How Akkala Has Changed | HYRULE COMPARISONS Botw VS TotK

In this entry of Hyrule Comparisons, I tour through the Akkala Region to show how it has changed between Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, because the Calamity gave us a baseline, and the upheaval iced all over it, so come join me to see how Akkala has changed between BotW and TotK. I'm having tons of fun exploring the Zelda maps between these two game while creating this series, and we're starting to wrap up the regional comparisons, only Necluda, Faron, North-Central Hyrule, and Hebra are left, maybe Tabantha if it doesn't get combined into Hebra, but I digress.
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[@CadetAirmanRicky]

can I be pinned please

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I wasn't gonna, but figured, "meh, what the hell, why not?"

[@BBWahoo]

Where's the pass where he kisses you?

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

@BBWahoo 😘

[@CadetAirmanRicky]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast Yo thank I didn't think you would actually see this comment

[@eeveestar6826]

There is a story reason why the Great Fairies moved, all four of them mention wanting to be close to a stable to get more visitors and listen to the music from the Stable Trotters

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Really?! I'll have to go back and read through Maestro's dialogue texts

[@eeveestar6826]

I think the fairies themselves mention it if you talk to them before they're released from their buds, + a few random NPCs around the stables say something too, I vaguely remember

[@diegomedina9637]

Also Age of Calamity showed us their Bud can move around. And before someone says "But Age of Calamity isn't canon" I'll say that at this point after Tears the 3 games are more connected than people realize. I mean why would Terrako react to Zelda's light powers? He clearly reacted to her time powers, hence why he was able to not only travel to the past but also bring the champions descendants to the past but who was one of the descendants Terrako brought from the future? Tulin which makes no sense until you remember he's the wind sage on Tears of the Kingdom.

[@voidb0rn211]

​@@diegomedina9637 that would be because the devs aren't complete idiots and created the story to be plausible. It's still a non-canon game.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Age of Calamity takes place in a new splinter timeline. It is _semicanonical_ in that the characters exist and most of the events happened in some way, but the exact way they happened in BotW and in AoC is markedly different. For one, the future Sages never went back in time, and obviously they couldn't have beaten Calamity Ganon in the past.

[@BowserTheSecond]

One thing that's easily overlooked is Granté is still in TOTK, he just changed his name to Grantéson and is in charge of helping you set up the dream home. He also happens to be the son of Robbie and Jerryn from the Tech Lab.

[@LunaP1]

I always kept wondering where he was until the house building segment came up.

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I JUST learned this, thanks. Can't believe I didn't recognize him sooner!

[@coneyislandqueen476]

he’s also extremely irritating.

[@Takejiro24]

​@@coneyislandqueen476 Constantly in the fssfadAd WAY! 🤬

[@Burner-tn1uj]

Went from best to worst npc

[@DaNintendude]

I was honestly pretty floored when I found out how much changed in the plains west of Tarrey Town. That whole area has had so much construction and sky rubble that it almost feels like a new location.

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I know! I should have gone a bit farther to mention more bc i say in the lanayru video how shatterback point /mipha court is probably the most changed area that npcs of hyrule have rebuilt, but west of tarrey town has changed just as much

[@HumbleTeller]

Was so disappointed with Akkala Citadel. After seeing how it looked on the inside in Age of Calamity I thought it would've been cool to tunnel through the layout instead of it just looking like another dime a dozen cave

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Truly a missed opportunity.

[@therejectedbeatle]

I wonder if the hinox near the Akkala plains chasm fell into the depths after the upheaval. Bro was just taking a nap and fell to his death.

[@fuery.]

