The torch that’s there isn’t a message for dark environment, that’s Zelda’s Master Torch.

I love the continuity that the torch at the bottom is the one that fell with Zelda at the start of the game

fun fact: if you take the cam out of bounds in the final cutscene, Link smiles when Zelda says “warm, loving embrace”

I saved my Hylian Shield and Master Sword SPECIFICALLY for this fight, and he DEMOLISHED the shield. I couldn't imagine a more fitting enemy to destroy it.

This is what a game makes a game. This isn’t just a game nor sequel, it’s a god damn masterpiece

I think the reason Ganon or Ganondorf wasn't mentioned in the Demon Dragon's name is because of draconification making you lose everything that makes you you. Ganondorf lost that. There was no more Ganondorf. Just a spirit of malice (haha) whose sole intention was to kill Link.

Ah that priceless face one makes when they realize, that you aren't the only one with a flurry rush.

The fact the game begins in the depths with Link unable to reach Zelda’s hand and it ends in the sky with Link now reaching and holding Zelda’s hand, completing the cycle, plus giving the player the option to reach and hold Zelda’s hand, what an experience. 👏🏼

17:39 I always love the reaction to the health bar “UM!? ITS NOT STOPPING! WHY ISN’T IT STOPPING!?” (I had the same reaction)

AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE OF A GAME... STELLAR IN EVERY WAY

This is my favorite Ganondorf boss fight ever. This better get GOTY!

Seeing Mineru's construct deactivated was more of a gut punch than I was expecting.

His reaction to Ganondorf’s flurry rush 🤣

Also I had no idea Zelda was throwing her body against the projectiles until I replayed it and saw her constantly swooping in front of me while I was diving she really did everything she could

This was the best final boss and finale to any zelda!

14:27 Your reaction to getting Flurry Rushed is PRICELESS

I strongly suspect that in whatever form of Master Mode that gets released with the future DLC, Ganondorf will actually strike back at you when he flurry rushes you... EDIT: I'm so happy someone else noticed Sonia-Rauru-Link as a triforce set- a balanced, working one, rather than the one Ganondorf has imbalanced to the point of eons of conflict. Thanks for that!

I love the Triforce dynamic at the end with Rauru, Link and Sonia. Sonia is wise enough to know that while there's no forward way out of draconification, with enough power it may be possible to rewind Zelda to before she swallowed the stone. Rauru is shown to be extremely powerful throughout the game and so obviously he supplies that here. Then Link ( the only one of them who is actually alive) is courageous enough to actually try it. I believe their combined power was able to recall Zelda about 10,000 years.

I love that during his 2nd form when he knocks everyone down and takes your hearts, I just said can I hit the projectiles back and indeed you can! They kept tennis volley battles! XD

How I see it with Ganon's final form (and the reason why it's called Demon Dragon) is that there is no "Ganondorf" left, he sacrificed everything to assume ultimate power and nothing more - he's no longer a man with endless ambition, he's been reduced to a monster whose only goal is to destroy Hyrule and cast it into darkness. This whole fight the whole way through is so god damn awesome, I'm so glad Nintendo redeemed themselves compared to how Calamity Ganon was in BOTW - my game of the year for sure! :D

The torch is Zelda’s torch from the beginning

I don’t think anyone expected a FREAKING KAIJU BATTLE was going to be the TotK final boss. And it is SO WELCOME

The way the final fight organically leads to five simultaneous 1v1s happening between Ganondorf, Link and the Sages, letting you group up or go it alone as you want is absolutely amazing

Only thing that made me mad was i was lowkey SOBBING at the end like "HE DIDNT CATCH HER IN THE BEGINNING AND HES DAMN SURE GONNA CATCH HER NOW" I was a wreck but Link was like 😑. Makes me miss Skyward Sword Link bc he was sobbing running and pounding on that crystal for his girl. This one was just like ok cool 😂

I had the same reaction with that ridiculous health bar 😂

When Zelda closes her eyes and says "thank you", in Latin Spanish she quickly says "te debo la vida", which means "I owe you my life", and I think that makes it even more emotional than what it currently is.

