Reintroducing Old Zelda Items in Tears of the Kingdom 

With the hookshot, I think you could differentiate between "rough" and "smooth" stone. Something like a cliff has plenty of edges to snag into, but certain walls it would just bounce off of

Muddlebud pretty much does the dominion rod idea. Throw it at victim, they sit for a moment, then proceed to go crazy attacking friends for a time

I always though a Hookshot would’ve been a cool reward for finding all the Korok Seeds. You’ve already explored the entire world, so an easier way to travel would make sense. Of course, then you’d have to get all the Korok Seeds, so…

3:40-5:14 funnily enough this somewhat already exists in tears of the kingdom. I had seen on another RU-vid video that a few people got to play a section of the game early at a preview event of sorts. While experimenting with new forms of combat they learned of a new item called a “muddle bud” that you can fuse to an arrow and shoot at an enemy to make them hostile to other monsters. (They still will target you if there’s nothing else they can attack so keep that in mind) If I find that video again I’ll edit it into this comment.

Having a hidden "side shrine" inside a shrine that you need the lens of truth for in order to get a chest would be cool

One item I’d love to see come back is the Ocarina of Time, obviously it’s lost its time manipulation powers only being able to do certain songs, such as the Song of Storms which would be SERIOUSLY useful in scenarios that you’d wanna summon a storm from, especially if you’re wearing the Charged Set you get from a questline within Tears of the Kingdom, or perhaps doing Epona’s song to summon your horse from no matter where in the world you are.

I had some ideas for the hookshot, on rougher materials/rain it eventually slips off, but on softer materials, it can stay on longer, there would also be a "chain meter" showing how long you can shoot it off, being able to be expanded with chains bought from shops, there could also be an upgrade/different head that allows it to grip onto rocks (like the claw shot) however this makes it need twice as much chain and decreases grip on wood

Honestly I think all of these could fit in with the style of runes slash abilities that these two Zelda game are going for, those icons for each of them are especially well done

Did you know the bettle was in BOTW bu it was removed because it was used like a top down camera in your wii U but it was removed to make sense in the switch, you can even see them in the BOTW concept art

This channel is kinda underrated.

I would like a Bombchu rune, it could be a "unlockable" rune from a big dungeon. Working like the beetle but only carrying destruction. Another one could be the Sand Rod, working like the ice Rune, but works in every land terrain... Both of them would be like upgrades to the other regular runes from Botw

For the lens of truth. I feel base form lets you identify hidden enemies (red) and chest (yellow), and it's upgrade being: lens+ Find item you've collected (after selecting an item from your inventory/colllectopedia) and become green. like showing off if a minable rock has (or chance of having) that gem youre looking for or if the relative area to find the items for what ever you want to make/fuse

I love the ideas for Beetle, Lens of Truth, and Hookshot.

For the Dominion rod, maybe there could be a restriction on *what* you can use it on. Maybe give the Compendium a use aside from the upgraded sensor. Heck, why not let all of these be upgradable? Beetle could have it's upgraded forms from SS, Lens of Truth could get more range, and the Hookshot could get more materials to latch onto. And the Rod... more time controlling stuff.

I'd modify these ideas just a little bit. The Beetle's item collecting mechanic could gather as much as there are in the area or until it's pouch capacity fills up, say 20 items, while it's bug enemies function (badoom tish) has it use the items in it's pouch in priority order (left to right). The Dominion Rod could, instead of making enemies to nuts, make them your (maybe) temporary ally, but only one at a time and only if they're weak enough. The Lens of Truth... no no, you got it right. Most I can say is that it might work as a head piece as well. And the Hookshot only reels in when you press ZR and allows you to swing like the WW Grappling Hook, as well as pull any enemies it latches on to towards you, like Ultrakill's Whiplash.

