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As usual, [[Once Per Episode| Link wakes up at the beginning of the game]]. This time however, he seems to wake up in a kind of hibernation chamber. And when he goes outside of the cave where the chamber was, he discovers something bad happened to Hyrule. Apparently, 100 years ago, an entity known as Calamity Ganon devastated the kingdom of Hyrule. It has been contained inside Hyrule Castle, but the time for his escape approaches. Guided by a disembodied voice, Link decides to go towards the castle.
As usual, [[Once Per Episode| Link wakes up at the beginning of the game]]. This time however, he seems to wake up in a kind of hibernation chamber. And when he goes outside of the cave where the chamber was, he discovers something bad happened to Hyrule. Apparently, 100 years ago, an entity known as Calamity Ganon devastated the kingdom of Hyrule. It has been contained inside Hyrule Castle, but the time for his escape approaches. Guided by a disembodied voice, Link decides to go towards the castle.


A sequel was announced at E3 2019, and will likely see release in 2020. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fr1Z07AV00 Watch the trailer here.]
A sequel was announced at E3 2019, and will likely see release in 2022. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fr1Z07AV00 Watch the trailer here.]


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* [[Amnesiac Hero]]: Link wakes up barely remembering anything other than his mission, but gains bits and pieces of his memories during the story.
* [[Amnesiac Hero]]: Link wakes up barely remembering anything other than his mission, but gains bits and pieces of his memories during the story.
* [[An Ice Person]]:
* [[An Ice Person]]:
** There's Lizalfos with the ability to spit balls of Ice at Link. Fittingly, Link mostly finds them at the top of mountains or other snowy areas.
** There's Lizalfos with the ability to spit balls of ice at Link. Fittingly, Link mostly finds them at the top of mountains or other snowy areas.
** Divine Beast Vah Ruta uses ice objects it creates to attack Link and Sidon. {{spoiler|As it turns out, this was Waterblight Ganon's power all along, since it uses its ability again when Link fights it directly}}.
** Divine Beast Vah Ruta uses ice objects it creates to attack Link and Sidon. {{spoiler|As it turns out, this was Waterblight Ganon's power all along, since it uses its ability again when Link fights it directly}}.
* [[And 99 Cents]]: Kilton's wares are priced in this manner.
* [[And 99 Cents]]: Kilton's wares are priced in this manner.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 0, but Calamity Ganon wants to make it Class 4, if not even worse.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 0, but Calamity Ganon wants to make it Class 4, if not even worse.
** [[Apocalypse Not]]: The individual towns of Hyrule seems to be managing okay - for now - despite the disaster.
** [[Apocalypse Not]]: The individual towns of Hyrule seems to be managing okay - for now - despite the disaster. However, they're few and far between, and it's clear looking at the various ruins laying around that Hyrule's nowhere near as prosperous as it once was.
* [[Baby Got Back]]: Zelda has a ''big'' butt, and the tight pants she wears are incredibly flattering.
* [[Back from the Dead]]:
* [[Back from the Dead]]:
** Implied by the name of the shrine where Link was sleeping, “Shrine of Resurrection”, though Purah affirms he was only seriously wounded, averting the trope.
** Implied by the name of the shrine where Link was sleeping, “Shrine of Resurrection”, though Purah affirms he was only seriously wounded, averting the trope.
** During the Blood Moon, Ganon resurrects enemies slain by Link so they can try to kill him again.
** During the Blood Moon, Calamity Ganon resurrects enemies slain by Link so they can try to kill him again.
* [[Badass Princess]]: Zelda has fit the Trope before, but this is, without a doubt, the most badass version yet. She's been ''fighting Ganon nonstop'' for the past 100 years!
* [[Badass Princess]]: Zelda has fit the Trope before, but this is, without a doubt, the most badass version yet. She's been ''fighting Ganon nonstop'' for the past 100 years!
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: The moon turns red when Calamity Ganon's power rises to its peak. During that time, known as "Blood Moon", the enemies who Link have slain are raised from the dead to fight for Ganon, between other nasty side effects.
