Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Overworld Analysis (vs Breath of the Wild)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2022
- How does Tears of the Kingdom's Hyrule surface differ from Breath of the Wild's?
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Man, one trailer and this guys already completed the game twice, got all achievements and twenty lore videos. Legend.
Pfft, no. Zelda games doesn't have achievements.
(I understand you're joking, and so am I.)
@@Abegilr_Dragonrider I think the Golden Poo is one big piece of achievement.
Except I wouldn’t go bragging about it, people might think your crazy. (I would know 💀)
@@RealRomplayer Yep, fitting for the game of the same ilk. Tears will be vastly superior - it actually resembles a Zelda game!
@@netweed09 Oh I see, your uncle works at Nintendo and that's why you already know how the new game will be like!
I'm hoping we get more towns and villages this time around, it always felt great discovering them in the first game
I’d love to have 1) a kinda selmi town 2) bigger Taburasa 3) Hyrule city. Maybe one surprising town aswrll
Don't think that's happening. That kind of thing requires a lot of manpower, a lot of knowledge, and a lot of time; All of which Hyrule currently lacks in spades, especially for the Hylians. Manpower is simple enough; The population simply isn't big enough to construct a full fledged capital in anything less than 10 years. Education is also simple: Most of the kingdom's architects are long dead, and the population is more concerned with basic survival than luxuries like education. Time is also self explanatory; Given that Tears of the Kingdom is set in the exact same Hyrule with near 1 to 1 resemblance to the previous one, it's most likely set less than a year after the events of the previous game, which is not enough time for anything complex. Quite simply, the main issue is that Hyrule simply doesn't have enough time to recover.
Hidden Picori village :0
I doubt we'll get *more*, but I think we'll see some significant changes. From what I've heard, TOTW is set immediately after BOTW, but we don't know what that exactly means - is that literally at the end of the cut scenes after BOTW ends, or weeks, months, or even a few years later? I'd be inclined to believe it isn't immediate, which would mean the malice around the castle would be gone and possibly the effects of the blood moon would be gone (since that's a "refueling of Ganon's power"). To me, that means the residents of Hyrule are safer, and would mean starting or growing families or further expanding towns and cities.
The timeframe is the determining factor, because people *will* be comparing this to BOTW. If it's set a few days later but Gerudo Town expanded its walls, that doesn't make a lot of sense - how could that kind of construction be done in that short of a period? If nothing changes but it's been a few years, it's going to reflect more on the developers and to why nothing has changed during that period.
Either way, I think it'd be a cool idea to see one or two small peaceful encampments of those that no longer wanted to be a part of, say, Rito Village or Kakariko.
@@dougc84 I kinda think it’s a few years later. I could have sworn Zelda’s hair changed and is longer in one trailer vs another.
I think TOTK being about vertical exploration makes a LOT of sense. In all of the trailers, we've seen Link either deep below or high above the land of Hyrule. As you said yourself, it would serve as a great compliment to BOTW's horizontal exploration. I also think this would allow TOTK to utilize climbing and such even further, maybe we'll even get a hook shot or something like it.
Hookshot: The item that tears links arms off, and is the most fun to use!
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@@Zacian2.0 Watch TerminalMontage's video about the Forest Temple in Ocarina of Time to see it in action.
God I hope we can dive and that there are water dungeons and I would love to see some underground exploration ❤️
I think we’re definitely getting a hook shot
Fun tidbit!
The claw shots were originally developed for BotW as some form of reward, but were scrapped due to how OP they were for climbing. If added, I would not be surprised if they had limitations to where they could be used.
I really hope by saying "and beyond" means being able to swim underwater! I know there is a good potential to discover interesting stuff down there. There is a lot of unreachable big water in botw. Finally being able to see them in totk would be amazing!!
I wish! But either hoe much is being added and that we haven't seen anything about it yet, I'm not holding my breath. But if it turns out to be a thing I'd be stoked. Though I'd wonder of it eiuld just be sort of diving under like before. Unless you get something to replace the iron boots like a buoyancy belt divers use irl. I missed being able to swim around as Zora Link in MM. As a kid I spent I don't know how many hours i spent just racing around the limited water areas and seeing how many times I could meke him jump out of the water like a dolphin. Lol Plus it really helped me integrate how to use an analog stick vs a D-pad to move. (Same with messing around in OoT and Mario 64. I was like 4 when the N64 was released in the U.S. and it was a few yrs old by the time we could afford to have both the system and games for it. )
oh god lol youre 100% right but as someone with irrationally strong thalassophobia, id shit my pants just about everytime i have to dive deep underwater. especially if they add massive fuck off water creatures down there... id actually cry at that point lmao
It would be pretty cool tbh, but I’m more inclined to believe that beyond means the underground. It could be both though, but I doubt it
@@spimbles I can't blame you. I LOVE the water but I get that feeling. Don't know if it's quite a phobia level but I've gotten that paranoia more often than id care ro admit as a kid with just an ordinary swimming pool where I can clearly see there is nothing there to worry about. Lol To be honest since my wasn't quite a full-fledged phobia, fighting the Lagicarius in Moster Hunter Tri, helped me get over it as well as growing out of it...Redeads still bother me though. I really struggled in OoT because of those. Even the skullchildren bothered me. (Gibdos didn't though.) I had a MASSIVE phobia of zombies. Like even hint at them let alone just say the word and I'd be 7 yrs old, sleeping with a knife under my pillow for the next week...Or not sleeping because I'd be too scared to. 😬 😆 I've grown out of it, but I still gotta be careful how much zombie media I consume or I'll still get myself all paranoid and freaked out.
Or they have the Picori as they once planned for BOTW in Minish Woods as another village
Theory (pieced together by me and others over at Famiboards): As you progress through the game, you will need to rebuild the Sky Island. You will have the ability to raise chunks of Hyrule back into the sky. By doing so reverses time on said chunks which would explain why they look different once they are actually in the sky. The more chunks you raise, the more they will eventually start to connect together. In some of the shots, you see roads and pathways on the island chunks that do not connect to anything but upon rebuilding the entire sky kingdom, these will all form one large sky kingdom. Could be Skyloft, could be the original Zonai kingdom. Maybe the two are actually one of the same. As you send chunks back into the sky, there will be craters on the surface world that likely can be explored revealing secrets and underground stuff to explore.