Honestly, the hookshot deserves to essentially be like the grappling hook from halo and meat hook from Doom, simply put, make the player spider-man around. It would be fun to have a flying vehicle that you build and then you can hang underneath it to get around, hell, this could be used in tandem with the item yeeting mechanic that the time lock has and actually give the player the ability to safely throw themselves around the map. I bet it would be a lot more commonly used than the current yeet strats that abuse game engine bugs.

Love all these idea; especially the beetle acting as a drone. Maybe you could even use the beetle to take pictures. As for the domination rod. I think there's already an item that makes enemies attack eachother.

The dominion rod is a great idea! Luckily for us it is in the game (even if in a different form). It is known as a muddle bud. This causes enemies to become enraged and attack on site if hit with it! It can be fused on to weapons to do so.

If you ask me, there are slightly better ways to implement all four of them. Beetle: I'd say to implement it as a rune that hovers around Link for a few minutes and automatically gathers loose items. The "Plus" version would also let you press the rune button again to bring up a scope-like view in which you can look at a specific item/enemy and have the beetle target it. Selecting an enemy automatically gives it a bomb. Dominion Rod: Allowing you to control low-level enemies would be a given, but it should only last a short period of time. Plus version, climbing on top of a low-intelligence boss enemy (Stone Talus, Hinox) and using it would grant you full control over that enemy and allow you to participate in what are essentially kaiju battles. That would be fun, funny, and honestly quite a good way to implement something like that. Lens of Truth: For a short time, allows you to see invisible things. Also allows you to see quest items/locations/NPCs outlined (even through walls), and see treasure chests, shrines, and other relevant things with an outline through walls. Hookshot: Think of the Devil Buster from DMC4, which can not only grab unique grappling points and send the player flying towards that direction, but also can be used to drag enemies closer - or, if they're heavy, drag you towards them. Having that extra combat potential makes it a fun tool overall -- and of course, letting it stick to terrain within a certain range would be a given.

i think a hookshot would be super cool as a bow substitute, where it would use arrows to shoot, have a regenerative durability similar to the master sword, and by fusing different items to the tip, you could get different effects, like pulling an item/enemy to you, rather than pulling you to it. Different surfaces may need a better tip to latch onto, like it could stick into wood no problem, but if you want to climb a rock wall, youd need to attach a bokoblin horn or something.

TOTK has an item called Muddle Bud that makes enemies go ham at each other already.

I was so scared when I saw this thumbnail but thank you so much for clearing it up! Have a great totk playthrough

I would really like to see some of the Sheikah Slate abilities return. Specifically the Stasis ability, but also a re-worked version of Cryonis would be really helpful and also Remote Bombs. There is something fantastic about being able to remotely detonate things that bomb flower bombs just can't replace. Not to mention it does add more depth to puzzles. But if we just had Stasis back I would be happy, that combined with Fuse and UltraHand would completely push the limits of the new physics engine and give us some truly bizarre and unique opportunities 😊

I've got custom Runes: Vanish - This turns you invisable and immune to damage, but attacking will remove the disguise. Fall damage and lava and presure from big objects can still hurt you and turn you visable again Disguise - This lets you become the enemy, but unlike the lame masks, it allows you to become an enemy, allowing you to act like an enemy until you either take damage, or you decide to remove the disguise yourself Sinkhole - Ascend, but it works the OPPOSITE way. Instead of going up, you go down Pace - Rewind, but it's a fast forward. Just in case an enemy has a LONG steakout, or it's to speed up slow objects Sticky Remote Bomb - Remote Bombs, but if thrown, they'll stick on a flat surface Hack - This can take control of monitors to do something. (Sorry, but if the next LOZ Open World game takes place in a modern version of Hyrule, it's an idea) Decoy - Makes a decoy to fool enemies in order to make a fool of both NPCS and ENEMIES Whiplasher/Grapple Whip/Gripshot - It works like this version of HOOKSHOT, but this could be used to pull objects towards you or swing around. And in the air, time freezes including Link's fall to choose where to grapple. If 2 player is added, then you can also tug other players around or one can ride on a Zonai Build while the other is being pulled. But it has a range limit. Kamikaze - It makes the enemy an explosive as the run frantically around to the nearest enemy or npc or you NOT Related TO RUNES: Ocarina of Time - This will give link a few new options, which could either be fixing damaged weapons, or even shine a light in the caverns. The downside is that you are open and subjectable to attacks and can also alarm enemies.

hit sub as SOON as I saw the beetle! One of my favorite items of all time and I was just thinking earlier today how I wished it was in ToTK!

