How Different Were the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Trailers to the Game?! 

Not showing Yunobo just built into the mystery of where he was. I went in wondering if he died or something because of not seeing him and I think they wanted us to wonder

The reason Yunobo was cut out of that scene is to keep Minareus construct hidden. Cause she’s in the back of the frame

12:10 it's not just ANY cutscene of Link activating a tower, it's likely the very FIRST one at Lookout Landing, due to the shocked expression and defensive stance he takes from all the guardian arms sprouting from the ground

I wish some of the cutscenes from the first teaser trailer where the actual game. We could’ve seen Link and Zelda spend their time together exploring more of the In Dephs beneath Hyrule castle before facing Ganondorf’s corpse. Ridding on one of the Dondons would have given new meaning to explore the ancient underground ruins as if “there is a calm before the storm”.

Also note the "cave paintings" that showed the history of Ganondorf in first trailer don't exist and were replaced by the stone murals

If I remember correctly, that laser scene is on the Zonaite Forge Island, one of the biggest and hardest to reach islands in the game. It's over by Lurelin and sports many huge smokestacks that aid Link by creating updrafts for him to ride to the top of the island.

I think we can all agree that the biggest thing that changed the trailers to the actual game was the intro or as some people call it, the prologue (the part where ganondorf wakes up)

2:00 technically when you start the game there is the possibility that the cutscene of riding the dondon and having to abandon it and go on foot could have happened just before the opening of the game. But once you retread that same ground you can see that the bridge doesn't exist and the path is different. Also that path is so long and convoluted. crazy to think of Zelda traveling all that

That fakeout with the teardrop into ascend was SO clever! I'm shocked that we looked straight at the Depths and still thought "neat, caves!" My guess with cutting Yunobo out in the final rush was to censor the identity of "the Goron you fight earlier" (tbh I didn't even realize that was a Goron attack in the trailer), since Yunobo's outfit is very distinct. Alas, the rat from the first trailer survives. RIP Dondon companion, I hope to feed you more luminous stones for... goods. Really interesting to see how the opening cutscene changed -- I wouldn't have even thought about it!

I don’t know why they removed the E3 2021 sky islands. They looked so much better than the ones we got

I was kinda sad that the intro was scaled down massively judging by that very first teaser back in 2019. I would've loved to see the actual bridge

I feel like this has been mostly overlooked or unnoticed, but in the first trailer the champion's leathers was just the tunic with the leather pieces from the hylian tunic, whereas in the final game it is a unique shape.

A lot of people said sonia in the trailer was zelda powered up and I never thought it was true. She just didnt look like zelda in so many different ways. Her hair was longer, her face looked different.

laser is part of the zoanite forge island, but there was a similar vertical laser chamber on the storm wind ark

Crazy how this game both gave us MORE than we could ever have thought, while simultaneously missing out on so much cool stuff. For example, I really thought the underground was going to have a lot more enclosed maze like tunnels and caverns like in the trailer. So the Depths are kinda disappointing... but also Insane and more than I thought? and the dungeons and boss fights are awesome, but at the same time... The trailer made me think there would be a bunch of cool underground dungeons with that building built into the rock wall. I'm blown away by the fuse and zonai devices, and I never could have expected it... but also the sky islands are kinda sad. Despite all this stuff, it's probably one of my favorite games of all time. But only probably. If some of those aspects of the trailers had been built on like I expected, then It wouldn't even be a question I think.

16:12 That is actually from the Stormwind Arc temple and is the way I activated the last device where you had to climb all the way to the top and fly down without hitting the lazers.

In the second teaser trailer during the scene where link ascends through the rock, when he looks out onto completely different sky islands that weren’t there in the game.

I always love these; I feel for the actual Tears release build, things were 'normalised' a bit - but I _sorely_ missed the Dondons. They kept the nice and catchy name - but I _really_ wanted a continuation of that scene down in the catacombs , it would have added to the richness of TOTK's lore. Also , the Artbook (and all that infamous fuss over it pre-Release lol) had some wonderful art that has been (mostly) taken out. On the upside, to 5:12: We got the badass Flux Constructs instead.

3:06 We do get to see a bridge tho, not at the beginning (the opposite, in fact) and not surrounded by luminous stones, but we do get to see a bridge in the underground section near the imprisoning chamber, next to the long stair case filled with enemies

I was thinking about this underground journey with the pack animal as soon as the game started. I like that the developers included "rumors of Zelda with a strange beast never before seen" as an homage to fans going, wait what happened to that thing.

One thing I wished that the game kept was the importance to luminous stones. Seeing those things scattered in the depths alongside Zonai, Poes and the death god statues would have really added to the haunted feel the depth gives. I remember leaving the tutorial area and just being absolutely overwhelmed by everything around me, and even now months later I am still finding more quests and characters and locations to interact with.

20:07 iirc in botw's past, mipha said she wanted to try a spin attack with her spear like link. now we got sidon doing kinda that

I think they showed so much of the sky islands _because_ they're not a huge part of the game. It's something different from botw, but still early game and doesn't give much away. They played their cards close to the chest until the last second, is how I read it.

