History Awesome / HyruleWarriors

** Ganondorf gets his own in his reaction to Volga's challenge to a fight to the death. His response is basically, "Who are you and why should I care?"

* Linkle's story is one long fight scene with interchanging background characters, and never once does she even think about giving up. Faced with multiple miniature-yet-still-dangerous Imprisoned? She fights. Seeing the rampaging Twilight magic devouring everything it touches? She fights. An invulnerable King Dodongo dropped in front of her? She FIGHTS. The legendary hero she may not be, but there's no denying that she's a hero in her own right.

* Fi's YouShallNotPass scene towards Volga during the battle in Skyloft. Until this point, Volga's been knocking your forces around like dominoes, so Link has to head to the local Great Fairy shrine to get the latter to {{nerf}} Volga down to fightable levels. Problem: Volga is right on Link's ass the entire time. So Fi solves the problem by ''charging right at him'' and fighting him one-on-one to buy time for Link to summon the Great Fairy. Keep in mind that Volga is so powerful is takes the ''freaking [[StoryBreakerPower Great Fairy]]'' to weaken him enough just to fight him, and he's still a tough enemy nonetheless, and Fi is ''fighting him alone''. Not only does it scream badass, it cements Fi's UndyingLoyalty to Link.

** It's even more awesome in the penultimate chapter. Following Cia's defeat some time prior, [[PutOnABus all the characters from various eras were sent back]]. Cue Lana being surrounded by a horde of monsters closing in for the kill, desperately trying to defend herself, [[TheBusCameBack and guess who shows up]]. The fact they all [[YouAreNotAlone immediately crowd themselves around Lana to protect her]] doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, and Lana's reaction is wonderful to behold.

** Making it more awesome is that Ganondorf is fine with this, and amasses an army while he's stuck there so he can get the drop on Hyrule when Cia is defeated.

* For an "evil triumphs" variant, Ganondorf executes a flawless XanatosGambit so that he wins no matter what, and as soon as he revives, gathers up an army and successfully assails Hyrule Castle. The end result? For the first time since [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaALinktothePast A Link to the Past]], Ganondorf has ''the entire Triforce'' and all of its power at his beck and call.
** The cherry on top? For the first playable time in the entire series, Ganondorf faces Link in open combat, [[TheBadGuyWins and WINS]]. This Link is able to actually use the Triforce of Courage, plus he has an entire army to back him up, and Ganondorf still beats him into submission alongside Zelda and Impa, all three of whom can get battered to a pulp at least twice each during the siege level. It's a monumental achievement for the Demon King of Evil, even if it doesn't stick.

** In that same level, Lana shows just how clever she truly is. First she draws in Ghirahim and Zant, then traps them in separate keeps. Then, when Zant proposes the above strategy, Lana finds a way to remain untouchable, thwarting it. ''Then'', when Ganondorf fights through a horde of Gorons to fight and defeat Lana, it's revealed to be [[DoppelgangerAttack a magic clone]] made to distract him while the real Lana flees. And ''then'' when Ganondorf catches up to her, she splits herself in two (''three'' in the 3DS version) and Ganondorf has to defeat all of them or else he'll lose if a single one of them escapes. It's enough for Ganondorf to start bordering on a VillainousBreakdown.

** The player gets one if they manage to [[CuttingTheKnot defeat Lana at the Fairy Fountain before she can duplicate]].
* The way Ganondorf gets the Triforce. Cia got the pieces by essentially sucker-punching the heroes, but Ganon fought Lana, Link, and Zelda in open combat and won.

* The [[RedShirtArmy Hyrulean Army]] even has a chance to get in on the action, on the occasion that they manage to seize a keep completely unassisted. Bonus points if they happen to kill an EliteMook in the process.

* At the end of the first level, you get news that Zelda has disappeared. Has she been kidnapped again?! Nope! She slipped away during the fighting and later entered the fray, herself, as Shiek. That's right: in this game, ''Zelda doesn't get kidnapped''!
* The Master Quest DLC allows you to play as Cia as she meets the other villains, assembles an army, and attempts to conquer Hyrule.

