Let's Play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!

Happy The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Launch Day, everybody! We're celebrating by playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, for you, right here, right now. Starting from the very beginning; a very good place to start.

[@greathorn]

I love the brief immersion break Griffin experiences at 5:28 when Zelda takes out her iPhone 6S Plus and takes a photo of some ancient statues in an underground tomb

[@MooseKINGstudios]

“Hold on. I gotta get one for the gram”

[@tinahoff1833]

Griffin softly whispering “Gamomborf” at 7:37

[@TheAlexHaigh]

I didn't hear this until you pointed it out and now I'm dying

[@anthonycima7]

Hahahahaha

[@takisnotdead]

Holy shit, I missed this and it's my favorite part now.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

Thank you for pointing this gem out

[@crewentertainment]

That is so fucking funny hahaha

[@Drilling4mana]

I loved the continuing characterization of Zelda as the Biggest Nerd in Hyrule. Just the way the music builds as she's frantically explaining the murals, it nearly reaches a climax, then it abruptly cuts and she's like "LOOK AT HOW FUCKIN SICK THIS SHIT IS"

[@wangledteb5671]

That shit is so funny xD It's like the classic horror movie trope of a character finding an ancient text that is CLEARLY cursed or at least a bad omen and completely missing the red flags xD

[@Spo8]

@@wangledteb5671 Unleashing an ancient evil because you're too big of an archeology nerd.

[@d0onut]

I'm 30 years old and seeing the Ganondorf cutscene reminded me of being too scared to watch my cousins fight him in ocarina of time

[@Goozeeeee]

I was terrified watching my older brothers fight the gosh darn Deku Tree boss fight back in the day.

[@redtaileddolphin1875]

@@Goozeeeeedude gohma is scary as shit you’re valid

[@plzexplainthankyou]

soooo important to create intricate lore that explains elevators, griffin

[@notreallythere477]

"I am given to understand that it improves the taste." *Brian David Gilbert has entered the chat.*

[@moss_yt]

I love that Griffin’s voice for those helpful rock dudes sounds like if Hatsune Miku was from Texas

[@julianrhodes7096]

Justin getting revenge for that time you guys played the game with the cat knocking over household objects.

[@mockduckcompanion]

Catlateral Damage!

[@sidhackney8831]

Catlateral Damage was revenge for Dracula, Griffin was justified in his actions.

[@kodajellypbk]

Ohhh we got a new bonus!

[@pauldyck2405]

​@@sidhackney8831 can you link what the Dracula thing is?

[@Sage_the_Turtoise]

@@pauldyck2405 it's a running gag, but he shows up in the polygon overviews for Titan Souls and 1001 Spikes

[@moonbasket]

I love the steady trickle of Griffin's Nintendo friends logging on to also play, almost exclusively, Tears of the Kingdom

[@SirSquatchMan]

Yeah, I’m gonna need about 300 hours of this.

[@d20love]

I love that the voice that Griffin is using for Rauru is just Lucretia

[@phillyfanmatt]

I’ve seen griffin be less emotionally invested in TAZ characters than he was attached to the first square he made

[@lizardwen]

so funny to hear justin’s calls over “they didn’t tell me that”, when they do in fact tell you that if you talk to the constructs. it’s actually almost overly ready to tell you how things work!

[@xprismperfectx]

Really enjoyed seeing Griffin's reaction to the initial skydive at 21:19, just complete joy and wonder, I felt the same way!

[@msp720]

17:30 Hey Link, you're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that imperial ambush, same as us.

[@NEFF-ie]

and that korok over there

[@Flawless2K12]

Lol Griffin both did genius tactics and also made it infinitely more hard on himself for no reason

[@KeenanV]

You have to develop genius tactics to get out of the situations he keeps putting himself in! Lol

[@IEatFoamFootballs]

Griffin’s giddy laughter makes me smile every time, no matter if it’s a podcast or KZbin video or stream, his laugh is fantastic and it’s always timed well (yes I know that’s weird to say about a laugh, but it’s true)… So in saying that, I need this channel to have a 20+ episode arc of him playing TOTK bc this game is a farm for prime Griffin reactions.

