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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: If you've played previous ''Zelda'' games, it can be sad to see the state Ganon's in. Once a well-intended man who wanted to uplift his desert-dwelling people, he'd lose sight of his goal and become corrupted by his lust for power before battling Link and Zelda time and time again as he'd try to take over Hyrule throughout the ages. By now, he's long since been reduced to a near-mindless monster fueled entirely by his hatred and feral bloodlust, and any traces of his humanity are long gone. As evil as he's been it's very tragic to see how far he's fallen, especially when you take his portrayal as a somewhat regretful old man in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' into consideration.
* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: Invoked. The [[Trope Namer]] doesn't appear, but in the DLC, Link can gain the Tingle Set as a [[Joke Item]]. Its only real benefit is that it increases walking speed at night, but it has ''horrible'' defense, and NPCs will be noticeably frightened if Link talks to them while wearing it.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: After all the hype he gets as being the greatest threat Hyrule has ever faced, Calamity Ganon just doesn't live up to it. Usually. {{spoiler|Calamity Ganon is, on paper, a powerful foe worthy of being the final boss, at least at first. But if you play the game as recommended: - freeing the Divine Beasts and Champions from Ganon's control and getting the Master Sword, - you end up with a final boss that's weak to your overpowered unbreakable weapon, at the mercy of your hilariously overpowered Champion abilities, and missing half his health thanks to the Divine Beasts' laser bombardments}}. But he at least puts up a fight, which ''can not'' be said about {{spoiler|Dark Beast Ganon}}. {{spoiler|Don't get hyped when you're forced to fight a rampaging Godzilla-sized boar across the entirety of Hyrule itself on horseback: he's ridiculously slow, and his sole attack isn't even sort of a threat and will never hit you unless you intentionally let it.}}.
* [[Awesome Bosses]]: {{spoiler|[[Warrior Monk|Monk Maz Koshia]], the [[Final Boss]] of the [[Bonus Boss|Champions Ballad DLC]]. Yeah, first of all, the very revelation that you have to fight a Sheikah monk hits most players as a shock, as most of them do nothing except sit in their Shrines and give Link instructions on how to complete their Trials. Then you find out [[Badass Grandpa|just what this guy is capable of]]. In effect, he is a [[Final Exam Boss]], his attacks and abilities reminiscent of other enemies you fought previously, including the Yiga Footsoldiers, Yiga Blademasters, Thunderblight Ganon, Master Kohga, Hinoxes, and the Guardians, but also has a few tricks of his own like creating multiple copies of himself. If you truly want a challenge, this is the guy.}}
* [[Base Breaker]]:
* [[Base Breaker]]:* Princess Zelda is popular among some circles for being [[Moe|adorable]], [[Baby Got Back|having a nice butt]], and being one of the most tragic versions of the character, but other people simply find her whiny and dull, with her voice going hand-in-hand with the annoying factor. Her serving as the last line of defense against Calamity Ganon for over a hundred years has also won over fans for being a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but to others it just feels like a dolled-up version of her usual [[Damsel in Distress]] treatment.
** Ask any Zelda fan what they think of Revali, and you'll probably get an equal amount of responses along the lines of "Oh my god, I love that guy!" and "Oh my god, fuck that guy!". To his fans, his cold, aloof, and downright ''mean'' demeanor make him a breath of fresh air compared to the other Champions, and his grudging respect towards Link that builds up while you explore Vah Medoh is a nice bit of character development. But people who hate him simply find him to be too mean to like, making him come across as a total asshole who some argue {{spoiler|''had his death coming to him''}}.
** Is Calamity Ganon's status as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] force of nature a cool new take on the franchise's oldest foe, or does it ''rob'' him of his cool factor? These detractors tend to prefer Ganon as a properly sentient [[Chessmaster]] and view the Calamity as just a mindless monstrosity that may as well have been its own thing, and his [[Anticlimax Boss]] status doesn't help.
* [[Breather Level]]: The path to each Divine Beast has at least one section that can be incredibly tough, with the exception of Vah Medoh. The road to it is in the West coast of Hyrule, which tends to have stronger enemies, but it's a straightforward trek through the wilderness with no gimmicks, and gaining Teba's favor so you can confront the beast is as simple as beating a short and easy archery test. Vah Medoh's puzzles and gimmick are also very straightforward, making it a good Beast to start with.
* [[Broken Base]]:
* [[Broken Base]]:* Many players were upset that the game had proper voice acting at all, while just as many others didn't mind so much. Though there's another [[Broken Base]] within that [[Broken Base]]: is- thewhich Englishis dub better than the Japanese original? But that'smostly just another battle in the ongoing [[Subbing Versus Dubbing]] war (Is the English dub better than the Japanese original?).
