Johnny vs. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 

And now. The many names that Johnny called the Master Sword Link to the Past: The blade of evil's bane Ocarina of Time: The blade that gets sh*t done Wind Waker: The blade that f*cking matters Twilight Princess: The blade that tips 20% Skyward Sword:The blade that, wow... took a while to get this time Link Between Worlds: The blade that, once again, gets sh*t done Breath of the Wild: The blade that, OMG, is trying to kill me! Age of Calamity: The blade that no longer needs a recharge period.

"...its crazy, but a ton of fun when you can think outside the box. or fuck it, use the box." best line of the video.

10:17 "A ton of fun when you can think outside the box, or fuck it use the box" Johnny 2017.

"No place I couldn't reach, no temperature I couldn't bare, and no mountain I couldn't climb" Inspirational quote of the day.

Loved the Sonic 06 rock launch reference, brilliant.

Revali (the bird guy) is literally just Falco; a bird who is cocky, arrogant, competitive, and trying to one-up his partner at every turn. I couldn't stop blurting out Falco quotes while i was playing. "Are you gonna listen to that monkey?!"

"Fi, come on. There's a 95% chance you're taking a nap." lol

Fi: I'm sorry, Master. But I have existed as this weapon for what literally feels like what most might call "F O R E V E R" and I'm not quite the sword I used to be. So please understand if I need to take a ten minute break every now and then. Link:.................Fine...

Calls the game Zelda, plays as Link. 0/10

Remember when people thought this Link was a girl? So much has changed.

i love that sonic 06 review reference ! ROCK LAUNCH

ROCK LAUNCH, HEAUH!!!!

I want Johnny to review the CD-I Zelda games.

"See that mountain?" Dood

18:14 OMG I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought it'd be funny to make Gerudo-Link hold 2 melons XD Took like 5 snapshots of that sillyness.

12:32 Great Frostblade *Inventory is full*

I feel this game was the opposite of Skyward Sword. SS was linear that focused on character development and dungeons, BotW was made to be open but less on the characters and actual dungeons

Worth noting that in other translations, including (I think) the original japanese, the reason he's so silent is actually closer to an anxiety thing bordering on pathological instead of him just intentionally playing strong silent type.

I kind of understand why Link is still silent. It definitely made a few cutscenes feel awkward or clunky. But here's the thing. If Link has always been an avatar for the player, then ANY depiction that gives him too much personality would alienate some chunk of the fanbase, who doesn't imagine him to BE that way. By keeping him silent and only showcasing his most universal traits, he can still be that avatar for every player. I mean, I didn't feel any less like Gordon Freeman just because of his name, y'know?

7:40-7:58 I could imagine them doing something similar to Jak 2 in that regard, essentially having some event in the game that literally just BREAKS him, after trying so hard to keep up the stoic demeanour.

Legend of zelda: Her damn ass

>when Johnny doesn't even do a 40+ minute review for even Breath of the Wild I HURT MYSELF TODAY

19:20 killed me!

If Link would have talked, Breath of the Wild would be the most hated in the series. I'm sure of that.

That Sonic 06 rock launch joke returns

I don’t mind that Link was mute, but I really wish he was more expressive, the way he was in Wind Waker

Man 19:29 aged like MILK 😂

That problem you mentioned about Link remaining a mute while everyone talks to him is the same issue I have with Samus in Metroid Prime 3. It's just so odd seeing all these characters refer to you by name and talking plot important details...while you just stand there and nod your head. Sure they react to shit but I think they're both missed opportunities for character-building.

Lets just put it together for Johnny, this is a damn big game and he did this for us. Fuck ya John

It's a shame Zelda and Horizon Zero Dawn had to be released days apart from one another. They're both amazing games in their own right

I gotta agree with you 100% about this Link's portrayal, or lack thereof. The whole supposed in-story reason for itultimately comes off more like an afterthought to sloppily fix an oversight. After years of Links becoming notably more personable and expressive in the narrative and indeed more of a character and less of a simple avatar of the player, this game's Link felt like he took a few steps ack in that regard, at least for the main story cutscenes and the like. I WILL give some of the in-game tidbits points in its defense though, where he has several expressive animations that show what I would presume is his real personality outside of his stoic knight facade from the past (ie certain idle animations) which really paint this Link in a more humorous, kinda dorky light, and I think the narrative would've benefitted showing this side of him a little more in the actual story. Another point I'll give in its defense is is dialogue choices, no doubt they're the most varied and personable pieces of dialogue you can choose for Link to say, which also helps establish something of a character for him/

I had that exact fire sword "duh" moment in the ice block Shrine. Took me a good minute to realize. It's the little things, with this game.

