Nintendo pulled back the curtain on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s gameplay on Tuesday to reveal a ton of new ways Link can craft stuff. Mushroom shields. Helicopter rafts. Big, huge sticks. The hero of time is handier than ever and fans are loving it.
What You Should Know About Mario Strikers' Big Free Update
Share SubtitlesOffEnglishShare this VideoFacebookTwitterEmailRedditLinkview videoWhat You Should Know About Mario Striker‘s Big Free Update
Today’s mini-Zelda Direct showed Tears of the Kingdom is doubling down on Breath of the Wild’s incredible toolset to let players create everything from boulder clubs to cars. Link’s new abilities will let him rewind time to fly through the air on big rocks as well as fuse items together to make contraptions both goofy and powerful. The possibilities are clear, and so are the memes:
One of the best parts of Breath of the Wild was all of the emergent techniques, trick shots, and glitchy ways to break the game that devoted players discovered in the months and years following its release. If anything, Tears of the Kingdom looks poised to be even more chaotic. Fans joke about Link taking on Calamity Ganon with some caveman monstrosity made of rocks and twigs but that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Or maybe they’ll find a way to simply ram him with their Green Goblin glider.