10 Great but Really Small Changes in Tears of the Kingdom 

He inspired by his dad, his tribe's champion Revali and Link. He work so hard and learn a lot from people he love. That is adorable

yes i remembered how in botw tulin and teba talked about how much he wanted to see link shoot, it's so cool when tulin yells "LINK!!" in his cutscene in totk, he's so excited because that's literally his childhood hero come to see him so wholesome, i nearly died

Aw, back when tulin was none the wiser that playtime was actually training; Teba tells you this in botw that he is training tulin but to his son it was just something fun they did. Also I _adore_ the fact tulin views link like a big brother, it's so cute. Such unadulterrated joy at seeing him again. Also teba raised and trained him well, his AI feels the smartest to reflect all that.

Yah, I consider that to be pretty solid foundation of his character!

@@ShadowSkyX His occasional headshots never miss. I think they all got the same AI just Tulin's got the only ranged weapon and an aimbot 🤣

Ohhhhh I was wondering where the farmer dude went! I laughed when the wife started complementing link and then gave him an Egg😂 Like MADAM What are you insinuating with this egg🤔 I suppose Link is about 20 years old in TOTK cuz I’ve caught 3 NPCs openly hitting on him😂

@@kelseybrexit5224 He's like 25-ish now, or 125-ish if you count his nap of resurrection.

i don‘t think so, don‘t their chicken just go up to hateno lab with the elderly man during the day? the farmer was a guard, so he probably has at least more fighting skills than the average hateno resident… i think he just felt the need to help out when he heard about the upheaval.

I got good news, the chicken aren't sold ! :) They just have an agreement with the old man, he'll bring them up to the tech lab for a little walk every day, I think. I can't remember if it's because she has a hard time taking care of them on her own, or because of something else, though...either way, yeah, it is sad that they're separated like that :(

@@LloydTheZephyrianjust a brief doze of resurrection for 100 years

This^

THIS

I'm probably reading too far into this but Toren the fairy guy's troops all wear soldier gear, which needs monster parts to be upgraded. You basically just have to prove your worth to gain more strength from the great fairy. Because they're the elite soldier group, they all probably had to provide their own monster parts to get good gear, meaning they really are just good soldiers and not just random dudes with good armor

@@notimportant221 nah this seems really reasonable considering the incredible amount of minute details Zelda devs add to their games!

LMAO

Adding onto this i’ve heard it also cant have been put up in master mode

I thought it was there either way, that’s actually cool

I was about to say!

thats stupid

I can vouch for this I have the champion pic in “Zelda’s” house

Isn’t it implied that they got a partnership of some kind at any point tho?

i think the final construction was zelda´s secret basement

That's insane

Lurelin: *Am I a joke to you?*

@@holyelephantmg8838 Lurelin was after his retirement. He stopped working in construction and travelled Hyrule. Eventually finding Lurelin. And now living there. The rebuilding of Lurelin was more a way to thank the people there. As far as we know, he’s still retired

Yeah, I think he eventually did find the great fairy after BotW which then blessed him so he became a strong fighter, but his crew in TotK is one of his first times fighting with a team

Isn’t that just when you run into the enemy camps before talking to him? I might be wrong tho

Same

But he turned into the most annoying npc

He's also the son of robbie and jerrin

@@Kjersten_w is jerrin in the game? as i cant find her i think she divorced

@cosmiccheese4140 she is in the shelter at lookout landing. Idk about divorced tho 😅

i don‘t think they‘re divorce, Robbie has a minor line about wanting to retire somewhere nice with her one day, and explicitly says her name. I think it‘s more that Jerrin enjoys being useful at lookout landing and/or expects Robbie to return from Hateno somewhat soon

Same, but when I found their mom's secret garden...

@@bonzairob STOP 😭

yes, I liked the changed and development to Kakariko as well! Also, the changes to Garudo town before and after the temple. I did think it was too bad thatthe snow/sand boots were so expensive tho, especially since they broke the ecomomy the way they did.

@@hypnojon32 I have almost all the armor sets in the game, I just need to find the Skyward sword one

I hope Cottla never sees the blood stains😢

I was curious to how zelda would unite the races and could possibly reject her ascension. But it seems like everyone is bent head over heels for her...

