RED PLAYS Tears of the Kingdom! CHECKING OUT THE SPOOKY DUNGEON NOT CLICKBAIT

[@RyokoAsakuraLastFan]

I think my favorite part of this intro is how accurate Zelda is as a researcher. Sees ruins depecting doom and keeps digging deeper ignoring all warnings.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Sounds more like a Lovecraft character.

[@TheShadowlord18]

@@amanofnoreputation2164 Lovecraft just wrote down the behavior of IRL researchers

[@violeth2255]

@TheShadowlord18 To be fair to irl researchers, the doom depicted tends to not still be around and kicking (or is far less doomy than the depiction). At most, they end up accidentally unknowingly exposing themselves to hazardous materials that can leave them horribly ill or dead. Unleashing an actual apocalypse is exceedingly unlikely.

[@alecLogan]

In fairness to Zelda, they were explicitly looking into the problem because it was effecting people, and if the two of them couldn’t handle it, they were screwed anyway. It’s just… you know, Ganondork decided that was bait worth taking.

[@Healermain15]

"Y'know, this Torment Nexus has some intriguing possibilities if we use it for good!"

[@artbarian]

I love that Red had the same instinct as me of "I need to hear every nerdy thing Zelda is thinking" in the opening sequence. Nerdy Zelda is precious and deserves everything.

[@TrinityCore60]

Really a shame that circumstances forced that into the backseat till the end of the game. I hear she (CENSORED). That can not be good for her mental health.

[@TryingIGuess]

Unfortunately she's br*tish so maybe she deserves a bit less than everything.

[@archivist_13]

This Zelda being a nerd is what makes her the best Zelda

[@dragon1130]

​@@TrinityCore60 Having seen what you're talking about... yeah... can't be good for her mental, or physical health.

[@jsc1jake512]

For me it's not really that she's a nerd, I'm more invested in the lore

[@Lawsondgage]

22:16 I love the hair tie less for the aesthetic and more that you get it from Zelda's study, which means that canonically Zelda is stealing Link's hair ties, and that's super cute.

[@Dire_Pants]

I hadn't thought of it that way. That's hilarious. XD

[@adenkhan5071]

I personally took it as a subtle hint that Link had some occasion to 'let his hair down' while he and Zelda were in the privacy of her secret study and that he was too preoccupied to go back for it afterward. But Zelda borrowing Link's hair ties is very cute and perfectly valid too.

[@BennyBoy661]

What I need to know is are they living under the same roof or did Link give Zelda the house and is now living out in the woods like the wild gremlin he is?

[@Lawsondgage]

@@BennyBoy661 I'm pretty sure you can find stuff set up in the house for two people. But only one bed.

[@adenkhan5071]

@BennyBoy661 Based on the fact that almost nobody in Hateno recognizes him, I'd say he doesn't spend much time there. My guess is that any time Zelda has an idea for something, he takes it as a quest and way over-achieves on it. For instance, Zelda mentions in passing that Lookout Landing could really use a telescope. Next thing you know, Link disappears into the woods for two weeks and reappears with a set of massive glass lenses he uncovered from the ruins of the royal observatory.

[@Max-jz2hf]

I love how Purah retains the old woman “jab confusing thing with stick” instinct

[@kiwilemontea4622]

I love how Zelda is ABSOLUTELY the kind of researcher who would read signs saying stuff like "This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger..." and she would still walk right on in.

[@violeth2255]

Well of course. If I didn't want people poking around my treasure pit, I'd tell everyone how dangerous it was and that there's nothing that would justify engaging with that danger in there either.

[@Link-ho8yq]

Well it's only in one sentence out of her extensive dialogue in this intro, but she does imply what she's doing is more "people are getting ill, let's go down with a geiger counter to find the breach and seal it".

[@Joel-qo6gt]

The kind of researcher that walks past menacing earthworks and ignores all the warning signs?

[@kiwilemontea4622]

@@Joel-qo6gt Absolutely.

[@sea-envy3137]

This is a warning, to all living mortals, that who so ever opens this chest of demons will release 13 of the most terrifying ghosts upon the face of the Earth. -read in the voice of Vincent Price

[@Doctor_17]

2:31:22 Red finally realizes that the doors to the castle are indeed openable with Ultrahand/Magnesis, after 6 years of not knowing they can be opened at all. We stan our favorite himbo.

[@diddyknux]

Didn't even occur to me that those doors were there in Breath of the Wild too. I never went in the front door, I always glide straight to the Lockup for that sweet, sweet Hylian Shield.

[@danidm5820]

This game has everything Red likes: - TIME TRAVELLING - GOAT people - FISH people

[@megabyte01]

Good thing it doesn't have a time-traveling goat fish!

[@Deadflower019]

@@megabyte01That would make for a hell of a star constellation though

[@Envy_May]

undertale ?!?!?

[@argella1300]

~Stefan voice~ this game has EVERYTHING

[@danieljames1868]

Purah, apparently

[@joebobjon1127]

About the shiekah tech disappearing, they might have thought, “Ok, now that Ganon has been defeated, let’s reseal or destroy this stuff so no one tries to nuke the kingdom.”

[@Just_really_tired]

That is the exact reason they did that! It’s in one of the Purah diaries

[@Tryforce8000]

​@@Just_really_tired Is it? Okay, well, thank you for saying that. I've been a little miffed that seemingly NO ONE in the game was talking about the elephant in the room that was the missing (old) Sheikah tech.

[@aidanjackson5084]

@@Tryforce8000 Alternatively, the missing elephant in the room with the Zora Divine Beast, which is literally an elephant xP

[@Tryforce8000]

@@aidanjackson5084 Lmao, nice one. Didn't think of that.

[@desolatedragon9872]

​@jamesforlonds7818 lmao I remember reading that and was like "yeah that didn't age very well now did it" 😂

[@R4yj4ck]

Every OSP member has to have a Zelda-related nemesis. Blue has dragons. Red has set bonuses. Indigo and maybe Cyan are next.

[@Chucklebot_]

Indigo's nemesis is controller drift.

