Genuine Masterpiece... Another game that proves why video games are an artform that can make you feel things in ways I can only describe as magic. Being emotional but not knowing why because of the genuine art in front of me, God I wish I could relive this moment again and again. Top 10 games of all time for me.
There are ALOT of People that have not EVEN won the game yet. For God's Sake, the game just Came out a Month ago and it is THE SUMMER months, many people are..OUTSIDE??
My father is programming at Nintendo in Kyoto. He said that he works every day because he wants people all over the world to look like you after playing the game. Thank you for playing Zelda, including its predecessor. I am very happy with myself.
Please tell your father that we thank him a lot for the sublime work, for the emotions that he, the other developers and the minds behind games like this, gives to us. Thank you.
The dive to catch her at the end was so symbolic, even the camera angle of his hand reaching for hers - a chance to correct his failing at the beginning of the story, where he failed to save her then, wounded as he was, now he could try again with all his renewed might and power.
My Hylian shield broke in the last phase of the demon king fight and I cannot explain how fucking thematically cool that was to me. All that’s left is the sword and the spirit of the hero. Total endgame moment right there. And of course I couldn’t be made because the save sets you before the boss so my shield wasn’t gone but that was a huge and happy coincidence.
Wow same here. Demon King Ganondorf shattered my Hylian shield too!! I would never allow such a thing to happen against any foe but him, it fit too perfectly.
I understand now I was not the only one with tears. Im 42 years old, and have played all zelda games. This one is the masterpiece. The ending is epic, and my last word that day was Thank u Nintendo.
I've only played A Link to the Past, BOTW and TOTK, but I can still say that you're never too old to have tears and get emotional when playing a video game and everyone that says something else should think twice. This ending just caught me completely off-guard and left me with a big void in my heart. This is truly a wonderful game. The last time I felt and cried like that was when I finished RDR2 a couple of years ago.
You ask chat why and how Zelda was revived. My first thought (and one I've seen echoed online) is that what're we're seeing at the very end with Link, Sonia and Rauru is a balanced Triforce. In the Zelda series, Link is in essence the avatar of the triforce of courage, Zelda wisdom, and Ganondorf power. However, in this context we have Rauru and Sonia channeling power and wisdom, respectively. And what does the unified Triforce do? Answer: it grants the true desire of the one who wields it, and in that moment, Link desired only one thing: To save Zelda.
It fits thematically too. The first quest and last quest is find Zelda. It's not beat ganondorf.. That just happens to be in the path of finding Zelda. If the final quest is supposed to be the most important quest then find Zelda should be Link's most important task.
I think it's the same as with her Light power in Breath of the Wild. Her love for Link awakened her power back then, and now she was awakened from within the Light Dragon by a warm, loving embrace.
I always just imagine purah in lookout landing looking through her telescope when the demon dragon appears and losing it every time i rewatch this cutscene. Like imagine being an ordinary citizen of hyrule and you look into the distance to see this sort of stuff
Canonically only Children or those of Pure Heart like Link and Zelda can see the dragons so by the Hylians Perspective Link learned how to fly and attacked an Invisible monster which then exploded like a Nuke
@@Glitchyy07 it was in Breath of the Wild there is a rito woman who can see Dinrall (the fire dragon) but she says that her and a few children from her village have seen the dragon appear
Nintendo to the composers: make sure the hoard battle' music before the final fight isnt that good so it doesnt over shadow the final boss's ost The composers: no, no i dont think i will.
I finished the main quest around 2 weeks after release and I have spent the time since then watching other people's reactions to the ending, and I still cry or at least tear up every single time. It's just so beautiful, from the sages showing up to fight all together to those David-and-Goliath shots of tiny Zelda-dragon facing off against Ganon-dragon, and of course the whole diving scene with all the classic Zelda music references making it just that much more emotional. I can't believe how much I love this whole ending
same....when i saw this...i was absolutely blown away and seeing other people have the exact same reaction as me is amazing. This game is going to win so many awards i cant wait to give it my love by voting for this game!
Yeah the moment where Link is diving to catch Zelda: that transition to where he's about to grab her hand - that music is awesome and for long time Zelda players, hits all the nostalgic feels. Also, the very end after Zelda tells them all to stand with her - the Main Zelda theme, i was a wreck lol.
Even re listening to the music makes me want to breakdown into tears. Honestly, I have no words left to describe how much I love this game and this games ending. A lot of tears shed while playing.
You're not weird for shipping Link and Zelda. This particular version of them has the most blatant relationship outside of Skyward Sword. They're straight up implied to be living together.
@@wickedTricksterand Zelda comparing link waking her as a loving embrace and using the oh link I’m home which sound very similar to oh honey I’m home lines used in movies
There is also a reaaaaly suddle hint that they wanted to hold hands when looking at the castle. Not sure if it is just because of the shipping wishing but it really looks like that because its links left hand and zeldas right hand that have a little movement to each other.
Came here after your Titan stream. I didn’t cry when I finished this game but cried with you just now. Like a fine sake finally kicked in lol. Two peak games in two month is just overwhelming 😂
here's one of my favorite details in the 2nd stage of the ganondorf fight: the sages come in at the order you did them. My order was : Yunobo, Tulin, Sidon, Riju, Mineru. But it's different for each player. Was every player going to notice this? No? Is it super small? Yes. Did it make the game better? To me, yes. It's the small things in this game that make it so compelling, and you really see Nintendo's attention to detail
Damn. I played in the "intended" order (not by looking up or anything), which is also their order when showing up before the Demon King's Army, their reversed order (apart from Mineru) when the bosses appear and the order of the themes in the credits. I've seen a few RUclipsrs, only 1 or 2 did a different order and most of them edited out the sages coming in at phase 2, so I never noticed. BotW and TotK are filled with little details which I have come to see as little lovenotes from the developers. Can't wait for all of the TotK details to be discovered over the next few years.
glad to see i wasnt the only one who had to pause a moment during the final dive to recollect myself at first bc i was so overwhelmed with how emotional i was with the score and how it was all done. this game had such a cinematic ending, i was speechless by the end
I didn't hesitate one moment, I barely saw her through tears in my eyes, I pressed that ZR button has hard as possible, while reaching for the screen, every single muscle in my body tight to the max, literally crying as If I just bring back someone to life, after missing him for my entire life.
