Last night’s Nintendo Direct gave us what might well be our final look at Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before the game finally arrives. It’s a fascinating trailer, and what’s most fascinating, perhaps, is the way it raises so many questions.
We got together this morning to work out what we all made of it. Here are some of our thoughts. What do you reckon?
What does it all MEAN!?
I’m equal parts disappointed that we didn’t get a deep dive into what Tears of the Kingdom IS exactly, and elated that it’s still keeping secrets. There were teases of new mechanics, powers, areas, a darker tone, and Ganon even got a voice – but what does the full package look like? What’s it like to play the sequel to one of the best games ever made? Show me!
Then I think of all the theories I’ve spent days of my life getting sucked into, and I’m happy we just got another tease. Will smarter fans than me finally translate the Zonai language? Was there even new Zonai words in this trailer? Is Zelda playable? What other unused Breath of the Wild concepts have creeped into the sequel? As good as I think Tears of the Kingdom is going to be, it’s never going to live up to the extraordinary hype surrounding it (has any game?), so maybe it’s a good thing we still know very little about it three months before release.
I don’t know what a slice of proper gameplay looks like just yet, but that’s okay. I can extend those days of watching theory videos to weeks now. It’s almost as good as playing a new Zelda game…almost.
Sequels sure love moons!
“Rise, rise my servants!” says the deep voice of…Ganondorf? The blood moon rises and enemies fall like meteors from a darkened sky. This latest trailer for Tears of the Kingdom is hinting at a welcome darker tone that I cannot wait to experience. Sequels love moons I guess.