New Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay REACTION

[@BanditGames]

ZONAI CONFIRMED!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

[@gtater112]

YOOO LETS GOO

[@zekjohnson1387]

SHOULDN’T HAVE PICKED UP THAT MATERIAL STUPID HAHAHA 😂

[@peradomato]

SO MANY THEORIES, SO MANY TALK ABOUTS, AND ALL PAYED OFF, WE ARE FREE!!!!!!!!

[@smaop]

Why are there coords on the minimap lmao

[@miloincognito5948]

OH MY!!!!

[@ArtemisWasHere]

Soldier constructs are hostile, while these ranger constructs appear passive The minimap now has X Y AND Z coordinates on it Rotation uses the directional buttons The arrow swapping icon no longer appears, perhaps to focus on the fusing mechanic, no more elemental arrows as you can make them on the fly, makes room for more bows in the inventory too. So far we see four abilities - Recall - Fuse - Ultrahand (get it?) - Ascend R seems to be a secondary action button instead of always being throw weapon, perhaps you draw your weapon and then R allows you too throw it. Fuck magnesis, we can now levitate *anything* Magnesis is dead, long live ultrahand I miss the darker brown horse seen in the marketing material for BOTW

[@ArtemisWasHere]

Oh, and the vials on links waist? I bet you they are batteries, get more to hold more charge while using vehicles You can also see a battery icon on the minimap at the part where he makes the raft

[@Saini16014]

i think the coordinates may be a debug thing more than anything

[@AnAmericanMusician]

​@Artemis no. The minimap shows batteries on it and the car link drives has one of those batteries on it.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

The Z axis is to determine Link’s vertical distance, whether positive (in the sky) or negative (underground)

[@magicalkorok]

I picked up that the ultra hand was a nintendo toy, my dad still has an ultrahand from his childhood, it's really creaky when you extend it!

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

This is the pure definition of: *SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!* 😍

[@BiggieCheeseJr.]

I love how the entire worlds first thought with the arrows was to fuse it with the meat

[@mischarowe]

As soon as I saw the name of that item drop - ZONAI CHARGE - I squealed! I've never even been the biggest Zonai fan and I can't wait for it in game.❤

[@catalyst539]

3:01 Looks like Naydra flying around in the back there, since Mount Lanayru is seen very close to where she is. Also looks like there’s one of those towers at the peak of the mountain.

[@seorinto]

The Fuse ability is good, but the ultrahand is my fave, you can build vehicles!!

[@zekjohnson1387]

Links fuse ability’s is broken but he can strait up telekinesis stuff now so it’s even more broken

[@CutTheVioletWire]

@@zekjohnson1387 bros calling a mechanic broken before the game even comes out

[@Tatolus]

"Fuse it with meat" Bandit and I are on the same wavelength 😂

[@trebmaster]

Zeltik had the same initial reaction too and that dude is polished.

[@GsportsSoccer]

I feel like fusing with meat might be for baiting? But yes, I had the same reaction 😂

[@Mari_Izu]

@@GsportsSoccer Yeah, probably a way to bait bokoblins so you can sneakstrike them. Same with Yiga and some banana arrows.

[@rasul01]

Kit & Krysta said the same thing, lol.

[@Vereid]

I’m almost 36 years old and never been this hyped for a video game before lol. This is so incredible, just imagine the bonkers things speedrunners are going to find and do with the fuse and building. Edit: also love that every reaction video I’ve watched so far has had people lose it just over seeing the word “Zonai” show up lmao.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I’m 40, and I should be hanging up my hat on gaming, but somehow I can’t let it go until I’ve played ToTK and Metroid Prime 4.

[@ShoppingAttic]

Video games are for everyone, age doesn't matter.