The moment the dragon’s health bar appeared, everything vanished. The switch, the controller, my reality. Everything was gone. It was such an impossible setpiece that only seems obvious in retrospect. It was the moment where I stopped playing as Link and actually became Link. It, along with the catch, became the greatest gaming moment I ever played. And I wish I could do it all over for the first time.
Something I only realised at the end and deffo added to the emotional charge of it is that this is a game where you put a lot of yourself into. It’s a genuine open world, you decide the pace and flow of the story, you can be the fighter or the explorer and both approaches are rewarding no matter where you go. Every upgrade, piece of armour, stamina vessel, heart container…all is won with an investment of time and your personal take on the game. What Nintendo did there was that they made us Link, and by the end, when Zelda awakes, she is thanking Link but we feel like she is thanking us, the player, because we built and poured so much of ourselves into Link’s character throughout the whole game, we invested so much time and perseverance in gathering understanding over what has happened and, in the process, healing him. So all of a sudden Zelda is the biggest reward to ourselves; she is almost like talking directly at us - it was us, Link, who saved her and she is thanking us for being her hero. No other game ever made me feel this way and this is one of the reasons why this has been one of the best experiences in gaming I ever had.
So, it’s not controversial to say that this is the best version of Princess Zelda to date, right? In BOTW, her plan to seal Ganon to buy time for Link was more out of desperation. But in TOTK, Rauru and Sonia allow her to study and be herself, allowing her to hone her skills naturally. As a result, she’s able to piece together what’s happening and formulate a calculated and long term plan to defeat Ganondorf in the future. She actually ends up embodying the Triforce of Wisdom (and courage with the whole dragon thing and power with the way she uses her time powers in battle and to repair the Master Sword imo) and creating her own legend. This also feels like the first time where Zelda doesn’t really feel like a damsel to me. Yes, you do save her from falling at the very end, but it feels more like you’re repaying her for everything she’s done to help you (and her kingdom) and less like you’re saving a helpless damsel. And the scene that happens right after Link brings her ashore is extremely heartfelt, with Zelda reflecting on her journey and realizing that she successfully did it just as Link did it.
I love watching everyone's reaction to Zelda returning from being a dragon. They nailed the emotions perfectly. They let everyone have a moment of pure joy right before they punch everyone in the feels with zelda's theme. I don't know how they managed to trigger pure happiness and pure sadness (but more happiness overall) at the same time.
Yeah that's literally how I survived phase 3. I couldn't get the timing for dodging some of his attacks so it turned into a game of stay alive and hit the red orbs lol
Months later & I still appreciate this video. The ending was PERFECT, something we don’t see a lot in video games. I wasn’t a Zelda fan until I played this. I played BOTW & thought it was good but THIS did it. These are the moments we gamers live for. This was truly beautiful.
When I finished and looked at the pictures during the credits (the handshakes and similar images), I realized Rauru's arm is like a theme in this game. The entire game is about Zelda and Link 'reaching out', making connections and providing support (giving a hand). Even the climax is somewhat of a visual re-do, of Link successfully catching Zelda's hand with his, when in the beginning he failed to do so.
Completely mirrored my reaction, I was absolutely sobbing through the entire ending sequence. Also, imo Zelda got revived through Sonia and Rauru amplifying the recall power Zelda gave to Link, reversing her to before she became a dragon (which explains why she still has her spirit stone).
This is the only video game that has ever made me cry. I can't put into words how much I love this franchise and this game. This was probably the most satisfying ending to a Zelda game I have ever experienced. For the longest time Ocarina of Time held the top spot as my favorite game of all time, but I think I might have a new favorite after playing Tears of the Kingdom.
I have another one that made me cry actually, Neo The World Ends With You, the twist in the supposedly final fight... You'll know if you played it, it just hits me, like "it was YOU? The whole time?"
So I’m assuming if you go into this fight without the mastersword, Link will draw it in the moment just before the fight begins and you get that whole cutscene where Zelda explains that the sword is healed. Pretty cool way to ensure the player canonically kills Ganon with the mastersword
I think out of every reaction I've seen so far of the finale, yours resonated with me the most. From the dive beneath the castle and traversing the deepest depths all the way to the heart of Hyrule, the battle with Ganondorf in all his phases had me so energized, the absolute shock and awe at reemerging from the ground in the jaws of the beast, all of it had me so excited. But like you, the moment that pushed me over the edge entirely was hearing that roar and Zelda swoops in to join you in the final clash. The tears just started flowing and would not stop until the credits rolled. And I am SO glad you looked up when the sky turned red so you could see the Blood Moon at its absolute zenith in the sky; no one else I've watched has done that, and it's such an incredible detail. I have not played a game in a very long time that struck such an emotional chord with me as this did, especially in this moment. The music... My God, the music was incredible... the Zelda's Lullaby motif interspersed throughout the final boss theme, and especially its placement between the main theme and the classic Legend of Zelda motif in that last dive sequence. Nintendo knocked it out of the stratosphere with Tears of the Kingdom. I rolled credits at around 270 hours, and I still have things to find here and there, but I enjoyed every single minute I put into it.
When I grabbed Zelda’s hand it somehow perfectly synced up with the ‘clap’ of the song. The amount of spiritual moments TotK has given me is nothing short of magical. Well worth the wait, a perfect sequel to Breath of the Wild.
This is the first video of this content creator I have seen, but him and his content seem amazing! glad to see you also enjoyed the game, I cried sm TvT
I have 2 profiles. One I share with my son and my other one. I completed tears of the kingdom in 295 hours, then I realised I did it on the wrong profile, so I’m playing it again. Already up to 75 hours. I will never tire of this, and I will never not cry.
