New Tears Of The Kingdom Footage Spotted On The Japanese Zelda Site

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There are just twenty days left before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom arrives. Fans have been pouring over every trailer Nintendo has released, piecing together both the upcoming story and the new map in Tears of the Kingdom, and those fans now have a few new trailers to examine.

Each trailer is 30 seconds long and can be found on the Japanese Tears of the Kingdom site. They're mostly a recap of the third and ostensibly "final" trailer, re-cutting scenes for Japanese media. As such, there's very little new footage to show, but the third trailer does have two tiny tidbits (with thanks to Reddit user CeliLuci) that could shine a light on what's to come.

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First, there's a brief shot of the Gerudo Wasteland where you can see four of the eight Heroine statues. There are initially seven seen in Breath of the Wold as part of The seven Heroines Shrine Quest, with the eighth shrine being revealed after completion. It seems like whatever calamity Ganon has wrought on Hyrule maybe have also removed three more Gerudo Heroines.

The other is a brief shot of Zelda turning to face the sun while holding the damaged Master Sword. We've suspected for a while that the Master Sword becomes damaged by Ganon's corruption (as shown in the third official trailer), but previous shots of Zelda showed her holding an uncorrupted Master Sword.

This could have some implications for the leading theory on what happens with Zelda, Link, and the Master Sword in Tears of the Kingdom. It's speculated that Zelda gets sent to the past somehow and stays in touch with Link by speaking to the corrupted Master Sword through old and undamaged Master Sword.

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