The Tears of the Kingdom is exactly that. Each island chunk is a tear that has fallen from the great kingdom that once was. Also represents tears in a kingdom as it was ripped apart. Your job is to restore the original kingdom. This will play a major role in defeating the evil and what not. Don't know how the entire story will work out but I feel confident that the core gameplay loop is restoring a long lost sky kingdom likely tied to the Zonai race that was done dirty by Ganondorf. As you send each chunk back in time which propells the pieces back into the sky, the former kingdom slowly becomes restored. It's been clear since the first trailer that time mechanics play a huge role and that island pieces can be raises as you saw Hyrule castle lift from the ground leaving behind a crater. Now we have enough evidence and information to piece together the restoration of the sky island and original Zonai race that inhabited said land.
didn't skyloft return to the ground though?
My theory is that all the islands are part of the great plateau and other points of interest, as these places are a threat to Ganondorf. As monster maze stated in his analysis, the area where link jumps off the island, there are the islands that have different climates such as snow (similar to the snowy area on the great plateau)
Ganondorf want to take out these points of interest as they serve a threat to his plan (whatever that is) the great plateau houses the shrine of resurrection and was a key area where link woke up in breath of the wild. If ganondorf takes out the shrine of resurrection, then the hero can't come back (in this iteration, as link could die and then simply be reborn many years later)
I think we're going to play two links the one with the green tunic and long hair will be before skyward sword
Imagine a second Great Flood is prophesizes to occur, and we have to raise as much of Hyrule as possible to save it.....
I don’t think it’s likely, but that would be a badass concept for a game, sorta like a second Wind Waker but it’s a prequel.
@@newearth9027 there was a link before skyward sword it said it the manga version
Thank you for using the twilight princess music. Such a classic.
Makes sense considering the strong possibility of the Twili playing a big role in the game.
@@raskolnikov6443 interesting. Would be cool if that's the case 🤞
@@crabbuckets7506 yeah, we collected tears in twilight princess and it was in a similar form to what us seen on links belt.
@@showingthelinks8441 oh yeah that is a great point. I thought it might have something to do with the heroine statues but now you've got me thinking.
@@crabbuckets7506 now you have me thinking that maybe the zonal knew of the resurrection and worked on finding the twilight realm to get away from calamity Ganon. From is where we do the quest to complete the thing that looks like the mirror of twilight
I am perfectly fine with re-discovering BotW's world to see what might have changed in place and what might not. I have more than 1K hours in the game and every time I restart a run, it feels like coming home. Recognizing an outcropping, a cliff, a tree or sometimes not recognizing it because I've either not been there before or I'm coming in from a completely different direction - which also cues the joy of recognition. I'll be spending 1K+ hours rediscovering old places and discovering new ones when TotK comes out. I am happy as a pig in mud.
Me too! I’m so excited 😁
Now I want pigs to come back, like in Wind Waker. 😅
Yep, the minute they said it was the same world, my response was “Good. It’ll be like coming home again after a long time.” I’m sure the world will have changed a lot, so I wasn’t mad about them reusing the map whatsoever.
But u sure you wouldnt be even happier discovering a new place that is a complete mystery to you? I donr wanna be a downwr im sure its gonna be a fine game but i think rediscovering will never be as fun as discotvering something for the first time and youre gonna get that a lot more with a new map
@@mr.f716 I honestly think it will be remixed to a degree that it will feel all new.
Zeltik's gone through all his video titles AND thumbnail art, and replaced BotW 2 with TotK. That's a pro move!
So much quality content in this channel! Looking forward to new AND old videos. Glad to find people as hyped as I am about Zelda.
Wow he really did! Thats wild!
Damn you went back and looked that quick ! 😂 you deserve a pat on the back as well
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I completely missed that cave when watching the direct!!!! Very exciting! Really hope we can actually get extensive caves. The only other thing I really want is underwater exploration
YESSS underwater is an eery place and exploring it in TOTK would be so awesome
That's why it's good to watch videos like this, and thanks to Zeltik we can. 😅
As others have mentioned, it’s a gamble reusing the map almost as-is, as one thing that made botw great is the exploration. But I trust this team to think of innovative ways to keep that same feeling.
I'm confident that Nintendo has packed the map with new secrets that will make for a fresh and rewarding adventure. That blink and you'll miss it shot of a cave entrance has me hyped for potential massive underground interlinking cave systems.
To me it depends what the people in the world are doing. Are the abandoned ruins of towns we found in the middle of reconstruction or been reclaimed? Are more people out exploring the world.
The same world with more people in it is perfectly fine to me, as it would very much change the feel of the very empty and abandoned Hyrule BoTW had
@@TheDarkFable Probably won't happen since the Switch can't handle it. It's probably the reason they decided to use an Hyrule that's fallen to ruin in the first place
@@lukerne9260 Well thats just false the Switch can 100% handle it. Really sick of people underestimating what the switch can actually do.
Hyrules in ruins because the theme is "wilderness" so you can't have piles of civilization over the place
@@TheDarkFable lazyness is fine to you?
In TotK, I hope for 2 things:
1) Actual temples with puzzles bosses and enemies
2) More variety of enemies, not just recycling what was from BotW
Yeah, I... really hope we don't see too much reliance on enemies and enemy assets just being duct-taped together. XD
Dang I wasn’t even thinking about puzzle bosses but that would be nice. I hope we get amazing dungeons. It seems like we will. They know it’s what everyone wants.
3) pet dog
Same. I liked the fact that they took temples away from Botw, since the gimmick was getting old, but I really hope they reintroduce them this time around, hopefully in a new fashion.