Man, this is crazy. I remember watching your reaction to BotW's final trailer six years ago, and here were are now at the end of this long journey. And holy crap, what a journey it was! Two masterpieces back to back. I'm so happy to be a Zelda fan right now and can't wait to see what comes next!

Link finally reached her in the end.

15:30 _finally_ someone who sees the updraft attack and understands what the game's trying to tell you to do, the number of people who don't have that internalized...

Was the dragon fight incredibly easy? Yes. Was it also awesome and stupidly fun with a final strike that was satisfying as fuck? Yes. The dragon battle was the cinematic reward for getting through the challenge of the previous three phases of Ganondorf. Mark my words, that shot of Link reaching for Zelda backlit by the sun is going to become just as - if not more - iconic than BotW's cliffside intro. Not just for Zelda, but for gaming in general. Ever since finishing the game for the first time, when I think of TotK I think of THAT image.

Just beat the game myself, and yep, this was an incredible finale! Glad to see you enjoyed it just as much as I did! I legit LOST IT when Ganondorf's health bar kept going at the start of phase 2. Funniest 4th wall break I've seen in a while. And that final fight against the dragon form was INCREDIBLE to experience. And yep, right there with you on the catching Zelda moment. They didn't have to make that moment playable, but they did, and WOW it felt great to do what Link failed to do at the start of the game. And hey, another bonus: Now that I've beaten the game myself, I can go back and binge all the TOTK content I've been avoiding all this time!

I had the same reaction when Link fell back and the white light engulfed him - very reminiscent of Ganondorf getting sealed away in the Sacred Realm!

In Japan, there is the word "ascending dragon''. Initially, the "ascending dragon'' is said to be the appearance of a dragon returning to the sky after entrusting a jewel he brought from heaven to people. So, this legend begins with the Zonau tribe descending from the sky bringing a secret stone and ends with Ganondorf ascending to the sky, losing the secret stone. My guess is this.

This game unexpectedly became one of my favorite stories and games because of the whole end sequence. It was super fun and reminiscent of kingdom hearts

I finally beat the game yesterday. This was outstanding. Easily the best Ganon fight in all of Zelda.

Hahaha your reaction to Ganondorf’s final transformation was priceless. I was freaking out jumping up and down in my chair. They pulled out all the stops for this game. Gg dude 👏

I agree with the final monologue idea. I know he's a dragon, so hes not conscious anymore, but they could have at least given us something that he WOULD say. I would have loved him to say what the OoT Ganondorf said when he was sealed: *"Curse you, Zelda... Curse you, Sages... Curse you LINK!!"* Then he explodes into nothingness. That would have made me go crazy!

That final piece of music though. Makes you really feel those 37 years just the same as BoTWs final piece did as well

I did the same thing going into the finale with the light horn fused to the master sword. May not be the strongest thing to fuse, but it's about sending a message!

I didn't think they could ever make a final boss as epic as the ones we got in Ocarina or Wind Waker but somehow they just made the best one. 😁

this whole end sequence really elevates this game

Just finished it today and was just in awe. Havent felt like this playing a game since I was a kid

They really gave us a "gwen stacy" moment and I was fucking screaming. Link redeemed himself from the very beginning of the game. This was truly fantastic. Easily my favorite Zelda game by far.

This is now my favorite final boss anywhere

Dragons are immortal in not aging, they can still be killed

My first thought was that was the torch that fell with Zelda at the beginning of the game.

When the Light Dragon (Zelda) comes to aid Link from a Dragon Dragon, do you think a part of is not all but lost? I think it was her love to her knight/hero is what saves him.

Remember when the Former Sages said their powers were useless against Ganondorf, they really mean ot Because none of the Abilities of the New Sages harm Him and the Phantom Ganons.

