Tears of the Kingdom - E3 2021 Trailer Analysis / Breakdown
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- My initial analysis and breakdown of the E3 2021 trailer for Breath of the Wild's Sequel.
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Thanks for watching! What part of the trailer are you most excited about? I can't get over how sick the Zonai flamethrower is lol
Best trailer.
I am really excited about pretty much everything haha, expecially about link's arm, expecially since his arm seems very similar to a companion that every zelda gamer knows and love, midna, also another thing that i notice are the clothes of link, who changed in almost every scene, also, is it me or the clothes of link when he jump to what seems to be the skyloft are really familiar to the clothes that twilight link wears before getting the twilight tunic? Who knows! Anyway, i also noticed that the little "splash" at 10:10 is very familiar to to the "splash" that happens just before one of the light spirits appears, and again, were we frist meet them? Twilight princess.
I also think that maybe this game will be about time traveling, since the different locations that are very similar to other locations of other games, like skyward sword, and most likely, again, twilight princess
I'm most excited about the dark parts at the beginning with Ganondorf and malice
I personally think that botw2 will be about ancestors.
I think link gets revealed as being the last human with zonai blood. It said that the zonai dabbled in magic so links time slowing abilities could be Hereditary.
The parts of the trailer where link is in a different outfit and flying in the air could be part of a playable memory of one of links ancestors. Possibly the hand could be part of an ancestor of link and every memory complete could upgrade the arm.
I think the story will be about not only putting an end to the malice corrupted canon but I don’t think Zelda will be playable. The story could be revolved around saving Zelda just as wind waker was partly about saving links sister.
I see the green creature as a friendly figure, with large earrings. Perhaps the equivalent of great fairies, or horse god.
Ganon isn't raising his hands, he's actually about to do a sick backflip
i thought he was just saying "come at me bro"
Imagine Gannon waking up and in like a SUPER deep voice and he’s like “Come at me bitch”
@@iluvyouashtonn_ 🤣🤣
as in classic *Ocarina of time* fashion, ganon raising his hands means the surroundings are going to come down
G a n o n f l i p
Zeltik is a lovely fella.
Austin John isn't too bad either ♥️
Legends
Whaddo ya mean “isn’t *too* bad”
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Hey Pokémon guy
They really went full Ghibli this time
-Howl's Moving Bokoblin Camp
-Princess Mononoke Arm
-Castle In The Sky (w/ Sky Guardians)
Lmao
sky guardians and a literal castle in the sky, though not very far up
My exact thought xD
Not to mention the Lord of the Mountain in BotW 1 very much being the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke
we are going to die in botw 2
i wanted to say this in case nobody mentioned it yet: link’s hair isn’t longer, he just let it down. he had a ponytail so i don’t think that’s a good indication of the time this takes place.
True I just put on outfits in botw to see the longest length you could see his hair and it is around that length
Yes ive been thinking this since I heard people talking about the hair being longer thing
Hey! I wanted to comment that!😩
I wasn't sure, i was like wait is his hair longer? Because he had it in bangs and a ponytail in botw 1 but now i know for sure
I thought the same. Still, Zeltik's point about his appearance distinctly being different in all the sky shots is interesting!
I just love to see them diving a little deeper into the lore here regardless. »Something's« up besides a few chunks of earth, that much is for sure!
I love how Link shakes his head after diving through the the solid ground, likes he's getting out of the water.
yeah, and you can see the ground ripple like waves on water
I know haha that was so cute
Maybe he's using his new powers to turn the ground to liquid.
Right before that you see water going into air, or maybe going backwards in time.
Finally someone else says that too!
Looks like we'll be in the sky for good while with both SSHD and BOTW2. Super pumped!
I smell a link between the two games in some way shape or form (no pun intended)
I miss the underwater in twilight princess.
@@DaviHorner Still possible i'm sure will say very little of what the game's areas have to offer
@@DaviHorner well in skyward you get to go to the forest flooded so it’s all underwater
I wouldn't say "for good" given that shot of Link on the surface.
This got me more hyped than the footage did.
Didnt expect to see you here
Same 😅
Just subscribed today and I see you here.
I agree.
honestly this. when zeltik talked about the sacred place, i immediately made the connection that these sky island are probably the sacred realm being mashed with the hyrule realm by ganondorf or something!
I’m almost 100% sure that time reversing will be something key to this game. First, the reversed music seems to be some kind of leitmotiv. Then, the ability that makes the spiky rocks go backwards, along with the puddle becoming a drop of water that goes up make it seem like Link’s abilities will be focused on this concept. Finally, the fact that this game is most likely related to Skyward Sword (the first canonical game) further strengthens the theory
I believe that chronology would put the games as skyward sword, then botw and botw 2 due to the islands in the sky as well as the deku tree is alive in botw and dies in ocarina with was originally directly after skyward sword so I assume botw and the sequel are between skyward sword and ocarina
@@izybot Breath of the Wild is confirmed to be at the end of the timeline
@@izybot There's been multiple incarnations of the Great Deku tree. It's not the same one every game
Breath of the wild is like the rebirth of Ocarina of time, and Breath of the wild 2 is like the resurrection of Majoras Mask. It makes sense that its somehow intertwined with skyward sword in time travelling(the gate of time) and travelling through the sky. The question is though, how he actually got up there(excluding the theorical puddle ability).
As well as the fact that Link is known as the hero of TIME. There's also a theory that Link's element is time, just like Mipha's element is water, Ravali's element is wind, ect... in Breath of the Wild, Teba of the Rito was the only one that seemed to recognize how Link uses bullet time while shooting arrows in the air. I personally agree with this theory, especially since this trailer has a lot of seemingly time-related concepts.
Here's something I just noticed myself: when we see that drop falling upwards as Link travels to the sky and through the rock, the ground where the liquid was seems hollowed out - like drops have been falling onto this very spot for many millennia, slowly carving away at the solid rock.
If this is how Link travels between ground and sky, I wouldn't be surprised if there were specific "portals" - places where this strange liquid is dripping down, and has been for thousands of years, and if you reverse its flow with your arm, you can travel with it. Back into the sky.
Portals/waypoints like that have been common in the Zelda series, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them here.
that sounds too legit to be false^^ but we will see
The drop also reminded me of how you unlock the map and teleportation features in botw. What if sheika technology was just a modified version of this ancient magic? And if so, when and how did the sheika obtain it?
I believe this too. Almost like it'll be two separate maps. Say "The Kingdom In The Sky" and "The Kingdom Of Hyrule".
@@TheSayumi15 Personal theory, this green energy allowed the Sheikah to convert the Malice of Ganon into Ancient Energy by "cleansing" it. They did this because they either A. knew they were going to die out and wanted to allow the Sheikah to build similar technolgy, B. were partnered with the Sheikah, say because they were both allies of the Royal Family, and Ancient Energy was designed as a replacement or C. The Sheikah forced the Zonai into basically duplicating their technology, then genocided them and erased them from history.
Regarding Shrines and the map, maybe these islands are the new Shrines of this game?
@@rookiedrifter4273 hmmm and going off the first part of your theory, this would explain why malice so easily corrupted the gaurdians, because the energy was just "dirty" again.
One thing worth pointing out is that in all the sky footage Link is in his new outfit and we can see the floating islands, but in all the surface footage Link is in his Champion tunic and we don't see any islands
I think it's very possible that they're two entirely separate areas (possibly accessed through time travel or something due to the similarities the new look has with the hero from the tapestry)
or is msot likely before and after hwne we wake up the mummy? tbh i dont want to see time travle for what is probably the 3-4th time in a zelda game
@@wolfofdiscord7092 possible time skip?
I'm just immensely annoyed as having that footage of zelda fall implies she wont be playable, which to me is a slap in the face since it just keeps following the "damsel in distress" shit
They both have the same paraglider though, so I'm pretty sure they're the same
@@xleplayVA It’s called an archetype. It’s a recurring scenario in literature and media that’s thousands of years old. Don’t bash things you don’t fully understand.
Link doesn’t actually have more hair, he just untied his ponytail.
