Saddest Zelda Scene

[Twili123prince]

My saddest zelda scene is the third day in mm mask when anju is in her room waiting to die.And mm credits when it shows the deku butler crying at the dead deku(his son)...makes me want to cry.

[Inflexus]

I think the saddest is the end of TP, when Midna leaves to go back to the Twili and doesn't tell Link she loves him, and she breaks the mirror so that they can't interact anymore.

[Y2K3]

Pretty much any cutscene in MM, or, like Inflexus said, the ending of TP. I am leaning more towards MM though.

[El Bagu]

That girl in the ranch (MM) if you do not succeed in helping her and the cows, that is pretty sad too :(

[MrMosley]

TP ending for sure. Bout had to shed a few right there...

[zeypherlink]

When Ezlo gave Link the cap in TMC, and then left forever.

TP ending was happy for me. Finally Midna goes away good!

[Chidori]

... The saddest scene is when Link starts battling Bongo Bongo... [/edit]

[blackice_cc]

When Ezlo gave Link the cap in TMC, and then left forever.

That is definitely the saddest zelda scene yet. I don't know why, but the TP ending didn't seem super sad, but in MM there were a lot of sad parts. I suppose that's because the most characters die in it compared to any other zelda game.

[Hello]

Ya, MM was really sad. Afterall, if you waited until the end of the third day, the whole place is destroyed!

[Midna]

TP ending for sure. Bout had to shed a few right there...

I thought that scene was the saddist when I first saw it, but after seeing it the second time, I noticed that Midna's last words to link are "see you latter...''; which is nice because it leaves hope that she meant to return

[Chidori]

I hope Midna never returns... Ever... Good thing I doubt she ever will. =)

But really. I don't have a saddest scene in Zelda. I always think of Zelda as a game that's fun to play, never really gave 2 cents about the story. Metal Gear Solid's is far superior.

[Inflexus]

I hope Midna never returns... Ever... Good thing I doubt she ever will. =)

But really. I don't have a saddest scene in Zelda. I always think of Zelda as a game that's fun to play, never really gave 2 cents about the story. Metal Gear Solid's is far superior.


Metal Gear doesn't have any really sad scenes, though. I think it has very frustrating scenes or awesome scenes, but I wasn't saddened by it.

Granted, Tingle's first appearance was the saddest scene, it would haunt the series for generations.

[Shadow Goris]

LOL

The saddest scene is when you wearing the FD mask in MM while There's the cutscene where the happy mask man was shaking you. :P

[Chidori]

Metal Gear doesn't have any really sad scenes, though. I think it has very frustrating scenes or awesome scenes, but I wasn't saddened by it.

Granted, Tingle's first appearance was the saddest scene, it would haunt the series for generations.

...When the hell was I talking about sadness in Metal Gear Solid? I was saying it's story is far superior to any Zelda Game's story.

[zeypherlink]

I have to disagree with you there. While MG's story is awesome, Zelda's is even more awesome.

[blackice_cc]

Well I've never played MGS, but somehow I think I'd like Zelda more. Oh, and Timelag, you might not have been talking about sadness in MGS, but this whole thread is about the saddest scene, just from a different game, so why would you give Inflexus a hard time about it? He was just coming up with his own ideas, not relating them to what you said.

Actually on topic now, I wouldn't want Midna to come back in a later game, because it would ruin the sadness of the ending of TP, even if it wasn't that sad.

[Chidori]

I have to disagree with you there. While MG's story is awesome, Zelda's is even more awesome.

Hmm... I wonder which one you're talking about. I mean, they're all different which creates a huge confusion in the Timeline. Well people have opinions.


Well I've never played MGS, but somehow I think I'd like Zelda more. Oh, and Timelag, you might not have been talking about sadness in MGS, but this whole thread is about the saddest scene, just from a different game, so why would you give Inflexus a hard time about it? He was just coming up with his own ideas, not relating them to what you said.

No, I brought Metal Gear up as a sideline of my post about me liking it better than Zelda's story. It has nothing to do with Zelda whatsoever.

Now, I'll definitely get banned if I keep trolling so for here I'll say... Um... The saddest Zelda scene is ACTUALLY... The cut scene where Link puts the Zora Mask on...

[zeypherlink]

What's your definition of sad...?

[Chidori]

What's your definition of sad...?

I find it funny how I got the exact same question from Mases in the ShoutBox... I just say it because when Link screams, it sort of resembles sadness in a way...? Well it had to be something like that, I haven't found not 1 Zelda ending sad.