[@jameswest6232]

While I agree it's weird how little Sheika tech is in this game, I like two explanations the fan community seems to have come up with: 1. Purah and her team have been researching the stuff for years, so I can buy that they've been able to come up with their own advancements based of it. 2. The Devine Beasts might have been decommissioned and destroyed after the Champions' spirits moved on and the civilians understandably wanted the giant weapons of war gone after being terrorized by them for 100 years.

[@metronicmagician1816]

I definitely believe that the divine beasts, towers, and guardians were all destroyed once the calamity had ended both for research and to not have war machines, but where did the shrines, ancient sheika relics, shrine of resurrection, and the champion’s dungeon go?

[@Broomer52]

You do see evidence of repurposed guardian technology especially with the towers so I get the impression they decommissioned, scrapped and repurposed what they wanted

[@EthanMallonee]

The explanation I heard was that the Gloom disintegrated it all... but Idk.

[@lilystorz1358]

I like to think that sometime between BoTW and ToTK all of the shrines and the towers sunk back into the earth and the Divine Beasts also buried themselves. In water, sand, or magma. The Slate would've also completely deactivated along with that, which is why neither Zelda nor Link have it at the beginning if the game.

[@Broomer52]

@@EthanMallonee it’s like a magical rot, it rots away your vitality as well as physical objects

[@mini3mayhem]

I am not ashamed to admit that I teared up when the new BOTW motif showed up during the title card, it was my comfort place when I was going through a really rough time in my life and I can’t express enough how important it is to me

[@LauraAnimalgirl]

Me too! I as well was going through a very rough time in my life when I started playing BOTW 🩵 it's a beautifully made into to the game

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

I love that the cutscene where you lose your hearts accidentally implies that almost all of Link's health and stamina are contained in his sword-arm, so really the journey is about learning not to min-max a glass-canon when choosing a champion

[@Broomer52]

You start losing it when it wraps on your arm. Gloom mechanically and in lore saps peoples energy when they touch it and you lost your arm to the stuff.

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

@@Broomer52 I did say it "implies" it, not that that's what's actually happening but even so, even when taking into consideration how gloom works, it usually doesn't act nearly as fast as in the cutscene - but for game meachanic-reasons Link is affected differently by gloom than other Hylians anyway what I meant was, like, you learn LATER that that's how gloom works on people, but at first it just kinda looks like "oop, lost your arm? Gone is almost all your health - oh, and your stamina too, while we're at it"

[@fra604]

​@@lemmetalkaboutthis implying means something else...

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

@@fra604 implying means indicating truth or existence of something by suggestion rather than fact/explicit reference That's the definition So I think I used it correctly

[@Broomer52]

@@lemmetalkaboutthis you did use Imply wrong

[@Gauldame]

I'm irrationally giggling at the fact that Zelda talks *at* link and he just...stares back. And she responds to his response. Which he just...stares. I don't know why it's hilarious to me. *Zelda going on about history* *Link No thought, only floof in head* Zelda : Yes Link, you're right, no time to dilly dally.

[@joelsasmad]

They have a cute dynamic

[@theinimitablejora522]

Me letting my girlfriend hyperfixate and loredump autistically while I autistically soak it all up in silence

[@핑엘리]

Zelda talks to Link like he's a cat.

[@Huddleston07]

​@@핑엘리 I mean, he breaks things he really shouldn't, gets into places he really has no business being by who knows what means, and would pretty much eat anything, regardless of if it's good for him or not. That kinda sounds like a cat to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Broktus]

I need to sleep but had a thought about Revali's theme from BOTW and I need to get it out. So in each of the fights against the Blights, an SOS signal can be heard. And Red, you noticed that for Daruk, Mipha, and Urbosa, the signal shows up relatively early in the theme and is integrated more fluidly with the theme itself. But Revali's shows up later, and is more jarring, as if it was more panicked and rushed to execute. But something bothered me about it all: if the Champions were sending out distress signals, why did no one show up to help? Maybe each settlement was busy fending off the Calamity, but none of the Zora, many of which were alive at the time, mention Mipha calling for help nor any attempts to rescue her. So that implies that they couldn't hear the SOS signal. But then what was the point of having an SOS function if no one could hear it? Well, the Divine Beasts are ancient Shiekah tech, so they would be compatible with ancient Sheikah tech. Perhaps the intent of the SOS signals was that if one Divine Beast was compromised, the other three could move in to deal with it. The only ones who could hear the distress signals at all were the other Champions, and perhaps the holder of the Sheikah Slate. So imagine Urbosa, and Mipha, and Daruk. They rush to their Divine Beasts, but are met with terrible foe. They might be able to win, or they might not, so they broadcast that they are under attack, so that their comrades know their situation, and so that maybe someone can help them. Now imagine Revali. Pride backed by skill and powerful abilities. Being able to fly, he would likely be the first to arrive at his Divine Beast and face his foe. But he's Revali. He's a Champion. He has the best bow in Hyrule, bomb arrows galore, peerless skill, mastery of flight, and straight up wind magic. This foe is just an obstacle. A mere attempt by Ganon to slow him down and keep him from raining hell on the cocky calamity. The idea of even using the SOS function likely never crossed his mind. And then, while dueling with a foe unlike any he's faced before, one that seems tailor made to kill him, he hears them. Vah Ruta. Vah Naboris. Vah Rudania. Every other Champion is under attack. Every other Champion is locked in combat with a foe that is likely just as much of a counter to them as Revali's foe is to him. Mipha is strong in the water, but that strenght can be knocked out from under her like a pillar. Daruk doesn't have the mobility or range to deal with a flying foe. Urbosa commands powerful lightning, but if that were to be nullified, she only has her swordsmanship. They all need help, and Revali, the best there is, is going to be the one to save them and turn this fight around. He's the only one who can. He started his fight first, so his foe is the closest to being felled. His Divine Beast's ability to fly allows it to get to any place in Hyrule far more swiftly than the other Champions could possibly accomplish. And that pesky sworsman is going to have his hands full protecting the Princess and dying like a loser. So even reminded of the SOS function, he doesn't use it. He doesn't need a rescue- he will be the rescue. And Revali, arrogant as he is, would die before accepting defeat. The only way he could admit defeat is if it was staring him in the face, pressed against his chest with his body broken and burned. Revali never sent a cry for help- he knew that no one could answer. He sent his final words. Words that he could never bring himself to speak. "I am sorry. I have failed."

