Link Saves Zelda for the FINAL Time | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

[@BhargavN10]

Finding Zelda is the main quest. He's the Hero of the hyrule so he defeated Ganondorf as he felt it's his responsibility but Finding Zelda was his personal quest

[@ashm003]

I love that. Tbh seeing the "find princess zelda" at the end felt like it was from link himself-- because all of this would be meaningless without her. I feel like he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he had defeated ganon but he could never see her again.

[@weekachawchaw6304]

OH MY GOD MY HEART

[@sapphire1860]

SOO TRUE OMG EVERYTHING WOULDNT MATTER IF ZELDA WERENT THERE!!!!

[@a_a3189]

Exactly!! The moment he woke up in the first bit of the game was to find Zelda. He didn't even care that he's naked and weaponless. He just wants to find Zelda first 😢

[@madamkoifish]

I have to say this, this is the most beautiful ending in a Zelda game I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@southmcwow]

Without question.

[@tr1p1ea]

It rivals OoT when they give Link back what he sacrificed to save the world, his childhood.

[@nittocsx]

The way that the music combines the Zelda's Theme with TOTK Theme and Link's Theme... 10/10

[@twilitlloyd7167]

Apparently, this song is titled “Not this Time!” Link has no thoughts about anything but saving Zelda right here. Nothing else matters. He’s not losing her again!

[@truelionofhylia8152]

'Cuz he cares so much. Just like her dad Rhoam did. It's Link who's there ta save her life again, like, "I ain't losin' my gal again! The fact I'm a common peasant trained by dad and the knights don't matter much, 'cuz I ain't gunna lose my gal again!" Even care fer his Zelda spiritually (w/ truth) so he's able ta use the Master Sword o' the Spirit (now unbreakable again, pristine again) 'cuz he cares about HER soul as much as he cares about her well bein'. Not just romantic love between a peasant knight and his princess, but divine love from God Almighty. He's worthy ta be her hubby, her spouse, and her kingie 'cuz he's a common guy who'd won her heart more than any prince could, just like Link who was Hylia's knight from before Skyward Sword.

[@twilitlloyd7167]

@@truelionofhylia8152 Knight is a title of nobility.

[@truelionofhylia8152]

'Cuz he cares more about her salvation, just like how the Almighty God cares about our souls in the same way. AND as her pal who came from commoners. He deserves a crown fer savin' Hyrule by killin' Ganon the Demon Dragon. Maybe make HIM the first Link to turn into a monarch who came from commoners.

[@truelionofhylia8152]

​@@twilitlloyd7167 He's a regular commoner who earned the title by hard work. He wasn't nobility or royalty, but he was made into a knight by hard work 'cuz he was trained AND he worked hard w/ the Master Sword. Some knights in Europe started out as regular Joes who came from humble commoners, too.

[@gaybowser2050]

​@@truelionofhylia8152joey wheeler is that you?

[@moxie_kat]

THAT SWITCH FROM ZELDAS LULLABY STRAIGHT INTO THE SONG OF THE HERO AS HES REACHING OUT TO HER IS A PURE MASTERPIECE AND I LITERALLY SOB EVERY TIME I HEAR IT

[@warrioroflight6872]

I'm honestly surprised that no one else seemed to notice that 1:31 is the first time we've ever gotten to see Link hold Zelda in a bridal carry.

[@cgtio]

You're definitely onto something here

[@milkinobama]

Skyward Sword

[@caragio]

And when we thought we have to find Zelda before going to 'Defeat Ganon' as the final mission. No, 'Finding Zelda' is the one that completes our whole journey.

[@cgtio]

A fitting end

[@haileeraestout5567]

@@cgtio What If Princess Zelda Was Sent All The Way Back To The VERY Beginning Of Hyrule's Creation? Like When She Meets The ANCIENT LINK Dude That Would Be CRAZY And Neat To See The Fierce Deity Again

[@abstract8788]

Me - Tell me a love story without romance. Zelda throughout the years - My man...

[@shadowlovez]

This ending will never Not make me cry. 4 months after launch & I still get emotional! Game of the Year for me.

[@billygabrielz]

Something about her short dialogue after she returns just plays at my heart strings and makes me want to just pprotect Zelda after the hell she's gone through. And that finaly line, "oh Link! I'm home." just breaks my heart entirely. This girl's entire life has been devined by Calamity Ganon + Ganondorf's evil, and her quest made her sacrifice so much just to see that her people will see another day. And when all is said and done, she's just happy to be home again.

