. Longshot wish for me would be her being affected by some corruption too, though I worry they'd still be likely to sideline her instead of doing anything cool. The one thing with Demise is that being a demon god of unknown origin, there are a lot of random asspulls and retcons/corrections they could go with in the relatively loose Zelda lore to pull him out of the shadows again, so it's mainly a question of whether the tones/evidence seen in footage indicates they might try to use him in the lore or not. The silhouette on the wall in the first trailer, which always looked like him to me more than Ganon or the Dorf Man, and Fi possibly being involved again are the only real hints they might try it, but Ganondorf is still the headline villain, so I think that will affect how they use or reference Demise's presence. Maybe Ganon regains some sense of what he came from similar to how Zelda in Skyward Sword was reminded of her role. Lastly: Zedna Krabbappel... that is all. XD
24:31 This theory holds some weight, but there is a crucial flaw. Vader couldn't bring Legolas because I think that Link and Legolas are actually the same person. Both are incredible archers with blond hair, pointy ears, and epic shield surfing skills. So when Darth Vader shows up, he will bring Tom Bombadil instead.
Given the emphasis of the decaying Master Sword in the story, I theorized (before release) that Breath of the Wild would be the bridge between modern and classic Zelda, giving a contextual explanation as to why the Master Sword never appeared in Zelda 1 and 2 and why the Silver Arrows were used instead to kill Ganon. Now seeing the sword in an even worse state in the footage for the sequel, I'm starting to think things could actually go in a similar direction.
@@JJAB91 You're right, I kinda worded that wrong. What I meant was I think its possible that Link may need to find an alternative solution to defeating Ganon this time around instead of solely relying on the Master Sword, especially considering how much its downplayed in BotW compared to previous Zeldas (the fact that getting it is entirely optional). I dunno, I think it could be a nice break away from the usual trope of having to repair the important sword to defeat the big evil, which has been done a few times already in past games.
@@mark_speranzart What about creating new silver arrows out of shards from the master sword? If Zelda isn't around to give Link an advantage, there could still be some use to the sword. This sounded like something I read in a book once, but now I'm realizing it's kinda different. And with the Master Sword melted, this wouldn't make much sense. Welp, full circle once again. Cool idea debunked by its inspiration.
In a link between worlds you can reforge the master sword twice using legendary metal found in both worlds, this might be an interesting way to repair the master sword this time around.
Given how they mentioned expanding the world, its possible the entire forest was somehow transported further away from the Castle to a more remote location, perhaps at the cost of the Deku Tree who will deliver a final message upon encountering Link once more
This fits with that old theory that the great plateau and Great hyrule forest swapped places at some point, although I'm not sure how moving it back would be protecting it as it isn't very far away from the castle, where we can assume is the location of ganondorf. Maybe it went up? Could be an alternative reason for the castle going up.
My thought on Fi she is the emergency system in the sword, as an entity herself fi is gone, as apart of the sword Fi only appears when the sword or the user is in dire strait. I also believe the sword is more crippled than completely lost, like most of the magic is still there otherwise the sword or link wouldn't have survived the assualt. It's in a weaken state yes but it could probably still repel evils but not ganon.
We also have to take into consideration that the entire world of Hyrule could be changed because of the floating islands we see in the trailer. This could mean that those locations are now irrelevant or separated into more dungeon-like areas by the new terra-formation. I would also like to point out that the trailer gave me a startling reminder of Skyward Sword. I think we'll be seeing more and more of it shine through Breath of the Wild 2 as the game development progresses. (Btw the "bracelet" is actually the arm that was holding the seal on Ganon. Link's own arm got eaten away by malice in the trailer, and the arm emitting the green runes joined to Link's arm, and if you look closely, Link has a black, burn-like mark where the green arm is.)
i would love to restore the master sword like this... so many links to the past like SS or OoT... also with the dragons being our reason to go up into the skies would be so cool. Great video man!!
I mean its only been in development since the release of the Champions ballad DLC from December 2017. Theyre about 4 years into it and the last time they took this long on a Zelda game we got breathe of the wild. The reason they chose to do a sequel instead of more DLCs is because they were so passionate about the ideas they had and how many they had, that they wanted a sequel instead. Suffice to say that its probably gonna be pretty good when it comes out, whenever that may be
I think the Skyward Sword HD release and this being delayed and what we know with the travel in the skies etc is a way to give us what we should be looking at which is Skyward Sword another look and deeper into the lore of the story.
you have some good ideas my friend. a lot of these things came true. - a zora dungeon hidden underwater (ancient waterworks are connected to the water temple, close enough) - gerudo temple that will rise from beneath the sands - goron temple within death mountain - rito dungeon in the sky/snowy mountains - another dungeon deep underground related to the sheikah, or zonai... - acquiring relics of ancient sages that enhance elemental powers - time travel to fix the sword - fi specifically knowing how to go back in time and reforge the sword... "you... traveled back in time to find me, and recover your strength?" just beautiful. - possibly using the triforce to reforge the sword? zelda *did* have a glowing triforce symbol on her hand while reforging the sword as the light dragon after all. using her sacred light powers, literally amped up to the max. - ganondorf being cunning enough to immediately take out zelda, link, and the master sword lmao. and probably more details, but eh this is already a LOT to get right. i don't think anyone could have anticipated zelda swallowing a magic stone that took her over 10,000 years into the past, becoming a sacred dragon hidden above the clouds for millennia, and using her light powers to reforge the master sword. but many elements of it, aside from zelda and dragons, were predicted. just so cool.
Maybe one of the collectables we will be searching for in this game could be the shattered pieces of the master sword that have been scattered around the map , as an excuse to stop the player from having access to the master sword from the beginning of the game
Shattered? No, look at that thing again. I don’t think you could find other shards when the thing looks eaten through with malicious acid. Either powerful reversal magic is needed to undo what the Malice had done; as I don’t think any amount of pure ore could fix that, weak foundations and all; or Link may have to give the blade up for something stronger. Back in skyward sword, when Fi talked about eradicating Demise’s consciousness sealed within at the end of the game- there’s one detail she missed: it’s been said that Demise had conquered TIME ITSELF!!! How can you break something down with time if time no longer holds meaning for Demise? Of her calculations, I think she made a fatal flaw with that diagnosis. All in all, we are at a focal point concerning the master sword. Either a new legend will be born for this timeless blade, or it’s era will finally close for the last time.
If the three flames are present in the sequel there will probably be one in the sky, underground, and on the surface. As for the surface one, I believe it is sealed away in the forgotten temple in botw. Something as precious as one of the flames Gannon would have wanted destroyed. That explains why there are so many guardians at the forgotten temple.
These are my thoughts of how the Master Sword got destroyed: In the A Link to the past Manual it was claimed that the Master Sword was forged as a weapon to resist even the power of the Triforce. It is basically immune to magic, but sadly not to physics, otherwise the Blacksmiths in A Link to the past wouldn't be able to temper the Master Sword. But when the Attack on Link with Ganon's Malice caused the Master Sword to be badly damaged, then what is Malice exactly? It cannot be magic since the Master Sword would repell it completely It has to be a substance made of pure evil but without magic, just evil manifested into some sort of matter Something similar existed in the Second Movie of the Ghostbusters Trilogy, in the Second film they discovered that large ammounts of a pink goop flows across the underground sewers of New York. Everytime someone gets angry or furious or showing other similar types of negative feelings then this Goop grows. Objects can come to life when they get in contact with it, and as some of them accidentaly fell into the stream of this goop, they'll get feelings of extreme ammount of hatred, later they realize that this Hatred got Created by the Goop they came to conclusion that this Goop is the pure Manifestation of the Hatred of New York's entire population. And something similar is in the Case of Malice. It is manifesting into a purple goop that controlls machines, it can corrupt the minds of Eternal Beings such as the Dragons, Deity like creatures which are supposed to Guard the world, and sucking the life force out of Mortal individuals like a deadly cancer. And seemingly it is also acting as some sort of Acid That's causing metallic objects for Example to get in a... "rusty" condition. Even for the Master Sword, sincen it can still be affected by physical influence like heat that makes the blade softer and easier to reshape, or acid that decomposes the metal just like the malice seemingly did
The master sword is such a great weapon in the base game when in the 4 divine beasts, and Hyrule castle too. The master sword is an average weapon in most of Hyrule, but its powers to shoot beams exist anywhere as long as your at full health.
