Hey everyone, thanks so much for your patience while we worked on this video! Every once in a while we like to switch it up and do something different and we had a lot of fun making this. We'll be returning to our regularly scheduled film content next time on MwM ❤️
Was waiting for the notification to pop up,excited for this one. Hope more similar videos can come in the future *Similar referring to being video game based
Great video, definitely going to play a little today after that. If you want to see the best video out there on the timeline, find it from MatPat over at GameTheory.
Love love LOVE the use of the Link's Awakening cave theme for that intro. It's brilliantly woven into each of the dungeon tracks in that game, and when it suddenly appears again in the shrine music I almost burst into tears (granted this was probably also because I'd just waited in line for ten hours for the Switch launch so I was already vulnerable, but still!).
@@PsychoDiesel48 Yeah it has a sleek tablet disign like the switch, but it was clearly meant to be the in game representative for the Wii U GamePad before they took out the touch screen functionality. Like before they decided to put it on both systems all the slate stuff was certainly gonna appear on the touch screen.
OH, Hey Raz, didnt expect to see you here lol, have a good day (even though this was 2 days ago) and ill see you on your next video (or twitch) also thx for getting me into Hyper light drifter. Good Game!
I still have yet to beat it. Owned it since day 1. I'm just prolonging the inevitable. And I play a bit of it every second day or so. It's just such a fun world to escape to
Code Khalil same here. I got it from the day it dropped in the stores, and haven’t completed it yet. A part of me doesn’t want to finish it. I don’t want that sad, emotional, depressive “goodbye” you get when your favorite anime/tv show ends for good. You can always go back, but deep down, you know it’s over already 😞
It's so true. I fired it up again last week. Two days ago I decided to wring the wet towel and finish the side quests. Last night I counted them up and got really sad when I realized that they're done. On to koroks!
You didn't even go into how incredible this Zelda was, and I mean Princess Zelda. She's devoted, anxious, incredibly curious and intelligent. You can feel the weight of all the previous games on her shoulders and the expectations from her place as "Zelda". Through her, we also get the most defined Link. We learn he's a huge glutton who chose silence because he doesn't want others to ber his emotional burdens. Zelda's story carries the emotional core right to the end, where she gets to deal the final blow and *end* this saga in a way that none of the previous heroes have. It's finally the legend of *Zelda* . Also she's a big cute nerd and I love her.
BotW's Zelda is great, the sort of person I'd like to just follow around collecting bugs because she's just pleasant to be around. Here's hoping the teaser for the sequel is right and a decent part of the game is doing just that.
Thank you! I agree :) She's the real hero in this one, the first game to truly be the Legend of Zelda. That first big trailer in 2017 was beautiful too. Hopefully BOTW2 stars her!
David “she’s the real hero”. Link sits in a dark corner slitting his wrists, knowing no on gives a shit about his efforts having traversed the entire world doing so much shit, and after overcoming being killed after doing more of this shit 100 years ago.
I also got to BOTW pretty late, I basically bought the Switch just to play it. I've been playing Zelda since I was a kid, I'm practically as old as the franchise, and I just loved it too. Thanks for your work, it just made me remember wonderful experiences and connect it all together :)
I think open world games have always seemed unappealing to me because they feel profoundly lonely and expansive, but they don't really seem to acknowledge the loneliness. This game changed that for me, and I think it also kind of re-connected the lonely part of me with the adventurous kid in me. Thanks for this masterwork, Mikey.
Didn't expect to cry during this one. I received Breath of the Wild as a gift while recovering from a life threatening illness. I escaped into Hyrule over and over when I could. So that part where you talk about playing it during a very difficult time hit me right in the feels. Thank you for so eloquently putting into words what I've been feeling and thinking for so much of my life. And thank you for making amazing content!!
@Callie Cothern Omg, I'm so sorry that you suffered so much, but I'm so glad that you are still here with us and that this truly wonderful game brought you so much joy! 😄❤
I cried so much more for Skyward Sword. It was hard to get emotional about these characters. Releasing the champion's long trapped souls touched me, but nowhere near as much Link racing up the steps to stop Zelda locking herself into a golden cacoon for thousands of years, or for Groose learning how to become selfless, or saying goodbye to Fi.
I think there’s even more to be said about how the story of the past era comments on the “eternal roles” of Link and Zelda. Each of them suffers acutely from the weight of the expectations placed on them by Hyrule’s legends and they’re constantly doubting themselves (such as Link consciously choosing not to talk to people because he’s worried he’ll say something wrong and Zelda just destroying herself emotionally because she can’t do the Triforce magic she’s supposed to). Their only real solace in the midst of it all is each other’s company, but by the time they realize this it’s too late and everything is coming crashing down around them. Arguably, it’s precisely _because_ of Hyrule’s obsession with these legends and the resultant crushing pressure on Link and Zelda that they aren’t able to stop Ganon the first time, and it’s only after they find each other once again 100 years later that they’re able to pull together and overcome it all.
It makes me wonder what will be the true end of the LOZ series...what will be the final and last mention of Link and Zelda in the histories because there's only so much you can run a character before the story gets tired and run its course even with Nintendo's propensity to milk a property for every drop of blood. I'm curious as to what will be Link and Zelda's final story.
Im 35 year old dude, never figured I would play a game where you just explore, enjoy and giggle its hard once you get older to get immersed and enjoy games like before when you where younger Botw did that for me and i didn't had that nostalgia feel since this was my first zelda game so that makes it even more impressive. Botw indeed is a masterpiece.
Took me a while to watch this one because I wanted to get this game for my Switch but was on the fence about it, aside from finances and actual time to play but definitely I will get this one in time. Every time I sit and watch one of your videos Mikey, I feel like a joyful child sitting at the knee of an elder happily listening to a story or teaching. Your comforting voice and your own eager enthusiasm to explain or tell a story just...is exhilarating. Never stop sir. You are talented and your work is wonderful. Never let that voice in your head lie to you and tell you aren't good at it.
#1: Excellent video, amigo. I absolutely adored this game when it came out, and your take on it was top notch. #2: On a personal note, just thanks for doing your thing, man. The way I view art and movies, the way I attempt to take a positive and loving look at things the best way I can; you had a big influence on that. I try to take that with me in my TH-cam channel and my life, so thank you. A lot.