I love that I wasn't the only one who used the light dragons horn with the mastersword. I also used a dragon scale for the shield

This ending is so friggin' perfect. Sonia and Rauru help Link turn Zelda back to normal as a final act of love to Zelda and as a means of fulfilling their promise to send her back home all those centuries ago. It's so beautiful and heartfelt. And the way Link reawakens Zelda with a "warm, loving embrace." So romantic! 🥰

Your reaction to the health bar going beyond the normal limit was amazing haha. Great video!

The nostalgia, the renewal, the emotion, the utter ridiculous changes to the surface, the depths, the skies. Ganondorf… the..fcking…music… this game destroyed me and as a true OoT fan I dare to say, this is the only game that gave me the feeling I had when I was a child playing OoT. It looks like Nintendo created areas to look like how one would remember the locations through a child’s eye playing his favourite game. First time I felt that was diving into death mountain and seeing the sentence “fire temple” appear on my screen, that’s when I had my first “they actually did it” moment… the way it was built gave me that OoT fire temple feel for some reason, maybe it was the type of stone used but it just hit me. Then the colgera theme. I remember with the last trailer saying to myself, that looks like a molgera type boss, only in ice. Then the name appeared and the theme hit, especially the 3th part. They didn’t take anything from the molgera theme literally but in the feel of it it just took you to that vibe, mixing the dragon roost/rito theme in there.. the teba theme in the run up to the dungeon. Man I’d write an hour straight but you KNOW(!) whatsup Also dude loved that you caught on to rijus fighting style, you’re the only one I’ve seen saying that, she fights like the gerudo guards in gerudo fortress who guard the imprisoned carpenters. Even the spin she does where the lightening strikes is a reference to that “one hit quit” attack they do. Aight imma stop here, but (and I know I know subjectively) to me.. this right here was much more than game of the year. This was a piece of magic man 💯💯💪

You were by far the most passionate player I’ve watched. I’m glad I got introduced to your channel from this game. Thanks for the video and keep it up ❤️🔥

Peak Ganondorf. The most intimidating incarnation and the one that feels most like your actual equal in combat.

I to this day think that Calamity Ganon is, and was, a massively successful version of Phantom Ganon. This game made you face the root of evil in Ganondorf, the second phase even references Dimise with its music i believe.

Seeing Ganondorf taken on a form of a dragon is what I thought it’s the coolest!

"Noooooo!.. oh, I thought he was gonna take a bite" xD

Now THAT is how you do a final battle and finale! 😉 I love this series so much

the music during the army man… violinist went OFF

I just beat the game yesterday. THIS IS THE BEST GANONDORF FIGHT EVER!!!

So it would seem during the confrontation with gannon that the mastersword is considered a key item and will not break during his fight. I don't know the logic behind it but I think it's a part of a list of conditions it has to meat for it to be unbreakable in this game.

I was expecting a Lynel (or 3) during the Demon Army Fight. But felt relieved there wasn't any. 😅

I think the final monologue was him just saying "my mind my body ill give it all to destroy you" which kinda gives me the i will do whatever is needed to kill you no matter where you go or what life you live vibe

“The power of a sage cannot reach you here” that shit made me nervous when I played

17:37 I like how hmk didn't notice the phase 2 was oot Ganondorf theme at the beginning but he was focus on his long hp.

Dude I absolutely LOVED this fight. They did my boy Dorf so much justice! I was hollering at like 2am over the weekend when I beat it.

I got Mineru FIRST bc i was too curious. 😂 Ruined a lot of the story but it was still cool. Funny going up to Purah and her being like "you found the Master Sword?? But heres a secret, Theres another sage... YOU ALREADY FOUND THE SAGE!?!?" 💀

Thank you so much for sharing your final boss battle, I love your enthusiasm and hearing your thoughts and analysis as you play. (I really wanted to fight the swirling Calamity Ganon in BotW, and I'm so happy that we get to do that in this game!)