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: The moon turns red when Calamity Ganon's power rises to its peak. During that time, known as "Blood Moon", the enemies who Link have slain are raised from the dead to fight for Ganon, between other nasty side effects.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: All Gerudo show off their bellies, whether they're [[Hot Amazon|young and attractive]] or [[Fan Disservice|old and withered]]. Link can also get in on this by [[Disguised in Drag|by wearing a Gerudo outfit to infiltrate Gerudo Town]].
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Urbosa's midriff is exposed, along the remaining of her abdomen.
* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: Keese, pests who appear at night, sometimes in large swarms. Electric, fiery, and icy versions exist too.
* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: Keese, bats with one gigantic eye that appear at night, sometimes in large swarms. Electric, fiery, and icy versions exist too.
* [[Blob Monster]]: Chuchus, blue blobs with yellow eyes. Also come in Electric, fiery, and icy versions.
* [[Blob Monster]]: Chuchus, blue blobs with yellow eyes. Also come in Electric, fiery, and icy versions.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: To a cartoonish level: if Link kills a normal animal, the animal puffs and turns into a piece of meat.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: To a cartoonish level: if Link kills a normal animal, the animal puffs and turns into a piece of meat.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]:
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]:
**Shooting arrows to a monster's head inflicts more damage than what they normally deal.
** Shooting arrows to a monster's head inflicts more damage than what they normally deal.
**And this is usually fatal to animals.
** And this is usually fatal to animals.
* [[Breakable Weapons]]: One of the game's selling points is that nearly every weapon and shield that you collect will eventually shatter after an certain number of uses (and even immediately in some cases, for example if a shield is subjected to a more powerful attack than it can withstand).
* [[Breakable Weapons]]: One of the game's selling points is that nearly every weapon and shield that you collect will eventually shatter after an certain number of uses (and even immediately in some cases, for example if a shield is subjected to a more powerful attack than it can withstand).
* [[Bullet Time]]:
* [[Bullet Time]]:
**Drawing your bow while you're in the air will slow down time to a snail's pace so you can easily aim your arrows. This will quickly drain your stamina, though.
** Drawing your bow while you're in the air will slow down time to a snail's pace so you can easily aim your arrows. This will quickly drain your stamina, though.
**An similar effect occurs when you dodge an enemy's attack at the right moment, enabling you to hit your opponent multiple times in the span of a few seconds.
** An similar effect occurs when you dodge an enemy's attack at the right moment, enabling you to hit your opponent multiple times in the span of a few seconds.
* [[Came Back Strong]]: Slay a whole village of Bokoblins, Moblins, or Lizalfos, and when the Blood Moon respawns them, one of a group might be the stronger, silver type. This can happen to Lynels too.
* [[Came Back Strong]]: Slay an entire camp's worth of Bokoblins, Moblins, or Lizalfos, and when the Blood Moon respawns them, one of a group might be the stronger, silver type. This can happen to Lynels too.
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: Link has to go all way back to the beginning of a path towards a shrine if he damages the flowers surrounding it. Even if the damage happens accidentally, like while fighting an enemy.
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: Link has to go all way back to the beginning of a path towards a certain shrine if he damages the flowers surrounding it. Even if the damage happens accidentally, like while fighting an enemy.
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]: Played straight, despite the generally increased realism compared to previous Zelda games.
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]: Played straight, despite the generally increased realism compared to previous Zelda games.
* [[Charged Attack]]: The Guardian in the Soh Kofi Shrine has as last resort strategy a charged attack that leads to it to fire four consecutive laser beams on Link.
* [[Charged Attack]]: The Guardian in the Soh Kofi Shrine has as last resort strategy a charged attack that leads to it to fire four consecutive laser beams on Link.
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* [[Dem Bones]]: The Stalkoblin, Stalizalfos and Stalmoblin are reanimated corpses (of a Bokoblin, Lizalfos and Moblin respectively) made entirely of bone, without one piece of flesh visible. There's also the Stalnox, which are undead Hinoxes.
* [[Dem Bones]]: The Stalkoblin, Stalizalfos and Stalmoblin are reanimated corpses (of a Bokoblin, Lizalfos and Moblin respectively) made entirely of bone, without one piece of flesh visible. There's also the Stalnox, which are undead Hinoxes.