3:15 there is a crumbled bridge before reaching the Forgotten Foundation where you can fight Gloom Spawn (the Hands). And no, the path to the Imprisoning Chamber was not found from a Cave, but from some secret and hidden stairs below Hyrule Castle. That entire area in the Depths feel like Hyrule Castle underground. We don't get the same cutscene as the reveal teaser but there was a small pond to take a breather, and there were murals to look at (different murals). It's clear the area change for release but the general idea is still there. Dondons were a new species discovered by Zelda, I wouldn't call them "a part of a mini sidequest"

ive been waiting for someone to look back at the trailers with more context like this

The fact that most of the scenes from the reveal trailer aren't in the game makes me so sad because I wanted to explore that section so bad.

I think I got a few hours into the game before I realized they never took a Dondon into the catacombs like in the trailer.

16:15 I think those lasers were part of the Wind Temple to activate one of locks.

The second trailer showed Bokoblins with larger, but nodescript horns that were changed (VERY changed) in later trailers. Oddly they forgot to change this in the murals, which still depict Bokoblins in the manner of the older trailer! XD

18:15 Looking once again at the contraption link built in the trailer to go after the Battle Talus, I can't hep but think that he's going to get horribly wrecked in that fight, because it doesn't even have a ranged weapon and can't reach the ore node. Talus is probably going to throw hands at it and knock it over.

Secret stone is a mistranslation, they were supposed to be called Sacred Stones(though honestly I would've preferred Tear Stones given their shape)

2:55, the bridge there could be the part in gloom's approach where theres a collapsed bridge with gloom hands at the bottom with a silver moblin at the other side

When link falls and has to dodge the laser beams it’s not really important to the game per say but it grants you a piece of the sky dive armor which if you upgrade twice you get no fall damage 😊

7:18 Wild how Zelda's study is Still intact after all it has been through

Links tunic changed

I actually thought the 1st trailer for TOTK was running on the switch 2

2:27 It's not a resurrection shrine, it's just a random room he was put in to rest a bit.

16:07 I thought it was in the lightning temple.

Falling through the lasers is in the Wind Temple.

I actually prefer the 2019 trailer for awakening ganondorf vs the actual game. It’s much creepier, doesn’t feel rushed. And I think the cave adds to the lore and mystery if it all

the biggest forshadowing was Zelda's Lullaby played on the dragons' theme strings in the 2021 trailer

Thinking it was Sonia who shot the lightbeam while it was actually Rauru - and Sonia just supporting him. That was something I found confusing at first 😅

5:25 The red bokobins shown on top of the talus also have different horns than in the final game

i 'm definitely glad i didn't watch the last two trailers, especially the final one holy crap that spoilers so much of the characters, story and settings i went into the game completely blind, so these trailers would have ruined some of that experience, even just seeing details like tulin as a replacement to teba would have been spoilery

3:17 That bridge actually does still exist, but it’s collapsed and there is no sign of luminous stone It’s an area with gloom hands

Fun fact there are no sky islands with waterfalls with snow. Likely the trailer island at 938 was a thunderhead island before they updated climate zones and layer's

amazing video, although you skipped the scene in final trailer where the modern sages run to fight a fire gleeok which didnt end up in the final game

Ill guess that link climbing the root along the side wall, was the original design for the faron thunder storm islands

6:04 the emitter is very glowy

I wish you would have mentioned Ganondorfs gem changing!

Anyone else think that maybe dondons are either cousins or ancestors of dodongos and/or horses maybe?

They got us again!

2:58 This ist where you Fight the gloom Hands and Phantom Ganon under Hyrule Castle

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: Deception of the Year

since the second oficial trailer we knew about koroks come back, at the end as link moves a korok flower appears on top of the big rock, so it wasn't a big suprise at least for me

16:06 I believe that was from the wind temple

Anyone know if anyone has mapped out where every trailer scene is located, even if altered in the trailer? Like the one glimpse of the Lightroot with bokos and lizzos mining, where was that exactly? Anyone know?

You forgot about the difference between the first trailer soundtrack and the one we hear in the prologue lol.. anyways good job

had more fun guessing what the game was from the trailers than playing the game

very cool

Kermit... is that you?

I oddly feel like the old plot of the game would have been way better than having zelda go back in time

The 2019 was actually so good why did nintendo rob us off so many scenes

The Bokoblins horns in the first trailers are different to the ones in game.

Man, not until you pointed it out that I realize how disappointing the game is compared to the trailer

I remember there being a broken bridge just before the forgotten ruins or am I wrong?

Release material that's how you had to say it😂

My first question when starting the game was "Where is the Dondon? I want to know what the Dondon is called so I can--" well, maybe I said "What happened to that pack animal from the trailers?" The point is, I wanted to know more about it, and I never found out. We never see an adult Dondon in the game, if we assume the ones across from that one stable are babies. Or they drastically changed the size of the species for no good reason?