[@Rusting-Organs]

Thanks for inspiring my eyes to cosplay as a waterfall

[@archivist_13]

Damn alright now I'm crying

[@deadcard13]

There is something slightly humorous in the two self-proclaimed lancers preferring sword and shield combat.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

You don't need to waste arrows to toss brightbloom seeds. Just hold the throw button then hit up and Link will throw them. Sidon didn't replace Miphas statue; it was moved up onto Mount Polyphemus. Armored lynels aren't too bad. All you have to do is shoot them with bombs or hit them with a smashing weapon the same as when you destroy rocks. You can strip all the armor in one flurry rush. They've always been my favorite enemy in this game.

[@metarcee2483]

Mount Polyphemus? I didn't realize it was a cyclops.

[@whowhodoo]

My personal head cannon is that the religion of hyrule is undergoing a shift from Triforce-ism into Hylia-ism. As Hylia-ism it taking over hyrule the iconography of Triforce-ism is being phased out. Thus entire legends are being retconned.

[@Xalerdane]

My headcanon is that Zelda absorbed the Triforce to become Hylia again.

[@Mach1048]

Does anyone else love that Red's User for Streaming is Red Leader? Because I laughed a bit too much at that.

[@seasirocco3063]

Her other user is Red5, which makes the joke perfect.

[@MumboJ]

I suddenly want a montage to see all of Blue's Hudson sign attempts and solutions. ARCHITECTURE! possibly even DOMES!

[@abigailbaldwin4224]

"I threw this together in an hour, and I spent 55 minutes of that drawing the thumbnail for this video" If that isn't peak chaos goblin i don't know what is😂

[@MyPisceanNature]

"I've already played this game, and it doesn't matter!" I do love that feel. Reminds me of when I first played Final Fantasy VII. I beat the game and immediately started over again. That's only happened with a few games.

[@grantlauzon5237]

Can we get Blue to do a video on why Zelda is still princess? She’s been gone from Hyrule for 100 years and is still in charge somehow.

[@randomwerewolf1099]

I think fighting Ganon for those 100 years probably earns you some points with people. The real question is why she’s still princess and not queen. Her dad is dead. She should have inherited the crown.

[@zeeb2190]

@@randomwerewolf1099 no time for a coronation when hyrulestill needs rebuilding i guess

[@revaryk6868]

​Yeah, esepcially since Hyrule Castle is a mess, as always.

[@grantlauzon5237]

Maybe she’s in charge the same way Charles is.

[@noodles24601]

​@@GerdLPluuLink Between Worlds has Zelda as the ruler of Hyrule, though she is still called a princess. I guess that's just what they call their female rulers, kinda like in My Little Pony lol. Also it isn't Hyrule, but the mirror kingdom of Lorule is also ruled by Zelda's counterpart who is also a princess.

[@wolv0223]

I think the reason people view Wind Waker Ganondorf as more complex and morally grey is that his actions are framed differently by giving him a motivation that actually seems sympathetic, even if the end result (a world conquest attempt) is the same. In all the rest of the games with Ganon and Ganondorf, he's the King of Thieves, either man or beast, wanting to conquer out of a lust for power. But not Wind Waker. In Wind Waker, Ganondorf, at the end of the game, gives his motivation more as a royal obligation to his people. He's the King of the Gerudo and, in his telling, he set out to conquer Hyrule so that his people would no longer have to suffer in the desert. He depicts himself as the underdog, a leader of an oppressed people who would not suffer exile to the desert any longer. Yes, he ravaged Hyrule and fully is fine killing Link, who is like 10 yrs. old. But it is worth noting that there is perhaps some symbolic significance to the fact that the villain in Ganondorf, not Ganon- *never* Ganon. You fight Phantom Ganon (who is humanoid, like OOT) and Puppet Ganon (a puppet construct), but never Ganondorf himself transformed into Ganon. He is, until the very end, the King of the Gerudo- a man. Now, of course, you can choose to not buy Ganondorf's interpretation. Nabooru is pretty unhappy with Ganondorf in OOT and the Gerudo are never shown to have left the desert even though Ganondorf reigned for 7 years. And on top of that, Iron Knuckles have Gerudo models in the armor, implying Nabooru isn't the only Gerudo brainwashed to serve as one- not very benevolent of Ganondorf. One could argue that even if he originally intended to help his people, the Future/Adult Setting of OOT shows he ultimately lost his way and became consumed simply with a hunger for power, caring only to cement his rule and exact retribution. But, if you *do* take Ganondorf at his word in Wind Waker, he takes on more of a Magneto-esque role: a man of immense capacity for violence from a persecuted group refusing to "take it sitting down" anymore. How just his actions and how honest his professed motivations are is something the player/reader decides for themself. Of course, even if you do interpret him sympathetically in WW, that is definitely the minority portrayal for Ganondorf. He very much tends towards the "Evil; that's it, no complex motivations, I'm just evil" portrayal in the rest of the series.

