Honestly I feel like Nintendo saw what players were capable of… and learned from it. For example, building vehicles… I remember seeing ppl flying around with the mine carts and other objects along with use of the slate powers
In an interview, they admitted to playtesting the shit out of BOTW like the devs played the ENTIRE game multiple times before release. Not sure if it was Eiji but someone decided "if the bugs don't hinder the experience, and especially if they make the game more fun, leave them in"
Combining that aspect with Nuts 'n Bolts some years earlier and it's easy to see how they got here. That kind of stuff can be a really gratifying way to solve and approach both puzzles and combat. I think BotW even shared an early development glitch that Nuts 'n Bolts had called the Magic Carpet glitch, where you couldn't lift up something you were standing on, but if you stacked another item on top and stood on that, it would bypass it, letting people levitate themselves. XD
I totally agree with that. I also think they implemented more explicitly some emergent gameplay mechanics shown in some players. This is interesting and probably will decrease the randomness of the mechanics shown in BotW to allow more people to use it without having too many trials and errors.
These vehicles don't fit into the game at all. Just my opinion but it feels so out of place to have let's say that a goofy looking car. Especially since it will almost be a 100% a buggy mess you can do ridiculous stuff with. Sure people will have fun with it but a normal Zelda game and not an almost sandbox would be awesome for once....
I'm surprised most people think the explosion we see is connected to the previous shot of the raining malice. It looks more like when the Blights exploded after beating them. Also, the shot with the monsters isn't them being infused with malice. It's more enemies being summoned just like in the cut scene with the Blood Moon.
I think one of the main points to make about this trailer is that the enemies in this game seem to have gained a new level of intelligence. Whilst in the previous game, they use primitive weapons and use them brutishly. Wildly swinging them left and right or above their head. In this game there seems to be new behaviour which suggests that gannon's minions are becoming more organised. Mining operations, more advanced operation bases, taming talos's, drop troopers are even seen flying the skies ready to drop down on Link seemingly at any moment. I can't wait to see how the enemies and AI have evolved with this new game.
Yeah, that shot of the new "Fat Larry" Bokoblin blowing his horn, you can see all the regular Bokos are attacking in unison. Like they're organized and more sentient.
I spoke with Zeltik about them for a bit, and they don't really look like waterfalls in terms of the way they move and are shaped. But who knows, maybe the simplest answer is also the correct one ^^
They could be a way of going back to islands you've already visited. That way you don't have to go through the effort of reaching them constantly. Like a form of fast travel.
The returning enemy's new horns look like weapons so people are thinking they drop on death and can be used for some weapon crafting or repairing. the serrated horns being for swords, the twin prong ones being spears (they look like lizalfos 2 prong spears) and the spikey dome shapes on certain moblins and the hinox are for shields.
Maybe this is why boblikins sawed off their horns in BotW to make weapons and is why they had short horns in BotW. Now that enemies have entered the stone age 14:45 they can let their horns grow out.
Starting to get hyped for the Monster Maze Tears of the Kingdom theories for AFTER the game comes out, the way we had all the good ones about BotW. It's gonna be a good year, people.
I'm excited for new theories about BotW and AoC, which would not have been possible thus far without information presented from TotK. I hope we get a 'Creating the Champion' book for TotK too!
@@TC-rj9rz ? Lol, you're meant to be _playing_ out most of your 'theories' in an element called _Gameplay._ That's what the Game's actually for!? To 'live out' those gaming fantasies. Not reminiscing about them well over half the time in a dreamland long after you've put down the controller. The theory explosion after Breath only showed up it's plot-line shortcomings even further. Thankfully; TOTK actually looks to have far more actual Zelda content in it. Rejoice!
The Sheika area with the Guardian arms seems like a repurosed guardian, upside down. The letters on the floor translate to transport. It is possibly a lift or an upgrade station as mentioned in the video. Possibly it has todo with the vehicles we have seen that look almost designable by player.
I was wondering if was something that Purah or Robbie made to do some weird expiriment on link or something. It has that kind of crafty, mis-matched vibe to it. But I could be wrong 😅
@@maggienoel4581 I think you may very well be right. In the shot of Hateno village the telescope and furnace were missing, implying that they went somewhere with the tech possibly. They are supposed to be big brain, so it makes perfect sense to me that they would be smart enough to continue on after the events that led up to the rising of Ganon.
Correction: The malice wasn't *hitting* monsters, it was *making* monsters. If you look closely, the mini-explosions of malice where the blobs land are too far in the background to be hitting the existing monsters in the shot, and you can even see a bokoblin descending from the mini-explosion of malice as it fades.
On the part where the guardian arms come out from underneath the little platform, I get the same feeling as I had when Link goes to dye his armor at the little shop in Hateno. The look doesn't indicate fear in the sense of danger, but more of a "What the heck?!" Look like he gets just before the trap doors open underneath him and he drops into the vat of dye.
The labyrinth bit, the reddish light you can see actually moves, like the flying Guardian spotlight. So it could be a much larger, stationary version, a new enemy, or a world boss.
first of all, ganondorf's voice is simply amazing. i'm really glad to see that redeads are back. they're so spooky! i was actually starting to miss the scary stuff this franchise used to have.
Allies of Hyrule can mean a lot of things, as you said, the sky kingdoms. As seen in Twilight princess but hopefully we don't get those things again. Better would be the ones from minish cap which were probably just Hylians from the extended Skyloft ecosystem. Allies could also be referring to: Zoras, Ritos, Gorons, Geruda, Twilight, Lowrule, Labrynna, Holodrum, Subrosia, The Minish and a few other smaller ones.
Maybe a more direct translation of the japanese trailer could help in clarifying things as well. I watched the french trailer (usually a bit more faithful than english translations when it comes to japanese productions) and the phrasing is slightly different. Something along the lines of "whoever rallies behing her cause" instead of "her allies". Although it sounds similar at first, this is a lot less specific and more about considering possibilities of an external meddling (no confirmation of Hyrule having any ally).
I’m not really sure « allies » could refer to all of these, because in fact he don’t say « his allies » but « her allies » so maybe Zelda, Impa, Pruha, and maybe other persons that we don’t know yet
@@Lazular yeah probably doesn't mean quite a few of those but even the three least likely there were called allied nations in the oracle games (subrosa probably became an ally of... the oracle of seasons one later due to where the temple of seasons ended up and so extended allies.) The Minish are actually fairly expected in this new game due to their appearance in the concept art book. and the Rito, Zoras, Gorons and Geruda are obvious allies.
@@liamnehren1054 I personnaly don’t think there will be others nations like in the oracle, and no Minish either because in all BOTW, there’s absolutely no mention about them (and I don’t think very little caracters will fit very well in TOTK if its gameplay is similar to BOTW’s one). And for sure Zoras and Ritos are allies but they’re not all feminine, Gorons are asexual if I’m not mistaken, only Gerudos are feminines, but maybe they’re already part of the « kingdom » Ganondorf mention
@@Lazular When he says “Her Allies,” he’s not talking about Zelda, or any women or women, he’s talking about the Kingdom of Hyrule giving the country a feminine pronoun. It’s like calling a country a “Motherland,” therefore it’s referred to in a female sense.
12:01 If you take a closer look, the dust clouds seem to be generated by a school (?) of Moldugas. The location seems to be the beginnig of the Gerudo Desert, so maybe something happened there or they are migrating into Hyrule to wreak havoc because of Ganondorf. Either way, it's Moldugas.