Great look at a great game. Nothing has quite the same desolate feel as Breath of the Wild, and I love it. So much of the story and characterisation happens in the past with folk who aren't around any more and it just gives me the feels my dude
Hollow Knight comes close for feelings of desolation. Nothing else looks this good while desolate though. Every single second of BoTW looks like a painting. I enjoy roaming around and just soaking it in sometimes
@@ninjadodovideos Yeah shadow of the colossus is more quiet and desolate. But it didn't give players any reason to explore its world. It's technically an open world game, but a vastly different one than BotW.
This was such a wonderful look at both this game, and basically any video game. It so wonderful to hear you talk about your experiences with how the game made you feel, and how your experiences make you feel ABOUT how the game makes you feel. It's very meta and super cool, and I learned a ton of crazy-cool facts as always which is one of my favourite bonuses from your videos. Thank you so much!
You are 100% my absolute top-of-the-mountain favorite creator, and it feels weird to realize that as I type it (it originally was just going to say "favorite TH-camr" but that felt too small). Your work has real value, and I hope you know that.
I agree that Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece. It's willing to be what you want it to be. Introspective exploration and survival based game? Sure. A silly physics-based sandbox? Absolutely, friend. Rambo, but cute and androgynous? Yeah, it's got you covered. Play it however you like for as long as you want to.
What an experience, one in a lifetime. I've always found hard to play zelda games, if not any games, but all the hype this game created push me to play it, and at first I experience by a glimse what that feeling was, that discovery, revisiting Botw once in a while makes the same feeling, there is, always, something to discover, something to fight, something to see. Can't wait to see the secuel of this, I wish it has all that information about Link that we dont know. Great video man, thank you for remember me that I left Link over a cold mountain waiting to go to discover something anywere else.
Oh to be young again and have the free time to devote to this. One of these days I will actually play more than an hour of this game. Thank you for letting me game vicariously through you.
Probably my favorite game of all time. Spent the ridiculous amount of time it took to 100% this game. My fiancée had so much fun watching me play that she took up the controller and played through the whole thing herself as well. Love you, Mikey!
I've loved BOTW since it came out but I only got to play it last year, April 2019 (bought myself a Switch for my birthday) and I always ALWAYS love watching people gush about this game. I love it so much. And I love that so many people have had the same spiritual experience as me. I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm sure it will be fantastic. Thank you for this FilmJoy!
I finished watching this an hour ago and I have been just mulling over how much I appreciate the craftsmanship and artistry that goes into creating video games. Your videos have such incredible depth and inspire so much passion, not just for art but life itself, so I just wanted to say thank you. So.... Thank you. (and sorry if this came across as weird lol)
Breath of the Wild is unique to me in how both playing it and watching someone else play it are equally satisfying. They really found a perfect balance of engaging gameplay and cinematic look.
Mikey I don't know what all you have been through, but it seems like there has been some tough times. I just want to say, I am glad you are here with us, and thank you for these videos. I always look forward to your content. Your videos always put a smile on my face and have helped me when I feel down. So again, thank you Mikey
Inspired me to replay this sucker, not enough praise can possibly be given to how good this game looks ON A WII U for crying out loud. Also, a taco sounds great right now.
This is amazing, and makes me very excited to play through it again! A second playthrough is long overdue, and I think you're spot on about this being a good time to get lost in there.
I spent 700+ hours in Hyrule, and only due to massive self restraint is it that short a time. I still haven't seen everything I want to see. I spend hours just running around and watching the sun move around the sky. And I still can't get enough of it. This game is the sole reason why I now enjoy playing video games. This game is the most amazing piece of media I ever enjoyed, and possibly the love of my life(still in debate) It is so beautiful to know that there are people out there who enjoy this game as much as I did.
Agreed. And I'm in the exact same boat as you. I just like traversing the world. Sneaking up on moblins or whatever. Flying around. And I will fight every disguised Yiga clan adversary loll. I STILL haven't beat the game. And I've owned it since day 1! I don't mind prolonging it. It's the game you never want to end
@@OGR-4394 LMAO - you still invested 130 hours into it?!? You could have said "meh" at hour 1 or 2. but nope. 130 hours! Fun fact: you don't dislike a game you put 130 hours into🤦
@@codekhalil6437 I did everything to see if there was any way to salvage it, this is one of my favourite series. The game begins eating itself with it's own repetitiveness around the 50th shrine.
Speaking of the rough time we're living through..... I recently dove hard into your channel, Mikey. I tend to listen to podcasts/videos when getting ready for bed. And your content is just so....well joyful. It's been really great to close out my day with. Sadly I'm nearly through it all. Hmmm....Maybe I'll watch the Star Trek 2-parter again. That was amazing! Also a fun story about Zelda games. A few years ago not long after I moved in with my (now) wife I got her Skyward Sword, then Twilight Princess and she's been gaming a lot since then. Assassin's Creed, The Witcher. Now she's playing Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Zelda did help provide a window into the joy of gaming for her, and that's always a great thing. But even more necessary these days.
My mom is looking at me like i'm some strange phenomenom. The thing is, i was laughing like an idiot for a straight minute at "Legend of Zelda: Fury Road"
This is the game my son bought me to end my 20 year gaming hiatus. I had thought that I just gotten too old for games. I lost myself in the gorgeous world and the love for gaming returned.
I also came to the Zelda series super late. The first one I played was Ocarina of Time, nearly 2 years after it had come out. Since then, I have gone back and played the older entries, and I even kept up with the series as new entries came out. But I haven't been able to afford a console in two generations. I had known how well regarded Breath of the Wild was, but this video has done an amazing job enumerating why. This video prompted a bit of mourning for my past self, as I know that I can't go back to the way things were. I don't feel like it's much of a stretch to say that it's partially because of the present circumstances. I'm glad you're making videos on the things that matter to you, Mikey. As much as I love movies, I have always felt a deeper emotional connection with games. And videos like this one remind me that I'm not the only one.
Sounds like you and I have a very similar relationship with the Zelda series. I, too, discovered Zelda 2 when I was about 5 years old and watched my dad play through it. Every time I play any LoZ, it transports me back to those days when we would hike around the woods near our house, pretending milemarkers on the side of the road were ancient goblin runes warning us to keep out of their lairs and that strange rock formations in secluded groves were sites of magic rituals. And no experience has ever captured the childlike wonder of discovering magic in the untouched world of nature like Breath Of The Wild has for me. Thanks again, Mikey.
Link speaks in this game, as evidenced by 2:40. I don't think it is ever shown that he isn't allowed to speak; it is just rarely written out. Usually it comes in the form of a character responding to Link's implied questions or explanations. For example a character might say something like "What happened?" and then "Oh that's terrible!" suggesting that Link answered between text boxes. Link even gives vocal commands to Macar and Medli in Wind Waker. As for character traits, Link likes to sleep in and is "a bit of a glutton" according to one of Zelda's diaries.
