An Ending/Finale Zelda game.

Now, you probably read the title and came here to rage because you thought I was suggesting that the Zelda franchise should end. No.

What I'm suggesting is that, for another unique Zelda game, there should be a final end to one of the timelines: one that's so dramatic, it will blow us all away.

To me, this would be perfect, as there has been 25 years of Zelda so far, and it could be an extra celebration. (Or we could wait until the 50 year anniversary, but I'm impatient.) The story could involve either a new super-villain with powers beyond any other, which could mean that Link may have to work with a past villain in order to defeat it. On the other hand, maybe the revival of an old, ancient villain may bring the downfall of Hyrule? (I'm hoping for Demise.)

Anyway, the story should involve many various characters, all with important roles, awesome locations, awesome items and most importantly, Link and Zelda finally falling in love at the end. Maybe Hyrule could be destroyed at the end, leaving Link & Zelda to search for a new land? (Oh wait, that's Wind Waker.)

Either way, I'm hoping for a super dramatic plot and a closing to one of the timelines. Some of you might think this has already been done with the Wind Waker trilogy leading up to Spirit Tracks, but Spirit Tracks didn't provide a sufficient end.

I'm not saying that this means the end of Zelda, as many different prequels can be made, filling in other parts of the story, and they always have another timeline to play with. So what do you think? Should there be a grand finale?

About the whole wind waker thing, it would have been perfect until PH has been released, that ruined all, wind waker was a perfect ending.

But if we are having a "gran finale" of one of the timelines this should be the downfall timeline.

After all, this timelines naame is: "the downfall of hyrule and the last hero", I'm really curious to know why this Link is the last hero.

So, yes a sequel of zelda II as ending finale would be awesome

How's about this...

A massive successive trilogy of games that marks the end of the AT. We've already implied that the world has nearly been destroyed, so we'll play up on the 'all or nothing' aspect as far as it will go. Demise and Malladus pool their powers and attack reality with a horde of demons, and only one hero can stop them...

Explosions! Action! Violence! T ratings! Massive legions of phantoms steamrolling through hordes of demons! Cities slaughtered and razed! The return of the Sheikah and the Lokomos! Every great artifact ever made being used in a last-ditch attempt to save the world!

And then, at the end of the trilogy, a battered and bruised Link steps down from a mountain of dead enemies, fierce deity mask on, the Master Sword in one hand and the four sword in the other. He divides into four, and each of the three new Links takes either the phantom, Lokomos, or Biggoron's sword.

He steps up to Ganon, who has become a conduit for both demon kings...

And the trilogy ends, cutting to the credits.

Originally Posted by Ningan the Lone Ninja

To me, this would be perfect, as there has been 25 years of Zelda so far, and it could be an extra celebration. (Or we could wait until the 50 year anniversary, but I'm impatient.) The story could involve either a new super-villain with powers beyond any other, which could mean that Link may have to work with a past villain in order to defeat it. On the other hand, maybe the revival of an old, ancient villain may bring the downfall of Hyrule? (I'm hoping for Demise.)

This would be a cool idea. I'm not sure how it will work though. :p

Anyway, the story should involve many various characters, all with important roles, awesome locations, awesome items and most importantly, Link and Zelda finally falling in love at the end. Maybe Hyrule could be destroyed at the end, leaving Link & Zelda to search for a new land? (Oh wait, that's Wind Waker.)

There doesn't need to be any "love" at the end of the game to create a great ending. That's only to feed the minds of some of the imaginations of fans. :p I'm happy enough even to see Link walk off somewhere ended by a black screen.

Either way, I'm hoping for a super dramatic plot and a closing to one of the timelines. Some of you might think this has already been done with the Wind Waker trilogy leading up to Spirit Tracks, but Spirit Tracks didn't provide a sufficient end.

Wasn't Spirit Tracks based on another era not relating to the Hero of Winds?

I'm not saying that this means the end of Zelda, as many different prequels can be made, filling in other parts of the story, and they always have another timeline to play with. So what do you think? Should there be a grand finale?

I'm not sure what to think about in this matter.




Most of the Zelda games have had fantastic endings that only makes the players think of what might happen after the visuals and credits stop rolling. So I guess it's all up to the imagination.

Originally Posted by Mister Blak

How's about this...

A massive successive trilogy of games that marks the end of the AT. We've already implied that the world has nearly been destroyed, so we'll play up on the 'all or nothing' aspect as far as it will go. Demise and Malladus pool their powers and attack reality with a horde of demons, and only one hero can stop them...

Explosions! Action! Violence! T ratings! Massive legions of phantoms steamrolling through hordes of demons! Cities slaughtered and razed! The return of the Sheikah and the Lokomos! Every great artifact ever made being used in a last-ditch attempt to save the world!

And then, at the end of the trilogy, a battered and bruised Link steps down from a mountain of dead enemies, fierce deity mask on, the Master Sword in one hand and the four sword in the other. He divides into four, and each of the three new Links takes either the phantom, Lokomos, or Biggoron's sword.

He steps up to Ganon, who has become a conduit for both demon kings...

And the trilogy ends, cutting to the credits.

I'm not sure about the T-rating, but everything else sounds great! Imagine Link being forced to use every single item his ancestors ever used in order to overcome obstacles...then again, imagine the item selection screen.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

There doesn't need to be any "love" at the end of the game to create a great ending. That's only to feed the minds of some of the imaginations of fans. :p I'm happy enough even to see Link walk off somewhere ended by a black screen.