[@truelionofhylia8152]

Link's the guy who's her home.

[@geekyotaku8251]

Also in Japan when someone says they’re home it’s basically mean you only say that to your loved ones, which means Zelda sees link as her loved one

[@StormyGeddon]

The fact that after swallowing the stone, she is speaking her final words as far as she knows, and it’s a plea not for herself but for her people. “Link, protect them all!” 😢❤

[@isaacrumley]

When the find princess Zelda quest complete came up I got the most insane chills

[@haileeraestout5567]

It Would've Been Cooler If It Showed All The Memories Of Their Time Together From Past Games And Link Hears: "Master You May Or May Not Remember What Or Who I Am But I DO Remember All The Other Times You Wielded Me But Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself You Might Remember My Name Once I Tell You My Name Is...Fi And As The Name Rings With Recognition He FINALLY Catches Zelda And His First Words Would Be: I-I'm Sorry I Failed To Catch You Zelda Back At Skyloft And That That Day When You Were In Demise's B-Body And Zelda Has A Shocked Look On Her Face: L-Link? You Saying That Its Happened To Me Before?" Link Nods Yes

[@haileeraestout5567]

Zelda Looks At Her Hand And Back At Link: S-So M-My Power Is......There All Along? Link Nods Again Zelda Clears Her Throat: Say Link Can You Tell Me How I Ended Up Inside This "Demise" Link Looks At Fi With A Worried Look And Shakes His Head "NO" Zelda Gives Link The Glare That She Used To Give Link 100 Years Ago And Link Yelps: Ok Zelda But You Wont Like The Details But He Lets Fi Explain EVERYTHING

[@MohaRequiemYT]

0:44 love the indentation to Link's theme lol

[@ejilinx]

Home is where the heart is

[@StormyGeddon]

It’s been years since a game made me feel anything. I have never felt more like the character in that moment in a game. I was going to catch her or die trying. I love that they let us be the one to do it. “Not this time” is a good name for this song for sure.

[@tr1p1ea]

Zelda wakes up: ".... Link, where is your shirt?"

[@thelavinator6343]

Im replaying Skyward sword and in the beginning there is a similar scene to this. The tornado takes Zelda and Link is falling after her and trying to catch he, but he fails. This scene is an unintentional callback to that moment. It was never supposed to be that, but that it is

[@khunii2188]

Now that you mentioned it, yeah there was a similar scene in Skyward Sword. Also, SS was an awesome Zelda game with amazing bosses.

[@DongusMcBongus]

1:06 I just hear the windwaker “SPLOOOOOOSH”

[@patuertbecado]

Excelent ending for the game

[@spiceypecan9129]

Bro I fuckin thought it ended when he grabbed her hand, I was angry for a moment 😭

[@clonetrooper2003]

Terrible ending, actually. Why? Because it is a masterclass of prioritizing emotion over making sense. Maybe thats why everybody likes it so much without bothering to stop and hink about why it makes NO SENSE. The problems begin right after we defeat Dragondorf. - [ ] First, once he explodes, a giant energy column forms, which somehow doesn’t destory the surface that its clearly pointing towards. I would tolerate this if this was where the bullshit stopped. Unfortunately, it gets worse. - [ ] We then awaken in some magical realm where we meet Sonia and Rauru’s ghosts (wait, I thought Rauru’s spirit passed on at the beginning of the game? But if this is the afterlife, where the hell are the other spirits?) and they somehow manage to give Link his right hand back, despite the fact that Rauru SPECIFICALLY TOLD HIM that his hand was beyond saving. - [ ] They then shoot some magic blast at the Light Dragon, despite the fact that Draconificaion was SUPPOSED to be irrreversible, turning it back into Zelda and ruining any emotional weight the game had. Yes, i know recall is pretty powerful but Sonia and Rauru and Sonia suddenly having this much power is unearned Besides, this is just inconsequential bullshit on a new level! Wasn’t this whole game’s terrible theme about sacrifice?! - [ ] After the pair fall into a conveniently placed pool of water, the game repeat BOTW’s ending by having zelda say hello to link after so long except this time is boring as shit instead of absolutely beautiful. Why? Because in BOTW, the context of meeting Zelda was that this was a girl we once knew and got to know again as we explored Hyrule. Here, we already know the girl but the story is so bad she not only gets no further development and the context of us seeing her again involves the game breaking its own rules to deliver a contrived bullshit outcome!!! How the hell is this game “slightly darker than Majora’s Mask”?!?!