@@FierceDeity35 I really want to see a scene where the leaders of the races (not the sages), starting with Riju, followed by Buliara, then Kaneli followed by Tulin, the Goron Elder then Yunobo bowing before Zelda swearing to the Kingdom of Hyrule followed by "Queen Zelda". Then flash back to where Princess Sonia and Raurur stand facing the races and getting the oath, followed by shocked Face by Raurur getting addressed as "King Rauru", only to Sonia locking confused about getting addressed as "Queen Sonia". (in my head, the Hylians as a race live in the principality of Hyrule under the Prince or Princess of Hyrule. The Kingdom of Hyrule is the unification of the races and King is just the Title of the ruler of the united forces. The title "princess Zelda" is thus not the lack of coronation - it is her proper title as ruler of the Hylian Race and "the Kingdom of Hyrule" is in fact formed in an oath every time with every ruler - not inherited) Sure, there are Zora Kings, Princess and Princesses - but that fits with real world history where "Prince" was a title distinct from "King", only because of Britain, we somehow linked "Prince" with "Heir", because their Heir is Prince (and ruler) of Wales.

yeah, i loved those little details in the game, just learning more about the princess through the world and the little traces she's left in it and the people she's helped

@@sarowie The Goron elder is Bludo (though didn't he also cede control of Goron City to Yunobo?), and I think you forgot to mention (King) Sidon.

⁠@@sarowieTulin isn’t the Rito elder in TotK, Teba is

Somehow I haven't found her, probably walked right past her and didn't see. The other person I've not run into (and realized it at least) is the girl who was fighting with the cooking pot in the far corner of Gerudo Desert and sending up (as Link puts it) a "smoke signal".

@@QuasarEE That's Moza, she's still around and still sending her "smoke signal" :P she just moved to a... wetter place

I actually tried to find her in the spot where she used to sit and was like “where is the crazy guardian lady!”. Thankfully she has an even bigger role in TotK

Wait where is she

@@Moony_2620 There’s smoke coming from a well in the Lanayru Wetlands area. Toward the Kakariko border. Look in there.

Nintendo got jokes

it might be a translation thing, but in japanese, a LOT of sheikah seem to be named after fruit. most people in hateno, especially the women, are named after vegetables or other plants. every player in the band except for one have instrument names… hylian parents sure love their puns, no other tribe is that obvious with their naming patterns :D

@@atlas956 Don't forget the Rito Teba and Saki, which combined together makes Tebasaki, which are Japanese chicken wings.

reminds me of the saiyan names

An it shows the proper dedication. There are plenty of movies, shows, and games, where you can see obvious shifts in the plot. Strands abandonded. Things introduced out of nowhere. And things completely changed It feels like a lot of the time., they dont even bother to watch/go through the previous one(s) when they're making the new one

Huh.

​@@kharnthebetrayer8251sadly that sounds pretty true for the game industry nowadays.

Branli and Mimo being together was something I was waiting for and I was so happy when they became research buddies.

to add to this, TotK WILL NOT transfer save data from Master Quest mode

One of the newspaper side quests has Magda in it and I love how she just abruptly appears with no warning like a jumpscare to catch anyone who felt the flower's wrath in BOTW off guard.

​@@wolfekupo5651how come?

It doesn't matter if you did the dlc or not. I don't know why people keep saying this

@@charziz6693it did scare me for a second 😂

He even got a hint or his powers in AOC when he makes a small buildup of wind as he flutters.

Wish tulins ability was called Tulin tornado, but it's just called gusts....

In BotW, Tulin has a whole mini-game at Dronoc’s pass. He’ll pay you 300 bucks if you get all the targets. It’s not a huge role, but it’s as much as Elder Kaneli has now. 😅

@@nikifallen93 Kaneli passed the torch to Teba and Tulin in return helped him rediscover his inner chick.^^

@@aureliodeprimus8018 I really love that interpretation!!!

That is a very lovely story. Now that Zelda is save again, she will surely stay over with Link when she on Princess duty is up there.

I did the exact same thing. When he said that she took it down I was a bit confused since I remembered taking a picture of it 😂

Yeah I had the champion ballade group photo too, so maybe you hadn’t completed it on a recent save?

Sadly, this game doesn't read your BotW Master Mode file. I had mine completed there.

​@@sageoverheaven im so upset about that, i wouldve loved to have a picture of it in my gallery

Link’s 100 soak was just hot spring water and it heals so I don’t see anything wrong with it!

Yeah the pond of the Fairy that was near Tarrey is also still there and there’s some flowers in it too

The whole Hot Spring thing even makes sense if you go back to botw, because in the opening cutscene, we can see water being drained from the tub link was in as he wakes up. The shrine was probably using the water & somehow enhancing it through Sheikah tech so Link could be healed.

she's dead?

The end of the Dragon’s Tears quest explains that, although it is spoilery

Additionally it's implied by an npc that zelda visited lover's pond. Zelda doesn't travel alone

@@tonisama that's really cool

@@Alex-tm4dw yeah that's why I was so confused on why they said that

I remembered Tulin from Age of Calamity not BotW (admittedly I played AoC before BotW, AoC at its launch, BotW I didn't play until last October)

he’s still adorable but DAMN i can not forgive that ugly cotton ball manbun they gave him ☠️☠️☠️

I never forgot him, he was the cutest child in Rito village, generally kods in the two games are really cute and sweet

Oh that was him!