I commented this on Zeltik's analysis video too. All the people saying "this is just BotW DLC" aren't paying attention. Even though TotK takes place in the same Hyrule, there is SO MUCH that's new and different. And that's just in the few minutes of footage we've seen so far.
ive always thought the zonai tribe had something to do with the triforce of courage (it is also green (i think)). And courage is all about holding together in the face of fear. This zonai green goop holds stuff together and the emblems seem on the zonai robots feature a ring (which symbolises togetherness). This also links to Link's special hand (see what i did there), where his new rune-type ability's (the one like magnesis shown in the clip) animation features a circle forming and closing in... things coming together. Idk, this might seem like an out-there theory to you guys, but it makes sense to me. P.S. one more thing- the wierd arm thing Link has seems to stop malice spreading over his body, which is another example of zonai stuff holding things together (in this case Link's body)
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9:14 - this shot reminds me of the cutscene of Zelda using her power to destroy the calamity back at the end of Breath of the Wild 14:25 - the Dueling Peaks (at least one mountain) seems... short? 25:35 - that mountain with that strange hole Some new screenshots and artworks are very interesting to analyze: Zelda seems to have an OLED version of a sheikah slate without the sheikah symbol. One of the screenshots from the eshop shows a shirtless Link diving from the sky and we can clearly see a dragon (I'm not sure if it's Farosh), this confirms the theories about a glimpse of a dragon on that other teaser from September. And I'm curious to know the "chronological order" of these events because I feel like this vast storm and monster infestation will be at the beginning of the game (something like GOW 2 where we start fighting the colossus) but how will this lead to the sky islands to show up?
it looks to me like the glowing spiral things are in the same locations as the shrines. they might function similarly to the bird statues in skyward sword!
i thought that they were the shrines in my first watch, i think its more likely they are zonai structures, as we’ve already seen tons of possible zonai stuff
My guess about the monsters new horns is that they'll be collectibles that you can use to craft like in botw, except this time they'll be used to makes weapons or vehicles instead of elixirs. Thanks for the video, I can't wait for the game and all the cool theories that will come with it!
When Ganondorf says to destroy the kingdom and her allies, the allies mentioned could be the other races that aren't under control of the royal family, but are part of Hyrule
What motivated Link and Zelda to explore Hyrule's underground and thus find Ganon? An idea I have is related to Typhlo ruins. Maybe the fact that the fog disappeared there, triggered Link's and Zelda's curiosity to explore this place. There, they found a crypt (its entrance is shown in the first trailer) and they entered it to find all this amazing underworld. Maybe Ganon's location was under the Lost Woods (quite close to Typhlo ruins). A theory could be that Zonai discovered Ganon's body, sealed it under the Lost Woods (under the protection of Deku Tree) and hid the entrance to underworld in Typhlo, hidden from everyone (Typhlo in Greek means "blind"). Maybe this is the reason we do not see the Great Deku Tree anymore. Not because it moved to the sky. But because Ganon's revival destroyed it from below.
Don, here's some thing I saw: 11:57 I think that's a pack of wild Moldugas. 12:46 The sheikah text spells out "Transport" 23:40 the pattern on this characters dress looks like a dragon head with fangs and teeth. 25:40 theres a MASSIVE hole in one of the mountains on the right. It wasn't there in BotW.
18:10 The long block puzzle tower comes back several time in the trailer and even if sky island have differents shapes this one stands out. Maybe I'm the one focusing too much on it but this tower sky island is going very high + it does look like the pattern on the girl dress at 23:30 - or I'm just crazy.
The drawings remind me of the Nasca Lines, maybe made my the Zonai to communicate with the floating islands? Maybe the shots of Link with his hair down in the older trailer is Link from 10000 years ago, maybe we'll be going back and forth? I Kinda hope that Hyrule gets new or rather an even more destroyed landscape that way it's familiar yet fresh, maybe a lot of debrs or new craters, new camps.
They mentioned at the end of BOT issues with the guardian beasts and things powering down, my belief is that Ganondorf's energy was being siphoned to power the Sheikah tech and his corruption of the guardians using calamity gannon was the first step to him breaking the siphon. Which is why we see little use of the Sheikah tech in the trailers. The tech we are seeing now might be a backup system prepared by the Zonai or cloud people in case Ganondorf breaks free. To help Link reseal him into a Siphon. The 10000 years of not using the Sheikah tech might be why the seal was damaged enough for Gannondorf to be able to take control of the guardians in the age of calamity.
It's really interesting that the official site says " ....The adventure is yours to create in a world fuelled by your imagination." In italian, to me it seems like even more emphasis is given to the word CREATE (crea), and then always highlighting a "world where you can let your imagination run free". I hope this means that the 'crafting' mechanic will be central and even more developed that what we could see from this trailer. I definetely did not expect that, so I guess we just have to wait and see!
Omg I missed the redead. Super hyped to see them again- I was disappointed they weren't in the first BOTW and was hoping they would return! This one looks scarier than any of the others.
Actually, us getting to build our own vehicles with Link, especially airborne contrivances, makes sense after people cobbled Magnesis-powered flying machines together out of rusted wagon carriages in the previous game.
I saw someone speculate that the new towers could lead underground and the weird bulbous alien thing in the mining screenshot could be the bottom of it, in which case maybe its a mine shaft? Whether it is or not, it'd be cool if in order to reach some sky islands you have to go underground first I bet the vehicles are powered and partially constructed by stuff from the mech bosses they've shown
Been watching A LOT of Zelda content over the last 24 hours. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone talk about 15:31 where the blue moblin pierced his horns into the ground. I’m guessing new attack animations for even the basic enemies, to keep the more familiar enemy encounters more varied.
12:21 One of the arms, the one right in front of link, seems to be holding something. Perhaps further evidence this is some kind of upgrade station? 14:30 In the background theres an elephant-like creature slowly walking to the right, not sure if thats something weve seen before
Also the hand seems to clutch together a wound above the two holes. Everyone assumed the holes is what the hand held closed. However, in this new shot, we see the open wound with the malice seeping out, and below that the two holes. So might it actually indeed be the stab wound he suffered in TP? It was ruled out before, but now, it seems likely again.
The scene of the Hinox chasing Link all Crash Bandicoot style.. you can see roots hanging from the ceiling. They could just be some kind of plant growth but if they are roots that would be a pretty good hint IMO.
Might be interesting to note that the ground drawings are reminiscent of the Nazca Lines. I had thought for a while now that the Zonai designs reminded me of something and it clicked with these images. They seem to be based on the cultures of South America most prominently the Incans with a quite a bit Aztec thrown in there. Dragons were very much the Aztec's thing, Quetzalcoatl being depicted as a winged feathered eastern dragon. Also noteworthy in this connection is the ghostly head spawning mouths and eyes found on malice in BOTW. This fits with the story of Cipactli or the world in which the Aztec gods built their creations. It was an enormous creature that was basically a Lovecraftian horror of mouths, eyes and liquid that would eat everything they made. So they killed it, turned it into the planets and fed it the dead since it would only stay dead while appeased. This kind of fits well with what we have been seeing of Ganondorf being used to power the Sheikah tech presumably, if that's what the green power was doing by siphoning off his power. He is the foundation of Hyrule's might, as long as they deal with him every 10000 years or so. In the Aztec myth of creation the sun was basically one of the creation gods and each time one of them screwed up another would take his or her place with the current one being the 5th attempt at getting things right. maybe we will find out that this was the 5th attempt at controlling the malice stemming from Demise? The Aztecs thought the world would end in earthquakes and we have been seeing a ton of those in these trailers. I don't have too deep of an understanding of these cultures so someone else will have to come up with more similarities.
@@MonsterMaze definitely, forgot to say I think the cycle of the Zelda games has changed in BOTW, from destruction every few hundred years to every 10000 years, I kind of said it above but that's what I meant when I said maybe this is the 5th time, as part of the connection to the Aztec myths, Ganondorf is escaping from being Siphoned for energy and this Siphoning might be like the Aztec god/earth/lovecraft horror like mythos.
