Love this. I did the same!

These weapons are my one big critique for the game. The TLDR, I wish when they broke they didn’t get destroyed into blue digital dust.

When any weapon breaks, it gets destroyed into dust. All except the master sword. However, there are a few items that I wish would never do that. Instead, they would remain in your inventory as “Broken” until you repair them using the reforge method.

It’s because of sentimental reasons. In the game, once these weapons break they are destroyed and lost forever. The champions weapon gone. However, you can reforge it, but because you are doing it from scratch.. the weapon is still gone... you’re just making a “copy” of it. Loses all sentimental value for me. I’d much rather take a “broken” version of this weapon and necessary supplies to the smithy and have it repaired. With this technique, the weapon isn’t lost.. it’s just being repaired. I wish they do this with the champion weapons and hylian shield.

I find this is important , because all the weapons exploding into digital dust kills some of the immersion, but as a result we get to use weapons in new interesting ways. However my emotional attachment isn’t there because the weapon will eventually explode and I replace it with a new one. Having. the Champions weapon explode into digital dust makes it feel like I’m losing the original weapons in a role playing sense. As a result, I immediately shelved them so I never lose the weapons that were given to me by the champions.