I really hope there's a "collect the eight triforce pieces" quest as part of the main quest. That should be where the big dungeons are. But I think they should try expanding on incorporating other Zelda items into the game, like the hookshot or magnetic boots.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 you realize "collect the triforce" was the original game, right? Maybe think "the instruments" from Link's Awakening or "rescue the maidens" from Link to the Past. Basically, the big important dungeon rewards are triforce pieces. I'm not talking about a boring money draining fetch quest. I'm talking main quest rewards. Like the first Zelda on NES.
One thing worth taking into consideration is that *Skyward Sword* is the 3D game that predates the current BotW/TotK era. Ever since that game’s release, there has been a greater emphasis on the lore of the Master Sword itself, with everything now coming full circle. The implications of SS are that Fi has been residing in the sword *this whole time,* across every timeline, and thus has naturally had to endure a lot over the eons. I would personally love to see the true return of Fi (and Ghirahim? They’re counterparts after all) in TotK, especially considering that we seem to have reached a breaking point of sorts. Demise’s original hatred is now literally in an incoherent, primal, too-far-gone state. I am also curious how they plan to bring Ganondorf into this particular narrative…
One of my theories is that with the Master Sword broken and the seal released, Link can finally kill Demise and end his curse. This would effectively make BotW2 the final Legend of Zelda (timeline-wise). Of course there can be more Legend of Zelda games, but those will either have to be a buildup to this or forgo Ganon. Fi could make a comeback, however, what the Master Sword is currently doing reminds me of the Sheikah Slate alarm when Link gets too close to a shrine. The Four Sword doesn't really make much sense to add as an in-game weapon as it's existing playstyle does not flow well with the current move set and battle flow. This could be fixed with a separate move set that applies the four Links, however, four Links can very quickly become a liability outside of battle. Therefore, I believe the Four Sword to be more applicable to Hyrule Warriors. It would be kind-of cool to be able to use the still broken Master Sword as a medium for a weaker aura blade. If we go down the bottomless pit for a dungeon, then we have to see the Yiga boss down there. The idea is just too hilarious to me.
It would be cool if the blade, rather than being destroyed, was infected. It seems fine, then the tip blackens, and as the malice spreads toward the hilt the power of the sword steadily falls.
9:53 fun fact! Those three flowers match up perfectly with the three flowers next to the pedestal in a link to the past, which would imply the landscape having dramatically shifted somehow
The ominous sense and the way Zelda looked when she fell makes me think this might be a death scene as well. But we forget one thing, brought it up awhile back. With all the hints regarding the ancient hero, the arm, the attire link has, couldnt it be we might interact with or maybe utilise the essence of the ancient princess of the prophecy as well? Just thinking out loud
When she fell it could of been a misdirect. We also saw link catching zelda when she fell, I don’t think she died because that would be the end of the bloodline of the goddess.
Yeah I know what you mean, maybe death scene is too harsh of a statement, let’s just call it Zelda’s next predicament. In that sense you could call spirit tracks Zelda kind of death as well y know. But I think that just like Link will be fused with the essence of the/an ancient hero, Zelda is going to need a similar treatment, only Link has to make sure she gets it, because it’s needed to, like with Link and the malice, save her life. Just me guessing and going off of missing points like the princess we see on that prophecy on the left side of Ganon. I think “going back to the essence and the 3 virtues” could be key..
going back to this video after that new trailer is fun considering you definitly are onto something if the 7 spiral-tears are supposedly a Zonai take on the Sages
Another possible future for the master sword, is that we reforge it like in minish cap, where the picori blade was shattered in half, and we reforged it into the four sword, maybe, this could be done too with the master sword, symbolizing a new era in the zelda franchise, with, maybe, Ganondorf completely obliterated, and the emerging of a new villain, and a new main weapon, now that both are gone, both Ganon, and the Master Sword, completed their journey.
Indeed, I was also having the picori blade in mind, since we infuse it with four elements. maybe we have to do something similar in BotW 2. Finding an x amount of elements to give it new life/power.
i think that zelda's spirit (if the orb is her spirit) will act like fi in ss- being able to call her out of wherever she may reside (likely in the arm or the sword) when you need advice and help
I'm glad someone finally pointed out that Demise isn't actually inside the sword, just his decaying remains. I was always confused why people thought he was gonna pop outta the sword all fine and dandy.
I am amazed by how much time and effort you put into your video, most things that I didn’t even know where there in the beginning! With very little information on botw 2, this video has been an amazing refreshment! Keep up the great work
Great video MM, very high quality. Never considered the idea of Zelda being a spirit but it's an interesting idea. I'm personally subscribing to the Link collects FORCE theory.
I definitely think that we get some new sages, it's fairly obvious who they'd be: Sidon, Sage of Water Impa, Paya or Purah, Sage of Shadow Yunobo, Sage of Fire Riju, Sage of Spirt Hestu, Sage of Forest or Wind Zelda, Leader of the Sages And maybe Teba being the sage of earth?
Hey MM, this is probably one of the most complete theories of BoTW2 I've seen. Excellent presentation, intro, narrative, and animations. Especially that one with the Isometric 3D sword panning. Great, great video. Keep up the good work!!!!
i haven’t played zelda for about 6 months this is the first video i’ve watched concerning the legend of zelda’s lore anytime recently. amazing. captured me from the beginning and kept me engaged. the cinematography was simply beautiful as well. amazing video, i’m glad i am subscribed.
Another amazing video! Really excited to heal the sword. Zelda has a lot of themes of healing yourself/healing the world through putting in a lot of work, which just makes me think of the hard work that comes with therapy. If humans can find a way to heal and function after the horrific things that befall us, the Master Sword can be healed enough to be functional too, I believe.
Your videos are always so calm and with a focus on facts, but every now and then you just have one humorous line that comes out of nowhere (Ex: "thicc plot armour" 15:20) and it gets me every time.
For Hylia's blessing, I doubt Zelda would be needed, as she only has the blood of the godess, not her soul. The Hylia statues all over Hyrule in BotW show that Hylia is seperate and could help Link without Zelda, so maybe the her blessing could be obtained in a similar way.
that's just wrong, zelda doesn't just have the blood of the goddess, she's a reincarnation, just like link and ganon, they are but continuous reincarnation doomed to repeat the cycle eternally, link as the original hero, zelda as hylia, and ganon as demise, it doesn't really matter who wins at the end, the cycle just repeats regardless, until demise's curse is broken at least.
I really hope Fi is alright, sense shes possessing the sword i think it makes sense that whatever happens to the sword, also happens to her. So sense the damage is really bad...shes probably in a lot of pain.
