Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Switch) - Final Boss & Ending 

I was very impressed with how Demise’s personality was written. Yes he is the Demon King hellbent on world domination and curses Zelda and Link for all time, but he also carries himself with dignity and a warriors pride. Even when he first meets Link he doesn’t immediately talk shit, rather he has a calm and respectful conversation with him and is genuinely impressed by Links’s bravery. He even goes so far to have a one on one showdown with him away from Links’s friends or any other distractions. Makes me wonder if Demise is a fallen hero since he wields what can only be described as a corrupted Master Sword.

The duality of man: Being annoyed whenever Fi speaks, and being heartbroken when Fi leaves.

I love how incredibly polite Demise is even if he rants about being the best thing in the world and telling Link he'll die. He invites Link to this place and tells him that he takes his time, he'll wait. And in 10:42 he could've easily attacked Link while Link's sword was in the floor yet he waits that Link pulls it out. What a gentleman.

10 years after and the words "Thank you, Master Link. May we meet again in another life..." Still makes cry like the first time.

Zelda: “Impa come with us!” Impa: “nope but we’ll meet again.” **Zelda sees old Impa and is happy again** Old Impa: See? Told u. **immediately dies**

You gotta admire Ghirahim’s loyalty to his master… even though Demise doesn’t show the least bit of gratitude for all the work his minion has done for him, and immediately forces his spirit back into his weapon, Ghirahim just laughs manically, content with the fact his plan succeeded and his master will rule.

_Doesn’t feel Final Boss worthy without that Hylian Shield_

3:00 This still is one of the coolest twists of any Zelda game - that just like how Fi is the spirit residing within Link's sword, Girahim was actually the spirit that resides within Demise's sword.

I always loved that Demise praised goddess Hylia saying that her previous for was magnificent. Like he acknowledged her power and tier.

By far one of my favs final battles in the entire Zelda saga. The scenography is espectacular, it really feels like a duel for the destiny.

I love how demise’s sword looks like an evil master sword

I just adore how the word "Incarnation" is blue, classic Zelda style of key text being highlighted. Its placement as the final highlighted word after beating the end boss of the game is so perfect since the player doesn't need any more "important info" after the game is finished. Big ol smile filled my face reading it the first because I knew damn well what it meant

Fi: Master the batteries are-- Link: Shaddup! Ghirahim: Hey master, the batteries are-- Demise: Quiet!

31:30, the moment Groose flys off towards the Lanayru Desert, and thus the Gerudo race is born

I wish there was an amiibo for demise so u could get that SICK sword in botw

Full Walkthrough is coming soon. Depends on how long it will take to upload the whole thing. lol

11:57 gives me chills with just that piece of dialogue

The Zelda Timeline could've just ended there if Link said "No", Demise legally cannot curse you without your consent.

26:13 - 27:28 audio removed because of a random and false copyright claim (not from Nintendo). :(

Ah yes… “Link Vs. Akuma”…

I like how quickly he defeats Demise when I usually like to take my time cause this boss fight isn’t as long but still love it nonetheless🙏

12:24 did anyone else catch that subtle "Heh." and how Impa stared downward when Groose mentioned Grannie? I didn't the first time I played the game but when I did Hero mode 10 years ago I did. Just figured I'd point it out to see who else spotted it. Impa knew what was going to happen. Also to think she spent thousands of years there all by herself, I can't imagine how lonely that must have been.

What's funny is that you can use the Bug-Catching Net to reflect Demise's lightning attacks back at him.

This fight is very easy once you know the mechanics(like pretty much every 3D Zelda) but it's such a memorable spectacle. Spectacle is something this series has always excelled at. I still to this day remember how epic the final fight with Ganon felt in Ocarina, despite the fact that the fight can be trivialized just by rolling through Ganon's legs and smacking his tail.

"thank you, Master Link. may we meet again in another life..." thanks to BOTW, I can't read that line without immediately tearing up.

I cry everytime with this wholesome ending.

