Whenever I think about Link from the Legend of Zelda series, I instinctively picture him holding the Master Sword. I’m sure you do too. Link’s most famous weapon, with its indigo hilt and Triforce-etched steel, is undoubtedly the most iconic video game sword of all time. I mean, the Master Sword is so metal that Link needs to pull the thing out of a dragon’s head in Tears of the Kingdom. It’s the perfect blade to celebrate on Cool Sword Day, our most sacred of holidays.

But I’m not going to do that, because real ones know that the Master Sword is for chumps. Been there, swung that! It’s high time that we give some flowers to the actual best weapon in Link’s arsenal: the goddamn Biggoron’s Sword.

First introduced in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Biggoron’s Sword is a comically large, two-handed weapon that has appeared only a handful of times over the past three decades. It doesn’t have the iconic design of the Master Sword or its cultural cachet, but it doesn’t need either of those things — it’s a big honking sword for big honking boys. This is the kind of shit you use to cut a cake at a........

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