my favorite part about the ending in this game is that they forcibly remove any of the upper armor you have on. Nintendo saw the botw tingel armor ending video and said they didn’t want that to happen again

I love how it started with you failing to catch Zelda but ends with you successfully doing it and the music

I love this ending, the two games start with Zelda waking you up and Tears of the Kingdom ends with Link waking Zelda up

Bravo to who ever put the quest completion at the end. Hits hard

So I played the whole game with kids 6 and under watching and when Link caught Zelda and shielded her as they reached the water my kids starting cheering with joy that Link was able to save her after such a long journey. Definitely something I'll remember for a long long time to come and who knows, maybe they will remember it forever too :) Ending the game this way was literal perfection

So are we just gonna ignore Rauru taking our shirt off.... Again?

Link catching Zelda is one of the greatest moments in Zelda history. Hands down.

I wonder if i'll be able to play another masterpiece like this in my life.

When Zelda says she was sleeping until she was awakened, I guess that means from her perspective, the amount of time that passed between her blacking out from transforming into the Light Dragon and regaining consciousness upon changing back was maybe a few seconds, even though thousands of years had passed? That makes the most sense to me, since she doesn't remember being a dragon. I imagine the most traumatic thing about the experience would have been mentally contemplating undergoing draconification and then the pain she felt when she swallowed the stone, convinced that she would never turn back. I would hope looking at Link's photos of her light dragon form wouldn't be too stressful for her. 😰

I completely lost it when he grabbed her hand, he finally reached her 😭😭😭 such a good game ❤

I love how quickly this scene goes from "Holy shit I saved Zelda!" to "Holy shit, I still need to save Zelda!" in two seconds.

Probably one of the most happiest and satisfying ending to a Zelda game

What's super brilliant about this, is that this sequence easily could've just been a full cutscene where you watch Link dive after her and save her. But instead, they made it a full gameplay sequence where YOU dive after her, and YOU save her. That tiny bit of extra player interaction intensifies this scene a thousand fold.

I love how in these games, Zelda becomes more like able. She’s a scholar, dedicated, smart and a bit insecure about her true power, You WANT to save her. She straight up helps you just like you help her in this battle. Her and Link are a team and act like one. I love this version of Zelda a hell of a lot more!

This could be my favorite finale to any game. The descent into the deepest chasm of The Depths, the ominous music, the Sages coming in to help, the best boss fight in the Zelda series, and finally ending with the most tear jerking happy ending possible😭

In case anyone is curious, they’re having this conversation on Mabe Prairie, and the lake they dive into is unnamed. They’re sitting on the hill to the left of the lake.

I have played nearly every Zelda game, I have always been a huge fan of the series since picking up Wind Waker in 2nd grade and it means so much more to me than I could express. My wife and I were supposed to go on a camping trip the day that ToTK came out but unfortunately both got covid. I decided to pick up the game and we made an indoor campsite in our living room. This was my wife's first Zelda game, and when we got to this scene we were a mess, I am talking full ugly cry, sniffling because were still ill, and holding trying to hold each other together. After we got a hold of ourselves we just sat there and embraced, I got to share something that has been a big part of my life with the person I chose to spend the rest of it with. This game will forever hold a special place in my heart because of this moment.

I love how it fades to black and then tells you that you completed the “Find Princess Zelda” mission. That is a chef’s kiss.

Working that theme with "i felt something... Like a warm loving embrace" i immediately was sobbing like a newborn

That part at the end when Zelda said: Link, we really are the tears of the kingdom" hit me right in the feels 😢