History Awesome / TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild

* The awakening of Ganon in the Hyrule Castle Sanctuary: Link enters the room exactly at the moment Zelda finally loses the ability to contain him. Ganon emerges from his ceiling chrysalis by cutting himself out with a BeamSpam. The blasts fly everywhere throughout the room, but Link stands unflinching and defiant, fully aware none are aimed at him. Ganon then crashes down with FloorboardFailure, falling into a hidden chamber under the palace. Link ''glides'' down, then slides gracefully as he lands. Ganon pulls himself up and looms over Link with all the foreboding evil he can muster. If Link freed the [[HumongousMecha Divine Beasts]], the scene cuts to each Champion delivering a BadassBoast, before firing a WaveMotionGun. The beams converge on Ganon and rain hot DeathFromAbove upon him, [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration draining 50% of his health]]. He screams in agony at the onslaught, engulfed in a PillarOfLight, then collapses like a mass of burning flesh. After a moment of sullen silence, the NotQuiteDead Ganon stands up, weakened but still ready to destroy Hyrule. He gives a DeathGlare at Link again. If Link retrieved the [[CoolSword Master Sword]], Link now unsheathes it from his back, WeaponTwirling into an AssKickingPose. The Master Sword, [[AwesomeMcCoolname the Blade of Evil's Bane]], PowerGlows to full strength for TheChosenOne and the FinalBattle. '''NOW''' the fight begins, with a MightyRoar of hate from Ganon.

** Daruk gets a moment during his memory, where he and Zelda are walking along the road discussing Divine Beast Vah Rudania. Off in the distance, he spots a group of Bokoblins attacking someone, prompting Daruk to unsheathe his [[BFS blade]] and go to town on them hard enough to send a couple into low orbit. Of course, he also shows a hilarious and brief moment of weakness when it turns out the bokoblins had been attacking a puppy [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes which Daruk is terrified of.]]

** Daruk gets a moment during his memory, where he and Zelda are walking along the road discussing Divine Beast Vah Rudania. Off in the distance, he spots a group of Bokoblins attacking someone, prompting Daruk to unsheathe his [[BigFuckingSword blade]] and go to town on them hard enough to send a couple into low orbit. Of course... for all that badassery, he shows a hilarious and brief moment of weakness when it turns out the bokoblins had been attacking a puppy [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes which Daruk is terrified of.]]

** While Urbosa is on a walk with Zelda outside the city, two travellers pass by, pretending to talk to each other. Urbosa immediately suspects they are Yiga Clan assassins and calls them out on it. They respond by attacking--and in a brief but beautifully choreographed combat scene, Urbosa uses the diamond on the handle of her blade and her shield to defeat one assassin with the grace of a dancer (and the force of a trained Amazon), before sheathing her blade then using her trademark power to zap the other assassin, before letting them limp away. It is ridiculously satisfying and hilarious to watch in action.

* The fact that you can be so ferocious in your attacks, that even ''[[DemonicSpiders Guardians]]'' will start panicking and wildfire their laser to try and get you to back off.

** In another, the aftermath of a battle is shown although the focus of the memory is that the increase in monsters means that Ganon might soon return, one can't help but notice that ''there were about a dozen Bokoblin and Moblin bodies'', and several '''[[BossInMooksClothing Lynel bodies]]''' scattered about, with the implication that Link was vastly outnumbered... and ''won''.
*** Zelda also mentions at the start of this particular memory that a cut Link received in the battle wasn't very bad, and the fact that he doesn't look injured or winded in the memory implies that he basically slaughtered the entire horde without getting more than a couple scratches!

* During the final battle, who comes to your aide during the final part? One of your horses. Without being called. Good Horse. Even more so if it's one of the unique horses: Epona, the old faithful iconic horse from previous games; the Royal Steed, allowing itself to prove itself against Ganon after one of its kind was seen [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime running away from him]]; or the Giant Horse, letting you defeat Ganon with the ''very breed of horse he used to ride!''

* In the Hebra region, close to the North Lomei Labyrinth, there are three Lynels. The Lynels are in close enough proximity to eachother that with a bit of effort, it's quite possible to end up fighting two at once. In other words, it's possible to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTX-mTPVGiI defeat]] ''two Lynels at the same time.''

** Vah Ruta: You swim up waterfalls to electrocute the beast, stop the rainfall it's causing, shatter the ice it throws at you, and you do all of this while [[CrazyAwesome riding on the back of your lost love's brother.]]