[@frstack3006]

​@@keithtorgersen9664 you need to check out the grannie playing gta5 😂

[@VampiricFox37]

​@@keithtorgersen9664 I'll be 43 this year but I'm still a kid at heart. I don't think I'll stop playing video games til my eyes stop working and my reflexes get too slow. Lol

[@tcmadd223]

Bandit: Sorry for my appearance this morning Also Bandit: Looks absolutely immaculate 😂

[@Blubbpaule]

11:33 he HAS a magic meter. It's on his hip, the bottles filled with green juice are his batteries for the Zonai technology.

[@frstack3006]

I think the vials are related to how many things you can stick together so 8 maximum

[@TaterCat95]

Thus making the zonai energy the equivalent of magic jars from ALttP, OoT, MM, and WW

[@chelsea_umberger]

I definitely shouted “ZONAIIIII!” During this video. 😂 I absolutely cannot wait to see the analysis videos you come up with!!

[@stephenmcccabe]

I can't wait for the goofiest ever machines to be made for speedrunning that just make the physics engine freak out or something lmao

[@islaamN]

It’s feels like 2017 all over again. :] Everyone’s just so excited and that Nintendo switch Oled of Tears of the Kingdom looks gorgeous! But my hamster sized brain still cannot fathom how BIG this game is going to be.

[@Palemis]

6:08 he said it, he said the phrase

[@tonym.8069]

One thing I really like is that with the Zonai Charge being confirmed and me taking psychology, three main elements are interestingly associated with the three main Hylian sub-tribes, the three dragons, and of course the three main characters: Sheikah/Zelda/Wisdom/Nayru/Naydra/Zoras: Association with water/ice which is further cemented by the ice dragon, and Sheikah power seems to be fluid or crystalizing, hence all the ties to watery stuff (the droplets of map distilation, the association with the color blue, the shower of particles when we teleport, the sheikah fire being a possibly water-feeding fire like greek/oil-based fires can be) This is further cemented with how important both Zelda and Mipha are to Link. There's also fluid and crystalized intelligence! There's also of course Zelda being notably linked to the Sheikah, and it be kinda cool if it got confirmed that Rhoam or Zelda's mom came from the Sheikah. BotW also could represent the "sea/main level" in classic Greco-roman/Buddhist cosmology. Maybe the focus on the sea of stars in Sheikah architecture/culture? Zonai/Link/Courage/Farore/Rito?: Association with electricity/air, and with the Zonai power being a "charge" there being a "battery" aspect to it and so on, its undeniable. Plus with the Zonai side of Hyrule we saw in BotW there's a primalness to it. That there's a heart to their actions, a link to the animals and wilds of Hyrule. Much like how electricity can connect the earth to the heavens. Much like how electricity binds the spirit to the body if you will. Perhaps the Zonai were eventually conquered or by some unknown apocalypse were wiped from history. Such a discovery of it happening by the King/Elders of Hyrule 10,000 years ago led them to the ban on Sheikah tech after Calamity Canon was seemingly captured. TotK easily represents the Skies in classic Greco-roman/Buddhist cosmology. Gerudo/Ganondorf/Power/Din/Gorons: Association with fire/earth/lava?, and likely will have something to do with proto-Gerudos. We don't know why Gerudos always just have females, and it might tie into some unspoken custom or unknown curse placed on them by say Din or Hylia. Perhaps in ancient times the Gerudo were like the other sub-tribes of Hyrule, but in a third game we come to find out Ganondorf's origins