The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Tears of the Kingdom’s finale may give Wind Waker a run for its money, but the GameCube game’s final fight against Ganondorf still stands out as one of the best moments in the series’ history. Link and Zelda fight alongside each other as they face Ganondorf in a flooded Hyrule. It’s a visually striking scene, and it also is one of the best uses of Wind Waker’s silky smooth combat, as Ganondorf meets every strike and swing of your sword with one of his own. I’ll pull from my original write-up in best Zelda boss fights to really sell it:
“The entire fight is a literal washing away of the past that has plagued these heroes through multiple reincarnation cycles. Though Breath of the Wild has since made that sentiment a little fuzzier, Wind Waker’s final battle still sells the notion with a dramatic vigor, elevated by a stellar fight.” — Kenneth Shepard