The hydra/dragon like thing. I believe this is Gleeok from the og Legend of Zelda. So more bigger badder mini bosses I presume. Second: is this the temple of time window from the roof access? Third: you can easily see the corruption is erupting from ganondorfs body. Making me think that ganondorf is simply a puppet in this game and that Demise has the strings. You can also see that the master sword has been corrupted as well. However, in the shot with the giant Minecraft golem (lol), link is holding, what looks like a common sword, quite unlike the master sword, yet it is also corrupted. This makes me wonder if any sword or equipment can become corrupted and drain its energy
I got the impression that "and his allies" was referring to the Gerudo, Zora and Rito. The other races that aren't a part of the Hyrule Kingdom (as we learned in the Hyrule Warriors game). They are their own independent nations that aid Hyrule when Ganon strikes cause they all live there.
Two last things. Those streams that come from the skylands that reach all the way down, could be water streams. In the previous trailer we saw link climbing on the side of one of the skylands and there was this smal stream of water coming off of it like a small waterfall. Regarding Links arm, I still think it will look like the first big trailer, but it’s of significance what he’s wearing. It’s not his arm that looks completely roasted by malice but rather his champion tunic which got the worst of it too, if you look at the entire sleeve at about his collarbone, it’s all torn and ripped, but you still see the markings on it like on the good side. Just a thought. Great vid 💯
This was the first good look I got of the shot of the dust clouds from Gerudo and I’m pretty sure they’re moldugas. You can kind of see a dark top/backside, whatever’s moving has a pretty similar shape, and they really are the only thing that could be coming through the desert like that, so…. that’s gonna be great.
The land of Hyrule has the Kingdom of Hyrule which is mostly made up of Hylians. But the Zora and the Gerudo are their own sovereign states that are allied with Hyrule Kingdom. So I get the feeling from Ganon's statement that he means all of the people of Hyrule including his own tribe that have since turned against him.
3 Points I would like to add: 1. A minor correction to what we see at 10:10 : the Bokoblins there aren't upgraded by the Malice, they are spawned by it. It looks like an upgrade at first glance, but there are already horned Bokoblins in the shot before the Malice hits, and when it hits, new ones appear out of it. 2. Just an idea, but the tower at 19:32 with the "horns" at its top and the shape of the tower base reminds me of the "dragon"-like machine/creature (e.g. at 16:11) that we have seen on the islands. The tower's "horns" have some similarity to the shape of the dragon's head and also, the overall shape of the tower, especially with the broader base, looks similar to the "broomstick" symbol on the chest of the dragon. Now, I have no idea how this would make any sense lore-wise, and it might just be inaccurate, but it stood out to me. 3. In Ganondorf's speech, I am quite sure he does not say "eliminate this kingdom and *its* allies", but rather, "eliminate this kingdom and *her* allies". This could obviously just be a translation error from japanese, but it might be intentional, with Ganondorf maybe equating Hyrule with Hylia, or with Zelda? Might be insignificant, but it seems like a weird mistake to make in a voice-over for a trailer like this, if it were indeed not intentional. Also, I am impressed by the amount of detail you captured in this first-impression video, it contains way more information than what I could have gotten out of the trailer no matter how often I would have watched it. (Edit: fixed typos and grammar)
for 3, things that are personified are often referred to as her, especially a kingdom or nation. For example in Skyrim, when you’re arrested: “You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people.”
At 13:53 the gem around the Hinox’s neck looks like the power source which is used for the “car” later in the trailer. May just be a coincidence but looked similar to me.
In the shot with Link riding the car, there's a massive rock with a circular hole in it in the background! At first I thought it was Rito Village that was destroyed and fell over but it's in the wrong direction to be Rito Village. Its actually in between Zora's domain and Dueling Peaks. You can catch a glimpse of it again in the shot where link is riding Epona through the field with the birds flying away. I think it's on Mt. Lanayru. What is that?!
Perhaps the Flubber that holds your vehicle components together is what's stored in your vials? If I'm right and you can use it for even more purposes like sticking weapons and components to each other and other objects to create custom tools, I could see this being a significant upgrade for the player, being able to increase the amount of unions you can have going at one time.
So I just rewatched the part with the Zo-Cart, and found its corresponding screenshot from Nintendo. If you zoom in real tight on both, you can see that its using up a lot more blue-goo than it seems at first: - 4 X Tires - 2 X Headlights - 1 X Steering Column - 1 X Lithium-Zonai Battery - 1 X Holding the top to side - 2 X Long "pieces" holding the sides to the floor He doesn't seem to have enough vials for all of that
I think these swirly things of light on the surface are the only ways that we warp into the sky including phasing through the island's solid surfaces; It's not something that can just be done anywhere/anytime. And I think these spots is where the shrines from the first game used to be
Hi, don't know if it is mentioned before, but shot of 'the handshake' could also be a dream/vision, if the shot right after is the moment were he realises this (with his hand reaching out in the sky)
I have a LOT of thoughts about this trailer I feel like you missed! Here they are! Interesting that when Hateno's tech lab is shown the teleport outside isn't lit up, nor does a blue flame seem to be burning in the furnace either. Sheikah tech is completely gone, except the weird station with claws, so what does that mean for Purah and the rest? The station Sheikah text on the platform translate to 'TRANSPORT' as well btw.. new fast travel? To me the cutscene with the Bokoblin at 10:07 and the malice raining down looks less like the malice is hitting the enemy up front but spawning in more further back, and not just infecting the one shown first. There is a new Bokoblin enemey seen behind the Redead that is a Boss Bokoblin, confirmed on Nintendo's Japanese Twitter account. Said to be a commonly occurring enemy though. Also seen a second time in the trailer, although a blue one. The new block creature and car seem to be powered by a similar looking cube, in the middle back of the car, and one bright green cube on the back of the creature. Kill the bosses to unlock the car upgrade? Link seems to be quite high up Death Mountain with no special armour when he is skating and the air isn't full of ash/specks of lava, we know the top seems to be spewing Malice rather than a regular eruption now, so unless he has a potion on then could the temperature have dropped dramatically, making it walkable with no heat-proof protection? At 29:07, it looks like the big block type structure on the ground is covering a second tower like structure that seems to be glowing green. I believe Zelda is asking the Green Hand to lend his power to Link, which is why it glows green when he uses his new powers. There is also a bunch of artwork on the Japanese TotK kingdom website, including a new, large green unseen before symbol, and the Nintendo Japan Twitter, new artwork that shows Zelda with a new style Sheikah slate, and confirms the Bokoblin enemy as said above. It also asks the question of why Link in his new outfit looks so different to the Link we know. It also shows off some cool paraglider variants from Amiibo *EDIT - Spelling
I was so much into the layton's returnal that I even forgot about Zelda xD like, I knew I'll had to look for analysis and stuff to get back to reality and yours have been very helpful indeed! I'm once again excited of this game, I won't be able to play it since launch day, but hopefully a gameplay on youtube will help to keep my excitement on top too!! Thank you for this and is ok with the raw video, I personally enjoyed more an spontainous reaction rather than an script one xD
The way I RAN to your channel to see your thoughts on this, thank you for turning this around so quickly! You definitely didn't have to, but I appreciate your content and can't wait to see what else you pick out
I think I have an idea of what the pictures on the ground might be for. At 23:31 we see this zelda-like figure reaching out to link from an ethereal plain, and in the immediate shot after link stares at his hand as if contemplating that previous shot. To me that shot is similar to the shots of Link regaining his memories after you visit memory spots in botw. So what if it'll be a similar system to the lost memories, where its a secondary main quest in which you piece together the backstory of the corpse hand by visiting these special glyphs. And sense you presumably don't have the shiekah slate with picture of where to go to get these memories, instead you track down these spots by finding these giant glyphs. If this does end up being the case I hope it's only for lore purposes, I'd hate it if we got another non-story from Zelda where all the character stuff and major events happened before the events of the game. Definitely something I am hoping they correct in this game, and looks like they might.