* WebVideo/TheCompletionist actually full on completed Breath Of the Wild, 100% clearing everything in the game. That's some damn commitment there.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"To the one who has overcome the Trial of the Sword...you have proven your hand worthy of the legendary Master Sword."]]-]

[[caption-width-right:350:"To the one who has overcome the Trial of the Sword...you have proven your hand worthy of the legendary Master Sword."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Link... You are the light--our light--that must shine upon Hyrule once again."]]

* In the Yiga Hideout, the blademasters will [[OneHitKill kill you in one hit]], and if you're spotted, you'll have to fight a bunch of them at once. It's supposed to be a StealhBasedMission. However, if [[SoMuchForStealth you get spotted]] and decide to [[DoNotGoGentle go down fighting]] (or are crazy and/or confident enough to go in swinging in the first place), you ''can'' win.

** And then, in September 2020, Nintendo and Creator/KoeiTecmo announced a new ''Hyrule Warriors'' game to tide players over in the meantime--''Age of Calamity'', a ''prequel'' to ''Breath of the Wild''!

* Anytime you successfully parry an attack, but especially when it's an particularly powerful blow, such as a Lynel's strike, a Guardian's beam. Doing it against a boss is even more satisfying. Using the parry to finish a guardian or Boss with their own beam attack takes this UpToEleven. It's also extremely satisfying and flashy to pull off against a Guardian Scout's SpinAttack.

* Anytime you successfully parry an attack, but especially when it's an particularly powerful blow, such as a Lynel's strike or a Guardian's beam. Doing it against a boss is even more satisfying. Using the parry to finish a guardian or Boss with their own beam attack takes this UpToEleven.

** And after it's all done, if you go back to him... he'll ''gladly'' throw down again.

** Mipha's memory shows her wielding her trident for the first time. She also does some very impressive moves down a waterfall before diving gracefully into the water to retrieve her baby brother. This scene in itself is unique to Mipha's character, because it shows her being a supportive yet strict role model for Sidon, and shows that she certainly can be assertive when she wants. This scene gives Mipha's character a lot of credit.

** While Revali practices at his shooting range and works out the kinks in his own power, Revali's Gale (which he is having trouble controlling -- yet is still pushing himself to get it right despite being visibly and audibly exhausted), Princess Zelda approaches him and asks that he be the one to pilot Divine Beast Vah Medoh. He agrees, but decides to show off Revali's Gale at that very moment, executing it perfectly, then using his dive and insane accuracy to fire three bomb arrows at once and destroying three targets, before zipping around the entire range and obliterating every target within with the speed and destructive power of a modern-day fighter jet, before landing. He may be an arrogant prick at times, but his skill is without question.
** While Urbosa is on a walk with Zelda outside the city, two travellers pass by, pretending to talk to each other. Urbosa immediately suspects they are Yiga Clan assassins and calls them out on it. They respond by attacking, and in a brief but beautifully choreographed combat scene, she uses the diamond on the handle of her blade and her shield to defeat one assassin with the grace of a dancer (and the force of a trained amazon), before sheathing her blade then using her trademark power to zap the other assassin, before letting them limp away. It is ridiculously satisfying and hilarious to watch in action.

** Daruk smashed the Igneo Talus Titan, a giant stone behemoth made from molten rock.
** And for Link, surpassing all the other Champions' trials earns ''him'' a Divine Beast which, according to Maz Koshia, is the pinnacle of all, size notwithstanding.
* Can we all agree, no matter how out of place you feel it is, the Master Cycle Zero is just plain awesome?
** After everything you have been through in this game, if you decided to tackle the second DLC quest last after completing everything else and getting the Master Cycle Zero, being able to ride a motorcycle that is your own Divine Beast to Hyrule Castle makes you feel more like a badass. Yes, you can literally ride it all the way up to the Sanctum, blasting Guardians while you shoot them down with your bow and arrows while riding to avoid them. Tack on wearing the Tunic of the Wild armor set, and truly we have the most epic way to end Link's adventure.

** Made moreso by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH_Re_4uEKc compilation videos of fan reaction]] to the launch trailer. Some of whom were literally moved to tears by it.

** Vah Naboris: You ride a sand-seal across the desert with the [[LittleMissBadass Gerudo chief, who summons a forcefield to shield you from Naboris' ''incredibly'' strong lightning strikes. You keep up with her and also shoot the beast's feet with bomb arrows to force it down to your level so you can mount it.]]

** Even legendary CausticCritic [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation YahtzeeCroshaw]] praised the game, especially notable since he's such a harsh critic of Nintendo's repetitive use of their mainline franchises. Instead, he liked that BOTW let you play how ''you'' wanted, and particularly praised [[Adorkable the characterization of Princess Zelda herself]].