Hate when I'm taking a nap and suddenly the earth literally swallows me whole, happens all the time

[@therejectedbeatle]

@@fuery. is there a Stalnox anywhere in that spot in the depths? Maybe he’s the one that wandered over to the cave near the tingle islands. Which I think he forgot to cover in the video, or was that part of Lanayru now that I’m thinking

[@Etwe0828]

Tingel island is in lanayru in totk

[@Etwe0828]

He covered them in lanayru video

[@GerardMenvussa]

@@therejectedbeatle I think there's only a frox there, but I'm not sure I'm looking in the right place

[@Gigi4u]

15:28 so ironic that the unflattering drawing of Link the Yiga made resembles Ganondorf more. they drew on those horens and fangs with the intent of making Link look bad without realizing that the person they worship resembles the drawing more.

[@sauce2go]

Granté didn't left town, he modified his name to fit in, changed his name to Grantéson, he helps you build your house.

[@coneyislandqueen476]

more like provides the opportunity to and then gets in the way during the process 😭 like bro chill at the booth

[@sauce2go]

@@coneyislandqueen476 like a little kid brother bothering you when you're doing shit

[@squid1524]

I like that the wetlands are more wet after they've cleared out a bunch of the trees. Feels realistic.

[@IntelligentMonkey-hd3mg]

The tarrey town sidequest is probably the most fun thing to do in botw.

[@getsouped]

id love a full video about the dragons… theyve always been my fav part of botw/totk, i was SO happy that you could actually ride on their backs in totk :”) awesome vid as usual, love these regional comparisons!!!

[@FizzyMoonBeam]

2:01 The great fairies say they moved so that they can attract more visitors and don't lose their abilities so easily

[@solarisdew]

Appreciate how you used the gradual build up of the Tarrey Town theme as the BGM and synced it with the progress of this video. Truly wholesome.

[@eeveestar6826]

My Pokémon fan brain pronounces Akkala the same way as Akala Island from Pokémon Sun and Moon

[@tuckertechnolord6126]

My hollow knight brain pronounces it as the elder bug noise “AHK-uh-luh”

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Potato, pohtahtoe

[@BluglurTheSpaceGuy]

​@@tuckertechnolord6126hello fellow hollow knight fan!

[@solarisdew]

Alola, Aloha

[@Excusib7209-ty3mz]

Sun and moon were great

[@Nyxael5845]

Akkala was one of the very first areas I visited after obtaining the Paraglider. I loved going here in Breath if the Wild and heading to Tarrey Town was one of my first objectives after activating the region's Skytower. It felt jarring seeing Death Mountain in a dormant state since it was a common sight seeing the rivers of lava in this region back in BotW.

[@blazingphoenix1000]

Omg right it's so weird not seeing lava on Death Mountain I'm starting to explore it and I'm like this is weird im so use to link burning up in Breath of the Wild when entering the area that it not happening in totk is so strange 😂

[@Etwe0828]

Fun fact, there is a suburb in Stockholm named Akalla

[@RogerMollet]

They do explain the moving of the Great Fairies in the game, the Great Fairies wanted to hear some music.

[@Zeta-l4w]

babe, wake up. a new hyrule comparisons just dropped

[@thawhole9]

Dolls actually don't sleep

[@Dock284]

The Great Fairies claim that they moved closer to the Stables, as to get more traffic. They were very out of the way in botw but are more noticeable in totk.

[@CornbreadFish]

I love Akkala, you could get guardian armor, fix terry Town, go to a stable, mess around with Zonai, and even get a house

[@landonhagan450]

The champion abilities vs ghost powers comparison is one I'm looking forward to because I find their differences fascinating. I could go on and on about my thoughts on that whole system.

[@shawnbuckets5318]

Grante didn’t really move out of town technically. He just changed his name to granteson and helps you build your dream home. Idk if that counts a tardy town tho. 7:30

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

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[@cvdusey]

Granté didn’t leave town, he instead changed his name to Grantéson so that he could be hired by Hudson Construction, and is the person who sells you rooms for your dream home.

[@TheRobzX]

dude im on a fortnite video how the hell are you in the comment section lol

[@Finity2010-ud2rl]

Grante didn't leave town. He just changed his name to granteSON to work at Hudson Construction. He's the person that helps you build your house.