Playing this game made me feel like a kid in a way I did not think I could anymore. If for no other reason than that, I will love it forever. Thanks to everyone involved on this video. Awesome job!
Okay but I gotta say, I listen to the soundtrack that he's got going in the background like all the time, it's called Zelda and Chill. And the combination of those beats and his voice make this video so satisfying to listen to.
Okay, Okay. This has been in my backlog long enough, I’ll do it. Thanks as always, Mikey. Keep on keepin’ on. (And by all means, do more game content!!!!)
me: has been watching movies with mikey for a couple years now coronavirus: arrives me: time to hyperfixated on botw even tho i literally never play video games mikey, after ive fallen head over heels for this game: *cash money time*
Mikey- thank you so much for your perspective. Every video makes me think and you consistently make me love things I already love in a new way because of your videos.
Breath of the Wild was actually my entry into video games. It's the first big game I ever played and I bought my switch "just" for it. I've been thinking for the past few weeks that I would love to replay it and you perfectly put into words why. And you made me love this game even more. Ugh I might have to cry now
I appreciate this video a LOT more now that I've actually played this game a bit. Who would have guessed ? Anyway, I'm glad I got the opportunity to play it, it is absolutely amazing, and your video does it justice. Thank you !
I needed this, and I really truly thank you. Never stop making these because they are meaningful to me and I think what you do is deeply, empirically important. Thanks Mikey.
I love this game, and I love this video! Thanks so much for your hard work- I know its hard for everyone to be productive right now. Stay safe everyone!
I remember being little and playing Ocarina of Time. And after totally beating everything in it I kind of would play it like Breath of the Wild and just use my imagination. Then as an adult playing this masterpiece it brought me right back to being a kid haha.
Just came across this video as I just finally got a switch and botw. I know I'm late to the party, but this was great. You're a good dude. Have a good new year.
The thing I love most about Breath of the Wild is that, for all it's a post-apocalyptic hell world in which nothing is precious and just surviving is a trial, it's a setting that encourages and rewards kindness. Whenever I think about Breat of the Wild, I think about the side quest where you collect dragonflies for a small child's birthday, and her excitement whenver you go back to the stable. Breath of the Wild was also the first video game I ever got to play, in the autumn of 2021, and I am so profoundly grateful for the comfort it has given me and for being such a gentle, open armed introduction to gaming.
1) Good. You started off right. BotW is an amazing piece of art regardless of medium. Period. 2) Advice for more games? Take it easy, avoid games that describe themselves with the words "challenging" at least gor a little bit, and do NOT be afraid to put a game into the "resell" pile if it doesn't work for you just because you paid money for it (after all, even if you play the heck out of 1 game out of 3, it's STILL the cheapest form of entertainment you can get on a per hour basis). Lastly, Easy/Casual/Assistive Mode is your friend. Don't let ANYBODY shame you for playing on Easy because, in the end, games are supposed to be fun and IT IS OKAY if you aren't experienced enough to be instantly good at games or don't find constantly looking at Game Over screens any fun. Like BotW rightfully taught you: play games however you WANT to play them. :D
5 minutes in and I’m already in love. I’ve been watching this show grow and mature to what it is now, and while you may not be the most successful youtuber, Mikey, you are one of the most respectable and impressive stories I’ve heard. Much love to you man, and I’d love to see more game content like this from you. It’s absolutely amazing.
Impa's first appearance is in the 1st Zelda game, not the 2nd. The game's story is included in the instruction manual. It's a several page long, illustrated story that opens with Impa ordering Link to go kill Ganon.
I knew this video was gonna be a master piece, and you still manage to amaze me Mikey. Favorite game, favorite channel, amazing crossover episode for me.
So I watched this video when it came out. I just recently finally got a switch and bought this game largely because of this video. I love it so much. So now to watch the video again.
If you would expand your content onto video games regulary, i wouldnt watch another channel ever again! Beautiful take on the subject as always and just happy you are putting in so much work to provide us viewers with amazing videos! Keep it up :)
I have never played any Zelda games but I love listening to someone talk about something they're passionate about, and this was a real treat. Appropriately social distancing sci-five, Mikey!
Love this. Mikey always brings that 10 layer salad of stuff you didnt know about a thing and shows you how it makes the whole thing so much more amazing than you already thought it was.
I wish I could erase Breath of the Wild from my memory. Just so I could experience it all over again with the same sense of wonderment I had the first time I played it. It is such a wonderful game.
Absolutely there with you. I've restarted the game several times before the end, just because I want to start fresh with all the new knowledge I get each time. --Elisa
I’ve never played a Zelda game before in my life except for maining Link in Smash Bros at friends’ houses (I was a PlayStation kid and I still don’t have a PS4). I’ve clocked in many hours on Skyrim and still not even gotten close to finishing the main story line but that was my favorite game for a very long time, but it was missing some of the puzzle aspects that I enjoyed from my other favorite games/game franchises: Uncharted and Prince of Persia. Finally when quarantine hit I bought a Switch and BOTW because it looked amazing and my friends who ARE big Zelda fans wouldn’t shut up about it. I had played it at a friend’s house briefly but didn’t have the intimate time with the game that I wanted... I didn’t even get to a second shrine on The Great Plateau. Finally, I had my own console and a HELL of a lot of free time on my hands. Roughly an hour after finally leaving the Plateau I decided this was the perfect game for my relatively casual taste in video games and that it’s my favorite game of all time so far. Eventually I found and completed all the shrines and defeated Ganon and although it does feel slightly emptier now, I can still wander Hyrule aimlessly for hours on end without getting bored. I’ve also been rewatching all the Movies With Mikey so this video was perfect. Thank you for adding more context and depth to, what I consider, an already perfect game. BOTW is so good that every other Switch game I’ve downloaded has been quickly abandoned so I can continue to murder Bokoblins and uncover more Korok Seeds. I’m gonna buy the DLC pack very soon. Nothing compares to this game, but maybe I just really fucking suck at Dark Souls.
After Breath of the Wild videogames for me are not the same, i fell it is the ultimate gaming experience, there's no other game beyond its sense of freedom and discovery, and on top of that is the unique gameplay with no words to describe it, and las but not least the hauntingly beautiful art (desing, music, history), a true masterpiece, next level, up to the level of the gratests artists of humankind
Technically I believe you unlock the shrines as fast travel points as soon as you interact with the outdoor console, not requiring them to be beaten to use their fast travel utility. But glad to have you back, Mikey.