* One of Young Link's attacks involves transforming into Fierce Deity Link, and ''slicing the moon in half!''
* [[TheScrappy Tingle]], of all characters, finally [[PromotedToPlayable gets the chance to show off]] how awesome he can be, [[FightingClown and can he ever!]]

* A bit of a Meta one, but one none the less. Hyrule Warriors quickly became Techmo Koei's best selling games in quite a while, if not ever, selling over a million.
* Even more Meta-ness: the game has done so well that Eiji Aonuma himself asked them to make a sequel, And not just any sequel. ''[[VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity this]]'' [[VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity sequel]] will be an ''official'' prequel to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild one of the biggest Zelda games of all time]]!

** A mission exclusive to ''Legends'' ups the ante by having you fight Ganon with Ganondorf again, but this time flanked by The Imprisoned and Phantom Ganon. Now you can fight your own OneWingedAngel form, your preincarnation, and your spirit-double to prove that you are the ''true'' Demon King.

** The [[PlayingWithFire Fire Rod]], which creates a massive pillar of fire, [[UpToEleven then hits the enemies knocked into the air with a ring of fire]].

-->'''Ganondorf:''' Follow my every command or else perish again.

-->'''Ganondorf:''' That's not a bad idea.

-->'''Ganondorf:''' How hard must it be to capture ONE LITTLE GIRL?!

** We just got word that the Twilight Princess Pack will include Midna's true form; she wields the Mirror of Twilight, which provides players with the opportunity to see that she's just as powerful in her true form as in her imp form.

** With the release of the aforementioned ''Link's Awakening'' pack, data miners have found the last three DLC characters to be released later this year. Representing [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]] is Toon Zelda, with Ravio and Yuga hailing from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]].

* When Link draws the Master Sword. [[spoiler:Wizzro realizes now may be the best time to get the drop on him, and attempts to kill Link from behind whilst distracted via a blast of dark energy. Link proceeds to NoSell it with an OffhandBackhand via the Master Sword. If an evil sorcerer born from a dark artifact is capable of wetting himself, Wizzro's reaction may indicate he did ''just'' that.]]
* Midna punching [[spoiler:Cia]] in the face is ever so cathartic.

** [[spoiler:It's even more awesome in the penultimate chapter. Following Cia's defeat some time prior, [[PutOnABus all the characters from various eras were sent back]]. Cue Lana being surrounded by a horde of monsters closing in for the kill, desperately trying to defend herself, [[TheBusCameBack and guess who shows up]]. The fact they all [[YouAreNotAlone immediately crowd themselves around Lana to protect her]] doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, and Lana's reaction is wonderful to behold.]]
** [[spoiler:Darunia]]'s expression in that scene is made of awesome as it is LetsGetDangerous in facial form.

* After Cia returns from the Era of Twilight, [[spoiler: Ganondorf uses his three spirit fragments to restore his physical body then tries to take the Triforce from Cia. Cia's response? To send the pieces of Courage and Wisdom back to Link and Zelda and use the Triforce of Power to seal Ganondorf away once more, all done in a big "screw you" to the King of Evil.]] The BadassBoast she gives makes it all the more awesome.

** Making it more awesome is that [[spoiler:Ganondorf is fine with this, and amasses an army while he's stuck there so he can get the drop on Hyrule when Cia is defeated]].
* This incarnation of Link, canon or not, may be one of the most powerful and most badass Links we have ever beheld. Not only does he have to contend with forces of evil spanning three eras apart from his own -- each taking their own hero to defeat on their own, mind you--and not only does he have to fight literal armies constantly, [[spoiler:but he takes on a Ganon powered by the entire Triforce, and ''wins''.]]