Imagine if BOTW or TOTK did have the beetle, I would use it to steal all the weapons from sleeping bokoblin camps before destroying them

i remember during a developer interview, when they were asked about the hookshot being missing from botw, the developer said that it would have broken traversal in the game. they basically didnt want people swinging around like spiderman, as it would have overshadowed most other transportation. i interpreted this as they tried to implement it differently to how the hookshot usually works, but ended up not liking it when testing it.

Nice Work Man! Can't wait for the game tho

The Dominion ability sort of did come in. The Muddle bud plant when thrown at an enemy temporarily makes them fight for you. It comes in handy as I've found...specially when thrown on an enemy thats more powerful like a Silver one.

This was really fun to see being animated, whoever sees this should catch the next stream

the muddle bud attached to a forrest-dweller's spear: am i a joke to you?

1. Sometimes when the sages kill enemies they give you the materials they drop (seems to happen commonly when you use Yunobo while stearing a vehicle) 2. Muddle Buds exist 3. Just get Majoras Mask and walk inside without the fear of getting attacked

Hookshot could be a weapon that can also attach itself to any climbable surface. There could be multiple versions longshot, clawshot and double clawshot

The hook shot should be a standard weapon/vehicle part that can come in two forms. The hook shot for attaching and pulling in or towards wooden objects such as wooden shields, weapons, or wooden structures. The claw shot for rock or metal objects. The idea is that in combat you can automatically disarm the opponent. You can do this exact thing with a high enough shield of your own or a well timed parry. IT wouldn't be gaming breaking as the tool is subject to breaking like any other weapon but could also be used as a winch when used with ultra hand. Fusing it to your shield just allows you to use it in your off hand.

8:19 Building: - Battery is easy to farm - You can add external batteries for significantly more time Climbing: - Froggy armor exists to make you stick to walls now - Climbing gear makes you go faster, iirc, less stamina used with jumps Ascend is fair I guess but you can always use recall + ascend in tandem to climb

something I would like is a net. with so many critters in the game, a net could be super useful as an option to colllect em. it could also be useful for fishing or maybe even used to hold more then just 5 items.

I mean Tears did give us something similar to your Dominion Rod idea in the form of the Muddle Bud

The beetle sorta sounds like a drone, which you can build in totk. There are devises that follow enemies and you can attach lasers or canons to that. Not exactly dropping items but alas they can go to a target and hit that

The Lens of Truth one fit exceptionally well and me, already being at odds with BOTW and TOTK for...various reasons, am now like twice as mad devs didn't think this far.

Now that totk is out i feel like the beetle would work quite similar to the sages where it can be toggled from the menu and it just kind of orbits link and collects nearby items automatically and can be summoned for some fuse delivery. The hookshot feels kind of irrelevant because enemies are far less agressive than other games so you usually have time to whip out an autobuild or something

I do like the idea that you can just pilfer most of this stuff off of monsters or mother nature herself. Something like a series of hookshots that enemies can have or a bunch of little beetle constructs that yo can find and like, launch off of a beetle launcher or something would be way cooler than just a regular old key item imo. Then you could even give them different abilities, Beetles that can move super fast but not grab items, Beetles that light items they drop on fire, hookshots that have shorter range but a harder impact or a longer range with zero damage, stuff like that. And things like the ball n chain and instruments, the potential is endless

I think that the Dominion Rod could use a Pokémon-like capture system where enemies only fall under your control once they've taken enough damage. That way you can't just roll up to a Lynel or Hinox and immediately have them start fighting for you

You gave me ideas for something I am working on with some changes not something to monetize but for myself to have fun with

Another way the hookshot could be added without making it too OP is to give it ammo. Like maybe it uses up a zonai charge to use it. Good for getting out of a pinch in early game but still getting used sparingly. And in the late game you can have some fun with your stockpile. Also give it a dedicated slot in the bow menu so it can be used in bullet time.