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: In order to do ''anything'' in Gerudo Town, Link has to dress as a woman, wearing something that looks like a harem girl outfit; he's clearly embarrassed the first time he does it. Oddly, ''several'' Gerudo catch on fast to this disguise - including Princess Riju and her [[Number Two]] - but they still insist it's necessary.
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: In order to do ''anything'' in Gerudo Town, Link has to dress as a woman, wearing something that looks like a harem girl outfit; he's clearly embarrassed the first time he does it. Oddly, ''several'' Gerudo catch on fast to this disguise - including Princess Riju and her [[Number Two]] - but they still insist it's necessary.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Ganon does not even remotely resemble a human in this version. {{spoiler|His first battle form might be more of a [[Humanoid Abomination]] being a large bug-like [[Cyborg]] made out of Guardian parts and other Sheikah Tech, the only trace of the original Ganondorf being his red bearded face. It's revealed that he was trying to reconstruct a physical body before the battle, but all he managed was a half-rotting corpse. Ganon's final form has the title of "Hatred and Malice Incarnate", and truly fits this Trope, with Zelda stating Ganon has given up on trying to reincarnate. At least in the English version, that is. In the original Japanese version, he become this as a ''result'' of [[Gone Horribly Wrong| trying - and failing - to reincarnate himself]].}}
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Calamity Ganon does not even remotely resemble a human in this version. {{spoiler|His first battle form might be more of a [[Humanoid Abomination]] being a large bug-like [[Cyborg]] made out of Guardian parts and other Sheikah Tech, the only trace of the original Ganondorf being his red bearded face. It's revealed that he was trying to reconstruct a physical body before the battle, but all he managed was a half-rotting corpse. Ganon's final form has the title of "Hatred and Malice Incarnate", and truly fits this Trope, with Zelda stating Ganon has given up on trying to reincarnate. At least in the English version, that is. In the original Japanese version, he become this as a ''result'' of [[Gone Horribly Wrong| trying - and failing - to reincarnate himself]].}}
* [[Exposed to the Elements]]: Again, averted. Link needs warm clothing or magic (or to be carrying a lit torch or have a flame weapon equipped) to survive blizzards and high altitudes, and the colder it is, the more protection he needs. Similarly, surviving the heat of Gerudo Desert during daytime requires cool clothing or magic (or to have an ice weapon equipped), and the hottest temperatures require twice the protection. Oddly, fireproof clothing and elixirs provide no protection from the desert heat.
* [[Exposed to the Elements]]: Again, averted. Link needs warm clothing or magic (or to be carrying a lit torch or have a flame weapon equipped) to survive blizzards and high altitudes, and the colder it is, the more protection he needs. Similarly, surviving the heat of Gerudo Desert during daytime requires cool clothing or magic (or to have an ice weapon equipped), and the hottest temperatures require twice the protection. Oddly, fireproof clothing and elixirs provide no protection from the desert heat.
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Zelda wears them, apparently only because it looks [[Rule of Cool|cool]].
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Zelda wears them, apparently only because it looks [[Rule of Cool|cool]].
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** Pebblits are unhurt by weapons, but Link can pick one up and throw it at other Pebblits.
** Pebblits are unhurt by weapons, but Link can pick one up and throw it at other Pebblits.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Mipha's special ability is to be able to heal wounds with her hands.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Mipha's special ability is to be able to heal wounds with her hands.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: While this is the first Zelda game to have voice actors, Link, as always, remains silent. This is emphasized in one scene where [[Action Girl| Urbosa]] asks him a question, but he does not vocally answer, and she says, [[The Silent Bob| "Yes, your silence speaks volumes."]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]: While this is the first Zelda game to have voice actors, Link, as always, remains silent. This is emphasized in one scene where [[Action Girl| Urbosa]] asks him a question, but he does not vocally answer, and she says, [[The Silent Bob|"Yes, your silence speaks volumes."]]
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: All four of the Champions qualify, each having gained heroic prestige among their own peoples long before meeting Link.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: All four of the Champions qualify, each having gained heroic prestige among their own peoples long before meeting Link.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The easiest way of taking down a Guardian is parrying their attack with a shield, reflecting their energy beam attack back on them.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The easiest way of taking down a Guardian is parrying their attack with a shield, reflecting their energy beam attack back on them.