* For an "evil triumphs" variant, [[spoiler:Ganondorf executes a flawless XanatosGambit so that he wins no matter what, and as soon as he revives, gathers up an army and successfully assails Hyrule Castle. The end result? For the first time since [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaALinktothePast A Link to the Past]], Ganondorf has ''the entire Triforce'' and all of its power at his beck and call.]]
** The cherry on top? For the first playable time in the entire series, Ganondorf [[spoiler: faces Link in open combat, [[TheBadGuyWins and WINS]]. This Link is able to actually use the Triforce of Courage, plus he has an entire army to back him up, and Ganondorf still beats him into submission alongside Zelda and Impa, all three of whom can get battered to a pulp at least twice each during the siege level.]] It's a monumental achievement for the Demon King of Evil, even if it doesn't stick.
** And speaking of Ganondorf, [[spoiler:after being restored to full power thanks to the aformentioned XanatosGambit,]] Ganondorf heads to Gerudo Desert where he summons Zant and Ghirahim as his followers. The awesome part? Without Ganondorf saying a word, without him having to so much ''glance'' at them, the two ''immediately'' bow to him. And when he finally speaks to them, he only says ''one sentence'' and he has their UndyingLoyalty. In other words, despite Zant and Ghirahim being terribly powerful in their own right, Ganondorf's power so eclipses theirs that they know full well to bow to him. Now ''that'' is ''true'' badassery.

** Then there's their whole VillainTeamUp in general, particularly if you're playing in Free Play mode. [[spoiler:Taking over Hyrule with the three baddest villains in the ''Zelda'' universe at your disposal? VideoGameCrueltyPotential at its finest.]]
** ''Zant'' of all people gets one in the Valley of Seers level. [[spoiler: To elaborate, the three of them are attempting to take the Triforce of Power from Lana, but [[TheCavalry Impa]] has arrived and has [[DoppelgangerAttack made clones of herself]] to distract them. What's Zant's response? To advise Ganondorf to attack Lana and some of the Gorons to draw out the real Impa.]] The awesome part is that it was such a good idea that even ''Ganondorf'' compliments this strategy (And it comes from ''Zant'')! It goes without saying that when the King of Evil's giving you props, you ''know'' you're a badass.

** In that same level, Lana shows just how clever she truly is. [[spoiler: First she draws in Ghirahim and Zant, then traps them in separate keeps. Then, when Zant proposes the above strategy, Lana finds a way to remain untouchable, thwarting it. ''Then'', when Ganondorf fights through a horde of Gorons to fight and defeat Lana, it's revealed to be [[DoppelgangerAttack a magic clone]] made to distract him while the real Lana flees. And ''then'' when Ganondorf catches up to her, she splits herself in two (''three'' in the 3DS version) and Ganondorf has to defeat all of them or else he'll lose if a single one of them escapes.]] It's enough for Ganondorf to start bordering on a VillainousBreakdown.

* The way [[spoiler:Ganondorf gets the Triforce]]. Cia got the pieces by essentially sucker-punching the heroes, but [[spoiler:Ganon fought Lana, Link, and Zelda in open combat and won]].

* At the end of the first level, you get news that Zelda has disappeared. Has she been kidnapped again?! [[spoiler:Nope! She slipped away during the fighting and later entered the fray, herself, as Shiek. That's right: in this game, ''Zelda doesn't get kidnapped''!]]

* During the final level, when Ganondorf- who is [[spoiler:powered by the entire Triforce, no less]] -takes to the field, all of your allies fall back and keep a wide berth... except Darunia, who despite not being armed with the Master Sword ''[[YouShallNotPass stays behind to cover them and to fight Ganondorf head-on]]''. To get the Hard Mode Skulltula to appear, you yourself have to play ''as'' Darunia and recreate this moment, too.
* Cia's additional Legend Mode levels do end on a downer for her, but the last charge against [[spoiler:Ganondorf]] in her final level is pure, unadulterated ''awesome'' as she teams up with [[spoiler:Lana]] to remove his magical barrier and the two fight him together.

* Princess Zelda herself can be playable for Cia's final fight[[note]][[spoiler: AND Ganondorf's]][[/note]]. The series has been going on for almost thirty years and the princess it's named after gets a chance to shine as the one who takes out the BigBad. It is ''immensely'' satisfying to finish off [[spoiler:Ganon]] with Zelda's Light Arrow finisher. It took 30 years, but the princess can finally take her kingdom back herself.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPbczdAooY Impa's video presentation]] on Tecmo's YouTube channel, which showed her clearly fighting for the first time. Fans already expected her to be a badass, but this video surpassed their wildest dreams!