I wish Nintendo would have warned us the the “tears” of the kingdom would be coming from our eyes 😭. What a beautiful experience. There is no way this isn’t the GOTY.
I have watched different reactions from the final game of TotK, but yours was so similar to mine. But one difference. I did not anticipate that Zelda would help us in her dragon form. Even short after Ganondorfs transformation. It totally took me off guard. As a Zelda fan since A Link to the Past, it is great how far the series has evolved. You fighting a gigantic draconified Ganondorf on a draconified Zelda up in the skies. I nearly forgot to breath during the fight. And the Ending speaks for itself. It will be hard for Nintendo to top that (Maybe Zelda in space, i don`t know).
This game is amazing, to a point, i would counterargue that this should not be the first video game people experience. It would spoil you so badly that other games would hit you less hard
One of the best Zelda Stories yet. It had me on such an emotional ride! I was in tears of joy at the end as well with how well done they made it. The music cues and everything during the end when you go to catch Zelda had me bawling. I've been a fan of the Zelda Series ever since Ocarina of Time.
Did not play ocarina when it came out, but much later. Still see it as the most influential game. Thought it was the best tho, before totk. This game is an absolute masterpiece.
@5:37:45 "How did they program this" My thought would be obviously not as simple but simplified down. When link is on Zeldas head, the program makes zelda fly above ganon so link and jump off. When link jumps off, zelda is programmed to go under ganon to await link again. Once links character model drops below ganons dragon, it then programs zeldas dragon to seek link and grab him to just technically be a MASSIVE loop, on the grand scale. love it
I love that you saw and reacted to the torch. I felt exactly the same way first time. Literally stood there for a minute and took it in. I was so ready. So ready to face Ganon and save her
It's okay to keep weeping at end of adventure... i stopped for 3 weeks after i found Zelda was the light dragon for 3 weeks.... your reaction to the end game was the same as mine.
A very epic ending sequence. A number of the Zelda series games end up 'defeating' Ganondorf (or the main villain), always keeping the door open for future encounters. But this game literally carries out the main sub-quest....and destroys Ganondorf. The ending scene still keeps a door slightly open for the potential need for Hyrule's heroes, just not apparently with Ganondorf showing up again. It will be interesting to see where the game developers take the Legend of Zelda series after this one, which will be hard to top.
This end still makes me having tears after the 10th times I see it it's just so perfect and outstanding end! The best end of all Zelda's games! Thought I really loved TP and SS ends but this one wow
My first though when I finished the game: "Rauru you SOAB! If you are going to transform Zelda into a hilyan again, don't do it when we are like 5000 ft away from the floor"
im sorry i might be slow to the jump here but at 5:49:28 you can see links mouth moving like he's speaking to zelda but we cant hear it, am i so slow that i just realised this?
I just finished the game. And I’m now bingeing on reactions. So great to see everyone feeling the same way I did when I finished - I was a teary eyed mess. It wasn’t sad, it was a catharsis for me, and the realization that there’s so much love there … and I’m not a Zelda and Link shipper by any means. Thank you for sharing this!!
I had to fucking fight ganondorf with three hearts since the rest were corrupted the whole time. I couldn’t cook anything or heal at all. I had to learn each dodge with searing precision and needed to know when to attack at the exact optimal time. My skill in Zelda games has increased dramatically due to this boss fight. It’s made me stronger because I couldn’t heal at all during the fight and one hit from ganon would mean that I’d have to start over ALL OVER AGAIN. I COULDN’T EVEN SKIP THE CUTSCENES BECAUSE MY GAME BUGGED OUT. So I had to sit through each. Fucking. Cutscene. For hundreds of attempts and it sucked the life out of me. The moment I finally got out of the depths and fought dragon ganon I’ve never felt such satisfaction.
The real tears came out right after finishing the game… that is with what at the end you stay with… I got the same reaction and for me I believe that if you think it this way, you went through so many things with the character and Zelda, and you got into the game so much that it is impossible not to feel the story… all the things Link had to go through it was… a lot
I will say, for as much as they fumbled the story in this game, the beginning and the ending more than make up for it. The prologue is almost perfect in how it sets up the story of the game. The ending, I got the one-on-one swordfight with Ganon I always wanted (The Twilight Princes one was good, but it just needed something more), and a great end battle I could never have predicted would be as amazing as it was.
Ya know, i still wonder looking back how many people figured out that the heart erasing gloom attacks can be deflected with the Master Sword in a classic moment of Dead Man's Volley
Ok, if Silksong comes out this year, I will vote for it (if it makes it onto the Game Awards). But, for now, this game is GOTY. After watching the ending, my view on the game completely changed (I did not cry because video games in general don’t make me cry).
For me, Botw looks like a ``link development``, TotK a ``Zelda development`` and maybe they develop Ganon or Malice next and complete the triforce and maybe in a fourth, they close the survival Zelda genre Arc.
You literally saw the mural of the sages fighting Ganondorf in Mineru's memory and an hour later in the mural room you had already forgotten it hahaha.
I love your symbolic "carrying a torch" for Zelda, because if you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them.
6:08:24 As someone who did grow up with the franchise all the way back to its humblest beginnings, I have seen my fair share of the games. For the longest time I considered that Ocarina of Time had the best overall emotional payout than any before and since. It being able to beat out others like Twilight Princess, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, and even Skyward Sword. I also admit that there are some I haven’t played including Minish Cap, Triforce Hero’s, Spirit Tracks, etc. When Breath of the Wild came out I considered it a close second to Ocarina of Time, this blew both out of the water.
Awesome video! I either missed it or what but I'm surprised you didn't even blink at getting a heart PERMANENTLY removed in the fight from one of Ganons attacks. I lost like 4 in my fight and was freaking tf out!!
