The moment has finally arrived that the followers of Legend of Zeldabecause Nintendo just published a few moments ago a new 10 minute gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with which we have been able to see better than ever the brutal look of the new installment of the saga for Nintendo Switch.
Eiji Aonuma, the producer of the series, has been the protagonist of this preview and the one in charge of revealing first of all that the development of the title has finished, so It is already in the gold phase. But let’s get to the important thing, because we have been able to take a look at the magical aspect of the vast world of Hyrule that we will have to explore in this new adventure.
Thus we have been able to see that the world is somewhat different from the one we already knew in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, especially due to the appearance of the so-called celestial islands, some floating islands that can be seen everywhere. Thanks to one of Link’s new abilities, such as the recoilwe can use it to get on objects that fall from those areas and make them return to the place they came from in order to reach the skies.
Trees appear on the islands that cannot be seen anywhere else, just like certain structures, but they are not peaceful places, because golems, a new type of enemy, inhabit them. As it happened in the previous game, Link must collect weapons that he finds to fight or opt for another of his new abilities: the combination.
Thanks to it, he is able to merge objects, such as a branch and a rock, to turn both into a kind of hammer and, incidentally, give them new effects. And it seems that this can be done with all kinds of items, so you’ll have to use your imagination well to unleash all kinds of most useful tools.
Even so, not all the combinations will be for weapons and combat, since elements of the environment can also be used to go from one place to another. For example, picking up giant logs to create a raft and moving or placing them in a certain way thanks to another new ability for Link called Ultra Hand.
Without a doubt, we will have to hit the coconut well to use everything in the environment in our favor. And there will not be everything, because Link’s fourth new ability will offer us a new level of exploration. This one in particular is about the infiltration and it will allow our hero to cross the roofs without any problem and appear on the other side, in order to reach higher places, regardless of its thickness.
Finally, Aonuma himself has ensured that this is only a small part of the new mechanics and innovations that have been introduced, but what is clear is that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will provide us with unforgettable moments, whether on earth or in the skies of Hyrule, when the May 12without forgetting that a new model of Nintendo Switch OLED dedicated to this great game will arrive a few days before.
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