** Going even deeper, there is a third [[Broken Base]] within the voice acting conundrum: is Zelda's English voice ''specifically'' good or bad? Even people who generally like the English dub criticize her for sounding too weepy and mopey, while others argue that it's fitting given the tremendous amount of pressure she's under.
** Is the weapon durability a cool new twist on the Zelda formula that encourages you to play carefully and smartly, or an annoying hassle that shouldn't have made it past the playtesting stage?
** Overall, the vastly different feel of this game and what it could potentially mean for the future of the series has attracted a lot of debate. Plenty of fans feel that this game was the breath of fresh air ''Zelda'' desperately needed while fans who prefer the older style of games feel that ''Breath of the Wild'' barely feels like a Zelda game at all thanks to the lack of dungeons, unfocused story, and the emphasis on crafting and breakable weapons. The game's massive success and sequel has led to that camp of fans worrying that the series could never return to its old formula since it's clear that this one sells.
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** Despite how weak they are, Link's bombs have a ton of utility. They're essential for getting the game's [[Goddamned Bats]] to fuck off without using up your weapons' durability, can scatter mobs of enemies and send them flying off of cliffs and into deep water, and can even launch you across vast distances if you know how to exploit the game's busted physics. You can also use them as decent hunting and mining tools (though you might want to use proper arrows on bigger game, and sledgehammers and Cobble Crushers on ore positioned on the edges of cliffs), and they're not even that bad of a weapon to fall back on if all of yours break: both types of bombs have short cooldowns and you can easily cycle back and forth through your cube and sphere bombs while the other charges back up.
** Multi-shot bows are this because even when they're firing three or five arrows at once, they technically only use one at a time. Not only is it easier to hit speedy enemies or those zippy Korok balloons, but you can do a ''lot'' of damage when you fire them point-blank at enemies.
** Cooking as a concept busts the game's difficulty right open. All you need is the right ingredients, and you can prepare meals that give you some ridiculous stat boosts. You can get huge attack, defense, and speed buffs, give yourself extra hearts and stamina wheels, restore ''tons'' of hearts and stamina, and because eating[[Talking is a freeFree actionAction|Eating is a Free Action]], you can scarf down plate after plate of food if you have to in order to do whatever it is you need to get done.
** In terms of ingredients, Mighty Bananas, Hearty Durians, Razorclaw Crabs, and Ironshell Crabs can be easily found in massive numbers around the Faron region, even in the early game. While getting the fruits can be dangerous because of the [[Demonic Spiders|high level Lizalfos]] infesting the jungles, you can find dozens of each food in one round trip, allowing you to cook plenty of health, attack, and defense-boosting meals once you get back to a cooking pot.
** Making tons of Rupees is as easy as cooking five cuts of Prime Meat and selling them, and they can sell for 220 Rupees a pop. While it'll be hard to come by earlier on since deer are uncommon and easy to spook, a trek to the far West will see you being constantly hounded by trios and quartets of wolves that drop it when they die, and killing them is as easy as dropping a bomb and detonating it when they get close. The Faron region also makes for a good hunting ground since the water buffalo there are big targets and surprisingly frail.
** Elemental weapons are a huge boon, - particularly [[Kill It with Fire|fire and]] [[Kill It with Ice|ice ones]], since they can instantly kill monsters that are of the element they're weak to.
** The Hylian Shield, which is so durable it was originally thought to be unbreakable until it was discovered that yes, it ''can'' break, but it takes a really long time to do so. Its defense is the best in the game, you can get it right after leaving the Plateau as long as you're properly equipped and make your way carefully around Hyrule Castle, and by the time it ''does'' break you'll likely be able to replace it right away if you've done enough of the Tarrey Town questline. It's the perfect shield for parrying Guardian blasts with, and you can even get a lot of mileage out of shield surfing with it.
** Barbarian, Fierce Deity, and Phantom armor sets. Each piece boosts your attack power, with the full set boosting it by 50%. And that's before you crank it up ''even further'' with meals. You can also pair it with defense-boosting meals, elemental resistance-boosting meals, and meals that can help you survive extreme temperature climates instead of choosing which singular buff you want to eat for. You have to put in some work to obtain the set you want (beating the labyrinths scattered around Hyrule for the Barbarian armor, having the right Amiibo for the Fierce Deity, and having the DLC and completing its associated quest for the Phantom armor) but they're well worth the effort.
* [[Goddamned Bats]]: Who else but Keese? They constantly show up to harass you at night, can travel in massive flocks, and in certain regions you can be attacked by elemental Keese that can set you on fire, freeze you, or electrocute you for massive damage.