I was thinking the same.
what if it is longer... time travel...???lets just hopeee
@@devincarroll7217 its still the same hair length though, but time travel might be interesting I guess
Yeah I didn't think it was any longer than normal it just isn't in a ponytail. It looks like it's the same length when you put on the ancient armour in botw
Shit got so intense in hyrule his hair tie broke off
“and he appears to be shirtless”
lord have mercy
So, one thing I'm sure a few other people have pointed out: BotW Link has always had relatively long hair; he just usually keeps it in a short ponytail. Chances are good that the items he's wearing in the sky scenes just make him change his hairstyle. We even see precedence for this in items in BotW (See Shiekah armor, and a few others)
So, I hadn't noticed that Link had the master sword in the scene where his arm got got, but I had a theory, and now that you've pointed it out, I think that fills in some holes.
So, the Master Sword's whole thing is that it's the Blade of Evil's Bane, and I flat-out refuse to believe that any form of Ganon could have overwhelmed its sacred power and destroyed it, at least not in any way that matters. However, what could have happened here, was like... Link's arm started getting got, and the Master Sword did its thing and repelled the evil, just... not in time. So now Link's arm is corrupted, and corruption is slowly spreading through his body. It's being kept in check by those shiekah armbands, but it's also made it so Link can no long touch the master sword (at least not with his sword hand). Link probably ends up dropping the Master Sword, and it either uses its sacred power to return to its resting place, someone else retrieves it for him, Ganondorf kinda... kicks it into the pit, or, it gets left where he dropped it.
And actually, now that I think about it, that flamethrower introduces the idea of Link using things in his left hand in order to attack. So, after all his trials and tribulations through the game, he returns to where Ganondorf is, Ganondorf mocks him for not being able to harm him since he can't use the Master Sword... and then Link grabs the Master Sword with his left hand.
That’s so GOOD! I would love for that to be the story
And thus begins link being left handed?
@@illuvitarv5 isn’t he left handed in some of the games?
@@lucaspiano76 Link was always left-handed until Twilight Princess on the Wii. They needed the sword in the dominant hand of the majority of the population for the Wii motes, so they flipped everything in TP (look at the dungeon maps for the Wii and Cube versions for proof) from being on the left to the right.
@@Linken_88 ooooh ok that’s what I was thinking of
Let's be honest ladies and gentlemen - THIS is the analysis we've been waiting for!
The best
first one i chose to watch after like half a dozen in my inbox
True. We also need to wait for GameXplain’s
Of course! Zeltik is the best !
Your name doesn't match well with your comment lol
Tarrey town is definitely gonna be a floating island I’m calling in now
They just expand the town building quest so much it becomes ACNH in the sky
Gives a whole new meaning to “From the Ground Up”
No! My boy!
It better be accessible in some capacity, sky island would be epic
Idc about anything else now, if TTown floats it deserves game of the year
Theory: Link loses his arm and the arm in the cave replaces it. This new arm features a built in shieka slate
That what I am think a robotic sheika arm with slate built in maybe even a new more powerful version of the slate too
That's what I thought and when he said the stasis part was the triforce I was like one of the most powerful treasures of hyrule is being used by link in non grave situations yeah no thats not the triforce
So link has a Shieka-Smart-Watch
I think the arm is the arm of a past Link, that was used to seal Ganondorf. This past Link would have full access to the triforce of courage. His arm would replace our Link’s right arm, for reasons the story should reveal, thus giving us the power of the triforce of courage. The triforce will effectively replace the Sheika Slate as a game mechanic.
So glad it comes wirh wireless cinnection
"Good kids can see it! They can see the kingdom floating in the sky." -Shamae Woodland stable.
That kid was not crazy after all.
I'll cry if there's an NPC on a floating island somewhere in BOTW 2 that says "I love these presents that appear to float up from the surface! I just wish I knew who was sending them."
lets hope he turns up in this game too
@Vos König yes
Few people have your aptitude to notice such a fine detail, holy moly dude!
@ZELTIK NEW THEORY VIDEO AKSDFJ;ALKFJ PLS
A few things that could be hypothesised:
- When the malice corrupts Link’s arm it either destroys it or, to avoid the chosen Hero’s corruption, gets literally removed and gets replaced with the hand that was sealing Ganon (the scene when Link is lying on the floor, the writings on the stone is possibly Zonai and could be a magic chant of some sort).
- When Link goes Za Warudo with his arm to stop the spiky ball and sends it back towards the Bokoblins and the Moblin, for a split second you see the Triforce on the back of his hand, which could mean that he finally got the Triforce of Courage because the arm that is now attached to his body is the one of the ancient Hero.
- We don’t get to see Link’s face at all during the trailer, if not for the brief moment when we see his arm being attacked by the Malice. This could be intentional, as something might have happened to it. Do the same marks that are now on his arm and back (and possibly chest) appear on the right side of his face too? Which poses another question: is Link on borrowed time? Is the magic arm a temporary replacement of some sort, to help him maybe restore a now broken Master Sword, save Zelda and stop Ganon’s plan? If that is the case, they may not show his body and his face because they may change during gameplay. Just like the arm in the first trailer was trying to stop the Malice from pouring out from Ganon’s body, the arm now is trying to stop Link’s corruption. Should he fail, the arm will be unable to stop the flow of Malice in Link’s body and it’s Game Over for our Hero.
- He is seen carrying a sword, but does not use it. What we have seen is either him using magic on his right arm (which is his weapon arm) and the left to attack (with the shield/dragon flamethrower contraption). Sure, the flamethrower might have been more effective on that particular enemy, but I just find really strange that he would use his defence arm to attack: if you’re right handed, using your left one to do any sort of primary movement is neither easy nor natural. Which could mean he cannot carry a weapon on his right because a) the new arm can only use magic, b) the new arm lacks of a gripping stance for some reason.
- Zonai. References. Everywhere.
- The strange looking stone frog I believe it is a Guardian. Whether it is hostile or Link has to help him we can’t be sure at the moment, but is body is connected via the same green energy we see with Link. It is possible that it is indeed a Guardian and that Link may have to fight him as a test, like a dungeon boss (which, by the way, I am positive they will return), to acquire something that he will need for his quest. If it is of Zonai origins (possibly) it would serve as one of the trials the ancient Hero had to endure millennia prior to the story. So instead of the Sheikah monks in the shrines like in BOTW, we have creatures like that.
- Also worth noting (and it probably already has been extensively) that the carvings on the wall we see in the first teaser of BOTW2 depict Ganondorf riding a horse and wielding a trident that could possibly be the Trident of Demise or, at least, the same one Ganon wields in The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link (albeit only in art form as we don’t really get to see him in the game), A Link to the Past, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons, all of which are falling in the the same timeline, aka The Decline of Hyrule and The Last Hero. Meaning that BOTW and BOTW2 could be in the same timeline.
- Floating islands: before or after? I think after. First goes the castle, then bit by bit the rest of Hyrule. It could well be that the floating island have always been there and protected by the veil, but also that they formed as chunks of the land got ripped off and sent flying. Yes, they do have structures on them, but who’s to say that they weren’t buried under the ground of Hyrule and they resurfaced afterwards? We don’t even know exactly how Thyplo Ruins look like, if only by speculation. I’m just said, as above so below.
- Also, reversed vocals in the music and the stasis upgraded ability (or what it seems to be), heavily implies time manipulation, rewind/forward kind of thing.
- We have A Link to the Past, we have A Link between Worlds. Now we have A Link through the Ages. There, I said it.
So yeah, these are just few ideas, I guess we’ll get wild in the next few months while we wait for it to be released.
Edit: regarding the floating islands being after? Scrap that. They are before, definitely before. The puddle? Entry point, a portal of sorts. Link finds access points around Hyrule and uses the power of the arm to open the warp points between the two eras. Goes in as modern day Link, comes out in the sky as the Ancient Hero. The two frames in the trailer (drop from the puddle/Link shooting up and coming out of the stone floor) are not sequential, but they give the idea of what that particular action implies.
the typhlo ruins had the darkness removed by a mod just to let you know
@goose cult official right?
