You Can BUILD ANYTHING in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom - Gameplay

The Legend of Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom gameplay demo was on March 28th where we saw new abilities: Recall, Fuse, Ultrahand, Ascend, and the reveal of the Nintendo Switch - OLED Model - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition
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[@nicholasalexander9866]

I could see speedrunners and so many people playing the game completely different than “normal”. It’ll be amazing to see what everyone creates in this game.

[@akaimizu1]

I'm waiting for people to discover combinations that create brand new untested effects to add insane new possibilities. They literally increased the experimentation possibilities by at least 4x.There's no way they tried them all.

[@Some__Guy]

@@akaimizu1 Well, they probably at least tested that each combination didn't crash the game or something, but yeah, with that much experimentation, there's absolutely going to be some unforeseen uses to break the game.

[@Drumbsticks]

I said the same exact thing when I first saw the mechanics 😂 It will be super fun to see what inventions the community will come up with as the game releases. I'd imagine we'll discover some game breaking combinations along the way

[@andred.3687]

@@akaimizu1 The untested, brand new effect of adding a bow-tie 🎀, to your pp 👌

[@Row_dog]

Speed running is gonna break the game in the best ways.

[@larkspur1517]

i love that they saw players in botw making flying machines with minecarts and magnesis and just said "guess what? its a feature now"

[@gargoyled_drake]

if it works out, it's gonna be part of zelda games as a tribute to creative players and the things they come up with. This is what makes good companies shine, giving tribute to it's playerbase instead of limitations.

[@RocketdogandSeptembr]

Okay? Wow, you're a genius. Such a true and funny comment ahahahhahaa ZIP IT

[@lapiswolf2780]

Fuse stick on long stick. Fuse stick on stick fused on long stick.

[@tetra_kirby5691]

​@@lapiswolf2780 no long stick onong stick on long stick

[@SmurfMasher]

For sure there will be a house construction quest. But this time you make it yourself.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

I'm about to pull a little Jack Horner when I play Tears of the Kingdom. Just attach a giant rock to the Master Sword and swing that thing around like a freakin' BAT. FOUR!!

[@asuna07neros]

Okay, I am really liking the the idea of fuse so far. The amount of things you can do can be even crazier than before.

[@Seabasstard22]

Gonna built some hover cars

[@doopydoo2400]

Including glitches you could do some before 😂

[@icegames7847]

Same!

[@Confron7a7ion7]

I know that there's going to be all kinds of cool and useful combinations but I couldn't help but notice that meat was an option and now I just want to fuse all the dumb things together.

[@isahamilton01]

I’m going to have such a good time coming up with weird combos omg. The hype is unreal

[@MrLuisRamirezC]

Sir Austin John smiling at craftable machinery just gave me like 10 more years of life ❤

[@GabePlaysYT]

Fusing weapons together is such a simple and creative way to tackle durability which people complained about. Rather than upgrading gear being limited to collecting special materials likes gems or only at specific locations like Fairy Fountains, you can just combine practically anything together. This is gonna allow for some really off the wall creations!

[@Confron7a7ion7]

I noticed meat was a fusion option and now I just need to know what all the seemingly dumb stuff does. Like, it's pretty intuitive that things like rocks and stones will function as general upgrades but what happens when I put Keese wings on my shield? Will it create some kind of blow back effect or will it let me shield surf midair?

[@linkedlord343]

@@Confron7a7ion7 could increase parry speed? , I mean i think it could be really interesting depending on if they just let you upgrade specific attributes of weapons like this , for example on a really slow but strong sword increase hit speed using ____ item , also make it actually make you glide in the air as a bonus would be cool as hell , like shield surfing in the air but not it actually does something

[@robertgray3710]

The master sword.... FUSED WITH A KOROK LEAF!

[@Jerrible]

Fusing arrows with materials has me so excited 🤩

[@mysticturtle9942]

Yeah I am going to make meat arrows

[@Jerrible]

@@mysticturtle9942 😋😋😋

[@Tom.Tomlet.T.Tomington]

@@mysticturtle9942 lol we can now laucnh shish kabobs at our enemies

[@Confron7a7ion7]

​@@mysticturtle9942 FINALLY! Someone else who noticed meat was an option and has a need to know WTF that does lol!

[@cz9003]

@@Confron7a7ion7 It probably attracts enemies to the arrows and distracts them for longer.

[@skydragonfire93]

Not sure if it was just the build of the game he was playing, but if you look at his minimap in the bottom right of the screen, there were numbers that looked like coordinates on it. This will make writing guides, planning routes, and taking notes so much easier! It's a minor thing, sure, and maybe I'm overly nerdy for noticing it, but man, I appreciate that it's something they added.