Surely if you loosed your clothes, you could just tighten them back up instead of buying whole new ones.

It’s so funny to me that he had to change his name just to work for them, I wonder if there are any other Tarrey Town NPCs who changed names between games like that

Hmmmm I wonder

What do you mean? They're just living together and hanging out. They're essentially just roommates...OH GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES

and look at him. that is not a straight man.

I mean there are also some bokoblin camps near Lurelin so…

BRO I didn't even notice that. Damn, good for bolson man, good for him. 😤

They move to Lurelin only after you save Lurelin. So this doesn't count as a BOTW -> TotK change

I'm so upset the game took from my replay file and not my MM file. Or atleast gave me a choice because when I came into the house and didn't see the pic my heart broke

I find it suspicious there’s only one bed. Although an easy explanation would be that Link has a place reserved at the inn that could be arranged by the princess to be paid for. Would be close enough to the princess.

@@acgearsandarms1343or... they just... shared the bed...

@@smolmipha Not at the same time I hope. But seriously, there’s only 1 pillow. Not two.

​@AngelArellazivadavidfan or link has no need for sleep. Staying up all day and night

That's my thinking too. Why would she need a secret well if she's in her house by herself? And why would she specifically hide the location of [POSSIBLE SPOILER REDACTED] there if not to hide it from Link?

@@LooseAsADEUCE Yeah, the princess and sole surviving monarch who is the biggest celebrity in the kingdom and the target of assassins, why would she possibly want a secret room that her neighbors don't know about unless she wants to hide a gift from her boyfriend? If you want to think they're romantically involved, that's fine. But this is a really bad argument for it.

That wasn't my interpretation. Clavia states that the house gets pretty crowded with children and that it's generally open to everyone. I took that to mean she built the well to get some privacy when needed.

@@tonisama and also doouble as a hiding spot from the Yiga

that feels like more of a bug fix. still very nice

Good catch!

Also I feel like they needed an excuse for Teba to not just fly Link straight up to the wind temple

It makes sense too, as its the latest descendent of the original sages. Teba is the only one with a successor bc he already had a kid, making him not the last in the line of the sage's bloodline, unlike the other 3.

​@@primrosetthuh, I didn't thought of that, makes a lot of sense

i don’t think the bed thing makes any sense because you can literally sleep in the hateno fort bed, sidon’s bed, a ton of random beds in unoccupied houses across the map …or maybe I’m wrong and link is just a more dedicated version of goldilocks

@@sodashiira1894 Sidon's bed eh?

@@redjoker365 He might mean the one at the banks of the East Reservoir Lake, which was also there in BOTW, presumably to give players a convenient place to rest while doing Divine Beast Vah Ruta.

​@@sodashiira1894Hateno Fort bed is specifically stated in the journal there that anyone is allowed to use it. Sidon is links best bro. Besides those two, I really don't think there are any other free beds link can use?

Beds he owns or has express/standing permission to use...generally The house just inside Fort Hateno is usable in TotK. The home's owner left a note saying where he went and why and that he had left the house stocked for his absence in case some wayward traveller needed it. The bed is usable.

In BotW there was a guy at Akkala Citadel who wears soldier armor

I did the Mattison questline before I beat the Gerudo phenomena main quest and when I learned that she was going to be going there I made sure to do the quest as soon as possible so the desert would be safe for her.

@@MrStatement there's a spot in heaven for you specifically lmao

@@MrStatement Now I wonder if she'll be in the underground shelter if you send her there before you do the quest...time for a replay!

(SPOILER regarding that) I don't think she's in the shelter at least I couldn't find her, my guess is is that she probably was taken somewhere more safe before the phenomena was cleared which honestly would make more sense.

@@MrStatementfun fact ! she is in the shelter if you do the quest before the regional phenomena. She hangs out with her friend in the underground bunker near where the map for the friends moms secret shop! i’m interested how the gerudo found mattison when she arrived considering it’s very abandoned

theres one group that has a gerudo too i think

@@sidiwvwhi Maybe you`re right. Gorons are a bit easier to make out i na crowd than Gerudo.

wait there's a Rito in Flaxel's troop?

@@fourthknower9831 I remember seing one. Though i could be mistaken...

Yeah most children are taller now. They really should have aged Finley though

Or maybe Riju is just short

@@davidmedina8136 Zoras age slower than other Hyrulean races, so that's probably why none of the kids there have visibly grown. Considering that Sidon himself was that small 100 years prior, it'd be kind of surprising to see any of them age that fast within the time span between BotW & TotK.

