Tears of the Kingdom Squanders its Premise

[@DollyBowman]

Man you make amazing content, how is your channel not bigger yet

[@cutejustice]

👆 couldn’t agree with you more

[@sylphiemk]

wow thank you so much!!! I'm glad you enjoyed

[@joeyjose727]

You are the voice of a generation… who else is gonna say “But Zelda is a little peckish… she needs a little snack! A little pick me up” I definitely think it’d be cooler for Link to have more development, I guess that’s just not in the cards for us… Speaking of heroes though, I would loveeee a game about Linkle, the girl in Hyrule Warriors? It would be so fun! Honestly I’ve been hoping for a spin off for years… her crossbows and her boots??? Like come on we need this fem link queen Also the transformation of Zelda into a dragon is definitely one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in a video game, I was so intrigued by the story in this game and I really hope they continue with stronger narratives like this! Hope you can reach 1k subs soon, until then I’ll be rewatching THE Digimon Survive Video again… actually it’s been a week since my last viewing, I’m need my fix again

[@sylphiemk]

Yeah it was weird that there was like nooooo focus on Link? Like yeah he's the lens we see everything through but I thought the story would actually pay attention to him at some point. Also, JUSTICE FOR LINKLE I can't believe we haven't seen her again. I checked to see if maybe it was a nintendo vs. koei tecmo issue but I'm pretty sure she's nintendo IP, so where is she?? I saw a cool mod for BOTW where you can play as her, but let her out of the vault nintendo. As always, glad you enjoyed and thanks for your support in keeping the digimon video alive 😂

[@yukiizura]

THANK YOU my brother and I was s o convinced that Purah was going to be the Sage of Spirit. We were so robbed. One of my favourite parts of these videos is definitely like your “rewrites” you always have such great ideas? I love your take on Link becoming a Sage, especially since TOTK feels so final, like I fully expected a trilogy but that doesnt seem realistic anymore, so this feels like a lot of wasted potential to kinda just have Link exist for the most part. And your rewrites for the ending and Zelda reverting to human form just made so much more sense than what happened. I was so weirded out that the game does kinda just feel like “…OH that was the Ending ending ok” You mention wanting a new mic in your end segment but like honestly I really like your current mic 😭 It feels almost like talking with a bestie over facetime or Discord. But regardless, congratulations to you for getting into the KZbin partner club. Looking forward to that 1k milestone

[@sylphiemk]

I think they'll continue to make another BOTW-style game or two, but idk how they'll change it up. My two votes are either there's a twilight realm upside-down mirror world or the land is flooded with water like wind waker. I'm glad thought that I'm not the only one who felt like Mineru's arc was odd 😂 Like give Purah her flowers! As always, glad you enjoyed!!! Also, I like my mic too, but I want one that's a bit easier/meant to be held. My mic quality also isn't very good, audacity is a lifesaver in that regard haha

[@johanandersson8252]

I’m so hungry, i could eat an Octorok.

[@heirapparent8217]

Love your ideas! It’s very strange who gets a character page. It does make me feel like Tauro, Sidon’s wife and a few others were meant to have more screen time / be potential sages. Is it a coincidence that Purah and Mineru both love machines and have goggle-like masks on their heads? Maybe. Another big shame is never finding out more details about the fact the rabbit-people strip mined the entirely of the planet’s core. You know, something that in any other form of media would be seen as villainous. Aliens falsely claim to be gods only to strip mine the planet has got to be the plot of fifty JRPGs. I appreciate the extra work it’d take to do a post-game, but I think I would have liked it if Zelda stayed as a dragon after Ganon’s defeat. Credits roll, it’s all very melancholy. Then when you start the game again a new mission pops up to figure out how to restore Zelda, and now it’s Link’s personal journey with one incredibly long side quest that connects to every major character-finally making use of everyone that’s been sidelined such as Impa and Mineru. Have Link’s ability to connect with people be his super power, and in the end it’s a joint effort from everyone. Keep making videos. :)