[Brandon]

If the question was about the saddest overall game, MM would win hands down since it has more really sad scenes than I care to count, but I think the single saddest Zelda scene is the ending of Link's Awakening. Throughout the entire game Link is told by the nightmares that if the windfish awakens the world will disappear. At the end of the game when you see different characters and elements of the world you've been exploring for so long disappear forever, it is really sad, especially knowing that Link is the reason it's all gone. Kudos to nintendo for creating such a touching scene with 8 bit graphics.

[tingle-rocks]

mm in all it is probbobly the sadest video game ever (as well as having one of the best storys and gameplay of all time) espesilly when the moon is goona fall and loads of pepole just wait
p.s mm is the best game ever

[MajoraKing12]

My saddest zelda scene is the third day in mm mask when anju is in her room waiting to die.And mm credits when it shows the deku butler crying at the dead deku(his son)...makes me want to cry.

i haven't got there yet but that sounds really sad.the saddest scene for me is at the end of twilight princess when link see the top of minda's head thing and then gandorf crush's it. and i also have to say when minda goes back to the twilight relm and then she breaks the mirror so they can't see each other again!

[Onilink89]

as most of you, my saddest scene would also be in MM but not the ending.
my saddesest scene would be the cutscene after you play the song of healing to heal darmani's soul to obtain the goron mask.

the cool thing about MM it has rather a dark storyline with grief and despair.
so many people has their own problems and not to forget that the moon is gonna crash in 3 days. thats one huge key factor for me why that makes MM unique.

[linkman8]

I agree with you there, Oni. MM did have either some dark themes or some sad themes involved, for example with Darmani, or with Mikau. Mikau could never play in his band ever again because he died, so with both of them, they leave unfinished business in the world. Unfinished business, by the way, we have to do. It's almost like the masks are their ghosts..

[Onilink89]

I agree with you there, Oni. MM did have either some dark themes or some sad themes involved, for example with Darmani, or with Mikau. Mikau could never play in his band ever again because he died, so with both of them, they leave unfinished business in the world. Unfinished business, by the way, we have to do. It's almost like the masks are their ghosts..

Lol, ironicly i laughed at the part with mikau, with his "Aaaaauw, Baby, YAY!" song.
The game itself is cool that you get involved with the problems of the people.

the whole ranch sidequest was also one of the things that was sad.
romani want to protect cows.
sister doesn 't believe romani.
cows get kidnapped by aliens along with romani.
romani lost her memory and sister feels guilty.
too late for sister.

[Glided Sword]

The Twilight Princess ending, the Minish Cap Ending, and the Ocarina of Time, ending.

[chrisbg99]

I think MM's is full of rather melancholy moments since it impossible to resolve all stories at once and you see a lot of character out of them.

How about Link's Awakening's ending? The end result of victory is erasing an island full of people from existence even if they are nothing but the Wind Fish's dream. The Ballad of the Windfish itself is a pretty sad sounding song to.

[small link]

I agree that MM was a very sad game (and awesome at that) and the ending of TP was sad too. but I think one of the saddest parts is when Link first leaves the forest in ocarina of time. Saria looked so sad!

[Hylian Hobbit]

MM had lots of sad parts. I can't really think of which part I found the saddest though.
The ending of TP was kinda sad the first time as well.

[Mike Pothier]

Majora's Mask wasn't just sad, it was downright depressing. The ending where Kafai and Anju are killed by the moon is a real downer.

I found Twilight Princess' ending much sadder, and not in a depressing way. The idea of losing a friend forever has always been one of my biggest fears, so its ending really got to me.

[Mastersworddude]

I think in MM if u don't use the song of time, Link just blows away and dies.

[Mike Pothier]

IIRC, he is saved at the last second by the Happy Mask Salesman, who scolds him and sends him back to the first day.

[small link]

I found Twilight Princess' ending much sadder, and not in a depressing way. The idea of losing a friend forever has always been one of my biggest fears, so its ending really got to me.


I wish I could play TP but it's at my dad's house. But yah I would probably would end up crying at the end of it :cry:

[Josh]

Contrary to most people, I didn't really get much from the ending of Twilight Princess. Didn't really seem that sad. Maybe I was too damn happy about how Ganondorf died. ^_^

If I had to say one, I would probably say some random scene I can't remember in Majora's Mask. I haven't come across too many things that made me sad, except for like that whole Game. D:

[OCDays]

Most of the endings seem pretty sad, not really in a horribly sad way, it just seems sorta empty. Link never really gets much out of it, just has to live his life like nothing happened, no recognition or anything, make an heir, so there will be another Link to save everyone when things get bad, again.

