Minor spoilers ahead for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!
Following the final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo has revealed where players will begin their journey as Link in the sequel to 2017’s Breath of the Wild.
If you visit the official page for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you will be treated to some new facts about the upcoming Switch exclusive that is set to be released on May 12, 2023. One of the most intriguing tidbits comes under the section titled, “the sky,” as it confirms where the game will begin.
“Link begins his journey on one of the many mysterious floating islands that have suddenly appeared in the skies high above Hyrule. It’s there our hero will have to gain new abilities before returning to the surface world to begin his epic adventure,” Nintendo wrote.
It’s interesting that we won’t be able to go to the surface right away, but that should help the game feel fresh and new and hopefully appease those who have thought Tears of the Kingdom looks too much like the original since it does once again take place in the Hyrule seen in the original.
However, according to Nintendo in the next section, “the sky isn’t the only thing that’s changed in Hyrule.”
“Familiar locations have been dramatically transformed, with new towns, dank caves, and mysterious gaping chasms springing up across the world—all waiting to be explored,” Nintendo wrote.
The rest of the page is worth exploring as it gives more info on Link’s new abilities – Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, and Recall – alongside art and screenshots of the much-anticipated title.
For more, check out our breakdown of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s final trailer that gave us our first look at Ganondorf and which classic Zelda boss appears to be retuning for this sequel.
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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