5 HUGE Mysteries in Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom Trailer!

[@HyruleGamer]

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[@DeadlyTinyOrc]

I think this is the end of the biggest cycle, and our job is to end it once and for all

[@lizardlink5130]

Have you noticed the dust cloud in the arid looking region in the trailer? its difficult to tell what is creating it in the youtube trailer due to low resolution, but on the eshop listing you can see with absolute certainty that the creatures creating this cloud are molduga due to a higher resolution. you can count individually at least 10 and there are definitely more than that. I lined up the area using the rocks and landscape to find it is the Toabab grassland in west faron where you find the giant horse (which I suspected already) This is interesting because it shows more molduga than ever seen before and also shows that they have somehow escaped the desert. my question is why are there so many, how did they leave the desert and why? I would love to see a theorist of your caliber look further into this as there is only so much i can find on my own. (i already made this comment but thought this was a good place to also leave it)

[@icesonic358]

What if the mazes are bigger then we think, like the Maze is a full on cube compared to the square that is was in BOTW.

[@waldilks]

I really want to be Able to shoot the zonai gloop out of the new arm, and it’s explosive. By shooting or hitting it etc, it explodes, like the goo gun in other video games like Fortnite. I’ve said it…

[@ericmurray6678]

Zonai Gloop = Hip Vials?

[@corrinflakes9659]

I kind of want that orb obsessed woman to be heartbroken that most Sheikah tech is gone. I just want her to be like “this zonai stuff kinda mid tbh”. Would be funny.

[@Lionofanamechanger]

Lol.

[@BXtr3m3ty]

That's cringe

[@Agueybana1978]

Oh, Loone? Yeah that'd be nice to see.

[@corrinflakes9659]

@@BXtr3m3ty 大切なものを奪われそう 日常に紛れ込んだ悪魔 平穏ならとっくに崩れ去ってる 何気ないそしてさりげない 気付かないうちに奪われていた 取り返しに行くなら今さ 貫いた矢のような鋭さで ぶつけ合う心は美しい どこまでも chase you いつも chase you 俺は chase you 逃げ場はない 走り出せ chase you 明日も chase you 叩きつけてやるのさ 勝敗を分けるのは執念さ だから I chase you 貫いた矢のような鋭さで ぶつけ合う心は美しい どこまでも chase you いつも chase you 俺は chase you 逃げ場はない 走り出せ chase you 明日も chase you 叩きつけてやるのさ Cha-cha-chase you Cha-cha-chase you Cha-cha-chase you 夢を見ていたよ Cha-cha-chase you Cha-cha-chase you まだ醒めやしない 勝敗を分けるのは執念さ だから I chase you

[@jockson7574]

She stopped being obsessed with the orbs and became obsessed with Guardians

[@UltravioletNomad]

The labyrinths are made out of blocks similar to the golem we saw, I don't think it's crazy to think they can rearrange once they're lifted, or that they might rearrange while we're in them.

[@javiervasquez625]

So Nintendo is using large floating Rubic cubes as dungeon puzzles to obtain an important item. That's definetly a cool never thought out concept.

[@UltravioletNomad]

@@javiervasquez625 A natural expansion to both the Sky Keep Slide puzzle and the Divine Beast mechanics.

[@sunte91]

@@UltravioletNomad nice idea 💡 👍🏻

[@Pixelguy9]

I think I figured out something interesting about the new Sheikah Slate Zelda has in the offical character artwork. I think it might be Purah’s, after all in her diary, did she say that she made her own Slate, which is how she used that Anti-ageing rune. On the front of Zelda’s new Slate, where the eye symbol used to be, we can see a new pattern that has things on it very similar to Purah’s glasses. I dunno, I just thought it was a cool theory I needed to tell someone about.

[@julien6871]

interesting

[@dertechl6628]

The symbol on the slate is just a generic Sheikah eye symbol. The Lens of truth also resembles it.

[@denimgenes5909]

Thats a good theory.

[@javiervasquez625]

Maybe that will explain how Ganondorf "rehydrated" himself after stealing Zelda's Slate from her and using Purah's de-aging rune to become young again.

[@mrpersonmanthing5572]

@@javiervasquez625 the final boss is just Link kicking the everliving shit out of a 6 year old

[@coloradodafronteira]

One detail that people haven't mentioned yet and I'm very curious to see what's gonna happen is the Gerudo Tower. We know that the sheikah towers are gone, but the Gerudo Tower used to be on an infinite gigantic hole. Perhaps now there will be something down there? A path to the underground world? Maybe it will be overflowing with malice.

[@drewmclean163]

Yeah, that place is intriguing. As is the hole in the Yiga Hideout. Perhaps they're connected, and Kohga has been stuck down there.

[@coloradodafronteira]

@@drewmclean163 yeah, I never even thought about that one, there will be stuff there for sure

[@usujiotarako]

They're not gone, there is screenshots out there where you can actually see the glow from the sheikah towers in the distance, they've just moved

[@ryantelberson]

@@usujiotarako we see towers in the distance but theyre shaped very different from the sheikah ones

[@aidenwallin3523]

Impa. Has anything happened to Impa? I need to know. If she's still alive, I bet she's the one who gave Zelda the Lens of Truth on her Sheikah slate in the promotional art. She probably uses it to find Ganondorf('s body). Also hoping for a musical instrument to play. Any ideas?