Your wish came true they added more enemies in the new ToTK trailer
You know what I hope? I hope that the moment we've seen with Link and Zelda finding Ganondorf's body and triggering the events that lead to the sky kingdom aren't just the intro to the game. I hope it's a triggered event that changes the world partway in. It would be awesome to return to Hyrule and have stuff to do before the main plot even kicks off.
Since Link and Zelda are exploring the malice caves in the first trailers I assumed they find a ritual with Ganon and the following fight breaks the Master Sword and kills Zelda and the rest of the game is time manipulation to reverse that. Zelda diying and Hyrule mourning would bring another sense to "Tears of the Kingdom". Also tears of the fans that wanted a playable Zelda and Nintendo would be like "nah we kill her right at the beggining".
@@nunooliveira1628 I sure hope they don't fridge Zelda as a motivation for Link to fix everything, I don't want them to pull a Deadpool 2 just to bring her back in the end 💀
I think Ganondorf with do what he’s always done, take Zelda prisoner, I mean if this is the rogunal Ganondorf he might not only need her for some nefarious reason, like he needs her power, but he might take her because of his grudge towards Zelda and Link, and god I hope he mentions past Zelda’s and Link’s that would be so cool.
@@Unbound_Selrahc Oh I have no doubt that that's basically what's going to happen but I really wanted to not be at the beginning of the game. I want it to be something that happens later on and that you build up to. I want you to be able to do lots of stuff in the world before you even trigger the main storyline.
I totally agree. When I finished the first game I was a little bit disappointed with the small taste we got of Hyrule post Calamity Ganon. It’d be amazing to finally see a Hyrule rid of chaos. Even for a bit.
It would be really cool to have a cave area where dark history is kept kinda like in the well of kakarico village. I can imagine a game mechanic where we have to alter between beautiful sky palaces and underground dark ruins, like in spirit tracks where we had to go back to the sea king temple to gain knowledge about the next destination.
Please, no. The temple of the sea king is largely responsible for Phantom Hourglass being my least favorite Zelda game.
Phantom Hourglass was the Temple of the Ocean King, Spirit Tracks was the Tower of Spirits
I actually really liked coming back to the same place over and over in both games, going to new floors and discovering shortcuts between them. Phantom Hourglass was my first Zelda game though, and I was kinda disappointed when other games didn't have that mechanic. It would be nice to see something like that return, maybe modified so it isn't as tedious for people who thought it was.
@@AnniFrikki I personally didn't mind it either but I know many did bcuz they found it repetitive. This was during the time when people weren't liking Zelda as much bcuz it was losing its sense of adventure & creativity
I would say the main reason people didn't like the Temple was each time they had to start from scratch. That really bothered me. At least there was that halfway point
I'm hoping they still maintain a great sense of freedom. For ex in albw we could the 7 lorule dungeons in nearly any order. It's rumored there'll be 7 dungeons here. It'd be great to have multiple orders for them
2:10 - It could also suggest simply that they hadn't yet made alterations to that area. Even the new teaser says "Game footage not final," so it's entirely likely that Hyrule Castle doesn't look the way it seems to in the Talus clip.
it’s too time consuming to produce elements, so more probable that the landscapes and contents are intentionally misrepresented in this footage, to make predictions impossible, and keep the final game more of a surprise.
We're only a few months from release - it's much too late to make major changes to the world. By this point they should really only have debugging and maybe some scripting work left to do.
@@joeschmoe3420 Yeah they still probably are hiding everything lol they can just use a “trailer version” of the world
It's coming out in May, they won't add a ton
@@joeschmoe3420 But this comment is referring to the E3 trailer from 2021.
I certainly hope that they've found a way that revisiting Hyrule doesn't feel redundant. Exploring BotW's map and world was one of that game's big charms and they obviously can't go that way again. I like the idea of the sky islands but it remains to be seen how much explorable space that really is. Maybe that finishing (side)-quests in the sky will adjust the landscape of the surface?
They said they scrapped the Hookshot in BotW because it made interacting with your environment secondary. Now that we've already been in this Hyrule before, I wonder if we'll get stuff like Hookshots now to make traversal different and more zippy.
Im hoping that if they bring it back it will be like ocarina of time or wind waker instead of twilight princess so that we can hook into trees and other wooden stuff.
Those pointed bottoms on some of the sky islands do look suspiciously like grapple points. Maybe we won't get a hookshot but I wouldn't be surprised if Link can do some sort of long distance grab with his new arm.
I just want a Hookshot/Glider combo for launching, a la Just Cause. 😂😂
I'm just chilling with excitement to revisit all these places that have changed in some way. Makes me wanna replay BOTW again before TotK comes out!
I think even after TotK comes out, it'll be fun to run around in BOTW world just so compare changes as we play through the game, especially because it is the same Hyrule! Lots of theory building even after we know TotK's story. There's always hidden things and mysteries with Zelda, which is why it's such a good franchise to replay. Now, off to collect more korok seeds! :P
Same
Honestly what i will be looking at is how much the zonai ruins have advanced or changed in totk vs botw.
I will definitely do the same :)
I just had a theory about the Deku Tree. Developers often hide or change things in trailers to hide things. With Death Mountain in the new trailer spewing out Malice, it's possible the whole korok forest is covered in Malice, or its fallen beneath the ground. It would be a plausible attack by Ganon to keep them from returning the Master Sword to its pedestal.
Considering Link’s “beam me up” ability requires him to be directly beneath his target, I think this could funnel players to locations they weren’t obligated to go to in BOTW.
Say there’s an interesting island up in the sky. The player decides to make that their destination and travels to reach it from below. Say this takes them to Deya Lake. Knowing players would come here, the designers can place a cool gauntlet or an enemy outpost guarding the spot the player needs to vrorp up from.
Absolutely! I think the same .
I soooo hope we get new returning enemies. With underground being a confirmation, I’m hoping for skulltulas, Gibdo, redeads, and poes. I would love to see them in BOTW style.
That would awesome. Maybe even a few darknuts or something as well.