[blackice_cc]

Most of the endings seem pretty sad, not really in a horribly sad way, it just seems sorta empty. Link never really gets much out of it, just has to live his life like nothing happened, no recognition or anything, make an heir, so there will be another Link to save everyone when things get bad, again.

Hmmm..... I don't think that type of ending is specifically sad, it's sort of like the hero has defeated the evil in the land, and he's laying his sword down for a peaceful life. He hopefully doesn't have to keep fighting evil people to achieve happiness. I think the saddest endings are when someone (A friend of Link's usually) is leaving for good. Such as, in TP, MC, and to an extent, LA. But that's just my opinion.

[Skull_Kid]

La's ending is pretty sad... Everyone in the isle disappears forever(maybe wind fish and marin didn't...)

[Midna666]

When Link kills everyone by waking up the Windfish in Link's Awakening.Poor Marin.

[kpllk]

... The saddest scene is when Link starts battling Bongo Bongo... [/edit]

How is that sad? It's just a hard fight because you keep bouncing up in the air.

[Midna666]

How about when Midna destroys the mirror,to make sure that the light and twilight worlds won't mix again.And she has to leave as well.

[Midna666]

The end of Wind Waker is sad when the king decides to stay and die with Hyrule.

[xandar]

The saddest scene ever was when Optimus Prime died and passed on leadership to Hot Rod.
No wait, Zelda? I think the saddest for me was probably the end of Ocarina of Time because it's personally my favorite game and it kind of hit me hard when it was over. As for the saddest scene from a nonpersonal standpoint which just sees it as a scene, I think the saddest was not the end of Twilight Princess, but rather somewhere around the middle where Zelda gave up her life for Midna. This was kind of a bugger because Zelda has always been the character Link should have fallen in love with but never did, and now how could she? She was dead. That hit me pretty hard 'cause I'm the kind of person who can get slightly emotionally attached to a video game or TV series or whatever. Such was the same when Optimus Prime died. I really did cry when Optimus Prime died. And when I saw that movie for the first time, I was like fifteen. I'd seen every other episode of most of the serieses.... Seriesi. Series? Whatever the plural of series is.... Anyway, back to Zelda, I think that was the most traumatizing to a true nerd like myself.

[Petman1325]

I would have to say in OoT, when Naubru gets kidnapped, then you fight her without realizing it. It isn't sad, but it's messed up.

[Kitsu]

Maybe I'm just strange but, I found the saddest Zelda scene also one of the most ironic ones. It's the scene in Majora's Mask where you go to the ranch house on the third day and everyone is crying and paranoid about the moon falling.
But, when you talk to Anju, she says "I waited for him...but..He.never came, oh well.." Talk about depressing!
But here's the irony, if you go back to the stock pot inn at midnight, you can watch Kafei there, doing the same thing. Ironic, and sad.

[Skull_Kid]

The whole Anju/Kafei sidestory is a bit sad... In the manga is even more sad, cause skull kid transformed Kafei into a child 2 days before the wedding or so...

[Kybyrian]

Probably somewhere in Majora's Mask. Most likely the same thing as what Kitsu referred to. It was pretty depressing to say the least.

[Claire]

The saddest scene in any Zelda game is the ending. :(

[Chris]

The saddest scene in Zelda was at the end of Oot, where Link leaves Zelda in the future to go back to the past where he belonged.

[Zarom]

The saddest scene would surely be the end of TP, when Midna goes into the mirror and break it. Also when the moon fall on Termina and that everybody just die, that's sad too. :(

[Shadsie]

My OoT sad scene -

The whole ending. Link does all that work and Zelda tells him she wants to reverse time and make everything like it never happened. Sure, the evil never happening is a good thing, but it also erases Link and all he's done from everyone's memories. (Now that I think about it, it almost reminds me of the ending of Serial Experiments Lain in a way - and both series have a "Navi!" ) Speaking of Navi, as well, she up and leaves him... the kid's been waiting his whole life to have a fairy companion and after the adventure is over, he doesn't get to keep her.

MM sad scenes -

Kafei and Anju, finally together, awaiting immenent doom from the falling moon. They tell you to leave and save yourself, but they're going to face the dawn together.