[@pubchronicles]

The hand most likely stops malice from spreading into links body and corrupting him. Just like it stopped the malice from spreading from inside ganondorf, and that cloud in the sky is defnitely the Isle of Songs used to repair the master sword.

[@egabriandana]

I had a dream last night about Demise returning to Tears of the Kingdom, surrounding by towers of Malice, and Ganondorf possibly laying dead on the ground. If Demise really returns as a boss, I’m gonna cry.

[@julien6871]

Yea I’m tired of these “leaks” that say it came to me in a dream

[@tumultuousv]

@@julien6871 leaks? Who said to take them seriously?

[@waldilks]

That’s a cool dream.

[@pubchronicles]

I think your right and that cloud in the sky is defnitely the Isle of Songs used to repair the master sword. This game is definitely a mix of SS and BOTW

[@javiervasquez625]

@@pubchronicles It's a mix of everything we've seen in 3D Zelda since Ocarina of Time given Ganondorf's Gerudo origin and the many references to an ancient lost kingdom (Wind Waker), duality (Twilight Princess) and a sky world filled with floating islands (Skyward Sword).

[@100PercentZelda]

Everyone: That woman is Hylia! Hyrule Gamer: That's Hylian likely... =)

[@100PercentZelda]

Get it?

[@javiervasquez625]

It probably isn't Hylia due to how Demise described her back in Skyward Sword as "too magnificent compared to her mortal form". The figure in the trailer looks far too Human/Hylian for her to fit the description given by Demise.

[@HyruleGamer]

🤣

[@WNBunker]

To me, the Hebra storm looks very similar to the Thunderhead in Skyward Sword. Perhaps the Big Bad Guy of this game has trapped another powerful being (Dragon, Wind Fish, etc...) inside the storm.

[@lizardman6515]

Me too, thx for bringing this up

[@robwaters8848]

I think this game is going to be every Zelda game or story concept wrapped up into one game.

[@thomaspereira1545]

When talking about the storm above Hebra Mountain, I hardly see people suggesting there could be an floating island with a dungeon on it, idk it seems like a very "Zelda" thing to do. We can see something similar happen in Wind Waker for the Earth and Wind dungeons and to an extent, Thunder Plateau from Botw (not really as in weather blocks the entrance, but more like weather hinders you while you try to solve the puzzle). Blocking off the access to a dungeon with weather conditions would be perfect for Totk

[@ewe6096]

Not all the shots of Hebra in the trailer have the cloud above it. I will have to watch again to see if there is an island when the thunderhead is gone.

[@nyancorp]

One huge mystery is: how can the master sword be damaged by malice? It is said to have divine powers to oppose all evil forces of Demise or Ganon. In fact it had more power when fighting against Ganon and his minions than with other monsters. I presume the handshake is between green tunic-Link and Zonai-Zelda. We may see a flashback of what happened 10‘000 years ago. In Twilight Princess Link met the Spectre of the Hero of Time who taught him sword techniques. Maybe here it‘s the spirit of Zonai-Link that will be his companion and teacher.

[@chimeracage10]

My guess is that this malice is concentrated.

[@DragonLover2355]

Yeah I think the issue with the sword is, its been damaged in the fight 100 years before botw, it was burned and damaged in the flashback to links initial fall So it might have been healed of those burns but it's clear it's not 100% what with the whole power loss mechanic and it dissipating If it met a concentrated blast of malice it might have been overwhelmed in it's damaged or weakened state

[@axmajpayne]

The storm above Hebra makes me think of Thunderhead from Skyward sword. It would play into the theories of Tears of The Kingdom connecting both ends of the timeline.

[@waltuh2412]

I think with the rise of these Ganon blessed monsters the stables may begin to be abandoned since most of them would be the most vulnerable to attack. Or since botw Hylians are spreading across Hyrule more beyond their villages and setting up homesteads taking advantage of the peace before y’know, Ganon rises again

[@lizardlink5130]

Have you noticed the dust cloud in the arid looking region in the trailer? its difficult to tell what is creating it in the youtube trailer due to low resolution, but on the eshop listing you can see with absolute certainty that the creatures creating this cloud are molduga due to a higher resolution. you can count individually at least 10 and there are definitely more than that. I lined up the area using the rocks and landscape to find it is the Toabab grassland in west faron where you find the giant horse (which I suspected already) This is interesting because it shows more molduga than ever seen before and also shows that they have somehow escaped the desert. my question is why are there so many, how did they leave the desert and why? I would love to see a theorist of your caliber look further into this as there is only so much i can find on my own.

