The February 2023 Nintendo Direct lastly dropped the largest trailer to this point, whereas we STILL have NO clue what the sport is definitely about, they a minimum of confirmed far more of Hyrule on this trailer than another trailer to this point. So, let’s return shot by shot, and break down the whole lot we see right here within the upcoming Tears of the Kingdom.
The primary photographs begin off pretty sluggish, solely exhibiting us a pair new issues. This angle going through Demise Mountain from Mabe prairie exhibits extra spiral patterns on the bottom that we’ve seen in earlier trailers. The lightning additionally has a slight inexperienced tinge, normally lightning has a extra of an off white-ish shade in Breath of the Wild so this will not be a standard thunderstorm. All through the trailer there are dozens of examples of unusual boulders, piles of malice, and new buildings that repeat themselves, so I gained’t go an excessive amount of into it since we already know the land of Hyrule has modified fairly a bit.
The army coaching camp subsequent to Korok forest, with out the Sheikah tower, is now infested with the brand new longhorn bokoblins, and a brand new flying enemy kind seen in a earlier trailer as properly. Beforehand considered Kargaroks, these appear to be solely new enemies. Since they appear to be plentiful in Hyrule by the quantity of occasions they present up on this trailer, they’re more likely to be our new frequent annoyance whereas touring downwards or upwards, and we’ll possible get into a number of aerial fight with them.
The realm between Tabantha and Hebra vary is proven subsequent, with two shining towers hooked up with spotlights. We additionally get a more in-depth look of a circling storm surrounding Hebra Peak. With one other floor design seen once more from earlier trailers, the aim for all of those nonetheless goes unexplained. Do be mindful these tower’s shapes and colours although, as a result of you will notice them once more later within the video. One factor to level out is that Vah Medoh is lacking from its perch right here above Rito Village, and we nonetheless don’t know what occurred to the Divine Beasts.
It begins to select up a bit right here, as we get to see some unusual floor formations which might be fully distinctive from Breath of the Wild. Moreover this sq. platform right here, and the bottom image from the earlier shot, you possibly can see this construction North of Gisa Crater sitting on prime of Cuho Mountain with a middle and sections that jut out in several instructions. That is attention-grabbing as a result of that is the biggest new construction we’ve seen on the bottom flooring to date.
That is when it begins to get attention-grabbing. With each trailer underground exploration grew to become teased an increasing number of, and now it’s a confirmed actuality. On this shot we see a Longhorn Bokoblin with a backpack and rock hammer chipping away at an everyday ore. Whereas we will’t see upwards to substantiate the cavern ceiling, you possibly can just about affirm it from the background audio right here, which has reverb to match its cave setting, which might be a brand new addition audio clever since even Breath of the Wild’s underground location didn’t account for this sort of audio. It’s also possible to see Longhorn Lilzalfos outfitted with throwing spears and Lizal Bows, and lined in rising malice, possible all empowered by the brand new villain. There are additionally new po ols of malice that line the bottom as properly. Moreover the brand new vegetation and alien wanting timber within the background, blue hearth dots the bottom to the correct facet. These will-o-wisp kind fires might probably be Poe, however are extra possible one thing seen earlier than in Twilight Princess, souls as seen within the Twilight Realm. We’ve got seen a number of Twilight references together with Skyward references in earlier trailers, so we’ll see how this all connects.