@Scrima Games (Gamers' Reality) ✓ thank you 🙏 I’ve also considered the possibility that the story might be developing on two different times, one after the Calamity (and of BOTW) and one 10000 years before, at the time of the First Calamity. Link will go back and forward between eras and will be the Ancient Hero of legends to try and completely stop Ganon in the present. The rewind/forward thing makes me think that his actions in the past have a direct impact on the present: him acquiring the power of the Triforce of Courage in the present is a direct consequence of him going back to the past. He can’t use is right hand because he cannot wield the Master Sword (maybe it has its power depleted by the Calamity when the Malice attacks Link) and thus, he cannot destroy Ganon. Ideally, once Ganon is defeated, the Master Sword should be placed back on the pedestal. Always happens. But in the first teaser, after he defeated Calamity Ganon, he’s still carrying it on his back.
“A sword wields no strength, unless the hand that holds it has Courage.” That’s what the Hero’s Shade from Twilight Princess said. It just makes sense. Unless he goes back and makes the Triforce of Courage his own, the Master Sword is nothing more than a letter opener.
Oops, sorry for the rambling 😅 once I get going there’s no stopping me!
Something I noticed throughout the trailer is that the Shieka Slate is gone. My theory is they went back to the shrine of resurrection to see if his malice ridden arm could be healed, but instead the Slate turned into that prosthetic arm which he now uses for runes somehow
@@connerpoulsen446 that is also a very good possibility. However, the last time we saw the Sheikah Slate it was in the hands of Zelda at the end of BOTW, when she mentioned something being wrong with Vah Rutah. It may be that, if Zelda still had the Slate, it fell with her when the ground collapsed. But! There is an indication that Sheikah technology might have originated from the Zonai. If that’s the case, the Sheikah created the technology based on their knowledge of magic rituals of which the Zonai were users. And how did they discovered it? By finding the corpse of Ganon with the hand. The Royal Observatory has most likely being built for that exact purpose. To study and to replicate the power of the long lost civilisation so that, should the Calamity return, they would have been able to fight against it. If the Slate has been lost or destroyed, the closest thing to it would be the arm as it would have the same kind of abilities of the Sheikah Slate. So yes, the arm is a substitute for the Slate, but because it’s the real deal, much more powerful.
I feel like that green golem is a friendly and not some kind of enemy. He seems happy and the scenery around him is bright and positive.
it gives me Malanya the horse god vibes
Yeah, I felt the same way. Like he was an ally.
Yeah. Also, I don’t think he’s a Cyclops. I see two frog-like eyes at the sides. He’s also made of some kind of jade, and has the green energy flowing through his body
yeah especially since it's got the same egg things on its shoulders as all the pillars, makes me think it's a helpful guardian
I think the green gollum is some kind of guardian as a trial for link kinda like the silent realm for Skyward sword Except those guardians weren’t friendly .__.
I would love to have Zeltik's opinion on this:
I'm replaying botw, and something caught my attention that might explain why Link and Zelda are underground. Very early in the game when King Rhoam finally explains who he is to link, he quotes the prophecy and says, "The signs of calamity Ganon are clear, and the power to oppose it *lies* *beneath* *the* *ground* . We never hear this line again in the game. I believe that the Sheikah and the people of Hyrule had mistakenly misinterpreted this prophecy, believing the guardians and divine beasts were what the prophecy meant. However it may be something more. I believe this is why Zelda and Link are seen searching underground in the original trailer.
I also want to point out that, as far as I know, Ganon and Ganondorf cannot consciously exist at the same time. It's possible that in order to truly banish Ganon, something may need to be done to Ganondorf. Perhaps this is what the prophecy meant.
that's a REALLY good oberservation. And i'm thinking since nintendo said breath of the wild "exists at the end of all timelines" and the headpiece on Ganon(dorf), it could be the same ganon as twilight priness, Ganon just being each male gerudo throughout history that malice or evil power uses as a vessel.
I thought the same exact thing! Especially after seeing the trailer for BOTW2. The guardians and divine beasts never really seemed to fill the "beneath the ground" part of the prophecy in my eyes and I really think that this game is going to cover that. super excited for more updates on it!
It might refer to the towers which as you know awaken the shrines and help link fight Ganon or it could be something different
More on this, I believe that "the power to oppose it lies beneath the ground" could be referring to Link (himself), who was under the ground in BOTW, waiting to be restored. This prophecy could have been misunderstood to mean the guardians and divine beasts. Or, could the prophecy have been referring to multiple things? The guardians / divine beasts, Link, and ...?
@@MrLittleW ganondorth
The green stone golem doesn’t seem like an enemy to me. Seems more like a great fairy entity similar to Malanya
But less creepy
My bet is on an enemy, considering it has one center eye similar to a lot of enemies and and it has clawed hands that Zeltik didn't mention. They're detached similar to Bongo Bongo
That's my thoughts as well. It seems the green energy is a friendly one, so why would something controlled by it be malicious? It doesn't have an enemy vibe to its design either.
@@mangojam4518 Agreed, reminded me of Eyegore. Would be so badass if an MM-esque massive Eyegore were to be an enemy.
@@mangojam4518 perhaps it could act as some sort of defence mechanism also. Which at first might see link as an intruder, but perhaps, if the island builder concept of the first botw gets updated in 2? We could potentially see these eyegore looking gentleman being essentially bodyguards like stone golems in Minecraft. Perhaps that'd imply like... a "Tower Defence" inspired mini game where you can defend the island you helped develop?
Be super cool to see an expansion of the idea from that one place in the first game at least!!!
You know when you haven’t eaten in hours, but then you smell food cooking and realize how hungry you were?
I’m just realizing how thirsty I am for a
Zelda game.
oh man, crossing my fingers for more new cooking recipes in the sequel
my journey to become the best chef in all of Hyrule, is just getting started
Im sure ganondorf is very thirsty
You described the feeling I got when I watched the trailer perfectly 😭
This is too true. I always try and stay away from the thought of it. I’ve already waited years. And the thought of me having to wait at least 6 more months hurts my core
What you call 'eggs' on that stone cyclops make my art history senses tingle. They look exactly like a common architectural decoration and that would make them pine cones. In ancient times, the pine cone was a symbol of fertility. In Christianity, the pine tree is seen as the tree of life and its cones as symbols of resurrection and immortality. I'm curious to see if this interpretation has any merit.
I doubt it's intentional, but I have always seen the Triforce of Courage and all things related to the colour green as being related to life and spirit. Aside from the spirits of sages, who are usually identified as their own separate things, the only other spiritual beings we ever see in Zelda are the Kokiri and the Koroks, who are basically forest spirits and very consistently related to Link's origins. Nayru's power in OoT was Nayru's Love, but aside from that, blue has always been related to intelligence and technology, and red is always related to power and destruction. So it does seem like a moderately natural connection to make from a design perspective.
Fuck the pine, ash or oak for me!
@@bradoliver9324 Also, the description for luminous stones in BOTW says that some people believe the glow of the luminous stones to be "souls of the dead" which further feeds into the theory that the green color (the same color we see in both of the BOTW2 trailers) is related to spirits or life.
Zelda features a lot of symbolism. Even if it doesn't pertain to the overarching story, at the very least it has merit to the specific situation it is in; which in turn has narrative value to the rest of the game.
I haven't seen anything in Zelda which didn't belong; from a lore or gameplay perspective (exception(s) being, maybe, the very first games; haven't played those nor have I seen a whole lot of them).
It looks more like an Artichoke to me.
Nintendo: try going straight to hyrule castle now!
> create floating platform
> float to hyrule castle.
"Are you chalenging me"
Speedrunners and glitch finders- “You dare challenge me?”
We need a loz botw dream
LMAo
Zeltik has the best Zelda breakdowns. That's a sub from me.
Hey checkmark
He had two videos on trending where I am
The break down is actually very weak.
@@ELMQ Fully agreed. I watched this right after Commonwealth Realm's theory video which made me unsub.
Zeltik: "What part of the trailer are you most excited about"
Me: *Y e s*
His hair is the same length in the trailer as it is when he wears the ancient armor, so I'm not 100% sold on it being a time difference thing. I'm hoping they drop another trailer as we get closer to the release date!