24:26 you missed the part where Zelda summons every iteration of Link via time trivial, and they all take on Ganon together. Hero of Time then says an iconic one liner like "here, you guys might be needing these 😏" and hands out the transformation masks to the other Links while he uses the fierce deity's. "Wow! Thanks great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa!" says the Hero of Twilight. Then Daruk and Darunia show up and have a Goron bro moment for the ages to finish-off Ganon. The End.
I think you’re definitely on the right track about the new footage showing something related to the goddesses reforging the blade. On the left shoulder of Link’s new tunic you can see what looks like a dragon (botw’s incarnations of the goddesses) in the art style of the divine beasts from the botw loading screen. I bet it’s all related!
Great video! I theorize that when ganon attacks link and the master sword he comes in contact with demises remenants and are absorbed into the malice. I believe this ganon will be the most powerful we have seen so far
Something Interesting: BOTW and BOTW 2 were meant to be one game. BOTW only has 4 dungeons and then a half Ganon type thing. And the master sword is a pretty minor part of the game. SO this could mean a couple things. I'm thinking that BOTW 2 will have 4 dungeons and then a final boss, with the master sword playing a bigger role. This is kinda normal for finished zelda games, a beginning, 4 dungeons, a massive plot drop, then 4 more dungeons, then the final boss. It's very easy here to see what the finished overall BOTW game was going to be, literally the plot of the two games directly one after another in a coherent story. And since FI is almost confirmed to be in botw 2, and is also shown quickly in botw, it makes me wonder how big of a role she was going to play in the first game before they decided to half it.
I would love to see the master sword repaired during the game and maybe even going through a design change, I think it would be very refreshing for later titles to have a different sacred blade
4:07 I have a far flung theory. I forget which two Zelda titles it was but you had to strengthen/remake the supposed master sword. Perhaps they are going to reproduce a similar method. A method in which 3 or more materials blissed by the goddesses can be obtained. No doubt the shika with their advanced magical tech will play a role in it as well.
you are insane... i like the ways how you connetct the timeline like a big puzzle. its kind of satisfying to watch, when you put one piece after another together.
I love the idea of having to physically remake the blade, like how certain generations of Link had to recreate legendary blades to fight evil foes, like the Phantom Sword, the Four Sword, etc, it would definitely be much cooler
When the sword is reforged, it is possible that Fai will end up absorbing the power of Link's arm to destroy Ganondorf's Malice once and for all. maybe that's why the Zonai created the seal that covered Ganondorf's chest in the first place, they wanted to destroy what they themselves had created but it wasn't enough, the hero of the legend and the sword that seals darkness were the pieces that were missing.
Are we gonna talk about the star fragments found in legend of Zelda breath of the wild? It said it fell from the sky above, it may be connected to the second game and it may be the thing that powers the machines we saw in the trailer
Monster Maze: "An unlikely alternative: time travel." Well this didn't age well😅 Jokes aside, it is a shame the whole "find a way to bring zelda back" side quest wasn't developed. Zelda being transformed back by the power of friendship feels too cheap for me.
In legend of Zelda a link between worlds you could upgrade the master sword using master ore so we’re probably gonna need to find some of that in order to reforge the blade And considering how sacred the blade was I’m going to assume that the only place you can find master or is what used to be the lanryu desert in skyward sword because that’s where all the cool minerals came from including the time ones
It makes sense that this incarnation of Ganon’s far smarter and dangerous than the rest, as I firmly believe that Malice is something *far more dangerous* than we could’ve imagined. Demise’s rage, hatred, and fury have all accumulated over time and have created a monstrosity out of this strange, yet horrendously dangerous sludge that can corrupt ANYTHING. This alone tells me that maybe leaving Ganon alive for 10,000 years wasn’t the smartest idea, because it gave him the worst thing that you can give your enemy. Time. Time to plan, time to think on how he would overtake Hyrule, time to think on how he would eventually demolish Link and Zelda, and complete the Triforce under his tyrannical rule. In my eyes, the pendelum of heroism and evil is beginning to swing in Demise’s favor. His sheer grudge between himself and Goddess Hylia’s, “Chosen Ones” is starting to pay off. His cunningness and his ways of corruption have played a HUGE part in BOTW’s story. As for the Master Sword… I dunno how we’re gonna put THAT back together as it’s looking like it’s seen some much better days than what’s happened to it now. To think that just through Demise’s festering and fettering grudge, he managed to reduce the Master Sword to its sad and nearly broken state… Makes me shudder just thinking about it. I think this incarnation of Ganon will be by far the most challenging fight of all time, because he’s been watching Zelda and Link this whole journey, biding his time, and planning his next moves with razor-sharp accuracy. Ten thousand years have given him the ammunition to overtake Hyrule, have a serious advantage over Link and Zelda, and even gave him an element that was created just by his raw will alone. The terrifying aspect of all of this is they thought he was dead… That the Tyrant King of the Gerudo was long since passed. They were wrong. So, SO wrong.
i hope he's difficult to fight . im terrible at fighting bosses but , reasonably , after all the flack nintendo got for how easy the final fight was in botw , i imagine botw2's fight is gonna be absolutely horrendously hard
This might be a good thing too though, If you think about it Demise has been in the master sword like forever, his existence might have protected or even revived Ganondorf even in the sword. So with the sword damaged like this Hylia and this Link might make a NEW master sword, one that isn't helping/protecting Ganondorf in secret and we might be able to kill the Gerudo king once and for all. But that's just a theory.
@@naraw.456. Not even exclusive to Breath of the Wild; Most Ganon fights were either stupidly easy or just cliché in previous games, and Demise is an utter pushover despite his build-up during the events of Skyward Sword.
I would love to see Link reforge the Master Sword into a upgraded/altered form, like the Golden Sword, or better, a brand new sacred sword. Fi would also be a suitable guide to brand new sky realm.
Weeeeeeell, on the SNES, if you play A Link to the Past, and don't skip the backstory, it specifically states that with the power of the 7 sages, the godess Hylia, and the three ancient spirits (which now are dragons in BOTW), they forged the Master Sword. Meaning that before Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess, the story was set as to the origins of this ancient blade.
I think that the dungeon part of the trailer stems from link and zelda exploring the now empty death mountain, finding all sorts of tunnels which somehow find their way to gannon
I would hope if the sages did return we would have at least 8 of them the six from oot with each their own dungeon adding two more wind, rito and maybe time, zonai so light, forest, fire, water, shadow/ creepy dungeon, time, wind, and spirit possibly becoming lightning or something to fit with the desert theme in botw………
I really do hope fi makes a comeback some how, as she was a big part of the original forging of the sword in the first place. Even though she does say her purpose was to forge it and once it was done she went dormite in the sword. But maybe hylia could “revive” her to REforge it
Umm that blade is is completely gone. The section remaining has no sharpened edges all that seems to remain are the tang/handle and ricasso/non sharpened section for additional hand hold
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I feel like we should take a second to acknowledge how scary it is that the Master Sword broke. If Malice really is, well, malice, then that means Ganondorf destroyed the Master Sword, an ancient, god-forged weapon designed specifically to kill him, through nothing but _sheer force of hate._
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Come a long way from those puny malice crystals in Skyward sword, that's for sure. Or remember the malice in the ancient cistern how it only stopped you from attacking.
@@nworder4life and now it can destroy the master sword and wreck Hyrule seemingly with ease
He's been practicing hate for about as long as Hyrule has existed. In this world, the sacred realm, the twilight realm, living and dead. He's inflamed nipples are as the warrenous hives of infinite bees.
Out comes Demise
If Fi does happen to make a comeback, it would be amazing if she had some design change, to show that she grew with her time in the Master Sword, and was perhaps absorbing information as time passed. Maybe she’ll be more of a fleshed-out character and less of that Annoying and Persistant Automaton
Hey! Listen!