[@Envy_May]

ganondorf actually doesn't say anything about his people in the wind waker. he explains his background, but then he says, " *i* coveted that wind " - he still frames everything on himself which i personally feel like shows that he's being completely honest but also still blatantly self-centred

[@wolv0223]

​@@Envy_May I went on Zelda Dungeon to get the script of the game, since I didn't recall the exact wording, and you are right, that he doesn't mention the Gerudo specifically: *"My country lay within a vast desert. / When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing... Death. / But the winds that blew across the green fields of Hyrule brought something other than suffering and ruin. / I coveted that wind, I suppose. / It can only be called fate. ...That here, I would again gather the three with the crests. / ...That I should lay my hand on that which grants the wishes of the beholder... That when power, wisdom, and courage come together, the gods would have no choice but to come down... / The power of the gods... The Triforce! He who touches it will have whatever he desires granted! / Already, the crest of wisdom is mine... / All that remains... / Do not fear. I will not kill you... / I merely have need of the power that dwells within you. / Now! Let us put an end to that which binds us together! / Gods! Hear that which I desire! / Expose this land to the rays of the sun once more! Let them burn forth! / Give Hyrule to me!!!"* . He does, however, mention his "country", and depending on one's view of "country", it could refer simply to his geographical origin, but could also refer to his people. I had always taken country to mean more than just the land, but the people too, and thus saw him as lamenting the suffering all those in the desert- his people, the Gerudo. However, I suppose you are right that he could just simply have despised his own condition and sought salvation and paradise for himself alone, something which would fit with Ocarina of Time's lack of movement for the Gerudo, who do not leave the desert and in fact further isolate themselves by destroying the bridge. . I think, however, part of the reason why I (and others) are inclined toward a more charitable view is that this Ganondorf is certainly more... somber. Yes, he does have a break down and decides to kill you more or less out of spite for the Triforce being taken by the King of Red Lions. But before that, we have him framing his desire for Hyrule as being the end of a long road of suffering, and he even says that he has no desire to kill Link, something I had forgotten. Until he snaps, he just wants his wish. And when he dies, he chuckles and says "The Wind is blowing", almost as if resigned to his death, seeing himself caught be "the wind that brings death", unable to outrun death in the end. . Overall, he just has a very different tone to go along with a very different framing- one of a suffering man seeking paradise over damnation, rather than simply a warlord or usurper. And the end has the King of Red Lions basically saying he himself had regrets, and was attached to the past like Ganondorf (though I forget if he ever makes clear what he would do different if he could do things over again, as he wanted to). It's somber and about moving past the old Hyrule, it's conflicts and grudges. It's not about just defeating evil, it's about moving on from old conflicts, which I think does something to validate Ganondorf. It frames it as everyone in the past was flawed, made choices that contributed to the downfall of Old Hyrule, and frames the conflicts as old grudges. And in validating Ganondorf that way, justifying his anger by proximity to the regrets of one of the heroes (the King) and drawing a parallel between them as being stuck in the past, it serves to make Ganondorf seem less "black" and more "grey", which in turn leads to reinforcing more charitable interpretations of his motivations (viewing "country" as including the Gerudo people and thus implicitly framing the suffering as Ganondorf bearing the suffering of a downtrodden people). Apparently the JP version is a bit shorter, but the language is very formal, old, and structured in almost poetic ways, and thus the longer and more descriptive ENG seems to be trying to capture the sort of poetic/tragic nature of Ganondorf's speech in a way that works in English- which, again, lends himself to sympathy, because who doesn't love to feel bad for a tragic character? . Of course, as I said, it's perfectly valid to interpret it as a selfish and that the tragedy is, to him, entirely personal (though considering the very direct connections to OOT [references to the Hero of Time included], glancing over his status as King of the Gerudo in Old Hyrule seems to miss a piece of context). The extrapolation of caring for the Gerudo or even caring about their suffering very well could be a step too far. I do think, however, that for people who played WW and OOT, there's certainly a clear path of how they would reach such a conclusion, even if that path is sometimes half filled with extrapolations and interpretations. They're leaps, but they're logical ones. And I think I personally will stick with my "slightly more morally complex" Wind Waker Ganondorf, even if I treat the rest of the series' Ganondorf portrayals as bog standard evil villain. I think it makes Wind Waker stand stronger without having to diminish the rest of the series so longas you simply recognized Classic, OOT/Modern/"Child Timeline", "Toon"/"Adult Timeline", and BotW Era as being distinct lines of story that don't necessarily follow the same rules and characterizations. . It is amusing. I have recently been looking at other claims made by people looking at the Zelda series in tragic ways, and going "Actually, that's wrong." Like pointing out that the the idea that Goddesses' granting their powers (not Demise's Curse) is what keeps the endless cycle of conflict with Link/Zelda/Ganon is simply wrong, as TP is the only game where it's possible to interpret the Goddesses as granting power to initiate the conflict. Or pointing out that a commenter was mistaken in remembering Groose talking about making the "Groodo" warrior women (that misremembered piece of evidence was used to explain that Gerudo men bear the curse of Demise to tragically turn the descendants of Groose- one of the heroes who fought him- against the others). . And yet here I am, having to be told my own tragic interpretation is itself extrapolation partially based on misremembered information, albeit used more narrowly (one game rather than the whole premise of the series). I wonder how many people are like this, having grand ideas the series or even just one on game in it predicated partially on bad memory, leading to them unknowingly elevating it from "headcanon/personal interpretation" to "canon/the main interpretation" in their head.

[@vandal_lbtm]

I love the fact that Red just randomly quips lines from Girlchan in Paradise in this stream.

[@DrBrangar]

36:09 Trick for 2-handed weapons: fuse a shield, and then you can block while holding them.

[@PikaPenny17]

Holy shit is fusing cool, there's all these little intricacies that make perfect sense in hindsight.

[@DrBrangar]

@@PikaPenny17 Other great ones: -fusing a cart to a shield makes it a perfect skateboard -Fusing an ice slab to your shield makes it surf with stupid low friction, but runs out fast. Solution: fuse frozen meat to it instead - fuse a honeycomb to your weapon for a wand of bees (literally, it summons a friendly swarm of bees. Same on arrows) - Mushrooms make bouncy weapons, so enemies go flying on the final hit of a combo - Fusing monster wings to weapons/arrows makes them be thrown/fired much further - fusing a zonai wing to your shield gives you a very high shield jump, allowing bullet time shooting from standing. Shooting a hover stone fused arrow (only from a single shot bow) will spawn the platform a short distance away, making an easy "oh s*#$, I don't wanna fall all the way back down" option, or easy ladder for when you need just a bit more height. -scare the bejeesus out of monster camps by firing a pinecone at their campfire.