** Lower-tier Lizalfos are ultimately not much tougher than Bokoblins, but their jumpiness and speed make them annoying to hit. And if you want to run from them, prepare to run for a ''long'' time because they can easily keep pace with you.
** Most [[Dem Bones|"Stal-"]] enemies aren't threatening in the slightest since they usually have terrible weapons and can be dispatched in two hits. You'll still ''groan'' in exasperation every time you run into them, because they attack you in trios, can chase you over long distances, and pop up all over the place at night. They're prone to disrupting your fights against dangerous monsters like Stone Taluses and Lynels, or scaring off prey you're hunting for meat, or spooking Blupees you're trying to steal money from. And to make things worse, the Lizalfos variants are just as annoyingly nimble as their living counterparts!
** After you've beaten Master Kohga, you'll be randomly ambushed by Yiga Clan assassins all over the map. At this point they won't be a threat, but it's still annoying having them pop up and break the flow of whatever you're doing. Especially if you're attacked by a Blademaster, because they're a lot more aggressive and take a lot of punishment before going down.
* [[Iron Woobie]]: Link and Zelda, full-stop.
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** Princess Zelda, mainly for [[Baby Got Back|her ass]] and the way the frog memory goes out of its way to show it off.
** Much like how everyone was gay for Bridget in the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' games, ''everyone's'' gay for Link. He's always been handsome, but this incarnation's [[Attractive Bent Gender|effeminate good looks and flattering midriff-baring outfit]] he has to wear to get into Gerudo town have even left straight male fans flustered.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:* The Yiga Clan are already firmly on the side of the [[Eldritch Abomination]] threatening to lay waste to Hyrule, but they truly cross the line with {{spoiler|the murder of Dorian's wife when he had enough of them and left.}}
** One particular Fire Wizzrobe can be found dancing among the burnt remains of a house... a house he's implied to have burnt to the ground. Several players have been known to specifically hunt and kill this particular Wizzrobe after the passing of every Blood Moon for this.
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: "Yahaha!" - said by the Koroks when you find one. All ''900'' of them. It's supposed to be cute, but boy does it get repetitive.
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** If you aren't keen on Revali, his condescending attitude as you explore Vah Medoh will make you wish you could throttle the overgrown chicken and shut him up {{spoiler|despite the fact that he's already dead}}.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]:
** Magda, aka the "crazy flower lady". Quite a lot of [[Memetic Mutation]]s with her ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDiSci_6zVc likewith thisan oneexample] here).]
** {{spoiler|Fi's voice-only appearance in the final flashback is brief, but incredibly memorable for its poignance despite her divisive reputation from her home game.}}
** Loone, another crazy woman Link meets, who is ''in love with Guardians'', and won't relinquish an Ancient Orb he needs until he provides some way for her to view them safely. Meaning he has to use his Sheikah Slate to photograph them.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Not[[Broken inBase|Some the game itself, butof the characterfandom's Viliareaction hasto inspired''other'' thisfans' kindtreatment of reactionVilia]] in certain circles of- the fandom. The game treats him as nothing more than a man who dresses like a woman in order to infiltrate Gerudo Town, [[Creepy Crossdresser|likely for]] [[Unfortunate Implications|perverted reasons]], and puts on a feminine charade when talking to Link so he can keep up the masquerade. Naturally, this has led to some fansfolks declaring that he's a transwoman (despite the evidence that he's ''not''), that the game's treatment of himVilia is transphobic, and has resulted in communities like Zeldapedia and TV Tropes refusingrefuse to refer to himVilia as male in articles and pages about or referencing him, and- instead opting to call him asuse "she" or "they". AndFor keepwhatever init's mindworth, the game's ''official artbook'' confirmsrefers thatto hehim is indeedas male.
* [[The Scrappy]]:
** [[TheYunobo Scrappy]]:- Yunobopersonality-wise, he's personality is actually fairly well-liked since he's a friendly guy and a [[Lovable Coward]] with a solid character arc. But when it comes to gameplay, he's ''hated'' because of the hellish escort mission where you have to slowly lead him up Death Mountain while hiding from Vah Rudania's drones.
** Magda however is a straighter example. While there's [[Crowning Moment of Funny|amusement]] [[Nightmare Fuel|(and terror)]] to be had from how rabidly protective she is of her flowers, her aggression and borderline sociopathic disdain for anything that isn't them don't endear her to anyone. Neither does the lengthy process of having her yell at you then drag you away from any flowers you step on.
