Tears of the Kingdom’s new trailer just revealed a bunch of new characters
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom got its final trailer Thursday morning. While some of the footage showed more of what Link will be able to build in the upcoming sequel, the latter half focused more on the story. This time around, Link will be drawing upon the help of a very large cast of both old and new characters to help him save the world.
There are several new faces — including a new race of creatures — as well as returning friends from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Here is everyone we saw in the trailer today (with the exception of Link and Zelda of course), beginning with the newcomers. We’ll update this article as we get more details on the characters.
We only got a glimpse of this new character, but I’m already excited to meet them. They look like a princess with long flowing locks of hair and pointy ears — all we see of them is a quick snippet of them harnessing a golden magical power. Also they appear to be wearing the same jewelry as Zelda in some of her scenes — so maybe there’s connection there.
Among the new character designs, this one really stood out. It’s a dark and brooding character who has a very goat-like design with tiny horns and what appear to be furry ears. It’s a race of creatures we have not seen before, and I’m especially excited to learn more.
In this clip, all we hear is a deep voice telling Zelda, “Zelda, we rely on your knight and that legendary sword he carries. Our last line of defense will be Link.” After which, we see a tall, robed put their hand on Zelda’s shoulder. We don’t even get a look at the face, but it’s clear they have a close connection to Zelda. Perhaps they are a monarch of Hyrule or connected to the Zonai in some form, since the decorations of
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