Apparently someone found out if you pull the camera out and face it to link and zelda after she ays it felt like someone was giving her a warm embrace you can actually see Link smiling
When game gave me control back after showing falling Zelda, I didn't hesitate one moment, I barely saw her through tears in my eyes, I pressed that ZR button has hard as possible, while reaching for the screen, every single muscle in my body tight to the max, literally crying as If I just bring back someone to life, after missing him for my entire life.
For Future Reference/Tip, when he uses that Power up (when you need to take Flight) whilst in mid air, with your (either Revali's/Lynel x3 28 Bow) Plus make sure you have a 3x Attack up as it will make the Arrows have more of a Target and Take More Power! whilst in mid air, Shoot the Demon King it will take good hit, also those red balls he summons around you use them to throw against him using your Master Sword.
You didn't collect a single Silver Boko horn until the very end?!?!?!?! Bro you rushed through this game and probably only experienced about 5% of what it has to offer.
at the end Zelda says "I'm home." and you've probably heard this before but there's a saying, 'home is where the heart is.' and Link is standing right in front of her. Link was also able to save her for the same reason she was able to use her sacred power in BOTW, Link was in danger and that was the first time she activated her power. This was because of her love for Link. Rauru and Sonia channel their power through Link, but when he channels his power the light triples. this is because of his andless love for Zelda. also botw did revalis gale better than totk.
True one detail that also corroborates the “home is where the heart is” thing is that In the Japanese version of this ending she says tamada (I’m pretty shure i spelled it wrong” but it basically is a great or something you say to someone when you return home but it’s only ment for someone that is close family or a lover since it is a sign or affection so it’s basically Nintendos silent way of confirming it also link smiles when Zelda says warm loving embrace so it only makes sense for it to be his “embrace” I’m just waiting for nbc to make one of his videos on this stuff
Honestly never felt the need for revalis gale in this game. There was always a possibility to go up in some way. Tulins ability is much more useful here. All the other botw abilities are still much better tho.
I watch reactions to this game's ending whenever I need to feel uplifted. Gives me hope that people understand love. ::edit 1:: 5:53:50 ....that's lifting a burden. You played through, you know the history. And to see it resolved. That's what that is. Nintendo hit a homerun with this one. It's the weight of the world being lifted off of your shoulders. ::edit 2:: Whoever did the music in this game is a genius. Bro.... the swells, made me cry..... the lows made me focus. Every single person that worked on this game.... may they have peace in their lives.
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Genuine Masterpiece... Another game that proves why video games are an artform that can make you feel things in ways I can only describe as magic. Being emotional but not knowing why because of the genuine art in front of me, God I wish I could relive this moment again and again. Top 10 games of all time for me.
There are ALOT of People that have not EVEN won the game yet. For God's Sake, the game just Came out a Month ago and it is THE SUMMER months, many people are..OUTSIDE??
@@jimnfl7134 You love hearing yourself talk don't you?
@@jimnfl7134 What are you even talking about man do you speak English?
@@Cye_Pie duh, of course it is English i guess you are not from Northern U.S.
@@Cye_Pie bro is blabbering, waffling perhaps
My father is programming at Nintendo in Kyoto. He said that he works every day because he wants people all over the world to look like you after playing the game. Thank you for playing Zelda, including its predecessor. I am very happy with myself.
Please tell your father that we thank him a lot for the sublime work, for the emotions that he, the other developers and the minds behind games like this, gives to us. Thank you.
That's amazing
Thank you to your father!
Woah that’s awesome!
You're father created history just know that
The dive to catch her at the end was so symbolic, even the camera angle of his hand reaching for hers - a chance to correct his failing at the beginning of the story, where he failed to save her then, wounded as he was, now he could try again with all his renewed might and power.
It also said Dive to Zelda not just Dive it had its own special text
Depending on the translation, the name of the song that plays as Zelda is falling after becoming human is "Not This Time"
Their love transcended not only time, but draconification 😭😭😭
My Hylian shield broke in the last phase of the demon king fight and I cannot explain how fucking thematically cool that was to me. All that’s left is the sword and the spirit of the hero. Total endgame moment right there. And of course I couldn’t be made because the save sets you before the boss so my shield wasn’t gone but that was a huge and happy coincidence.
全く同じ状況で驚きました笑
I decided not to pull out a different shield after it broke because it would feel more like exactly what you said. Just link and the master sword.
Wow same here. Demon King Ganondorf shattered my Hylian shield too!! I would never allow such a thing to happen against any foe but him, it fit too perfectly.
I used a shield with a seal attached to it. 💀
@@magnabueno5360 2 types of people
I understand now I was not the only one with tears. Im 42 years old, and have played all zelda games. This one is the masterpiece. The ending is epic, and my last word that day was Thank u Nintendo.
I've only played A Link to the Past, BOTW and TOTK, but I can still say that you're never too old to have tears and get emotional when playing a video game and everyone that says something else should think twice. This ending just caught me completely off-guard and left me with a big void in my heart. This is truly a wonderful game. The last time I felt and cried like that was when I finished RDR2 a couple of years ago.
@@Gramr98 oh yes RDR2 was amazing.
44 and the same thing here. I finished the game at 3am so the rest of the family didn't see me as a tearful mess. What a game!
You ask chat why and how Zelda was revived. My first thought (and one I've seen echoed online) is that what're we're seeing at the very end with Link, Sonia and Rauru is a balanced Triforce. In the Zelda series, Link is in essence the avatar of the triforce of courage, Zelda wisdom, and Ganondorf power. However, in this context we have Rauru and Sonia channeling power and wisdom, respectively. And what does the unified Triforce do? Answer: it grants the true desire of the one who wields it, and in that moment, Link desired only one thing:
To save Zelda.
It fits thematically too. The first quest and last quest is find Zelda. It's not beat ganondorf..
That just happens to be in the path of finding Zelda.
If the final quest is supposed to be the most important quest then find Zelda should be Link's most important task.