[@Finity2010-ud2rl]

15:44 The shrine in the Lomei Island Labyrinth doesn't count?

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

@@Finity2010-ud2rl it'll get covered in the laybrynth-specific video. I did the same for the gerudo laybrynth and will for the hebra one too. The only reason i even entered is bc the cave system led there

[@larcek.giglamesh]

i skipped so much in Akkala because there's rarely the need to traverse on land. you either fly with a bike, or travel through the sky to begin with. iconic akkala fort which was pretty well featured in hyrule warriors age of calamity now was just a side stop i didn't bother to search through alot. i landed on top, found some bits and pieces, and went on my ways to the overtaken tech lab.

[@mubzytv]

Akkala is the best region in the game. There is a lot of content here as well as Tarrey Town, the best side quest in BOTW

[@kadenstewart7761]

I love this series and I love Akkala. This speaks to me

[@arctix4518]

Akkala is always chilled

[@EmmettIzMe]

I love these videos.

[@1inolol420]

Why did you use that background for the picture you should have used the basic zonai green stuff

[@misterpotato427]

I feel like the Hudson company is turning out to be a rockefeller type company soon. They have a total monopoly on all new construction, and they have the power to CLEAR OUT entire wetlands for .. racing tracks 😂

[@ShortFatOtaku]

awesome video dude

[@Raymond-Reddington88]

The shrine names are pronounced 100% correctly 😆

[@donutkidpastry7895]

Love that someone is doing dedicated videos to these comparisons great channel

[@Kuroi_Karasu]

Was just binging the other episodes

[@ValueNetwork]

I love how the most important tear of the Light dragon in TOTK is in the same location as a Sheikah activation point in BOTW. It’s almost like the ancient Sheikah knew the importance of the tear and preserved the pool as part of their training apparatus for their chosen hero. Perhaps the hero trained by the Sheikah that defeated the calamity 10,000 years before the events of BOTW also saw Zelda’s memory as part of their training. Obviously this is just fan theory, but I really like the fan idea that the Sheikah were aware of the Zonai and the kingdoms founding, and that influenced some of their technology like the Divine beasts

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I like to go back and forth between what changes mean for npcs within the hyrule lore, as well as meant to members of the development team who chose to make them.

[@Soap-kp7py]

Is there a stalnox in the depths where the Akkala parade chasm now is? That’d be a fun detail

[@RandyB93]

Best series on KZbin rn

[@swimchick51]

You’re voice is so soothing

[@elivcdxv1852]

erm, did you know that the skull lake chasm is missing the same eye as the Hero's Shade???? and that by proxy skull lake cave (the remaining eye) is where you find the fierce deity mask? my dad is john nintendo so this was definitely intentional to show that this takes place in a timeline where the hero of times skull existed for some reason

[@lazydazey9282]

In Breath of the wild the fairies say they move as the land changes. The landscape has dramatically changed since BTW so they would have moved.

[@H0R535]

Grante from BOTW is still there in TOTK but he changed his name to Granteson and helps you build your house. so now he lives next to you!

[@sierrand5583]

With the fairy at 2:08 I think they mentioned something during the stable trotter quests that the fairies moved closer to the stables to enjoy the music or something. I could be wrong though

[@NegoGeek616]

you renamed yourself, but your merch still say Tony Express lol

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Hah, good call. I also still need to redo a channel banner image 😜

[@NegoGeek616]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast why did you change your channel name?

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

It's more aligned with the content i put out, making it more obvious to new viewers what to expect.

[@NegoGeek616]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast that does acctually make sense

[@coneyislandqueen476]

he will always be Tony Express to us, deep down

[@BokoblinBoy]

Akkala is so cool. Definitely one of my favorites. I’m really enjoying this series thank you! 😃 Also I’m having a hard time accessing your Twitch? But I wanna follow you on Twitch. Iv tried the Channel Link but didn’t work? 😮 Iv also tried searching it to no success.