proper and why he exactly ended up underground. It might also be where there is/was an ancient civil war between the four most humanoid tribes, that in ancient times Hyrule was spilt into five distinct regions: Hylia/old Hyrule, Zonai Territory (Faron/ region), old Gerudo territory (Akkala or Eldin before the Gorons moved in), and Sheikah (Necluda or Lanaryu before the Zoras moved in). I could definetly see an ancient Zelda from the Sheikah, ancient Link from the Zonai, and ancient Ganondorf from the Gerudo being friends- but he was wrongfully imprisoned by the Zonai because they feared he would be possessed by a greater/more ancient evil (Demise). BUT by wrongfully imprisoning him or trying to they awaken the triforce of power in him and it leads to him becoming the very Demon King they feared. Hence the monsters, malice, etc. Also as we can tell from the underground scenes throughtout the trailers, plus the Gerudo as they are now, I can see a third game/triquel to BotW representing the Underground in classic Greco-roman/Buddhist cosmology. I also want to call it now, there's four games in this Saga if you will, representing the goddesses and these four main tribes of Hyrule: Hylia and Hyleans for Skyward Sword, Nayru and Sheikah for BotW, Farore and Zonai for TotK, and Din and (proto?) Gerudo for say, the Heart of the Spirits/Time/Mirror? Now sounds like "what are you TALKING about" sure but hear me out. The spent six years on TotK and already had a lot of the basis for the coming out game on stuff they cut from BotW. What's not to say it happened again, they had so many ideas that they couldn't fit into this game that they decided that they'll take what they can't use, or since they're sorta setting up for this anyways, and make a third and final game in this trilogy? one they can use to help to launch a new version of the Switch in say two years while saying goodbye to the old one that greatly rejuvenated the franchise? The last ones sound super generic, but I can see them exploring spirits/time/the past like they have with the other two games, but instead of the Sheikah and now the Zonai, its the Gerudo and how Calamity Ganon came to be. While I am not a big fan of how big the jumps in time are (10,000 years? really?) I like to think each game exploresevents from that far back. Botw: Explores the Sheikah of 10,000 Years ago/present and the re-emergence of Calamity Ganon. Ganon (in both forms) are the big bad. Totk: Explores the Zonai of 20,000 years ago/present and we meet a redead Ganondorf one way or another that tells us his bouts with the Zonai aren't still the beginning proper, we learn more about the Zonai with teases of how this Ganondorf came to be. Ganondorf (in both the dead and revived forms) are the big bad. Heart of the Spirit: Explores the Gerudo of 30,000 years ago/present and we meet living Ganondorf via time travel, and find out about some ancient empire the Gerudo had. Their culture is more egyptian/mespotamian in a sense, in contrast to the indian/ancient japanese-esque culture of the Sheikah and mesoamerican/minoan-esque culture of the Zonai. We also fight Demise in a sorta revistation of Skyward Sword's story after he escaped the Master Sword and has been regaining his essence, and hopefully stop his cycle "forever." Thus Demist (in both his actual and hosted forms) are the big bad. Breath, Tears, and Heart, Earth/Sea, the Skies above, the Depths below. Breath being brought back into Link and Hyrule, the Tears both shed for the tragedies of the past, and the Heart full of emotions and connections building towards a new tommorow.