[@PikaPenny17]

@@DrBrangar I believe fusing an ice slab to your weapon makes it able to freeze stuff itself.

[@DrBrangar]

@@PikaPenny17 yes, but that felt more obvious than "bouncy mushroom" or "bee wand"

[@devonrule1412]

I called the mining armor my "chistmas light bondage harness."

[@conanedogawa4798]

34:00 Thanks to the new Hylian pinecone mechanic, you don't absolutely NEED Rivali's gale. The Hylian pinecones are a bit more cumbersome to use, but they have exactly the same effect. So, having Rivali's gale would just be more of a convenience than something that completely changes the face of your gameplay due to it's absence. The wind power you get in this game, being a horizontal gust, has a lot more utility to it than Rivali's gale ever did. It seems lack-luster by comparison when you first see it, but then you start actually using it for stuff and you never want to go back.

[@rmsgrey]

Eh. The basic use case for the horizontal gust - to cover more ground sideways before running out of down - is also covered by Revali's Gale - if you get a vertical boost, that adds a lot of sideways. Revali's Gale makes it easier to go up; the sideways wind lets you get in under overhangs. It's pretty much a wash.

[@conanedogawa4798]

@@rmsgrey Like I said, you get the same thing from Hylian pinecones, thus if you are actually able to combine the up and the horizontal. Also, any overhang that Rivali's gale would have helped you reach can also be traversed even better with Ascend. Overall though, the SERIOUS case for the horizontal gusts is that the skyview towers launch you so high up that Rivali's Gale doesn't even have a prayer of even reaching 1/10 of the height, and you can use around 5 horizontal gusts while flying afterward before you run out of stamina (because that's what's going to happen well before you ever run out of down.) If you have 3 stamina wheels, this essentially gives you so much range that anywhere you couldn't reach from one tower can be reached from the next one over.

[@rmsgrey]

@@conanedogawa4798 Or you can put together a cheap flying machine, and use Recall to avoid hitting the ground whenever you run out of battery in order to get infinite air. I've not experimented to confirm, but I imagine it's hard to get much verticality out of pinecones in the rain, while Revali's Gale was a big part of the reason why late-game BotW stopped caring much about the weather.

[@conanedogawa4798]

@@rmsgrey Ok, you DO have a point there on the rain issue. Flying machine though, I think that counts equally on both of them.

[@rmsgrey]

Random thoughts since I wasn't in livechat: Technically, Zelda is waiting for Link in the Temple of Time, just in a very timey-wimey manner. - One of my minor issues with Tears of the Kingdom is that farming spots have changed from BotW - for instance, you used to get fairies and utility plants at each Great Fairy Fountain - so I no longer know where to go to find specific things. - Something I discovered almost by accident is that you can grow a Brightbloom on a vehicle, so my first time through the Mining Cave on the Great Sky Island, my minecart had a headlight. And I used Ultrahand to carry it through the rest of the tunnel as a portable light source. - Speaking of brightbloom seeds, I throw mine by hand to save wear and tear on weapons/bows and keep the arrow budget down. You don't get quite the range, but I've yet to encounter a situation where you need to get light further than you can throw anyway. - I think Mipha's Grace is the Champion ability I miss most - just having that safety net was a huge help/comfort. Revali's Gale comes second for the sheer utility (though tactical Ascend covers a lot of the same situations and many new ones). - Speaking of Mipha, since she and Link nearly got engaged, Link and Sidon are quasi-family - if things had gone a little differently, and Mipha had her way, they'd be brothers-in-law. - Finally, I'd like to recommend Lil Gator Game for anyone who isn't aware of it - you play an anthropomorphic alligator kid who used to play a free-form LARP run by his big sister where he takes the role of the green hero (which they started because they couldn't afford the latest videogame) until she went to college. Now she's back, but busy with assignments, so our hero has a cunning plan to get her back into the game - by roping his friends into playing it with him in her vicinity until she's forced to join in. The game's pretty short - I've got 100% completion with a Steam total playtime just over 4 hours - but totally worth checking out. I believe it was also at SGDQ this year.

[@CarbonMage]

Spoilers? Not sure how far you are. Not even in just a timey-wimey way, since she shows up to bust open the cloud barrier for you. Red dances around the concept a bit on stream to avoid spoiling Blue, but that's almost certainly what she was thinking when she zooms in on Zelda with the scope

[@rmsgrey]

@@CarbonMage I have checked out Zelda's hairpin - I haven't finished the game yet, but I've got the full surface map and have completed "Regional Phenomena" but not followed up on the next main quest after reporting in. I haven't fully swept the map by any stretch of the imagination, but I have at least done the most visible things in passing. So I know a lot of the plot, including your spoiler, but not every possible detail.

[@f8breaker119]

@rmsgrey It’s a Geoglyph thing

[@rmsgrey]

@@f8breaker119 Those are pretty visible, yeah.

[@WhichWitch3709]

Red’s animated avatar for these streams is the embodiment of my gender envy. Your art is amazing!

[@ContinentTurtle]

Cringe

[@notburntfries6566]

@@ContinentTurtle cringer

[@ContinentTurtle]

@@notburntfries6566 nice burn bro /s

[@tamarawiggin7888]

Same!!!

[@rhodiumthunderbird]

@@ContinentTurtle How tf did you end up on this channel if you find trans people cringe?

[@centuryg.9456]

I'm so happy youre playing this. As i was going through the game, i couldnt stop thinking about how excited i am for your commentary on every aspect.

[@ditzyrose700]

As someone who's played and picked apart the bones of BoTW like a carrion vulture, seeing Red discover new mechanics and idles even now fills me with an equal mix of joy and disappointment. JUST! DODGE!! 😭

[@baheimoth9621]

I love that you can build such creative contraptions in this game. I also do next to none of it

[@MumboJ]

2:50:41 "So we're going towards that thingy. Ooh actually before that maybe we should go towards that thingy." Ah yes, now the game has truly begun.

