TheMoon
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word.
next to the dictionary entry for epic, there's a picture of a playback button and looking at it makes you hear the opening riff of the skyward sword staff roll.
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What Zelda game has the best ending?
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word.
next to the dictionary entry for epic, there's a picture of a playback button and looking at it makes you hear the opening riff of the skyward sword staff roll.
themagicalkitsune
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Ocarina of Time gives me goosebumps when the bells start chiming and you get a huge "Presented by Nintendo" message in front of the master sword, but Majora's Mask will always have this. (coupled with
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Kind of a fitting end to an incredible pair of games
Saria's Song being played on an ocarina
Kind of a fitting end to an incredible pair of games
OrbitalBeard
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I.....think I agree with this.
i own that game and the oracle games on my 3ds.... It's time to play em soon for the first time ever.
Ugh the feels haha.
elshoelace
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This right here. Such a great game.
MrSaturn99
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Wind Waker, Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask and A Link Between Worlds are probably my favorites. Honestly, I'm not sure if I could decide between any one of them: they're all effective for different reasons.
Velcro Fly
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I love the Link Between Worlds ending.
DiipuSurotu
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Totally agree with those shouting "everyone but BotW!" from the rooftops.
Who can forget the life changing original classic: https://youtu.be/gTmZad5RURg
Or how its topped by the incredible ending of the sequel. The kiss heard 'round the world:
https://youtu.be/GeiXf600DWg
Mwah! Maaaaastapeeces! BotW must be ashamed of its words and deeds in the face of such majesty.
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My choice is actually Ocarina of Time, as I love the dual sense of joy and loss. While everyone is celebrating, Mido and King Zora are in the background... knowing that they'll never see the ones the love again.
Both Wind Waker and Skyward Sword are also great whem it comes to that sense of both loss and gain (and that SS credits theme. Whew.)
Who can forget the life changing original classic: https://youtu.be/gTmZad5RURg
Or how its topped by the incredible ending of the sequel. The kiss heard 'round the world:
https://youtu.be/GeiXf600DWg
Mwah! Maaaaastapeeces! BotW must be ashamed of its words and deeds in the face of such majesty.
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My choice is actually Ocarina of Time, as I love the dual sense of joy and loss. While everyone is celebrating, Mido and King Zora are in the background... knowing that they'll never see the ones the love again.
Both Wind Waker and Skyward Sword are also great whem it comes to that sense of both loss and gain (and that SS credits theme. Whew.)
DealWithIt
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Majora's mask impact ending is the best. Second is MM's normal ending.
So much atmosphere, actual intersting character arcs.
So much atmosphere, actual intersting character arcs.
Pretty sure they changed it in Majora Mask 3D.
Since if you complete a quest, it will reset obviously but the ending will show it as completed regardless if you did it or not in the last cycle.
Yeah. Ending sequence kicks off with
the most badass and surprisingly violent kill in the series, followed the by the melancholy imagery of Hyrule being flooded and the King's death. Then Link and Zelda sailing off to find their next adventure.
Dwight Schrute
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OoT
Yabberwocky
Member
Wind Waker. Just waaaaah.
If I had to pick a game that had the best ending, I'll go with Twilight Princess for two reasons.
Reason 1:
Say what you will about the Wind Waker's execution of Ganondorf, but this one was so much darker and more hardcore. You first have Ganondorf get impaled through the chest with the Master Sword and him screaming in pain. Rather than killing over dead, he just gets up with the sword in his chest still as he declares that he isn't beaten yet. Then you have Zant who decides the best way to stop Ganondorf once and for all is to SNAP HIS NECK! Not only is Ganondorf killed in the most brutal fashion I have seen in a video game, but he dies ON HIS FEET LIKE A MAN! Truly it was one of the most memorable deaths I will ever remember.
Reason 2:
I love this scene! You have Midna who just turned back to her true form and she immediately makes a joke of Link being Speechless. That's brilliant. ^_^
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
I love this scene! You have Midna who just turned back to her true form and she immediately makes a joke of Link being Speechless. That's brilliant. ^_^
Wolf Dawgz
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I like Windwaker's the best. Despite Windwaker being a much shorter game, the ending feels like an actual conclusion to the themes it was conveying such as not living in the past and learning to rebuild. Many other Zelda games I beat feel like I just beat the baddy, and then I assume it's a happy ending.