Oh my gosh, these are awesome! I love these ideas! Especially the Beetle. I absolutely adore the Sheikah-ified design you gave it! Plus, the Dominion Rod thingy sounds fun as heck; I always find it fun when you get to have enemies on your side in some fashion. The Lens of Truth is great too, and it was very unexpected-yet a quite pleasant surprise! Plus, the little 👌 thing Link does is simply genius. …Uh… I don’t have too much to say about the Hookshot other than… yeah! Good idea! I like the wood and rock targeting thing!

I wish there were some throwback instruments to play in either game, i mean it could be a way people can hand you rupees just by playing them or even have some little purposes, like activating some old ruins or something to get a unique item from the original games. Though im still happy with what we have with the games

I think the dominion aspect might already be in the game, just not as a rune, but imstead an effect. From what I remember of the gameplay showcase Aonuma did, there was a moment when he fused a specific material to his arrow, struck an enemy, and a cloud of purple something erupted, causing the enemies caught in it to turn on each other. I could absolutely see the hookshot and lens runes. Would've made climbing in the rain less painful,and knowing if there's an enemy around the corner always helps. Doubly so if the lens can spot koroks

the beetle could work like the PH where you "Draw" the route it will take and then it follows the path and picks up items it connects with on the way

The muddle bud actually accomplishes the idea behind your dominion rod concept, funnily enough.

I think it would be cool to have a slingshot ability where you could launch objects in place of stasis in totk. I would also just like to have an instrument to play like in Sky where you can just play it for fun it may not serve a purpose other than maybe attracting enemies or putting them to sleep if you play a certain song. You could also center shrines around it where you have to play a certain song from past games in certain areas to reveal the shrine (if you are a new player you can find a stone slab or something nearby with the notes. Also maybe add a pegaus boots leg armor for run speed in place of speed potions.

The dominion rod would be cool if it could only affect enemies that unaware of your presence, and enemies would react similar to how they do with you wearing the masks, if they take damage or after some time they will return to normal and agro on you. Also The Lense of Truth revealing hidden Yigga Clan would be hilarious!

The way you described the dominion rod is replicated with the new muddle bud. I do wish we get access to a beetle or a new remote control rune to control zonai drones since those are a thing.

Honestly im surprised that they didnt make the items as potential hand or pura pad upgrades, like pressing the R button when jumping shoots a clawshot that lets you swing or holding the ZL button when climbing lets you aim and shoot the hookshot to climb better

in totk we have a mind control thing, so there are flowers called like, buddle buds or smth idk but they make enemies attack eachother