She was a fleshed-out character. You were just not paying attention.
Fi should grow a beard
umm no, if any companion deserves a comeback is midna, nintondo really gave us abandoment issues with midna
@@oscarantonioorozcobaez1969 Why on earth would Midna come back?!
Hope we get to actually use the corrupted sword, acting like a weak short sword, and slowly becoming a stronger and longer blade. My main complaint being that in newer playthroughs, sometimes all my weapons would break, this would allow the game to have a last resort weapon.
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I cant tell, if this is a good idea or not
I beat Ganondorf with the Broken Giant's Knife before. I wouldn't mind doing it again. :)
This kind of reminds me of the master sword in skyward sword
That would invalidate the durability system tho
Time reversal could be another way to restore the Master Sword, similar to the ability we see in the trailer. This doesn't necessarily mean time travel, but maybe it can go thru stages as it would require some way to purify the malice spread all over Hyrule by Ganon and remove the curse, allowing portions of the sword to grow back... Some more stuff popped in my head just now, but I'm also half asleep 😴
yeah, some theorize that the hilt of the master sword has or is made of time stone, stones that appeared in Skyward Sword's desert region that when struck temporarily reverse time around them to the lush land it once was, which would explain its regenerative/everlasting properties.
Maybe there would be like, reverse time+, and after you get that you can fix it
I like the idea that Time shenanigans are gonna return to Zelda. I know Nintendo wants to move away from all of the stuff we traditionally see as "Zelda", such as Time Travel, but it is clear that Time Travel has always been a big part in the Zelda Series.
It could be used as a temporary fix and would be a interesting mechanic and make it so you have to judge when to restore it in a battle before it is fully repaired
does that mean we would be able to get the ocarina of time again and play as young link if possible
That ending XDD
Also I realize I hadn't taken in the magnitude of the sword being broken, it really just shows that this Ganondorf is extremely smart in taking out all the major key players like in BotW with the guardians and champions, but instead of just being told then fighting a bestial form of Ganon, we get to actually to go against that Ganondorf, which I'm really excited about
Yeah the ending really makes me wish he talked about those theories involving jetstream Sam and master chief.
I think it's also important to consider what this means for link. We've seen that link's condition and the master sword's condition mirror eachother. Since link probably won't constantly be on the verge of death throughout the game, and we can also see link's blackened hand quite clearly in the trailer, I think it's safe to assume that he is corrupted by malice, like the sword.
Mmmm not so much, I mean he clearly lost his arm in some form, but this seems more like some form of magic, plus is resembles the hand holding Ganon captive, making me think it’s more so…a blessing, that the spells final power was to restore Links arm, to allow him to banish/seal/kill Ganon again
No, I think he means from the earlier trailers. Link’s arm is messed up BEFORE we see it with the Zonai gauntlet
@@Unbound_Selrahc lol they were sort of right
The Malice acts like a really strong acid, eating away at the actual metal of the blade. It makes sense if you think about it from a story-perspective. In BOTW, it was shown slightly eaten away at from the contact it made with the Malice in all the corrupted Guardians Link fought on his and Zelda's escape. Now as has been seen the trailers of the sequel, Link has the sword drawn and a stream of pure Malice has enveloped it which could lead to Link dropping it and the Malice goes after it but the Hand Entity somehow prevents the Malice from completely destroying the blade leading to the state we have seen in the latest trailer.
It's possible that the Hand Entity somehow tapped into the sword's time control capability and put the Malice that remains on the blade into a long term stasis or a state of time dilation so what seems like a second to the Malice is in reality several days or even weeks. After all, Link has been shown to have the capability of several seconds worth time-reversal through the hand and the Ancient Shiekah having the ability of actual stasis which they put as an actual feature of the Slate.
There are alot of things in play here this just might be majora's mask 2.0 here !
I think Malice is something way disturbing then we think
It can corrupt anything
You’re definitely right about malice being corrosive, cause if I recall correctly, all the weapons found near Malice in BOTW were all rusty. Link just needs to throw the Master Sword into a Stone Octorock’s mouth and BAM, fixed😂😂😂
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I would actually love to see more types of weapons in botw2. In the main game we had dual handed weapons, one handed weapons and a shield, spears and bows, which were used by the champions, but I think it would be cool to see 4 new types, maybe gauntlets, dual wielded daggers/short-swords, crossbows and some shieka gun or something.
I could definitely see crossbows making a comeback alongside things like whips, daggers, hammers, etc. Maybe a sort of fantasy version of a blunderbuss for more ranged weapon variety.
Honestly I’m kind of hyped for this journey. It is a bit painful to see the sword reduced to this. All the more so after replaying Skyward Sword last year.
But in that sense we could get to go on that kind of journey once more. Reforging the sword, truly rebuilding it and maybe getting it to the strongest state it’s ever been in.
I may not be the biggest fan of Fi. But she deserves better than being left in this condition.
I'm really excited to get and play this game.
fr 😭 fi was kinda annoying but ... poor girl , i wanna heal her all better
my thought is that the *rebirth* of the master sword, reforged in the way it was formed originally, will lead to it having a new design in ongoing games. It may be some small differences, but it could be interesting to have it look a bit different.
I know this isn't related to the subject of the video, but the shot of the hole in the Yiga clan's base caused me to think maybe that's the hole leading to the cave that Link and Zelda are seen exploring in the trailer. It would make sense for the Yiga Clan to have a tunnel to Ganondorf's body, maybe sealed in some way that they couldn't open and only Link and Zelda are able to open (either by Sheikah Slate, or some other method).
That sounds actually dope
Also, the Yiga Clan hideout is in the Gerudo region, which is Ganondorf's home. So ig it would make sense that his body would be somewhere in that region
Very interesting, how would they get the big buffalo thing they had with them, down there?
@@greasytoe9332 maybe with a self-made lift made of wood? Could be possible that, in order to further explore the region, they could build stuff to reach certain places they couldnt reach before
@@Sacred_Korok69 yeah that does sound like something they could do. I wonder why they were down there by themselves with no guards or anything.
I know link is super strong and all but I am still wondering if they were looking for ganondorf or if they were just exploring.
There's a concept of "living ghosts" in Japan too, sort of like astral projection. What Zelda did to talk to Link in the Shrine of Resurrection may be something like that. Alternatively, remember how you had the gossip stone in Wind Waker that Zelda spoke to you through? what if you have a situation where Zelda is trapped somewhere but can speak to you through a similar means? I still think it would be cool to have sections playing as Link on the surface and sections playing as Zelda in underground ruins, playing into the archaeology angle she had in BOTW.
Regarding getting ore, we should note the existence of Master Ore. In ALBW, this ore is utilized to upgrade the Master Sword to its red Tempered and Golden forms. (I also headcanon that Master Ore is in fact an alloy of the three Pure Metals we see in the World of the Ocean King, but that's another matter.) Finding Master Ore to restore the physical blade seems well within the realm of possibility.
Though honestly, part of me kinda hopes that the Master Sword _stays_ broken. I don't actually think it will be, not for a second, it's too marketable, but it'd be a really powerful statement to retire the thing for good and go in other directions with regard to sacred weapons. (And I have even less hope of the Four Sword getting involved, but this would be the *perfect* opportunity to do so.)
@romalac I see what you said here about the no remplacement of the MS. If nintendo decide to delete this factual object, and with the spiritual direction of the sequel, I think we have to see the remplacement of the sword for the better to Link. Link>MS
I feel like leaving it broken would have worked better if they had never drawn attention to it, bringing it up and then just not actually using it is kind of poor storytelling, though retiring it after this game makes sense (like if the repairs were more of a temporary thing or sacrificing the blade is the only option to end the cycle for good.)