** And speaking of Ganondorf, [[spoiler:after being restored to full power thanks to the aformentioned XanatosGambit,]] Ganondorf heads to Gerudo Desert where he summons Zant and Ghirahim as his followers. The awesome part? Without Ganondorf saying a word, without him having to so much ''glance'' at them, the two ''immediately'' bow to him. And when he finally speaks to them, he only says ''one sentence'' to cow them into submission. In other words, despite Zant and Ghirahim being just as powerful in their own right, Ganondorf's power so eclipses theirs that they know full well to bow to him. Now ''that'' is ''true'' badassery.

** The first thing they do after that one sentence? Gerudo Desert ''eats greatsword'' [[note]]Or trident, if you're playing the Wii U version and got the Legends Character Pack.[[/note]] And to really make you feel like a Demon King, ''[[YouCantThwartStageOne there is no defeat condition]]''. You can only lose if Ganondorf [[note]]or Zant or Ghirahim in ''Legends'' due to the party-switch mechanic[[/note]] gets his health depleted, and that stage is designed to be able to be cleared by a Level 1 Ganondorf.

* One sentence--three words.

** The epic [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome rock remix of the main Zelda theme]] is pretty kickass.

** [[spoiler:It's even more awesome in the penultimate chapter. Following Cia's defeat some time prior, [[PutOnABus all the characters from various eras were sent back]]. Cue Lana being surrounded by a horde of monsters closing in for the kill, desperately trying to defend herself, [[TheBusCameBack and guess who shows up]]. The fact they all [[YouAreNotAlone immediately crowd themselves around Lana to protect her]] doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, and Lana's reaction is wonderful to behold.]]

** The Gauntlet Musou attack, wherein Link apparently flips the world, ''literally'', to attack a horde with the Iron Ball.

** Just icing on the cake, Volga ''turns tail and runs'' at this, clearly not feeling confident about his odds against the newly-born Hero of Hyrule.

--> '''[[OneWingedAngel Ganon]]:''' ''[[LetsGetDangerous I]]...[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge am]]...'''[[CurbstompBattle GANON!]]'''''

** The first thing they do after that one sentence? Gerudo Desert ''eats greatsword''. And to really make you feel like a Demon King, ''[[YouCantThwartStageOne there is no defeat condition]]''. You can only lose if Ganondorf [[note]]or Zant or Ghirahim in ''Legends'' due to the party-switch mechanic[[/note]] gets his health depleted, and that stage is designed to be able to be cleared by a Level 1 Ganondorf.

* Fi's YouShallNotPass scene towards Volga during the battle in Skyloft. Until this point, Volga's been knocking your forces around like dominoes, so Link has to head to the local Great Fairy shrine to get the latter to {{nerf}} Volga down to fightable levels. Problem: Volga is right on Link's ass the entire time. So Fi solves the problem by ''charging right at him'' and fighting him one-on-one to buy time for Link to summon the Great Fairy. Keep in mind that Volga is so powerful is takes the ''freaking [[StoryBreakerPower Great Fairy]]'' to weaken him enough just to fight him, and he's still a tough enemy nonetheless, and Fi is ''fighting him alone''. Not only does it scream {{Badass}}, it cements Fi's UndyingLoyalty to Link.

--->'''Fi:''' Link... Master... [[ShesBack I am here...]]

** Completing all of the Adventure Maps, from the first one to Lorule, ''plus'' all of the Rewards Map spaces, will make you feel almost godlike.

** In that same level, Lana shows just how clever she truly is. [[spoiler: First she draws in Ghirahim and Zant, then traps them in separate keeps. Then, when Zant proposes the above strategy, Lana finds a way to remain untouchable, thwarting it. ''Then'', when Ganondorf fights through a horde of Gorons to fight and defeat Lana, it's revealed to be [[DoppelgangerAttack a magic clone]] made to distract him while the real Lana flees. And ''then'' when Ganondorf catches up to her, she splits herself in two (''three'' in the 3DS version) and Ganondorf has to defeat all three or else he'll lose if a single one of them escapes.]] It's enough for Ganondorf to start bordering on a VillainousBreakdown.