Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Still Has One Big Unanswered Question

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Although it was somewhat drowned out at the awards last year thanks to other brilliant games, presented players with a worthy sequel to 2017's Game of the Year,. It brought more storytelling and plot compared to the first game, although it still leaves one unanswered question: who is the Ancient Hero?

Many characters from the first title are seen again in, and seem to have grown significantly from the first game, such as the Gerudo Chief Riju and the scientist Purah. Curiously, Link seems to look largely the same despite the time skip, except for a new magical arm, and has to watch on while a lot of his friends outgrow him, but when it comes to the Ancient Hero, players are still at a loss as to their true identity.

's time travel takes Zelda back to the time of Hyrule's founding, with her meeting the last of the Zonai and the first queen of Hyrule, Sonia. Strangely, this isn't the period talked about in, which spends a decent amount of time explaining the Ancient Sheikah technology, Divine Beasts, and the hero from the Mythic Era that first faced Calamity Ganon 10,000 years ago. Instead of going here, Zelda goes back even earlier, and this ends up giving the player more questions than answers about the Ancient Hero who first battled Calamity Ganon.

Both and are part of the Era of the Wilds, with this Link being called the Hero of the Wild. These two games are separate from the rest of the timeline .

does give players a look at what the Ancient Hero would have looked like, and the artwork of him often seen in doesn't seem to represent him very well. Link can receive the Ancient Hero's Aspect at the Temple of Time after completing every Shrine of Light, thus allowing him to take the hero of old's form. At first glance,the Ancient Hero doesn't look Hylian, although he does seem to have the pointed, elf-like ears many Hylians are known for.

A new reveal at Nintendo Live 2024 has big implications for how Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom fit into the wider