[@gregpl9363]

Top caliber theoris at your service 😎 As we know, molduga(s) are capable of navigating below grounds, it takes insane strength to push through the masses of sand they do, even more so than certain rock types. Figuring the moldugas are affected by the malice/blood moon/ganondorf as well, in both numbers and strength, what if the moldugas (in that area) are the cause of certain caves being dug out, giving both them passsage to the other side of the desert, damn near or even reaching the Faron region and giving Link underground routes too. (Knowing TLoZ, they probably made sure there’s more inside those mountains then just plain carved out tunnel, either there’s ancient hidden areas or areas used by enemies like bokos (which we see in the trailer in underground area) to set up camp, mine for ore and/ore protect certain elements against link collecting them. Guess we’ll see, but with the moldugas strength and their numbers, them reaching the other side might not be such a crazy thought. 💯👍

[@javiervasquez625]

Funfact about the "giant horse" you mentioned: it's more than likely Ganondorf's Black Gerudo steed from Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess who like Zelda's white horse was reincarnated around this time for the King of Thieves to ride once more. The fact that he appears around the same area where those 10 Moldugas show up might imply Ganondorf as the one responsible for sending them there in the first place possibly in order to dig out wathever lies buried in that specific location (a dungeon, Ganondorf's Castle, an important Gerudo stronghold, etc.).

[@lizardlink5130]

@@gregpl9363 thanks! That's an interesting idea but I like the idea that they might have come from somewhere else in the desert. It's not out of the question that molduga can swim (they're pretty well built for it after all) and we know from BOTW that there is a lot of Gerudo desert we cannot access and there are even islands in the distance that we could see, so Ganondorf might have somehow attracted them from elsewhere, and their possible ability to swim could mean they somehow swam around the large mountains of the desert to reach the southern Faron shoreline. I feel your idea is more likely but it'd be interesting too see what Hyrule Gamer thinks. Let's Just hope he spots this!

[@gregpl9363]

Yeah very true, perhaps even a region where they originate from. We know how far the Gerudo desert extends even beyond the invisible borders.and then there’s that location near (I think it was the ishto soh shrine and the nautella wetlands)/next to the mountain where you have to cover the sheikah plateau in the mountain face with a snowball. Next to that there’s practically an opening which puts you from Faron right into the Gerudo desert, so your right that they don’t have to dig underneath or through the mountains, they can just navigate past them on surface level. You know what’s crazy? I think TotK is THE product of Nintendo going like “let’s watch content creators and commenters theorize and come up with potential ideas, wishes and alterations for a couple of years and let’s give em (damn near) everything they wanted and more”. That’s what gets me hyped. Because even that flying machine at the end (believe this was admitted too) is a product of us and I think it was Mety who came up with it, creating the minecart flying machine. And overall… bruh a horde of moldugas and possibly new ways of fighting them… count me in 🤣 Stay blessed 💯💪

[@swordmas0681]

5:50 I believe that this storm is the thunder head from Skyward sword which hid the isle of songs in that game, as it looks similar in purpose and cosmetics, and while locations usually aren't the same between Zelda games, it's in the exact same area as Skyward sword, the north western corner.

[@cookieeater1552]

I love this idea I have one of mine own I’d like to share maybe story wise it’s to keep the npcs trapped in that area and make so they can’t fly into the skyrole but also maybe game wise to explain why they haven’t just flown out of danger.

[@zeldagod64]

I am glad there adding more enemies like redeads and what could be Gleeok to tears of the kingdom

[@javiervasquez625]

I'm hoping they'll also be adding all the other og enemies from Zelda 1 including Tektites, Gels, Zols, Like likes, Pols Voice, Goriyas, Vires, Stalfos, Wallmasters, Darknuts, Ghinis, Aquamentus, Dodongos, Manhandlas, Gohmas and Digdoggers to make the game go full circle with the original game which started it all.

[@ausgamecollector]

@@javiervasquez625 “Wtf is a tektite??” 😅

[@zeldagod64]

@@ausgamecollector tektites we’re enemies from zelda on the nes. They look like giant bugs that can jump.

[@ausgamecollector]

@@zeldagod64 I’m aware, the quote is in inverted commas as it’s AVGN’s line.

[@jessica-ov6js]

5:09 I think it's like in ss and will prevent us from getting to that place until we have the tools needed

[@a.jthomas6132]

The underground maybe a great way to give Princess Zelda a chance to be playable in a separate way story after Ganondorf’s resurrection. Armed only with her new Sheikah Slate, a Bow of Light, and her sealing powers. Many Zelda fans had wanted to see her perspectives since Skyward Sword.

[@ryantelberson]

this would be super interesting! I loved playing as Zelda in Age Of Calamity and using her bow of light weapon. Makes me wonder if anything from Age Of Calamity will carry over to the new game?

[@javiervasquez625]

@@ryantelberson If Nintendo cares about storytelling (which Twilight Princess suggests they do) then they won't even bother referencing Age of Calamity in any capacity that would unleash a myriad of plotholes courtesy of the walking plotdevice that is Terrako the R2-D2 ripoff.

[@rosjivenus1355]

Just like they intended to do at the end of Skyward Sword!!

[@calistrenght_5780]

The problem with her abilities is she doesn't have then anymore

[@a.jthomas6132]

@@rosjivenus1355 Exactly what I am saying. But hope they learned from their mistakes.