Yeah, ponytails sure are deceptive
Well we definitely will get at least one more trailer in the next year
Yeah it could just be armor he's wearing
Yeah wtf. Do people not realize you need LONG hair to have a pony tail. This is the first time its not tied up, of course its going to be long.
@@simonrockstream I feel like too many people thought it was Zelda.
Only Zeltik can turn a 2 minute trailer into a 13 minute, deeply analyzed, well edited entertaining video.
"these are just my initial thoughts" dude I've already watched several theorists videos on this trailer and yours is hands-down by far the most insightful and full of intricate details others would never have noticed. Great work Zeltik! As always, of course. I'm floored by how quickly you got this top-quality video out
He likely gets access to the trailers long before us
@@benjaminriddell7303 nope, he watched it at the same times as the rest of us.
You can undo Link’s ponytail.
Game of the Year 2022
Must be why Breath of the Wild won also.
When wearing the Ancient Helm, Link would also undo his ponytail
Alright I was hyped but now that you say that this is my #1 game for 2022
i wanted more options for cool outfits that would make Link look pretty. i got more options to make Link look pretty. im happy
But can you pet the dogs?
2022 or 2023 if they decide to release it like mid or early 2022 😔
Everybody seems to be wrong about the hair, it's not longer than it is normally. he just doesn't have his ponytail in. Wearing the ancient sheikah helmet in the original game, you can see link's actual hair length underneath the helmet. It's the same length.
Exactly!
But why go out of their way to not show "long hair link's" face, at all?
That's what I thought as well.
The hair isn't really longer, it just flies around a lot with the wind. I find it intersting though how he comes to resemble the hero in the tapestry more with this look. The floating islands in the sky may be even older than the structures we know from the ground, thus only allowing him entrance if he further resembles the old hero.
THANK YOU!! I’ve been shouting that at every single reaction video that mentioned it cause it’s so obvious
Yep, pisses me off that they keep saying that, idiots should replay BotW, especially the content creators... maybe then, they'll have a little more credibility and know what they're actually talking about.
Link's hair isn't longer, he just doesn't have it up in a ponytail anymore.
@Your Favorite Killer Spectre yeah probably because time has passed, but I think people are saying it’s longer because it looks longer when it’s down vs. when it’s up.
He wants that natural air-dried body to it.
@@ori4903 The Guardian armour helmet also shows how long his hair is. I mean the normal non-amiibo one.
Some people apparently don't know how hair works. The amount of "Link's hair is long now" comments is bizarre.
When I saw link skydiving I went into a state of cardiac arrest
Same 😃🤟🏻
where we droppin boys!
Same here
SAME it looks AMAZING Im loosing my mind!!!!
Free falling from the highest floating land would be fun
I don't know how, but this two minute trailer made me more hyped than any of the other games shown!
im just as stoked about metroid dread. been waiting forever for a new game in the OG series
But.. am i the only one thinking that the green energy isn’t “altering” links arm but more like fusing to “upgrade” him, to make his quest easier ?
Not sure that I agree. Link laying on the table in his underwear is very reminiscent of him being restored in the 100 years before BOTW. It's possible that he loses his arm to the calamity energy and nearly dies and so must once again be put under rest. Except the Zonai have a different kind of technology that is much more bodily, rather than a stone tablet full of technology, and so his lost arm is replaced by Zonai technology
It sounds like kind of a rehash, but if BOTW2 takes place 100 years later, I wouldn't be that surprised. There was talk about going for a darker story. Link gets his arm ripped off and replaced and is wandering a world where many of the people he met are old or dead and so is Zelda - pretty dark.
@@bradoliver9324 i can see another 100 year sleep happening. I also had the same view of things after the shot of link getting his arm n master sword gnawed on by malice also the shot with the new glowing arm his nails look long implying the passage of time but I don't think they're killing off zelda lol.
There also seems to be a bit of twilight influence in this game in the music, sound and visual effects. Think we will see any more from TP?
It looks to me like it's probably somewhat of a combination - damage to his arm, so then it fuses to him to repair and then enhance. Kinda like Cyborg in Teen Titans except just Link's arm, and it only needs partial repair rather than his whole arm being toasted.
metroid
I thought that maybe the malice tried to corrupt Link by attacking his arm but the green arm attachet itself to links arm in order to keep the malice from spreading even further through links body
Pretty hilarious coming back to this after the release & him calling the friendly constructs with a *broom* symbol a potential boss
Actually, Link's hair was always that long, he's just wearing his hair down
THANK YOU
It noticably long in Minish cap.
That's what I was thinking. I'm more thinking there is an event where link loses his equipment rather than "new outfit new hair = time travel". I wouldn't say it's impossible though. Judging from the official timeline on Zelda.com, Breath of the wild has never been placed on the timeline. My first thought was BOTW 2 sets up Skyward Sword. It makes even more sense when you think about how they are releasing Skyward Sword again and not Wind Waker HD or Twilight Princess HD. Who's to say for sure though? Maybe the reason for my thoughts here is because of time travel. Or everything I said was completely wrong.
Thank you omg
You can see his hair length when he's wearing the ancient helmet
Honestly this trailer was surreal. I can't believe they showed stuff about it honestly, and the things they showed were mindblowing
I'm mystified as to how short it was. And 0 actual Treehouse gameplay.
Wow Nintendo. We went through Covid for this?? We can barely establish anything here! Sad because it looks so promising, much more so than Breath1 and all they can do is tease and flirt. Not cool
@@netweed09 I really hope you're joking
I’m pretty sure Link’s hair is the same length as when he wears his hair down underneath the ancient gear
But it is a different color. Which is why im suspect that its actually link. I think it could be linkle or zelda.
@@superskeetbro It's the same color.
@@superskeetbro Not so sure she would wear something that erm revealing
@@osmofina Yeah also her character model looks completely different; her hair is animated as if it's made of tentacles, with big strands of hair separating, whereas link's is with smaller strands.
7:03 Death Mountain has NO lava. Probably means its inside can be explored.
it'll be like ooc where becoming adult link changes past areas probably
Or hes just nearby
that would be really cool! it'd fit with the idea this game probably has more underground segments
its hinted at with hyrule castle being raised (implying you can explore the cave underneat), but i wanna see stuff like the bottom of the gerudo tower
But now after seeing the third trailer,
We knew that it is replaced by malice .
Btw, you knew that death mountain is different before the third trailer itself, good job dude
@@MSCDonkeyKong and why did the Yiga have an apparently bottomless pit decorated with their emblems? I jumped down their multiple times expecting it to be an extension of their lair.
IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A DAY
Not a surprise tho, Zeltik is the best am I right
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The best in the business
The conflicting "falling" scenes are weird to me. In this one she falls, but in the previous one it is implied that Link catches her. Is one of the scenes a dream, or did they change the story since the first teaser? My theory: The earthquake causes Zelda to fall, Link tries to catch her but can't, then the hand reverses time (this teaser hints at this ability), allowing Link to save her. In the game, this is the first time we're able to see the power of the hand that Link eventually inherits.
This is my thought on it.
Zelda falls.
Link reaches out and grabs her arm.
This causes Link to fall as well.
Cool arm reaches out and saves Link.
Link loses his grip on Zelda before they can be brought to safety.
You think maybe he dropped her rather than literally reversing time?
@@dig4587 who knows if it can even reverse time at that moment or that Link would even know how to make it reverse time. Link couldn't use all of the Sheika Slate abilities right off the bat when he first got it. He had to go through various shrines to get the abilities first.
@@StevenSudweeks... yes... I was making a joke out of the immediate assumption that link could reverse time. Congratulations.
@@dig4587 I'm sorry I didn't pick up on your lack of sarcasm. I've seen people make legitimate comments like that.
I hope they expand to floating islands and underground cities WITH an updated original map. Basically double the map and content.
I am kinda afraid that they will use the same overworld map and just change bits of it. I really hope they won’t but I fear it haha
@@greenyteay Well, changing bits of it could make a huge difference and could lead to more interesting stories than a whole new map. They could play with the players familiarity of the surroundings, add new twists to it, etc. The feeling would be less of exploring new lands, but more of coming home just to find that something's odd.