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* [[Morton's Fork]]: When you meet a traveler who is secretly a Yiga member, he or she asks Link a question, and the player has to give one out of two answers. Doesn't really matter, however, as both answers result in the Yiga attacking Link. In one case, the Yiga offers to sell Link his Mighty Bananas; if Link doesn't buy them all, the Yiga gets upset at Link for insulting his wares and attacks him. If Link ''does'' buy all 99 of them, the guy's a little happier, but still attacks Link.
* [[Morton's Fork]]: When you meet a traveler who is secretly a Yiga member, he or she asks Link a question, and the player has to give one out of two answers. Doesn't really matter, however, as both answers result in the Yiga attacking Link. In one case, the Yiga offers to sell Link his Mighty Bananas; if Link doesn't buy them all, the Yiga gets upset at Link for insulting his wares and attacks him. If Link ''does'' buy all 99 of them, the guy's a little happier, but still attacks Link.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: In a game that isn't that sexual, Urbosa walks around using a scarf as a skirt and using only small breastplates to cover her torso. Without mentioning the high heels.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: In a game that isn't that sexual, Urbosa walks around using a scarf as a skirt and using only small breastplates to cover her torso. Without mentioning the high heels.
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: The evil Yiga Clan are decent fighters, but their obsession with bananas and over-the-top buffoon of a leader may lead you into thinking that they are just comical foes like the Bokoblins. {{spoiler| But then you learn about Dorian's backstory as a former Yiga Clan member. The Yiga Clan, in response to his defection, killed his wife and now threaten to kill his children if he does not give up information about Link and Kakariko Village. Even when he complies to their wishes, the clan members decide to execute him for outliving his usefulness, and would have succeeded if Link had not intervened. Despite their goofy demeanor, they are still a ruthless and murderous cult carrying out Ganon's will.}}
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: The evil Yiga Clan are decent fighters, but their obsession with bananas and over-the-top buffoon of a leader may lead you into thinking that they are just comical foes like the Bokoblins. {{spoiler|But then you learn about Dorian's backstory as a former Yiga Clan member. The Yiga Clan, in response to his defection, killed his wife and now threaten to kill his children if he does not give up information about Link and Kakariko Village. Even when he complies to their wishes, the clan members decide to execute him for outliving his usefulness, and would have succeeded if Link had not intervened. Despite their goofy demeanor, they are still a ruthless and murderous cult carrying out Calamity Ganon's will.}}
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Ganon, even more so than before. He's like a giant spider-demon [[Made of Evil| covered with black pus]] and a face that's [[Body Horror| a horribly deformed parody of Ganondorf's]]. Hard to mistake him this time for anything but evil.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Calamity Ganon, even more so than before. He's a massive swirling mass of magenta/black energy that ''vaguely'' looks like a demonic boar, and his physical body is that of a rotten corpse-like mess of robotics and Malice. Hard to mistake him for anything but evil.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Purah has the looks and the size of a preteen thanks to an experiment [[Gone Horribly Right]].
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Purah has the looks and the size of a small child thanks to an experiment [[Gone Horribly Right]].
* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]: Sheikah Towers glow orange until Link activates them with his Sheikah Slate, then they turn blue. Shrines have three states: All orange to start with; then when opened by Link's Sheikah Slate, the base turns blue while the tip stays orange; finally, the tip turns blue when completed.
* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]: Sheikah Towers glow orange until Link activates them with his Sheikah Slate, then they turn blue. Shrines have three states: All orange to start with; then when opened by Link's Sheikah Slate, the base turns blue while the tip stays orange; finally, the tip turns blue when completed.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Sidon swings his arm, smile, and his teeth shine. From the time you first meet him until Link has to go inside Vah Ruta, he probably already did that 12 times.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Sidon swings his arm, smile, and his teeth shine. From the time you first meet him until Link has to go inside Vah Ruta, he probably already did that 12 times.
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** Thunderblight Ganon is a lightning-themed boss.
** Thunderblight Ganon is a lightning-themed boss.
* [[Starfish Robots]]: The Guardians have six legs and cephalopod-like heads.