One thing I noticed: It's really faint, but in the distance where Kakariko Village is supposed to be, there is some red energy that looks too much like malice. Since the Gorons have been affected by malice in Death Mountain, the Hylians by the rising of Hyrule Castle, the Rito by the huge storm in Hebra and the Koroks by the loss of the Deku Tree and maybe the whole Lost Woods, perhaps the Sheikah have been attacked as well by Ganondorf or maybe even by the Yiga. It's possible that the Yiga have used Kakariko as a residence now that they've got the Sheikah gone, which could imply the death of Impa. Or maybe the Sheikah turned evil and merged with the Yiga. That scene where Link is surrounded by Guardian arms trying to grab him could in fact be a clever Sheikah/Yiga trap.
This malice looks way more red than in botw, where it looked more magenta. Also, I think the creature at 9:12 is maybe vah rudania getting blasted, which maybe explains why death mountain crumbles in the next shot, and also provides context for the voice actor of Daruk returning in Totk
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Such a great analysis, it all comes more and more together and i am so hyped. I also have some ideas i did not find anywhere else for now, first what if link would be able to control this mechanical creatures somehow with his arm, since the energie holding those together seems to be the same link can set free with his new hand and second what if we could actually use crafting to solve some of the puzzles in shrines or temples, i would love to try combining gathered materials into crazy inventions to make my individual way through the dungeon.
In the shot with the molten boulder parts crashing down there are 2 embers in the lower left hand corner that have the color of malice and not of fire. So it might implicate that this is caused by something involving malice. Very nice analysis!
A few points to add: 1. About the broomstick symbol, the golden goddesses exposition in Zelda OoT shown when the Great Deku Tree gives Link the Kokiri's Emerald seems to match the broomstick imagery with 1 line branching out into 3 lines. The exposition explains how the 3 goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore each had a hand to play in the creation story of Hyrule. The broomstick symbol now appears where Link can make gadgets (vehicles, weapons). Coincidence? 2. I initially thought Link was trying to grasp the unknown pale figure's hand and failed at 24:38, but the hand angles between the consecutive scenes don't seem to match up. 3. Link needs a manicure.
I just wanted to point out that if you look closely at the tip of the blocky structure at 34:05, a small object loads in (thanks render distance). My gut reaction was WHO LET THE KOROK FLOWERS BACK IN, but it does actually look a little different, so I’m not sure what it is.
I believe the thing you refer to as "another one of those drawings" before the four minute mark actually designates an underground (potentially dungeon) entrance because the same symbol is shown in two consecutive shots, it seems to almost exactly match the Zonai cave/dungeon entrance from 0:45 in the first teaser, and it is immediately followed in this trailer by underground footage.
I saw the Redead in your thumbnail and it felt like when my friend got so hyped over it and wouldn't shut up about it for a while. I too am glad the Redead is back.
The energy glue stuff looks like what’s on the Hinox’s necklace. And those blocky islands in the sky look like the Lomei labyrinths - locations check out too.
I didn't see this in any other comments, but I thought it was interesting that the voice says "the kingdom and HER allies". Could be interpreted in multiple ways of course, but if the voice isn't referring to Zelda and/or Hylia, or this new mystery figure as "Her", it means they gendered the kingdom when they referenced it. Could mean Hyrule something they hold, or held, in high regard, or it could mean nothing lol. I did notice that when you isolate the voice from the trailer it sounds like there was an audio cut made after he says "Hyrule", so there might be an entire section that was cut out to keep important details under wraps. That piece has been bouncing around in my head for a while and I forgot until I rewatched this today. Great video, btw, I'm a huge fan of your content!
2:45 there's spotlight around these towers because it looks like they make act as "landing" pads or areas, so you can easily see them from the islands at night.
The weapons on the enemies heads look like weapons to me. The bokoblins look like they’re wearing a lizal boomerang, the hinox a spikey club and weirdly the moblins a shield. Maybe this links back to the twilight princess shadow monster thing where they wear their shield as a mask? Or could be completely wrong. We will know in may.
it would be cool for them to use arbiter's ground in some way since it is pretty important with ganondorf in tp and he's coming back and with it being in the botw map i think they might be able to do something with it. maybe not something too big, it could only be a reference and i'd be ok with that but it would still be pretty cool to see it at least mentioned in some way
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Honestly I feel like Nintendo saw what players were capable of… and learned from it. For example, building vehicles… I remember seeing ppl flying around with the mine carts and other objects along with use of the slate powers
In an interview, they admitted to playtesting the shit out of BOTW like the devs played the ENTIRE game multiple times before release. Not sure if it was Eiji but someone decided "if the bugs don't hinder the experience, and especially if they make the game more fun, leave them in"
Combining that aspect with Nuts 'n Bolts some years earlier and it's easy to see how they got here. That kind of stuff can be a really gratifying way to solve and approach both puzzles and combat. I think BotW even shared an early development glitch that Nuts 'n Bolts had called the Magic Carpet glitch, where you couldn't lift up something you were standing on, but if you stacked another item on top and stood on that, it would bypass it, letting people levitate themselves. XD
@@theoaremevano3227 absolutely, you can actually still do this win 2 mine carts I believe
I totally agree with that. I also think they implemented more explicitly some emergent gameplay mechanics shown in some players. This is interesting and probably will decrease the randomness of the mechanics shown in BotW to allow more people to use it without having too many trials and errors.
These vehicles don't fit into the game at all. Just my opinion but it feels so out of place to have let's say that a goofy looking car. Especially since it will almost be a 100% a buggy mess you can do ridiculous stuff with. Sure people will have fun with it but a normal Zelda game and not an almost sandbox would be awesome for once....
I'm surprised most people think the explosion we see is connected to the previous shot of the raining malice. It looks more like when the Blights exploded after beating them. Also, the shot with the monsters isn't them being infused with malice. It's more enemies being summoned just like in the cut scene with the Blood Moon.
My thinking is that it could be similar to the lynel roars, but it's an explosion of malice instead of fire
@@jacobweeks777yeah that makes sense. They do that in AoC I think
I think one of the main points to make about this trailer is that the enemies in this game seem to have gained a new level of intelligence. Whilst in the previous game, they use primitive weapons and use them brutishly. Wildly swinging them left and right or above their head. In this game there seems to be new behaviour which suggests that gannon's minions are becoming more organised. Mining operations, more advanced operation bases, taming talos's, drop troopers are even seen flying the skies ready to drop down on Link seemingly at any moment. I can't wait to see how the enemies and AI have evolved with this new game.
Yeah, that shot of the new "Fat Larry" Bokoblin blowing his horn, you can see all the regular Bokos are attacking in unison. Like they're organized and more sentient.
i noticed the bokoblins arm wraps look much more sophisticated
The "strings" (27:42) confused me at first too, but after looking at it a few times, I think they're the waterfalls coming from inside the sky islands
I spoke with Zeltik about them for a bit, and they don't really look like waterfalls in terms of the way they move and are shaped. But who knows, maybe the simplest answer is also the correct one ^^
Once they were pointed out to me, I thought they looked like “malice-falls” spilling out of the islands
They could be a way of going back to islands you've already visited. That way you don't have to go through the effort of reaching them constantly. Like a form of fast travel.