Love the appreciation for getting this masterpiece of a game on the WiiU, since that really was my experience with Breath of the Wild. I'd had the WiiU and couldn't get the Switch version because 1) I didn't have a Switch and 2) both the Switch and BotW were sold out for a while. I have a lot of good memories of spending afternoons sitting on the couch in the living room with the WiiU gamepad plugged in, TV turned off, because the game text is just so small. It was great. I nearly 100 percented the game and after spending a year away at college I'm ready to pick it up again. My dorm thrived on a mix of old Wii games and brand new stuff and I began to miss spending that time playing BotW. This video game me a whole lot of emotions.
I remember thinking your announcement of this was an April Fool's joke and I am so glad to finally see it hit the net. Definitely enjoyed seeing your take on this amazing game. I'm stoked to see what the sequel brings to the table but either way, this was the Zelda game I waited like 15 years for.
The Sheikah slate is designed to look like the wii-u pad. When the art assets were being designed this was still going to be a wii-u exclusive! Also Yes, Blue Hero clothes is best Link Outfit. Fight me.
I just wanna make a quick note on the Link/Freeman connection. Freeman is effectively mute in his games, though to my memory it's never addressed by any other characters (other than maybe a passing, "Man of few words, huh?" kinda comment). Link, however, is treated as a speaking character by the NPCs. They ask him questions, and react as if he responded. There's a discussion to be had about the idea that Link's reactions to things shouldn't "override" the players, but it's a different tactic they took with the Hero of TIme compared to the One Free Man. It's definitely more Nintendo-y.
I just wanted to use the mos video to share with Mikey, what I just expereinced, it was joyfully eery. I just watched the video of Willem Dafoe's career and got distracted. Then I thought to myself, what Movies with Mikey video is running in the background and then realised I was listening to Willem Dafoe. You guys sound so much alike it's impressive.
There’s a really good video by a channel called Beyond Ghibli that discusses the influences of Studio Ghibli movies, and more specifically Princess Mononoke, on Breath of the Wild, and I highly recommend checking it out if you feel you need even more reasons to love this game
Love it Mikey. I came back to Breath of the Wild last fall after putting it aside for no good reason when it originally came out. Obsessed over it for a good 2-3 weeks, just sucking all the marrow out I could. It truly is a piece of art, and if I wasn't wrapped up in Nintendo's latest chill masterpiece, Animal Crossing, I probably consider doing BotW all over again. Oh, and I need a number 6 combo, but with curly fries.
Dear Mikey: There aren’t many people from whom “this is just me talking about a thing I like” is reason enough to get me to spend 37 minutes watching a tv show about a video game-something I know nothing about and have little interest in-in fact, I can’t think of anyone else. You’re doing something really special here, talking about these things you like, and even if those things don’t end up being things I especially like, your shows about those things always always do, this one included.
This game's atmosphere lets you believe that everyone has lives outside of their interactions with you, and that you're just a part of the world instead of its center. Huge dragons fly around and don't give much of a damn about you, even when you shoot arrows at them for materials. People walk back and forth between places and fight monsters that attack them. Hell, even the _monsters_ have lives apart from yours. If you watch a camp full of Moblins without getting their attention, they'll eat, argue with one another, etc. Right next to the Faron Tower, you'll find two Lizalfos chattering excitedly because they're so happy to have found Hearty Durians to eat. It's a world to explore, and it functions on its own.
Hey everyone, thanks so much for your patience while we worked on this video! Every once in a while we like to switch it up and do something different and we had a lot of fun making this. We'll be returning to our regularly scheduled film content next time on MwM ❤️
Was waiting for the notification to pop up,excited for this one. Hope more similar videos can come in the future
*Similar referring to being video game based
Yeah, especially considering your background, I think more video game videos would be really cool.
Great video, definitely going to play a little today after that. If you want to see the best video out there on the timeline, find it from MatPat over at GameTheory.
Love love LOVE the use of the Link's Awakening cave theme for that intro. It's brilliantly woven into each of the dungeon tracks in that game, and when it suddenly appears again in the shrine music I almost burst into tears (granted this was probably also because I'd just waited in line for ten hours for the Switch launch so I was already vulnerable, but still!).
'Switch' it up
"You are given a tool that looks suspiciously like a Nintendo Switch"
*Wii U gamepad cries*
Wii U gamewhat? What... That's not a thing is it?
That made me irrationally angry.
It is shaped like a switch. Not a gamepad.
@@PsychoDiesel48 Yeah it has a sleek tablet disign like the switch, but it was clearly meant to be the in game representative for the Wii U GamePad before they took out the touch screen functionality.
Like before they decided to put it on both systems all the slate stuff was certainly gonna appear on the touch screen.
@@MuddyMoleMania ok that makes sense
Mikey hitting us with a 5 minute cold open, and I am here for it.
I love your videos man!
There's something so nice about seeing content creators admire each others work, and with good reason. Keep up the great work, both of you!
Oh hey
It's the other design guy I like. That's cool.
OH, Hey Raz, didnt expect to see you here lol, have a good day (even though this was 2 days ago) and ill see you on your next video (or twitch) also thx for getting me into Hyper light drifter. Good Game!
One never finishes playing Breath of the Wild. You simply stop for a bit.
I still have yet to beat it. Owned it since day 1. I'm just prolonging the inevitable. And I play a bit of it every second day or so. It's just such a fun world to escape to
@@codekhalil6437 I finished the game a while back but I still jump into the game just to run around.
It's true. I'll never manage to beat those sword trials. Master Mode Ganon was easier.
Code Khalil same here. I got it from the day it dropped in the stores, and haven’t completed it yet.
A part of me doesn’t want to finish it. I don’t want that sad, emotional, depressive “goodbye” you get when your favorite anime/tv show ends for good. You can always go back, but deep down, you know it’s over already 😞
It's so true.
I fired it up again last week. Two days ago I decided to wring the wet towel and finish the side quests.
Last night I counted them up and got really sad when I realized that they're done.
On to koroks!
You didn't even go into how incredible this Zelda was, and I mean Princess Zelda. She's devoted, anxious, incredibly curious and intelligent. You can feel the weight of all the previous games on her shoulders and the expectations from her place as "Zelda". Through her, we also get the most defined Link. We learn he's a huge glutton who chose silence because he doesn't want others to ber his emotional burdens. Zelda's story carries the emotional core right to the end, where she gets to deal the final blow and *end* this saga in a way that none of the previous heroes have. It's finally the legend of *Zelda* .