The scene I vaguely remember involving the end of the Mikau-quest... At the end, you see a vision of Mikau entering his personal heaven, playing with his band one last time...

(Now, both of these, for me, are bittersweet because they actually have some goodness to them. Kafei and Anju got to be together again, and Mikau found his peace, so while heart-getting, they aren't entirely sad for me).


TP sad scene -

The one eveyone said... the end, where Midna breaks the mirror for the sake of protecting her people - never to see her friends (and possible love)? again.

[basement24]

In TP, I didn't actually find the Midna mirror breaking scene as sad as I found the scene where Link left Ordon.

I thought it was more heart-wrenching to see him being called for work without Fado knowing Link isn't home, followed by Ilia watching Link ride off on Epona for destinations unknown. I suppose it's possible he might just be off for another adventure, but I took it to be that he's decided that he can't go back to the simple life after what he's experienced, and he just up and left without telling anyone other than Ilia to make the farewell less painful.

I think it adds to the scene that when he's shown leaving, the traditional music associated with Link and the adventures of the overworld is played in a sadly proud way.

[Rheks]

I didn't find any scenes in Zelda sad.
I think I remember when I was really young and I saw my sister complete OoT, I cried at the ending.

[Zeruda]

Oh god, the scene where Anju and Kafei hold each other while the world around them is crumbling.... freakin' a. I mean, wedding bells should have rang for them, but no, just death bells symbolizing their unity only in the afterlife. That tore me apart. I seriously cried. That was.... probably one of the most moving scenes in the entire series.

I also found the end of OoT sad, but more bittersweet than anything. It seemed to me that they cared for each other, but Zelda had to return Link to his own time. Pretty sad. But, he does go back to meet her again, so that's pretty nice. I did think it was a little sad to see Mido sulking over what appeared to be the loss of Saria.

OH, now that I think about it, meeting Saria as a sage. "We'll be friends forever.... won't we?" was pretty sad to me. Saria already had feelings for Link, but due to her eternal youth and destiny to be a sage, they could never be anything more than best friends. Saria's little "friends forever" thing was pretty sad to me, because it seemed that deep down, she knew that destiny would keep them apart.

[Shadsie]

On my first playthrough of TP, I misinterpreted the end-scene. I was sure that it was showing Link *riding back* to Ordon... I thought Fado was calling up to the treehouse, wondering "Link, are you HOME yet?" and Ilia was awaiting his return.

Then, on the second playthrough, I got a good look at the woods he was riding through, and it looked like he was riding away, leaving.

So, I don't really know *how* to interpret it!

(Now, if you're a Link x Midna shipper like I am and are thinking "He's off to bust his hump on some quixotic quest to try to find a way back into the Twilight Realm" then Midna's end scene is double-sad).

After all, his predecessor went off on a personal quest to find "an invaluable friend," leading him into another adventure, so who knows?


Yeah, the Kafei and Anju thing... I don't think I've ever cried over anything in a Zelda game, but that seriously almost made me cry. I seem to remember my eyes getting a little misty - it *did* get me.

I probably would have been like that over the Midna mirror scene if I *hadn't read freaking spoilers online!* first.

[Bob Majinki]

Without a doubt, Wind Waker had the best sad scenes, ones that actually aroused emotions.

Seeing your grandmother in a depressed trance, and the end of the game.

[Vash03]

TP ending for sure. Bout had to shed a few right there...


LOLOLOL...Man.. I love you.. you're so funny... Man Love That Is.... Erm.. >.> I agree though... but I didn't cry.. Or Feel Like It... THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY EYE OKAY...

[Ver-go-a-go-go]

LOLOLOL...Man.. I love you.. you're so funny... Man Love That Is.... Erm.. >.> I agree though... but I didn't cry.. Or Feel Like It... THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY EYE OKAY...

I'll be the first one to tell you I don't play Zelda for the story and certainly not so that I actually get to a point where I genuinely care about the in game characters. To this day, only one game has made me feel that way, and it wasn't a Zelda game. But, having said that, I do feel that the TP ending is the closest I've ever gotten to actually caring about the in game characters. Up until that point, yeah I liked them, but I didn't cry in Midna's Desperate Hour or anything. But, when I saw that last scene, knowing that the game was completely over after that, I felt kind of....... eh, I can't describe it. It was kind of like a "Wow, I can't believe they'd do that...... and in such a cinematic way too......". Did I feel sorry for Link and Midna right then and there? I have no idea, because when I played through the scene again, the feeling had already disappeared.