[@MaxWelton]

1:04:14 literally every enemy species in the game has a new headbutt attack. Not Wizzrobes, I’m pretty sure, but Bokoblins, Moblins, Soldier Constructs, even Lynels!

[@Scatterbrained_and_Lost]

I can't wait for when modders inevitably bring back mechanics and enemies from BotW. Imagine being able to attatch a bunch of bombs to a korok and stasis launch it into an enemy camp while being chased by Floormasters(I know what they're called but to me they're creepy-ass floormasters) and two Guardians.

[@KWBR1123]

Gloom hands?

[@Lawsondgage]

WOOOO! I'm so happy I don't need to wait until two months before the next Zelda game to watch you streaming this one all the way through XD

[@petre1758]

God, I would kill for a Red ToTW video essay

[@Zamtrios245]

I love how after you do the Sky Temple of Time, the light dragon very dramatically appears. The game is screaming at you that Zelda is near, and you dont realize until the memory. 2:10:15 Especially this bit, you realize that the logo is a dragin that contains the Master Sword, just like Zelda does!

[@SnafuOrganization]

For his once-a-decade trip to the barber, Rauru gets the Super Saiyan 3.

[@MariaVosa]

If I had been properly informed this was happening I would have stayed up all night!! (why do I live in Europe? 😭) I also love that Red unlike almost every other youtuber makes sure to get all of Zelda's dialogue! I feel seen.

[@NadirEatsRocks]

I've been waiting for this stream since the game dropped, I can't believe I missed it! Can't wait to watch the vod though :)

[@connorscorner443]

Yeah I just woke up 😂

[@Nothing2150]

OMG I've been fighting the constructs without using the ascend ability. Thank you Red that makes so much sense. I've already taken out a half dozen now without it.

[@Arkadious]

It did really bother me in TotK how no one really talks about all the Sheikah tech and where it went in the timespan between BotW and TotK. Like, how do you lose four 100 feet tall robots? Where did they go?!

[@juanp7691]

I haven't found it myself but apparently there's a diary from purah or robbie that says that after botw they repurposed all guardians and divine beasts so they aren't used for evil again. Now, how did they move the behemoths that are the divine beasts? who knows, but for instance, you can see in the towers that the platform that launches link is just the bottom of a guardian stalker.

[@frankspick7544]

@@juanp7691 i mean the divine beast are mechs so the champions could have just piloted them to somewhere else.

[@sora9138]

so now that the Lights of Blessing have taken the place of the Spirit Orbs, me and my gf have dubbed them "blorbs" she first offered 'lorbs' (light orbs) but that didnt roll off the tongue quite right so they're blorbs (blessing orbs) yes the word sporb has done irreversible damage to my vocabulary (had me sprinting thru Hyrule shouting "HYLIA I'VE GOT SPORBS GIVE ME MY F*CKING STAMINA!") edit: also now that I'm playing Skyward Sword I can recognize the Great Sky Island for what it is: literally just Skyloft.

[@raiknightshade3442]

YEEEESSSS INDIGO IS A FELLOW LONG BRIDGE TRUTHER!!! When in doubt, build yourself a Long Bridge™. Always works for me! Cheesed that monster encampment tower with Long Bridge and never looked back

[@765ZackAttack]

“I think we might be in the wrong place-“ Immediate Black Horriblin jumpscare

[@denpadolt9242]

After spending over half an hour fumbling through every inch of the cold section and dying in the ice river at least twice, seeing Red skip everything and reach the shrine in 10 minutes is downright aggravating.

[@CarbonMage]

Tbf, it's her second playthrough

[@EvilGeniusIIpi]

Phew, I think I need a break from Tears of the Kingdom. *sees vod* Goddammit Red

[@nathanharris8896]

59:23 I feel like I've gotta point out that you can just throw the lightbloom seeds. It saves a lot of arrows that way.

[@fumkioyuki8457]

I cannot wait for blue to finsh tears of the kingdom. so i can hear everyone opion on well Sploiers stuff. and im waitng for the zelda bonus podcast.

[@GeneralOlde]

I know I'm late to watching this, but I would love to see a Detail Diatribe about BOTW/TOTK's Princess Zelda. Without getting into spoilers, I think her character arc is wonderful; she feels so human and has a lot of internality as a character. I really think TOTK expands on her even further and solidifies both games as HER story, and not Link's.

[@archivist_13]

She's legit my favorite version of the character

[@ellymyths]

I just started playing this game last month and I can’t wait to watch Red’s craziness

[@marther3898]

little thing i liked; Zonai are essentially rabbit people (with dragon heritage somehow?) but that revives that old thing in LttP where Link becomes a rabbit in Dark World. it used to be a "reflects your true inner self" thing in Dark World having been the Sacred Realm, so Link becomes an adorable pink rabbit before you get the right item to stay human(hylian?). now, we can say the ancient founders of Hyrule were rabbit furries. OH HYLIA, WHAT HAVE WE DONE...!!

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

I saw some ppl just throw brightblooms by hand, just because you have a ton of them to waste comparably to arrows, so putting them relatively close to one another is no big deal. Yet others attached giant brightblooms to their vehicles, flying and otherwise, and just went around the depths on those

[@Vastin]

There are a few poor man's version's of Revali's Gale available in the game, though they do mostly demand that you have a semi-flat surface to work off of.

[@arc771]

A reasonable amount of time of streaming? Surely this is the good timeline.

[@TrueAohaku]

I feel like the Sheikah tech is gone because the people have been haunted by it for 100 years and took sweet vengeance on it the first chance they got.