(TOTK) Well, with the beetle, we have that with Ultra Hand. You aren't able to go on forever and see everything in the map from one standpoint, but you are able to lift things off of the ground carry them around. (BOTW) This would be nice, but we also have something like this in Magnesis, but still, the idea of sending a drone out with its view as your own is something I always liked. (TOTK) For the Distortion Rune, we have the Muddle Bud. This item is found in the Depths, and it makes Monsters see their own kin as enemies, and it also wears off just like you said. You can just throw it at things, or you can attach it to an arrow. The only downside is that you can't control monsters with it. (BOTW) ... I have nothing to say, just that I agree with you (TOTK) The lens is a great idea, but it does seem a little overpowered. It would be nice to stand at an entrance of a cave and look for a Chest from there, but that would take away the fun of just going in and fighting everything there. Or just imagine looking at a mountain, and seeing that there are enemies inside, but not being able to find the entrance to the cave they are in. This would also spoil the sadistic jump-scare that you get in the depths of having a Linal behind you but not being able to see it. Maybe the lens would be nice after all... (BOTW) This game has nothing like that, and I agree with you here (TOTK) What it is is basically a Grappling Hook, but we do not really need one. You did talk about being able to build things, but I don't think you know about the Steering Stick, as well as Auto-Build. If you want something that is easy to make, just use Auto-Build, and that is like paying for not having to make it by using Zonite. The Steering Stick is a steering wheel, and you are able to control your builds manually, like if you position a fan to go straight up, with the Stick you are able to control where you go (forward, backward, etc.). If you want something that is really cheap to make then position two fans with the wind aimed straight down, on the front and back of a Steering Stick (But it takes so long to get the positioning just right that halfway through you begin to wonder if it is worth it). With that setup the whole need for a grappling hook is void, (just so long as you have some extra charges on you) and once you are happy with your positioning then save it in Auto-Build. (BOTW) There is nothing like a grappling hook in this game so I think they should add this. In the end, great video, and I agree with you from the standpoint of BOTW, but I feel like in TOTK you are able to get around not having these things. They are old fan-favorites though, so maybe they could make Amibo's of them? Anyways thanks for the video, and I hope you make more like this

dude the lens of truth idea is actually so hype

That's the Muddle bud 💀 5:16

I think all these ideas are fantastic but when I played at the legend of Zelda twilight princess and Majorca’s mask from time to time I do some fishing on those games to help me think outside the box for dungeon that I can’t beat if you come up with a rune or an ability that allows you to summon a fishing rod allow you to fish now that will be fun and relaxing

Imagine upgrading the hook shot so you can use it on enemies. Hooking to them so you can do a flying slash or jumping on there heads into bullet time to shoot all the enemies

with the hookshot, I actually remember and interview going around after the end of the DLC for botw that said they tried to add the hookshot into the game but it was too over powered and invalidated the climbing system, though granted with sticky gear, ultrahand and ascend, they've kinda done that in a way. so I could see it be added sadly it's a little too big to add in DLC.

Great ideas I kinda miss the beetle gameplay from skyward sword even if it was kinda clunky to control

2:02 *Buck Bumble theme plays*

This feels like a funke video and I love it

i actually use the move tool in totk as the magnifine glass a bit

Can’t believe I didn’t find you sooner but I’m glad I did find you. You’re videos are so high quality

5:10 thats kinda what those mushrooms that make enemys attack each other does

The Lens of truth, ideas incredible as someone who is visually impaired. I would love to have this.

I didn't subscribe in fear of being eaten by a Lynel, but because of the hillarity of that bit.

hookshot should have a sticky upgrade allowing you to stick onto stuff like steel or things you cant climb up like shrine walls

I feel like anything you can do with the beetle you can also do by putting what you need on arrows like bombs well in a combat sense anyways but puzzle wise it would be neat, also isn't dominion rune idea just the Muddle Bud

While I do agree that a lot of these would be fun additions to the game(s), half of the fun is coming up with creative solutions in your own ways. Half of the time the players that don’t know what they are doing often create unexpected solutions they otherwise wouldn’t have of made if these new tools were added. And Exploration is also a factor here, if you had the lens of truth in botw/totk, it would negate your urge to explore because you would just *know* where that cave is or *know* what’s in this structure, it could become overused and would take away from the experience botw tries to give you. Some of the ideas on the other hand such as the dominion rod would be an excellent idea to add to the game, overall I like your ideas and thought process. But the feeling of the unknown and the feeling of need to explore is something that exists solely because we don’t know what’s out there.

I think this is a cool idea, but with the wheel already being full, they could instead add these abilities to the Purah Pad, since it doesn't have any abilities of its own. It would involve having to switch ability wheels but could be done.

