Nintendo designed Link as a voiceless protagonist. Zelda, on the other hand, speaks every time you encounter her. She contributes to Breath of the Wild with an amazing vocal performance, and she benefits every one of her games with great dialogue and personality. Link acquires magic; Zelda is born with magic. When Link wields magic, he requires particular items and magical upgrades. Zelda requires no assistance from gods, items, or Great Fairies like Link. In addition to her recurring powers like possessing Phantoms , Zelda demonstrates unique powers—particularly at the end of Ocarina of Time , where she opens sealed doors and shoots a beam of light at Ganondorf.
In Super Smash Bros. She casts fireballs, teleports, and creates magical daggers made of blue light. Because her magic is innate, Zelda uses magical abilities without a Magic Bar. Your Light Arrows depend on your Magic Bar. Wind Waker continuously provides items that refill the Magic Bar, but reckless players suffer defeat in Ocarina of Time when they lose their Magic. Because of her innate magic, Zelda can use infinite Light Arrows. In Skyward Sword , Nintendo introduced the goddess Hylia.
She sacrificed the rest of her power by transferring her soul into a mortal: Princess Zelda. Zelda embodies the goddess and her memories. Hylia protects the Triforce and determines its owners: she ensures Link acquires the Triforce in Skyward Sword , and only Link and Zelda receive the Triforces of Courage and Wisdom from that point on.
Hylia may have ruined the mystery of the Triforce , but she also gave Zelda a unique ability. Link rarely expresses himself, particularly in his early games. His facial expression never changes until Wind Waker , when he expresses fear, anger, and happiness. It's just a new incarnation of her.
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More College Basket Ball Draft ». View all CBB Sites. More MMA News ». More UFC News ». More Entertainment News ». When Link first draws the weakened Master Sword from its pedestal, its guard is curved into the blade rather than extending outward as it once did; moreover, the gem that rests at the base of the blade is black rather than gold, and the symbol of the Triforce is missing.
As Link awakens the new Sages of Earth and Wind, the Sages return the power to repel evil to the blade: the guard's original position is recovered with the Earth Sage 's prayers, [59] and the gem and the Triforce symbol are restored with the prayers of the Wind Sage. After making his way to the top of the tower, Link, with the help of Princess Zelda , fights against Ganondorf using the Master Sword's power.
To deal the final blow, the young hero thrusts the sacred blade into Ganondorf's forehead, which causes the King of Evil to completely turn into stone. Hyrule is then flooded by the wishes of the King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule , leaving the Master Sword impaled in Ganon's skull as the forgotten kingdom is destroyed by the waves. When Link is permanently turned into a wolf by Zant 's magic , Princess Zelda mentions that the Master Sword is the only relic that can break the curse placed on him.
The Master Sword in this game also allows Link access to other numerous hidden temples later in the game, such as the Temple of Time. When Link goes through the Door of Time in the Sacred Grove, he travels back to when the Temple of Time stood tall and before it fell into ruin. Here, Link can briefly thrust the Master Sword in the Pedestal of Time, making a set of staircases appear that lead to an unexplored area of the temple that serves as one of the game's dungeons.
The sword's initial locations marks a link between A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time , as it resides in the temple's ruins, a place that is notably similar to the sword's resting place in ' A Link to the Past'. The sword is, in comparison with the shield and the overall height of Link, considerably bigger than in the other 3D releases.
Regardless, the general design is consistent throughout them all. The sword is also capable of clearing away the Dark Fog that causes Link to revert back to wolf form. Midna notes that the Sols ' light being transferred to the Master Sword is the work of the gods of the Twilight Realm , and that they too are on Link's side. During the ending credits, the sword is shown resting in its pedestal in the Sacred Grove.
In Skyward Sword , it is revealed that the Master Sword was originally known as the Goddess Sword, which rested in Skyloft , a floating island above the clouds.
After sealing Demise, the goddess Hylia created Fi, an intelligent humanoid spirit who resides in the Sword, and gave it the purpose of assisting her chosen hero throughout his journey. The Sword's appearance also slightly changes, similar to The Wind Waker : the cross-guard extends outwards and turns into a brighter shade of purple, the blade takes on a slight bluish luster, and the gem and the Triforce symbol are restored.
Additionally, if looked at closely when it is in a hilt, or placed in the pedestal in the post-battle cutscenes, the guard forms the shape of a blue Loftwing, with the gem as the beak, and gold detailing as the talons. The Master Sword is used to defeat Demise , whose "residual consciousness" is absorbed into the Master Sword and is sealed away before promising that an incarnation of his hatred would haunt those with the Spirit of the Hero and the blood of the Goddess.
Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations. The Master Sword is the only thing that has the power to break the Barrier surrounding Hyrule Castle, which is necessary for Link to face Yuga atop the Castle, and subsequently travel to Lorule for the first time.
When obtained, it replaced the previously-used Forgotten Sword. When Link collects the remaining two pieces of Master Ore and takes them to the Blacksmith in Lorule, he will upgrade the sword again to the Master Sword Lv3.
This final upgrade of the Master Sword is again twice as powerful, making it eight times as powerful as the Forgotten Sword. It also has a golden blade, making it almost identical to the Golden Sword from the A Link to the Past. The former can be attributed to the Shadow Links being mere shades, [68] [69] but no explanation is given as to why Gramps can wield the sword.