[@Sageblu20]

Just Austin John trying to contain his inner child, but you know he's going crazy in his head it's great. The sequel has so much potential

[@GunmarTheBlack]

The fact that they stated explicitly that if there is any cave with a ceiling that you find, you can travel to. The top of it makes me believe that there's going to be a vast underground network system or at least a really well designed underworld or maybe just a couple groups of tunnels intersecting for quicker world travel. Maybe I don't know

[@davidwilmot9895]

Absolutely possible. Caves weren't really prominent at all in BotW, so for him to say that like that, I'd say at the very least that there will be more underground to explore. Maybe linked to those shots we saw of bokoblins mining in the other trailer?

[@PimpinNProgress]

Imagine the hidden rooms above your head that no one will find until people have data mined the game.

[@bk6555]

He said there were limits. I would have to imagine that perhaps you have to clear some main underground areas of corruptions first to make the ability to work? Haha imagine accidentally zipping up while underground in middle of fight.

[@jaysilva5854]

Or maybe a dungeon will utilize this mechanic. I'm hoping there's a dungeon or two in this game.

[@GunmarTheBlack]

@@jaysilva5854 I like that idea, or maybe part of the solution is making a wacky weapon with stuff they give you in the area and obviously you can take it with you later to use outside of that but I feel like that would be a good way to implement fuse in the puzzles

[@jadejohnson1787]

I’m going to patiently wait for someone to make the biggest air warship possible if the fuse ability has no limits-as in a Bowser-like airship from Super Mario Bros, that’d be SICK

[@bobjob2514]

I suspect there'll be a weight to power tradeoff. Even with the hovering raft shown there was a drastic power usage increase. That said, I suspect shock weapons may be able to recharge batteries.

[@tgoddard1988]

I’m guessing there will be a max limit on how many items can be fused together in 1 craft.

[@gammagames1413]

​@@bobjob2514maybe the Zonai Charges will charge them as well/give then longer battery life

[@bobjob2514]

@@gammagames1413 I’m definitely hoping there’s a LOT more than that going on with those.

[@SivalinPuthery]

Ganon: I have Hyrule castle. A direct assault is not possible ** Kirov Reporting ** Ganon: What is that? WHAT IS THAT ?!

[@kirbot]

Can't wait to see the Austin John Plays video going through every single arrow fusion.

[@vindicated30.6]

It's like Scribblenauts: Hyrule Edition and I am here for it! Also spear + pitchfork = polearm? And gaining the equivalent of Lemillion's Quirk from My Hero Academia? Heck yeah!

[@kaeldrarhiannon]

Great, now I'm gonna have to shout "POWAHHH" every time Link goes through a ceiling. 😂

[@bobjob2514]

@@kaeldrarhiannon Thank you. You just made my day.

[@celinasbasiic]

I am so excited for this game! I can't wait to see videos of ppl doing the most creative things you normally wouldn't even think about, it's already insane with botw and now with these new features its gonna be wild

[@evilme1752]

SEEEE, this is WHY, i love watching your reactions so much more than other people, you APPRECIATE and enjoy what the creators are trying to do with the games, it does not matter if the game will be a hit or miss, you just love and appreciate what is going on and what they are doing, it is always fun to watch your reactions :)

[@moppycat2669]

He said 2 words every 3 seconds bro

[@evilme1752]

@@moppycat2669 its not the words dude, watch the face, thats where its at, thats where you can see his appreciation, buddy :)

[@moppycat2669]

@@evilme1752 nah its just a boring reaction it felt stiff I couldn't even watch through it all it was that agonizingly boring

[@evilme1752]

@@moppycat2669 we all have our thoughts, dude

[@j0rGe_]

I love to see how Austin gets so excited and happy about new game mechanics.

[@vartanminasian8852]

This is great! This confirms that the zonai have a 100% connection with the game as some of the drops have "zonai" as part of their names!

[@fantapikachuthenoob2938]

I remember seeing the scrap mechanic looking car in the trailer, and immediately knew we would get a building system. Can’t wait to actually try it out.

[@pac0113]

5:43 Austin literally smiling like a kid here, this game is definitely gonna be special, I can’t wait

[@xBlueEyedGoldilocks]

Me who's never played a single zelda game in her entire life watching Austin ask a bunch of questions about the game: "omg yes you're so right for asking those questions that's so important to know"

[@lordneeko]

The fact that monster materials and such are finally useful makes me so happy. I now have a reason to hunt for certain monsters, rather than simply avoiding them

[@Confron7a7ion7]

If fusing balloons to arrows does what I think it will do I'm going to single handedly start the bokoblin space program.