They were pretty clear about it. They won't change everything, but they will change enough that Hyrule will seem new and interesting to us. From that you can imagine everything. Maybe they will add caves and island in the skies and change some locations (like cities or forest). I trust them personnaly, Hyrule was never boring before, and I don't think it will be the case now :D
Really excited to see it for myself
Well, you could add more than double the content just in the original map. It was very empty in BOTW 1.
@@lonestarr1490 Yeah you're definitely right! As in other comments stated caves would be a really really cool part to add into Hyrule and it would be a great exploration part as well. I just hope it won't be tooo similar. Like if an area stays the same but they add a few houses on it? Idk but I think that might be a little bit boring and repetetive. But well in the end BOTW is a masterpiece and they surely won't disappoint us with the sequel :)
The "skyward jump" seems to use Farore's powers, though that could just be because I've always inferred Farore's influence by the colour green since Ocarina of Time. It would also be appropriate considering Her domain is the winds of Hyrule.
It would be really cool to actually have use of some of the Triforce of Courage powers during the general gameplay, as well. A first for the series.
Me watching the trailer: "Can't wait for the next Zeltik video"
Not disappointed 😁
Yes! Zeltik delivers. Hopfully Nintendo can deliver this at 60 frames
I don't think Link's arm is 'corrupted' to me it looks like he lost it to the malice and got it replaced thanks to the new green light / technology, kinda like automail in FMA, and he uses the arm the same way he would the sheika tablet
it’s also very reminiscent of ashitaka from princess mononoke!
And didn't the first game have a lot of princess mononoke inspiration? Either way I agree it doesn't look like y was corrupted in these scenes. Cept that one in the start
Yea that's what i thought
Gannon just rips links hand of then the green hand crawls over to link and attaches its self to him... creepy
That was what I thought to but his arm is blended together like it was turned a blackish blue
Why is nobody mentioning the fact that when link has the long hair and that outfit you can see infectious lines coming from tharm and spreading to his back and torso?
maybe it's just a tattoo
i dont think they are "infectious" lines, as you can see they are shown in a pattern that is very square
Also that the Link with the long hair and Ganon are literally wearing the same outfit
@@Emrirwastaken i mean it in a sense that is following the same pattern as the arm glove thingy or whatever he is wearing.
@@Elmaku92 oh yeah then i just misunderstood it then
Calling the helper construct a mini boss had me rolling
Yeah it’s so funny
I think the sequel might focus more on the triforce as well. We did not see much of it in the original, but so far we have seen link use the triforce for time reversal, get his own new abilities, and the arm is distinctly green the color that has been associated with Farore, courage, and wind. Perhaps he did not inherent the triforce because it was still being used by the arm on Ganondorf, which might be the arm of the ancient hero. Since the arms have been combined, he may have gained the ability to use the triforce once more.
There is also a notable color change in malice. In the original game, malice was a purple/magenta color. In the trailer it seems distinctly a more pure red, associated with Din. This would leave the Sheika Slate going back to Zelda as we saw her in Age of Calamity. This would make sense as the sheika tribe serves the royal family and the technology radiates a blue color associated with Nayru and wisdom. We also saw Zelda get the Master Cycle instead of Link in the new expansion for Age of Calamity. We did not see much of Zelda in the trailer but perhaps gets separated with the slate during the cave in, and will have a separate adventure whether that is playable or not.
I didn't notice the malice changed colors!
I hope we get to play as Zelda in the sequel even for a little bit.
@@tricksfollies9549 I hope we do as well!!! After this trailer only showing her once though, I am a bit worried she will just be something to rescue again. Maybe they are saving her playability as a surprise for future hype.
This makes so much sense! And the green arm being the arm of the ancient hero is sooo clever I hope that's true
I think links abilities will have more to do with electricity, as we saw in botw that farosh, the dragon of courage, was associated with lightning and not wind. Plus there is the fact that there are only really 3 elements in the game, which are fire, ice, and lightning.
Let's go!
Hylian?
@@ironwraith852 no
Hey hyrule gamer!
I love the fact that there is a quest were you talk to a girl and she talk about people living in the sky
Ooh do you remember anything about where that quest is or who gives it?
I think that was simply a nod to Skyward Sword tbh, I doubt the developers knew they'd be even making a sequel, nevermind incorporating the skyloft-like islands we've seen in the new trailer.
Oh yeah also in the beginning when you start the game you talk to the old man he says the great plateau is the birth place of hyrule would that mean it's from Skyward sword idk maybe they planned it from the beginning who knows am just glad we got to see a trailer lol
@@purpledanielle The specific quest is at the Woodland Stable, near the Woodland Tower. The little girl there asks Link to make a barrel float. You get a star fragment as a reward, which is really nice as they're not easy to get.
Here I thought it was just a skyward sword reference
Interesting how we're finally introduced to a new type of technology, that draws its power from a mysterious green energy source. This is the third counterpart to Malice (Red) and Sheikah technology (Blue).
Similar to how in the very first Zelda game, there was only the Triforce of Power and Wisdom. Then Zelda II finally introduced the Triforce of Courage.
Fun fact about the music:
The scenes in the familiar overworld, fighting BotW bokoblins and Link wearing his BotW tunic are in the key of E, the same key as the 2017 BotW trailer..
The scenes in the sky are in the key of D, the same key as the Skyward Sword trailer.
Also the reversed audio is similar to another BotW track: ua-cam.com/video/FzEzMn5fmyA/v-deo.html
DOPE!!
That’s sick!
What about the malas music?
Hmmmmm
Sick observation
In a Nutshell:
link's zonai arm will somehow be connected to kicking ganondorf in the ass
It turns into a sticky hand so you can smack his fanny
@@ryanc3609 heheehe
@@ryanc3609 lmao
@@ryanc3609 Lmfao
Fun fact:
We don't see Link's face after he's attacked by malice.
Do you think he’s gonna have fucked-up face like in the concept art ? Lol
I even wondered, maybe it isn't Link anymore ? Obviously the robotic arm creates a continuity, but maybe the original Hero of the tapestry also sported one, and we'll get to play as both of them (following the timeskip theory) ?
Just a random thought though x)
Thats what makes me think it could be zelda
When link backflips after shooting some flames from his flamethrower arm (which seems to be a type of weapon which isn’t his magic arm) you get to see his face, and it isn’t messed up and it is link
@@zachismadd4106 yes but he is his classic blue attire, not the strange green one with longer hair
That shoulder-garb and skirt is a toga. Those strapped sandals are caligae. There are definite ancient greek vibes going on here. Even the color theory shares parallels to colors used represent Olympian fantasy scapes. Gold fields. Viridian clothes replacing the stark green/blue... Also, I don't think the being at 5:00 is a boss. Just showing it animating in place seems like an odd way to tease a new enemy. Also the yellow broomstick on its chest gives me more of a service sign vibe than a mysterious emblem. I think this golem is more likely a helpful NPC than a foe.
and it uses *green* energy, which I think we're being lead to believe correlates to Link's connection to bravery/spirit, much like the *blue* energy in BotW1 correlates to Zelda's wisdom/magic _(and if you ask me, I think they are both Sheika related, with green being an inherent natural energy with blue being an engineered version of it)...while Ganon's *red* energy (Malice) is of course representative of power/evil.
Exactly I keep telling people it's a toga not a skirt lmfao. Also, I think the whole sky area (at least the sacred type of place that was shown a lot) is similar to shrines, and they are like ancient tests, made to help link on his journey, and that building we saw floating is probably a dungeon.
Ik you did well in English
Maybe he's there to replace shrines
The golem reminds me a lot of the robots from the past in Skyward Sword.
Togas and Caligae are Greek, not Roman
Did really nobody notice that the "earrings" on the green statue at 5:00 are exactly the same as the shield link wears at 3:58 with the statue's "hands" below?
I haven't found this detail in any breakdown but it's so clear they're connected!
!!! Probs the hidden zoni tribes symbol since link has figured out a way passed the cloud barrier and is seen as a intruder.