* [[Starfish Robots]]: The Guardians have six legs and cephalopod-like heads.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Link's ability to swim is handled rather realistically; he can swim as long as his stamina wheel holds out. However, he can swim just as well in plate armor as he can in a regular shirt and trousers. It's different for monsters: Bokoblins and undead enemies swim about as well as anchors, and it's relatively easy to defeat a group of them by luring them into water. The same goes for Guardians, but if you defeat them that way, you lose the loot they drop, which is often the biggest reason to fight them. Lizalfos, however, can swim like fish and often ambush Link from water.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Link's ability to swim is handled rather realistically; he can swim as long as his stamina wheel holds out. However, he can swim just as well in plate armor as he can in a regular shirt and trousers. It's different for monsters: Bokoblins and undead enemies swim about as well as anchors, and it's relatively easy to defeat a group of them by luring them into water. The same goes for Guardians, but if you defeat them that way, you lose the loot they drop, which is often the biggest reason to fight them. Lizalfos, however, can swim like fish and often ambush Link from water.
* [[Token Loli]]: Riju, the preteen Gerudo queen and the youngest successor to the original Champions of Hyrule.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: The evil Yiga Clan ''really'' likes Mighty Bananas; Link can use them [[Delicious Distraction| to distract members]] while [[Stealth-Based Mission| infiltrating their hideout.]] {{spoiler|Monk Maz Koshia - the [[Bonus Boss]] of the Champions Ballad DLC - loves them too, but unlike the Yiga, the distraction trick only works on him ''once''.}}
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: The evil Yiga Clan ''really'' likes Mighty Bananas; Link can use them [[Delicious Distraction| to distract members]] while [[Stealth-Based Mission| infiltrating their hideout.]] {{spoiler|Monk Maz Koshia - the [[Bonus Boss]] of the Champions Ballad DLC - loves them too, but unlike the Yiga, the distraction trick only works on him ''once''.}}
** A journal you find in the ruins of Hyrule Castle library states that Zelda's favorite dessert is fruitcake, and also has the recipe.
** A journal you find in the ruins of Hyrule Castle library states that Zelda's favorite dessert is fruitcake, and also has the recipe.
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** An NPC will give you 500 rupees if you agree to meeting a Great Fairy and making an offering in his place. Nothing is stopping you from ignoring the request and just keeping the money for yourself, though doing so does deprive you of a means of further upgrading your armour.
** An NPC will give you 500 rupees if you agree to meeting a Great Fairy and making an offering in his place. Nothing is stopping you from ignoring the request and just keeping the money for yourself, though doing so does deprive you of a means of further upgrading your armour.
** When you find an NPC looking over the edge of one of the towers, you have the option of having Link sneak up behind him and shout, "BOO!" (Don't worry, he doesn't fall.)
** When you find an NPC looking over the edge of one of the towers, you have the option of having Link sneak up behind him and shout, "BOO!" (Don't worry, he doesn't fall.)
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* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Undead foes only come out at night, unable to stand the sun.
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* [[Wham! Line]]: Practically every time you meet a traveler, and you discover who they belong to Yiga Clan, they drop one. {{spoiler|Because they are a clan of ninja assassins whose whole purpose is killing Link, and after dropping the line they attack you}}.
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]:
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]:
** Link can use the clubs of Bokoblins he kills, though sometimes you just need to knock the weapon from their hands.
** Link can use the clubs of Bokoblins he kills, though sometimes you just need to knock the weapon from their hands.
** When a pair of Bokoblins is cooking a piece of meat, Link can kill them and take their meat.
** When a pair of Bokoblins is cooking a piece of meat, Link can kill them and take their meat.
** Taken to a literal level with the purple skull chests: you have to kill all the enemies in that area to be able to open it. You can drop a Bokoblin off a cliff but if he somehow survives landing down below, you ''have'' to drop his health to 0 to be able to open the chest.
** Taken to a literal level with the purple skull chests: you have to kill all the enemies in that area to be able to open it. You can drop a Bokoblin off a cliff but if he somehow survives landing down below, you ''have'' to drop his health to 0 to be able to open the chest.
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* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Undead foes only come out at night, unable to stand the sun.
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* [[Wham! Line]]: Practically every time you meet a traveler, and you discover who they belong to Yiga Clan, they drop one. {{spoiler|Because they are a clan of ninja assassins whose whole purpose is killing Link, and after dropping the line they attack you}}.


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