Let’s dive into Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s bonkers ending
In a game like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is designed to encourage wandering off the beaten path, it can be easy to lose the central narrative thread.
Like its predecessor, the sequel drops protagonist Link into a massive world full of Shrines, Korok Seeds, armor sets, iconic weapons, roaming dragons, and Great Fairies. What’s more, there are basically two extra open worlds to explore this time around, and plenty of experimental hijinks to enact along the way. Which is all to say that by the time you finally decide to confront the Demon King Ganondorf, any number of hours may have passed since the last cutscene or crucial plot point.
That’s where we come in. Once you’ve finally completed the “Find Princess Zelda” quest line (or if you don’t care about spoilers), use our explainer below to answer your burning story questions, before reloading your last save and working your way toward 100% completion.
[Ed. note: It may go without saying, but spoilers follow for the end of Tears of the Kingdom.]
Throughout the course of Tears of the Kingdom’s “Regional Phenomena” quest line, Link and his Sage companions witnessed Princess Zelda acting strangely. During Link’s mission to rid the Goron population of its addiction to Marbled Rock Roast, for instance, she was seen commanding Marbled Gohma, the eventual boss of the Fire Temple. Numerous NPCs at stables also recount odd stories of the heir to Hyrule’s throne acting out of character.
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So, is the eponymous character evil? No. Far from it. Toward the end of the “Crisis at Hyrule Castle” quest line, which tasks you with chasing “Zelda” through the deteriorating halls of the iconic abode, an apparition of the Demon King Ganondorf appears and reveals
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