12 Subtle Differences between Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and BOTW - Part 7

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Here are 12 other subtle differences between Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild.
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Part 5: • 12 Other Subtle Differ...
Part 6: • 13 Cool Things in Zeld...
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Part 8: • 14 Subtle Differences ...

[@CoolattasLab]

I think the change in horse behavior is so funny 😭 Link is all "yeah sorry my bad I'll train him better" I never noticed the horses would eat crops before though thats so realistic to horses LMAO

[@nikmcgarity]

When teleporting to a shrine in botw, the camera faces link and the shrines entrance, but in TotK, the camera will be behind link, facing the environment instead of the shrine.

[@Scharfster]

the fishing harpoons seems to have been forgotten to keep to not break against fish haha

[@dompedror]

blame ganon, he decayed almost all of the weapons hahah

[@theMagos]

Who needs harpoons when you have shock fruit?

[@rubellite4480]

the weapon breaking sound effect made me think Link was throwing the harpoon so fast it shattered the second it even touched the fish

[@simondezombie9001]

I'm glad because say one thing the fish has done to you. They did nothing wrong so stop killing them! Please!

[@Scharfster]

yumyum@@simondezombie9001

[@monster25man]

I believe #8's change was done because of Kilton and Hudson's side quest of photographing Monsters And how they programmed it to save the EXACT pose in the photo So they probably altered it for that purpose

[@wildsmiley]

Hudson, not Bolson.

[@monster25man]

@@wildsmiley oh whoops, I got confused

[@d00p58]

that’s what i love about totk. they added so many minor little details that most players won’t notice or pay attention to but they still added them

[@TheRealBOBlibob]

It's also a downgrade in some ways

[@rafaelc.c.]

​@@TheRealBOBlibob It definitely is in some aspects. But still it's basically BOTW in its core.

[@unfortunatefall8180]

would have preferred major details that players actually notice

[@falcon_3146]

This is why I love this game so much - so many hidden details add to the realism of the game! The one with shadows protecting Link against the heat was a nice touch, for example

[@FlyingOmelette]

I think the reason you can now swim up thinner waterfalls is because of the Water Temple and The Legend of the Great Sky Island sidequest. There's also a few sky islands that can be accessed by swimming up a small waterfall.

[@judaiyuki5597]

i love how much work went into this game i never once complained about how long it took my only complaint was the fact that they delayed it 3 times instead of taking their time and just giving a release date when it was ready it felt like they were dangling candy in my face and taking it back when i tried to reach for it

[@Carcosahead]

it was worth the wait tho

[@judaiyuki5597]

@@Carcosahead i am not saying it wasnt lol like i said its a lovely game and i had a lot of fun with it i put in more time into one save of totk than i put into 3 saves of botw

[@infinosim]

Maybe I’m missing something. They said they were aiming for a 2022 release, which they later pushed back to spring 2023. What were the other 2 delays?

[@jackaw1197]

From what I can find it was only delayed once. Announced in 2019 without a title, any details, or release date. A cinematic teaser in 2021 gave a 2022 release date. Early in 2022 this was revised to spring 2023 (the only real delay). Then the actual release date was 12 May 2023; which is still in spring (northern hemisphere).

[@judaiyuki5597]

@@infinosim they gave a solid release date for arpil which ended up being move into may also i apologize for the miscounting

[@20Thomas10]

1:34 The chest magicaly appeared when the dog ate the apple 🍎

[@ethanhart6681]

A detail me and my brother noticed has something to do with Zelda's house. Me, who completed the champion's ballad, saw the photo from the ending photo you get once you complete it. My brother hadn't completed it yet, so where the photo would be hanging, it wasn't there. Crazy how many small details Nintendo put into this game.

[@demifolk8940]

yep! although, very strange detail, i only beat master mode on botw and not the og game. i did champions ballad and basically everything. and none of it transferred over, not even my horses. i had just beaten botw like 3-4 months ago too. its only because i lost my old switch, so i didn’t have my og file from 2017 but wanted to replay the whole game before totk

[@Dylan_x64]

5:12 And here we see the most important difference between the games. A thematic shift, to be sure. Link finally changed his boxers. In all seriousness, that swimming mechanic from Breath of the Wild seemed more like a placebo. I could not tell the difference between swimming with or without clothes. I’m glad this was fixed.

[@penguizard01]

I'm actually mad about the fishing harpoon thing. Sometimes in BotW I would chill at Lurilen and just fish.