4:40 there are less sky islands in game

Ok but was there just another Zelda and another Master Sword just up in the sky during the entirety of Breath of the Wild

I also noticed that huge downgrade in graphics again, indicating that this game was running on a more powerful switch

The sky islands were such a fail They mostly showed the tutorial area..

Weird that they removed Link's hood from the prologue in the final game, Zelda still had her's and Link always has his hood in promotional art. Like, his look isn't complete without it.

I can't believe they killed the rat!!!

You also didnt mention the fact that the final trailer showed a person we thought were Demise, and Goddess Hylia. But it turns out later it was Queen Sonia, and Ganondorf having awakened his demon king powers. Which makes sence. Bc Zelda and Ganon are respectivly related to Hylia and Demise. This was also a clue that TOTK would feature some type of timetraveling

I think the bridge is actually real cause there's a broken bridge going to the ice like like and keese on the way to ganon but idk the time stamp Is 2:58

The teailers lioked better than the actual game ngl

We actually likely do see that bridge... Broken with that gloom hand beneath it.

Remember when people thought that Teba was dead because Tulin was the Wind Sage

R.I.P Rats

i need someone to explain me why zelda ate the tear on the past but link find the tear on temple of time...

MAaybe yunobo wasnt shown becyase of yunobo co and its logo being on his outfit

Still bummed the water temple was in the Sky and not UNDERWATER 🫧💦 🤷🏼‍♀️

8:53 Why do you call these tears? The secret stones are not the tears of the kingdom. They are never referred to as tears. The dragon tears are what are the tears as referred to in the title and what they were trying to keep from spoiling.

Yeah rats aren't even a thing

Bro uploads every 0.01 second 💀

I feel like this game was one of the biggest bait and switches of all time. It's not bad by any means, but it's absolutely not what they made it up to be through the trailers

they showed practically everything

i wish so deeply that they would have let us rebuild hyrule and to have some of those improvements populate the map permanently. like why can't i rebuild hyrule! how many people live in this world? 400? lmao

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Im ngl the islands are disappointing. I mean except for the forge island and great sky island the rest are what you said copy and paste. I wish there were more islands that were as big or even half the size of the great sky island maybe one island being a ruined zonai village with books and weapons. Nintendo said that this game was going to accomplish was Skyward Sword couldnt and tbh it only did so with one island the rest basically just being what they were in Skyward Sword where you ride the bird to mini island's and pick up chest.

You know, I actually think that GameXplain did the exact thing, seeing the differences between the trailer and the final game. Check out their video

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I hate how they baited us with Link raising his hand up in the sunset sky when it was just his in game idle animation…

Im soooo glad LOZ threw us for a loop cuz i was honestly MAD at LOZ youtubers spoiling the Game cuz their predictions were way too spot on. so what if LOZ kinda bent the truth or even outright lied. if anyone downloaded and played a mobile game cuz of the ads you know how those ads are 99.99% lies the ad is like a mini game if even part of the game. i mean i still love the LOZ youtubers but they were too accurate. the devs put in 7 years worth of effort for some person to ruin the suprise part of the games cuz they mircro analyzed every scene, every sigil, every logo, every frame, even modded clips to filter out back ground stuff and zoom in on half second blurs. its no wonder the most acclaimed part of the game was also the least advertized part, THE DEPTHS. dry ganon was cool, ganons fight was amazing, the sky islands werent bad, but the zonai and undergroud depths and caves had so much to DISCOVER. its was fun to hunt light roots and farm for zoanite and find yiga schematics. im truly glad the data miners and zelda youtubers didnt spoil the game for me. its fun when they micro analze LATER once the game had been released for some time but not when speed runners and theorists ruin the discovery aspect of the game. i mean i do want tips here and there but not a full spoiler. learning about the new bosses and enemies gave me a new jump scare. the moment i get like 7 hearts... i felt strong enough to face a lynel, meh.. that waited until a few more hearts but the other guys like Gleeoks and Gloom hands dont really matter about hearts but coming to the fight PREPARED. bombs or eyeballs them makes more difference than just high powered swords and dodge mechanics for the lynels. thanks for reading my text wall. i just can gush over this game forever. lol

Spoilers!: The "laser" section was the forge entrance in the sky, it has a unique entrance feature in that the local fans turn off over time, allowing you to reactivate the ring terminal to reactivate it, the lasers are harmless "alarm" spells instead of something like our unicorn device that also shows up in shrines.

I’m kinda disappointed about the sky islands. I thought that we would have to spend lots of times there but no. They suck and they are all the same. Most of them are small with nothing on it. They could’ve atleast make a town there

I remember when the 2019 teaser trailer dropped nobody even knew who the frozen figure with red hair was.

I dont believe it's a different animation for falling when you see it in skyward sword too.

Why do you keep saying "Ganondorf"? I haven't seen anything yet to indicate that Ganon[dorf] is in this game.