Love that Demise's sword hits on Link's shield has tone shifts according to how the music is at that time. Really adds to the dramatics of this fateful battle.

There's so many cool design details on demise that make him almost like sort of evil version of Link that I never noticed before. Aside from the obvious anti-master sword thing going on, things like his scales are mirrored with links chainmail, which I believe was first used in this SS, or how his hair tapers off like links hat as if it were a flaming version of it. He's incredibly respectful to those he thinks deserves it too, he talks about how the goddesses true form was magnificent compared to Zelda, and praises links bravery. Honorable too, creating a pocket dimension specifically for them to fight that's free of distractions but doesn't give himself unfair advantages in it. He wants a fair fight, and considering how he calls it links tomb its honestly a really pretty tomb all things considered. You'd expect someone like demise to make a pocket dimension that looks like something out of dark souls. Too bad he only exists for 15 minutes, would've been a cool antagonist.

This bruh rushed this video so much that he has the tier one goddess shield.

Something about no hylian shield makes me irrationally angry

This is my favorite Zelda ending.... Makes me cry after almost 10 years

That goddamn finishing move, Link drippin on Satan himself

Fun fact: you can play the harp over the credits music with the right joy con :)

There is a theory that Demise came from Lorule. The Lorulean Triforce is upside down and its symbol is engraved in his sword. Because there was no Lorulean Triforce, he invaded the Surface in order to get the Triforce from there.

It speaks to the amazing level of talent that Nintendo employs at their company for art and aesthetic development, when you look back at games from the Wii era like Mario Galaxy and Skyward sword and see just how AMAZING the visuals are with a simple HD upscale to them. These games feel right at home in the HD generation, when the hardware they were originally made for was barely stronger than a Gamecube. Just top tier stuff from their studio talent!

"Thank you Master Link. May we meet again in another life". Of course you will Fi, i'm waiting for you in the botw sequel ❤️

Probably one of the more epic final boss fights in the series

I like how link still has the sword sheath on his back after he puts the master sword in the pedestal

this bossfight gives me shivers every time is so fucking good

Anyone else shed a few tears when link put the master sword in its new pedestal n spoke to fi for the last time 😥

Damn, the added HDness to the second half and the lightning really amps up the thematics of this fight.

i love the reveal that ghirahim was a sword spirit like fi is

This is better than the Nintendo Wii version of Skyward Sword!

Game gets released. Beard Bear: *Best i can do is Final Boss + Ending*

You are the best Skyward Sword player on RU-vid. You have my praise. 😊

JESUS DUDE! The game just came out! It took me a year to unlock the third area!

You truly are the best Skyward Sword player I have seen so far! 😊

It may not be as grandiose as…twilight princess for example, but this fight holds a special place in might heart. Such a cool arena, and I like that he’s able to use the skyward strike too! Side note: Maybe I’m just weird, but the sound effect that plays whenever you land a hit, specifically a spin attack, was always satisfying to my ears. Made me use them more often lol!

11:57 Even though I can’t hear his voice, this dialogue gives me chills just knowing what it means.

I love how being good at parrying lets you absolutely clown on Demise in phase one.

This HD remake is beautiful 😭

You literally made that fight seem so easy, it took my brother a bunch of tries (This was back when it was still on the Wii) God help me when I play it on the Switch

Can we just respect how this guy killed him in 2 minutes while i cant even kill him in 10.

'Sometimes when you upgrade something which is already perfect, you destroy it' Certainly, this can't be applied to SS HD. Nice run btw~

You are the best Skyward Sword player on RU-vid! I am quite impressed.

The music switch at 10:02 always gives me chills, when this goes from a generic swordfight to an epic duel straight out of Highlander.

Ohhh man I just realized Fi and Ghirahim are both living weapons. So Fi is the master sword that mean Ghirihim is the Calamity sword. I mean the both blade have similarity. They both are one handed sword, have wings, master sword have hyrule mark and the the other one have Lorule mark. Can shoot out enery slashes. And yes i call demise sword the the calamity sword. It's sound like a perfect name for it

When Ghirahim floated towards Demise, I thought he was thinking “My body is ready”.

so beautiful amazing thank you

When I was kid I thought we were fighting in Demise's hell and that if we didn't defeated him we will never turn back!!! LIke you kill him or you are lost forever....