** Because of how samey and bland their designs are, the Blight Ganons aren't exactly popular bosses. Unsurprisingly, this led to them getting extensive redesigns in ''Age of Calamity'', much to the relief of fans.
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:* While most players don't have an issue with the game's realistic environmental effects, the rain is their biggest beef. You need Link to climb a mountain, a tower, or a wall, and and he's like [[Spider-Man]] until it starts to rain and he slips and falls. Even worse, waiting the rain out is a problem, seeing as the only way to suppress time is using a campfire, which you can't start very easily if it's raining. Yeah, rain is pretty annoying. And god help you if the current storm is a ''thunderstorm'', because if you currently have ''anything'' metallic equipped, lightning will home in on you, knock you flat on your ass (when it doesn't kill you outright), and make you drop your weapons.
** Weapon durability also catches a lot of flack because there's no way to get around it, and they all break after mere minutes of sustained use. This wouldn't be so bad if A: you had a decently-sized weapon inventory and B: there was a way to repair your weapons like in other games with weapon durability, but you're out of luck here. Weapon inventory is ''painfully'' limited even with Hestu's upgrades, and the only weapon you can "repair" is the Master Sword, which takes a while to restore itself after having its durability worn out.
** Speaking of inventory, if you open a treasure chest and the item is a type with its inventory maxed out, you'll likely find yourself screaming internally at the sight of the "Your inventory is full." message, followed by you ''slooooowly'' putting it back in. While you can easily just toss a weapon and open it back up, it adds to the tedium where a simple option to exchange an unneeded weapon for the one you found would have easily circumvented it.
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** Merely getting across bodies of water can be a slog no matter what. Swimming usually isn't an option since it burns through stamina and you swim slow (and that's when you aren't actively being pushed back by a current), leaving you to either ''sloooowly'' cross rivers or swathes of ocean by carefully hopping across Cryonis blocks (which you can actually ''break'' if you land in the water and re-emerge from under them), using a hard-to-find Korok Leaf to steer a sailboat, or say "screw it" and glide across with the help of Revali's Gale which isn't an option across large distances like with Eventide Isle.
** The enemy variety, or lack thereof, can be disappointing because in a mere hour or so in a game that can take hundreds to do everything in, you're likely to see every one type of every species there is. And not only is it repetitive, but it can be an active detriment to immersion since you'll be seeing them in every environment instead of ones they'd make sense to be fought in.
* [[Superlative Dubbing]]: While the game's English dub is contentious, very few people have problems with Revali's voice. [[Sean Chiplock]]'s delivery is phenomenal, and perfectly captures his smug, cocksure demeanor while adding a humorous flair to his [[Jerkass]] behavior.
* [[Take That, Scrappy!]]: The unlockable Tingle outfit added as part of the game's DLC comes off as a walking middle finger to the controversial [[Manchild]]. Its defense is terrible, its ability is situational to the point of near-uselessness, and to top it off, wearing it will freak out everyone you talk to.
* [[That One Attack]]: Pick a lightning attack. Any lightning attack. It doesn't matter if they're Shock Arrows, lightning blasts, or anything else that's electric, it always sucks to be hit by one because you'll often take a huge amount of damage, drop your weapon, and will be temporarily stunned on top of that. Unsurprisingly, electric enemies tend to be the game's biggest [[Demonic Spiders]], while the lightning-slinging Thunderblight Ganon and Shock Arrow-shooting Lynels are among the most difficult boss fights in the game. On the flipside, lightning attacks are just as devastating in ''your'' hands which makes this something of a double-edged sword for them like it does with you.
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** There are plenty of fun non-horse mounts you can ride: deer, bears, the Lord of the Mountain... but sadly, you can't register them at the stable and keep them for your adventures, and they make a break for it the second you dismount. The Stalhorse is in a similar boat, and dies once the sun rises.
* [[Ugly Cute]]: Bokoblins may be evil, repulsive little goblin creatures, but they look like [[Lilo & Stitch|Stitch crossed with a pig]], and their little happy dances as they party with their brethren by their campfires are just plain adorable. It's lead to some fans feeling bad about killing them, because they seem pretty chill when they aren't causing trouble.
* [[The Woobie]]: {{spoiler|King Rhoam is a very pitiable figure, havingwho lost his wife when Zelda was very little, leaving him to have to try his hardest to help Zelda awaken her divine powers, while also having to keep Hyrule in order as Calamity Ganon's return drew near. But thanks to his and Zelda's differing priorities and her own failures to awaken her powers, his scolding would drive her away and he'd die before getting a chance to apologize. By the time Link meets him, he's a lonely ghost roaming the Great Plateau, haunted by his failures as a father and a king while doing his best to set Link on his way.}}.
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