[@frankiesalmon7545]

My heart sank when I seen that go kart contraption. It’s the Master Cycle all over again

[@frankiesalmon7545]

My prediction…the ‘Tears’ are spirits of Hyrulians killed by Ganon, Link travels through time to save the folk to they never end up as spirits/tears. Once rescued from the past they’re free to populate Hyrule once more. Basically, the game is now a giant Tarrey Town quest 😊

[@TomWDW1]

I find it interesting that, as far as I can remember, except for Hyrule Castle, the only pieces we see floating *up* are the labyrinths. Which we know were of Zonai origin. Maybe anything Zonai has the ability to fly?

[@staris3712]

My personal theory the gloop being used is coming from Links belt. As the air balloon seems redundant next to the Air copter. That is unless there is an evolution to them. Air balloon has limited controls however would only require one gloop to use so would unlock that technology much earlier. As you Progress thru the story and collect more gloop, 4 in the case of the Air copter plus the components that needs you can start using it instead. Same could happen with the car maybe. Start with a simpler 2 wheeler or maybe three wheel variant and work up to larger vehicles.

[@daknut72]

Since it is near the mountains, maybe the storm is actually above where the forgotten temple is. This could have some connection with the Hylia statue that is in there and also since the forgotten temple seems to particularly have resemblance with skyward sword, maybe it’s the same island originally from skyloft?

[@TheWriterOnFire]

I think the tents in the first one are going to be an army encampment. I heard someone in another video say "Hyrule looks like it's at war" and it does.

[@stevendierkes6028]

I hope that in the final trailer that we get it starts off with this scene for the final time but it gives us all the missing pieces in it to describe what happened. And then the rest of the trailer is as unbelievable as the breath of the wild trailer that made us want to run through a wall at the end. Can’t wait! Great video and theory’s man!

[@bluecat3338]

I personally hold to the theory that the figure holding what looks like Zelda’s hand in the cutscene and the figure holding what looks like Zelda’s hand in the mural are two depictions of the same scene that took place _______ (10,000?) years ago. Maybe the story of 10,000 years ago will be unlocked by Link finding and seeing fragments of memories belonging to the being whom the hand once belonged to. Similar to how we found Link’s memories in BotW.

[@dr.nottanownudder]

I have a feeling those labyrinths are now going to be 3 dimensional mazes with certain prizes in the center, like literally the core. You have to work your way all around the 6 walls making your way to the core! It sounds very complicated but if anyone can do it, nintendo can.

[@Da4-zp9jf]

So a theory I have had for a long time that no one I have seen has had a similar thought. The hand holding down Ganondorf is the ancient hero (possibly of zonai decent). That could be why there is no record or farther legends of him after the battle with the calamity. Ganondorf is under hyrule castle and the ancient hero never left there. That is who zelda is asking to lend power to link. The ancient hero who defeated the calamity once before and trapped Ganondorf for the last millennia.

[@blizz2748]

Few ideas. The vehicles goop looks like the vials on link. Some kind of connector resource. The hand and glowing person. Flashback. Some remembrance the hand gives link. Ages ago a deal struck between hylia or a previous zelda and the first owner of the hand. Best guess is zonai made a deal to hold ganon at her request

[@miksouleye274]

Wild guess. Could be Zeldas mom. Looks like Zelda but with bigger hair as example sybolizeing age. Hands crossing on wall tabestry sybolizeing reunion. To me the the wall tabestry is also a prophecy like the painting in BotW. Just a thought.

[@KatieZebra55]

All this Zonai tech, sort of helps back a theory I had a while ago (and commented about), that the Sheikah tech was stolen from the Zonai. The Zonai tech Link can build in TotK are far more useful than the Sheikah tech, which makes sense if the Zonai created in the first place and the Sheikah took it to create protective tech for Hyrule.

[@jaedonhylton6408]

I think, about the vehicles anyway, yes they fell from the skies but they were put together by none other than purah and or Robbie, the vehicles and air balloon looks “too modern” for it to have the same purpose thousands of years prior, as for the zonai glue, I believe that was entirely created by purah with a mixture of sheikah and zonai knowledge, but I don’t think it’s gonna be called glue at all haha, just a thought tho

[@harpuia1379]

The storm was closer to Farron region before...and now it appears to be in Hebra? Either they changed its location...or it moves. 😎

[@Bri32675]

It would be really interesting if more chunks of land raise up throughout the entire game (seeing how it already happens in the trailers.)

[@Dominik_Dollinger]

One source for the green glue for the vehicles is probably that Hinox we saw in the trailer. Remember that it had a green stone around its neck?

[@ComradeSeanski]

i have a feeling the "combination" mechanic is a lot deeper than were realizing

[@BillyGurke026]

I can't wait to horde 999 bottles of Zonai-glue. I like that name. Thanks.

[@SealiosSpring]

I love your color grading. It looks so good!

[@erikabutler6893]

8:40 Remember Zelda’s diary when she mentions the mysterious woman in her dream? Perhaps it’s her, appearing before Zelda. Also, the hand the woman is touching isn’t really bigger than her own; granted, Link’s hands are particularly big and seem roughly the same size as Zelda’s looking (looking at the BOTW memory where Link is leading Zelda through the woods).