@@AnAmericanMusician why are they just huge strings shown tho
@@tumultuousv swim/float up them like the waterfalls in botw
The returning enemy's new horns look like weapons so people are thinking they drop on death and can be used for some weapon crafting or repairing. the serrated horns being for swords, the twin prong ones being spears (they look like lizalfos 2 prong spears) and the spikey dome shapes on certain moblins and the hinox are for shields.
Wow, I like that!
Maybe this is why boblikins sawed off their horns in BotW to make weapons and is why they had short horns in BotW. Now that enemies have entered the stone age 14:45 they can let their horns grow out.
Starting to get hyped for the Monster Maze Tears of the Kingdom theories for AFTER the game comes out, the way we had all the good ones about BotW. It's gonna be a good year, people.
Same
The zelda PhDs - monster maze and zeltik - are truly about to flex all their brain muscles this year.
I'm excited for new theories about BotW and AoC, which would not have been possible thus far without information presented from TotK. I hope we get a 'Creating the Champion' book for TotK too!
@@TC-rj9rz ? Lol, you're meant to be _playing_ out most of your 'theories' in an element called _Gameplay._ That's what the Game's actually for!? To 'live out' those gaming fantasies. Not reminiscing about them well over half the time in a dreamland long after you've put down the controller. The theory explosion after Breath only showed up it's plot-line shortcomings even further. Thankfully; TOTK actually looks to have far more actual Zelda content in it. Rejoice!
@@netweed09 hey man, i hope you are happy and healthy. and hope you will enjoy the game. take care of yourself.
The Sheika area with the Guardian arms seems like a repurosed guardian, upside down. The letters on the floor translate to transport. It is possibly a lift or an upgrade station as mentioned in the video. Possibly it has todo with the vehicles we have seen that look almost designable by player.
Yeah cuz the one "Guardian arm" isn't the usual claw. It looks like a piece of building material.
I was wondering if was something that Purah or Robbie made to do some weird expiriment on link or something. It has that kind of crafty, mis-matched vibe to it. But I could be wrong 😅
@@maggienoel4581 I think you may very well be right. In the shot of Hateno village the telescope and furnace were missing, implying that they went somewhere with the tech possibly. They are supposed to be big brain, so it makes perfect sense to me that they would be smart enough to continue on after the events that led up to the rising of Ganon.
Could this be where Link (and the player) learns a spin attack?
@@MichaelHeide spin... attack? Link can already do a spin attack in botw.
Correction: The malice wasn't *hitting* monsters, it was *making* monsters. If you look closely, the mini-explosions of malice where the blobs land are too far in the background to be hitting the existing monsters in the shot, and you can even see a bokoblin descending from the mini-explosion of malice as it fades.
On the part where the guardian arms come out from underneath the little platform, I get the same feeling as I had when Link goes to dye his armor at the little shop in Hateno. The look doesn't indicate fear in the sense of danger, but more of a "What the heck?!" Look like he gets just before the trap doors open underneath him and he drops into the vat of dye.
The arm in front of Link is holding a microphone.
Definitely getting the vibe that luminous stones will be more important in this game, and that enemies may be mining for luminous stones.
they’re probably trading 10 in for a diamond to fund the arms race
The labyrinth bit, the reddish light you can see actually moves, like the flying Guardian spotlight. So it could be a much larger, stationary version, a new enemy, or a world boss.
first of all, ganondorf's voice is simply amazing.
i'm really glad to see that redeads are back. they're so spooky!
i was actually starting to miss the scary stuff this franchise used to have.
Ganondorf's voice seems a bit too much like an Astor voice for me personally
I wasn’t really feeling it either. Kinda felt it was too generically evil. The Japanese dub is better, though even it feels a bit disappointing.
The first time Ganondorf ever had a REGAL voice, if I am not wrong.
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Well, he's the King of Evil after all.
I wish it was more coarse and gravelly honestly. The voice felt underwhelming af.
Allies of Hyrule can mean a lot of things, as you said, the sky kingdoms. As seen in Twilight princess but hopefully we don't get those things again. Better would be the ones from minish cap which were probably just Hylians from the extended Skyloft ecosystem.
Allies could also be referring to: Zoras, Ritos, Gorons, Geruda, Twilight, Lowrule, Labrynna, Holodrum, Subrosia, The Minish and a few other smaller ones.
Maybe a more direct translation of the japanese trailer could help in clarifying things as well.
I watched the french trailer (usually a bit more faithful than english translations when it comes to japanese productions) and the phrasing is slightly different. Something along the lines of "whoever rallies behing her cause" instead of "her allies". Although it sounds similar at first, this is a lot less specific and more about considering possibilities of an external meddling (no confirmation of Hyrule having any ally).
I’m not really sure « allies » could refer to all of these, because in fact he don’t say « his allies » but « her allies » so maybe Zelda, Impa, Pruha, and maybe other persons that we don’t know yet
@@Lazular yeah probably doesn't mean quite a few of those but even the three least likely there were called allied nations in the oracle games (subrosa probably became an ally of... the oracle of seasons one later due to where the temple of seasons ended up and so extended allies.)
The Minish are actually fairly expected in this new game due to their appearance in the concept art book.
and the Rito, Zoras, Gorons and Geruda are obvious allies.
@@liamnehren1054 I personnaly don’t think there will be others nations like in the oracle, and no Minish either because in all BOTW, there’s absolutely no mention about them (and I don’t think very little caracters will fit very well in TOTK if its gameplay is similar to BOTW’s one). And for sure Zoras and Ritos are allies but they’re not all feminine, Gorons are asexual if I’m not mistaken, only Gerudos are feminines, but maybe they’re already part of the « kingdom » Ganondorf mention
@@Lazular When he says “Her Allies,” he’s not talking about Zelda, or any women or women, he’s talking about the Kingdom of Hyrule giving the country a feminine pronoun. It’s like calling a country a “Motherland,” therefore it’s referred to in a female sense.
12:01 If you take a closer look, the dust clouds seem to be generated by a school (?) of Moldugas. The location seems to be the beginnig of the Gerudo Desert, so maybe something happened there or they are migrating into Hyrule to wreak havoc because of Ganondorf. Either way, it's Moldugas.
I commented this on Zeltik's analysis video too. All the people saying "this is just BotW DLC" aren't paying attention. Even though TotK takes place in the same Hyrule, there is SO MUCH that's new and different. And that's just in the few minutes of footage we've seen so far.
ive always thought the zonai tribe had something to do with the triforce of courage (it is also green (i think)). And courage is all about holding together in the face of fear. This zonai green goop holds stuff together and the emblems seem on the zonai robots feature a ring (which symbolises togetherness). This also links to Link's special hand (see what i did there), where his new rune-type ability's (the one like magnesis shown in the clip) animation features a circle forming and closing in... things coming together. Idk, this might seem like an out-there theory to you guys, but it makes sense to me.
P.S. one more thing- the wierd arm thing Link has seems to stop malice spreading over his body, which is another example of zonai stuff holding things together (in this case Link's body)
I hope you and all the YT Zelda community know how much we appreciate you! You all keep us going in between games. The hype may cool down but never dies! Thank you for being a fan of my favorite series and sharing your thoughts and theories. 🤗
9:14 - this shot reminds me of the cutscene of Zelda using her power to destroy the calamity back at the end of Breath of the Wild
14:25 - the Dueling Peaks (at least one mountain) seems... short?
25:35 - that mountain with that strange hole
Some new screenshots and artworks are very interesting to analyze: Zelda seems to have an OLED version of a sheikah slate without the sheikah symbol. One of the screenshots from the eshop shows a shirtless Link diving from the sky and we can clearly see a dragon (I'm not sure if it's Farosh), this confirms the theories about a glimpse of a dragon on that other teaser from September. And I'm curious to know the "chronological order" of these events because I feel like this vast storm and monster infestation will be at the beginning of the game (something like GOW 2 where we start fighting the colossus) but how will this lead to the sky islands to show up?