I've been playing these games since 1991 when they first introduced the sword....and I agree I'm ready for it to be retired.
oh yes, bringing back the master ore would be awesome! ALBW is one of my favourites, it's a shame it doesn't get mentioned much!
Hmm you say it would be a "powerful statement", what would it state?
I think we'll probably have to get star fragments or their equivalents (goddess dust from skyward sword) for materials if we need them to restore the sword because it's literally material from the sky, where the dragons reside and where the sacred flames may be as you mentioned
I have a theory, it's a bit far fetched but there's this yellow gem on the master sword, it was there since the beginning. Maybe the yellow energy in the trailer is something you insert to the gem, thus making it stronger/restoring it/restoring hylia's blessing. The gem is still there after the sword broke although it looks less transparent or "healthy", so I think this yellow energy from the trailer is what makes it look better.
The gem does appear to have darkened, like in windwaker with the missing prayers
@@kiryu5499 maybe even the sages will be envolved again
Zelda carrying the essence of Hylia is a crucial point, I'm sure. The story will probably unfold in a way that will render all efforts of strengthening the sword meaningless without her. You will eventually have to return to the caves. Or meet up with her some other way.
I really like the idea of the Triforce of Courage being a secondary objective and possibly being an additional buff Link can obtain for the final fight. I feel this is where the Zonai could come in. They revere the original 3 goddesses the most out of any civilization in BOTW and their main settlement is built around the Spring of Courage and Farosh’s turf. I can see Link coming to the Faron region to receive the Triforce of Courage, possibly after a dungeon here or a major side quest across Hyrule.
Agreed! So far pretty much every hero has received the triforce of courage on top of the master sword. Usually they go hand in hand. BotW Link seems to be one of a few exceptions to the rule. Give him the triforce he deserves Nintendo!
I imagined a similar thing with Master Ore, possibly with Link needing to seek a certain amount out to fix the sword but being able to find more and even reforge the sword into the Tempered and Golden Sword.
@@MonsterMaze what if because Calammity Ganon wasn't the real threat the triforce never manifested for link because he simply didn't need it to defeat the Calamity and since the real threat Ganondorf is coming back the triforce will begin to show itself again.
That would be incredibly interesting if the Triforce of Courage was effectively a Biggoron's Sword hidden behind a lengthy optional quest
The idea for the Mastersword to break was so unexpected, that when first watching the trailer I actually didn't even think that that could be the Mastersword!
Skyward Sword Link would be pissed to see what happened to his sword
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Here's a thought:
Breath of The Wilds takes place so far into the future that it's now the past of Skyward Sword
@@TheZombiesAreComing ah, the time loop theory. Not going to lie, not buying that one but I’m open to being wrong
The Sword getting hurt was something they made a big deal about in BOTW1, but it kinda ended up being a footnote, so hopefully they do more with it now.
I love the idea of looking for materials for the sword. In phantom hourglass, we have to create the Phantom Sword ourselves which is the only weapon that can harm Bellum, who's still a demon. The Crimsonine, Azurine, and Aquanine are all crystals of the color of the golden goddesse. it wouldn't be a bad idea to have this kind of stuff again.
Given the short exposure to them in the first game, I do think it's likely we'd work with the successors to the champions in search of a group of new Sages to battle Ganondorf. While Rito are 'supposedly' related to Zoras and we already have those, they could actually wind up taking the spot of the Forest Sage. The Forest Temple was originally supposed to be their element- Wind, we never did get a distinct Korok other than Hestu, who served a side purpose, and with the apparent evidence that the forest's been nuked, it might be hard to find a korok to serve in that role.
Paya is the obvious shiekah successor, and honestly, I think it'd be cool to see someone new rise to the role as a Hylian sage. I feel like we rarely get to see Hylians do a whole lot in Zelda. The most we've seen was the small resistance group in Twilight Princess, who weren't shown doing much beyond one token success in battle. I'd kinda like some new hero to show up, maybe some hot-shot knight kinda like Groose, but with skills comparable to Link's.
As for Zelda, it's also possible that if she speaks through the ball of light, she might just be elsewhere in the world, or unable to follow Link into the sky for some reason. I do think it'd be a bit pointless for her to lack a significant physical presence in the game after they made that new design for her. Longshot wish for me would be her being affected by some corruption too, though I worry they'd still be likely to sideline her instead of doing anything cool.
The one thing with Demise is that being a demon god of unknown origin, there are a lot of random asspulls and retcons/corrections they could go with in the relatively loose Zelda lore to pull him out of the shadows again, so it's mainly a question of whether the tones/evidence seen in footage indicates they might try to use him in the lore or not. The silhouette on the wall in the first trailer, which always looked like him to me more than Ganon or the Dorf Man, and Fi possibly being involved again are the only real hints they might try it, but Ganondorf is still the headline villain, so I think that will affect how they use or reference Demise's presence. Maybe Ganon regains some sense of what he came from similar to how Zelda in Skyward Sword was reminded of her role.
Lastly: Zedna Krabbappel... that is all. XD
i like the thought of a corrupted zelda. And her hesitating to reunite with link because of it
24:31 This theory holds some weight, but there is a crucial flaw. Vader couldn't bring Legolas because I think that Link and Legolas are actually the same person. Both are incredible archers with blond hair, pointy ears, and epic shield surfing skills. So when Darth Vader shows up, he will bring Tom Bombadil instead.
Seeing this before watching the video was similar to a flash bang
Tom would kick vader's ass, no doubt
Given the emphasis of the decaying Master Sword in the story, I theorized (before release) that Breath of the Wild would be the bridge between modern and classic Zelda, giving a contextual explanation as to why the Master Sword never appeared in Zelda 1 and 2 and why the Silver Arrows were used instead to kill Ganon. Now seeing the sword in an even worse state in the footage for the sequel, I'm starting to think things could actually go in a similar direction.
I'm pretty sure BOTW is already established to take place long after Zelda 1 and 2 though.
@@JJAB91 You're right, I kinda worded that wrong. What I meant was I think its possible that Link may need to find an alternative solution to defeating Ganon this time around instead of solely relying on the Master Sword, especially considering how much its downplayed in BotW compared to previous Zeldas (the fact that getting it is entirely optional). I dunno, I think it could be a nice break away from the usual trope of having to repair the important sword to defeat the big evil, which has been done a few times already in past games.
@@mark_speranzart What about creating new silver arrows out of shards from the master sword? If Zelda isn't around to give Link an advantage, there could still be some use to the sword. This sounded like something I read in a book once, but now I'm realizing it's kinda different. And with the Master Sword melted, this wouldn't make much sense. Welp, full circle once again. Cool idea debunked by its inspiration.
In a link between worlds you can reforge the master sword twice using legendary metal found in both worlds, this might be an interesting way to repair the master sword this time around.
I don't think that's the angle they're gonna take, though.
Given how they mentioned expanding the world, its possible the entire forest was somehow transported further away from the Castle to a more remote location, perhaps at the cost of the Deku Tree who will deliver a final message upon encountering Link once more
This fits with that old theory that the great plateau and Great hyrule forest swapped places at some point, although I'm not sure how moving it back would be protecting it as it isn't very far away from the castle, where we can assume is the location of ganondorf. Maybe it went up? Could be an alternative reason for the castle going up.
Ganondorf most likely killed the deku tree judging from his actions so far in the trailers
Could have been lifted into the sky area.