@@insertianameia2224 please!! Darknuts and redeads
" With underground being a confirmation" Source on this? It's in a story cutscene, that's all we know. Don't make assumptions.
@@blossom357 the Zelda team themselves? lol they said they were expanding the exploration underground
@@TheHitsubasa Show me a source.
Considering this is one of the few times they’ve had a very direct sequel, and unlike Majora’s mask or Phantom Hourglass, is essentially reusing the same location, I’d really like to see how these world innovations make things work out.
With all these little changes I really hope they focused on gameplay/story of the game, from all the trailers we got it feels like there hiding something huge.
I agree as it was something BOTW seriously lacked. Story is just as important as gameplay IMO
@@elsahyrule6711. Disagree; Not all games are reliant on story or gameplay, though the prime aspect is gameplay no matter how you look at it. People generally play games to have fun; They generally don't care for story. If people only cared for story, the typical PlayStation exclusive wouldn't get shit on for having boring gameplay.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 i understand what you are saying, however BOTW’s lack of story was what many people complained about. Some games can be great with no story but the Zelda series again IMO needs a balance of a good story and gameplay.
@@elsahyrule6711 and silly sidequests. We need them too
In one peice of promotional art they released yesterday, it appears Rito Village's region has been engulfed in a sandstorm of some sort.
I have a feeling the green areas on the map will also change it in a unique way. What if they are new structures that connect between the Sky, the Land, and the Underground? We could see a lot more than meets the eye.
After mapping it out people think its actually above the thundre plateau which is very interesting
"We could see a lot more than meets the eye." uhhh we better? There is nothing new on the surface right now outside of like one cave.
oh really, can u share a link? Can't find it
@@LukeisStuff A link on this website shows the art. It's hard to see, but you can see it after a close examination.
@@blossom357 You are in multiple comment sections now just...being a downer to people who are excited.
I understand your concerns for the game but it's also really hard to take you seriously when you're liking your own comments.
I really really hope we can explore underwater too. I love going up to sky islands, exploring deep in dark caves, but most of all, underwater exploration is always my favorite. If they want to really differentiate the landscape, including underwater exploration would be an amazing fit.
In Zelda 2 there’s a town that is abandoned, and filled with invisible monsters. Only later, do you discover the townspeople have created a hidden village in the woods after fleeing an attack on their home. I think a variation of this idea would make for great gameplay/storytelling in Tears of the Kingdom. You could visit Hateno and it’d be destroyed and overrun with monsters, only to find the residents hidden elsewhere (perhaps nearby caves).
I sincerely hope that since there are islands above Tanagar canyon that means the Forgotten Temple will hopefully serve a more important role in Tears of the Kingdom!
Given the absence of any settlements besides stables in these trailers so far, I think it's safe to assume that places such as Hateno Village will probably have developed in some way, or spread out more, and some may even have moved to different locations. There's also the potential that ruined settlements from pre-calamity may have been rebuilt, if enough time has passed, but that might be a bit of a stretch, programming and development wise, especially if the rumoured cave networks and underwater exploration in addition to sky islands are in fact real. It always surprises me how these trailers show us so much about some things but potentially so little of others
I've been hoping for years that there will be extensive interconnected cave systems, like A Link To The Past, but on a massive scale. All that unused space inside the vast mountain ranges of botw seems like a perfect opportunity for the devs to expand into something complex and insane. Would love to see a greatly expanded overworld, and tons to discover in the sky, under water, and underground. Here's hoping 🤞🏻
I still play BotW today, a 1,000 hrs in. I love this world! I'm fine roaming around in it again with new things to battle/discover and sky/caves to explore.
I stopped last yr because my then 7 yr old son accidentally deleted my main save on the main switch and I got...A little disheartened to say the least.
@@insertianameia2224 My then 7-year-old daughter did the same to me. I feel your pain.
Is it possible the lost woods and the great Deku tree went up into the sky like Hyrule castle?
or maybe we really are going into the past.
Yeah, the argument that seeing modern structures disproves this isn't 100%. It's possible that they are still reusing a lot of the previous landscape assets and didn't remove these achronistic features yet. These teaser trailers are the final product after all.
In the poster for the game there is, beside Death Mountain and Hyrule Castle, also a slightly pinkish tornado looking place. That could be the Deku Tree/Lost Wood. :)
Or maybe it sank below the ground.. Korok forest was surrounded by water with a thin land bridge connecting to Minshi Woods. Maybe it capsized or something
That might explain the root link was climbing in the new trailer
I'd say he's in the sky. If there is time travel we might see him when he's just a sprout. I hope the time travel is done well in that case
I'm wondering what they'll add to the regular overworld to make it interesting again, as most players will have completely explored it by now.
As much as I want it to change, I think till regularly stay the same.
Especially if the game only takes place a few days after botw.
I think there will be dungeons !
Same here. I'm guessing the addition of caves will probably make it worth exploring the world again, since you won't know where they are.
I imagine the main differences, outside of the chunks, the sky islands, and the underground, would come come from seeing various locations in Hyrule working on redevelopment, having started prior to the events of the game, but otherwise it would be mostly the same ( unless the "travel to the past" theories are correct 🤔,) since it really does seem the bulk of changes comes from vertical directions.
Think we'll be dodging Guardians again?
Ah, just when I had watched everyone's TOTK videos, you drop a new one!! :D
I noticed that the floating islands you can see in the distance in the final shot of the trailer are floating over the ocean, not the land. Maybe this means you'll be able to explore out to sea, as well.
I keep watching the trailer and noticing holes in the ground that seem to match up with the floating sky islands in the last scene. It's interesting because what if the sky islands are at least partially the Hyrule we already know? I have no way to confirm this but its an interesting theory
I also love the idea of a more vertical exploration focused game for TOTK!!
I'm thinking the Sky Kingdom fell and crashed into Hyrule (like tears) and now parts of them have returned to the sky while leaving behind craters where they once were. I'm not sure but it's definitely something I noticed as well!