I have sadly yet to play this (waiting til I get a switch for the portability) but I do really love that everything in the game is about the final battle with Ganon. You can go fight him as soon as you're off the plateau (which is a great starting area that works as a microcosm of the main map so well) or you can prepare as much as you want. Beating shrines and dungeons only serves to help you in the final fight. Everything is building to that one fight

15:16 Isn't it nice to be able to laugh after a "meh" sort of day? Thanks, Johnny. :)

”It´s not so much about the story seeing its mostly is completely optional. Rather what you decide to do with your time before you're ready„ thats deep man :P continue giving us life lessons as a guru

I remember once I came across a dungeon that had balls in a pool of water and you're supposed to get one into the hole but the hole was inside a cage. I found out how to open the cage from the top but didn't know how to get the ball inside it. So wanna know what I did? I grabbed a ball, froze it with stasis, and kept attacking it at an angle with arrows to see if I could launch it inside. And in the end, IT FREAKING WORKED. I was so shocked, it took so many attempts, but it got the job done.

To be fair, the Master Sword running out of energy is because in the past it was almost destroyed, and you ended up pulling it up without allowing it to fully repair itself.

Let's be honest here...Who else thought this video would have taken longer to be uploaded? Anyone?

"there's a 95% probability that you're taking a nap." Laughed too hard at that.

18:20 “ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you” This describes botw perfectly.

Waiting for a SomecallmeJohnny video is the reason why I wake up.

16:40 "YEAH EAT IT BITCH" Pretty much everyone's reaction when they did this for the first time haha.

I realise that this video (and game) is over a year old, but I implore anyone who plays this game to turn the HUD off. Getting all that stuff off the screen so it's just your heart meter is strangely satisfying and really open the game up visually. It's more immersive and I personally don't have any problem pausing to look at my map (I find the mini map useless 'cause it's so zoomed in you won't need to see the marker 'cause you'll see the thing right in front of you anyway)

I had a similar firesword-experience when I learned that metal armor/weapons made you a walking lightning rod, interesting how such a subtle thing can be so cool

The percentage meter doesn't count Quests, only stuff on the map like Korok Seeds and Shrines. Korok Seeds alone take up about 75% of the percentage.

I like how John's Twitter is more up to date in notifying a new review than RU-vid's own bell thing. Got it a minute before RU-vid let me know.

Johnny seems like the kinda guy you'd wanna hang out with!

7:56 Agreed 100%. Nintendo needs to once and for all drop the whole “representing the player” aspect of Link and give him a voice and a personality in the next game.

What a breath of fresh air! ChoopStack, I know you'll find this.

BoTW is a very super metroid style game for me, easy to replay due to how quick and easy it is, super fun to challenge run given it's wide variety of options, crazy cool to speedrun and rather fun to experiment how to abuse your movement mechanics in order to get to places you "shouldn't" be yet, only to discover the developers accounted for that anyway. It's like zelda's equivalent to that game.

0:36 'nothings stopping you from going where you want' *Rain*

One reason why Link doesn't talk: "Excuuuuuse me princess"

Johnny really takes my breath away.

13:37 Where is your White Mage now Johnny!? "Evil Laugh"

Request: Johnny vs. Spyro The Dragon

7:40 actually, there's a journal entry you can find that basically outlines that Link has selective mutism, and it's implied to be somewhat due to trauma and anxiety. It's not just him trying not to succumb to the pressures of being a hero or whatever, it's implied to be.... well, more than that. Now, would it have been better if he emoted more in other ways? Yes. Could this explanation have been better explained and implimented while still giving us a sense of who Link, the character, is as a person? Absolutely. But still, it IS just a little more than what you gave it,, and as someone who knows people with selective mutism, it's super cool to see a character acknowledged to have it.

So glad I clicked that bell!

Am I seeing a tough competition of this year's game of the year already? We have this, Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Nier:Automata, Resident Evil 7, not to mention Mario Odyssey, The Last of Us 2 coming later this year.

Johnny this Kingdom Hearts marathon is probably going to be my favorite marathon and I love you for it.

Amazing review/analysis of the game! I'm getting this once more Switch consoles are in stores. The fact they are also adding more content to this game soon is pretty neat, too.

( Has chores to do ) *Sees video* "Nah, they can wait"

I am very looking forward to picking this up once I get a Switch.

you uploaded this the day I finally finished it. the timing could not be better

Johnny... You are just great, your content has evolved, but seems to have never degraded, your points fresh yet consistent, keep up the great work.

Finally ! Time to sit back, relax, drink my Coffee and have the time of my life that I have been waiting for !

Dang it, man! I have comics to make! But now it's time... It's Johnny Time!

Kingdom Hearts *Remembers the needlessly complicated and stupid plotlines, how many times the series lies right to your face about previously established content, and fucking Dream Drop Distance.* HAVE FUN JOHNNY.