[@UltraDaniel-tw6fr]

Why did you change your name!?!

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

To make it more obvious to new people discovering my channel that this is all zelda content, not just a generic video game channel or whatever else

[@TheOneGuy1111]

5:44 I used Zonai fans to awkwardly get the cucco out of the well and was confused at why this didn't accomplish anything. The idea of bringing another down into the well never even occurred to me...

[@itsyaboi_lehoe]

Hell yeah I love this series! So cool to see what changed between games

[@joyhappiness]

yaaaaas

[@oliver_the_marksman]

Hey,just wanted to say, the twitch link isn't working|. It gives me an error. Any help?

[@intronzics7704]

can you not see the mountain right there separating akkala and lanayru??? (sorry i'm a zelda geography enthusiast)

[@mightythistle]

I like the video but why is the music so loud? It’s distracting and it’s the same level as your voice

[@LarryDeskPlant]

Still waiting for the Gerudo and Zonai followups of the translation video...

[@tytsuw2320]

the Akkala borders in the south have changed so that the waterfalls are now part of the Zora's region

[@brawlmonkez]

Whats the music used in this video

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Mostly the tarrey town theme

[@808zhu]

Cool series.. I always wondered about this. Check out my TOTK builds!

[@Maximiliano896]

Cool video! I love these comparisons!

[@GameReaver85]

There is also a skeleton camp by bloodleaf lake

[@SilentVinyl]

It was nice to see the differences

[@Backroadsfishing]

Can u do a thing where u find weapons this is Adalynn

[@IrgendsonHeini]

The background music is too loud.

[@maxkonietzko4478]

"Ghost partner champion powers"? Lol

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Avatar buddy sage magic?

[@masonfmofficial]

I was so disappointed with the citadel :(

[@AdzaanMaiiTso]

so underrated.

[@chrisrey0018]

not much..

[@harry.t9523]

2:03: The reason why the fountains moved is so they could each be closer to respective stables, so Link could escort the members of the Stable Trotters more easily to each one.

[@coneyislandqueen476]

i absolutely love these, i want a detailed village comparison series 😭 i don’t care if it’s “there’s a pot in this corner that isn’t present in the other game”, i would enjoy it

[@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq]

The intro of these videos feels like we’re all actually being led by a tour guide across hyrule. It’s your decision if we travel by horse in a wagon or if we hold onto a hover bike for dear life.

[@calvinallen3424]

Akkala make me holla

[@thawhole9]

TOTK is $70 DLC

[@kekiboo]

The guy in 7:28 is Robbie's son, Granté. He later changed his name to Grantéson (Coz of Hudson construction requirement) and is now the Construction guy that helps you buy and build your house parts

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I never knew he was Robbie's son, wow

[@kekiboo]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast Yeahhh and you will hear about it if you try to gossip with the laundry ladies in Hateno village.

[@BokoblinBoy]

Wow! 😮 I found this very interesting, thank you! 😃

[@Yuti640]

Akkalakalakalaka

[@blobmaestro]

Tater totk

[@AlexCFaulkner]

Glad you are making all these!

[@JACloudy]

Nice video mate! You earned a sub.

[@Frogboyaidan]

😁

[@AllyFoxo21]

Another little fact about the double lynel spot. The one in BotW can eventually scale up to be silver, while the one in Tears stays red forever.

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Really? I figured they both scaled up as you complwte more of the game. That's interesting. Sort of like the base lynel on shatterback point in botw, who i believe never scales up

[@LunaP1]

11:58 *OH MY GOD!!!! IS THAT A ZONAI SWIRL?!!!!* I had to say it.😂😂😂😂

[@girahimar2122]

it didnt, the only change was the extension of the village, just like the rest of the game its 99 % the same things as in botw

[@fabiovercelli4962]

If you say that you clearly didn't played totk and haven't even seen this video and the others comparision videos of this channel

[@girahimar2122]

@@fabiovercelli4962 i did, the surface is 99 % the same thing

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