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---> '''Ganondorf''': [''looks at the Master Sword''] An impressive looking blade... [''takes out the sages sword, ready to kick ass''] ...but nothing more.

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---> '''Ganondorf''': [''looks at the Master Sword''] An impressive looking blade... [''takes out the sages sword, Sword of the Six Sages, ready to kick ass''] ...but nothing more.

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* Princess Zelda got her own Crowning Moments of Awesome in this game. For one, there was the scene in which wolf Link brings the dying Midna to the royal presence, and Zelda saves her by ''transferring her own life force into the imp's body''. (She got better.) But there's another: after the final battle, the three Triforce bearers stand together on Hyrule Field. Ganondorf is dead, or dying, and Link is watching him, [[AlasPoorVillain looking solemn]]. Zelda stands behind Link where she folds her hands, bows her head, and ''prays''.

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* Princess Zelda got her own Crowning Moments of Awesome in this game. For one, there was the scene in which wolf Link brings the dying Midna to the royal presence, and Zelda saves her by ''transferring her own life force into the imp's body''. (She got better.) This also leaves Midna immune to the Sun and allows Link to change between his forms ''at will''. Her sacrifice didn't just save Link and Midna, it made them '''stronger'''. But there's another: after the final battle, the three Triforce bearers stand together on Hyrule Field. Ganondorf is dead, or dying, and Link is watching him, [[AlasPoorVillain looking solemn]]. Zelda stands behind Link where she folds her hands, bows her head, and ''prays''.



* Wolf Link taking down Beast Ganon, while being a quarter of his size. Not to mention Midna's role in the final battle. No other character has fought as hard alongside Link as she did then. That's why the very final battle with Ganondorf is so jarring in its lack of Midna there to [[ExpositionFairy help you]] as she could during all the previous bosses.

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* Wolf Link taking down Beast Ganon, while being a quarter of his size. Not to mention Midna's role in the final battle. No other character has fought as hard alongside Link as she did then. That's why the very final battle with Ganondorf is so jarring in its lack of Midna there to [[ExpositionFairy help you]] as she could during all the previous bosses. And that happens because Midna decided to hold off Ganondorf ''alone'' for a while.



** While said villain always was a great manipulator, it's clear that his brute force is superior, and his Triforce piece shows he values power over wisdom. As a result, his mind games are underestimated even InUniverse, which he can properly exploit.



** It's especially awesome on the third boss (an armored sea-worm that puts ALL Zelda bosses to shame in size) and the seventh boss (A freaking dragon!). After spending the fight grappling onto their back for a few desperate hits, you stand up on their writhing backs and not just impale, BURY the sword all the way up to the hilt in their weak points.

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** It's especially awesome on the third boss (an armored sea-worm that puts ALL most Zelda bosses to shame in size) and the seventh boss (A freaking dragon!). After spending the fight grappling onto their back for a few desperate hits, you stand up on their writhing backs and not just impale, BURY the sword all the way up to the hilt in their weak points.

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* Princess Zelda got her own Crowning Moments of Awesome in this game. For one, there was the scene in which wolf Link brings the dying Midna to the royal presence, and Zelda saves her by ''transferring her own life force into the imp's body''. (She got better.) But there's another: after the final battle, the three Triforce bearers stand together on Hyrule Field. Ganondorf is dead, or dying, and Link is watching him, [[AlasPoorVillain looking solemn.]] Zelda stands behind Link where she folds her hands, bows her head, and ''prays''.

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* Princess Zelda got her own Crowning Moments of Awesome in this game. For one, there was the scene in which wolf Link brings the dying Midna to the royal presence, and Zelda saves her by ''transferring her own life force into the imp's body''. (She got better.) But there's another: after the final battle, the three Triforce bearers stand together on Hyrule Field. Ganondorf is dead, or dying, and Link is watching him, [[AlasPoorVillain looking solemn.]] solemn]]. Zelda stands behind Link where she folds her hands, bows her head, and ''prays''.