[@bytronixs7473]

@@clonetrooper2003it’s a game bro

[@clonetrooper2003]

I know. I am not being mean @@bytronixs7473

[@Bignate9999]

The music was so good i just floated over zelda listening to it for an extra minute

[@mrcarpio9430]

lmao

[@MiragePotato]

TotK theme, then Zelda's lullaby and then the Hero's Theme is such a beautiful combo in one hell of an emotional and epic scene

[@mmmnah7684]

2:40. idk if it's just me, but when she says " You did it " while the camera is looking at her, it feels like she's talking to the player

[@cgtio]

I think that's too meta even for the Zelda team

[@mmmnah7684]

@cgtio maybe but then again they did that with Demise as he's cursing Link and Zelda

[@paolofilippobagnato5096]

@@cgtioh h

[@saaqibmhd]

The way link didnt save zelda at the beginning but at the end he did at almost the same scene, what an ending

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Link: "I took the liberty of making a house." Zelda: 😊

[@baconsticks]

I wish that they had the sky islands falling all around them during this moment. That would've been so awesome

[@cgtio]

I believe the scenes are actually rendered in real-time, so I believe for some people, they were(unless you mean close-up shots of falling islands)

[@danielcurren2119]

Bro got his arm back for ONE PURPOSE: GET ZELDA

[@creekandseminole]

I'll always remember this

[@cgtio]

So will I

[@PersephonesWrath_]

Thanks for uploading this segment of the finale- the first time I played it I was in TEARS! What a game.

[@cgtio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@EyFox0]

At the first game (Botw) Link was sleeping, But now, Zelda was sleeping all this time

[@saavyasivantkrishna5972]

here the last time link dived to save zelda he was not able to catch her but this time he did

[@cgtio]

A fitting end

[@saavyasivantkrishna5972]

@@cgtio yes sir

[@randomguy3080]

Love that Links entire goal throughout the game was to find Zelda even to the point that Ganon was an afterthought Also love that Zelda caught us as many times as we needed during the fight with Ganon, and so as we see her falling, it’s no question, we have to reach her, to catch her like she did for us, we aren’t letting her go, not this time

[@betoastorga]

The most amazing ending ever! IMPO!

[@clonetrooper2003]

I disagree. The ending is overrated trash * Why? Because it is a masterclass of prioritizing emotion over making sense. Maybe thats why everybody likes it so much without bothering to stop and hink about why it makes NO SENSE. The problems begin right after we defeat Dragondorf. - [ ] First, once he explodes, a giant energy column forms, which somehow doesn’t destory the surface that its clearly pointing towards. I would tolerate this if this was where the bullshit stopped. Unfortunately, it gets worse. - [ ] We then awaken in some magical realm where we meet Sonia and Rauru’s ghosts (wait, I thought Rauru’s spirit passed on at the beginning of the game? But if this is the afterlife, where the hell are the other spirits?) and they somehow manage to give Link his right hand back, despite the fact that Rauru SPECIFICALLY TOLD HIM that his hand was beyond saving. - [ ] They then shoot some magic blast at the Light Dragon, despite the fact that Draconificaion was SUPPOSED to be irrreversible, turning it back into Zelda and ruining any emotional weight the game had. Yes, i know recall is pretty powerful but Sonia and Rauru and Sonia suddenly having this much power is unearned Besides, this is just inconsequential bullshit on a new level! Wasn’t this whole game’s terrible theme about sacrifice?! - [ ] After the pair fall into a conveniently placed pool of water, the game repeat BOTW’s ending by having zelda say hello to link after so long except this time is boring as shit instead of absolutely beautiful. Why? Because in BOTW, the context of meeting Zelda was that this was a girl we once knew and got to know again as we explored Hyrule. Here, we already know the girl but the story is so bad she not only gets no further development and the context of us seeing her again involves the game breaking its own rules to deliver a contrived bullshit outcome!!! How the hell is this game “slightly darker than Majora’s Mask”?!?!

[@bathtubassassin4691]

​@@clonetrooper2003tf is bro talkin about

[@tandord491]

@@clonetrooper2003 Its a fantasy story, calm TF down 🤣

[@clonetrooper2003]

@@tandord491 i am very calm. Just trying to show people how overrated this ending is

[@DeezNutz-xi3vh]

@@clonetrooper2003ok

[@Guill0rtiz]

KISS HER ALREADY!!!!

[@RvEllorquez]

Missed oppurtunity for our hero link! Lol

[@dea1313]

I was a bit bummed he didn't get to keep Raru's arm.