Link is told by Impa and Kass about a previous Hero who wielded the Master Sword ten thousand years prior to the events of Breath of the Wild and sealed Calamity Ganon away within Hyrule Castle using the Sword's power. During Link's first Recovered Memory , " Subdued Ceremony ", the royal speech that Princess Zelda recites states that the Sword is bound to the Hero of Hyrule and always aided him whether " skyward bound ", adrift in time , or steeped in the glowing embers of twilight.
After Zelda awakens her sealing power to save Link from a Guardian Stalker , Link collapses in exhaustion. During his journey, Link hears some rumors about the Master Sword's location and in order for him to obtain it, [ citation needed ] he must reach the entrance of the Lost Woods. The Master Sword rests on its pedestal at the center of Korok Forest and is revealed to Link that if a person who is deemed weak attempts to draw the Master Sword from the pedestal, they would surely lose their life.
The Master Sword has a base strength of 30 damage; however, its holy power is awakened in the presence of evil. While Link is inside a Dungeon or near Guardians or Malice , the blade glows with a blue aura.
In this state, the Master Sword's power is doubled to Unlike all other Weapons , it runs out of energy temporarily after a certain amount of uses instead of breaking. It is unusable in this state and will regain its energy after ten minutes.
While in the awakened state, the Master Sword's energy lasts much longer, enduring approximately 11, damage before needing to recharge. Also unlike most other weapons, the Master Sword cannot be thrown. Instead, it can fire a Sword Beam when the 'R' button is held and released if Link has full health.
The Beam inflicts 10 damage on enemies and the range is increased by the total amount of Heart Containers Link has obtained.
Firing a Sword Beam will also slightly reduce the Master Sword's durability. The Sword Beam appears and functions like the Skyward Strike from Skyward Sword , with Link sending off a blue disc of energy from the Master Sword after charging it in the air.
After completing the Trial of the Sword from the first DLC pack, the Master Sword will be awakened permanently and using the Sword Beam will no longer affect its durability.
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as more information becomes available. Until the release of Skyward Sword , the origin of the Master Sword was never seen and only alluded to in what could be considered legends that were corrupted by oral tradition; mistranslations from Japanese have further clouded the facts. For instance, according to the English manual of A Link to the Past , after Ganon entered the Golden Land and obtained the Triforce , the people of Hyrule forged a Sword resistant to magic, which could even repulse powers granted by the Triforce.
Skyward Sword , which takes place at the beginning of the Zelda Timeline , reveals the complete origin of the Master Sword, revealing that it was forged into its well-known current form from being the Goddess Sword created by the goddess Hylia. The ending of A Link to the Past claims that the Master Sword "sleeps again, forever" after Link places it back in its shrine in the Lost Woods, but A Link Between Worlds , set after this game, shows Link once again taking up the Master Sword, indicating that this line was merely metaphorical.
During previous weeks, a Soldier blocks the entrance to its resting place. The Master Sword is the most powerful Sword in the game. When at full health, it can shoot Sword Beams. In the A Link to the Past comic by Shotaro Ishinomori , Sahasrahla's Wife elaborates on part of the Master Sword's history: she tells of ancient scrolls that speak of the prosperous people who once inhabited the land of Hyrule.
According to the scrolls, they made many powerful weapons, including the ultimate treasure, the Master Sword, crafted specifically to resist evil power and which now rests in the Lost Woods. After acquiring the three Pendants of Virtue, Link heads out to the Lost Woods and retrieves the legendary weapon out of its pedestal. Link, now confident with the power of the Master Sword, heads out to battle Agahnim atop Hyrule Castle.
Sahasrahla contacts Link and tells him not to trust all his power in the Master Sword, for even the legendary blade cannot harm Agahnim's body. Link also uses the Master Sword to battle against Ganon, which he uses to stun the King of Thieves while Zelda delivers the final blow with the Silver Arrow.
The comic's final scene shows the Master Sword overgrown by foliage as it sleeps, waiting for a new bearer when disaster befalls Hyrule again. In Super Smash Bros. The Master Sword as it appeared in Ocarina of Time is a randomly unlockable item in the game's lottery, and is listed as a small furniture under Group B. It can also be obtained as a Trophy. Since it is Link's most familiar sword, the Master Sword in conjunction with the Hylian Shield is considered to be Link's most balanced weapon.
The Subspace Emissary shows a cutscene where Link pulls out the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time in the middle of a forest when he is first introduced. The Master Sword appears in Nintendo Land as well. It is one of the prizes that can be won using the coins at the game on the top of the central tower located in the middle of the plaza.
Upon touching the prize in the plaza using the touch screen or simply jumping into it, Monita will comment on it. Touching the three crystals that appear before the Master Sword activates the dash panel ramp which allows drivers to go through and perform a trick. It performs similarly to Link's Hylian Sword moveset, although with a base attack power of , being much more powerful than most obtainable Swords.
It also performs a wider and faster Spin Attack combo than the other Swords. It is of the Light element. Unlike other weapons, the Master Sword is one-of-a-kind and multiples cannot be obtained from weapon drops. The Evil's Bane Skill increases the Master Sword's base attack power by and, in Hyrule Warriors , also unlocks the Legendary seal for other Warriors' weapons that have that Skill available. In Hyrule Warriors Legends and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition , the Exorcism Skill unlocks the Legendary seal and also increases the Master Sword's base power by an additional points, bringing the total to In the Legend Mode Scenarios, after obtaining the Sword, Link becomes cocky and overconfident in his abilities.
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