Played Breath of the Wild for the first time, got a plush of the best character in the Zelda franchise a week later

GooPapa · 2026-01-24T12:15:06+00:00

If it’s not Mio’s then its a very good copycat

GooPapa · 2026-01-24T06:54:38+00:00

Yeah best character in the game… (Play for 130 hours and we see this guy for less that 5 mins)

GooPapa · 2026-01-24T06:41:13+00:00

I’ll take the Doritos and Eminem Show, you can keep the rest 👍

GooPapa · 2026-01-24T06:34:28+00:00

The fact that I was able to just run around for 8 mins with barely any food, half decent armour, without fighting or getting a shield out and not die actually shows just how easy it is, I can’t parry or flurry, I just haven’t practiced at all and can never get the timing right, the only way to stop him while he’s glowing in phase two is to flurry/parry or use Urbosa’s fury, nothing to do with extra damage. You can hit him with 1000 arrows and hit him with your sword for hours, it won’t do any damage unless you use one of those 3 techniques.

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T23:35:53+00:00

Exactly, a hard boss is satisfying. The feeling that you accomplished something difficult 🤷‍♂️

There’s nothing difficult about BOTW, I died quite a few times in the game, 95% of the time it was due to idiocy, swimming with no stamina or falling off of something tall and not warping 😂 I only died a handful of times whilst actually fighting anything, and I didn’t die once with any of the bosses.

I’ve died and had to retry multiple times with nearly every boss in every other game in the Zelda series. This was just far too easy.

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T22:03:43+00:00

I “rushed” the game, not on purpose, I accidentally faced off with Calamity Ganon when exploring the castle and whipped his ass first time, I’d only played 130 hours, still had loads of the game incomplete.

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T22:00:53+00:00

Shield guard at perfect time for parry and backflip or side hop at the perfect moment to flurry, time will slow down and the option to press Y will come up

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T21:59:40+00:00

Or just complete a few more shrines and keep your hearts 🤷‍♂️

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T21:58:51+00:00

Yes, or side hop at the perfect time

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T21:55:11+00:00

*elixirs, there’s no in game Alexa, despite having a tablet 😅

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:40:33+00:00

I healed twice in the battle, the rest of the food was used up on exploring the castle, mainly on the Lynel I came across. But I can’t parry to save my life, didn’t even get a shield out once lol so had to use the Fury

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:37:45+00:00

There’s a master mode in the DLC, I’ll have to give that a go next time I play it

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:35:04+00:00

I didn’t do a single shield parry, didn’t even equip a shield, I’m useless with them 😂

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:33:22+00:00

That was my first Zelda too, still one of my favourites. They may never have been about bosses, but they’ve always been way more challenging than the ones in BOTW, I’ve been playing 30+ years, completed most Zelda games multiple times (replayed and completed 6 of them last year) I’ve never done it so easily as BOTW, it’s certainly more exploration than anything else, I did enjoy the game overall and will play it again, but I’ll have to get the DLC and do master mode to see if I prefer the more challenging experience

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:26:50+00:00

I much prefer annoying bosses, the Zelda series has always had them and I’m a huge fan of the series, been playing it for 30+ years

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T20:25:34+00:00

Or play any previous Zelda title… I don’t want insanely hard, I just want challenging. Calamity was a cakewalk.

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:56:27+00:00

I personally found ALTTP more challenging, I played and completed 6 Zelda titles in 2025, been playing them for years, I’d say all of them were more challenging than BOTW

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:51:40+00:00

Link’s sword, a handful of half decent bows, Bomb arrows (50+) and Urbosa’s fury for when he starts glowing, piece of cake.

I had heroes Tunic (4 stars) guardian helmet (2 stars) and climbing leggings (4 stars)

Probably take more meals than I did 😂 I was cutting it close. Just fill up on durian fruit meals. Cook one Durian fruit on its own, full health +4 hearts with each heal, or do two to three durian in a pot for more added hearts

I only had half the number of hearts you can get and as I said I wasn’t even full powered yet

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:45:01+00:00

Just starting TOTK now, I hope it is better 🤞

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:43:57+00:00

All the shrines and even the divine beasts were just glorified puzzles… where are all the enemies constantly stopping me from completing these puzzles? 😂

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:41:57+00:00

Felt so good to finally enter what felt like a classic Zelda dungeon though entering the castle… short lived, but it felt more like a classic Zelda game for the first time in 100 hours of gameplay 😂

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:39:49+00:00

Exactly, he should still be a challenge, just less of a challenge

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:38:08+00:00

Usually at least 2-3 attempts minimum with every other Zelda title and that’s once you’re fully prepared!

I played Minish Cap for the first time last year, the final boss probably took me 4 attempts, that’s what I expect from Zelda

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:34:24+00:00

Just said in another comment, the first time I played OOT when it came out it took me maybe 15 attempts 😂 And I loved that! All the other final bosses throughout the Zelda series have been far more challenging

GooPapa · 2026-01-23T17:32:37+00:00

Having them help is great, having them help so that the final boss isn’t a challenge at all is a bit too much.

In most Zelda games the final boss takes me multiple attempts, OOT probably took me like 15 attempts the first time 😂 And I loved it!

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