[@peachpit_gabe]

Griffin: "That's it I'm not gonna play the game the way it wants me to play it!" Also Grifin: *is already not playing the game the way it wants him to play it*

[@howardyanow2883]

Watching Griffin rig up sources of warmth in a half panic was incredible. What's even more incredible is that he was literally 10ft away from a snow covered spicy pepper plant the entire time. 😂🌶️

[@cfalconfitness]

18:24 from “ew gross don’t want it” to “I had to take your pants” to the silent disgust at the master sword stinger, 100/10 pure little kid griffy energy 100000% this man and this video is the reason I bought the game

[@Magshley]

Griffin is a perfect example of why staying on path is pretty important for “open world” games. To his credit tho, I never would have found that titan construct

[@thanaGogical]

2:05:46 the reveal that Justin was actually on the phone and it wasn't just a goof sent me directly into the loving arms of christ

[@EmantheBassist]

Stream starts at 0:00

[@conner.j.a.wilson]

Thanks

[@SeekingDarkRainbows]

:O

[@sleepykoinu]

Thanks I was looking for this comment

[@ThrustingButts]

i love Griffin asking "did I miss the chest with a shirt in it??" because that was the exact same question I had at this point and I STILL didn't find it until my partner told me where it was... three hours later

[@emmythemac]

Juice: *calls to ask how to activate the fans* Griffin: Hit it. Just hit it, with any old weapon. Justin "hates reading in games" McElroy: .....now, it would've been nice for them to tell me that. Griffin "actively skips over tutorial where the robot explains how to work the fan" McElroy: ....yep...yep, it would've...

[@Fillthrill]

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[@SanityAwry]

Can't wait for the mod to overlay Griffin's voice as the dialogue in all cutscenes.

[@sims_books]

Will forever have Griffin’s Steward Construct voice in my head for these lil guys

[@arkertak7667]

griffins elevator fetish rears its head again

[@rmcphail2007]

The whole game has a “Florida man” vibe. Let’s attach this to a stick and make a flamethrower. Let’s stick these together and make a human catapult.

[@222gracemac]

This game has been really neat since I went into it with the same BOTW mentality and got my shit rocked instantly. All of a sudden instead of avoiding every enemy and sneaking my way through I had to actually engage if I wanted a half decent weapon, which has been fun!

[@fearneperez3714]

I really hope more of this is coming I love the way griffin is playing this run through

[@slythwolf]

Sail shield carries the special property of blocking your view of your opponent

[@midnightshutdown]

griffin's voice for zelda is kind of amazing

[@Octy_in_Boots]

For real. It's so soft and gentle without being overly falsetto and I never knew he could pull off something so beautiful.

[@devcrom3]

It's way better than her actual voice actor!

[@Nosyaj1941]

I love whenever Justin calls in

[@moonbasket]

Absolutely obsessed with how Griffin is playing. Thank you for such glorious entertainment. Also Justin's constant phone calls were hilarious.

[@epicninjafork2866]

Ganon did to the master sword what Aabria Iyengar did to the flaming raging poisoning sword of doom

[@DDDSquid]

21:44 I just noticed that you can see the light dragon in the clouds as Link’s falling through the sky. That’s some nice foreshadowing right there.

[@Hella-Jeff]

I feel physical pain when Griffin slowly climbs 5 feet without just jump climbing.

[@tmmw1975]

funny that Griffin finds a creative way to get to the 3rd shrine, and people are like "smh so inefficient..."

[@leighadawn6783]

58:59 his Korok voices are f’n adorable. I didn’t tag it earlier with a time but Griff’s voice for his majestic ultrahand ghost guy gives hella Lucretia vibes & hot diggity sh*t this has been one baller live stream

[@thebadpoet]

I like Link’s kicky little schoolgirl skirt and press on nails.