The sword was fixed.. But what did it cost? ..Everything =(
My thought on Fi she is the emergency system in the sword, as an entity herself fi is gone, as apart of the sword Fi only appears when the sword or the user is in dire strait. I also believe the sword is more crippled than completely lost, like most of the magic is still there otherwise the sword or link wouldn't have survived the assualt. It's in a weaken state yes but it could probably still repel evils but not ganon.
We also have to take into consideration that the entire world of Hyrule could be changed because of the floating islands we see in the trailer. This could mean that those locations are now irrelevant or separated into more dungeon-like areas by the new terra-formation. I would also like to point out that the trailer gave me a startling reminder of Skyward Sword. I think we'll be seeing more and more of it shine through Breath of the Wild 2 as the game development progresses. (Btw the "bracelet" is actually the arm that was holding the seal on Ganon. Link's own arm got eaten away by malice in the trailer, and the arm emitting the green runes joined to Link's arm, and if you look closely, Link has a black, burn-like mark where the green arm is.)
i would love to restore the master sword like this... so many links to the past like SS or OoT... also with the dragons being our reason to go up into the skies would be so cool. Great video man!!
I mean its only been in development since the release of the Champions ballad DLC from December 2017. Theyre about 4 years into it and the last time they took this long on a Zelda game we got breathe of the wild. The reason they chose to do a sequel instead of more DLCs is because they were so passionate about the ideas they had and how many they had, that they wanted a sequel instead. Suffice to say that its probably gonna be pretty good when it comes out, whenever that may be
I think the Skyward Sword HD release and this being delayed and what we know with the travel in the skies etc is a way to give us what we should be looking at which is Skyward Sword another look and deeper into the lore of the story.
you have some good ideas my friend. a lot of these things came true.
- a zora dungeon hidden underwater (ancient waterworks are connected to the water temple, close enough)
- gerudo temple that will rise from beneath the sands
- goron temple within death mountain
- rito dungeon in the sky/snowy mountains
- another dungeon deep underground related to the sheikah, or zonai...
- acquiring relics of ancient sages that enhance elemental powers
- time travel to fix the sword
- fi specifically knowing how to go back in time and reforge the sword... "you... traveled back in time to find me, and recover your strength?" just beautiful.
- possibly using the triforce to reforge the sword? zelda *did* have a glowing triforce symbol on her hand while reforging the sword as the light dragon after all. using her sacred light powers, literally amped up to the max.
- ganondorf being cunning enough to immediately take out zelda, link, and the master sword lmao.
and probably more details, but eh this is already a LOT to get right. i don't think anyone could have anticipated zelda swallowing a magic stone that took her over 10,000 years into the past, becoming a sacred dragon hidden above the clouds for millennia, and using her light powers to reforge the master sword. but many elements of it, aside from zelda and dragons, were predicted. just so cool.
Maybe one of the collectables we will be searching for in this game could be the shattered pieces of the master sword that have been scattered around the map , as an excuse to stop the player from having access to the master sword from the beginning of the game
Oh! Good one. Just like the required Plateau for speedrunners.
That could be what that floating spirit thing is, the sword was obviously reacting to it in a positive way
This is a good idea too.
Shattered? No, look at that thing again. I don’t think you could find other shards when the thing looks eaten through with malicious acid. Either powerful reversal magic is needed to undo what the Malice had done; as I don’t think any amount of pure ore could fix that, weak foundations and all; or Link may have to give the blade up for something stronger. Back in skyward sword, when Fi talked about eradicating Demise’s consciousness sealed within at the end of the game- there’s one detail she missed: it’s been said that Demise had conquered TIME ITSELF!!! How can you break something down with time if time no longer holds meaning for Demise? Of her calculations, I think she made a fatal flaw with that diagnosis. All in all, we are at a focal point concerning the master sword. Either a new legend will be born for this timeless blade, or it’s era will finally close for the last time.
@@lanluhylrean1122 I think he meant it more as a figure of speech
If the three flames are present in the sequel there will probably be one in the sky, underground, and on the surface. As for the surface one, I believe it is sealed away in the forgotten temple in botw. Something as precious as one of the flames Gannon would have wanted destroyed. That explains why there are so many guardians at the forgotten temple.
These are my thoughts of how the Master Sword got destroyed:
In the A Link to the past Manual it was claimed that the Master Sword was forged as a weapon to resist even the power of the Triforce.
It is basically immune to magic, but sadly not to physics, otherwise the Blacksmiths in A Link to the past wouldn't be able to temper the Master Sword.
But when the Attack on Link with Ganon's Malice caused the Master Sword to be badly damaged, then what is Malice exactly?
It cannot be magic since the Master Sword would repell it completely
It has to be a substance made of pure evil but without magic, just evil manifested into some sort of matter
Something similar existed in the Second Movie of the Ghostbusters Trilogy, in the Second film they discovered that large ammounts of a pink goop flows across the underground sewers of New York.
Everytime someone gets angry or furious or showing other similar types of negative feelings then this Goop grows. Objects can come to life when they get in contact with it, and as some of them accidentaly fell into the stream of this goop, they'll get feelings of extreme ammount of hatred, later they realize that this Hatred got Created by the Goop they came to conclusion that this Goop is the pure Manifestation of the Hatred of New York's entire population.
And something similar is in the Case of Malice.
It is manifesting into a purple goop that controlls machines, it can corrupt the minds of Eternal Beings such as the Dragons, Deity like creatures which are supposed to Guard the world, and sucking the life force out of Mortal individuals like a deadly cancer.
And seemingly it is also acting as some sort of Acid That's causing metallic objects for Example to get in a... "rusty" condition.
Even for the Master Sword, sincen it can still be affected by physical influence like heat that makes the blade softer and easier to reshape, or acid that decomposes the metal just like the malice seemingly did
The master sword is such a great weapon in the base game when in the 4 divine beasts, and Hyrule castle too. The master sword is an average weapon in most of Hyrule, but its powers to shoot beams exist anywhere as long as your at full health.
@@MrLukeStump yeah
I really hope there's a "collect the eight triforce pieces" quest as part of the main quest. That should be where the big dungeons are. But I think they should try expanding on incorporating other Zelda items into the game, like the hookshot or magnetic boots.
I just want link to use melody's again😭
Disagree; That fetch quest in Wind Waker was beyond tedious, and simply padded out the game's playtime.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 you realize "collect the triforce" was the original game, right? Maybe think "the instruments" from Link's Awakening or "rescue the maidens" from Link to the Past.
Basically, the big important dungeon rewards are triforce pieces. I'm not talking about a boring money draining fetch quest. I'm talking main quest rewards. Like the first Zelda on NES.
One thing worth taking into consideration is that *Skyward Sword* is the 3D game that predates the current BotW/TotK era. Ever since that game’s release, there has been a greater emphasis on the lore of the Master Sword itself, with everything now coming full circle. The implications of SS are that Fi has been residing in the sword *this whole time,* across every timeline, and thus has naturally had to endure a lot over the eons. I would personally love to see the true return of Fi (and Ghirahim? They’re counterparts after all) in TotK, especially considering that we seem to have reached a breaking point of sorts. Demise’s original hatred is now literally in an incoherent, primal, too-far-gone state. I am also curious how they plan to bring Ganondorf into this particular narrative…
Since cherryblossoms are a symbolism for life and death, the disappearance of the Deku Tree could be tied to the destruction of the Master Sword.
One of my theories is that with the Master Sword broken and the seal released, Link can finally kill Demise and end his curse. This would effectively make BotW2 the final Legend of Zelda (timeline-wise). Of course there can be more Legend of Zelda games, but those will either have to be a buildup to this or forgo Ganon. Fi could make a comeback, however, what the Master Sword is currently doing reminds me of the Sheikah Slate alarm when Link gets too close to a shrine.