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* If you ever doubted Link's SuperStrength in this game, look no further than the way to the second dungeon. When going up Death Mountain (with the Iron Boots now equipped), Link grabs the Gorons and tosses them to his side when they attempt to do a RollingAttack. This [[BadassNormal without any magic bracelet or gauntlets of any kind]]. That's how strong this Link is.
** This is followed by Link [[DustingOffYourHands dusting his hands off]] non-chalantly as he observes the Gorons being bested by "a mere human". You know Link's ''earned'' the right to do so!
** Link dusting his hands off also happens after defeating Gor Coron in the SumoWrestling match, and each time [[LetsYouAndHimFight after tossing the Goron Mines']] MiniBoss, Dangoro, [[RingOutBoss into the lava in his lair]].

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!!Manga
* Link sees King Bulblin holding Colin and Ilia. He proceeds to jump up and stab him, then backflip off. Not bad for a guy who was broken down with guilt for having accidentally sent his home village into the Twilight Realm a few minutes prior.
* After Ook (the forest dungeon miniboss) has dragged a comatose wolf Link around to gloat to his monkeys, Midna tells him Link's back is ''her'' spot, and delivers a MegatonPunch. With her hair.
* The Diababa boss fight: a still-possessed Ook lures Link towards the giant plant, which swallows him. Despite the poisonous gas and darkness, he grabs its eyestalk and ends up slashing his way out.
* It turns out Midna's hair-hand is able to stop a rolling Goron in its tracks.
* Once Link and Midna enter the Temple of Time, they are treated to a vision of past events--namely, the events of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time.]]'' The two witness the Hero of Time's fateful duel against Ganondorf in the future, which also has a reference to the OOT manga adaptation: [=OoT!Link=] facing Ganon in a sword fight, with Ganondorf wielding the same blade he used in the OOT manga.

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\n!!Manga\n* Link sees King Bulblin holding Colin and Ilia. He proceeds to jump up and stab him, then backflip off. Not bad for a guy who was broken down with guilt for having accidentally sent his home village into the Twilight Realm a few minutes prior.\n* After Ook (the forest dungeon miniboss) has dragged a comatose wolf Link around to gloat to his monkeys, Midna tells him Link's back is ''her'' spot, and delivers a MegatonPunch. With her hair. \n* The Diababa boss fight: a still-possessed Ook lures Link towards the giant plant, which swallows him. Despite the poisonous gas and darkness, he grabs its eyestalk and ends up slashing his way out.\n* It turns out Midna's hair-hand is able to stop a rolling Goron in its tracks.\n* Once Link and Midna enter the Temple of Time, they are treated to a vision of past events--namely, the events of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time.]]'' The two witness the Hero of Time's fateful duel against Ganondorf in the future, which also has a reference to the OOT manga adaptation: [=OoT!Link=] facing Ganon in a sword fight, with Ganondorf wielding the same blade he used in the OOT manga.----
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*** If you can hear it over the music, Link's growl in that scene is way more intimidating than any of his growls in his beast form. It incites some pretty intense HotBlood in both the character and the player in the battle afterwards.

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*** If you can hear it over the music, Link's growl growling glare in that scene is way more intimidating than any of his growls in his beast form. It incites some pretty intense HotBlood in both the character and the player in the battle afterwards.afterwards, as well as showing that Link's BigBrotherInstinct is kicking into high gear.

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* The appearance of Dark Beast Ganon, which easily trumps the version seen in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. Not quite an ape, not quite a lion, with huge tusks that look perfect for disemboweling Link, he's come a ''long'' way from his days as a supersized PigMan -- it's the perfect mixture of freakish and monstrous, truly earning the title "Dark Beast".
* The final four battles. First you fight a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6vXjrZmfw Ganon-possessed Zelda]] (this clip also shows the heartbreaking cutscene right beforehand, in which Link realizes he has to try and kill his beloved princess). Then you defeat Ganon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Self4dDdRHE Dark Beast]] form and THEN he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufwD5pEJZX4 flattens the castle and rides off on his badass steed from hell]], Zelda summons the Light Arrows, and you fight him on Epona while she fires them. Eventually you knock him off his horse, and what follows is arguably the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0Yfg6EasQ epic video game sword fight]] of all time, which ends, as previously mentioned, with Link leaping over Ganon's body and stabbing him through the chest.