[@jeremylandry858]

Gonna post it again in case you missed it. Someone else pointed out that non-English languages (specifically German was mentioned) use the their plural form of you in Zelda’s statement, meaning if it wasn’t mistranslated, Zelda is asking a group of people to lend Link their strength, not a singular individual. If this is the loop and Link is both the first and last Link in the timeline, Zelda/Hylia could be speaking to all the Hylians (given they were the only ones to ascend to the sky). At the same time, she could be speaking to the Zonai as a race or the Triforce or the three golden goddesses. Of these three, I think the Zonai are the most intriguing and I’d love for her to be saying this line as she falls. Link jumps after her, she asks the Zonai to lend him their strength, and the hand grabs him.

[@javiervasquez625]

It's been confirmed that the original *japanese* version speaks in *singular* meaning Zelda is most definetly talking to a single individual so that they may help Link. It's more than likely that the person she's talking to is the "spirit arm" right after Link's right arm was corrupted by Ganondorf's Malice.

[@jeremylandry858]

Thanks for that. Hadn’t seen that confirmation obviously. And her talking to the hand makes the most sense and I do believe that hand is coming from the entity in the mural.

[@bdhuffman42]

I'm calling it now. Zelda will reach out to Link and say "It's dangerous to go alone. Take me."

[@lurksmcgee]

Concerning the mazes there's a lot that they could do, who's to say they don't flip over to show a whole new maze when they rise? Lots of possibilities!

[@Pio_Nono]

The round ball-like island at 6:20 looks like the moon from Majoras Maks. 😅

[@jhebadiasprunklefunk9243]

Check the hot air balloon against the Hateno village shot, there are 2 similar shaped and similar coloured objects that may be the crafting component for the hot air balloon.

[@IllegallyAcquiredKIA]

The giant storm in the hebra region looks alot like the one in skyward sword!! It probably just hides more islands

[@shaeceph6346]

It would be really cool if there was some sort of corrupted dragon/dungeon at the center of the storm above Hebra or something along those lines. Maybe it’s a dragon’s temple that’s been shrouded by the storm because of the dragon’s corruption

[@waltuh2412]

What’s the song that plays during the camp/npc section of the video, sounds sick

[@ikebeckman1074]

An idea that came to me while watching. In the shot where the floating labyrinth is shown (and a few others), Link’s hair is still tied back, whereas in others it’s loose. Also lining up with Zelda’s doubts about Link being able to stop Ganon, maybe we’ll get a game in two acts. Act I where Link “loses” to Ganon (scripted “death”), and Act II in the sky where Link is revived and learns the heritage and skills of the hero of legend from 10,000 ya. This makes some extra sense to me because my guess is the hero of legend was Zonai, as are the islands. Additionally, the hero in the tapestry has long hair, a glowing hand, a green arm, and a green chest like Link’s sky outfit.

[@Proximius]

The storm makes me think of the Thunderhead in Skyward Sword, home to Levias. Could be with the return of the Sky Islands, we'll meet (one of) the last Leviathans or something similar. Hebra and the Thunderhead reside in similar areas in their respective maps, too. Just sayin'.

[@elliotljungdell8700]

I love that the song of storms was playing while you were taking about the storm

[@laurad8543]

One thing I'm wondering is, how does the champion's tunic get repaired? We see its right shoulder get toasted along with Link's arm, but in all the shots where Link's on the ground, the champion's tunic is whole again. Another hint toward crafting, or maybe an NPC repairs it for him?

[@javiervasquez625]

¿Didn't Zelda herself sew ALL the Champions clothes on her own as stated by king Rhoam at the end of the Champion's Ballade DLC? That may just be a hint that she survived her fall into the dark pit and either sew the shirt back together or crafted a new one from scratch for Link to wear.

[@TheKillager]

What if "lend him your power" just turns out to be Nintendo saying for players to help link on his next quest

[@roberarevalo6837]

Is not the storm over Hebra region engulfing some floating islands? You can actually see those islands in the shot where Link is standing near the edge of another floating island over death mountain or the eldin region (the same shot where you can see the north lomei laberynth rised in the sky). I personally don’t think it is Ganondorf’s evil doings but more like a test for the heroe to clear it up in orden to access those islands and the secrets/power/weapons in them, like the shrines in BOTW but in a larger scale. Maybe we “unlock” the floating islands of each region after finishing the potential dungeons of the game or maybe we have to clear them like the pre-dungeon puzzles you have to solve in classic Zelda games to gain access to the dungeons themselves. Anyway it is a really cool new feature of TOTK and I can’t wait to discover what or who is responsible of that storm!