My guess is that the scattered Zonai ruins and structures throughout BotW’s map will actually be activated and take off into the sky, forming the floating islands
Similar to the first game, that’s big brain
I like that!
I think zelda falling and them being caught by the arm will trigger a time travel to 10,000 years ago. The game will end with the islands and the castle falling to the surface to form the hyrule we know. And "ancient link" will be the hand sealing gannon for 10,000 years.
@@laurens4951 then again, the castle looks the same as the one in Breath of the Wild, so time travel may not play a part in the game at all
@@laurens4951 Skyward Sword did something similar so that is a valid counterpoint
Alright heres the plot, according to me, based on what Im seeing. The green hand is none other than that of the ancient hero from the tapestry. After Links arm gets infected/possessed by malice, the energy of the ancient hero has no choice but to fuse with his arm in order to prevent the death or full possession of Link. Im assuming he's incapacitated by it, thus why he's lying down when the green substance fuses with his arm. In doing so, the soul/story/memories of ghe ancient hero are fused with Link as well, which is where the 2 different Links in the trailer come in. Current Link is always shown in the champions tunic and never in the same shot as any of the floating islands. The current hyrule scenes where the castle is floating at the end, theres not a single floating island in the sky. The Link in the "ancient" outfit IS the ancient hero. I believe were going to play out the game, at least partially, AS the ancient hero, in ancient times, his own time. We never get a frontal/face shot of the ancient Link. This is also why the new shield has the same, or at least very similar, emblem as the earings on the new Shiekah-styled enemy. I also think this is NOT a new enemy, but a friendly character, thus why it assembles using the green energy and not malice. I believe the Hyrule with the floating islands IS ancient Hyrule and that we're going to get the story from 10,000 years ago. I think this is absolutely SICK and I cannot wait to play this game.
Suits the overall theme of "reversal" present in the music and the new Stasis implementation. The music seems to really focus on that reversal, maybe indicative of the "going back to the past" as you mentioned.
Im so surprised that nobody liked this comment, because this is EXACTLY qhat I think is shown in the trailer and is going to happen in BOTW2. As you said, in the last shot, not a single island in the sky. The Link that floats in the sky always has long hair and his face is never shown. The Link from current times wears his blue outfit every time we see him. The outfit of ancient Link looks very ancient greek like to me, another indicator that this Link lives in ancient times. Also, this Link has earrings, I think current Link does not if Im correct. I do think we will play through this game as 2 different Links in 2 different era's, who are connection to each other by the fusion of Links arm and ancient Links energy. Ancient Link was probably way more connected or befriended with the Zonia. I think they will play a big role. Also, I think that Ganondorf tries to amputate Links arm with his malis because he wants the Master Sword, because Demise is locked inside there. He wants te free him. That explains the hd release of Skyward Sword even more and the fact that there is similar floating island hopping gameplay in both. It could also mean that Fi might come back in the sequel, as we known she is still in the Master Sword by the cutscene from BOTW, when she makes her signature sound. Because if I remenber correctly, Fi is in the sword with Demise to keep him locked in there.
@@yukivanreenen9695 yea I think it could be an extremely cool mechanic if they've done it right. Based on the trailer it looks like they did do it roght haha
I've literally been pointing this out so much! There's literally two different things going on here and two seperate models for Link. I'm so curious to see what'll happen to Zelda though and if she'll at least, be playable.
oh god please don't tell me the sky stuff is a different map set in the past. that would be boringggggggg
I would love to see a hookshot/clawshot style ability where the green energy reaches out of his arm and can latch onto things pulling link to them.
Just a thing, link's paraglider appears to be different since it has a design similar to the royal symbol and not the rito symbol present in the first game
Also, as I'm sure you've noticed, it's purple with gold symbols rather than red with white symbols.
the shield looks weird too seems its the gerudo symbol on the shield and indidual triangles on similar to the triforce one
The glider does indeed have the rito symbol on it, it's not noticeable at first but if you look closer you can see the three head feathers of the crest
@@TheArsenalMan125 Another suggested an ancient version of the sheikah symbol
@@fjierda4638 Your right about the glider having a rito symbol, but it's design is different. not just the colors (which could just be bad lighting)
Color: (purple/gold with white wood or bone)
Design: (brown left and right side[looks to be reinforced on the sides], no horizontal stripes on back,)
Ive said this before, and I will say this again: We are going into the Scared Realm (location of the Triforce) for BOTW2; Gannon opens the gate to the Sacred Realm, and Hyrule goes into literal upheaval. Look at images/ artwork of the Sacred Realm provided by Nintendo, islands floating around the Triforce.... BOTW 2 will be a direct interaction with the Triforce.
In BOTW, the Triforce wasn't mentioned (at all?), and that's to contrast that BOTW2 takes place when Gannon breaks the seal and merges the Sacred Realm with Hyrule.
Zelda had the Triforce of Wisdom. She used powers that only the Triforce, even a part, could use. Ganondorf still has Power. Even his dark magic could only keep him alive in spirit, but not in body, for 10,000 years. And Courage tends to go to the one worthy of it. But it's been over 10,000 years since we last saw or even heard of the Triforce. The people, mostly the royals, know that there are those chosen by destiny, some random guy that the Master Sword likes, and the new Zelda.
@@TheZeldaSymphony there a huge hint that Link is currently wielding it here with his transformed arm. Perhaps like LTTP and TP, the triforce transformed him to save him from permanent harm or a darker transformation. Time will tell, but it's clear that we might get some answers in this sequel.
@@ibechuu9695 I have little doubt that Link has it but the shot of it glowing to stop time on those spiked balls seems more of similar tech to the Sheikah Slate. It’s the same arm where the golden arm piece is on the ancient hero. It actually looks like he may also be wearing a version of that tech.
@@TheZeldaSymphony the glow is suspiciously golden though and it just so happens to be his right arm, which is where the triforce traditionally manifests.
According to this video from OoT
ua-cam.com/video/jVR03bMe0TA/v-deo.html
Link's shows up on his left hand. Zelda and Ganondorf's appear on their right.
If the Triforce piece actually care which hand it would appear on, it would be the wealder's dominant hand.
Ganondorf looks legitimately scary in this trailer.
He didn't the first time around?
@@stephen1010 He looks like undead nightmare fuel now.
Random Theory: The Zonai moved up to the Sky hundreds of years ago, however this ‘Green Energy’ took over their land, just like how Malice took over Hyrule, but this time the energy seems to be good, and a main source of power. It also seems like this green energy might counteract malice as the energy is seen healing links arm after malice attacks it.
Edit: The Green Energy might counteract it as it could come from the courage part of the triforce, much like how malice is the power part.
i think that was already...not stated, but hinted in the game. malice is the energy or light that hints to the power part of the triforce, the blue sheikah energy and lights and themes the wisdom, and never through botw1 we saw anything hinting at the courage. so it would end up being this
@@DrinkFly1 I never thought of Shiekah being Wisdom but that actually makes so much sense now, as the zonai are like an older version of the Shiekah clan their version will probably be this green energy
@@justalex3490 exactly. throughout all botw the themes of red energy would go with ganon and ganon goes with power. and the blue themes, lights, go with sheikah and they link with zelda and zelda with wisdom. but never through the game we got any theme to courage. And theres some theories of the ancient hero being a zonai, so it would link to Link (lol). I cant put it into words properly cause my thoughts are all scrambled lmao but you get my point
@@DrinkFly1 yea I’ve heard that theory as link in the trailer looks just like the ‘hero’ from thousands of years ago… I really think it’s a zonai that is also a descendant of link
i like this theory its bold but great
The time reverse move that Link does definitely reminded me of the stasis rune, but when you pointed out the similarity to the triforce symbol being used, it gave me a few thoughts. One being that if this is the triforce, it's the first time we have seen Link have this level of mastery over it, rather than it only activating when he needs it. If it is the triforce as well, that makes me think that the ancient shiekah likely made the slate and its runes as a way of trying to copy the last hero's abilities with the triforce. We already know the royal family made copys of the Master Sword for the guard, so I don't think it'd be too far of a stretch for the Shiekah to have witnessed the hero's abilities and tried their best to emulate them.
what i find interesting is link was already able to slow down time on his own and now hes able to even reverse it. i've been saying this for a while now, but i honestly think they planned this sequel from the start when they made the first one. they probably had too big of a story and gameplay idea to just make one game
@@abbacuspotter9232 or they are reusing ideas left on the chopping board
I just commented somewhere else with a similar question! "What if sheika technology is just a modified version of this ancient magic?"