[@sylphiemk]

wait wait waiiiiiiiiiit they really did gloss over the colonization aspect, probably bc they glossed over pretty much everything zonai related. I hadn't thought about it, but you're right that characters getting official art and a profile page in-game does suggest they would have greater importance, like why does Paya have official art? I also hadn't considered Tauro as a sage, perhaps a version where he follows Link all the way through the sky islands and underground instead of just leaving off in the zonai ruins. I like your version of a post-game. I'm always happy for more content to flesh out the world, and it would make for a very nice end-credits "thanks for playing" image where you've really fostered a sense of unity beyond just solving environmental problems. Also could be cool to show characters interacting with each other who don't get much. Like what does a Riju/Sidon questline look like? Purah/Tulin? Tauro/Yunobo? They could've done all sorts of combinations Thanks for your support! Glad you enjoyed

[@StarlitWitchy]

I thought the reason they didn't show up before that is because they didn't want to turn her back until after they'd finished defeating Ganon

[@730ways]

I think Zelda's Ugly-Cute!

[@katkyun]

I was here till the end - I love your third act ideas, I also felt like a little something was missing. Also, I ended up getting Mineru before Riju because I just went through the storm… kinda wish the game would have blocked me a little harder. I was also genuinely annoyed by the Ring Ruins guy who just kept stopping you. How could I get the Sage of Spirit but not get passed this asshole?

[@sylphiemk]

YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE STORM BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE RING!?!?!?!?!?!?!? (thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!)

[@katkyun]

@@sylphiemk Yeah. I just followed the purah pad sensor bleeps to get to the shrine and boom there was the mask and you can do that whole thing. Even when you talk to Purah after getting all of them she's like "Oh there is probably another sage WHAT YOU ALREADY GOT THEM??" The game was prepared for it.

[@sylphiemk]

@@katkyun that's actually insane

[@dopewizrd]

keep going

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

One of the things that frustrates me the most about TotK is about how crazy misogynistic it is. The Gerudo are supposed to be warrior women yet their whole existence revolves around finding a man, Sonia barely speaks and lets Rauru do all the speaking and decision-making even though she's the frickin QUEEN, and dies pathetically after a few minutes of screentime, Zelda doesn't get to have a personality outside of the intro segment and sacrifices herself for the sake of a male character. Twilight Princess came out in 2006 and it had more active female characters who felt like people rather than plot devices or tools for the male player character. In BotW, Zelda had flaws, interests, and a personality. And most importantly, she despised being a magic priestess and would rather be a nerd instead.

[@vivillonenthusiast781]

ok, I'm done with the game, gonna watch it now. Edit: I really liked this game, but i feel like the story should've been more linear. I completed everything out of order (Sidon -> All dragon Tears -> Tulin -> Mineru -> Riju -> Deku Tree -> Master Sword -> Yunobo -> Ganon), so the story felt terribly disjointed. Specially since you can definitely tell the game has a specific order you're supposed to get things (Tulin -> Yunobo -> Sidon -> Riju -> Mineru -> Deku Tree -> Dragon Tears -> Master Sword -> Ganon). Getting all memories super early meant Link just kept to himself the fact that Zelda got dragonified for WAY longer than necesssary, although the scene where Purah talked about finding the fifth sage only for link say he already got it was funny. Also, I'm fairly sure that we see in BotW that this Zelda has the full triforce.

[@sylphiemk]

Thanks for watching!! And yeah the game clearly has an intended route for you, and I think being more linear would have helped for those narrative beats to make more sense. Especially getting the memories or Mineru early, that throws off the narrative. Even the dragon tears are ordered to chronologically align with the intended route of the game

[@shymecha]

30:18 why did nintendo do my girl zelda dirty like this?? 😭

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

Oof, HARD DISAGREE on TotK having a better story than BotW Edit: I think TotK's story has a more interesting concept, but it has so many plotholes, missed opportunities, characters who aren't developped at all and was obviously rewritten a bunch of times. I think BotW's story was better executed mostly because it didn't feel as forced and didn't have as many holes as a block of swiss cheese.

[@stromqu]

hi gay

[@sylphiemk]

hi gay