I agree. I miss those old weapons and items. Things that didn't break after 10 or 20 hits. A master sword that didn't "run out of energy". I hardly used the sheikah slate in combat in BOTW and use the new arm abilities even less in TOTK. Pegasus boots, hookshot, hover boots, golden gauntlets, whip, all the mask from MM. So many uses for them in these new games. And no. Screw limitations. The only time I care about balance in a game is if it is a multiplayer game with different characters that have their own strengths and weaknesses. This game isn't one. I play it to escape reality.

We got the mind control thing with muddle buds, so yeah.

Bro predicted Muddle buds and auto Build 💀

The dominion rod exisits in totk in the form of muddle buds you can fuse them to arrows and shoot them at enemies and they’ll attack all nearby enemies indiscriminately

I still don't understand how we didn't get a fishing pole in TotK. Swimming to grab fish just feels so weird.

I mean with TOTK coming out the beetle could work well with those new bomb flowers which I’m so glad that bombs are probably not infinite anymore

I think the hook shot would be better if it was a swinging ability so it doesn’t completely cross out the other forms of movement. You should be able to stick it to the top of a cliff and retract it but it should be slow and take stamina but if you just hook onto a tree and swing forwards it should not take stamina and be decently fast.

I want to bullet time aim a Hookshot at a glider in mid air I spawned but missed and zip my way to it! I know it’s possible to pull out and use zoni wings without this much help, but my goodness is the timing tight and frustrating. I wasted 3 wings in one attempt.

Dominion rod isn't necessarily needed as there are 2 other things you can get which kind of serves the purpose but broken down one being the muddle bud and the other being avatars Muddle bud makes enemies fight eachother Avatars are a small army you kinda control but they fight for you

Incase someone hasn't already brought it up, focus mode with hookshot?

Beetle- Ultrahand, Dominion- Muddle Shroom, Lens of Truth - Satori or Scanner, Hookshot- Basically all Zonai stuff and Hang-gliding, or even climbing... One good rule of thumb for game design, don't include things that invalidate other systems entirely by being too good.

awesome work on this one! did you reuse the confetti element from your splatoon video? I think I recognise it haha

Oh man “The Hog” would love this!

Oh you sweet summer child, ultra hand turned out to be very little limited in the end

Dominion rod is kind of already in totk in the form of a consumable material called muddle buds.

The dominion rod could function as that or have partial control depending on what u use it on. Say a guardian can fight the spell and itll eventually break out.

The dominion rune is a good idea, it's just like mixing the muddle bud from totk but rune.

Lens of Truth Would Work Like Minecraft’s Glowstone arrow Effect , Fortnite’s Flare Gun/Scan-Gun/Location Augment Or shakedown Where Every item in a Given area Glows for a Time Depending on what you Give it, Constuct Horn? Zonai items, Boko horn? Bokoblins, A melee weapon? Depending on the power/Rarity it will mark A Larger Radius with it expanding to Shields/Bows/Chests depending on what ya feed it

Isn't there a berserk plant in totk making the Dominion rod obsolete

Dominion rod, expect you can control statues, like those dragon statues , cool idea, maybe even bones, hint hint levithan bones

We didd get something very similar to your dominion rune with the Muddle Buds

The lens of truth seems to go against the very discovery/exploration/surprise kind of system that botw and totk has going on. The game doesn't want you to be able to pull out a batman deceptive vision because it wants to hit you with the secret tunnels and surprises. It wants you to think and struggle and get the satisfaction of overcoming the challenge.

With the Domain rod tears of the kingdom added muldel buds they make enemies attack each other

Now the beetle or a similar item could work very well in Tears of the Kingdom

We have something kinda like dominion rod in that one flower that makes enemies attack other enemies in tears of the kingdom

i think an easy way for them to introduce the hookshot would be through a hootshot zonai device. fuse it with a weapon, then aim it with the r button, and its extends and zips you across without throwing the weapon, kind alike how the cannon works when fused to a weapon

Grappling hook from wind waker would be clutch. You can use it to rock climb even in the rain.

For the dominion rod it kinda exists in totk in the form of muddle buds