Let’s break down the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom final trailer

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We have a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the last one we’ll see ahead of the game’s launch next month. While it gave us some answers, we still have a boatload of new and old questions.

For a three, almost four-minute video, it’s absolutely stuffed with things to talk about. Ganondorf has officially returned, there may be other forces at play, and theories about what’s to come are being forged as we speak. So, we’ve gone beat-by-beat to piece apart some interesting tidbits we can glean from the video.

This is all, obviously, speculation. But what we saw today, at the very least, gives a clearer idea of what Nintendo’s got in store for May. And also, you know, raise as many mysteries as there are floating islands in Hyrule’s skies. Let’s dive into it.

Right away in the trailer, we pan over sky islands that seem central to Tears of the Kingdom‘s exploration, and get a glimpse of some Zonai constructs. These glowing green automatons seem to have various tasks, as we see one chopping a tree. But in a prior part of this pan upwards, we see a warrior bot getting surprised and fighting what looks like a blue Chuchu. Maybe they aren’t just here to preserve nature? Or at the very least, the monsters and robots may not be a united force against Link.

As Link soars over Hyrule, we see more of the curious landmarks and animal shapes on the surface. They’re almost like crop circles, but seemingly made of glowing stuff that Link should probably not touch without gloves. No indication of what they indicate, but they do look neat.

We see some towns, with a surprising number of inhabitants milling about, as well as small tents set up around the ruins of Hyrule. But this shot in particular caught my eye, as it