I was thinking time, Sonia and rauru channeled time and light powers to reverse Zelda before she swallowed the stone but....I like this more.
That is so cool, dude!
I think it's the same as with her Light power in Breath of the Wild. Her love for Link awakened her power back then, and now she was awakened from within the Light Dragon by a warm, loving embrace.
I always just imagine purah in lookout landing looking through her telescope when the demon dragon appears and losing it every time i rewatch this cutscene. Like imagine being an ordinary citizen of hyrule and you look into the distance to see this sort of stuff
Canonically only Children or those of Pure Heart like Link and Zelda can see the dragons so by the Hylians Perspective Link learned how to fly and attacked an Invisible monster which then exploded like a Nuke
@@ProfCypressthat’s actually really funny, where was this explained? 😂
@@Glitchyy07 it was in Breath of the Wild there is a rito woman who can see Dinrall (the fire dragon) but she says that her and a few children from her village have seen the dragon appear
@@ProfCypress oh nice
Nintendo to the composers: make sure the hoard battle' music before the final fight isnt that good so it doesnt over shadow the final boss's ost
The composers: no, no i dont think i will.
It was so goddamn good. Although all of the final boss music was equally sublime!
@@MrStatement oh yeah im not trying to say the final boss theme wasnr also fantastic, its just that this theme is just THAT good.
very true realized same, it was the most peace-full boss battle HAHA
I finished the main quest around 2 weeks after release and I have spent the time since then watching other people's reactions to the ending, and I still cry or at least tear up every single time. It's just so beautiful, from the sages showing up to fight all together to those David-and-Goliath shots of tiny Zelda-dragon facing off against Ganon-dragon, and of course the whole diving scene with all the classic Zelda music references making it just that much more emotional. I can't believe how much I love this whole ending
I'm doing the exact same as you, and feel the same way.
same....when i saw this...i was absolutely blown away and seeing other people have the exact same reaction as me is amazing. This game is going to win so many awards i cant wait to give it my love by voting for this game!
Yeah the moment where Link is diving to catch Zelda: that transition to where he's about to grab her hand - that music is awesome and for long time Zelda players, hits all the nostalgic feels. Also, the very end after Zelda tells them all to stand with her - the Main Zelda theme, i was a wreck lol.
@@dancarpentieri7762 Oh my God yeah, the main theme as the last thing in the whole game. Damn, im tearing up just thinking about it
Even re listening to the music makes me want to breakdown into tears. Honestly, I have no words left to describe how much I love this game and this games ending. A lot of tears shed while playing.
Same. The game is just an absolute masterpiece and the entire finale of it is probably the best finale I've ever seen in a video game.
Would you say they were perhaps, tears of the kingdom?
Same, I love this game even the credits is a banger
@@quentin6893 Right 😭
Now I understand why they called this game ‘Tears of the Kingdom’. Not only is the kingdom crying. I am too 😭.
You're not weird for shipping Link and Zelda. This particular version of them has the most blatant relationship outside of Skyward Sword. They're straight up implied to be living together.
Living together with one bed in the whole house even
@@wickedTricksterand Zelda comparing link waking her as a loving embrace and using the oh link I’m home which sound very similar to oh honey I’m home lines used in movies
Well Link presumably had a relationship with Mipha tho
@@DVDPlayer18 ???? Link never had a relationship with Mipha. Mipha was in love with Link but she never got to admit those feelings before she died.
There is also a reaaaaly suddle hint that they wanted to hold hands when looking at the castle. Not sure if it is just because of the shipping wishing but it really looks like that because its links left hand and zeldas right hand that have a little movement to each other.
Came here after your Titan stream. I didn’t cry when I finished this game but cried with you just now. Like a fine sake finally kicked in lol. Two peak games in two month is just overwhelming 😂
Whipping out the portable cooking pot in the middle of the final boss fight, just legendary
And then shooting Ganon in the face with it 🤣
Wait. Let him cook. 😂
リンク：〜〜〜🎵（食材がないから薪を調理中） ←鼻歌つき
The credits casually pulling up bangers every 30 seconds
here's one of my favorite details in the 2nd stage of the ganondorf fight: the sages come in at the order you did them. My order was : Yunobo, Tulin, Sidon, Riju, Mineru. But it's different for each player. Was every player going to notice this? No? Is it super small? Yes. Did it make the game better? To me, yes. It's the small things in this game that make it so compelling, and you really see Nintendo's attention to detail
Damn. I played in the "intended" order (not by looking up or anything), which is also their order when showing up before the Demon King's Army, their reversed order (apart from Mineru) when the bosses appear and the order of the themes in the credits.
I've seen a few RUclipsrs, only 1 or 2 did a different order and most of them edited out the sages coming in at phase 2, so I never noticed.
BotW and TotK are filled with little details which I have come to see as little lovenotes from the developers. Can't wait for all of the TotK details to be discovered over the next few years.
Maybe for some but I got sidon first but tulin appeared first in the fight
glad to see i wasnt the only one who had to pause a moment during the final dive to recollect myself at first bc i was so overwhelmed with how emotional i was with the score and how it was all done. this game had such a cinematic ending, i was speechless by the end
I didn't hesitate one moment, I barely saw her through tears in my eyes, I pressed that ZR button has hard as possible, while reaching for the screen, every single muscle in my body tight to the max, literally crying as If I just bring back someone to life, after missing him for my entire life.
