TOTK did something different.
Unlike other Zelda stories where the very last player input is a sword swing into the head of the villian, TOTK let players have emotional closure by letting the final input be to "catch Zelda". Its the moment the story was building up to all along
The Ultimates is *fiction*. It takes place in a world ruled by genocidal thugs, racists, grifters, and billionaire pedophiles who have done away with all but the pretense of democracy.
Can you imagine? In such a place, what choice would the people have but to rise up?