Also she's a big cute nerd and I love her.
BotW's Zelda is great, the sort of person I'd like to just follow around collecting bugs because she's just pleasant to be around. Here's hoping the teaser for the sequel is right and a decent part of the game is doing just that.
And British for some reason
I just found her so annoying, i’m not sure about 2 if she’s gonna be following you around
Thank you! I agree :) She's the real hero in this one, the first game to truly be the Legend of Zelda. That first big trailer in 2017 was beautiful too.
Hopefully BOTW2 stars her!
David “she’s the real hero”.
Link sits in a dark corner slitting his wrists, knowing no on gives a shit about his efforts having traversed the entire world doing so much shit, and after overcoming being killed after doing more of this shit 100 years ago.
I also got to BOTW pretty late, I basically bought the Switch just to play it. I've been playing Zelda since I was a kid, I'm practically as old as the franchise, and I just loved it too.
Thanks for your work, it just made me remember wonderful experiences and connect it all together :)
What like 2019
Same for me
I'm saving up for the switch purely because I want to play BOTW.
I think open world games have always seemed unappealing to me because they feel profoundly lonely and expansive, but they don't really seem to acknowledge the loneliness. This game changed that for me, and I think it also kind of re-connected the lonely part of me with the adventurous kid in me. Thanks for this masterwork, Mikey.
The name of the main character isn’t Zelda, it’s “Zelda’s Monster”, a common misunderstanding.
No, the main character is "The Legend of Zelda". Like from the catchphrase, "Bitch, I'm the Legend of Zelda!" that he uses in every game.
Woah. Kinda deep
The Legend of Zelda: Wii U for the NX is my favorite video game.
Didn't expect to cry during this one. I received Breath of the Wild as a gift while recovering from a life threatening illness. I escaped into Hyrule over and over when I could. So that part where you talk about playing it during a very difficult time hit me right in the feels. Thank you for so eloquently putting into words what I've been feeling and thinking for so much of my life. And thank you for making amazing content!!
@Callie Cothern Omg, I'm so sorry that you suffered so much, but I'm so glad that you are still here with us and that this truly wonderful game brought you so much joy! 😄❤
I'm glad you're still here. Keep fighting.
I cried so much more for Skyward Sword. It was hard to get emotional about these characters. Releasing the champion's long trapped souls touched me, but nowhere near as much Link racing up the steps to stop Zelda locking herself into a golden cacoon for thousands of years, or for Groose learning how to become selfless, or saying goodbye to Fi.
I see Breath of the Wild, I click. It's that simple.
I see Movies With Mikey, I click. It’s that simple.
That's what an npc does. Just follow the programming. Lol
Hex Pool Aren’t we all just NPCs with very advanced input/output coding? 🤔
@@Original-Phantom Leaders vs. Followers
@@Original-Phantom spoken like a real npc.
I think there’s even more to be said about how the story of the past era comments on the “eternal roles” of Link and Zelda. Each of them suffers acutely from the weight of the expectations placed on them by Hyrule’s legends and they’re constantly doubting themselves (such as Link consciously choosing not to talk to people because he’s worried he’ll say something wrong and Zelda just destroying herself emotionally because she can’t do the Triforce magic she’s supposed to). Their only real solace in the midst of it all is each other’s company, but by the time they realize this it’s too late and everything is coming crashing down around them. Arguably, it’s precisely _because_ of Hyrule’s obsession with these legends and the resultant crushing pressure on Link and Zelda that they aren’t able to stop Ganon the first time, and it’s only after they find each other once again 100 years later that they’re able to pull together and overcome it all.
It makes me wonder what will be the true end of the LOZ series...what will be the final and last mention of Link and Zelda in the histories because there's only so much you can run a character before the story gets tired and run its course even with Nintendo's propensity to milk a property for every drop of blood.
I'm curious as to what will be Link and Zelda's final story.
Im 35 year old dude, never figured I would play a game where you just explore, enjoy and giggle its hard once you get older to get immersed and enjoy games like before when you where younger Botw did that for me and i didn't had that nostalgia feel since this was my first zelda game so that makes it even more impressive.
Botw indeed is a masterpiece.
I'm over 50. I first played Zelda in 1987. I never get tired of this series.
Took me a while to watch this one because I wanted to get this game for my Switch but was on the fence about it, aside from finances and actual time to play but definitely I will get this one in time.
Every time I sit and watch one of your videos Mikey, I feel like a joyful child sitting at the knee of an elder happily listening to a story or teaching. Your comforting voice and your own eager enthusiasm to explain or tell a story just...is exhilarating.
Never stop sir. You are talented and your work is wonderful. Never let that voice in your head lie to you and tell you aren't good at it.
#1: Excellent video, amigo. I absolutely adored this game when it came out, and your take on it was top notch.
#2: On a personal note, just thanks for doing your thing, man. The way I view art and movies, the way I attempt to take a positive and loving look at things the best way I can; you had a big influence on that. I try to take that with me in my TH-cam channel and my life, so thank you. A lot.
Great look at a great game.
Nothing has quite the same desolate feel as Breath of the Wild, and I love it. So much of the story and characterisation happens in the past with folk who aren't around any more and it just gives me the feels my dude
Hollow Knight comes close for feelings of desolation. Nothing else looks this good while desolate though. Every single second of BoTW looks like a painting. I enjoy roaming around and just soaking it in sometimes
What about Shadow of the Colossus? I don't think any game tops SotC for quiet desolation in vast epic landscapes.
@@ninjadodovideos Yeah shadow of the colossus is more quiet and desolate. But it didn't give players any reason to explore its world. It's technically an open world game, but a vastly different one than BotW.
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My hand instinctively reached for my phone hearing that vibration
This was such a wonderful look at both this game, and basically any video game. It so wonderful to hear you talk about your experiences with how the game made you feel, and how your experiences make you feel ABOUT how the game makes you feel. It's very meta and super cool, and I learned a ton of crazy-cool facts as always which is one of my favourite bonuses from your videos. Thank you so much!
^This
You are 100% my absolute top-of-the-mountain favorite creator, and it feels weird to realize that as I type it (it originally was just going to say "favorite TH-camr" but that felt too small). Your work has real value, and I hope you know that.
You know it's gonna be a great vid when the cold open is five and a half minutes.
