The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom acquired a brand new prolonged gameplay video at this time, and it revealed a lot of Hyperlink’s new skills. He can now fuse objects collectively to create weapons and autos, in addition to rewind objects and ascend via ceilings.
Whereas Tears of the Kingdom was first revealed again in June 2019, we didn’t even know the sport’s official identify till final September, nor did we see a lot gameplay earlier than the Nintendo Direct in February. As such, this gameplay showcase was actually our first true deep dive into the sport and its options. Whereas most of the core mechanics and open-world setup are considerably paying homage to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (weapon degradation is returning), some key variations do stand out, particularly Hyperlink’s means to fuse objects.
Throughout the video, collection producer Eiji Aonuma revealed this characteristic by including a rock to a follow create a extra highly effective hammer. He went on to indicate many different examples, like including a pitchfork to a follow make a longer-range attacking weapon, including totally different parts to arrows as a way to create arrows that may house in on or freeze enemies, and including a mushroom to a protect to create a cloud of fuel that Hyperlink can conceal in when hit. This not solely seems like a intelligent strategy to counter weapon degradation, however cracks open an entire lot of gameplay potentialities for individuals to experiment with.
That sentiment grew to become doubly true when Aonuma revealed that gamers may mix Fuse and one other means known as Ultrahand to construct autos. The video reveals Aonuma fuse a number of logs and a fan collectively to make a ship that may get Hyperlink throughout a lake. He additionally confirmed that that is how the autos that we noticed in February’s trailer got here collectively. “On this recreation, you are able to do quite a lot of issues simply by interested by what’s potential,” Aonuma says.
Whereas Fuse is the largest new gameplay draw of Tears of the Kingdom, this video additionally did affirm a few different new skills. These embody Recall, which permits gamers to rewind time on sure objects. The gameplay showcase confirmed Hyperlink discovering a bit of rock that fell from the sky, standing on it, and rewinding time to achieve the sky islands above Hyrule.
Ascend is one other new device too that gamers can use to get via ceilings blocking their path whereas exploring the world. Aonuma additionally confirmed that the event of Tears of the Kingdom is full, so we don’t have to fret about any extra delays.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be launched completely for Nintendo Change on Could 12. It is going to be the primary Nintendo-published recreation for Change to value $70.
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