Zelda Megathread (First Breath of the Wild DLC is out)

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So...I accidentally beat the game. I was messing around the castle looking for a certain shield, and I stumbled into a room called the "sanctum", which kicked off the final fight (plus the blight form that I hadn't fought in one of the dungeons yet).

Feel free to AMA about ending spoilers. Obviously I started from the prior save and will be completing the game at a normal pace. I think Verb would consider even my impressions of the fight to be a spoiler, so that's what I've included below (and nothing else):

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5/10 boss fight as far as Zelda bosses, especially Ganon fights go. I was really not impressed at all. Though there was some nice spectacle to it.
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lmao

I dunno what you expected to happen waltzing around a place like that.


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lmao

I dunno what you expected to happen waltzing around a place like that.

It's actually a lot of fun once you can tackle guardians pretty easily. There's a ton of great loot around.


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So the Master Sword is...
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kinda weak. Does it improve at all?

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I don't think our weapons are meant to improve, I think we're supposed to utilise the elixirs and meals to improve our damage.


 
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Can confirm that
(Game feature that isn't really a spoiler but I'm just being cautious)
you can upgrade the defense of armour.


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So the Master Sword is...
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kinda weak. Does it improve at all?

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I don't think our weapons are meant to improve, I think we're supposed to utilise the elixirs and meals to improve our damage.

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It doubles its power when used against Ganon forms or guardians (not in shrines though). And it doesn't lose durability when fighting those enemies, either, so it's perfect for clearing the castle and surrounding area.


 
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So the Master Sword is...
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kinda weak. Does it improve at all?

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I don't think our weapons are meant to improve, I think we're supposed to utilise the elixirs and meals to improve our damage.

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It doubles its power when used against Ganon forms or guardians (not in shrines though). And it doesn't lose durability when fighting those enemies, either, so it's perfect for clearing the castle and surrounding area.

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It doesn't lose durability at all, though. From what I can tell.


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So the Master Sword is...
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kinda weak. Does it improve at all?

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I don't think our weapons are meant to improve, I think we're supposed to utilise the elixirs and meals to improve our damage.

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It doubles its power when used against Ganon forms or guardians (not in shrines though). And it doesn't lose durability when fighting those enemies, either, so it's perfect for clearing the castle and surrounding area.

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It doesn't lose durability at all, though. From what I can tell.

It does, but it recharges after 10 minutes.


 
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So the Master Sword is...
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kinda weak. Does it improve at all?

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I don't think our weapons are meant to improve, I think we're supposed to utilise the elixirs and meals to improve our damage.

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It doubles its power when used against Ganon forms or guardians (not in shrines though). And it doesn't lose durability when fighting those enemies, either, so it's perfect for clearing the castle and surrounding area.

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It doesn't lose durability at all, though. From what I can tell.

It does, but it recharges after 10 minutes.

Oh, that's cool. Good to know, I
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knew the Guardian-esque weapons dealt more damage to the Sheikah Tech enemies but it's good to know the MS does the same thing without deteriorating.


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I think this game is further proof that there's no real Zelda timeline, and that it was an attempt to loosely connect the games, completely unnecessarily. Besides the few specifically connected games, it seems apparent that the games are only thematically connected.


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I think this game is further proof that there's no real Zelda timeline, and that it was an attempt to loosely connect the games, completely unnecessarily. Besides the few specifically connected games, it seems apparent that the games are only thematically connected.
I had this idea going in that the game would actually "converge" the three timelines somehow.


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I think this game is further proof that there's no real Zelda timeline, and that it was an attempt to loosely connect the games, completely unnecessarily. Besides the few specifically connected games, it seems apparent that the games are only thematically connected.
I had this idea going in that the game would actually "converge" the three timelines somehow.

There is a reference to Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and OoT in one of the memories, so the leading theory is that this is the future of TP, but the 10,000 years time gap and the Sheikah being some highly advanced civilization don't match anything in the previous timelines.


 
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I think this game is further proof that there's no real Zelda timeline, and that it was an attempt to loosely connect the games, completely unnecessarily. Besides the few specifically connected games, it seems apparent that the games are only thematically connected.
I had this idea going in that the game would actually "converge" the three timelines somehow.

There is a reference to Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and OoT in one of the memories, so the leading theory is that this is the future of TP, but the 10,000 years time gap and the Sheikah being some highly advanced civilization don't match anything in the previous timelines.

Vah Naboris story spoilers
The champion of Vah Naboris makes mention of Ganondorf's Gerudo form from OoT, too.


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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?


 
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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?
Gotta make yourself some elixirs.


 
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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?

Invest in more hearts is all I can say. How many do you have?


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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?
Gotta make yourself some elixirs.
Yeah there's one kind that gives you extra hearts right? Still. Maybe I need to buy better armor before anything else. I should also point out. And I just found this out. If you kill enemies a lot you'll see less of the regular colored ones and more of the tougher ones. And those are the ones I've been seeing in random spots. I can barely manage to take two out before everyone groups up and kills me.


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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?

Invest in more hearts is all I can say. How many do you have?
6 or 7.


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Hopefully it's not a spoiler to say that the Rito village is the best place to start the journey.


 
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I was about to tame a skeleton horse that I liberated from a skeleton Bokoblin, but it immediately perished when the sun came up.


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Okay so I did Zora's Domain first since it was closest. Since you're told to go to Hateno village before that. Then I thought maybe Death Mountain or the desert. Well the game is substantially harder now. Like I get destroyed constantly. Enemies take nearly all my health in one hit. What gives?

Invest in more hearts is all I can say. How many do you have?
6 or 7.

Weird. I didn't notice a damage spike at all.


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I'm gonna try getting better armor. That should help. And gonna quit investing in stamina for now.


 
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Should I buy the expansion pass?


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Every female in this game feels like waifu material

that zora though :'(


 
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just watched the "mipha's touch" memory

god i love this game


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just watched the "mipha's touch" memory

god i love this game

I couldn't stand that one because her VA is so awful. I'm surprised you tolerate it, since they're very anime-y and you seem to really dislike those voice actors too.


 
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just watched the "mipha's touch" memory

god i love this game
I couldn't stand that one because her VA is so awful. I'm surprised you tolerate it, since they're very anime-y and you seem to really dislike those voice actors too.
i mean yeah the VAing wasn't great, but that was whatever for me

i just love the characterization, especially of link, who is generally as non-character as you can be