Did you think the final launch trailer was the end of it? It turns out that wasn’t the case at all, as Nintendo has shared some new details for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
This comes from Nintendo’s official website, which you can view here. You should note if you are using Firefox, that it may not be able to load the website properly due to the heavy amount of elements it uses.
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Now, these details aren’t as extensive as what we saw in the final trailer, but there are still a few things worth talking about.
There is a dedicated page for amiibo. We already know that there will be a new Link amiibo based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
But you can also use other amiibo that are The Legend of Zelda themed. This is what the website says:
“If you scan an amiibo figure from the Legend of Zelda series, you can receive helpful materials, weapons, or a paraglider fabric based on which one you scanned.”
The last detail is definitely a teaser of something bigger. If you’ve played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you are already used to getting weapons and materials from amiibo. But paraglider fabric is new.
Why would you need more paraglider fabric? Can Link’s paraglider now be destroyed? Is this a new weakness to compensate for all of the new traversal methods Link has?
Here’s another description of Hyrule in a page explaining the game’s features:
“The sky isn’t the only thing that’s changed in
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