[@venkelos6996]

Personally, I'm still divided on my feelings regarding the vehicle crafting. Zelda doesn't have to be all fantasy, all the time, and I did like the Master Cycle Zero, but these strange Lego creations...I just don't know. It might be fun to see Robbie and Purrah play a part in manufacturing these things; sort of keeping their research going, if you will, but how much access to these devices will we have? Where will they be able to go? Will we store them someplace, when they are not in use? Have to go back there to getbm one? Have garages dotting the map, like stables? Personally, I liked the horses, in BotW, and while I did see Link riding one, in the trailer, I'm wondering how valuable they will even be when Link builds a UHaul, a riding drone, or a hot air balloon? With those last two, even some of his newer traversal powers might seem superfluous. Maybe I just want my Epona back. I know a lot of people didn't like the pay wall that was Amiibo, and most of those have now only gotten older, and maybe harder to find, but I want my Epona back, and maybe some of my outfits, or gear. I just don't know if we'll need to ride Epona, or some other horse you can get without Amiibo, if Link can build a jeep. As for the glowing figure, I personally hope it isn't Hylia. It could be neat, and even with Zelda walking about, something was functioning behind the Goddess Statues, to take your Spirit Orbs, but I'm personally tired of people hoping for some truly massive shift up, where this game could end the tale of Ganon, and his curse, or finally end the bloodline of the Royal Family, with Zelda somehow experiencing apotheosis, and becoming the deity again. I've been playing Zelda since the 80s; it's my favorite series, and I'm personally nor interested on it stopping, or totally embracing some completely different structure. I WANT Link, Zelda, Ganon, and the Triforce to remain integral parts, and keep telling stories using them. Maybe I'm just being a whiny nostalgic, not wanting things to change.

[@WayneVialpando28]

In your first mystery, it’s most likely a makeshift settlement. If you notice right next to the block is another tenant with a sign outside of it it’s my guest, it’s my guess due to link being awake and aware he’s most likely clearing out the camps, and more than likely whatever is left of Hyrule is probably forming in military force

[@JeepSec]

Regarding the mysterious character in the white dress, a friend of mine who is both a Zelda fan and an artist says that she believes it is not Zelda, at least not in her BotW form. She says that this figure is drawn in a more "mature" way that she described as "hot mom" instead of teenage girl. In her opinion, the curve of the hips and the size of the arms indicate a woman in perhaps early middle age.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

You think Link could just...produce Zonai Gloop with his spooky arm, like a chi blast?

[@thesis-and-nieces6722]

Id speculate that zelda is in the white dress, but the mural figure is behind her on the platform. Plus, there is height difference between presumably zelda and the mystery figure, including hand size differences

[@BH-oq7hv]

08:10 is that a lotus flower opening behind zelda/hylia/whoever? Its big and has similar pattern as zelda/hylia/whoever decoration necklace

[@Tass...]

Doesn't the same muddy water that Link pulls the wheel from contain one of the wooden pieces that can be used to construct the car also. Looks like it to me. Proped up against the stone pillar with the chest on. Seems odd that it's there otherwise.

[@WMichaeli]

What if that storm is actually the Thunderhead from Skyward Sword? It's possible that it may have moved but if I remember, the Thunderhead was magically created to hide the Isle of Songs. So if we're returning to the Sky Isles we could potentially see a return of the Thunderhead and the Isle of Songs as well.

[@WolfsDE]

Well....considering that Hateno village is basically Skyloft from Skyward Sword, this could make a lot of sense.

[@michaelkaduck1915]

One thing I'm thinking about is Death Mountain. We know it is spewing out malice, and some pieces seem to be in the sky in the most recent trailer with link grinding on rails. What about the gorons? I'm scared their village will be destroyed and that the malice will create horrible caves beneath the ground and a fire dungeon filled with malice in the sky.

[@javiervasquez625]

The Gorons might be able to flee into the underground caves where they'll be able to barricade themselves with large rocks from all the monsters laying siege around the mountain. Link might end up visiting a new incarnation of "Goron City" from Ocarina of Time after finding a hidden entrance leading to said underground caves.

[@Monkey-081hs]

And what happened to Rudania? What if it's inside the mountain?

[@javiervasquez625]

@@Monkey-081hs Maybe either Daruk's spirit or Yunobo took control of Rudania prior to Ganondorf's return and managed to move it away from the crater and to a safe distance to prevent the Malice spreading from within the volcano to corrupt the Divine Beast a second time. It's possible the Gorons might be using Rudania as a shelter from all the Malice erupting out from Death Mountain until Link arrives to calm the volcano and allow them to return to Goron City once more.

[@quillian8493]

I think something interesting to note is that the fixed master sword design has a tear shape near the tip of the sword, plus the symbols near the bottom of it also look similar to the pedestals in the temple of time. I'm not a time travel crack theories, but I believe it's still feasible in some way.

[@phantom99991]

I personally hope the labyrinths rise up and then reconfigure rubix cube style to form dungeons of some kind

[@Sakabatou77]

The swirling clouds could be like a link to the islands in the sky, or some sort of thing to keep Naydra from descending from the sky.

[@Lionofanamechanger]

Finally someone says the file size 💀 No one is mentioning it, i already know but it needs to be more known.

[@gabriellockwood2780]

I bet with the Labyrinths lifting up, what we saw in BotW was just a tiny amount of them... We'll get to explore a bit in this game, then Gannondorf will activate everything flying upwards, and that'll unlock the underground entrances to them, and once we get INTO the flying Labyrinths, we'll be able to rotate them/parts of them, like the Divine Beasts//the new rotation system lol

[@starfox5647]

What the storm actually reminds me of, is Thunderhead in Skyward Sword. BotW has so many known places from older games, that TotK maybe brings back even more.

[@lyric566]

I think we do actually see where the "Zonai glue" comes from, at least in terms of in-game collection. The Hinox that's chasing Link during the clip in the caves has a big glowing green ball of something on it's necklace, and I have a feeling it's the same substance.