[@lundylow]

5:25 For Hylia's sake, Zelda, just bring back the Zora swimming from Majora's Mask in some capacity! It actually made swimming FUN!

[@TheRealBOBlibob]

I was also disappointed that TOTK didn't have any underwater exploration. It would be a great way add new content to the same world. Also Water Temple should have been underwater instead of in the sky

[@poggestfrog]

@@TheRealBOBlibob I mean, they already added an underground biome and a whole new sky biome so I think fleshing out the water areas as wekk would be a bit much.

[@hermy3522]

@@TheRealBOBlibob genshin impact is adding that now 😅

[@GrouchyGander]

The harpoon thing is a bit weird... Like, that's a harpoon's SOLE purpose and it can only do it ONCE? I know the upheaval is a thing and all and the gloom rots weapons, but... come on.

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

a shock emitter kills numerous fish.

[@monhi64]

@@Rhy2412TitanGameryeah we get that by why even keep it in a he game if it’s gonna be such a downgrade. It’s up in the running for objectively worse weapon and there’s probably hundreds. And then we have shock fruit which will demolish 25 fish in one go, yeah probably 3 players used a harpoon twice

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

@@monhi64 Difficult to balance a crap ton of weapons. Likely just didn't care enough to give it a niche sadly as there's numerous alternatives.

[@monstergamer2695]

Here is a pretty cool thing in totk when Link swims up to the waterfall you can move Left and right but I think only work on a big waterfall.

[@timthegatekeeper9677]

The reason for not being able to use a picture of a dying enemy in the compendium might be because of keaton as you can give him pictures of monsters which hudson makes a statue of in the state they were in in the picgure and I guess a dying enemy statue wouldn't be possible?

[@mrcombustiblelemon2902]

The naked swimming thing was probably because it's supposed to be faster than clothed swimming and the increased speed was coded as a constant rather than a multiplier

[@Bandikit]

Well I mean the harpoons, as annoying as they are, kinda make sense. They're probably decayed like all the other weapons

[@rabbitadventurous9441]

I love all these little details but especially the fact about being able to relief heat under passing clouds in Gerudo makes me grin so hard.

[@Chemonki]

All this and we still can’t pet the dogs 😢

[@atgosh]

Also in BotW for #3, the you can find the chest before feeding the dog. In TotK, the chest only spawns in after you feed the dog

[@UraYukimitsu]

Nope, you actually need to feed the dog in BotW as well

[@Carlos-rf6eu]

you can see the chest spawn right as the dog is fed in the video

[@spaghetti3406]

@@Carlos-rf6euMy long lost brother…

[@swigglyforce5215]

Wrong

[@denischen8196]

1:30 That treasure chest just appeared out of thin air.

[@ghosttimm420]

3:30 literally me at work when the clouds go away 😂

[@FN-Pegasus24567]

I love your videos, they inspire me!! And you are making one of the best video game mysteries of all time!!

[@s.p.3587]

Unlike in BOTW, in TOTK ascending waterfalls will have Link recover stamina.

[@SoupyMittens]

I think thats for the part where you have to climb waterfalls up to the water temple

[@yanguskhan8513]

i noticed this last night, messing around on TOTk, but you can steer link when swiimmig up waterfalls. you can move him side to side. i dunno if its possibpe on BOTW.

[@Tustin2121]

It’s not possible. In BotW, the swimming up waterfalls was a glorified cutscene, while in TotK it’s a lot more freeform. Being able to move back and forth on the waterfall is one of the first things I tried because I’d always want to do it in BotW, and so when Link didn’t autocenter on the falls in TotK, I had to see if it was controllable. Love that change.

[@TheRealBOBlibob]

It's also faster in Tears of the Kingdom for the really long waterfalls

[@painuchiha2694]

The fishing harpoon breaking sucks I hate that thrown weapons breaks immediately in general I wish they let you throw them maybe just at the cost of more durability not all of it tho

[@bobosaurus331]

Ikr, if they didn’t break then maybe long throw might have a use

[@nikmcgarity]

It's more annoying because there are spears specifically designed to be thrown, and you can only use them that way one time. Spears should absolutely take a page out of boomerangs book, a little durability used when thrown, but otherwise able to be reused.

[@Zuzek12]

I love this series, some of those things I didn't notice for myself

[@zeromontalvan1514]

In totk you can even move sideways when swimming upwards, in botw it stays in the center

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

I LOVED THIS!!!! Thank you so much!! It made me reconnect to a side of me that i had forgotten, i truly miss games like this and movement now.