@@TheAngelsCove The thing is Finley is actually an adult that still didn’t have her growth sprout, I was kinda hoping she would grow up bit oh well

Riju's just short for comedy points now.

It is?? Holy hell thats amazing

Yeah, I suspected Link would leave Zelda to take over while he can take time to go out, since he’s basically giving the house to Zelda for her to stay in. It’s still pretty thoughtful 😊 Also I figured somehow they changed it from JPN version to just Zelda’s House, but it’s still pretty neat Link lends the very house he bought and refurbished just for Zelda to expand on and make herself at home

And there was only one bed…🥺

Everyone refers to it as "Zelda's House" because the sign out front has been replaced to say "Zelda's house."

This isn't true, actually. Zelda doesn't refer to it as "our house" in Japanese. It just uses the character 家, which just generally means house, without modifiers or possessives. I don't know where this rumor started, but it's possible that it came from Google Translate. Japanese (and many languages) often doesn't require pronouns or particles in the same way English does, so in order to translate Japanese into valid English without context, sometimes information needs to be invented to fill in the blanks. It's possible that this idea of "our house" came from one such invention.

Fun fact, his ex-wife seems to have cheered up in totk! Her name is Juney and she makes sand seal plushies. She rides around Hyrule with the intent of distributing them to kids, and you even get a fun minigame where you have to find and collect all her lost plushies. Seems like the divorce was good for them both lol

@@12parakeetsinahumansuit Ahh that's right! Thanks for that tidbit! I couldn't remember his ex-wife's name & appearance, but yeah, does seem like it's worked out for both of them haha

I think new girlfriend was a random traveller somewhere around Hyrule Field in the previous game?

Wait how is guy being the husband confirmed?? I just know that he is still at the Bazaar

@@tripled2505 you talk to him after finishing the Gerudo story

And they’re actually loking for Link, well, techincally the hero everyones talkin about and they theorise that he kust be taller than them and have a hige sword lol. If you have the master saord they’ll recognize you and be little disappointed though :(

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Have you found that Gerudo woman and her husband anywhere else in the game? I’ve only found them on Satori Mountain as well but I’m curious if they appear elsewhere

Same, when they started talking about the mushroom haven I knew exactly what they were looking for. Also put down a waypoint for restock purposes.

The same happened to me, I found the cave on my own before the finding the sidequest while exploring the area

Oh wow that is great! I haven’t reached that part but I love any reference to time having passed between games. I think this Link is officially the oldest any Link has ever been in a game.

In English it’s the noble pursuit and the bar is the noble canteen

it‘s ‚vaai wants vooi‘ in german!

The friend with ponytails became a cook for the soldiers that will fight pirates with link

Same here! I really wanted to get this man outta jail but there's no way to. Fortunately, you are able to tell him how his wife and kid are doing if you can get in or close enough to his cell

Same, I immediately knew Hoz from the Kilton quest, but the others were a mystery to me until now. Neat

So I kid you not I may have just walked up to him as I read this comment 😅. There's a guy named Nell at Outskirt Stable talking about Sky Islands.

@@LooseAsADEUCE Seriously?? I'll have to check it out and see what his character is like in TOTK, thank you so much

@@Lotus-sp6cu NP!

they do know! jerrin i think has dialogue where she‘s like „my son decided to stay in akkala, he found work at this famous construction company and even changed his name to fit in“

He's "seeing the world" According to penn/journal

It does, the DLC has to be cleared and the painting hung in a normal mode save, it does not check Master Mode

Considering how he would prefer to have a simple life of simply hunting and taking care of his family. I don't think he would be stoked in the slightest to know he is a sage. He would be responsible and take up the role, but I guess the questline would be somewhat changed as it would involve psyching him up in some way I guess Actually his desire for a simple life and lack of enthusiasm for anything major was probably why it was his son that awoken as a sage, not him. -Maybe after fighting armies with his machine gun bow back in Age of Calamity he thought "man this just isn't for me", despite somehow only being triumphed by a supercharged guardian in gameplay-

Link can also sleep at the bed in Selmie's Place, so he must be cheating on Zelda with his shield surfing instructor.

You can also sleep in the abandoned Gerudo outpost, but then again it's abandoned so no one would mind

You can sleep in a bunch of beds throughout the world lol plus Zelda and Link likely share a bloodline from the first part of the timeline in Skyward Sword. Shipping them is just weird.

Yeah, the pic is on the wall if you have the DLC and a save file of BotW with all the progress necessary for the picture to be there.

Blight Ganon: Why am I covered in fish??? *dies immediately*