Why is this demonetized???
I'm so sorry man, this is such a good video...
nintendo is very aggressive
SPUTNIKV just like my ex wife... Haha. Ha.
please come back Jennifer :(
Perverted TH-cam Algorythm probably thinks shirtless, pantsless Link is sexual content.
@@John-X isn't it ?
God, Mikey. Your editing gives me chills!! You have a gift.
I agree that Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece. It's willing to be what you want it to be. Introspective exploration and survival based game? Sure. A silly physics-based sandbox? Absolutely, friend. Rambo, but cute and androgynous? Yeah, it's got you covered.
Play it however you like for as long as you want to.
Bless you. This is one of the best video essays I’ve ever watched. The others in the top 10 are all by you too. Thank you for existing.
the first 5 hours are literally one of the best experiences in gaming
The whole damn plateau is a tutorial and never once did it feel like it. Amazing design.
meh
@@OGR-4394 Seanilieus2 is back! the person who poured over 100 hours into the game, only to deliver a "meh!" Legends shall speak of you
@@codekhalil6437 I smell bitch
@@jenniferchough I showed it to my younger sibling, she believed it was the whole game itself and was still impressed.
What an experience, one in a lifetime.
I've always found hard to play zelda games, if not any games, but all the hype this game created push me to play it, and at first I experience by a glimse what that feeling was, that discovery, revisiting Botw once in a while makes the same feeling, there is, always, something to discover, something to fight, something to see.
Can't wait to see the secuel of this, I wish it has all that information about Link that we dont know.
Great video man, thank you for remember me that I left Link over a cold mountain waiting to go to discover something anywere else.
Oh to be young again and have the free time to devote to this. One of these days I will actually play more than an hour of this game. Thank you for letting me game vicariously through you.
Probably my favorite game of all time. Spent the ridiculous amount of time it took to 100% this game. My fiancée had so much fun watching me play that she took up the controller and played through the whole thing herself as well. Love you, Mikey!
I've loved BOTW since it came out but I only got to play it last year, April 2019 (bought myself a Switch for my birthday) and I always ALWAYS love watching people gush about this game. I love it so much. And I love that so many people have had the same spiritual experience as me. I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm sure it will be fantastic. Thank you for this FilmJoy!
I finished watching this an hour ago and I have been just mulling over how much I appreciate the craftsmanship and artistry that goes into creating video games. Your videos have such incredible depth and inspire so much passion, not just for art but life itself, so I just wanted to say thank you. So.... Thank you.
(and sorry if this came across as weird lol)
Breath of the Wild is unique to me in how both playing it and watching someone else play it are equally satisfying. They really found a perfect balance of engaging gameplay and cinematic look.
It's about time you use your game industry experience for one of your videos. So happy about this!
Mikey I don't know what all you have been through, but it seems like there has been some tough times. I just want to say, I am glad you are here with us, and thank you for these videos. I always look forward to your content. Your videos always put a smile on my face and have helped me when I feel down. So again, thank you Mikey
Inspired me to replay this sucker, not enough praise can possibly be given to how good this game looks ON A WII U for crying out loud. Also, a taco sounds great right now.
This is amazing, and makes me very excited to play through it again! A second playthrough is long overdue, and I think you're spot on about this being a good time to get lost in there.
I spent 700+ hours in Hyrule, and only due to massive self restraint is it that short a time.
I still haven't seen everything I want to see.
I spend hours just running around and watching the sun move around the sky.
And I still can't get enough of it.
This game is the sole reason why I now enjoy playing video games.
This game is the most amazing piece of media I ever enjoyed, and possibly the love of my life(still in debate)
It is so beautiful to know that there are people out there who enjoy this game as much as I did.
Agreed. And I'm in the exact same boat as you. I just like traversing the world. Sneaking up on moblins or whatever. Flying around. And I will fight every disguised Yiga clan adversary loll. I STILL haven't beat the game. And I've owned it since day 1! I don't mind prolonging it. It's the game you never want to end
I stopped at about 130 hours because I had literally seen everything. meh
@@codekhalil6437 Sounds boring as fuck bro, have you heard of Literally Any Other Game
@@OGR-4394 LMAO - you still invested 130 hours into it?!? You could have said "meh" at hour 1 or 2. but nope. 130 hours! Fun fact: you don't dislike a game you put 130 hours into🤦
@@codekhalil6437 I did everything to see if there was any way to salvage it, this is one of my favourite series. The game begins eating itself with it's own repetitiveness around the 50th shrine.
Speaking of the rough time we're living through..... I recently dove hard into your channel, Mikey. I tend to listen to podcasts/videos when getting ready for bed. And your content is just so....well joyful. It's been really great to close out my day with. Sadly I'm nearly through it all.
Hmmm....Maybe I'll watch the Star Trek 2-parter again. That was amazing!
Also a fun story about Zelda games. A few years ago not long after I moved in with my (now) wife I got her Skyward Sword, then Twilight Princess and she's been gaming a lot since then. Assassin's Creed, The Witcher. Now she's playing Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
Zelda did help provide a window into the joy of gaming for her, and that's always a great thing. But even more necessary these days.
My mom is looking at me like i'm some strange phenomenom. The thing is, i was laughing like an idiot for a straight minute at "Legend of Zelda: Fury Road"
Everytime I play through the original game and I get the blue ring I say, "Finally, Link is in his iconic blue tunic"
This is the game my son bought me to end my 20 year gaming hiatus. I had thought that I just gotten too old for games. I lost myself in the gorgeous world and the love for gaming returned.
There are some wonderful games that have come up in previous 2 generation.
I also came to the Zelda series super late. The first one I played was Ocarina of Time, nearly 2 years after it had come out. Since then, I have gone back and played the older entries, and I even kept up with the series as new entries came out. But I haven't been able to afford a console in two generations. I had known how well regarded Breath of the Wild was, but this video has done an amazing job enumerating why.
This video prompted a bit of mourning for my past self, as I know that I can't go back to the way things were. I don't feel like it's much of a stretch to say that it's partially because of the present circumstances. I'm glad you're making videos on the things that matter to you, Mikey. As much as I love movies, I have always felt a deeper emotional connection with games. And videos like this one remind me that I'm not the only one.
Sounds like you and I have a very similar relationship with the Zelda series. I, too, discovered Zelda 2 when I was about 5 years old and watched my dad play through it. Every time I play any LoZ, it transports me back to those days when we would hike around the woods near our house, pretending milemarkers on the side of the road were ancient goblin runes warning us to keep out of their lairs and that strange rock formations in secluded groves were sites of magic rituals. And no experience has ever captured the childlike wonder of discovering magic in the untouched world of nature like Breath Of The Wild has for me. Thanks again, Mikey.