Could you possibly link to the screenshot with Zelda having the skeikah slate? I can't find it and I'd love to see it
Yeah I'm surprised nobody has talked about the mountain with a huge hole in it
it looks to me like the glowing spiral things are in the same locations as the shrines. they might function similarly to the bird statues in skyward sword!
i thought that they were the shrines in my first watch, i think its more likely they are zonai structures, as we’ve already seen tons of possible zonai stuff
My guess about the monsters new horns is that they'll be collectibles that you can use to craft like in botw, except this time they'll be used to makes weapons or vehicles instead of elixirs.
Thanks for the video, I can't wait for the game and all the cool theories that will come with it!
btw i love this type of spontaneous video style. no need for perfection when there‘s passion!:)
When Ganondorf says to destroy the kingdom and her allies, the allies mentioned could be the other races that aren't under control of the royal family, but are part of Hyrule
Agreed! It might be related to the destruction of the divine beasts.
What motivated Link and Zelda to explore Hyrule's underground and thus find Ganon? An idea I have is related to Typhlo ruins. Maybe the fact that the fog disappeared there, triggered Link's and Zelda's curiosity to explore this place. There, they found a crypt (its entrance is shown in the first trailer) and they entered it to find all this amazing underworld. Maybe Ganon's location was under the Lost Woods (quite close to Typhlo ruins). A theory could be that Zonai discovered Ganon's body, sealed it under the Lost Woods (under the protection of Deku Tree) and hid the entrance to underworld in Typhlo, hidden from everyone (Typhlo in Greek means "blind"). Maybe this is the reason we do not see the Great Deku Tree anymore. Not because it moved to the sky. But because Ganon's revival destroyed it from below.
Don, here's some thing I saw:
11:57 I think that's a pack of wild Moldugas.
12:46 The sheikah text spells out "Transport"
23:40 the pattern on this characters dress looks like a dragon head with fangs and teeth.
25:40 theres a MASSIVE hole in one of the mountains on the right. It wasn't there in BotW.
I can barely fight one molduga how am I gonna fight that
It's time for binge-watching all TotK videos again.
Thank you so much for making this awesome content, you're making the wait SO MUCH better.
18:10 The long block puzzle tower comes back several time in the trailer and even if sky island have differents shapes this one stands out. Maybe I'm the one focusing too much on it but this tower sky island is going very high + it does look like the pattern on the girl dress at 23:30 - or I'm just crazy.
The drawings remind me of the Nasca Lines, maybe made my the Zonai to communicate with the floating islands? Maybe the shots of Link with his hair down in the older trailer is Link from 10000 years ago, maybe we'll be going back and forth? I Kinda hope that Hyrule gets new or rather an even more destroyed landscape that way it's familiar yet fresh, maybe a lot of debrs or new craters, new camps.
They mentioned at the end of BOT issues with the guardian beasts and things powering down, my belief is that Ganondorf's energy was being siphoned to power the Sheikah tech and his corruption of the guardians using calamity gannon was the first step to him breaking the siphon. Which is why we see little use of the Sheikah tech in the trailers.
The tech we are seeing now might be a backup system prepared by the Zonai or cloud people in case Ganondorf breaks free. To help Link reseal him into a Siphon. The 10000 years of not using the Sheikah tech might be why the seal was damaged enough for Gannondorf to be able to take control of the guardians in the age of calamity.
I think the hinnox necklace is energy that you use to power your homemade car
It's really interesting that the official site says " ....The adventure is yours to create in a world fuelled by your imagination." In italian, to me it seems like even more emphasis is given to the word CREATE (crea), and then always highlighting a "world where you can let your imagination run free". I hope this means that the 'crafting' mechanic will be central and even more developed that what we could see from this trailer. I definetely did not expect that, so I guess we just have to wait and see!
Omg I missed the redead. Super hyped to see them again- I was disappointed they weren't in the first BOTW and was hoping they would return! This one looks scarier than any of the others.
Actually, us getting to build our own vehicles with Link, especially airborne contrivances, makes sense after people cobbled Magnesis-powered flying machines together out of rusted wagon carriages in the previous game.
Yea cars with headlights 😂
The fact that this is done on the fly, can’t wait for your edited one, great analysis Don😊
Ahh, here we are at last. Been waiting for this, Mr. Maze! Thanks!
I'm so glad you pointed out the Gleeok! Probably the enemy I'm most excited for.
I think the bigger Bokoblin is actually a Big Blin or Boarblin.
Miniblins need to be in this game.
In the Japanese Twitter account of Nintendo, I believe that they said that the big boko is called a Boss Bokoblin.
I saw someone speculate that the new towers could lead underground and the weird bulbous alien thing in the mining screenshot could be the bottom of it, in which case maybe its a mine shaft? Whether it is or not, it'd be cool if in order to reach some sky islands you have to go underground first
I bet the vehicles are powered and partially constructed by stuff from the mech bosses they've shown
Been watching A LOT of Zelda content over the last 24 hours. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone talk about 15:31 where the blue moblin pierced his horns into the ground. I’m guessing new attack animations for even the basic enemies, to keep the more familiar enemy encounters more varied.
12:21 One of the arms, the one right in front of link, seems to be holding something. Perhaps further evidence this is some kind of upgrade station?
14:30 In the background theres an elephant-like creature slowly walking to the right, not sure if thats something weve seen before
"1920s" Microphone?
Big creature is like the one Zelda rides in trailer one, but yeah, like an elephant. Good eye.
29:44 my god you nail his expression love it you make me laugh ahahah I so hype for this gime I already preorder
Great Stream yesterday! I’m all ways amazed how fast you make these awesome analyses!
The storm over hebra kind of reminded me of the storm surrounding that one temple in skyward sword
Also the hand seems to clutch together a wound above the two holes. Everyone assumed the holes is what the hand held closed. However, in this new shot, we see the open wound with the malice seeping out, and below that the two holes.
So might it actually indeed be the stab wound he suffered in TP? It was ruled out before, but now, it seems likely again.
The scene of the Hinox chasing Link all Crash Bandicoot style.. you can see roots hanging from the ceiling. They could just be some kind of plant growth but if they are roots that would be a pretty good hint IMO.
Might be interesting to note that the ground drawings are reminiscent of the Nazca Lines. I had thought for a while now that the Zonai designs reminded me of something and it clicked with these images.
They seem to be based on the cultures of South America most prominently the Incans with a quite a bit Aztec thrown in there. Dragons were very much the Aztec's thing, Quetzalcoatl being depicted as a winged feathered eastern dragon.
Also noteworthy in this connection is the ghostly head spawning mouths and eyes found on malice in BOTW. This fits with the story of Cipactli or the world in which the Aztec gods built their creations. It was an enormous creature that was basically a Lovecraftian horror of mouths, eyes and liquid that would eat everything they made. So they killed it, turned it into the planets and fed it the dead since it would only stay dead while appeased. This kind of fits well with what we have been seeing of Ganondorf being used to power the Sheikah tech presumably, if that's what the green power was doing by siphoning off his power. He is the foundation of Hyrule's might, as long as they deal with him every 10000 years or so.
In the Aztec myth of creation the sun was basically one of the creation gods and each time one of them screwed up another would take his or her place with the current one being the 5th attempt at getting things right. maybe we will find out that this was the 5th attempt at controlling the malice stemming from Demise? The Aztecs thought the world would end in earthquakes and we have been seeing a ton of those in these trailers.
I don't have too deep of an understanding of these cultures so someone else will have to come up with more similarities.