There’s a reason people surprisingly enjoyed this boss despite many not liking the rest of the game That reason being this boss was a true test of skill, but also that Demise wasn’t a shit talking douche like so many other villains, he’s pretty respectful, he’s genuinely impressed by Link’s courage and skill Even ending the fight with “Extraordinary, you stand as a paragon of your kind human”

Demise is like England when they were sure to win and link is Italy

Even in HD, this is a nightmare when the joystick doesn’t respond

It's silly how serious and intense his appearance was conceived given the goofy likenesses of every other person in the game

32:00 Link has that “Geez, woman. What are you about to put me through now?” look.

What I find to be crazy about Demise's demeanor in the finale, is the sort of idea that he knew all along that whether or not he won, this was the beginning of the Triforce being bound. Demise's sheer existence due to Ghirahim's actions was a testament of fate. So when he saw link, the part of him that contained memories from Lorule came back, and he immediately knew he was in the presence of the Hylian Triforce, thus binding him to Link and Zelda by fate...forever

Pretty tough boss for me at least, but a good one. And i love Demise's design

that was the cleanest demise fight i witnessed

That was masterful!

13:47 I assume Zelda is crying because she was overwhelmed with gratitude?

I love how short the boss fight is

Wow you made this look really easy, I just got up to the final boss today and died twice.

Thank you! Now I can cry again in HD ;(

It’s surprising that beardbear already beat this game and it just came out (Edit) thank you for 71 likes. This is the most likes any of my comments ever had.

I love how randomly polite Demise is around the 10:45 mark 😂 Just patiently waits 2 seconds for Link to get his sword unstuck

Seeing satoru iwatas name makes me emotional

I remember on Hero's Mode, I got him on the first Final Blow attempt XP

I wonder.. in the new trailer then?

I couldn’t beat demise because my skyward strike would never work so I am so glad that this video exists so i can see the end of this super fun game

This is a cutscene that really would be elevated with voice acting, like the type of stuff Ganonforf was spouting in Totk was incredible with the VA of Matt Mercer.

I just beat skyward sword and watching this makes me realize that I did it the hard way but parrying his three sword strikes then hitting him once in his second phase not knowing I could use the skyward strike

The actual fight was the shortest chapter in this entire video.

So glad I wore headphones while watching the start of this video.

That was awesome!!!

That is amazing ending

Watching link and ganon shooting sword beams at each other is pretty epic i cant wait to get to the boss just a little let down at that boss fight there wasn't much to it

Damn son you made short work of Demise like the rest of the video is the ending and credits 😆

Damn you beat this game hella fast

I just realized something if Ghirahim has the red gem (Power) on his chest, and Fi with the blue gem (Wisdom) wouldn’t there be a green gem for courage?

Im so sad we NEVER got to see demise again.

Skyward Sword HD of course, without a doubt...you did a video WalkThrough on this game!!!!! I love this Zelda game a lot, very much. It's the best after Twilight Princess HD 😎🤩⭐🌟

Got a white screen of death after defeating Demise - twice. Here to watch the final cutscene, but it sure is a bummer!

0:00 Boss Cutscene 9:34 Final Boss: Demise 11:06 Ending 24:10 Credits 30:39 Post-Credits Scene

Botw 2 needs to bring this back 10:15

When ads of the video are longer than the bossfight itself

Awesome

You was bullying him?! I need Skyword Sword HD

I love how dramatic the Demise is, and its a great and challenging final boss... if you come at him unprepared. The first time I wasnt very well equiped and I did struggle a little due to his damage output. The second time I brought with me one of the invincibility potions and once you arent worried about damage the fight lasts seconds

Executive Producer Satoru Iwata Thank you for everything ❤️

I love the wind waker sfx when you hit an enemy