[@chelseaNZ1]

I really think that this trailer is showing us two different times, one where ganon is destroying everything and one where the zonai havent disappeared yet. I think link has to go back in time to collect zonai runes and machinery and really learn who they are after obtaining his new arm so he can finally defeat ganon once and for all. I believe the "mysterious figure" sends him back millions of years in the past, that's why they're shaking hands, when they shake hands he obtains the ability to time travel back and forth, that would also explain why the deku tree and everything isnt shown and why all the new enemies are around, also would explain why that one island that was covered in darkness is no longer covered. That would also kinda explain why in botw the little girl npc at one of the stables who gives you a side quest, says something along the lines of. Good kids can see it, the "floating kingdom in the sky" maybe the remnants from the past are only seen by a select few people now? Or like she says only the "good kids can see it" whatever that means lol.. idk it could be a reach, but it would also explain some of the different lighting in the trailer too 🤔 dark spooky = ganon times and light sparkly = zonai times.. I cant wait for may. I'm tired of guessing 😂

[@marklachney420]

I'm unde a similar impression. It's definitely not the same hyrule as botw. There's too many changes to make sense. It has to be a different timeline of some sort. Idk how everyone isn't seeing it

[@chelseaNZ1]

@@marklachney420 I'm so glad I'm not the only one whose noticed, I mean Links outfit changes from when hes in the sky to when hes running around Hyrule after the castle is lifted up out of the ground are so different.. that and the mazes being on the ground in one shot and then lifted into the air in another? Like, it screams time travel for me lol

[@javiervasquez625]

@@chelseaNZ1 Regarding Link's new clothes and appereance there are 2 logical options one can come up with that do not involve timetravel: 1) Simple change in clothing as part of some "Hero's Journey" he must go through while traveling the sky islands. 2) Playable *flashback* involving the PAST LINK from 10.000 years ago who first sealed Calamity Ganon as shown on Impa's tapestry. As for the changes in the kingdom's geography it could just as easily be a simple timeskip between the pre Ganondorf Hyrule and post Ganondorf Hyrule as the land heavily changes due to all the seismic movement Ganondorf's Malice has been causing below the surface. There's no reason for timetravel to be a factor based on what we've seen so far in all 5 trailers.

[@chelseaNZ1]

@@javiervasquez625 but time travel shouldnt be completely ruled out either, theres plenty of other things it could be and probably is but taking into consideration that time travel has been used in many other games before, it should definitely be considered when talking about theories and what the game could be about.. although playable flashbacks would definitely be cool! I dont think flashbacks would allow us to keep the zonai stuff 🤔 not unless it like, showed us where to go and how to obtain the items.. definitely something to think about!

[@A_Random_Imp]

The storm kinda reminds me of the storm around Levias in Skyward Sword. Maybe it’s holding something but there? Maybe you’d have to use that mechanical bird to get in there, after opening an entrance.

[@shabado0]

The storm above Hebra is mostly likely just going to be a feature to gate off certain sky islands until you satisfy a certain condition. At other points in the trailer and in some of the new higher resolution screenshots for the game you can see an extensive network of sky islands high above Hebra, no storm. Also the short clip with Link flying the constructed drone vehicle appears to be directly above Hebra. The fact that it’s featured on the cover art could imply some greater significance, and it will probably cause very oppressive weather patterns, but I think they just featured it in the art because it’ll be such a distinctive orienting feature for a certain length of the game.

[@m4ttjohnson]

You use cyclones to get up to higher areas in the clouds in the minnish cap. What if the cyclone is just a way to get up to a whole new area that you can’t see from Hyrule. You even have to go up to the top of the mountain to get to the cyclone that takes you to the wind temple.

[@mortyzgaming]

What if the Storm over the Hebra Mountain. Is just like the storm that link has to venture through in Skyward Sword to eventually rescue the leviathan

[@AzureRoxe]

These trailers tell us so much, yet reveal so little. I honestly don't think a single question [except maybe what happened to the Master Sword, the screenshots revealed recently show that is indeed WAS corrupted with Malice before it seemingly melted] has been answered yet while each trailer raises over a dozen question.

[@nectronomeflower4895]

Awesome, I was just searching for the final Zelda's from the teaser

[@dougnarrbert3164]

I think that the two mysterious characters are the versions of link and Zelda from 10 thousand years ago that are seen on the tapestries and stuff in the first game, and we’ll be getting flashbacks from back then

[@jaydpuppycat0]

When seeing the storm, it reminds me of the thunderdome holding the isle of songs in SS. Maybe this is what's left of it after so many years?

[@anonymousanteater3445]

The storm over the Hebra region looked extremely similar to the vortex’s that the dragons fly up into after they fly around

[@spencersolonas8533]

i think the hinox neckless holds a vile of the zoani glue if not then i think the vile leads us to the glue or zoani tech or lumunas stone which i believe will have a more of an important role

[@jasonmg99]

I think this game's story is all about mystery, especially with everything that we could find underground.