[@MaxWelton]

1:54:16 fun fact: I had a really awkward journey with my opinion on the story. SPOILERS FOR ALL OF TOTK: The first geoglyph I investigated after the tutorial with Impa was the Purah Pad-shaped one. That memory was the one where Zelda was like “so you actually believe my story about coming from the future by complete accident?” And Rauru’s like “I have power over light and my wife Sonia has power over time, but you, Zelda have both. Also secret stones don’t grant powers, they amplify existing ones.” And Mineru said “to become an immortal dragon is to lose oneself.” So I was like “OK, an immortal dragon is a fancy word for a person who has sacrificed their natural personality for immortality. Immortality being an immoral thing to want is a recurring theme across some fantasy media, like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. But Zelda’s not gonna do that, right? She’s gonna have a training montage and use her latent time powers to go back to the present!” But then the next memory I saw implied Zelda was considering becoming an immortal dragon. Oh no! Then another memory implied the opposite again! And I was relieved because Zelda had to deal with believing her power had dwindled during her stalemate with Calamity Ganon and she overall didn’t have a fun time throughout BotW. Then I awakened Mineru as a Sage (before Sidon and Yunobo, which is hilarious) and the flashback showed Zelda deciding to become an immortal dragon. And I was upset. I was upset because I led myself to believe Nintendo had given her a date worse than death: effectively becoming a different person. What’s worse, I had evidence for this conclusion. I wasn’t yet at the point where I could determine whether it was Zelda or Imposter Zelda who was responsible for siccing monsters on randos and causing various kerfuffles at the stables, or a combination of both. Eventually, I got the final geoglyph from Talus Plateau and the Light Dragon showed up and was like, “Hey! Go to Rist Peninsula!” And I was like “Is that a Mighty Zonaite Sword on your forehead?” Then I watched the final Dragon Tear cutscene and the reveal genuinely surprised me because I completely misinterpreted what Mineru meant by “immortal dragon.” I LOLed. But then I got mad at Nintendo not for making Zelda sacrifice her natural personality (which was a profound relief), but for making her return to the present the long way round. She’s the Sage of Time. The entire plot revolves around her time traveling backwards for more than 10,000 years BY ACCIDENT. So why couldn’t she return to the present the same way? It took me summarizing my journey to my brother for him to point out that Zelda only became an immortal dragon in order to fix the Master Sword. Then, finally, the plot made sense to me and I was ready to do Yunobo’s quest and enjoy the final boss.

[@MaxWelton]

30:20 Red, please try pressing B instead of A to advance dialogue. It’s MUCH faster.

[@Biryani-ud3kp]

Aw man, if only I didn't miss the stream 😢

[@thomasfrye6335]

“I think gravity was involved” Believe it or not, yes. Not in the way you think, but technically yes

[@diddyknux]

The Legend of Shlurp: Tears of the Indigo

[@ChoralAlchemist]

The best part of ascend is the big ol head-bonk link gets every time.

[@relientlykrazie6011]

instead of getting the paraglider immediately when I got to the surface, I went to lookout landing, wondered what was up with the tower I couldn't seem to get in and then decided, instead do what the plot is telling me, go to the Great Plateau to see what's changed... surprised by Yiga being at where the Shrine of Resurrection used to be, then made my way to Kara Kara Bazaar... and *then* went back to do the plot stuff at lookout landing. I completed Gerudo questline fairly early and then spent a week just exploring the land/The Depths before doing any other main questline that wasn't the Geoglyphs

[@Nixitur]

I had a very fun experience of going up the balloon with Impa and her going "oh, you can just get down with your paraglider" ... I'm sorry, the _what?_ So I basically had to crash-land the balloon.

[@relientlykrazie6011]

@@Nixitur lol oh no XD

[@HerodotusVon]

@@Nixitur haha, in my case I just sat there thinking about what to do. Eventually the game just went to black screen and teleported me down to the ground

[@BacchaeOphanim]

Light Shrines: Hey kid, you like proving yourself? Link: Very much, no.

[@darkhelmet87]

Ah yes, rauru, link's RIGHT HAND MAN!!XD

[@thecheshirewolf1320]

I would have rather them give us an Anthropomorphic wolf link armor instead of just getting rid of wolf link all together

[@thekingofcats27]

Since there is a timeline split, there would be roughly 8 games with a long enough time between them for Skyward Sword to be ancient history. I'm guessing it's very rare

[@MaxWelton]

1:30:02 you choose to put an unnecessary Skyshroom in your spicy meal, you live with the consequences.

[@shonenbat6542]

I don't think Ganon needs to be a super complex character or get redeemed or whatever, but it'd be nice if he was like, anything. He's been around for a long time and Wind Waker is the only time they've tried to do anything interesting with him.

[@arrw8186]

Link is the ultimate MacGyver. I’m going to green-bubblegum this plank to a fan, and create Hyrule’s first car industry.

[@anonymousperson4214]

My theory for how Link keeps getting resurrected when he dies (even before he gets the recall rune) is that Sonia's ghost is just following him around hiding behind trees and zapping him backwards whenever he fucks up too badly. Seems like something she'd do for Zelda :) (Also ties in a bit with how Zelda got un-dragoned when she wasn't aware enough to activate her own powers. I think Sonia's ghost jumpstarted the process)

[@rashkavar]

Indigo, in the off chance that you're reading comments on a 4 day old stream and still don't have your AC unit: I highly recommend the combination of open window and fan pushing air out said window. I don't fully understand the physics of this (I think it has to do with the resulting lower pressure inside pulling air in through the tiny flaws in the wall, using the wall space as a buffer space for the air to cool down ever so slightly), but it really does work. (I was a night shift clerk at a hotel hosting the performers for a big local music festival, there was a mix up where someone who required AC (whether it was for legitimate medical reasons or for being a grumpy musician, I don't know, but he had actually paid for an AC room and wasn't registered for one). Thing is, my shift *started* at 11pm, he was in the last group arriving at something like 3am, all the other rooms were full of performers who were sleeping before an all day event tomorrow and the minimum wage clerk is not the guy with the authority to sort that kind of thing out, especially since at that moment it would require physically ousting whoever had gotten the free upgrade from their bed and...yeah, way above my $9/hr paygrade. I gave him this tip about the fan and promised I'd make sure my manager knew about the mistake first thing in the morning. He was, to put it lightly, rather miffed, but in the morning he made a point to drop into the lobby before I got off work (meaning the poor guy had like 3 hours of sleep before having to perform, yikes) to thank me for the fan trick, as it had worked well, and even apologized for giving me grief about the AC. So yeah, it works pretty solidly. It's not AC, but it works well enough. (And yes, the guy did get his AC room the next night).)

