Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets you build a literal hovercraft

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A recent gameplay demonstration for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, revealed a host of new mechanics for the upcoming game. 

I never thought that Tears of the Kingdom would let me build a hovercraft, but boy is it a pleasant surprise. Over the course of the 13-minute gameplay trailer, Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed several tantalizing new features which seem poised to take Tears of the Kingdom’s open-world gameplay to the next level. 

In his upcoming adventure, set to release May 12th on Nintendo Switch, Link will be able to Fuse items together to create inventive new weapons. He’ll also be able to use his new Ultrahand ability to cobble together vehicles and items out of objects in the game world. Lastly, the Ascend and Recall abilities have been added to Link’s repertoire, allowing him to more easily traverse the world.

The crafting options afforded by the Ultrahand feature are particularly intriguing. In the gameplay trailer, we see Link cobble together a raft and a hovercraft. Aonuma also explained that the stills of vehicles from the previous trailer also depicted crafted vehicles. It would seem that players will be able to fashion hot air balloons and even cars out of the game’s range of interactable objects. 

The trailer also showed off the Fuse system, whereby Link can combine objects in the game world to forge makeshift weapons, sometimes with powerful effects. For instance: by attaching a large stone to a stick, Link was able to create a deadly mace. Some of the combinations, like the shield and puffshroom, look extremely promising. 

Breath of the Wild offered Zelda fans an unprecedented open-world experience that meaningfully innovated on the series’ established formula. In this