[@FinchyFinchFinchFinch]

Zelda asked the spirits to lend Link a hand. She didn’t realise quite how literally they would take it…

[@Foop6570]

In the shot where the logo is shown, you can see a Korok flower spawn on top of that big rock

[@javiervasquez625]

Omg is this a hint that the Korok seeds ARE coming back in Tears of the Kingdom...? (sigh)

[@Foop6570]

@@javiervasquez625 you didn't like the Korok seeds huh? I quite like them because I like collecting things in games

[@javiervasquez625]

@@Foop6570 Not when there are so many to the point you can spent 100 hours collecting them all just so that a giant broccoli may reward all your sacrifice and time wasted with a piece of his own poop...

[@Foop6570]

@@javiervasquez625 I can see why you don't like it. This is just me personally, but I enjoyed looking for them all and was satisfied when I found them, but I'm probably in the minority 😅

[@javiervasquez625]

@@Foop6570 Yes you definetly are.

[@Manzter54]

At 8:56 I think it isn’t link or zelda… The hand could be the figure who we don’t know(possibly a zonai leader or deity) and the other person is hylia. This could be a flashback or vision the hand shows link. The main reason i think this is because it’s VERY similar to the mural on the wall in the name reveal trailer where we see the figure and who people think is zelda (hylia) holding hands.

[@MrMikey1981]

7:33 Could it be a flashback to the characters in the Calamity Ganon tapestry from BOTW? I think it could also be a part of the TOTK story where Zelda/Hylia blesses Link.

[@Homijreggel]

Hey Hyrule gamer, I have an idea about ganondorf what if it is not actually ganondorf !?! What if it's ganondorfs corpse but it's not ganondorf driving. What do you think about Demise trying to revive through the dead corpse of ganondorf. That would explain why he is so driven to destroy everything rather than taking over the kingdom of Hyrule cause ganondorf is not there It's just the Demise himself seeing an oppurtunity. It would also be a good reason for the Curse to end and endgame changing event. What if Demise revives through ganondorf and he dies for real this time as a man reincarnated in a physical body. And Hylia is revived in a physical body in the maybe presumed dead Zelda. It would fit in the theories of finishing up where it all started. Maybe the 2 dragons in the symbol represent the rebirth of Hylia and Demise. It's Just a thought though what do you think of this idea?

[@idgamingfederation202]

my audacity skills are suboptimal, has anyone taken a crack at the Midna like sound clip from the latest trailer? it sounded like "Zelda's End"

[@nathandeleau5100]

I was thinking maybe the storm at Hibra is keeping the divine beast from being used against Ganon. So maybe Ganon has trapped all the divine beast and thats part of what you have to do is free them.

[@Monkey-081hs]

Not again! They aren't having much luck! But it makes sense, and Rudania could be inside the volcano

[@SpookiBabi]

The storm you mention literally reminds me of the storm in/by skyloft, the sky islands are an obvious nod to skyloft, and I truly feel to some degree tears of the kingdom is going to be a callback to skyward sword especially with the oroboros logo for the game.

[@ScarletThot]

Song of Storms playing on the Storm section 😅 Nice touch lol

[@joesunday199]

I think the "glue" might come from the vials.

[@kdavous]

The more I’ve been thinking of it, the more it makes sense: When link and Zelda find the sealed ganondorf, the triforce forms itself since all three pieces are in close proximity. Since the triforce is barely a thing by the time of breath of the wild, link and Zelda don’t know what to do when the triforce appears. Ganondorf does, however, and wishes for intense power or something like that. The triforce grants his wish, which allows ganondorf to infect and corrupt the arm that has links piece of the triforce, destroy the master sword, and kill Zelda The only thing stronger than the triforce is hylia. What if there was a second divine prank?

[@jessica-ov6js]

6:07 the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this was: TINGLE 👻💕

[@pettyblood_]

the labyrinths come in three. I wonder if it’s possible that the apparent lower level on each of them houses a triforce piece or a sacred flame or something of that nature?

[@Boigboi88]

Startin to think the gloop is related to the liquid we saw in the E3 2021 trailer as well as the containers Link has on him. Fact they are all the same color made me notice it more.

[@allforone2544]

maybe the redeads come from under the labyrinths, they could be like the royal family tombs or the Shadow Temple from Ocarina

[@fragefuchs]

It could be that the two mysterious figures (The Goddess and the Hand) are Ganondorfs parents. This theory would include massive time travel, but that would maybe explain the stone weapons and archaic enemies.

[@FlshingFools]

The quadcopter body appears to me to have the same design as if your looking down at the zonai labrynths

[@zalamazu]

I think the cloud above the Hebra region could actually relate to the Thunderhead from Skyward Sword. Not only does it lie in the same exact area of the map in the sky as Skyward Sword, but the bottom reminds me of the hole that dragons go through to get to the sky in BOTW. And in Skyward Sword, Levias lives there, who is connected to the dragons. Of course this is slightly vague speculation, but the correlations TOTK has to SS makes me think the cloud has something to do with it. All the thunder in the recent trailer could also be foreshadowing a return of the Thunderhead.

[@jace15076]

The crafting of vehicles is likely going to be limited and done by an NPC. Link will be given a list of parts to scavenge and an NPC will build it for him. The people who think they'll be able to build custom tanks and space ships are delusional.