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The moment the dragon’s health bar appeared, everything vanished. The switch, the controller, my reality. Everything was gone. It was such an impossible setpiece that only seems obvious in retrospect. It was the moment where I stopped playing as Link and actually became Link. It, along with the catch, became the greatest gaming moment I ever played. And I wish I could do it all over for the first time.
fr. Its one of the best video game moments for me. what a masterpiece
Something I only realised at the end and deffo added to the emotional charge of it is that this is a game where you put a lot of yourself into. It’s a genuine open world, you decide the pace and flow of the story, you can be the fighter or the explorer and both approaches are rewarding no matter where you go. Every upgrade, piece of armour, stamina vessel, heart container…all is won with an investment of time and your personal take on the game. What Nintendo did there was that they made us Link, and by the end, when Zelda awakes, she is thanking Link but we feel like she is thanking us, the player, because we built and poured so much of ourselves into Link’s character throughout the whole game, we invested so much time and perseverance in gathering understanding over what has happened and, in the process, healing him. So all of a sudden Zelda is the biggest reward to ourselves; she is almost like talking directly at us - it was us, Link, who saved her and she is thanking us for being her hero. No other game ever made me feel this way and this is one of the reasons why this has been one of the best experiences in gaming I ever had.
So, it’s not controversial to say that this is the best version of Princess Zelda to date, right? In BOTW, her plan to seal Ganon to buy time for Link was more out of desperation. But in TOTK, Rauru and Sonia allow her to study and be herself, allowing her to hone her skills naturally. As a result, she’s able to piece together what’s happening and formulate a calculated and long term plan to defeat Ganondorf in the future. She actually ends up embodying the Triforce of Wisdom (and courage with the whole dragon thing and power with the way she uses her time powers in battle and to repair the Master Sword imo) and creating her own legend.
This also feels like the first time where Zelda doesn’t really feel like a damsel to me. Yes, you do save her from falling at the very end, but it feels more like you’re repaying her for everything she’s done to help you (and her kingdom) and less like you’re saving a helpless damsel. And the scene that happens right after Link brings her ashore is extremely heartfelt, with Zelda reflecting on her journey and realizing that she successfully did it just as Link did it.
My daughter cried like a baby. The ending was so beautiful and epic. I literally stood up and yelled GO LINK GET HER! when I saw her falling
何回見てもストーリーが良すぎて泣いてしまいます。曲やゲーム性も最高。
最初に掴めなかったゼルダ姫の手を最後、リンクが掴むシーンは涙が止まりません。気持ちを共有できて嬉しいです。
I love watching everyone's reaction to Zelda returning from being a dragon. They nailed the emotions perfectly. They let everyone have a moment of pure joy right before they punch everyone in the feels with zelda's theme. I don't know how they managed to trigger pure happiness and pure sadness (but more happiness overall) at the same time.
Am I the only one that used master sword to reflect Ganondorf's projectiles back at him like in Ocarina of Time? And it worked.
I did too. Haven't sen any streamer do this yet.
Too busy running for my life.
I tried using recall but it didn't work, and was too scared to try swinging at em lol
Yeah that's literally how I survived phase 3. I couldn't get the timing for dodging some of his attacks so it turned into a game of stay alive and hit the red orbs lol
You'd think more people would have tried Ganon tennis with the amount of times it has been featured in previous games
Months later & I still appreciate this video. The ending was PERFECT, something we don’t see a lot in video games. I wasn’t a Zelda fan until I played this. I played BOTW & thought it was good but THIS did it. These are the moments we gamers live for. This was truly beautiful.
The only thought in my head when facing off with Dragon Ganon was, "Alright, princess, let's finish this!"
When I finished and looked at the pictures during the credits (the handshakes and similar images), I realized Rauru's arm is like a theme in this game. The entire game is about Zelda and Link 'reaching out', making connections and providing support (giving a hand). Even the climax is somewhat of a visual re-do, of Link successfully catching Zelda's hand with his, when in the beginning he failed to do so.
"How did they program this?" Very well.
Completely mirrored my reaction, I was absolutely sobbing through the entire ending sequence.
Also, imo Zelda got revived through Sonia and Rauru amplifying the recall power Zelda gave to Link, reversing her to before she became a dragon (which explains why she still has her spirit stone).
This is the only video game that has ever made me cry. I can't put into words how much I love this franchise and this game. This was probably the most satisfying ending to a Zelda game I have ever experienced. For the longest time Ocarina of Time held the top spot as my favorite game of all time, but I think I might have a new favorite after playing Tears of the Kingdom.
I have another one that made me cry actually, Neo The World Ends With You, the twist in the supposedly final fight... You'll know if you played it, it just hits me, like "it was YOU? The whole time?"
That music right before you make the final dive and the choir gets louder and louder...
So I’m assuming if you go into this fight without the mastersword, Link will draw it in the moment just before the fight begins and you get that whole cutscene where Zelda explains that the sword is healed. Pretty cool way to ensure the player canonically kills Ganon with the mastersword
He draws it in the final phase with the Demon Dragon atop the Light Dragons Head seeing as that is the Master Swords resting place for this game. :)
The only time I cried in a video game was from TotK's ending dive scene and The Last of Us' intro. :')
Try Red Dead Redemption 2 :)
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@@MrDarkcookOh please stop 😭
I think out of every reaction I've seen so far of the finale, yours resonated with me the most. From the dive beneath the castle and traversing the deepest depths all the way to the heart of Hyrule, the battle with Ganondorf in all his phases had me so energized, the absolute shock and awe at reemerging from the ground in the jaws of the beast, all of it had me so excited. But like you, the moment that pushed me over the edge entirely was hearing that roar and Zelda swoops in to join you in the final clash. The tears just started flowing and would not stop until the credits rolled. And I am SO glad you looked up when the sky turned red so you could see the Blood Moon at its absolute zenith in the sky; no one else I've watched has done that, and it's such an incredible detail. I have not played a game in a very long time that struck such an emotional chord with me as this did, especially in this moment. The music... My God, the music was incredible... the Zelda's Lullaby motif interspersed throughout the final boss theme, and especially its placement between the main theme and the classic Legend of Zelda motif in that last dive sequence. Nintendo knocked it out of the stratosphere with Tears of the Kingdom. I rolled credits at around 270 hours, and I still have things to find here and there, but I enjoyed every single minute I put into it.