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* The appearance of Dark Beast Ganon, which easily trumps the version seen in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. Not quite an ape, not quite a lion, with huge tusks that look perfect for disemboweling Link, he's come a ''long'' way from his days as a supersized PigMan -- it's the perfect mixture of freakish and monstrous, truly earning the title "Dark Beast".
Beast". And despite looking like a completely feral beast? This thing is NOT mindless, it adapts in the middle of the battle so there is no way to hurt him unless you turn into a wolf and have Midna's help, who engages in a struggle with Ganon in close range, where he can also overpower you.
* The final four battles. First you fight a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6vXjrZmfw Ganon-possessed Zelda]] (this clip also shows the heartbreaking cutscene right beforehand, in which Link realizes he has to try and kill his beloved princess). Then you defeat Ganon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Self4dDdRHE Dark Beast]] form form, which is so fast and strong it can hurt you while being ''downed'' through momentum alone, and THEN he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufwD5pEJZX4 flattens the castle and rides off on his badass steed from hell]], Zelda summons the Light Arrows, and you fight him on Epona while she fires them. Eventually you knock him off his horse, and what follows is arguably the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0Yfg6EasQ epic video game sword fight]] of all time, which ends, as previously mentioned, with Link leaping over Ganon's body and stabbing him through the chest.



* The fight against Morpheel. Going from a recycled boss fight of Morpha from Ocarina of Time, to having to use the Clawshot to hold onto it's eyelid for dear life, while you stick your sword in its eyeball like a shish kebob. Nothing felt cooler in the first half of the game than that.

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* The fight against Morpheel. Going from a recycled boss fight of Morpha from Ocarina of Time, to having to use the Clawshot to hold onto it's its eyelid for dear life, while you stick your sword in its eyeball like a shish kebob. Nothing felt cooler in the first half of the game than that.



* More moments of pure badass in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]] happen near the end, when The Group rides in and shoots the guard of the boss key for that dungeon.

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* More moments of pure badass in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]] happen near the end, when The Group rides in and shoots the guard of the boss key for that dungeon.dungeon for you.



** The Shade isn't kidding. The Mortal Draw kills common enemies in a single hit, and can also do that to the vicious, annoying Darkhammer.



* You knew that this whole adventure was really for keeps when you realized exactly who was pulling the strings. The whole story was one big BatmanGambit by a villain who was really known more for his brute strength rather than his persuasive abilities.

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* You knew that this whole adventure was really for keeps when you realized exactly [[HijackedByGanon who was pulling the strings.strings]]. The whole story was one big BatmanGambit by a villain who was really known more for his brute strength rather than his persuasive abilities.



** You ''have'' to use the Ending Blow to beat the FinalBoss, he won't die otherwise.



* Snowboarding to the Snowpeak Ruins. Especially the races you can do after the dungeon.

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* Snowboarding to the Snowpeak Ruins. Especially the races you can do after the dungeon. Yeta, ironically, can be more of a challenge against Link while she is herself than while she is possessed by a Mirror Shard!



* It may be minor, but Telma chewing out the cowardly soldiers was pretty cool.

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* It may be minor, but Telma chewing out the cowardly soldiers was pretty cool. And as she shows in the sidequest that follows, she is not a hypocrite, she really is braver than them.
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** That last one is ''another'' crowning moment of awesome for Ganondorf. Ganondorf has been driven out of a possessed body and defeated in his monster state; reduced to an incorporeal spirit, Midna attempts to assassinate him with the full and [[EldritchAbomination monstrously freaky]] power of the Fused Shadows, which the gods' deputies could merely seal away. Hyrule Castle ''explodes'' - and in front of the smoking ruins, riding a badass horse, without a scratch on him, holding a fragment of Fused Shadow... is ''Ganondorf'', who crushes the legendary artifact of power into so many pieces with a single hand. Triforce of Power, ''no kidding''.

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** That last one is ''another'' crowning moment of awesome for Ganondorf. Ganondorf has been driven out of a possessed body and defeated in his monster state; reduced to an incorporeal spirit, Midna attempts to assassinate him with the full and [[EldritchAbomination monstrously freaky]] power of the Fused Shadows, which the gods' deputies could merely seal away.away, and which destroyed Zant, who was Ganondorf's right-hand man, in a single hit. Hyrule Castle ''explodes'' - and in front of the smoking ruins, riding a badass horse, without a scratch on him, holding a fragment of Fused Shadow... is ''Ganondorf'', ''[[HeroKiller Ganondorf]]'', who crushes the legendary artifact of power into so many pieces with a single hand. Triforce of Power, ''no kidding''.
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* A meta-example, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwMdcESljqg the reveal trailer.]]

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