@@bern9642 dude, thry literally left dozens of mysteries, and left ganondorf out. Obviously they were planning more
@@abbacuspotter9232 Well Aonuma did state that the sequel was made because they had too many ideas for the first game's DLC. So while some ideas for the lore may have already been in place, the plan for a sequel only came after DLC development started
I feel like the greenish stone golem with egg like things is a friendly character who we will meet in the skies. The green energy coursing through it is just like the one in links arm. The "broom' looks like an icon, almost like a sheika slate ability icon from botw 1, maybe this golem upgrades your arm with new abilities throughout the game and that broom icon is an ability he will give you.
Totally agree! I think the glowing green hand thingy is good and glowing green energy is good. It’s when things light up like purple red that it’s full of malice and not okay. Definitely getting like mini guardian vibes from the lizard stone golem thing. Maybe a golem dragon? Bet it glows red purple and you have to like cleanse it
As soon as I saw it, with the green energy and the sheikah-esque design, my thought was that this wasn't an enemy per se. Its not antagonistic towards us, but I imagine we have to defeat it in order to pass some sort of test or trial and obtain an ability.
@Da Bean maybe link can enchant brooms to fight like mickey mouse
It sort of resembles Koume and Kotake from OoT. The broom logo made me think about them.
Yep yep yep. And he’s reminding me of the robots and timeshift stones from SS too
2:30 - Link has always had long hair in BotW, but he usually just has it tied up. Just look at how long his hair is while wearing the Ancient Helm, which pretty much matches his hair length in the sequel, so I doubt there's a significant time-skip after the events in the caves as you're suggesting.
"He doesn't feature a chest wound..."
My man's out here looking like a bowling ball and you don't call that a chest wound?
“Link’s longer hair, coupled with the green clothing, have obvious connections with the hero seen in the tapestry from 10,000 years ago… time travel… cyclical history…”?! Dude, you nailed it right there: BotW Link IS the ancient hero from 10k years ago!
Nice. I'm not sure if it's the ancient hero or another character. The wild hair is something ressembling Ganondorf but that's very farfetched but you never get a glimpse of the face like from blue tunic Link.
If you look at the old tapestry , Zelda
had a smooth nose and the “ancient hero” has a pointy nose. Hmm…
I doubt it I mean how many times are we gonna time travel in a Zelda game it’s been overused? Also Link always had long hair he just had it tied up
"he's forced to backflip to avoid damage". you know, as you do.
Ikr
Ikr.
Wait, how do you dodge to avoid damage?
You're suggesting that it was sometime after the cave scene judging by Link's hair length, but I think he's just not wearing a ponytail anymore. He had a string in his hair to keep it in place, but he might not have that anymore. Except in the scene with the stone talus, his hair and outfit is the same as in BOTW.
And when he was using his time reverse power and fighting the thing with the flame thrower
@@Archway_ Yeah. Maybe it is time travel stuff, playing as Link and the legendary hero from the past. If that's Skyloft, or a version of it, didn't Skyward Sword have time travel? I never played it, but I plan on playing it on the Switch.
I love rewatching past theory vids after we know more
The light from his glowing hand (8:30 ish) isn’t tri-force. It’s his new ability recall
Theory: The Malice takes the master sword (possibly trying to free Demise based on the apparent connection to SS?) and in doing so curses Link's hand with an illness. In order to keep it from spreading to the rest of his body, that green hand fuses with Link via the tech around the arm and contains the malice. It reminds me of how Dumbledore's hand looked in the HBP.
yeah, I'm rereading that book right now haha
My guess is that it does more than just infect his hand, I think it removes it, and the green arm from trailer one fuses to replace what was lost.
Oooo the malice corrupting the sword and freeing demise would be cool. I hope he’s back
I thought he died and his essence was sealed in the master sword? Or did I miss something?
So this is why they are pushing Skyward sword.
Something I find strange, the islands aren’t seen during the gameplay clips on the ground
Yet we see the land below when above. It's so odd there has to be something there!
The entire trailer has themes of time travel. The stasis time reversal, as well as the water droplet appearing to reverse upwards from the puddle. I wouldn't be surprised if the sky island portion takes place in the past.
Maybe the islands don't rise/can't be seen at the immediate start of the game and rely on a bit of story progression before they can?
Well it is the switch, the islands could just be “perfectly aligned” with the clouds to seem invisible to anyone on the ground for non-game crashing reasons
Could very well be just the cloud barrier is obscuring them, just like he mentioned in the video already
Link definitely has the garb of the tapestry hero! There's a yellow serpent-like creature on his left arm, and on the tapestry, there's a yellow marking in on the hero's left arm.
Also, times hasn't passed. Link's hair has always been long, he just wears it in a ponytail, which seems to be let down in the Ancient Hero Garb.
I honestly think that time is the key. If you use the time reversal scene they showed us as a reference, I think we will be shifting between the timeline of old and the current timeline seamlessly using the power of the arm.
I mean it’s obvious that we’re playing as the champion from the tapestry AND Link as we know him in BOTW with the arm being the intermediary. I just don’t see Fujibayashi & Aonuma putting those hints in the trailer without cause.
Oh, i'm fed up with the time travel already. I mean, didn't we get enough in Majora's Mask? You can't do any better then that
@@kikosawa playing the memories of the link who sealed Ganon to learn how kill/defeat Ganon sounds cool tbh
Link doesn’t have longer hair, he wears a ponytail in the original game
Yeah, thanks for pointing that out!
He lost his hair tie.
@@5-Volt Legend of Zelda: Search for the Lost Hair Tie
I think Link’s long hair is just do to him not wearing his ponytail, as his hair is that long in botw when he wears the ancient helm. Probably a different hairstyle for a different outfit.
I agree
I find it interesting that the malice this time around is blood red instead of magenta. Though, you can find red malice close around Calamity Ganon’s cocoon in Hyrule Castle… I’m assuming it’s because it’s the purest form of malice.
I’m hella hyped for this game, though. I had no idea how they’d pull off returning to the same Hyrule, but whatever expectations I had were blown out of the water. There’s always been a ton of mystery around the sky world, even after Skyward Sword. It’s great that it looks like we’re going back.
I think the reason the malice is more red is because they are trying to return to the triforce in this game, For example, link seems to have his piece of the triforce, and it is connected to his new arm, which is green, the color associated with the triforce of courage. Power is associated with red, so now that ganondorf has awakened he can use his triforce and make the purest (Like you said) form of powerful and evil malice. For the triforce of wisdom, I bet zelda will be given most of the technology since she was studying it and the sheikah tech in primarily blue when active.
@chobopanda I really can't wait to see what new powers Link can use, and if Ganondorf has his own triforce powers. That is, if he is alive and not merely a reanimated corpse. Maybe the dragons will play a bigger role, just to flesh out the triforce being more prominent in this game. You did save Naydra after all.
"Longer hair"
It's just untied...
His hair is pretty long when using the Ancient Helm, because it's also untied.
Been waiting for this break down all day!
I’ve been waiting for this breakdown for 2 years 🙂
If they are taking to the sky’s, this game should be called, ‘The Legend of Zelda, Breath of Fresh Air.’
Clash in the clouds
Sacred skies
Skyloft 2.0
The Legend of Zelda, Lung Cancer
Lungs of Light
Skyloft returns for the end.
The beginning is where it all ends. Poetic.
Maybe the corpse that we all thought was gannondorf wasn’t gannondorf all along but actually the ancient body of demise himself
@@lucaspiano76 Demise's body disintegrates and is absorbed by the Master Sword at the end
@@fuckingidiot7428 thanks for spoiling it
@@fuckingidiot7428 but maybe when the malice attacks links arm it frees demise and puts his soul into the body of Gannon or something, idk I just want to see demise again
@@V0lt1j It's a 10 year old game. Even if you haven't played, you can't blame the person above for not knowing you haven't finished the game.
