In just 70 minutes with TheLegendofZeldaTearsoftheKingdom, I brought chaos to Hyrule by crafting some truly ridiculous vehicles.
Ever since Nintendo lifted the lid on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with a 10-minute gameplay demo, my mind has been abuzz. I couldn’t stop thinking about its new crafting system, which lets Link create some weapons Frankenstein-style and piece together makeshift vehicles using his new Ultrahand ability.
The cable car solution The first 20 minutes of my demo are a bit of a guided control tutorial with a Nintendo rep walking me through each new tool, from Ultrahand to Ascend. It’s a lot to take in at once. If you thought Breath of the Wild’s controls were complicated, Tears of the Kingdom only compounds that by adding a crafting layer on top of its myriad of submenus. Say I want to attach a Keese wing to an arrow, allowing it to fly farther.
A good deal of the vehicles I created revolved around new items called Zonai Devices. These are largely electric components that can be attached to just about anything. During my demo, I’d use fans to propel static objects, place rockets on platforms to launch them into the air, and use a fire igniter to activate a hot air balloon. Other Zonai Devices I saw included a one-time-use mobile cooking station and a steering column to let Link turn vehicles.
Chaos theory The best way I can illustrate how Tears of the Kingdom plays isn’t by breaking down individual systems, but by retelling a few anecdotes. The bulk of my playtime would revolve around a relatively simple questline. Starting on the ground in Hyrule, I’d need to break into a moblin base surrounded by spikes, get to the sky from there, make my way across a series of floating islands, grab a stone, and backtrack with it to a previous island to set it in place.
Before my demo, a Nintendo rep joked that he saw Tears of the Kingdom as “Yes, And: The Game,” referring to the improv comedy rule of thumb that dictates how an improviser should escalate a joke. That’s exactly what I experienced at that moment. Yes, you can make an airship. And it’s going to immediately catch fire. And it’s going to crash into some monsters. It was a hysterical moment that has me confident that Tears of the Kingdom will be the funniest game of the year, bar none.
I attached a hot air balloon to the top of the stone, creating a way to take it airborne. To move it forward during its ascent, I’d stick a fan to the back. Worried it might sink too low during the flight, I attached two more fans to either side of the first one pointing downward. That would theoretically give it enough power to float as it moved forward, counteracting some of the stone’s weight.
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