The Four Sword doesn't really make much sense to add as an in-game weapon as it's existing playstyle does not flow well with the current move set and battle flow. This could be fixed with a separate move set that applies the four Links, however, four Links can very quickly become a liability outside of battle. Therefore, I believe the Four Sword to be more applicable to Hyrule Warriors.
It would be kind-of cool to be able to use the still broken Master Sword as a medium for a weaker aura blade.
If we go down the bottomless pit for a dungeon, then we have to see the Yiga boss down there. The idea is just too hilarious to me.
If the bottomless pit is a dungeon if koga is the boss of it would be even better
It would be cool if the blade, rather than being destroyed, was infected. It seems fine, then the tip blackens, and as the malice spreads toward the hilt the power of the sword steadily falls.
Imagine if you hold it long enough, itll corrupt link, giving the option of not using it and staying good
@@AnInterestingStory wouldn't the triforce of courage protect you from that effect?
If and when you obtain it.
9:53 fun fact! Those three flowers match up perfectly with the three flowers next to the pedestal in a link to the past, which would imply the landscape having dramatically shifted somehow
The ominous sense and the way Zelda looked when she fell makes me think this might be a death scene as well. But we forget one thing, brought it up awhile back. With all the hints regarding the ancient hero, the arm, the attire link has, couldnt it be we might interact with or maybe utilise the essence of the ancient princess of the prophecy as well? Just thinking out loud
When she fell it could of been a misdirect. We also saw link catching zelda when she fell, I don’t think she died because that would be the end of the bloodline of the goddess.
A full on death scene? I find that highly unlikely. Especially since you JUST got her back at the end of the first game.
Yeah I know what you mean, maybe death scene is too harsh of a statement, let’s just call it Zelda’s next predicament. In that sense you could call spirit tracks Zelda kind of death as well y know. But I think that just like Link will be fused with the essence of the/an ancient hero, Zelda is going to need a similar treatment, only Link has to make sure she gets it, because it’s needed to, like with Link and the malice, save her life. Just me guessing and going off of missing points like the princess we see on that prophecy on the left side of Ganon. I think “going back to the essence and the 3 virtues” could be key..
She couldn't have died. Demise's curse forbids it from happening... yet.
@@swagmiredoesall that is true
going back to this video after that new trailer is fun considering you definitly are onto something if the 7 spiral-tears are supposedly a Zonai take on the Sages
Another possible future for the master sword, is that we reforge it like in minish cap, where the picori blade was shattered in half, and we reforged it into the four sword, maybe, this could be done too with the master sword, symbolizing a new era in the zelda franchise, with, maybe, Ganondorf completely obliterated, and the emerging of a new villain, and a new main weapon, now that both are gone, both Ganon, and the Master Sword, completed their journey.
Indeed, I was also having the picori blade in mind, since we infuse it with four elements. maybe we have to do something similar in BotW 2. Finding an x amount of elements to give it new life/power.
Nice theory
i think that zelda's spirit (if the orb is her spirit) will act like fi in ss- being able to call her out of wherever she may reside (likely in the arm or the sword) when you need advice and help
24:09 That's the single greatest Fan Theory I ever heard. Breath of the Wild 2 definitely cannot meet these expectations.
Unfortunately... I am much smarter than Nintendo...
The connections you made between the older games and this one is amazing. Keep it up man.
I'm glad someone finally pointed out that Demise isn't actually inside the sword, just his decaying remains. I was always confused why people thought he was gonna pop outta the sword all fine and dandy.
Exactly!
I am amazed by how much time and effort you put into your video, most things that I didn’t even know where there in the beginning! With very little information on botw 2, this video has been an amazing refreshment! Keep up the great work
Great video MM, very high quality. Never considered the idea of Zelda being a spirit but it's an interesting idea. I'm personally subscribing to the Link collects FORCE theory.
I definitely think that we get some new sages, it's fairly obvious who they'd be:
Sidon, Sage of Water
Impa, Paya or Purah, Sage of Shadow
Yunobo, Sage of Fire
Riju, Sage of Spirt
Hestu, Sage of Forest or Wind
Zelda, Leader of the Sages
And maybe Teba being the sage of earth?
Hey MM, this is probably one of the most complete theories of BoTW2 I've seen. Excellent presentation, intro, narrative, and animations. Especially that one with the Isometric 3D sword panning. Great, great video. Keep up the good work!!!!
I agree great video and one of the most complete theories.
i haven’t played zelda for about 6 months this is the first video i’ve watched concerning the legend of zelda’s lore anytime recently. amazing. captured me from the beginning and kept me engaged. the cinematography was simply beautiful as well. amazing video, i’m glad i am subscribed.
Another amazing video! Really excited to heal the sword. Zelda has a lot of themes of healing yourself/healing the world through putting in a lot of work, which just makes me think of the hard work that comes with therapy. If humans can find a way to heal and function after the horrific things that befall us, the Master Sword can be healed enough to be functional too, I believe.
Your videos are always so calm and with a focus on facts, but every now and then you just have one humorous line that comes out of nowhere (Ex: "thicc plot armour" 15:20) and it gets me every time.
There’s so much goddamn lore in these games it’s harder to remember than world history
For Hylia's blessing, I doubt Zelda would be needed, as she only has the blood of the godess, not her soul. The Hylia statues all over Hyrule in BotW show that Hylia is seperate and could help Link without Zelda, so maybe the her blessing could be obtained in a similar way.
Which statues are those? Because I know in Skyward Sword Zelda did have Hylia's soul, and I haven't played BoTW for a couple years now
that's just wrong, zelda doesn't just have the blood of the goddess, she's a reincarnation, just like link and ganon, they are but continuous reincarnation doomed to repeat the cycle eternally, link as the original hero, zelda as hylia, and ganon as demise, it doesn't really matter who wins at the end, the cycle just repeats regardless, until demise's curse is broken at least.
I really hope Fi is alright, sense shes possessing the sword i think it makes sense that whatever happens to the sword, also happens to her. So sense the damage is really bad...shes probably in a lot of pain.
I'd love more canon lore on the relationship between Hylia and the 3 golden goddesses
24:26 you missed the part where Zelda summons every iteration of Link via time trivial, and they all take on Ganon together.
Hero of Time then says an iconic one liner like "here, you guys might be needing these 😏" and hands out the transformation masks to the other Links while he uses the fierce deity's.
"Wow! Thanks great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa!" says the Hero of Twilight.
Then Daruk and Darunia show up and have a Goron bro moment for the ages to finish-off Ganon.
The End.
always good to see an upload from you man
I think you’re definitely on the right track about the new footage showing something related to the goddesses reforging the blade. On the left shoulder of Link’s new tunic you can see what looks like a dragon (botw’s incarnations of the goddesses) in the art style of the divine beasts from the botw loading screen. I bet it’s all related!
Great video! I theorize that when ganon attacks link and the master sword he comes in contact with demises remenants and are absorbed into the malice. I believe this ganon will be the most powerful we have seen so far
I dont know its bad far link
Something Interesting: BOTW and BOTW 2 were meant to be one game. BOTW only has 4 dungeons and then a half Ganon type thing. And the master sword is a pretty minor part of the game.
SO this could mean a couple things. I'm thinking that BOTW 2 will have 4 dungeons and then a final boss, with the master sword playing a bigger role.
This is kinda normal for finished zelda games, a beginning, 4 dungeons, a massive plot drop, then 4 more dungeons, then the final boss.