[@alexisc3658]

I came here as soon as I saw the fantasy gashapon machine so I could see his reaction LOL

[@sonuvvabith]

Seeing the pure joy that I also experienced watching the beginning cutscene slowly creep onto Griffins face starting at 21:40 is everything

[@nixregis280]

Love how the start of the game is just the mummy movie

[@notnormalyet]

I really hope he also gets lost on this first island like I did. I spent like 2 hours trying to get to the Temple of Time at the end. Edit: He went the exact same way I did and got stuck. I feel so vindicated right now.

[@KeenanV]

Its so fuckin confusing 😅

[@devcrom3]

Literally the only reason I'm watching this VOD is because I wanted to see if I'm the only one who spent like 3 hours here, half of which being very confused and directionally challenged.

[@ThatBenKraft]

The whole time at 2:52:22 made me grin so damn hard. Such an amazing use of the game mechanics, and seriously giving Grif some Gamer Points™️

[@rachelhuey8850]

I was also super feeling midna/twilight princess vibes during the beginning sequence

[@doomednarrative]

i've played this game for like 20 hours already but i'm so ready to watch someone else play for 3. griff you are a blessing

[@forrestrichard8133]

Lol. "Did I miss a chest with a shirt in it?" I had the same worry when I played this. I literally put the game down and googled someone elses playthrough to see if I missed a shirt. Lmao.

[@fountainofvim.]

I put this on in the background while getting some work done and it did _wonders_ . Been having a weird simmering-anxiety week, which was cutting into my ability to get things done .....but the Griffin McElroy combination of mellow long-play + absolute insane shenanigans (put the Korok ON a stick and THEN put it in the cart??? why) was somehow the magic spell to calm down my idiot brain. (still had to stop working to laugh for a solid minute at 2:27:20 through the demented "retrieve the Wonkavator" journey) Please play through all of TOTK; this is lowkey going to become my comfort stream.

[@HB-ct2nv]

this is one of my comfort videos at this point ive watched it so many times. would love to see more 😢

[@becca545]

Really torn whether I'd want to see more Trial by fieri or more of this next. So much potential for goofy shenanigans straight out of the box here.

[@gemmafire8628]

Love Griffin discovering "new" features from the series throughout this episode

[@lich4109]

i love that zelda is a scientist in botw and totk and she just fuckin grabs the unidentified material with her bare hands (link too he just puts his bare hands on random glowing objects, like guys your hands are going to melt off one of these days)

[@blueskybelyr]

Happy Zelda Day Griffin! I only bought BOTW a few months ago, so I'm definitely saving Tears of the Kingdom for this Christmas 😌

[@forrestrichard8133]

The amount of arrows and other things that Griffin just walks past makes me so anxious lmao. That and the less than ideal fuse creations lol. Actually just the way Griffin sort of brute forces through this game in general makes me anxious lol. It sure is fun to watch though.

[@kimpberly]

i'm here a few weeks late cuz i wanted to beat the game before potentially getting spoiled for anything. loveeee this hope griffin streams TOTK more

[@mackmpls]

I will watch every minute you stream of this… multiple times.

[@Roccobear]

This had me busting up already 2 minutes in. What a great surprise, this cheered me up😂

[@CampyGrandpa]

we need a mod where griff does zelda's voice the whole game pls

[@michealapoppell9463]

I haven't paid attention to any gameplay updates for this game, any trailers since the first one a few years ago, and only just beat botw this year after i got it for christmas. seeing my favorite goof channel decide to play it earnestly while staying true to some good gamer comedy has made my week 🥰

[@Sage_the_Turtoise]

4:22 lmao zork reference and the smile

[@andrewpatterson9909]

"I'm Buttman420 and we need to get to the heart of this matter" is the tag line I want for my dramatic detective crime show

[@Mixs10002]

Love that they looked at the koroks and said no notes this mechanic is fantastic. But you will fucking forget you don’t have the paraglider every five minutes and Plummet to multiple deaths sucker

[@eiraRinmaya]

magnificent strem!!!!