I think it would be a great fan service to add.

Originally Posted by Eternal Legend

Wasn't Spirit Tracks based on another era not relating to the Hero of Winds?

The Hero of Spirits was the descendant of the Hero of Winds, which explains the presence of Niko, Alfonso and paintings of Tetra. Although it was a different story with a different setting, it was still a continuation of Wind Waker. (They eventually discovered a new land, populated it, threatened by evil, etc.)

Originally Posted by Ningan the Lone Ninja

I'm not sure about the T-rating, but everything else sounds great! :d Imagine Link being forced to use every single item his ancestors ever used in order to overcome obstacles...then again, imagine the item selection screen.

The T rating is important- it allows us to cram the game full of action, epic cutscenes, and heavily implied (read: 'reported, but not seen') horrific acts. I'm not after sex, drugs and rock and roll swearing in my Zelda game, but I AM after epicness.

As for EVERY item... I was thinking more along the lines of the most powerful ones, especially he titular/pivotal ones such as the Ocarina of Time and the Staff of Ages. A trilogy would be especially great, as it would allow lots of lovely character development.

Originally Posted by Mister Blak

The T rating is important- it allows us to cram the game full of action, epic cutscenes, and heavily implied (read: 'reported, but not seen') horrific acts. I'm not after sex, drugs and rock and roll swearing in my Zelda game, but I AM after epicness.

I understand what you mean, but we could easily achieve it in an E-rated game. (Or 7+ in the UK.) Here, Skyward Sword was rated 12+, and although I didn't see what made it so, I'm glad that it was exclusive to my age group-we can truly appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Mister Blak

As for EVERY item... I was thinking more along the lines of the most powerful ones, especially he titular/pivotal ones such as the Ocarina of Time and the Staff of Ages. A trilogy would be especially great, as it would allow lots of lovely character development.

Oh wow, I've been waiting for the return of the Ocarina of Time for years! Nobody really knows what happened to it after Majora's Mask. Imagine if they brought back the Dominion Rod, or the Beetle, or the Hover Boots! Awesomeness!

Ill tell you guys what would be the most action packed Zelda!!!!!
A title set between Four swords and Ocarina of Time during the Unification War!!!!
I don't often say this word much as I hate its overuse but that game would truly be "Epic" *Cringes*

Originally Posted by The Dude

Ill tell you guys what would be the most action packed Zelda!!!!!
A title set between Four swords and Ocarina of Time during the Unification War!!!!
I don't often say this word much as I hate its overuse but that game would truly be "Epic" *Cringes*

A big war is certainly a important ingredient for true epicness. On the epic fiction scale, war ranks with explosions, witty one-liners and asskickery in the top four most epic ingredients. With these, the epic epicosity will truly be... EPIC!

I can hear the cringes from here.

Originally Posted by Mister Blak

A big war is certainly a important ingredient for true epicness. On the epic fiction scale, war ranks with explosions, witty one-liners and asskickery in the top four most epic ingredients. With these, the epic epicosity will truly be... EPIC!

I can hear the cringes from here.

Bleurghhh!!!!! *Cringles*

Splosions!!!!!! MOAR SPLOSIONS!!!!

A 'finale' sort of game sounds awesome, but with Aonuma in charge, we're most likely not getting a Zelda game with that much emphasis on story. Gameplay comes first, which means all we're likely to get are more stand-alone Zelda games with no direct in-game connections to previous Zelda games or the series as a whole.

Still, I can't help but wish it could happen. Maybe one day Zelda's emphasis will shift to story, and we'll finally get something like this.

For an ending finale, I would think of an apocalyptic event that threatens to destroy Hyrule, and maybe other lands that we've explored in the series.

In order to give the land(s) a chance for survival, Link and Zelda, would have to sacrifice themselves to finally end the Demise/Gannon(dorf) lineage.
This way all bearers of the Triforce pieces will decease in the end and the Triforce may be returned to the Godesses.
Thus leaving Hyrule and the other lands to the surviving races to govern it without divine or demonic interventions.

Eventually the people of Hyrule would forget about the Triforce and the many adventures of Link(s), will only be remembered as stories, making them true legends.

Originally Posted by DJFoxHound16

For an ending finale, I would think of an apocalyptic event that threatens to destroy Hyrule, and maybe other lands that we've explored in the series.

In order to give the land(s) a chance for survival, Link and Zelda, would have to sacrifice themselves to finally end the Demise/Gannon(dorf) lineage.
This way all bearers of the Triforce pieces will decease in the end and the Triforce may be returned to the Godesses.
Thus leaving Hyrule and the other lands to the surviving races to govern it without divine or demonic interventions.

Eventually the people of Hyrule would forget about the Triforce and the many adventures of Link(s), will only be remembered as stories, making them true legends.

Oh wow...I absolutely love this idea! Wouldn't it be awesome if the constant cycle of good/evil ended because of the sacrifice of two people? Then all the trouble and chaos that the Triforce has caused can end, and the Legend of Zelda will be complete!!!

It should come full circle and merge the 3 timelines leading back to the beginning of the series. Maybe the civilization Demise and his army destroyed was a combination of all 3 into one.