This is the most wholesome reaction to the ending I've seen, it really hits you in the feels huh
my reaction and yours have parallels because i felt it just as you did. great to see
When I grabbed Zelda’s hand it somehow perfectly synced up with the ‘clap’ of the song. The amount of spiritual moments TotK has given me is nothing short of magical.
Well worth the wait, a perfect sequel to Breath of the Wild.
This is it. The end of the Bringer of Demise's curse. And it was glorious.
👀👀👀 😂
im going to miss this link and zelda. the 2 of them had such a great connection and bond for each other. i would hate to see them get replaced.
This is the first video of this content creator I have seen, but him and his content seem amazing! glad to see you also enjoyed the game, I cried sm TvT
I love how his shrines on the map go in for different directions shooting of from lookout landing
I like how there’s just no words after the game ended
I have 2 profiles. One I share with my son and my other one. I completed tears of the kingdom in 295 hours, then I realised I did it on the wrong profile, so I’m playing it again. Already up to 75 hours. I will never tire of this, and I will never not cry.
I wish Nintendo would have warned us the the “tears” of the kingdom would be coming from our eyes 😭. What a beautiful experience. There is no way this isn’t the GOTY.
I accidently found mineru and did the temple as my 3rd sage, before riju and tulin.
I have watched different reactions from the final game of TotK, but yours was so similar to mine. But one difference. I did not anticipate that Zelda would help us in her dragon form. Even short after Ganondorfs transformation. It totally took me off guard. As a Zelda fan since A Link to the Past, it is great how far the series has evolved. You fighting a gigantic draconified Ganondorf on a draconified Zelda up in the skies. I nearly forgot to breath during the fight. And the Ending speaks for itself. It will be hard for Nintendo to top that (Maybe Zelda in space, i don`t know).
I also felt emotional after the finale, It's a once in lifetime experience to play this game
5:44:49 The chin grab when you know the tears are coming and you're trying to play it cool
This game is amazing, to a point, i would counterargue that this should not be the first video game people experience.
It would spoil you so badly that other games would hit you less hard
Totally agree. BOTW and TOTK ruins other games.
literally
Yup
Megaman zero 4 ending was better
Thank you for sharing your stream, I had a wonderful time reliving my own emotions as I watched you go through the final battles and the ending. ❤
One of the best Zelda Stories yet. It had me on such an emotional ride! I was in tears of joy at the end as well with how well done they made it. The music cues and everything during the end when you go to catch Zelda had me bawling. I've been a fan of the Zelda Series ever since Ocarina of Time.
This may have topped ocarina of Time. I’m not sure yet but it’s very close.
Same scenario as me. Weighing this up strongly.
Did not play ocarina when it came out, but much later. Still see it as the most influential game. Thought it was the best tho, before totk. This game is an absolute masterpiece.
@5:37:45 "How did they program this" My thought would be obviously not as simple but simplified down. When link is on Zeldas head, the program makes zelda fly above ganon so link and jump off. When link jumps off, zelda is programmed to go under ganon to await link again. Once links character model drops below ganons dragon, it then programs zeldas dragon to seek link and grab him to just technically be a MASSIVE loop, on the grand scale. love it
I love that you saw and reacted to the torch. I felt exactly the same way first time.
Literally stood there for a minute and took it in. I was so ready. So ready to face Ganon and save her
It's okay to keep weeping at end of adventure... i stopped for 3 weeks after i found Zelda was the light dragon for 3 weeks.... your reaction to the end game was the same as mine.
The fact that he has 2 batteries means he probably didn’t like the depths
A very epic ending sequence. A number of the Zelda series games end up 'defeating' Ganondorf (or the main villain), always keeping the door open for future encounters. But this game literally carries out the main sub-quest....and destroys Ganondorf. The ending scene still keeps a door slightly open for the potential need for Hyrule's heroes, just not apparently with Ganondorf showing up again. It will be interesting to see where the game developers take the Legend of Zelda series after this one, which will be hard to top.
あなたのリアクションが一番好きです
5:36:22のリアクションは共感して涙を流してしまいます
This end still makes me having tears after the 10th times I see it it's just so perfect and outstanding end! The best end of all Zelda's games! Thought I really loved TP and SS ends but this one wow
Not everyone has won the game yet. Just came out over a Month ago.
My first though when I finished the game:
"Rauru you SOAB! If you are going to transform Zelda into a hilyan again, don't do it when we are like 5000 ft away from the floor"
4:49:20 i didn't saw that, great one man
4:51:29 Robbie Williams would love this moment
5:34:44 Totk from the dark to the heaven
This has to be the best video game I have ever played, and this has got to be the best reaction to the ending ive watched
im sorry i might be slow to the jump here but at 5:49:28 you can see links mouth moving like he's speaking to zelda but we cant hear it, am i so slow that i just realised this?
2:37:54 you can hear Fi's theme!
I just finished the game. And I’m now bingeing on reactions. So great to see everyone feeling the same way I did when I finished - I was a teary eyed mess. It wasn’t sad, it was a catharsis for me, and the realization that there’s so much love there … and I’m not a Zelda and Link shipper by any means. Thank you for sharing this!!
This game is one of the greatest of all time
I had to fucking fight ganondorf with three hearts since the rest were corrupted the whole time. I couldn’t cook anything or heal at all. I had to learn each dodge with searing precision and needed to know when to attack at the exact optimal time. My skill in Zelda games has increased dramatically due to this boss fight. It’s made me stronger because I couldn’t heal at all during the fight and one hit from ganon would mean that I’d have to start over ALL OVER AGAIN. I COULDN’T EVEN SKIP THE CUTSCENES BECAUSE MY GAME BUGGED OUT. So I had to sit through each. Fucking. Cutscene. For hundreds of attempts and it sucked the life out of me. The moment I finally got out of the depths and fought dragon ganon I’ve never felt such satisfaction.
I just noticed Dragon Ganon has a pig snout. Cool reference to pig form Ganon!