[@darthpaul99]

Nice theory, but the Rito, are associated with ice and wind, since they live in the mountains, and the Gerudo are associated with electricity, not heat and fire.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

ToTK was in delayed development because of COVID. Notwithstanding any other world stopping events, any sequel probably won’t take as long.

[@gtater112]

I literally cannot wait for this game!!

[@coltforceplayer]

Whole new meaning to: “Pierce my meat with an arrow because I’m a masochist”

[@docAvid314]

Aww man Bandit, Zeltik gets props for getting out the first actual analysis I've seen, but you, your reaction video is by far the most fun I've seen. And when Eiji Aonuma said "you won't see many of these trees on the surface", or whatever it was, I *knew* you'd be the first ZeldaTuber I've seen to recognize what a significant little comment that was. I hereby solemnly swear not to buy a Tears Switch until you get one.

[@zekjohnson1387]

So if Link showed four ability’s there’s still two potential ability’s right like hook shot

[@zekjohnson1387]

Plus link currently still has no attack runes could we get bombs again then we’d still need the camera

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

That and there's nothing limiting him to only 6 abilities, he could honestly have any number of abilities in this game. Plus, we can assume that the sheikah slate will also make an appearance, considering we've seen official artwork of it.

[@marbleb33s]

​@@sethfeldpausch4337 maybe i'm delusional, but maybe Zelda has the slate if we do get her as a Player. I will be wearing the clown make up until this damn game comes out xD.

[@supersonic20091]

​@@zekjohnson1387 I imagine there's a possibility you could craft your own bombs using the fuse ability.

[@Margar02]

​@@marbleb33s i think so too (and hope so)

[@grfast7546]

omg the fuse ability is cool as hell bro

[@dragonpops3988]

This is probably the most hype for a new Zelda since Twilight Princess. This gameplay teaser was exactly what I needed. There are many things I'm excited for in Tears, but being able to FUSE formerly "useless" monster parts to enhance your weapons and shields will add a whole new dynamic to gameplay. Also building things with Ultrahand is just going to be phenomenal for creativity. There are countless things that I can imagine creating and I can't wait to try them all! So excited for this game. May 12 can't arrive soon enough!

[@BinknotLink]

1:54 korok with a backpack!!!

[@claud77714]

Bandits face when the translator said "I wonder what that is" was priceless

[@OhAlice1951]

No wonder this game took so long. The physics (and their limits for players’ convenience), all the shenanigans beta testers must have done to test the game’s possibilities and work out issues from said possibilities.

[@fencepost7286]

i loved how there was a casual confirmation that this is all zonai related

[@forestmeyersiscooltoday]

He talks to us like children because we are. We are little kids waiting for our daddy Aonuma to feed us Zelda news for dinner

[@eletralad]

💀 bro sum wrong wit u

[@mysticturtle9942]

What the heck

[@chrisshorten4406]

The moment you said "Golden Land" I had traumatic flashbacks to games of Yugioh losing horribly against Eldlich decks.

[@CrissBluefox]

"I fight my enemies with a log on a stick." Bart Simpson probably.

[@LadyxSky]

I ran here immediately after the word Zonai popped up. I am so excited for all the cotent that's about to pump out of this community now.

[@Ninjaananas]

Imagine if we can use fuse to handcuff enemies.

[@whosmaxii]

2:18 Bandits:"thats a little bigger then i was expecting." Me: THATS WHAT SHE SAID

[@shure81]

I've cleared my schedule for the entire summer to put 2000 hours into this game lol

[@elainaleach955]

This is literally my routine: watch the trailer or what ever, and come watch this guy's hilarious reactions😆

[@threecrowsinatrenchcoat4593]

I will never financially recover from this but I don't care. HYYYYYPE.

[@catmac2011]

Great commentary - I kept having to back it up because I was laughing at your little quips

[@jessicasewell8773]

I can imagine NintendoBlackCrisis freaking out over the Zonai confirmation!

[@chickennuggies906]

some thoughts: Zonai = confirmed by an item that dropped after beating a construct. so the constructs were very likely designed by the zonai. but will we actually get to see an actual living zonai? well the constructs can be hostile but there were also some friendly looking npc constructs digging in the dirt(it looked like you can talk to them). and it made me think if the zonai used luminous stones(the only greenish glowing item in botw) and luminous stones contain the souls of the dead, are the constructs just the zonai since they are brought to life by dead soul energy? are these the only "zonai" we‘ll get to see? i think no. we could also see a shop symbol on the minimap at one point which might be from the actual human zonai and not the constructs. but even if not we also saw a "farmer’s pitchfork" which is interesting since what would a farmers pitchfork do up here without a farmer around?:)))

[@owenbridgers]

I had a heart attack when I first saw “Zonai”

[@MusicGuitarMan95]

''the weapons are the same'' little did he know a few seconds later lol

[@thelegendmario1064]

Crafting eh? Okay I will start my blueprint for a giant bayblade of death like a spinning top spinning super fast with trees attached to it like a spinning blade.