[@gingersndragons]

the music when zeldas looking at the murals feels like griffin's TAZ music so cool

[@Divector8]

Thank you for inventing the Sail on a Rail. Humanity needed this.

[@Nona-cq2wt]

I’m so sad that I missed this!! Excited for the next stream!!!!!! :)

[@spanky814]

I love tiny Griffin in the corner just poking his eyes out

[@adamm6290]

There’s nothing Griffin loves more than making excuses to have elevators in a fantasy setting.

[@Ebitz696]

I’m so excited to watch this after I play it

[@KeenanV]

I need more of this

[@Milkex]

totk has been a blast!

[@juliawhitmore3991]

Castle in the Sky vibes.

[@DaemonInWhite]

Fantasy gachapon? Someone's coming for your brand Griff

[@turntsnaco824]

It's funny to hear you cheer "Gamer instincts!" right after you opened your inventory and unequipped your weapon to cancel a throw, instead of just hitting B, the universal cancel/go back button. 😆

[@MugiwaraSuponji]

so mad to discover there's warm pants on the big island!! I missed the warm tunic in BOTW plateau too but at least BOTW didn't encourage me to immediately go somewhere cold, forcing me to raise a minimum of 500 rupees just to survive the first temple!!!!

[@katarzynajanusiewicz6635]

Your so kind 😊

[@blessedbaphomet]

Fucking love you Griffin, seeing McElroy content in my feed always brightens my day. Give Joe Biden a kiss for me!

[@MusicWhovian56123]

Oh I am so excited to watch this

[@2napoleon6]

Is there any chance we get more of Griffin playing this game? I would literally watch infinite hours of this.

[@mollymcintosh2090]

was looking forward to watching this when i finished work but just realised i have never actually watched a game stream of yours apart from old polygon pubg and destiny stuff

[@kynelius]

The least monstrous factory so far

[@kalakazam6562]

I just absolutely love how Breath of the Wild spends over half the game building up the awesomeness of the Master Sword only for Tears of the Kingdom to walk in and smash it to pieces like it was worth nothing, as if to say “Oh, yeah, you’re in my ballpark now.”🗡️💥🤯 😨

[@RazzBerryJelly]

More Griffin playing this game? Please? As a treat?

[@mayonasal_spray]

best part of the stream is the pop up of rachel opening stardew it makes me so happy 🥹🥹🥹

[@stephaniegreen9599]

Griffin just FULLY stocked on portable pots 😂😂😂

[@user-ht6zu5ud7k]

I was looking for a nice Zelda lets play, i clicked your video and was praying that you wouldnt shout sonething along the lines "HI GUYS TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PLAY ZELDA". i am glad there are still less hype creators out there, cheers,

[@Lordoftheramble]

There must be a typo. I think the title is supposed to say The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Fieri

[@janavann596]

Justin just wants to be part of the stream but also wants to experience the game himself

[@wingedhybrid16]

34:10 I think you're okay. I had the same thought and my friend (whose further along) said I didn't miss a chest.

[@glusol]

26:47 Game: Find Princess Zelda Griffin: Easy enough As though the entire history of these games isn't about jumping through countless hoops to do just that

[@Doinge]

there is a black set of clothing that gets flame decals on it when you're in hot weather. griffin. GRIFFIN

[@sopheep]

griffin looking like a third green brother here

[@wrengillispie2475]

It took me way too long to place why his voice for Rouru was so familiar. Obviously it was the Pan voice!

[@krisherrick4261]

Wow I didn't realize I'm so bad at aiming arrows

[@Fenriskoll]

Aw dont hide. I came for griffin reactions!

[@Toribell1928]

Omg I also thought I missed the shirt😂

[@sjramm]

I need more of Griffin streaming

[@louisxyz1]

Pls stream again!!