No matter how many times I play through this ending or watch something play it I can’t help but get emotional. This game was an absolute masterpiece!
Glad to see another grown man cry at this game lol. Masterpiece is right.
The real tears came out right after finishing the game… that is with what at the end you stay with… I got the same reaction and for me I believe that if you think it this way, you went through so many things with the character and Zelda, and you got into the game so much that it is impossible not to feel the story… all the things Link had to go through it was… a lot
Honestly, you had the best reaction
I will say, for as much as they fumbled the story in this game, the beginning and the ending more than make up for it. The prologue is almost perfect in how it sets up the story of the game. The ending, I got the one-on-one swordfight with Ganon I always wanted (The Twilight Princes one was good, but it just needed something more), and a great end battle I could never have predicted would be as amazing as it was.
Ya know, i still wonder looking back how many people figured out that the heart erasing gloom attacks can be deflected with the Master Sword in a classic moment of Dead Man's Volley
Ok, if Silksong comes out this year, I will vote for it (if it makes it onto the Game Awards). But, for now, this game is GOTY. After watching the ending, my view on the game completely changed (I did not cry because video games in general don’t make me cry).
After the memories i had to beat the game day five. Its felt like such a long wait to get to see other people's reactions to this
5:11:50 Tulin arrives, and immediately gets dunked on lol!
For me, Botw looks like a ``link development``, TotK a ``Zelda development`` and maybe they develop Ganon or Malice next and complete the triforce and maybe in a fourth, they close the survival Zelda genre Arc.
i didn’t get the secret ending even after i waited the whole credits
You need to have all the memories including the first one
I tried to summon a cooking pot too when fighting Ganondorf :DD luckily I had 4 fairies since I completely made wrong food before the fight
You literally saw the mural of the sages fighting Ganondorf in Mineru's memory and an hour later in the mural room you had already forgotten it hahaha.
I have never seen someone figure out the puzzle at 1:16:15 so quickly. Infinite respect
I love your symbolic "carrying a torch" for Zelda, because if you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them.
6:08:24 As someone who did grow up with the franchise all the way back to its humblest beginnings, I have seen my fair share of the games. For the longest time I considered that Ocarina of Time had the best overall emotional payout than any before and since. It being able to beat out others like Twilight Princess, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, and even Skyward Sword. I also admit that there are some I haven’t played including Minish Cap, Triforce Hero’s, Spirit Tracks, etc. When Breath of the Wild came out I considered it a close second to Ocarina of Time, this blew both out of the water.
Awesome video! I either missed it or what but I'm surprised you didn't even blink at getting a heart PERMANENTLY removed in the fight from one of Ganons attacks. I lost like 4 in my fight and was freaking tf out!!
Apparently someone found out if you pull the camera out and face it to link and zelda after she ays it felt like someone was giving her a warm embrace you can actually see Link smiling
Yours is the best reaction I think Ive seen. A wonderful game.
What a great game. We still don't know why the land started floating in the sky or anything about the depths, but i'm sure that will come with dlc
For the first question, return to the first sky island you'll find something
Go to the roof of the temple of time. It's answered there.
When game gave me control back after showing falling Zelda, I didn't hesitate one moment, I barely saw her through tears in my eyes, I pressed that ZR button has hard as possible, while reaching for the screen, every single muscle in my body tight to the max, literally crying as If I just bring back someone to life, after missing him for my entire life.
For Future Reference/Tip, when he uses that Power up (when you need to take Flight) whilst in mid air, with your (either Revali's/Lynel x3 28 Bow) Plus make sure you have a 3x Attack up as it will make the Arrows have more of a Target and Take More Power! whilst in mid air, Shoot the Demon King it will take good hit, also those red balls he summons around you use them to throw against him using your Master Sword.
You didn't collect a single Silver Boko horn until the very end?!?!?!?! Bro you rushed through this game and probably only experienced about 5% of what it has to offer.
You can hit his gloom projectiles so that they hit him.
The real goty of 2023, baldurs gate my ass
at the end Zelda says "I'm home." and you've probably heard this before but there's a saying, 'home is where the heart is.' and Link is standing right in front of her. Link was also able to save her for the same reason she was able to use her sacred power in BOTW, Link was in danger and that was the first time she activated her power. This was because of her love for Link. Rauru and Sonia channel their power through Link, but when he channels his power the light triples. this is because of his andless love for Zelda. also botw did revalis gale better than totk.
Lmao who needs revali's gale when you have a fucking rocket
True one detail that also corroborates the “home is where the heart is” thing is that In the Japanese version of this ending she says tamada (I’m pretty shure i spelled it wrong” but it basically is a great or something you say to someone when you return home but it’s only ment for someone that is close family or a lover since it is a sign or affection so it’s basically Nintendos silent way of confirming it also link smiles when Zelda says warm loving embrace so it only makes sense for it to be his “embrace” I’m just waiting for nbc to make one of his videos on this stuff
Who need revali's gale when you have pinecones XDDD
Honestly never felt the need for revalis gale in this game. There was always a possibility to go up in some way. Tulins ability is much more useful here. All the other botw abilities are still much better tho.
Legit reloaded before I died lmao
Then set my travel medallion and collected a bunch of sundelions 😂
i just realised at 5:42:11 u can hear the botw theme and then the totk theme right after
昨日クリアしてとても感動しましたが、あなたの動画を見て再び感動しました。
素晴らしい配信をありがとう！！
So two Zelda's and two Master Swords were present in Hyrule at the same time in the game's present
I watch reactions to this game's ending whenever I need to feel uplifted. Gives me hope that people understand love. ::edit 1:: 5:53:50 ....that's lifting a burden. You played through, you know the history. And to see it resolved. That's what that is. Nintendo hit a homerun with this one. It's the weight of the world being lifted off of your shoulders. ::edit 2:: Whoever did the music in this game is a genius. Bro.... the swells, made me cry..... the lows made me focus. Every single person that worked on this game.... may they have peace in their lives.