It's very easy here to see what the finished overall BOTW game was going to be, literally the plot of the two games directly one after another in a coherent story.
And since FI is almost confirmed to be in botw 2, and is also shown quickly in botw, it makes me wonder how big of a role she was going to play in the first game before they decided to half it.
I would love to see the master sword repaired during the game and maybe even going through a design change, I think it would be very refreshing for later titles to have a different sacred blade
4:07 I have a far flung theory. I forget which two Zelda titles it was but you had to strengthen/remake the supposed master sword. Perhaps they are going to reproduce a similar method. A method in which 3 or more materials blissed by the goddesses can be obtained. No doubt the shika with their advanced magical tech will play a role in it as well.
Haha dragon magic forehead
you are insane... i like the ways how you connetct the timeline like a big puzzle. its kind of satisfying to watch, when you put one piece after another together.
I love the idea of having to physically remake the blade, like how certain generations of Link had to recreate legendary blades to fight evil foes, like the Phantom Sword, the Four Sword, etc, it would definitely be much cooler
❤😂😂❤🎉wdfiyuuu as to
Collecting something like, oh, I don't know, the sages' tears?
When the sword is reforged, it is possible that Fai will end up absorbing the power of Link's arm to destroy Ganondorf's Malice once and for all. maybe that's why the Zonai created the seal that covered Ganondorf's chest in the first place, they wanted to destroy what they themselves had created but it wasn't enough, the hero of the legend and the sword that seals darkness were the pieces that were missing.
Are we gonna talk about the star fragments found in legend of Zelda breath of the wild? It said it fell from the sky above, it may be connected to the second game and it may be the thing that powers the machines we saw in the trailer
Monster Maze: "An unlikely alternative: time travel."
Well this didn't age well😅
Jokes aside, it is a shame the whole "find a way to bring zelda back" side quest wasn't developed.
Zelda being transformed back by the power of friendship feels too cheap for me.
That was arguably your best video yet. Awesome work man. Just awesome
I wish we got the game you’re talking about but it didn’t happen
You're becomming quite popular, I'm happy that your hard work is recognized :D
24:10 bro predicted fuse
15:30 its not a bracelet, he lost his arm and that's the new arm you get for him later in the game.
It kinda gets reforged. Though healed is probably a better word.
In legend of Zelda a link between worlds you could upgrade the master sword using master ore so we’re probably gonna need to find some of that in order to reforge the blade And considering how sacred the blade was I’m going to assume that the only place you can find master or is what used to be the lanryu desert in skyward sword because that’s where all the cool minerals came from including the time ones
It makes sense that this incarnation of Ganon’s far smarter and dangerous than the rest, as I firmly believe that Malice is something *far more dangerous* than we could’ve imagined. Demise’s rage, hatred, and fury have all accumulated over time and have created a monstrosity out of this strange, yet horrendously dangerous sludge that can corrupt ANYTHING. This alone tells me that maybe leaving Ganon alive for 10,000 years wasn’t the smartest idea, because it gave him the worst thing that you can give your enemy. Time. Time to plan, time to think on how he would overtake Hyrule, time to think on how he would eventually demolish Link and Zelda, and complete the Triforce under his tyrannical rule.
In my eyes, the pendelum of heroism and evil is beginning to swing in Demise’s favor. His sheer grudge between himself and Goddess Hylia’s, “Chosen Ones” is starting to pay off. His cunningness and his ways of corruption have played a HUGE part in BOTW’s story.
As for the Master Sword… I dunno how we’re gonna put THAT back together as it’s looking like it’s seen some much better days than what’s happened to it now. To think that just through Demise’s festering and fettering grudge, he managed to reduce the Master Sword to its sad and nearly broken state… Makes me shudder just thinking about it.
I think this incarnation of Ganon will be by far the most challenging fight of all time, because he’s been watching Zelda and Link this whole journey, biding his time, and planning his next moves with razor-sharp accuracy. Ten thousand years have given him the ammunition to overtake Hyrule, have a serious advantage over Link and Zelda, and even gave him an element that was created just by his raw will alone.
The terrifying aspect of all of this is they thought he was dead… That the Tyrant King of the Gerudo was long since passed.
They were wrong. So, SO wrong.
i hope he's difficult to fight . im terrible at fighting bosses but , reasonably , after all the flack nintendo got for how easy the final fight was in botw , i imagine botw2's fight is gonna be absolutely horrendously hard
This might be a good thing too though, If you think about it Demise has been in the master sword like forever, his existence might have protected or even revived Ganondorf even in the sword.
So with the sword damaged like this Hylia and this Link might make a NEW master sword, one that isn't helping/protecting Ganondorf in secret and we might be able to kill the Gerudo king once and for all.
But that's just a theory.
@@naraw.456. Not even exclusive to Breath of the Wild; Most Ganon fights were either stupidly easy or just cliché in previous games, and Demise is an utter pushover despite his build-up during the events of Skyward Sword.
_The production for this video was absolutely insane, so cinematic & cool!_
I would love to see Link reforge the Master Sword into a upgraded/altered form, like the Golden Sword, or better, a brand new sacred sword. Fi would also be a suitable guide to brand new sky realm.
I've always wanted to see the Tempered/Golden sword in a 3d game. This may be the chance to do it
Weeeeeeell, on the SNES, if you play A Link to the Past, and don't skip the backstory, it specifically states that with the power of the 7 sages, the godess Hylia, and the three ancient spirits (which now are dragons in BOTW), they forged the Master Sword. Meaning that before Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess, the story was set as to the origins of this ancient blade.
maybe that’s why link is going up to the ancient sky islands… to reforge the sword.
SS Link: *upgrades the goddess sword to repel evil*
BOTW Link: Wanna see me do it again?
To clarify the the guard and the handle are not the blade.
The blade is almost entirely destroyed.
I'm so glad I watched this after gathering all the tears in the game I never would have expected the way it was revived
Just now, I noticed that the 3 Gods who made the master sword are sometype of iqual the 3 dragons,dinraal, farosh and naydra. Even the name
I think that the dungeon part of the trailer stems from link and zelda exploring the now empty death mountain, finding all sorts of tunnels which somehow find their way to gannon
I would hope if the sages did return we would have at least 8 of them the six from oot with each their own dungeon adding two more wind, rito and maybe time, zonai so light, forest, fire, water, shadow/ creepy dungeon, time, wind, and spirit possibly becoming lightning or something to fit with the desert theme in botw………
Monster Maze: When these three powers are combined...
Me: I am Captain Planet!
Oops wrong franchise!
I seriously ALMOST put that in as a joke, but I was afraid that the majority of the viewers wouldn't get it haha. Since it's a pretty old cartoon xD
@@MonsterMaze Lol I used to watch it as a kid, man I am older than the Golden Goddesses.
Your depiction of Vannon was glorious and I await his return
I really do hope fi makes a comeback some how, as she was a big part of the original forging of the sword in the first place. Even though she does say her purpose was to forge it and once it was done she went dormite in the sword. But maybe hylia could “revive” her to REforge it
Great content!
Just a note that Cheery Trees also occur in Kakariko village ... next to the arrow shop I believe
Specifically commented a second time to tell you that ending was AMAZING! HAHAHA!! This is why you're one of muh fav theorists, dude.
In the first trailer if you look carefully you can see cronolite the mineral that was used to create the ocarina of time
Umm that blade is is completely gone. The section remaining has no sharpened edges all that seems to remain are the tang/handle and ricasso/non sharpened section for additional hand hold
18:09 no way, is that the legendary Walmart coin???