Link speaks in this game, as evidenced by 2:40. I don't think it is ever shown that he isn't allowed to speak; it is just rarely written out. Usually it comes in the form of a character responding to Link's implied questions or explanations. For example a character might say something like "What happened?" and then "Oh that's terrible!" suggesting that Link answered between text boxes. Link even gives vocal commands to Macar and Medli in Wind Waker.
As for character traits, Link likes to sleep in and is "a bit of a glutton" according to one of Zelda's diaries.
Im just happy there making a second one ,im not keeping my expectations high though as i don't wanna disappoint myself
Playing this game made me feel like a kid in a way I did not think I could anymore. If for no other reason than that, I will love it forever. Thanks to everyone involved on this video. Awesome job!
Okay but I gotta say, I listen to the soundtrack that he's got going in the background like all the time, it's called Zelda and Chill. And the combination of those beats and his voice make this video so satisfying to listen to.
Okay, Okay. This has been in my backlog long enough, I’ll do it. Thanks as always, Mikey. Keep on keepin’ on. (And by all means, do more game content!!!!)
me: has been watching movies with mikey for a couple years now
coronavirus: arrives
me: time to hyperfixated on botw even tho i literally never play video games
mikey, after ive fallen head over heels for this game: *cash money time*
Same
I've never fallen so hard into a game before. Didn't think it was possible. The world will just own you.
New segment. Hell yeah. Love your videos man. Hearing your voice calms me my dude
Mikey- thank you so much for your perspective. Every video makes me think and you consistently make me love things I already love in a new way because of your videos.
The last part almost brought me to tears. Awesome video.
Breath of the Wild was actually my entry into video games. It's the first big game I ever played and I bought my switch "just" for it. I've been thinking for the past few weeks that I would love to replay it and you perfectly put into words why. And you made me love this game even more. Ugh I might have to cry now
I appreciate this video a LOT more now that I've actually played this game a bit. Who would have guessed ? Anyway, I'm glad I got the opportunity to play it, it is absolutely amazing, and your video does it justice. Thank you !
I needed this, and I really truly thank you. Never stop making these because they are meaningful to me and I think what you do is deeply, empirically important. Thanks Mikey.
I love this game, and I love this video! Thanks so much for your hard work- I know its hard for everyone to be productive right now.
Stay safe everyone!
I remember being little and playing Ocarina of Time. And after totally beating everything in it I kind of would play it like Breath of the Wild and just use my imagination. Then as an adult playing this masterpiece it brought me right back to being a kid haha.
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Zelda and Chill on Spotify if you want more of that background music.
Came to the comments just to look for this nugget of info. Thank you!
Can't find the song at 5.51 you know it?
Thanks!
@@Siris101 It's the classic Gerudo town one from ocarina, but like, edited low fi
now, if anyone knows the one at 33:18 and onward, please do tell
nvm, Fi's Lament from skyward sword
Just came across this video as I just finally got a switch and botw. I know I'm late to the party, but this was great. You're a good dude. Have a good new year.
The thing I love most about Breath of the Wild is that, for all it's a post-apocalyptic hell world in which nothing is precious and just surviving is a trial, it's a setting that encourages and rewards kindness. Whenever I think about Breat of the Wild, I think about the side quest where you collect dragonflies for a small child's birthday, and her excitement whenver you go back to the stable.
Breath of the Wild was also the first video game I ever got to play, in the autumn of 2021, and I am so profoundly grateful for the comfort it has given me and for being such a gentle, open armed introduction to gaming.
1) Good. You started off right. BotW is an amazing piece of art regardless of medium. Period.
2) Advice for more games? Take it easy, avoid games that describe themselves with the words "challenging" at least gor a little bit, and do NOT be afraid to put a game into the "resell" pile if it doesn't work for you just because you paid money for it (after all, even if you play the heck out of 1 game out of 3, it's STILL the cheapest form of entertainment you can get on a per hour basis).
Lastly, Easy/Casual/Assistive Mode is your friend. Don't let ANYBODY shame you for playing on Easy because, in the end, games are supposed to be fun and IT IS OKAY if you aren't experienced enough to be instantly good at games or don't find constantly looking at Game Over screens any fun. Like BotW rightfully taught you: play games however you WANT to play them. :D
5 minutes in and I’m already in love. I’ve been watching this show grow and mature to what it is now, and while you may not be the most successful youtuber, Mikey, you are one of the most respectable and impressive stories I’ve heard. Much love to you man, and I’d love to see more game content like this from you. It’s absolutely amazing.
Impa's first appearance is in the 1st Zelda game, not the 2nd. The game's story is included in the instruction manual. It's a several page long, illustrated story that opens with Impa ordering Link to go kill Ganon.
My favorite game of all time. Spent weeks just exploring.
Only recently got a switch for isolation times. Started playing this, I see I’m in for a wild ride!
I knew this video was gonna be a master piece, and you still manage to amaze me Mikey.
Favorite game, favorite channel, amazing crossover episode for me.
So I watched this video when it came out. I just recently finally got a switch and bought this game largely because of this video. I love it so much. So now to watch the video again.
This was such a good vid I hope you all are so proud of the work put in
If you would expand your content onto video games regulary, i wouldnt watch another channel ever again!
Beautiful take on the subject as always and just happy you are putting in so much work to provide us viewers with amazing videos! Keep it up :)
I have never played any Zelda games but I love listening to someone talk about something they're passionate about, and this was a real treat. Appropriately social distancing sci-five, Mikey!
It took me three years but I finally saved enough money to buy a switch to play this game. It arrives on Friday and I can't wait.
I really appreciate your use of the Adventures of Link theme song for the cold open. One of the best!
How have I gone this long following you without knowing your history. Lots of love my dude, I'd take more like this.
Its awesome that this video came out now, because I JUST started playing this game for the first time on May 1st, and I love it already.
Love this. Mikey always brings that 10 layer salad of stuff you didnt know about a thing and shows you how it makes the whole thing so much more amazing than you already thought it was.
I wish I could erase Breath of the Wild from my memory.
Just so I could experience it all over again with the same sense of wonderment I had the first time I played it. It is such a wonderful game.