[@DDlambchop43]

I'd like to add a suggestion: what about an air circulator? it works quite nicely and I tend to put an ice pack or even a damp towel behind it to blow cooled air around the room. Moving air always feels cooler. If you wanna spend more money, there's always the evaporative cooler aka "swamp cooler".

[@rashkavar]

@@DDlambchop43 Last I'd heard, Indigo's in New England, which is rather famous for its humidity. Evaporative coolers (and the damp towel trick, which is the same mechanism done informally) tend to work best in low humidity environments, so that might not be as viable there as it is in drier climates. That said, it is worth trying at least the damp towel. (Fortunately air conditioners are good even in high humidity, as they also reduce the humidity of a space. That's actually what they got their name for - improving air quality by reducing humidity. The cooling effect was apparently just a side effect.)

[@DDlambchop43]

@@rashkavar hmm, fair point. I live in a drier climate. Still an air circulator is cheaper than an AC unit. Worth a look anyhow.

[@Deadflower019]

I got Tears of the Kingdom today and have been playing up to getting the first tower at home base. And then I tried to go for the closest tower and got destroyed by a thousand Blue monsters. AND THEN I stumbled into the Gloom hole thinking it was a fairy fountain and now I'm dead again. 10/10 game, currently watching this to get some advice on what to do next because I am lost and horrible at puzzles.

[@gyrrakavian]

Not having Scott McNeil voice Rauru using his Silverbolt voice was something of a missed opportunity.

[@juniper7339]

a fun stream with a regrettable lack of pixels, on the whole! Red and Indigo bring a certain deranged energy to all streams that truly makes them special.

[@icantdraw3781]

I can’t believe they up and made Link an amputee in this game, it’s great

[@matthewmuir8884]

It's an idea that they originally considered for Breath of the Wild only to scrap it. It's cool that they recycled the idea for Tears of the Kingdom.

[@sentientmustache8360]

I hope they go full on Cyborg Link for the last game, it was originally intended for BOTW

[@almightyllamaqueen4284]

1:24:57 I love how red says VR-LA here instead of Noir lol

[@barar4583]

I seriously think the steward construct we first encounter was a hat, and im mildly disappointed it wasnt

[@diddyknux]

Finished the game today. Now whenever these streams start full force, I'll have nothing to fear!

[@librarianseth5572]

Link's relationship with Zelda got serious enough that he took her (ancestor's) hand in marriage

[@AlfredEiji]

1:32:00 I’m surprised that so few seem to know how to force Like Likes to show their weak point. Waiting isn’t necessary. Using an elemental attack will force the weak point open as long as you use an element it is not resistant to.

[@matthewmuir8884]

Another method is bomb flower arrows.

[@Nemo_Anom]

Zelda's had personality before! In Skyward Sword and as Tetra in the train one.

[@alecLogan]

17:32 In fairness, that’s entirely his brand because of his choice in hair highlights. 1:28:26 Also, it _just now_ occurs to me that this is why there’s both armor sets for resisting elements, armor sets that deal bonus damage in those elements, _and_ cookable foods that do the same job. If you prefer having your full set of anti-cold armor, you can buff your cold damage via food, and vice versa, with the only reason to double dip in resistances being _not_ wearing the full set. unasked for but in case it becomes relevant, 2:02:02 Certain sets help not take effect damage when closing in on dragons (with very direct correlations), _but_ that does require the full set, and upgrading it like twice for the ‘advanced’ effect, and wearing that set at the time. Otherwise, normal armor works fine as long as you don’t get hit by their AOE effects.

[@therudecanadian8068]

"Eh, I'll deal with that later" No Red! That's the ADHD talking! Don't fall for it!

[@TheADHDM]

Zelda as a researcher is just a stand in for Zeltik as a researcher. They are the same character, and I would die for them both

[@danidm5820]

I'm surprised you didn't already stream over 60 hours of this game, but I'm happy this is finally coming out!

[@5Geass]

1: team hair up link. 2: fun fact! there's roots right outside the cave you exit out of that you can climb up instead of using an ability to make a tree ladder.

[@MumboJ]

Red: "Man that cold resist food was such a waste of hearts." Also Red:

[@rebeccajensen888]

I don’t know if you learn this later on, but it’s possible to throw materials without having to use up your arrows! Simple way to light up the depths

[@WholesomeDemonKastis_a_shlump]

Did you know you can throw brightbloom seeds instead of wasting arrows on them

[@Vervada555]

My jaw dropped when I was playing the opening of the game. I started to feel a bit uneasy and excited. I had to force myself to go to bed at the end of the opening cut scenes. So yeah. I also figured out something from one of the memories before I got all of them. So yeah. I still haven’t finished the game. I am just running kinda overwhelmed by the game.

[@queenie963]

Red: Don’t spoil because Blue might see Also Red: OH WHY HELLO THERE DRAGON

[@sentientmustache8360]

“WHY HELLO THERE COMPLETELY PLOT-IRRELEVANT CREATURE WITH NO SECRET IDENTITY OR ULTERIOR MOTIVE WHATSOEVER!”

[@MaxWelton]

21:44 ah yes the weird thing that is activated by using plot thing on thing

[@melonmaster2892]

im not sure i would be as careful as red is with the long boi. but god damn it is she toying with the idea l lot everytime she gets a look.

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

The drift on my controllers have also been horrible! I have fallen off so much because it just continued in some direction or turned me around when I was sitting and looking at something. I have made it a habit to go into the map when that happens and it’s annoying to see how fast and for how long it sometimes goes on

[@Jopsyduck]

Just popping in quickly to say I love the thumbnail

[@GG1315]

I honestly can't wait until the next stream/episode

[@luisbarboza2042]

love when red do playthroughs

[@SeaIbass]

Btw every single land shrine has a light root under it so you can look at light roots to find shrines, or shrines to find lightroots