[@RvEllorquez]

I was pissed. But i think its for the koroks sake. Rauru seen enough for him to take his power back.😂

[@OMarinheiroMacho]

Imagine a reimagining of Ocarina of Time under these conditions. Or at least, a continuation, being a new adventure of the hero of time meeting Navi, and ending with a flourish

[@B-ot2xx]

I’d like to pay special attention to the music in this moments. In the first phase of the song, (Tears of the Kingdoms main theme) the pianist begins to wail on the keyboard, and I love it!

[@joshuabau2]

everytime i see this scene i feel shivers, so damn good ending.

[@kyojurorengoku730]

*My man Link was so focus on saving his princess that he braced her fall with his own body. And considering how high they were, slamming into water would be like slamming into concrete. Meaning he was willing to damage his body severely just to protect her. Get you a man like Link ladies* 👍🏿

[@Hugz4All16]

I like how this game teaches a younger audience how even heroes (aka, good people) make mistakes and such mistakes could have dire consequences. Take King Rauru for example, he thought he could control Ganondorf and was foolish to believe that he had everything under control by keeping him close. There have been times throughout the world's history that are similar to this.

[@haileeraestout5567]

No He's Not Really Gone His Hatred Will Be Reborn Again But I Would Like To See Minaru And The Zonai Proved Wrong Because The Master Sword Is Still Around And As Long As It Around Demise Is There And So Is Ganondorf So In Order To Do That Link Would Have To Descend Into The Master Sword (Which Would Be A Cool Storyline In A Zelda Game) And Link Can Know The Hidden History Behind The Blade's Actual Forging Along The Way And It Can Play Like Assassin's Creed Series Where Link Visits Places He Hasnt Seen In A Long Long Long Time

[@vharuv4651]

This actually made me cry a bit.

[@JaceAbrams]

If link is going to save zelda than zelda is going to save link in echos of wisdom

[@kristianpolanco8259]

All right, Link!

[@IvanRodriguez-uo9db]

Oh God! This is so beautiful!!! 🥲🥲

[@Onix-xcc]

Here one year later to commemorate the anniversary.

[@samuelhacker7463]

The first time I saw this I was disappointed that Zelink didn’t happen, but it’s still good

[@thehealingwordswriter1716]

When Ganon first attacked in the castle, Link wasn’t able to reach for Zelda’s hand, this time he was able to reach her hand and save her 🥺🤍

[@cgtio]

a wonderful ending

[@TheDripalorian]

Parallels to skyward sword are insane

[@EclipseKorvid]

Is it just me who heard the sound Fi makes when she enters his sword?..

[@cgtio]

I couldn't notice it

[@MarbleFoxArt]

There were some things that annoyed me about the story of this game overall but they absolutely nailed the ending and all of my other grievances is completely forgiven thanks to the ending It was an absolute experience and I loved every bit of it

[@Error-7-0-7]

Say what you want about the story, maybe its not so indepth and a bit repetitive at times, but to me, this game was about Link and Zeldas relationship (whether its plutanic or romatic) it was about them having to trust one another and work together even when seperated by time. Link is loyal to Zelda and Zelda has all the faith in the world in Link.

[@thelavinator6343]

I always thought that if a person falls from the sky and lands in water that its just like landing on concrete. Apparently i was wrong. No matter what height you fall from landing in water will save you

[@v.v_17a-z99]

Hope you’re joking

[@thelavinator6343]

@@v.v_17a-z99 of course I'm joking..... Obviously water can save yoh

[@v.v_17a-z99]

true @@thelavinator6343

[@mcmewsen]

Falls off a cliff: dies. Falls from the atmosphere into a pond: i'M oKaY

[@thelavinator6343]

@@mcmewsen someone turned off physics

[@ln5321]

Why did he have to grab her if they were both going to just fall into the same body of water no matter what?

[@cgtio]

That's a question for Aonuma😂

[@liamdalemon1525]

Am I the only person who cannot take this part seriously? XD

[@cgtio]

I was considering not pressing the button prompts to see if Zelda splatted on impact with the ground

[@winsomehax]

@@cgtio there's no fail state. it just goes on for a bit and then restarts you back trying to reach her.

[@chadcop7218]

...or is it?🤔🧐

[@cgtio]

For this particular incarnation of Link, I'd say yes

[@TheFloofikite673]

Zelda here sounds like a dude trying is best to make an impression of a girl not gonna lie. Lol

[@cgtio]

I definitely haven't heard that one to date xD