To tell the truth, I'm hoping the next Zelda Wii can somehow take that tiny but of "compassion" that this scene brought to me and would magnify to where someday I would maybe cry a tiny but or tear up because of what happened to the characters.

[Chrono]

I would go for the Anju/Kafei experience from Majora's Mask. That entire sequence of the game was just very eerie and sad. Basically everyone just waiting for death...now that is quite dark for a Zelda game.

[MalonMaverick11]

Its just me, but i was sad in OoT right after Link saves Saria from the Forest Temple and she says that its destiny for her and Link to not live in the same world (That was paraphrased).

There were a lot of parts in MM that i thought were sad. Including: Anju and Kafei's quest, the butler's son, the death of Miku, Lulu because her eggs were stolen, pamela the poor little girl in the music box house always makes me sad because she had to take care of her disfigured father. The baby goron and his dad make me sad because the baby misses his dad and he's crying.

Basically, MM is a really twisted, depressing game. But i like it!

[x-Link-x]

Lets see, I think sad scenes are everywhere, they add that certain charm to the game, either way lets start listing them.

Ocarina of Time:
-The scene when Link crosses the bridge to leave the forest for the first time and Saria is there waiting for him to say 'goodbye.' That scene broke my heart to the point that I didn't want to leave the forest anymore. I would be one of the saddest things ever if you were planning to leave only to have your best friend stand at the doorway to say 'goodbye' to you, specially if you don't know whether or not you're going to see them again.

No other scenes come to mind as sad, really.

Majora's Mask:
-The scene when Kafei and Anju hold each other right before the end of the world, that always broke my heart. Love is such an odd thing isn't it. That's be a sweet way to go, I'd say.

-Pamela and her Father. The entire scene was sad and heart warming at the same time. Shows unconditional love, the type that loves you even though you're a dangerous monster who can easily kill you if they got a hold of you.

-At the start when The Skull Kid is hugging him self for warmth, I found that to be a tad sad. He was left alone after playing tricks and such he has no other choice, tis a sad scene.

-When Mikau dies! Oh my, he gave it his all to sing that last song as a request for help from Link. I found that to be heart breaking really. Made me wnat to get through the stage faster. Thank god I only had to go through it once.

That's all that comes to mind for Majora's Mask.

Wind Waker:
-The scene when Link goes to get the sheild from his grandmother's place. She already has it and understands why Link has to leave. Man that scene made me wanna stick around the island a slong as I could. Plus the music playing gave the scene such a gloomy feeling.

-At the end when King Hyrule had to stand behind even after helping Link and the Princess. The way Link reached down for him and the way he reached up for Link to later put his hand down again broke my heart.

Moving to the next game.

Twilight Princess
-The end when Midna breaks the mirror, of course that's one of the saddest scenes I've seen in a Zelda game, specially because you can see that she doesn't want to leave Link behind she wnated to see him again. It was so heart breaking even though I didn't like her that much, that scene made me warm up to her a bit more.

-The scene when the Zora Queen talks to you. I have no idea why but this scene broke my heart. To think I'd have to be the one to deliver the news to the boy. That's just plain out sad for me.

If I can thinks of more then I'll add them. <3

[UsayEldaZay]

The end of Tp.
I thought it was a joke, honestly.
That Link or Zelda would find some way to fix the mirror or something and everything would be alright. It was just sad. Because when you play a videogame till the end, you get attached to it's characters. Or at least I do.
And yes, this scene made me cry. More so the fact that I had beaten the game. The sense of achievement and that it was one of my favorite games ever, made me choke up more than anything. Still, it was a sad scene anyways.

[fredthehylian]

OoT end. I liked Navi's shoutings. They weren't annoying. They were breaking up the silence in the not so adventuresome parts of the game. They shouted sidequest. They yelled direction. They-- Okay I'm sounding like an idiot. I missed Navi just as Link did. The only thing I would've done different was get another horse besides epona, then give it back to Malon saying that she might be developing alzheimer's because she already forgot what "your dear, beloved Epona" looks like.

[Halo siera 117]

I'd have to say the opening scene for Alttp, it just so dreary and sad!

[ergman]

I think the scene in MM where link finds the scull kids drawing is the sadest. But zelda in genaral usualy is sad