[@JakeofRage]

I'm hoping we can build traps for enemies; I'm thinking along the lines of leading a band of say bokoblins over to a cliff where we have setup the fans, then hit the fan while running by and send them flying. Possibilities are huge if they implement this right and things don't despawn after a few steps.

[@ciaralizabeth]

All I could do was smile during that trailer. It doesn't seem real that the game is truly complete and releasing so soon. I'm excited about this game.

[@kattnap92]

The excitement for the super long pitchfork was adorable. So glad I came to Austin John for the new Zelda gameplay.

[@StarkBeast19]

The Point of View from free-falling Link looks AWESOME!!! It's such great design and I really appreciate how you can see basically everything

[@SchplatJR]

Fusing was 100% inspired by the crafts people made in the last game.

[@NicholePV]

Yay Austin John Zelda coverage! Ah, I’ve missed this 😊

[@porcupinejess]

I'm so excited for this game and can't wait to watch all your videos on it ❤️❤️

[@emeraldninjalink6312]

3:44 “there are lots of ways to reach the sky islands”, and he says it in front of a dragon. I’m calling it now, you can ride dragons in this game

[@altaccount9716]

My main question is if you "build" a vehicle and then proceed to save, exit the game and then come back. Will it still be there or will it disappear?

[@saluteyourshorts2772]

Ya come back to it sitting on rocks and stripped of its fans or wheels by the thugs of hyrule

[@Amins88]

I can't imagine it being a complicated process to build them. If they were disassembled when reloading, all the pieces would be in the same spot for you to build it again. It'll probably be the same thought as weapon durability. If it breaks, just find a new one.

[@user-lq1nn1zu6u]

Am I the only one that got super stoked to even see the word Zonai like that??? Finally something about them!

[@KingMJAH]

They remind me of the ancient robots in the sandy area from skyward sword

[@armani3298]

*I know right?! It's getting me all giddy😂*

[@nebbynetwork2089]

That flying machine looks amazing I never played breath of the wild but I really want to play this

[@mitchsona]

You should!

[@nebbynetwork2089]

​@@mitchsona i should play breath of the wild?

[@nycegeye6916]

You should play number 1 until May.... Honestly I guarantee you'll have your hands full until this releases lol

[@nebbynetwork2089]

@@nycegeye6916 sounds good to me gunna go get it right now

[@RebeleneM]

Omg, yes!! Play Breath of the Wild first!! It's an amazing, amazing experience! I would finish BOTW before you start Tears of the Kingdom. That way you'll be able to understand what's going on in the story 😊 Have fun!!

[@Drumbsticks]

Speed runners are gonna have a blast with the fuse & ultra hand mechanics

[@Flaris]

I have to admit this looks pretty amazing. The amount of room for creativity seems literally sky high. I'm curious how some elements will work together, but for that reason it will be fun to experience. Trying things out and finding crazy combinations should allow for a really personal experience.

[@SilverDreamweaver]

Us gamers are eating in 2023 with quality releases. Hogwarts Legacy, RE4R, Jedi Survivor, FFXVI, FFVIIR2, Diablo 4, Octopath Traveler 2, Starfield, FE: Engage, MPR, Sea of Stars, and of course, TotK. And so much more. It's so nice to have a stacked year after the last couple dead years in gaming.

[@rakshilady]

Thank you so much, John! Can't wait for this game AND your amazing videos!!

[@dremat33]

Can't wait to play. Pre-order is aust for me. Thank you for keeping us updated.

[@irishman301]

I'm super stoked myself for this game and looking forward to you doing videos on tips tricks or even a full 100% walkthrough.

[@timspeirs8465]

Seeing these new mechanics and foreseeing all the epic content my boy Austin John is going put out literally brings me JOY. Cannot wait

[@reagancollins5517]

So hyped! Thanks for the analysis Austin!

[@DumplingDoodle]

i am so glad that, not only are there more enemies, but that they can fuse weapons just like you! botw was amazing, but the combat got easy fast. the variety and surprise is a MUCH welcome change.

[@bigwheelinkid]

Love your Channel man always watching for Pokémon tips and some other games as well. Very useful videos man

[@wolfiemuse]

I’m so excited for this. The trailer showed so much cool interactions and hinted at so many more possibilities. There were people in the live stream chat dogging HARD on the game, which blew my mind. I think it looks fantastic. Super excited. I was like 98% sure I was going to preorder before release for the goodies, but now I’m absolutely sure.

