Was this Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trick inspired by the 80s Zelda cartoon?

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (opens in new tab) players have discovered a new way to get around Hyrule: bomb power.

As shared by u/lafonfrede on the Zelda subreddit, some have discovered a "neat way to go high" involving a clever little exploit. You can check it out in action below:

"You've made me a very happy man with this knowledge," replied (opens in new tab) one happy player, whilst another simply said (opens in new tab): "Thank you for this tidbit."

If you're worried that bombs are too rare to use this way, worry not; even before unlocking the bomb shop, once "you go into a chasm, they're everywhere" explains Vivirun (opens in new tab), whilst another (opens in new tab) user confirms that the trick can also be done - and send you "even higher with the glider" - if you "light a hot pepper or pinecone on fire".

"You can also drop a fan face-up and use it like Revali’s Gale! Doesn’t eat up your battery either," advises another (opens in new tab) clever player.

If it all feels a little familiar, that's because the very same trick was used by Link himself in the 80s Zelda animated show! No one's entirely sure if that inspired the development team, but hey, we're going to call it official Zelda canon now and there's nothing you can do about it.

We already know that Tears of the Kingdom is the best-reviewed game of 2023, topping the charts on aggregate sites like OpenCritic and Metacritic, rated 97 and 96, respectively. Today, however, Metacritic is open to user votes, and over 1800 people have already left a review (opens in new tab), giving it an aggregate score of a still good - if slightly less impressive - 8.6 out of 10 at the time of writing, although it's been steadily going up since user reviews