I haven’t noticed any holes. And the sky islands appear too big and numerous to be chunks of the existing Hyrule landscape. Plus what (admittedly very little) we have seen from the surface of those islands makes it apparent that they are new locations with no equivalent in BotW.
just want to say that you did a great job with this video.
super high-quality stuff!
You’re a literal legend coming out with this detailed analysis so quickly.
i would love everything you mentioned, cave systems, sky islands...but also underwater exploration. I'd love to see those coral reefs over by Lurelin village, and it would be so cool if the Minish could appear in this game!! Imagine those planned tiny lil minish villages scattered around Hyrule🥺
I fell in love with this version of Hyrule and have loved the beautiful landscape. I do feel like a sky equivalent to the Tarrey Town building would be a wonderful idea
This has been the best side by side of the footage and botw I’ve seen so far, LOVE your work!!
Excellent videos Zeltik appreciate the analysis. Another meaning of the subtitle came to me yesterday that I’m not sure anyone else has said but I’d like to mention.
Even if the word is written as tears I’m thinking it also sounds like “tiers” as in multiple levels which fittingly can also allude to the now multiple levels of Hyrule kingdom we will get to explore in this sequel including underground, surface, and the sky.
Just an idea to keep us thinking as we wait for this epic adventure.
guys we need to stretch this trailer to last 239 days. it is possible with Zeltiks amazing videos
I love how detailed your analyses are. You never fail to point out details that I would have never seen.
Also, I'm not too worried about this game taking place in the same Hyrule as BotW. I've heard others express concern, but honestly, the Zelda team has always done a fantastic job at making really amazing games, and with this one taking so long, I have no doubts that it will be a wonderful experience to explore TotK.
You are BY FAR, the best Zelda RUclipsr. Congrats on all the content you generate. Impressive, sharp and full of details! I love it.
This was some really good research, especially so quickly! Great work!
Thank you for noting that the likelihood of time travel is close to 0. There is nothing substantive to directly imply that time travel takes place, and plenty of things to directly suggest otherwise. We are not goin to play 2 links, it’s just 1 link in 2 outfits. He can wear different outfits in BotW, seeing him wear different outfits and jumping to time travel is such a stretch when he and Hyrule are otherwise identical to BotW.
You did such a good job at lining them up, can only imagine how long that took
Absolutely speechless to your attention to detail. Couldnt wait to see your initial opinions on the new trailer and once again you delivered epically.
The way youve managed to work out where every shot is is astounding.
Best Zelda vid in ages thank you.
Another great one Zeltic! Thank you 😁
I do very much hope that there's enough small changes, be it new enemies, new collectables etc to keep the same old Hyrule exciting. I feel like I've traversed every nook and cranny of BOTW (Though I probably haven't lol) and I think my biggest fear is that it won't reignite that magic I had when discovering this world for the first time.
Just think of it as a HUGE and AWESOME mod for Botw. Because thats what it is. Not a sequel, hell not even a DLC. This is literally what would a fan made mod would do to Botw. The same map AGAIN? for a game that is ALL about exploration....Yeah. Im not even gonna get mad. I'll just enjoy it perceiving it as a mod for botw. Nintendo like all companies dont care about their consumers. If they called it a DLC, they couldnt have charged 70$ for it ;) But I'm I'm gonna love TOTK as a mod for botw. Its been 5-6 years since I last played botw and I really dont remember the specifics of where is what lol
Damn Zeltik thank you so much for everything you do for the fandom.
P.S. I'd kill for the underwater exploration.
If they add some super deep ocean cave exploration that would be TERRIFYING
Not to mention a water temple...
@@omegawario7479 I'd have to wonder how that mechanic would work? Mayne the new system allows him to sink downtown the bottom (without the clunkyness of the iron boots,) or maybe gives him a magic equivalent of a boucency belt that divers use in real life, allowing you to control depth and swin around with X, Y, and Z axis. I would love that. Swimming around as Zora Link in MM was one of my favorite things to do.
@@insertianameia2224 I imagined link having the ability to summon some kind of atmospheric diving suit with jets that let him swim and float with the jump button but a fast paced Zora suit like majoras would be awesome too. I just hope (if it happens) that link can still use his weapons at all times (maybe except most bow, only certain bows can work underwater?) so combat is still engaging. Something like swimming in monster hunter 3 but it doesn’t feel like your swimming in honey.
* Zeltik: Watching this video is like instant nostalgia for me. I discovered your channel leading into Breath of the Wild for Switch and watching the lead up to that game and the mysterious that you and others tried to unravel along the way, is a part of the experience and journey of playing these games for me. It builds hype in the correct way, without wearing out it's welcome.
* Can't wait to see even more breakdowns and I would assume we will get a huge mega trailer of footage at another Direct probably some time in early 2023 as well.
Awesome video.
I love how every Zelda youtuber rushes to upload a video when there’s new Zelda trailers
To make Hyrule itself interesting to explore, they need to also give us more fun things to do, like swimming underwater, petting dogs, and finding new steeds to ride, and enemies to fight.
But also, they need to expand the towns themselves, add more buildings (so to make it look like Hyrule was rebuilding anyway, by the time of totk) and npcs... and of course, new towns too, or settlements.
Also, needless to say, but Tarrey town MUST return... it would only be a huge waste in terms of content and story to act as if the quest never happened... ESPECIALLY if it originally was more ambitious.
I really hope Terry Town is there and that you have the chance to expand it further. Maybe have it sort of outcrop from what it's on, have a nice bridge and maybe expand to the area around it. Like I would love love love to see that place become full city, not just some small village like the others. It's already a big place for traders and craftsman to gather so it'd make sense if it became a huge trade city with massive commerce (or massive by the standards of the state of that world.)
How are they going to expand the towns anyway? Most of them use stonework or advanced materials, and those aren't getting an overhaul in less than two months; That shit takes years to do, and Tears of the Kingdom is obviously not set years after the events of the previous game.