Yes! The Nazca lines are fascinating
@@MonsterMaze definitely, forgot to say I think the cycle of the Zelda games has changed in BOTW, from destruction every few hundred years to every 10000 years, I kind of said it above but that's what I meant when I said maybe this is the 5th time, as part of the connection to the Aztec myths, Ganondorf is escaping from being Siphoned for energy and this Siphoning might be like the Aztec god/earth/lovecraft horror like mythos.
The hydra/dragon like thing. I believe this is Gleeok from the og Legend of Zelda. So more bigger badder mini bosses I presume.
Second: is this the temple of time window from the roof access?
Third: you can easily see the corruption is erupting from ganondorfs body. Making me think that ganondorf is simply a puppet in this game and that Demise has the strings. You can also see that the master sword has been corrupted as well.
However, in the shot with the giant Minecraft golem (lol), link is holding, what looks like a common sword, quite unlike the master sword, yet it is also corrupted.
This makes me wonder if any sword or equipment can become corrupted and drain its energy
I got the impression that "and his allies" was referring to the Gerudo, Zora and Rito. The other races that aren't a part of the Hyrule Kingdom (as we learned in the Hyrule Warriors game). They are their own independent nations that aid Hyrule when Ganon strikes cause they all live there.
I'm hoping the malice corrupts some of the allied creatures.
Gerudo turn into Iron Knuckles
Zora turn into river zora
And Rito turn into fokka
Could very well be!
@@Gyrokaenzo212 Looks like a normal Hylian with a topknot on the left at the title logo.
Two last things. Those streams that come from the skylands that reach all the way down, could be water streams. In the previous trailer we saw link climbing on the side of one of the skylands and there was this smal stream of water coming off of it like a small waterfall.
Regarding Links arm, I still think it will look like the first big trailer, but it’s of significance what he’s wearing. It’s not his arm that looks completely roasted by malice but rather his champion tunic which got the worst of it too, if you look at the entire sleeve at about his collarbone, it’s all torn and ripped, but you still see the markings on it like on the good side. Just a thought. Great vid 💯
This was the first good look I got of the shot of the dust clouds from Gerudo and I’m pretty sure they’re moldugas. You can kind of see a dark top/backside, whatever’s moving has a pretty similar shape, and they really are the only thing that could be coming through the desert like that, so…. that’s gonna be great.
Been waiting for your video and I enjoyed watching it. Thank you for your hard work, and I can't wait for more TotK theories/analysis to come.
Lots more to come, including a collab with Zeltik!
The land of Hyrule has the Kingdom of Hyrule which is mostly made up of Hylians.
But the Zora and the Gerudo are their own sovereign states that are allied with Hyrule Kingdom.
So I get the feeling from Ganon's statement that he means all of the people of Hyrule including his own tribe that have since turned against him.
3 Points I would like to add:
1. A minor correction to what we see at 10:10 : the Bokoblins there aren't upgraded by the Malice, they are spawned by it. It looks like an upgrade at first glance, but there are already horned Bokoblins in the shot before the Malice hits, and when it hits, new ones appear out of it.
2. Just an idea, but the tower at 19:32 with the "horns" at its top and the shape of the tower base reminds me of the "dragon"-like machine/creature (e.g. at 16:11) that we have seen on the islands. The tower's "horns" have some similarity to the shape of the dragon's head and also, the overall shape of the tower, especially with the broader base, looks similar to the "broomstick" symbol on the chest of the dragon. Now, I have no idea how this would make any sense lore-wise, and it might just be inaccurate, but it stood out to me.
3. In Ganondorf's speech, I am quite sure he does not say "eliminate this kingdom and *its* allies", but rather, "eliminate this kingdom and *her* allies". This could obviously just be a translation error from japanese, but it might be intentional, with Ganondorf maybe equating Hyrule with Hylia, or with Zelda? Might be insignificant, but it seems like a weird mistake to make in a voice-over for a trailer like this, if it were indeed not intentional.
Also, I am impressed by the amount of detail you captured in this first-impression video, it contains way more information than what I could have gotten out of the trailer no matter how often I would have watched it.
(Edit: fixed typos and grammar)
for 3, things that are personified are often referred to as her, especially a kingdom or nation. For example in Skyrim, when you’re arrested: “You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people.”
this trailer is so ccol, thank you for your in-depth analysys, I really appreciated it
I was just watching your most recent video trying to calm down my anxiety while waiting for the trailer analysis!
Amazing video!!
At 13:53 the gem around the Hinox’s neck looks like the power source which is used for the “car” later in the trailer. May just be a coincidence but looked similar to me.
I thought the same.
Good good call.
In the shot with Link riding the car, there's a massive rock with a circular hole in it in the background! At first I thought it was Rito Village that was destroyed and fell over but it's in the wrong direction to be Rito Village. Its actually in between Zora's domain and Dueling Peaks. You can catch a glimpse of it again in the shot where link is riding Epona through the field with the birds flying away. I think it's on Mt. Lanayru. What is that?!
Perhaps the Flubber that holds your vehicle components together is what's stored in your vials? If I'm right and you can use it for even more purposes like sticking weapons and components to each other and other objects to create custom tools, I could see this being a significant upgrade for the player, being able to increase the amount of unions you can have going at one time.
That's interesting. I've been thinking of it as a "Power Meter" or "Spirit Energy Meter" of sorts, but that's a thought. BTW, Flubber haha
So I just rewatched the part with the Zo-Cart, and found its corresponding screenshot from Nintendo. If you zoom in real tight on both, you can see that its using up a lot more blue-goo than it seems at first:
- 4 X Tires
- 2 X Headlights
- 1 X Steering Column
- 1 X Lithium-Zonai Battery
- 1 X Holding the top to side
- 2 X Long "pieces" holding the sides to the floor
He doesn't seem to have enough vials for all of that
I think these swirly things of light on the surface are the only ways that we warp into the sky including phasing through the island's solid surfaces; It's not something that can just be done anywhere/anytime. And I think these spots is where the shrines from the first game used to be
I had a dream about this game the day after each of the trailers
Me too 😂😂😭
Thanks for all your hard work. I always enjoy your content.
Hi, don't know if it is mentioned before, but shot of 'the handshake' could also be a dream/vision, if the shot right after is the moment were he realises this (with his hand reaching out in the sky)
12:12 Holy god I think that's a _swarm of Moldugas._
For some reason that makes them so much more intimidating.
I have a LOT of thoughts about this trailer I feel like you missed! Here they are!
Interesting that when Hateno's tech lab is shown the teleport outside isn't lit up, nor does a blue flame seem to be burning in the furnace either. Sheikah tech is completely gone, except the weird station with claws, so what does that mean for Purah and the rest?
The station Sheikah text on the platform translate to 'TRANSPORT' as well btw.. new fast travel?
To me the cutscene with the Bokoblin at 10:07 and the malice raining down looks less like the malice is hitting the enemy up front but spawning in more further back, and not just infecting the one shown first.
There is a new Bokoblin enemey seen behind the Redead that is a Boss Bokoblin, confirmed on Nintendo's Japanese Twitter account. Said to be a commonly occurring enemy though. Also seen a second time in the trailer, although a blue one.
The new block creature and car seem to be powered by a similar looking cube, in the middle back of the car, and one bright green cube on the back of the creature. Kill the bosses to unlock the car upgrade?
Link seems to be quite high up Death Mountain with no special armour when he is skating and the air isn't full of ash/specks of lava, we know the top seems to be spewing Malice rather than a regular eruption now, so unless he has a potion on then could the temperature have dropped dramatically, making it walkable with no heat-proof protection?
At 29:07, it looks like the big block type structure on the ground is covering a second tower like structure that seems to be glowing green.
I believe Zelda is asking the Green Hand to lend his power to Link, which is why it glows green when he uses his new powers.