[@JonathanCarlosGamerOfficial]

I just preordered my copy of the game and console! I’m really excited for all this. ☺️

[@tylerhall1423]

So they really took beating up something with a boulder literally this time 😂 loving the fuse ability

[@whitneyball4254]

There is a korok at the beginning when Link is riding the horse towards the stable! He’s saying he needs to find his friend 🙂

[@Moonchild1607]

Can't wait to see what speedrunners can do with these new abilities. Amazing glitches will be discovered the next few years!

[@KROphotography]

Thanks for the overview. There is a lot to look forward to in this game!

[@rectak]

I'm really vibing with the fusing and creation potential

[@TimberBuilds]

Alot of people hated Nuts and bolts but man it brings back so many fun memories of building jank ships and cars haha i loved that game. couldn't be more excited to get some of it in tears of the kingdom.

[@sveipr6516]

As someone who didn't love breath of the wild, I was hoping tears of the kingdom would implement a lot of changes, but it looks to be almost the same as breath of the wild but with an extra crafting mechanic.

[@varence7007]

I can already visualize the "windmill of friendship" flying around Hyrule

[@kai4391]

The look of joy on your face :D priceless! I'm also super excited to try this game out!

[@EclipseHighroller]

The pure look of joy at 9:26 😊

[@grayshin4425]

that trailer reignited my hype in an incredible way

[@delvysdominguez7953]

I’m super excited I was able to preorder the entire set. Can’t wait 🙏

[@KrystalWolf24]

Oh my goodness. Like how did they seriously one up my favorite game if all time. This looks so good.

[@s3cr3tpassword]

Boomerang + Keese eyeball. Honing and returning weapon. Gonna try that out as quick as I can get both.

[@shannonshort4987]

So excited to see you cover zelda again! It's been pokemon for forever. A fresh start for mr. Austin

[@HyouVizer]

trailer sold me on the game. Floating islands are fav fantasy aesthetic. Macgyver mechanics are pretty neat too.

[@Five_star_funky]

I didn't even realize this was Dueling Peaks at first because the shrine and waterfall are just... gone 😂 but this game looks like fun! I feel a little overwhelmed with even MORE stuff to do. So much to create and play with!

[@haydenhiggins3312]

The sky islands remind me of Skyloft (skyward sword) and the Loftwing birds. It would be cool if they brought the Loftwings back in this game

[@shulkyboi]

I can't wait for the game to come out and your videos to release and help me out lol

[@cya5983]

Ready for that sweet Zelda Austin John content in a few weeks!

[@jerryvang4351]

Yo it's Austin John Plays! It's been a while since Breath of the Wild. Havnt visit ur Channel since then. Ur Channel has grown so much, congrats bro. This is going to be a fun one. I'll be checking in for clues and tricks Austin. I remember u taught us the infinite arrow glitch, bro it feels like it was just yesterday ahah thanks for all u do.

[@king-kaito]

This game may be the best game of the year for switch

[@zucumberzeez]

facts

[@Jonzelle185]

Your joking right?😂

[@enrique9925]

Maybe not just switch. But if there is something even better for other platforms, fine for me.

[@clug906]

best game of the year in general

[@JDRusse11]

Try ever 😂

[@isabelhunt5804]

Nice cant wait for austin john plays totk videos

[@juans8356]

I can't wait to be an Aztec warrior riding around in a raft with wind fans

[@guhrizzlybaire]

I can't wait to play this. I had so much fun with the first game. 😊

[@adelphoslp]

It looks great, and i'm so excited for this! The ooonly critique I have is that I wish combining the rock and branch turned it into more of a hammer weapon with "correct" weighting and physics for how it now looks. I just think it looks a bit goofy swinging that big boulder around like it weighs nothing

[@V.U.4six]

I get it….but at the same time it’s also just literally fusing two things together to make something “new” it’s not exactly “transforming” them or refining them or anything like that So you attach a stick to a boulder and you literally get a stick with a boulder end 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think it would require a dedicated “crafting system” more akin to what most people think of for crafting in games for it to be some sort of refined weapon

[@uncleshithole9127]

It does look goofy and I like that way. The more wacky and wild the better imo

[@BoomSqueak]

I shall build monument to fallen horse anytime my horse dies. It will most likely despawn when I leave, but it's the thought that counts.

[@neruoue123]

Dude.. the recipes on all the fuse combo possibilities will be endless! Gonna be looking forward to your TOTK content man, dont let me down!