We dont need a botw 2.0, we need a sequel or a new game. They spent 6 years to make a game using the same map, textures, Links animations. Saddly, my expectations for this game are too low. I spent many hours exploring this map, I don't want to have to explore it again with just a few modifications. i hope i'm wrong and nintendo surprises me
@@artur6998. I guess you missed the skydiving as well as other stuff; Quit malding.
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Like I said, a couple of extra buildings would be fine.
Besides, Tarrey town is build in that very peculiar way invented by Bolson, that makes building faster to be made... perfect for creations on the spot.
Also also, they technically can set the game like, a year after botw, and get away with characters not changing much...
I love this hyrule and could traverse it for hours on end , but I’m interested to see what they will add to make it feel fresh as I would hate to have the feeling of I’ve been here 100 times in a new game.
i LOVED the grottos in twilight princess! your use of that game's hyrule theme during the cave segment is PERFECT
I watch all the analysis videos but yours are the best!
Agreed!
The real question is how can they expand the world while still maintaining a reasonable file size. I know this game is about sky exploration but we don't want any cloud requirements.
I am so excited for Tears of the kingdom I can't wait Keep up the amazing work Zeltik
3:43 Lol I love the pause and sudden music change when you’re like “CAVE” but it makes me excited too so I can’t blame you for the editing choice XD
Was waiting for this video, its cool how things have changed
I hope they keep the same physics engine and have actual dungeons like past dungeons. AKA Fire temple, shadow temple, etc.).
I don't mind them reusing the world at all. They spent the better part of a decade developing it. A second chance to explore with new areas and content is thrilling.
@Zeltik sorry I'm laughing so hard at this spambot trying to use the 👆 emoji and failing with the🖕I mean lmaoooo fitting for some scam bullshit tho
Great vid bro, as always
Kudos to the music change at 3:50 - this really transports the atmosphere of "Hey, there's an exciting new piece of information here with a potentially huge impact!" to the viewer.
With the Sheikah towers gone, I wonder how and/or where Link will teleport.
Also, I would guess that the cube might be a goddess cube.
With Link having what appears to be a Vessel of Tears on the boxart, suggesting a return to the silent realm, a return to the skies where we haven't ventured since Skyward Sword, the release of Skyward Sword just last year, and now seeing that cube, maybe this will be a full circle game, connecting the end of the Zelda timeline with the very beginning. Wouldn't be awesome to fight Demise again?
I wonder if it is a Vessel of Tears? I was thinking that but we are shown 7 tears and his pouch has like 8 vial spaces. I wonder if it's a new magic system? It was planned for BOTW, but was discarded. Though it could be. We have tears again so we'd need something to hold them in once gathered.
@@insertianameia2224 You know, I just had a thought: in the trailers, Link has the ability to reverse time. I wonder if the tears give Link that power.
@@travisnewberry936. No thanks; That's essentially just the magic meter with a new coat of paint.
I think part of the fun will be running around pointing differences between this world and the one from BoTW
Maybe, but that will be nowhere near as fun or interesting as discovering it all for the first time in the first game. Hopefully, there are plenty of sky islands, underground caves, and maybe even underwater exploration to make up for the fact that the worlds are similar.
@@eugger3011 I think so. the focus for this game will most likely be on Skyrule and the Caves Below Hyrule.
@@eugger3011. Subjective.
I didn't even put that together!
In the previous trailer-2021(?), when we first saw the new Ability to access the sky Islands, first we saw a water droplet reverse, then Link.
It was the same blue~green glow as the Z***i//Luminous Stones glow, but I hadn't even considered that *THAT* was a potential hint to the title!!!
It was a *TEAR!* a literal!
Your analysis is punctual, extensive, and well addressed. This is really top notch content!
I think it being the same Hyrule is great, but I do have one concern. The video calls attention to the big target in the Gerudo Highlands still being there, and with BOTW that was a big environmental hint. If those kind of suspicious elements still exist, then we would either be repeating exploration to unlock something, which feels boring, or these hints no longer indicate the presence of anything, which would go against the way the world was meant to work originally. I'm curious to see how they approach this.
It even looks like the sheikah pedestal is still there
Perhaps they just haven't removed it yet and will for the final game
Or maybe shrines will serve some new purpose somehow, or only work as fast travel points (only for the surface though) if you can reactivate them
It could be there's some sheikah researcher npc that could have gone there to study the shrine and pedestal and you can do some side quest for them
Yes, finally, we are getting a large influx of zelda theories!
I’m glad you point out that time travel is unlikely due to the evidence rather than create evidence to prove it will be part of the games as so many others do because it has been done in Zelda before. I think that while it will still play a role in the series later on, it would be better if it didn’t occur during TOTK for several reasons, as it might undermine other games and undoing a past tragedy like the Great Calamity removes any consequences for failure of the Hero and Princess, trivializing life lost.
Omg good work with the screenshots, they match perfectly! ❤️ also A CAVE???
I just hope they add enough new things to the surface to keep it interesting and not feel like your just playing breath of the wild again when on the surface.
I think one way to make the overworld still relevant would be seeing the people's of Hyrule rebuild after the calamity and seeing the world further heal. We saw a little of this in breath of the wild but I think the fact that Princess Zelda has returned would definitely help boost a sense of tying to get things back to the way they should be. Cleaning up the landscape and building.
I don't think that makes any sense, especially since nobody alive even thinks that Zelda is still alive; Hell, it's possible that some people would actually get pissed off at knowing that Zelda is back, and would probably even use her as a scapegoat for the destruction caused by the Second Calamity.
Nice work Zeltik! You’re always an eagle eye when it comes to these trailers lol
With the islands and caves looking like a big part of the game, I can see a lot of fresh areas for exploration, even though it’s mostly the same Hyrule.
I do have some theories/ hopes for the game: I kinda hope some of the areas on the map have changed drastically. I feel like that’s one of the reasons we are still getting small teases of this game, and not a big showcase of many other areas of Hyrule, as they don’t want to risk spoiling some of the bigger map changes. Obviously I could be wrong but it is a little weird that most of what we see in these teases are newer sky island areas and not the more familiar Hyrule from BOTW. Just a thought.