There is also a bunch of artwork on the Japanese TotK kingdom website, including a new, large green unseen before symbol, and the Nintendo Japan Twitter, new artwork that shows Zelda with a new style Sheikah slate, and confirms the Bokoblin enemy as said above. It also asks the question of why Link in his new outfit looks so different to the Link we know. It also shows off some cool paraglider variants from Amiibo
*EDIT - Spelling
Yeah I saw that Sheikah Slate in Zelda's hand, too! It's what gives me hope that she's not a goner.
I waited the entire day for your video on this!
Very good analysis, love these kinda vods😊
As with most Zelda titles that i was a bit sceptic of at first sight, they turned out to be my favorites.
14:03 Seems Link can jump higher and for a a second longer.You have a great week too
19:57 Link's hand glows when he shoots that new arrow type
I was so much into the layton's returnal that I even forgot about Zelda xD like, I knew I'll had to look for analysis and stuff to get back to reality and yours have been very helpful indeed! I'm once again excited of this game, I won't be able to play it since launch day, but hopefully a gameplay on youtube will help to keep my excitement on top too!! Thank you for this and is ok with the raw video, I personally enjoyed more an spontainous reaction rather than an script one xD
The way I RAN to your channel to see your thoughts on this, thank you for turning this around so quickly! You definitely didn't have to, but I appreciate your content and can't wait to see what else you pick out
Thank you! The edit cost me a night's sleep but Im happy to have my thoughts out there ^^
Hey Don, thanks for the great content, hope you have a good one yourself and keep it up your doing a great job
Thanks and have good one too!
I think I have an idea of what the pictures on the ground might be for. At 23:31 we see this zelda-like figure reaching out to link from an ethereal plain, and in the immediate shot after link stares at his hand as if contemplating that previous shot. To me that shot is similar to the shots of Link regaining his memories after you visit memory spots in botw. So what if it'll be a similar system to the lost memories, where its a secondary main quest in which you piece together the backstory of the corpse hand by visiting these special glyphs. And sense you presumably don't have the shiekah slate with picture of where to go to get these memories, instead you track down these spots by finding these giant glyphs. If this does end up being the case I hope it's only for lore purposes, I'd hate it if we got another non-story from Zelda where all the character stuff and major events happened before the events of the game. Definitely something I am hoping they correct in this game, and looks like they might.
Been waiting all day for this!
One thing I noticed: It's really faint, but in the distance where Kakariko Village is supposed to be, there is some red energy that looks too much like malice. Since the Gorons have been affected by malice in Death Mountain, the Hylians by the rising of Hyrule Castle, the Rito by the huge storm in Hebra and the Koroks by the loss of the Deku Tree and maybe the whole Lost Woods, perhaps the Sheikah have been attacked as well by Ganondorf or maybe even by the Yiga. It's possible that the Yiga have used Kakariko as a residence now that they've got the Sheikah gone, which could imply the death of Impa. Or maybe the Sheikah turned evil and merged with the Yiga. That scene where Link is surrounded by Guardian arms trying to grab him could in fact be a clever Sheikah/Yiga trap.
This malice looks way more red than in botw, where it looked more magenta.
Also, I think the creature at 9:12 is maybe vah rudania getting blasted, which maybe explains why death mountain crumbles in the next shot, and also provides context for the voice actor of Daruk returning in Totk
Wow Don, you were quick with this one! Great to see this vid :D
As a fan of yours who’s been here since day one, I can’t wait to experience this game with you!!
Super cool to see another dutch zelda fan!! Found your channel awhile ago and now I'm addicted to your video's. Je hoort het bijna niet aan je stem dat je nederlands bent!! Ga zo door :D
Such a great analysis, it all comes more and more together and i am so hyped. I also have some ideas i did not find anywhere else for now, first what if link would be able to control this mechanical creatures somehow with his arm, since the energie holding those together seems to be the same link can set free with his new hand and second what if we could actually use crafting to solve some of the puzzles in shrines or temples, i would love to try combining gathered materials into crazy inventions to make my individual way through the dungeon.
29:39 that malice is eerily similar to what happens to the main character in princess mononoke
In the shot with the molten boulder parts crashing down there are 2 embers in the lower left hand corner that have the color of malice and not of fire. So it might implicate that this is caused by something involving malice.
Very nice analysis!
A few points to add:
1. About the broomstick symbol, the golden goddesses exposition in Zelda OoT shown when the Great Deku Tree gives Link the Kokiri's Emerald seems to match the broomstick imagery with 1 line branching out into 3 lines. The exposition explains how the 3 goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore each had a hand to play in the creation story of Hyrule. The broomstick symbol now appears where Link can make gadgets (vehicles, weapons). Coincidence?
2. I initially thought Link was trying to grasp the unknown pale figure's hand and failed at 24:38, but the hand angles between the consecutive scenes don't seem to match up.
3. Link needs a manicure.
I just wanted to point out that if you look closely at the tip of the blocky structure at 34:05, a small object loads in (thanks render distance). My gut reaction was WHO LET THE KOROK FLOWERS BACK IN, but it does actually look a little different, so I’m not sure what it is.
Looks like it.
I was hoping we'd be planting korok seeds this time around.
Or magic beans.
But, yeah, looks like a korok flower.
No there are scriptures!!! Kidding 🤣 awesome work don, love it!
I believe the thing you refer to as "another one of those drawings" before the four minute mark actually designates an underground (potentially dungeon) entrance because the same symbol is shown in two consecutive shots, it seems to almost exactly match the Zonai cave/dungeon entrance from 0:45 in the first teaser, and it is immediately followed in this trailer by underground footage.
Your rough voice is just so nice to hear. Keep up the good work bro 😎
I saw the Redead in your thumbnail and it felt like when my friend got so hyped over it and wouldn't shut up about it for a while. I too am glad the Redead is back.
19:08 I bet the vials are connected to the vehicles, the „goo“ looks pretty similar in colour
Great job as always
The energy glue stuff looks like what’s on the Hinox’s necklace. And those blocky islands in the sky look like the Lomei labyrinths - locations check out too.
Also look closely, the red malice shots aren’t hitting enemies, they’re spawning enemies!
I didn't see this in any other comments, but I thought it was interesting that the voice says "the kingdom and HER allies". Could be interpreted in multiple ways of course, but if the voice isn't referring to Zelda and/or Hylia, or this new mystery figure as "Her", it means they gendered the kingdom when they referenced it. Could mean Hyrule something they hold, or held, in high regard, or it could mean nothing lol. I did notice that when you isolate the voice from the trailer it sounds like there was an audio cut made after he says "Hyrule", so there might be an entire section that was cut out to keep important details under wraps.
That piece has been bouncing around in my head for a while and I forgot until I rewatched this today.
Great video, btw, I'm a huge fan of your content!
Cool! Like your analysis!
36 minutes, ok, now that is wild...
2:45 there's spotlight around these towers because it looks like they make act as "landing" pads or areas, so you can easily see them from the islands at night.
As the enemies go up in rank their hat gets more dangerous.
In german what Ganon says is even darker…
directly translated he says
„Kill everything and everyone“
The weapons on the enemies heads look like weapons to me. The bokoblins look like they’re wearing a lizal boomerang, the hinox a spikey club and weirdly the moblins a shield. Maybe this links back to the twilight princess shadow monster thing where they wear their shield as a mask? Or could be completely wrong. We will know in may.
That reversed music bit at the end is so enchanting, it adds so much colour to it.
i have a wired thought that the flame thrower we get might be from a dragon boss like we see gleeok
it would be cool for them to use arbiter's ground in some way since it is pretty important with ganondorf in tp and he's coming back and with it being in the botw map i think they might be able to do something with it. maybe not something too big, it could only be a reference and i'd be ok with that but it would still be pretty cool to see it at least mentioned in some way