[@gastrodon8242]

Man that switch is so clean definitely going to add that to the collection

[@cindytanaka9595]

I am so excited!!! I’m so happy to finally see some gameplay!!! It looks like the top left icon refers to the different abilities you can do. The circle with the symbol is for rewind, the sword is for fusing, red hand is for ultra hand and green guy is the ascending. I just wonder how you switch between abilities???

[@fatzmcgee]

The joy on Austin's face is contagious.

[@kathyblakeman1334]

so true

[@SeaOfPixels]

Loving the Nuts and Bolts appreciation as of late, great game.

[@armandovasquez6718]

The excitement I’m feeling for this game is just comparable to open gift as a kid on xmas.

[@teckell]

Gannon: Why steal when I can DIY a Triforce of Power...

[@onehuman4853]

I haven’t played a Zelda game in a long time. I’m not sure I’ll come back to it for this one, but we’ll see

[@Blaze-ut5vl]

Easy pick up for the year. Definitely waiting for this one.

[@GunmarTheBlack]

I wonder if you could fuse several weapons together or fuse a material to a pair of weapons that are already fused together, like in the trailer how they had the extended pitchfork. I wonder if you could fuse an eyeball to it and when it's about to break you can throw it and it will auto target enemies like the arrows do

[@Charle_Z]

That would be so sick!

[@cyberjackal4928]

It looks like you can only fuse one thing to your sword and/shield at a time. But I wonder if you could stick like 5 spears together with an eyeball fused one in the front. If it would let you pick it up and throw it

[@bobjob2514]

Didn't the dev say a fan must have been fused to that door weapon? That would confirm at least a second fuse material.

[@GunmarTheBlack]

@@bobjob2514 well, if that's the case, I wonder with attach if you could set something up to have a train catcher made out of weapons on a car you built or something, or a propeller with sledgehammers as the blades

[@bobjob2514]

@@GunmarTheBlack I... don't expect weapons to have crafting functionality like that. Train catcher? Stopping shouldn't be a big issue.

[@power-backinblack]

Can't believe I subbed 6 years ago. How far we've come. One of the best in the biz.

[@fabiojr64]

12:28 It's Zonais, its Zonais! Thats what i've been teling all along but no one would listen to me! Thanks Austin

[@waz207]

I already had this game pre-ordered…after seeing this I want it to be May now…also those craftable arrows/weapons got me stoked!

[@christianbrookshire9939]

We only 1 month and a couple of days and I am so excited to play and so excited for your tips and tricks

[@DH-gk8vh]

OMG! I'M PUMPED! I can't wait. I want to play even more now. Click in your creativity! SWEET!

[@_Dedleef]

It’s very refreshing to have Zelda content back on this channel again

[@xis54]

I can’t wait for this Game. BOTW was a really captivating game and I love it so much. Can’t wait

[@Amins88]

Okay, I was really concerned about the lack of information. But this was all I needed! With how open ended BotW was with it's mechanics and physics allowing you to do so much, I am even more excited to see what can be done with everything we've seen here. I still have some concerns with the balance on combo weapons. Will certain ones be overly powerful? Will certain mechanics become obsolete with newly introduced powers? Although, it does seem that enemies can use combo weapons, too. So that could introduce even more strategy into the game, which is great.

[@RxZ95sssPG]

Complete joy in Johns Face. I live ist.

[@austingilbert7646]

This looks interesting I can't wait to play this game.

[@mattvarley3462]

Watching the 10min video I kept thinking, oh boy Austin is gonna be real busy with even more videos than BOTW when this game comes out.

[@megaman7010]

Dude I'm so pumped for this game.

[@jehhhGames]

there was a moblin flying on a flying machine in the last shot of that demo

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

I wonder if you can fuse wings with a horse to make it a pegasus? That would be cool.

[@catalyst539]

you don’t know if there are wings

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

@@catalyst539 There are literally Keese wings in the video.

[@lilo7770]

​@@catalyst539 The only wings we see are keese wings, imagine a bat-pegasus

[@nikhilsaxena689]

I think fuse will not work on living creatures

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

​@@lilo7770 those strange yellow monsters have wings. Those wings are much bigger than Keese wings.

[@blinkertactical42]

I miss austin johns zelda tutorials. First time ive watched him in a while and the intro gave me a sever case of nostalgia

[@chrisrorrer7652]

I enjoy all of your content I'm excited for this game

[@badlucktylerr]

Ugh I love Austin John season!!!!

[@HydroniteTB]

I’m so excited for that fuse and crafting mechanic, I think those alone will definitely spice up the gameplay

[@DanHoger]

Good to see you talking about Zelda again!