I for one would love to have a portion of the game take place a bit in the land beyond Hyrule, all that area at the edge of the map from BOTW. It wouldn’t have to be a huge second map or anything, but just something where it really feels like you’re adventuring way outside the kingdom, for some special purpose. Especially now that we will be so high up, and presumably be able to see way down there, how great would it be to dabble in that land that we couldn’t reach before? Not expecting that really but that would be cool
Zeltik, we are gonna have a GREAT time listening to this! I can’t wait for the next!
What I am hoping to see in Tears of the Kingdom is the return of the Successors of Hyrule’s Champions(Sidon, Yunobo, Teba and Riju). Instead being sidelined, they should be fighting along side Link as each have build confidence & strength to defend Hyrule from the very threat each shared. Maybe on a side quest perhaps since Death Mountain is infested with Ganondorf’s malice. Also, the sequel of Breath of the Wild needs to confirm whether if they remember their victories from the Age of Calamity timeline since each are pulled to this reality to save this version of the Champions, Link and Zelda. Just like Ocarina of Time, changing the past can create two or three diverted timelines. It is complicated but time travel has always been a part of the Legend of Zelda lore.
It would also make aoc canon of they did that
@@DogsRNice Hopefully Nintendo does since one the gameplay mechanics allows Link the ability to “time reversal” on objects as seen in the trailers.
When you said “Breath of the Wild’s Hyrule is the best world in any video game,” I felt that in my soul. I love it so much that I hope when I die, if I do get to heaven, that it looks just like what Aonuma and his team made, only real. And with fewer Bokoblins, of course.
Truly the definitive Zelda content creator, this was so good!!! I'm personally relived they haven't shown any footage including settlements, villages, and cities, as I'm hoping this is an indicator that they've been revamped and expanded. Exploring the same exact towns, with the same shops and everything would be such a let down. Some of the old should stay for continuity's sake of course, but i'm hoping they've found a way to make things feel fresh. Also, cave systems = dungeons let's hope?
I appreciate the work you put, thanks.
The Great Deku Tree missing is interesting. Did he get lifted up to the sky, or pulled underground?
Might be in the past? Or maybe they just didnt load it
or maybe he died
I wonder if the Hyrule from BOTW in this game will feel bland and empty as most of the game will focus more on exploring the skies and possible underground. Or will TOTK be so massive that the ground will also have as much to explore as the previous game, ON TOP of having the skies and underground caves/tunnels.
Hopefully it's the latter.
Gotta be the best Zelda channel right now, the amount you scrutinize and compare details is wild
"The great Deku tree seems to be missing"
Aw frick we got a flying old man-tree situation
I verbally vomited out loud when i saw this upload.
In a good way
My thoughts on this have always been: When creating a teaser for an underdeveloped game based on an original map - just reuse the old map to make the teaser, make a few tweaks to keep the guessers guessing, and add some new stuff for the new game. The actual gameplay map may have the same terrain, but I predict the manmade features and a lot of environment will be different. Or we'll get a contemporary version (from BotW), and an ancient version that's mostly new. Fingers crossed.
This was an awesome video. Great work.
A well-timed musical key change at 3:50 when you started talking about the caves!
I actually really like that they are keeping the map very similar. It's like revisiting an already familiar place and makes you eager to explore what's new
Magyar?
I do think there will be a huge expansion to the world besides the Sky, ToTK has had a longer development time, not to mention most of BoTWs dev time was spent on the unique engine.
i'm happy to be returning to that version of hyrule, the multitude of little changes are what excites me
Cheers for bringing something new to the analyses, no one else has compared any terrain
Genuinely worried about this. We've been to every town, climbed every mountain, and seen every landmark. The whole game was built on the exploration of this overworld, and there doesn't look like enough time has passed for massive changes in terms of people and locations. I don't want to explore the same map I already have multiple times with a few islands in the sky as the selling point. I hope they show more soon.
I totally agree. It being the same map just seems bad idea
There's nothing to be " genuinely worried " about. You should want them to take as much time on this sequel as they can, even if the next trailer is four or five months from now, they don't need to rush any of this. It sounds like you're severely underestimating the talent and dedication to meticulous work that the Zelda team has.
Stop acting like this is going to be a carbon copy of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it's called a sequel for a reason. I can't stand to come across pessimistic comments like yours, when the first four words in your comment starts with " _Genuinely worried about this_ ", you make it sound like your worries are going to come to fruition when they are completely unfounded, you shouldn't entertain disappointing scenarios when there's nothing to be concerned about in the first place. If anything, you should be " _Genuinely excited about this_ ", because this Zelda sequel is shaping up to be arguably the most revolutionary action adventure game ever made.
@@Enigmaculate I am not afraid to admit I lean towards negative viewpoints if I don't see enough to be excited about, and I don't think my opinion is completely unfounded. It's less than 8 months before release and although a different game, 9 months before BotWs release sections of the great plateau were being played at E3. Nintendo heard enough feedback about the flaws of BotW and nothing has been addressed or shown in THREE trailers so far, and this trailer even has a 'game footage not final' disclaimer at the start. There is enough to be worried that this game will not be able to move away from the 'unused DLC ideas from BotW' and not its own separate world.
@@zyrixis9650. Sounds more like you already decided what you were going to be saying before you even watched the trailer; That makes you look petty.
@@zyrixis9650 Boy you really don't understand how video game development works do you? A lack of gameplay footage is not proof of " flaws not being addressed ". Game footage not final means exactly what it means, the game is still in the developmental stages, it's NOT complete yet. How do you not understand this simple concept? Video game development takes time, sometimes a considerably beefy amount of time. Also, Breath of the Wild was being developed in a pre-covid world. Have you forgotten that E3 was cancelled in 2020, which I'm sure had caused a lot of issues for all video game developers, then in 2021, E3 only had digital press conferences and zero physical interactions, and then E3 was cancelled AGAIN this year due to some omicron variant or some sh*t. This game is going to be significantly larger than Breath of the Wild, which is already inconceivable to think about, and the producer of the Legend of Zelda had uploaded a video on RUclips detailing why they moved the release date up to next spring, they want to ensure that they take as much time as humanly possible with this sequel to ensure that it lives up to it's name.
