With all four Divine Beasts on his side, Link only needs one more tool to face the Calamity: The Blade of Evil's Bane. We discuss the most absolute death Ganon has ever suffered, Link's permanent scars, and the Calamity's own Chamber of Resurrection.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 6: Death Mountain
The Goron of Death Mountain are plagued by constant volcanic eruptions caused by Divine Beast Vah Rudania, and the Rito are kept grounded by Vah Medoh, who will shoot down anyone who flies too high. To have the best chance to defeat Ganon, Link must tame both of these raging beasts. We discuss Yunobo's attempt to escape oppressive standards of masculinity, how Rito have both hair and feathers, and the continuity of personhood.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 5: Gerudo Desert
Link travels west into the Gerudo Desert in search of Divine Beast Vah Naboris, whose lightning storms have been menacing the Gerudo. But their Chief, Riju, waits inside a city that is accessible only to women. We discuss Gerudo religion, transphobia, and the creeposaurus rex, Bozai.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 4: Zora's Domain
Zora's Domain is drowning from the newly reactivated Divine Beast Vah Ruta. Prince Sidon, brother of the long lost Zora Champion, Mipha, seeks a Hylian warrior to quell the beast. We discuss Monolith Soft's influence on the game, Link's relationship with the Zora people, and the one good king in the series.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 3: Divine Beasts
Link awakens in the Shrine of Resurrection, 100 years after the Great Calamity destroyed Hyrule. With no memories of his past, and no guidance but a mysterious telepathic voice and an old hermit, he wanders into the wild. We discuss Rhoam's final insult, the implications of Link's dialogue choices, and what state of being Hylia exists in.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 2: Champions
In preparation to fight the coming Calamity, Princess Zelda gathers Champions from the Rito, Zora, Gerudo, and Goron peoples to pilot the Divine Beasts, and Royal Knight Captain Link to wield the Blade of Evil's Bane. We discuss Link being married as a husband to his legal wife Mipha, the wind magic of the Rito, and Urbosa's relationship to Queen Zelda.
Read MoreEpisode 20: Breath of the Wild: Part 1: Prophecy of Ruin
The shadow of the Calamity grows long across the Kingdom of Hyrule. In preparation for its coming, the Sheikah create an army of Guardians and four Divine Beasts to deliver such a defeat that the Calamity will not return for ten thousand years. Millennia later, a mysterious fortuneteller appears in the royal court, driving the King to uncover the ancient war machines buried deep underground. This is the 19th canonical Zelda game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", the latest game in the timeline. We discuss why Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule sucks major eggs, Link being unaware he has a girlfriend, and a mathematical equation to explain Ganon.
Read MoreEpisode 1: Breath of the Wild
Instead of beginning at the beginning, we begin at the end, by explaining the world of the 19th canonical Zelda game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". No one is rightly sure when this game takes place, other than that is long after any other game in the series, in a world seeped in history.
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