I'm glad Link is referred to as Link. And I'm DAMN GLAD he doesn't talk. And his relationship with Zelda is pretty heartwarming.

Trap Link is best Link

About a couple of years ago I showed this video to one of my older cousins and the jokes at 13:37 and 19:27 made him laugh hysterically!

Love your Zelda reviews and wanted to see this to see how BOTW and loved how considerate you are towards people like me who haven't played it and even included a timestamp. Thank you and now subscribed!

"who do you think i am, this man?" *Jirard* fuck outta here 😂😂 i roflmao

Best thing about breath of the wild? The gerudo link threads on 4chan.

Hey i appreciate the spoiler skip johnny, don't have a nintendo console right now but eventually I'll get around to it and this.

I actually really appreciate the story. I personally think the characters, mainly Zelda, are way more fleshed out and developed than almost any other game. Also the Link thing makes him feel more reliable and focused keeping himself together, because he honestly has no choice and has to man up even though he's a mere adolescent. The story is one of desperation and isolation and it nails that perfect. Even though there are towns and other inhabitants, you still feel alone in a post apocalyptic Hyrule. It's a story in which Ganon has succeeded. Meaning Link must redeem himself from failing everybody 100 years ago. It feels sad, urgent, and simply put just magical. Everybody has their own opinion, which I respect. I just thought I'd share mine about the subtle but beautifully crafted story. Thank you for reading. :)

I actually guessed your next marathon and I was laughing my ass off next marathon is going to be a long one John good luck

21:36 Me: JOHNNY IT'S NOT WORTH IT! SAVE YOURSELF!

I seriously could not believe this review is 6 years old. Time really flies when the world goes to shit

I love how Johnny's bringing back old jokes from older videos.

I'm approaching 200hrs on my game, I just recently got all 120shrines and collected all the outfits with upgrades. I have had an amazing amount of fun with this game

The Legend of Zelda: *Pro Skater*

I know the video is a month old, but I wanted to point something out. Johnny says that, since they gave Link a definitive name, he wasn't as much a player avatar this time, so it was a good opportunity to give him a more defined character. I want to counter that by saying Link is entirely meant to be a player avatar, still. That's the entire purpose of the amnesia. You know just as much as he does. He may be called Link, but that's merely the name he went by in his past life. If I recall correctly, you never introduce yourself as "Link", other characters just recognize you or find out you're the legendary hero and call you that. Yes, Link can regain his old memories, but you see them the exact same way he sees them (minus the difference in perspective). What you make of those memories are what he makes of them. What you want to wear is what he wears. What you want to do is what he does. The game's core principle is freedom, and Link reflects that. Now, this doesn't excuse Link being pretty blank in the memories, but it's the reason he's pretty blank during the actual game.

16:35 Thank you, Johnny, for reminding me of the shield bash. Now I'm no longer afraid of the guardians and that one hit kill laser. The first time I saw one, I was on the outskirts of Hyrule Castle, trying to climb Central Tower... I had inadvertently awakened a Hinox, and then the guardian shot me... I had been deathly afraid of them ever since, until I remembered the shield bash.

The amount of places you can travel in this game is fantastic plus the calm soundtrack as I'm riding epona through hyrule. This game is amazing!

Kingdom Fucking Hearts. And people think MGS is overly complicated.

After your done with this marathon, do a marathon with the Lego Dimensions reviewing all the packs that includes the Sonic lego pack and more!!!!

All your Zelda reviews are always the best so much details👍

I'm definitely looking forward to your opinion on tears of the Kingdom, when you eventually get to that game, Johnny

I love urs vids!!! just subbed^^

I disagree on Zelda. I'd call her the best written character in the franchise. Her relationships with the case, struggles she goes through (both big and small,) are all handled in a very realistic manner, which makes her my favorite incarnation of Zelda by far. She's not just a damsel in distress, she's not just a close friend of Link's, she actually has a fair bit of character depth, and through all the flashbacks she actually have a fairly believable character arc. Plus it's a nice change of pace. A Zelda that isn't out of commission and offscreen for the vast majority of the game (Skyward Sword Zelda was nice, but she's barely around,) and the other iterations have even less screentime unfortunately for the most part, it was always nice to come across a flashback and learn something new about her, that she's actually kind of a geek, seeing how she *doesn't* just have the special Triforce power from the get go, and her struggles and pressures to awaken it before Calamity Ganon's return because it's her destiny. Honestly the only other Zelda I'd consider a close contender with this one in terms of character quality is Spirit Tracks (and that's because she has a lot of screentime.) I will agree it's a bit of a missed opportunity with the four champions, an extra cutscene or two with each of them would have been welcomed.

