The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Shares Imagery With Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's latest trailer didn't reveal a ton of concrete details, but the title alone provides grounds for speculation about its plot, including possible connections to past Zelda games like Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess. So far, the Breath of the Wild sequel has already presented itself much in the same way as past games like Skyward Sword through its emphasis on sky islands and aerial adventures, but The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may have more connections at hand than that. The title strongly hearkens back to past Zelda games with tear-centric imagery, particularly Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.
Shared imagery between Zelda games is nothing new. Emblems of the Triforce pervade the franchise, even when the Triforce itself isn't central to the story, and lots of Zelda dungeons put their own spins on dungeon ideas passed down through generations of the franchise. Still, Tears of the Kingdom's emphasis on tears is a little more niche. Tears have cropped up as important artifacts in a few past Zelda games before, but now it sounds like they'll take the forefront in a new way. Link will likely have to collect mysterious tears scattered around Hyrule, and these tears could relate to similar collectibles from Link's past lives.
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Skyward Sword's use of tears had a decidedly divine quality to it. Over the course of Skyward Sword, Link had to complete various Sacred Realms created by the goddess Hylia to acquire artifacts that helped him navigate the world. To complete the Sacred Realms, Link gathered Sacred Tears, each of which was associated with one of Hyrule's Golden Goddesses.
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