[@user-gv1ju7vc4s]

Your videos feel so calm… I love that !. Your videos feel so calm… I love that !.

[@mr.grombo9354]

3:24 seems like a minor detail, but i find It genius and kind of amazing. This game is something else...

[@Soncikuro]

It also seems the waterfall jump ends up higher in TotK than in BotW.

[@reidleblanc3140]

That rock you used to test swim speed looks so much better in totk.

[@ILikeWafflz]

I wonder if they actually added detail or if it looks better because of the change in lighting.

[@sparedswords]

I love the sound of the intro, it "feels" nice, i dunno how to say it

[@nerwannn]

Imo, for the last feature, the position of the camera when swimming up, I prefered how it was in Botw. In totk you really can't see anything but the wall of water and it's hard to just watch what's above you

[@1280-user]

other things i liked about waterfalls is that you can now both cancel climbing by pressing down + jump, and start climbing from its middle automatically when approaching it with the paraglider

[@arcticdragon3565]

In tears of the kingdom you can move link as he swims up the waterfall. You can also move the camera.

[@BloodBane9000]

Pro mode HUD in BotW hides everything except the Hearts and current effect applied to Link. In TotK, not only have they fully hidden the effect, but Hearts become dynamic and after being affected by healing/taking damage, they vanish again after about ~2 seconds. Along with the fact that Nintendo removed the effect end sound from BotW, you'll never truly know when your Attack Up 3 bonus has run out during a battle.

[@cazaadon]

I hate that they removed the special sound of the glowing mastersword during flurry rush. In botw it was epic and now it sounds normal like every other sword.

[@rubengarcia7962]

The sound effect still plays when hitting Ganondorf, Phantom Ganon, and the weak points of the final phase so I don’t know why it was removed for anything else.

[@ILikeWafflz]

Also, I don't know if one of the videos already covered it but I think climbing gear got a climb speed buff

[@averycheesypotato]

4:50 Some enemies can be defeated photographed as/after they die. I have a picture of a frost talos that is just the purple explosion behind Link. I don’t know if it’s just talos or what, only that it is sometimes possible. But for the most part your fact is true, and I still like the videos!

[@pearlplayaa]

Can you take that picture to kilton?

[@averycheesypotato]

@@pearlplayaa Haven’t tried yet, but will report back when I do lol

[@HenrikoMagnifico]

It feels like for TotK, the developers wanted to focus more on difficulty, for better and for worse...

[@Horfact]

The most important change that you forgot to mention is that they gave Link ball jiggle physics in ToTK

[@sweetlime3588]

Idk why but the sudden change between his heat idle animation to his regular stance is too funny to me 3:27

[@veryyelloo4130]

In botw, you cultivated your carrots. Of course this dude isnt allowed to pick your carrots, that would be stealing. But a horse? Sure horse, eat up, you are above the law

[@EldrickJag]

At the 3:40 mark Link is only closing one eye when he's hurt, is that the norm every time he takes damage or just because of the heat? Either way that's so cool and I never noticed that animation before!

[@marianamora4203]

Im so glad they fixed speed boost in totk and swimming yet with the zonai devices i didn't need to swim as much, still i glad it was improved cuz i prefer traversing in the environment by foot. Really wish there would've been a patch for it for botw cuz i still love playing it. The Lynel thump! Omg! 😅

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

The fishing harpoon nerf sucks

[@loresoong8207]

#2 - horses are grazing animals! They should still eat at least one and get Link yelled at if there's someone right nearby! Bring back horses being jerks!

[@QuasarEE]

The really mean/feisty maxed-out stat single-color horses still try to bite your leg sometimes so that might count as being jerks I guess.

[@j.cd5]

There’s so many changes and new details.

[@ddnava96]

In TotK you cam move sideways while going up a waterfall

[@dethfsgg]

I wouldn't call this a difference but all of koltins masks keep the monster horns from botw even the horriblin horn, showing us what they would've looked like. just an interesting detail

[@bonnies122]

I tested out 2 immediately when I got the game, my horse eating all the carrots in botw was so funny to me!

[@stellargay]

the fishing harpoons might be because they were also affected by the upheaval disintegrating weapons? idk just a speculation

[@amyhartman6786]

I thought fused arrows with shock items was meant to replace these 2:13 in TOTK? The arrows and shock items both stack in the inventory while the fishing harpoons would be labeled as "spear" for weapon type would not stack. That makes the fishing harpoons pointless when you have limited inventory space for them if they just vanish after one use like arrows do. I have not even seen a "fishing harpoon" in totk yet or have just not noticed it, as I don't really pick up weapons if I have no use for them. They they would be more like arrows and found in bundles and stacked and used liked throwing items from the quick menu for resources that would be different.