Absolutely there with you. I've restarted the game several times before the end, just because I want to start fresh with all the new knowledge I get each time. --Elisa
I’ve never played a Zelda game before in my life except for maining Link in Smash Bros at friends’ houses (I was a PlayStation kid and I still don’t have a PS4). I’ve clocked in many hours on Skyrim and still not even gotten close to finishing the main story line but that was my favorite game for a very long time, but it was missing some of the puzzle aspects that I enjoyed from my other favorite games/game franchises: Uncharted and Prince of Persia.
Finally when quarantine hit I bought a Switch and BOTW because it looked amazing and my friends who ARE big Zelda fans wouldn’t shut up about it.
I had played it at a friend’s house briefly but didn’t have the intimate time with the game that I wanted... I didn’t even get to a second shrine on The Great Plateau.
Finally, I had my own console and a HELL of a lot of free time on my hands. Roughly an hour after finally leaving the Plateau I decided this was the perfect game for my relatively casual taste in video games and that it’s my favorite game of all time so far. Eventually I found and completed all the shrines and defeated Ganon and although it does feel slightly emptier now, I can still wander Hyrule aimlessly for hours on end without getting bored. I’ve also been rewatching all the Movies With Mikey so this video was perfect. Thank you for adding more context and depth to, what I consider, an already perfect game.
BOTW is so good that every other Switch game I’ve downloaded has been quickly abandoned so I can continue to murder Bokoblins and uncover more Korok Seeds. I’m gonna buy the DLC pack very soon.
Nothing compares to this game, but maybe I just really fucking suck at Dark Souls.
It feels like it's been a long while since your last video in this style. I'm happy you've made it!
This might be my favorite video game of all time. Refreshing to see some videogame content on this channel, I'm all for it
The music in this video feels like it was pretty much taken from my "Chill" playlist on Spotify. I love it.
I love the slight divergence from standard content, and would love to see more like this. Love me some media analysis
These are the most extraordinarily existential reviews, i can't tell you how much I love them.
Love, love, love this game! Been a huge fan from the beginning and hope to continue! Great video!
So stoked to have discovered this channel.
I could listen to him talk about anything, but it helps that he talks about things that I love :)
After Breath of the Wild videogames for me are not the same, i fell it is the ultimate gaming experience, there's no other game beyond its sense of freedom and discovery, and on top of that is the unique gameplay with no words to describe it, and las but not least the hauntingly beautiful art (desing, music, history), a true masterpiece, next level, up to the level of the gratests artists of humankind
Technically I believe you unlock the shrines as fast travel points as soon as you interact with the outdoor console, not requiring them to be beaten to use their fast travel utility. But glad to have you back, Mikey.
I'm 2 years into the game and I'm STILL finding new things in it! Best game ever for me.
It's so great that it's a video about BotW, but also puts it in the context of the whole Zelda series. Great job as always!
Love the appreciation for getting this masterpiece of a game on the WiiU, since that really was my experience with Breath of the Wild. I'd had the WiiU and couldn't get the Switch version because 1) I didn't have a Switch and 2) both the Switch and BotW were sold out for a while.
I have a lot of good memories of spending afternoons sitting on the couch in the living room with the WiiU gamepad plugged in, TV turned off, because the game text is just so small. It was great. I nearly 100 percented the game and after spending a year away at college I'm ready to pick it up again. My dorm thrived on a mix of old Wii games and brand new stuff and I began to miss spending that time playing BotW. This video game me a whole lot of emotions.
I remember thinking your announcement of this was an April Fool's joke and I am so glad to finally see it hit the net. Definitely enjoyed seeing your take on this amazing game. I'm stoked to see what the sequel brings to the table but either way, this was the Zelda game I waited like 15 years for.
The Sheikah slate is designed to look like the wii-u pad. When the art assets were being designed this was still going to be a wii-u exclusive! Also Yes, Blue Hero clothes is best Link Outfit. Fight me.
Movies with Mikey's 'Breath of the Wild is a Masterpiece' is a Masterpiece
I've been looking for a really good French dip sandwich. But during this pandemic, it's not easy.
Oh, the video? Great as usual.
Gotta make your own! I have faith in you to make a tasty one.
I just wanna make a quick note on the Link/Freeman connection. Freeman is effectively mute in his games, though to my memory it's never addressed by any other characters (other than maybe a passing, "Man of few words, huh?" kinda comment). Link, however, is treated as a speaking character by the NPCs. They ask him questions, and react as if he responded. There's a discussion to be had about the idea that Link's reactions to things shouldn't "override" the players, but it's a different tactic they took with the Hero of TIme compared to the One Free Man. It's definitely more Nintendo-y.
I just wanted to use the mos video to share with Mikey, what I just expereinced, it was joyfully eery. I just watched the video of Willem Dafoe's career and got distracted. Then I thought to myself, what Movies with Mikey video is running in the background and then realised I was listening to Willem Dafoe. You guys sound so much alike it's impressive.
There’s a really good video by a channel called Beyond Ghibli that discusses the influences of Studio Ghibli movies, and more specifically Princess Mononoke, on Breath of the Wild, and I highly recommend checking it out if you feel you need even more reasons to love this game
Love it Mikey. I came back to Breath of the Wild last fall after putting it aside for no good reason when it originally came out. Obsessed over it for a good 2-3 weeks, just sucking all the marrow out I could. It truly is a piece of art, and if I wasn't wrapped up in Nintendo's latest chill masterpiece, Animal Crossing, I probably consider doing BotW all over again.
Oh, and I need a number 6 combo, but with curly fries.
Dear Mikey: There aren’t many people from whom “this is just me talking about a thing I like” is reason enough to get me to spend 37 minutes watching a tv show about a video game-something I know nothing about and have little interest in-in fact, I can’t think of anyone else. You’re doing something really special here, talking about these things you like, and even if those things don’t end up being things I especially like, your shows about those things always always do, this one included.
I've got the MwM theme for my notification music and it's the first time in better than a decade that I keep my ringer on. Love it
Once again, great is my Joy to hear you, Mikey.
This game's atmosphere lets you believe that everyone has lives outside of their interactions with you, and that you're just a part of the world instead of its center. Huge dragons fly around and don't give much of a damn about you, even when you shoot arrows at them for materials. People walk back and forth between places and fight monsters that attack them. Hell, even the _monsters_ have lives apart from yours. If you watch a camp full of Moblins without getting their attention, they'll eat, argue with one another, etc. Right next to the Faron Tower, you'll find two Lizalfos chattering excitedly because they're so happy to have found Hearty Durians to eat. It's a world to explore, and it functions on its own.