Let's dissect Nintendo's final Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer

eurogamer.net:

Nintendo has released its final trailer for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and boy was there a lot to unpack in there. So, here I am, unpacking it all for you all.

Before we dive on into it, here is that trailer again:

First off we see the game's sky islands, along with a Construct who is whacking away a Blue ChuChu. We then see a Construct chopping at a tree, in a rather calming way.

This makes me think the sky islands of Hyrule were once 'peaceful' and something has happened that has left them to be invaded by the land-beings of Hyrule. We've seen Link sparring with a Construct in a previous trailer, and the land is also now filled with other pests from Ganon's army of minions.

We then see Link plummeting past the islands, deploying his glider and landing back on Hyrule. There are familiar locales from Breath of the Wild here, such as Hateno Village. A camp has been set up in the fountain area outside Hyrule Town, perhaps so workers can reside in situ and fix up the damage that has been done, similar to the carpenters in Ocarina of Time.

Our next shot sees Link climbing the cliffside above Hylian settlements. In the background there is a large, rather strange, circular rock formation, which at first glance made me think of the Mirror of Twilight.

Given my suspicion we will see more of the Zonai — because of the symbols shown on the sky islands and the fact the Construct in an earlier trailer dropped a «Zonai Charge» — I wonder if this perhaps lends more gravitas to the theory the Zonai are tied somehow to the Twili from Twilight Princess. That being said, this ring formation is a lot bigger than the Mirror of Twilight, unless it is merely a stone surround for the mirror itself. There is a hole in the middle