So these two dragons are what the logo was about, neat

That ending oh my goshhh. I love them way too much, they are so darn cute 😭

Im going to be honest, i just went in here to comment that im greatfull you didnt use a Thumbnail with spoilers of how end boss fight looks, and im not going to watch this video until im there! Thank u so much for not having a spoiler on the thumbnail like many other youtubers has of this game! ❤

"You could have called it a Ganon Dragon" No, because Ganon(dorf) no longer exists. This is pure hatred.

Dragondorf vs. Zeldra was such an epic moment! It´s GOTY, hands down, don´t @ me, change my mind, etc. xD

I've read somewhere that totk takes place 3-5 years after botw.If that is the case,that would mean that both Link and Zelda are in their 20's now. However,with the six year gap for us and the countless videos and mods for the botw era,it truly feels like we saw them growing

My favorite thing to do watching streamers do this final boss fight is see how many of them realize you can smack the fireballs that do permanent damage back at Ganondorf. Currently still at zero.

I wish I coulda seen your initial reaction to the memories, I tried to find a VOD Or anything but it seemed like any time they came up it was "I already saw this, but re-watching it!" 😭

Damn bro I used to watch you way back in 2013 when we didn't even have footage of Botw and called it Zelda Wii U. We had that Wii u tech demo. I used to watch you stream project M with your bro. Glad to see you're doing well and playing Zelda to this day. Hopefully we get to see many more Zelda games! Cheers

The hype PAID OFF!! Game was immaculate

Man honestly I still get teary-eyed whenever I see this ending, it's so epic, lol

whats cool is in his second phase of 2nd form, if you flurry rush him first, he will flurry rush you once you dash in on him and then you have to flurry rush him again to be able to hit him

I'd so insanely love to see a final Ganondorf monologue but having that would deem him still alive, which at this point is still unconfirmed.

“Oh link, I’m home!” *sanctuary starts*

I was about to question why they took his shirt, but I just realized, they probably didn’t want the whole “dumb outfit effect” to happen over the ending again.

I loved your reactions, fyi during his like 2nd phase of his 2nd phase (knocking your companions out the fight) if you flurry rush him regularly, he flurry rushes your flurry rush forcing you to flurry rush the flurry rush of the flurry rush or just parry the flurry rush of the flurry rush

My hylian shield got so beaten up. I literally had Ganon at silvers of health and got the badly damaged alert. You can automatically put up your shield when you locked on. So had switch between shields, not lock on so much and make sure to take it out before killing him. It made the fight much more stressful and harder plus I didn't have food to replenish my gloom hearts. The whole point was that I wanted to make sure the hylian shield was in the cutscenes.

After playing the game, I figured the clap sound on the main theme has to be a high five!

24:46 Don't run away from the Gloom beams, you can deflect them with the Master Sword.

Best reaction I've seen. Thanks for making this video!

I like every phase of this final boss over the dark beast Ganon boss fight. Looking forward to when the dlc for this drops as I'm guessing there's going to be dlc for this game in the future.

I enjoyed this video, keep the good work up.

Matthew Mercer really nails his role as Ganondorf! Can we all agree he should be nominated for best villain in the 2023 Game Award?

I freaking love both games so much, man. So freaking much! Both are GOTY EVERY YEAR.

Fun Fact: you can reflect Ganondorf's Gloom fire balls by using master sword beam attack, Its also a reference to twilight princess tennis match with puppet Zelda which is a reference in of itself to classic tennis match of ocarina of time with a bottle. No am not making that last part up.

I just noticed that at the start and end of the game, Link and Zelda are wearing matching outfits. My heart can only take so much, Nintendo.

I loved that you can launch back Ganon's power orbs just like in Ocarina of Time.

Feels like game of the decade

Finally a streamer that actually fights Ganondorf the way we were expected to

Yoooo. I just finished the game yesterday. Perfect timing ! I also used the dusk bow at the end

Best reaction hands down❤❤❤❤❤❤ made me cry again

You are the 3rd streamer I’ve watched afte I finished the game without spoiling my experience… I thought that I was the only one having that reaction… the game that makes you cry…The tears of the kingdom were us at the end…