[@dr0pp3d_-]

btw you can also go left and right in totk on waterfalls

[@haileeraestout5567]

That Guy's Thinking Like: MY CARROTS NOOOOOOOO

[@otakuanimeworld8228]

All of this and we STILL CAN NOT PET THE DOG

[@prestokrevlar]

That's a huge nerf for the harpoon out of nowhere. Might as well use a stick.

[@grandmastere2444]

Even underneath Hyrule

[@Rain0T]

i didn't even know you could swim up waterfalls in either game

[@sausage5488]

Why did they nerf harpoon?

[@hunterbush-de9ou]

Then how did I swim up waterfalls in botw with that armor

[@eeveefennecfox]

can't swim up waterfalls in breath of the wild can swim up waterfalls in tears of the kingdom,link's been doing some self training for the future XD

[@haileeraestout5567]

Its Nice That Link FINALLY Changed His Shorts After Wearing His Old Ones 100 Years Ago EEEWWWWW

[@AleX-rx6cn]

I thought number 9 was going to be about link’s undies and how they changed LOL I just noticed

[@JohnSimpson36]

Also the waterfalls are different between BOTW and TOTK at the bottom.

Apples work? I was wasting my best meat on dogs.

[@itsdrgrandpa]

Wasting?? No, friend, they deserve only the finest cuts!

[@holyelephantmg8838]

BOTW horses behaved properly, now they’ll walk away from where they’re told to for an apple Yet they’d eat carrots they weren’t supposed to, now they won’t

[@nickraid]

I wonder how Link doesn’t have visible sweat in BOTW

[@khsj1430]

U can Navigate Link in Totk while swim Up a waterfall

[@icyegg3099]

the harpoon fishing change made me sad, i thought it was fun to use that method and pretend link retried as a hero to fish

[@carlosdelaguerra8302]

The games alright but too many changes its kind of very hard to do and the decayed weapons makes it kinda sad because regular ones are the best and fused even better

[@grandmastere2444]

DPRK has no Zelda but here in America I explored most of Hyrule

[@bluethingy]

In Tears of the Kingdom, Link’s hearts have a more orangish hue compared to Breath of the Wild.

[@sunside79334]

lel. they even thought of zeldas candle in the improsing chamber, so yeah. no surprises here tbh.

[@Nigel222]

I wonder how many years the Switch 2 will take to get a Zelda game

[@lunaraurora8308]

Yeah….. I learned #4 today… the hard way…

[@jpplaysyt6722]

I think that #2 in botw was not intended, just a small bug.

[@newbiezinc4338]

Fishing harpoons. They are not the only weapons you can throw to kill fish in BotW. Almost all weapons can do that (since weapons consume no durability hitting fish). It's one of the game's misinformation on the internet.

[@poggestfrog]

I don't really think anyone says that harpoons are the only weapons you can use to hit fish... Dunno where you're getting that info...

[@newbiezinc4338]

@@poggestfrog People did discuss it back when they were busy discovering secrets in BotW. I believe I've seen at least three posts about it in both the English and the Chinese fandom. The video here used the harpoon as the weapon to demonstrate, so I immediately thought of it. Maybe it was not as widely spread as I thought.

[@poggestfrog]

@@newbiezinc4338 wow, that is actually really weird! Cool to know, though.

[@angie2932]

i learned #8 the hard way

[@WordsInVain]

05:58 What even...

[@Littledonkey-hk9pj]

A real harpoon would last more hits then one I wonder why they made that change. I don't really care because i don't use the harpoon

[@eeveefennecfox]

maybe people abused the harpoon? no idea

[@beezie7886]

1:27- in Botw you can't pet the dogs, and in totk YOU STILL CANNOT PET THE DOGS

[@corq365]

Why'd they nerf spear fishing I use to make bank omg

[@fedorafollower3389]

Link is so hot

[@justprime-yq1gi]

when is zelda wind waker continuing

[@SCP-tn2ln]

Welp, this game sucks, weapons are now useless because the harpoon now breaks (jk)

[@banman0725]

The fishing harpoon was my favorite weapon in botw because of its unique fishing property; it feel better to actually work to catch your fish rather and to blow up the fish or use shock arrows but now its removed in totk