The triumphant music and the glaring light as link is revealed in the sky was just absolutely angelic
Ok theory here but what if Nintendo knows exactly what they’re doing. They release skyward sword HD on the switch and then make the new Zelda game about the sky. What if they did that so people know about the story or lore from SS so they reference it in this new game. Maybe link will visit the ruins of skyloft or go to other islands or locations from that game. Just a theory
Thats exactly my thoughts! There are also some other possible hints that the sky world is the same world as in Skyward sword.
Golems are for example shown in skyward sword. They don't look like the big one in this trailer, but this might be a newer(or maybe older?) build.
Maybe, and this would be a possibility that we won't start with the mastersword, link lost the master sword at the beginning of the game and a new one has to be build in the past. That way they could put dungeons in the game while there were no dungeons in botw1.
I feel like there are definitely going to be more cutscenes.
More potential for a voiced Ganondorf
I love how Zelda is becoming way more story driven
@@ifancycurly I would love this
@@zantoninstranguten3838 Yeah, I really like it!
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Zelda was a story driven series until BotW came out. Play older games like SS, Tp, MM
My favourite part was legit the Stone Talus with the camp on his back; it's so simple yet it looks sick that they're experimenting with old enemies from Breath of the Wild and giving em new life.
That is the part that actually scared me a little. A huge problem with botw was enemy variety and seeing them recycle old ones Like that.. we just got to see 2 new enemies here.. I don't want this game to just have 10 enemy types like the first game.
@@woraz96 that part scared me, too. It’s honestly the number one thing that stood out to me. It’s given me a bad feeling about the whole thing …
@@woraz96 lol I literally just wear the majora's mask around so I don't have to fight most of the enemies if I don't want to 😅 so variety was never a concern for me.
@@woraz96 Same. Seeing that made me worry that that's what they think qualifies as a new enemy. I'm REASONABLY sure that's not the case, but there's a tiny bit of doubt in my mind. A new version of a Bokoblin won't even be new if it doesn't fight VERY differently. Will that moblin's helmet do anything/
I also worry a bit that Link himself may lack new adjustments to how he plays. Sure he'll have the new set of tools, but I hope they at least review his base abilities, maybe make the excessive ragdolling not as prevalent, review the balancing for the flurry rush to make it NOT be the answer to everything, and give him new moves for his various weapons, etc.
Absolutely awesome! A friend of mine was angry that quote "they didn't showed us anything new in those 2 minutes." I told him that maybe not for Zelda casuals like him, but you and I knew better. I'm so hyped for this, my second most anticipated game of 2022.
Interesting too with you noting the ties to Farosh, that he's green and this new energy is green. Could be irrelevant, but it stuck out in my mind!
Green is also the color of courage, the color of the hero, the color of the goddess Faroe and the color of the element of wind. I'm sure there's some way all of those loop together in whatever that green hand actually is.
Link seeing Zelda falling in the hole : ahhh shit, here we go again
For me the parallel between skyward sword crazy. The way link reaches out to Zelda’s hand while she’s falling, the skyloft-esqe aesthetic. I think the garb represents an older time and I think link will make another mastersword like Skyward Sword hence the blade is missing. Maybe link cannot use it with his corrupted arm and hence Ganondorf breaks it or something. Also it does seem like it’s above hyrule but the sky area cannot be seen from the ground that’s probably coz there’s a one way barrier for hiding it from view/it’s very far and shrouded in clouds. As for the different horns maybe all that while ago they looked different and evolved to the form we saw in botw.
One more crazy idea is that if link goes back in time to make another mastersword and he has to get it forward in time himself (as opposed to the original timeline where it eventually breaks he has to fight link from skyward sword as a boss. Hence the hairstyle change to differentiate. (Too crazy ik)
I hope there’s something to speed up flying if there are sky islands as the glider may be a bit slow.
That’s crazy but It’s hard to imagine Nintendo doing something that crazy. But I would love to play that
Please no more time travel
@@Personthatexists lol
Thinking about it, Nintendo stated to some news sites I believe that they purposefully didn't tell the name of the game yet to "avoid spoilers". Seeing as Skyward Sword HD is releasing soon with many people playing it for the first time, there might actually be an actual story connection to Skyward Sword. Even if the whole deal is still pretty stupid if the name is indeed set, that might be the most plausible explanation (I can't think how exactly a potential title would spoiler Skyward Sword though).
@@Mimi.1001 wasn’t the title going to reveal what’s happening in botw2? I was thinking like how if it were “demise of the wilderness “ it’s has demise in it so it could hint at demise being there (only an example Idt that will be the title)
Story stuff aside, I am super excited for the fact that this game seems to introduce so many new gameplay elements, meaning it's not just a carbon copy of botw, but rather an extension.
Oddly the detail that really grabbed me is the nails on the green hand. They're long, a lot longer than I would expect from a soldier. I can't help but wonder if it isn't his arm? Though it's far more likely I'm just reading into it too much and they like the aesthetic look of longer nails.
The spectral hand that grabbed Link in the first trailer also had long nails, so I'm assuming your observation is related to their connection.
Zelda story and lore isn’t deep enough or good enough to care about tiny details like that. If this was another franchise it would be worth it to pick apart stuff like that.
its links arm. look at 9:20 same hand same nails
@@indiviiduall OP is asking to who does the arm originally belong.
That online of the body next to the arm is strange too....it looks like Zeldas, as you can see bare midriff
His arm looks like it’s been replaced
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I’m thinking, because the Shieka Slate isn’t anywhere in the trailer, it turned into that prosthetic arm after his real one was eaten by malice
I was thinking that maybe the Master Sword fused with his arm when the Malice got all over it, and that would make sense for why it has those rocky textures on it and its actually metal or something. Would give him some interesting power's, let's just hope Fi doesn't come out of it.
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It's Sheikah Automail
To expand on the theory about the golden glow on the back of Link’s hand while using the time-reverse power, we can also see a gold triangle on the hand at the very last frames of that shot.
no you cant. they wouldnt give you a triforce at the start of the game. More then likely you have to earn it, if its even in the game at all. The hand is something new, if it was the triforce thats the first thing they would show, and you would be able to see it anytime they focus on the hand.
But they only focus on the hand itself and the new design, because it is something new related to the spriti energy, and maybe the master sword, that grabs ahold of link.
it probably starts out blue then turns red and attacks him, grabbing his hand while hes holding the master sword, doing something to both. Probably just giving link magic power so he doesnt need the shieka slate.
@@NEUR0MANCER_ chill out mate, mine was just an observation. But now that I take a closer look at the back of the hand, the golden glow takes form more of a sheika eye rather than a triangle.
I'd just like to point out that while link has his hair down for most of the trailer it's back in his signature ponytail in the shot at 6:25 to me this means 2 things. First, his hair isn't any longer as the ponytail seems unchanged from the original game, and second; maybe there's some sort of customization for links hair (and maybe the glider possibly hinted by the streamers) similar to the dye shop in the original game. Possible things aside I'd absolutely love to see some tri-force use in this game, I'm not sure we've ever even seen what powers the tri-force of courage provides though I could be wrong. Whatever the case, hyped for the release date in 2022.
They watched the speed-runners and we're like we have got to slow them down a bit. Lift the castle into the sky!
There is something cool that i realized; during the last shot when Hyrule Castle is floating in the sky we can see that there are not floating islands, this suggests that the islands were not there before (altho we know this bc BOTW did not have them) and some event made them appear.
My initial thought was that the floating islands were raised in pretty much the same way as Hyrule Castle, or maybe the rising of the Castle makes the whole land 'gravitationally unstable' or whatever. But that doesn't add up since those islands appear to not carry any familiar structures, so they most like do not originate from Hyrule.
Maybe Hyrule Castle doesn't stop rising and at some point enters some kind of a sky realm.
This is what I have been waiting for! Zeltik is so detailed in his breakdowns and analysis, he points out things I would never notice and I have watched this trailer quite a few times. Looking forward to BotW 2 and the wait is gonna kill me!
Ikr!