The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s innovations seem to have few limits
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom appears to put few limits on the innovations created using Link’s Ultrahand ability. Find a few slabs of rock in Hyrule? Slap ‘em together, grab, some wheels, a steering mechanic, and glue on some arms and you’ve got… something!
Nintendo showcased its final Tears of the Kingdom trailer before the game’s May 12 launch, and the nearly four-minute trailer showed off plenty more detail on what Ultrahand and weapon fusion can do. Previous trailers had Link driving a car, a hot air balloon, a drone, and several different boats — all of them created using Ultrahand. You won’t find any of these just rusting away in Hyrule, but you will find the parts.
Until Tears of the Kingdom is released, we won’t know exactly what Ultrahand and weapon fusion’s limits are, but judging from the trailers, there seem to be few. Find the parts and you can build whatever your heart desires, including a block of stone with wheels. For now, we can analyze and learn from what we’ve seen in the trailer.
Link can seemingly provide taxi services to the people of Hyrule, carting them around in a horse-drawn wagon. You can clearly see the connection points in how the cart’s put together — they’re growing green. It’s such a simple vehicle that we’ve seen in plenty of video games, but it has major implications for Tears of the Kingdom. There’s always been people in Hyrule, common folks who live in the villages. But the new trailer not only shows Link ferrying them around, but fighting alongside him, too.
Link’s holding onto a rocket ship or missile in this quick clip from the new Tears of the Kingdom trailer. It’s clearly powered by the green light, again, and thrusting Hyrule’s hero right into the sky as a
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