[@cheantelbohnet]

I’m really going to love using the fuse ability

[@icklegeeky]

Maybe the what we all thought were vials are actually batteries and as you collect more the length of the vehicles battery or the recall ability will increase

[@mattfry6716]

9:14 he made a speed boat loo

[@DaimonAnimations]

Imagine the fuseabilities are fuseless

[@CindyHelms]

…Bandit, the weather thing is showing sunny weather up there the whole way through… I think those trees are dried out, but frozen in time…

[@nicknight4609]

Why does nobody talk about the compendium? Hope it’s back. Love getting the perfect shot…

[@catherinemitchell8952]

Did you notice how the map now features altitude? On the left is a range, which changes depending on Link’s location. On the right is Link’s actual altitude. Probably useful for skydiving? Also- the Constructs remind me of the SS robots!

[@catherinemitchell8952]

Lol, I was wrong. On closer look, it’s longitude, latitude and altitude. Still cool though.

[@timothyd3608]

I am super excited to get this game!!!

[@jcg7609]

That gameplay video is going to live rent-free in my head for the next 40 day's

[@lionsexist]

I want to go back to eventide and instead of orbs, have to find boat parts to escape.

[@JakeofRage]

I'm thinking we'll be able to set traps for enemies and possibly build simple machines... catapult?

[@alinac5512]

"Ok, were just not gonna talk about the dragon? That's cool." Was peak Gen Z 😂

[@mamagermany]

Link fused himself a fondue fork

[@Jonioy]

One of my favorite things to see in games are the glitches, I cant wait to see how people break the crafting system. So excited.

[@livingrickroll1576]

You know how bandit said he thought he would put the propellers underneath, you can probably do that and it would work. This is cool on an unbelievably new scale.

[@queeque34]

This is the best thing ever! So many things we can do!!!!

[@warp302]

I also have an older switch model but I'm just gonna buy a switch skin I think for TotK. My first first thought when I saw the zonni charge was "ooooooo I can't wait to see bandits vid on this". This is one of the like 3 games I'm hype for this year

[@appledingdong3736]

on the one hand I'm mad that the game is going to cost more than $60 on the other hand I would gladly pay an entire arm and leg for this game

[@tylerherr4288]

WHOA hold up just noticed since you said something bow mode (when you have a bow out) is missing the arrow icon the sword icon would turn into a bow icon and the shield icon would turn into a arrow icon arrow icons missing so its likely that individual arrows are gone on the bright side that means BOMBS ARE BACK BITCHES what else would you stick on an arrow to explode especially if fire chu jelly is fire arrows ice chu jelly is ice arrows and electric chu jelly is lightning arrows

[@mr.awesome6011]

Bombchus lol

[@javierhommyriveradeleon6358]

I think the korok leaf on an arrow will give it the ability to blow wind as it travels to blow off enemies with wind just like the korok leaf used to produce wind.

[@leahriggins76]

Imagine using fuse on a sword and a bomb (if they have them) and it does explosive damage to the enemy and the player, then breaks the weapon.

[@dorianwiesner4477]

The phrase "Zonai Charge" made me freak out in the most embarassing way. Its almost midnight and my neighbors will hate me now. But screw it!. It confirms or fuels so many theories I've seen in the last years and I can't wait for this games launch. Or to my birthday nine days later

[@zeraphphalanx2794]

"Why can't you recall yourself?" It might be because the power only works on inanimate objects.

[@contemplatedthoughts]

There is a zonai symbol on young links shield In smash bros

[@benjamincuevas9627]

What if the fuse feature is more than just a mechanic but also the way you're going to repair the mastersword.

[@ltrigga219]

I was on Monster Maze’s stream too, it was dope to see Zeltik and Conrad on there too! 😁

[@RevengeoftheEnts]

So excited to hear your other thoughts later!