Ooh, goodness, a new marathon that will probably take you the REST OF THIS YEAR

I did all but 2 shrines before doing the Divine Beasts and those last two required you to complete the nearby DIvine Beast in order to access them. 1 was the Sand Seal Racing and the other was the Rito one that requires you to have the Rito kids singing and you using a Korok Leaf to send air through the rocks causing them to play music notes.

I think the fact that you played it "however you want" is the reason I see more problems with it than you. That and we are much farther from the launch now. I will never understand the claim that "the world is big and there is stuff to do everywhere". Just go to any snow region and try to say the same. There are a whole of 4 minigames in the entire game, all side quests give nothing but rupees or food, the food system is broken as all you will ever need are 1 hearty item to heal all the way or 1 endera food to recharge your stamina all the way, the divine beasts don't really take advantage of their element (they all shoot a laser, why not say have Medo kill all the flying guardians or something more theme based and useful), while the weapon system encourages experimentation nearly all weapons function in only 3 ways (short, long, and spear. Boomerangs are both and there are 3 wand types but break fast so they are basically useless), I like the more toon design but I feel they kinda washed out the color with fog and blur (something modders noticed and made the clarity mod), nearly half the shrines are the same fight, you have a radar but can't detect koroks with it (DLC doesn't count that should have been an update, not charged content), horses are faster than you but since you have to be close to call them they are useless (is it so hard to pull the wistle spawn mechanic? Nope, paid DLC), etc. For everything I give this game credit I have to take one away too. For someone who only tried the game, I'd understand why you like it, to someone that saw the whole shebang, I don't understand how you could say the same. There are huge areas of basically nothing. Yes there is a plant that I could harvest but I also know I already found a better place to farm that. Need hearty food, there is a ranch in the middle of the map next to a forest. That place is full of them. Need endera food, there is a forest for those on Satori Mountain. If you were already there, just teleport away and come back, it all respawns except the enemies. Why do every side quest for rupees when the bowling game in the north gives 200 rupees for something that takes 5 seconds? That gives more than most and even is short. Or you could just keep respawning glow stones in Zora's domain which sell for 50 each and each vain drops 2. It's these little things that really add up in the end. Yes BotW is the most "open" and "free" game, but that doesn't mean that is really a benefit. Just like no regulation can break an economy no restrictions breaks the challenge. Why bother getting the master sword if most weapons end game have higher DPS and you can just double them with ice attacks? Why bother with electric weapons if they don't double the damage of the next swing like ice weapons? You see what I mean? Ever time I try and find something to give BotW I have to sin it as well. I like the upgrade system, but it ends up being tedious as some cloths needs a ridiculous amount or rare materials you didn't think you'd need ie grinding. The worst would be any hero outfit needing dragon parts which take an eternity to farm and can only be gotten by camping till a certain time, waiting for them to spawn, chase the part, then camp again. That's not fun. It would be better if it was like SS's upgrades where you tended to have what you needed by the time you got there, but since BotW has no hand holding they had no idea what was hard and what was easy to get. I like the game, I really do, but going beyond "try it" makes this game show it's weaknesses. If you are that person that wants all the heart pieces in other Zelda games, this one is gonna hurt. I went through it all again in master mode and somehow I found even more problems there than before. While I go back to every Zelda game multiple times, I don't think I can force myself to replay BotW. Replaying from the start feels really off in this game and the adventure isn't really fun after seeing everything. The thrill is experience the world, but I've already seen everything, nothing else to see.

The one thing Skyward Sword truly had going for it above the other games was the story. I loved Zelda, and watching Link be so expressive and watching the two interact were my favorite moments. This Zelda was dynamic, but Link was so static that it just became a missed opportunity on Nintendo's part. Anything we discovered about Link was through diaries of off hand comments, whereas I wish we'd been more involved in watching Link learn what has happened to his world and rebuild the relationships with people around him. I felt like we'd reverted back to TP's Link who barely expressed any emotions, which was disappointing for me. Story also should have more to it. I know it was hard to combine open world with plot line, but it's not impossible and the memories element was cool but not enough for me.

The _Back to the Future_ reference @ 19:15 is perfect. I too was shocked when all saw my overall percentage once I finished _Breath of the Wild_ for the first time.

No way I am skipping your great intro, even if I do get spoiled!

Yeh I agree about Link. If Link is now a defined character and not your avatar to be named as you please he should become his own character with his own voice and personality

Mah boi?

Hey Johnny, like to offer an idea for a future video. So like at the end of this video ya know how you narrated your actual play experience with Beath of the Wild? That was my favorite part of this video because you're really good at summarizing things that you did amd played in a both funny and interesting manner. You did it in your Minecraft video and i loved it and was really happy when i saw it again here. Do you think it'd be possible to do a full vidoe like that?

Good review man, I feel I had the same feeling towards this game as you do, amazing game but a hand full of gripes. I sure hope the next Zelda game builds on this game though and gives it a better story and deeper dungeons.