I'd much rather them keep it under wraps instead of spoiling us every two or three months with gameplay footage that they wouldn't have been ready to show to begin with. Maybe if you were modest in your expectations, you wouldn't be this worrisome and paranoid over like I said, UNFOUNDED WORRIES. That's right, UNFOUNDED WORRIES.
Breath of the wild was delayed MULTIPLE times before it had eventually got released, and again, this was in a pre-covid world. Plus, one of the main reasons why Nintendo was so " open " with showing extensive gameplay footage was because it was already established what that Zelda game was going to be, an open world Zelda game, so the title (Breath of the Wild) wouldn't have been a major spoiler. Speaking of spoiling things, that's primarily the MAIN reason why Nintendo had been so tight lipped about the title of this Zelda sequel. The title (tears of the kingdom) could in fact be a double entendre, the word tear is a homonym, two identical words that have different meanings and pronunciations as a result. And when you analyze this most recent trailer, it becomes very evident as to why Nintendo kept the title a secret for so long. For starters, the tears could be referring to those seven hieroglyphic tears that's shown at the beginning of the trailer that's almost encircling that deity (who's presumably hylia), and it could also be referring to the " tears " of the kingdom itself, pieces of the kingdom being torn apart in other words, and to be completely honest, those two plausible theories look to be EXACTLY what's going on here.
I don't care if it was 15 months since the last trailer, heck, I don't care how long it takes, you don't want the day to come when developers stop caring about meticulousness, dedication and hard work and they start succumbing to pressures of impatience from impatient people like you and they begin to release unfinished buggy catastrophes of video games, and then you blame them, ostracize them, and demonize them for doing so when you (plural) wanted them rush through it to begin with and not take their time with it and ONLY show gameplay footage when it was absolutely necessary.
When it's all said and done, you're overdramatizing a trivial disclaimer that's only informing viewers that the footage that they're seeing on-screen is NOT the final product. So with that in mind, I'm going to humbly advise you once again to STOP WORRYING, don't get a dang ulcer worrying about a carbon copy that's never going to happen. I don't want to have to explain this again, this is as elementary as ABC 123.
I still feel that we are missing a BIG part of this game...remember, this game will have more than 6 years in development which is more than the initial game which was reported at 5 years...I really don't want Nintendo to screw this up, even for sky and tunnels it can't be "only" that, I think we are still missing something...really interested and intrigued to see how Nintendo makes the base game interesting again. I was about to do a re-run of BoTW (havent really played since 2018) but decided against it just to be on the safe side...or should I still go for it?
Don’t because you’re gonna become used to the ground overworld and be dissapointed if the Tears of the Kingdom doesn’t change anything.
@@Nini-wq8uh but i generally dont want anyone to be disappointed... not for me, but for the series. i truly care for zelda.
You missed under water sections.
I do wonder just how much bigger the game can be
Botw is already pretty large in terms of file size for a switch game and the map probably accounts for a large portion of that
You are forgetting that Covid came in the middle of this and made the development a bit longer. But, I agree that even 5 years of development time is ALOT for a sequel which uses the exact same overworld and NPCs for the most part..
amazing work on this video. Congratulations again... I knew you would make a video like this but I thought it would take longer to make.
This is why I'm subbed, excellent comparisons.
My knee-jerk reaction is it is very lazy. However, I'm willing to reserve judgement. I'm hoping that there is more "z-axis" movement down as well as up. Underwater I think was also severely lacking from BotW's exploration.
Quite frankly, if they incorporate actual, traditional dungeons to explore, I'll count that as an upgrade enough. Exploring the beautifully crafted Hyrule only to find another shrine in the exact same palette/tileset as the others that came before, was always a lackluster reward to me.
I think it wouldn't have taken them the longest time to develop a zelda game ever if it was meant to be lazy.
@@phoenix9531 yeh but don't forget covid implications
@@phoenix9531 You think a longer development time means a bigger, better game? Oh boy, I got a Duke Nukem Forever to sell you.
Bear in mind, TotK was *delayed*. Studios don't delay games to put more stuff in, they delay them to have more time to put in all the stuff they wanted to add. This isn't taking six years just to add in loads of content, it's because subpar management (or possibly incompetent programmers... or both) has brought the development team to a desperation point and they need time.
Check out Halo Infinite for more details. It's taking them ten months (was supposed to be three, but the season was extended *twice*) to add a new map, a new gun, a new mode, and some armor.
My point is... temper your expectations. This isn't going to be the grand overhaul you're thinking it will be.
@@xSilentZeroXx Im aware of the gaming industry and other games, thank you. What I said wasn't about all games and I also didn't say it in a vacuum. Its the zelda team. There is no series on the planet that has released high quality games without fail for 30 yeara like Zelda has. Even if its not everybody, it will be an above average game. In developer interviews Aonuma actually said they kept expanding the development time to add more things, then made dlc to add more and then decided to use the same engine and world for a sequel because they still had more. Now, of course I think them taking more time was wanted and welcomed by Nintendo, who told them to wait and release it at switch launch, but Im still certain I and most others will thoroughly enjoy this game. This is not 343 studios.
@@xSilentZeroXx Studios do delay games to put more stuff in.
I can't help but feel this new game is going to take us back to before skyward sword and have Link working to raise the islands into the sky that (in part) form skyloft. "the goddess gathered the surviving humans onto an outcropping of earth..." I suspect Hidemaro Fujibayashi had had a trilogy structure in mind since he directed SS and together with BOTW, Tears of the Kingdom will complete his triforce narrative.
Amazing video once again!
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to get those exact shots for comparison! The Breath of the Wild world is my favorite video game world as well. Honestly, I would be happy to just have a new adventure in that same world. I think adding the sky islands is already more than enough to keep things fresh. Because I really just want to spend more time in that world with more story and things to do! 😁