[@milesmateyko5981]

BanditGames, I just had a thought ( and maybe something for a future video). Remember a couple trailers ago, we saw that giant green robot forming? What if the "constructs" have the ability to fuse? Eiji Aonuma himself said that the Constructs will eventually come at Link with fused weapons. What if they can fuse themselves together or have a "Fuser" type to put them together to fight Link. We saw Link fusing a boat together and Eiji Aonuma said the possibilities are endless. The giant green robot did look like he was being fused.If Link can do it,why not the enemies too. What do you think?

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

KOROK WITH A BACKPACK GUYS!😂

[@alienximmortal11]

You can't recall link because he is not an object you can't use him

[@Zelda_Kiki]

I reacted the same way when I saw the zonai thang to!!!!;]

[@AlexandraStubbs]

This gameplay teaser was absolutely amazing! Tears of the Kingdom looks like so much fun to play.

[@Vixin24]

That fuse ability looks SOOO fun! So does Ascend and Ultrahand! This is going to open up so many possibilities for new ways to play! Also, did you see that little korok with the giant backpack near Dueling Peaks? It looks like he was struggling to get up haha. Awww it's probably a sidequest to help him or something. Also every single Zelda youtuber I've watched has spoiled the OLED model for themselves 😂 Each one thought it was over, saw there was more and spoiled themselves haha.

[@citizen_grub4171]

Revealing without _spoiling_. Also, if you go back and look, you'll notice the islands are covered in Zonai statuary.

[@Mari_Izu]

I think they won't prevent you from going to the Castle, like in BotW, you only need to be high enough to land on it.

[@kennethcastaneda6070]

I just realize, maybe the fuse mechanics is how we fix the master sword.

[@Tetracore]

Everyone: " OMG, ZONAI!!" Me, an intellectual: "But if you fuse a Royal Guard Sword with a Royal Guard Claymore 🤔....

[@Ironhide16]

Bandits face during this was great lol

[@ggmusic42]

Development announcement? We all felt it

[@Taro_liam]

I love the long hair and the flying It all looks so pretty also him talking to us like children is nice

[@Hudsonthecat]

49 days!!!!!

[@littleRedHead007]

I’m so happy excited!

[@TruckerWife]

I literally told my husband that it was gonna be a keese eyeball on the arrow from the trailer.

[@luc1ferous]

We're going to be finding dumb combinations for YEARS! I cannot wait! AH!

[@josueramos6591]

The Zonai are back! Bandid's wet dreams just came true.🤣🤣

[@doctor_1190]

I love that you're more exited about the new OLED than the game itself lol.

[@TheWriterOnFire]

The only thing bumming me out is the music. I loved botws music, but I was hoping for different music in the new game. I know the fight music is different, but the stable, the riding, and the cold weather music is all the same. 😢

[@PunknPixels]

Nintendo saw us making flying macines and using bombs to fly off at mach 2 and went "fine, you dont have to break the game to do that anymore"

[@nikolaarandjelovic1930]

I cannot wait for breakdowns and analyzations of this footage. I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooo stoked for this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@element895]

There are now travelling koroks (bottom right corner 1:53)

[@MarkTheShadow]

Keeses are going to be an endangered species when this game is released 😂

[@noahcook5591]

Crazy theory. What if link is ethnically related to the zonai, It would be a good reason why the arm fused with him. Also it would explain the hostile and non hostile constructs? Would love to get thoughts on that.

[@jacobwells5963]

I enjoyed your commentary so much I can’t wait to get this game! ZONAI IS CONFIRMED!!!!!!!

[@valaere891]

Did anybody notice that Link didn’t lose stamina while paragliding and that the dueling peaks stable was puffing smoke?

[@whats_it_worth]

at 9:34 there was a character you can talk to they look like the constucts and im thinking they are the zonai

[@mollymoo2452]

at first i thought the fuse ability looked dumb but there’s so much that u can do with it

[@VampiricFox37]

I'm only just seeing the video... I didn't realize I'm so late to the party.

[@cristianmazariegos9150]

11:51 I felt that😤😤

[@Silverheart575]

TOTK is basically minecraft now.