Tears of the Kingdom Finally Has a HOOK and It's AMAZING 

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I personally eat magic spoon just tried my first bowl the other day. I'll love to support Arlo

My only apprehension with Magic Spoon is that the boxes are super small and I love big bowls of cereal lol

Arlo can you talk about the restrict act bill, this bill has the ability to ban any foreign companies. That the us government doesn't like, this includes Japanese games etc. and they would fined you if you use VPN.

In all seriousness I wonder if doing that can extend durability indefinitely? Or is it just a one-time thing? Either way it's neat.

Link just carries around industrial tape around at all times

@@TheWorstPartyMember probably just makes it bit stronger and extends the durability depending on an item, then its gone OR YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER ITEM ON TOP

Very funny comment 🙂

​@@CharmedReally7 At the end of the fuse segment, it looks like fused weapons can have more added on top of them, though I don't know if that would mean perpetual durability increases.

The combined weapons look like an inventory glitch

​@@tychoderkommentator2989 yeah now that I think about it, that explains why it had a sense of familiarity

It's great. I remember way back, hearing about how they were literally left speechless after seeing the flying machine contraptions in BotW

The Botw community is going to break the shit out of this game if its built like the first one. Though a reason why they took so long in development might be from patching the many major bugs from the first game.

"Oh you like going through walls and breaking the game? I'll let you f*cking go through wall and break the game!!"

Yeah this, now that the game is officially gold all the polishing up is done and they were able to show pure gameplay. Might be an unpopular opinion but I personally hope this is the last we see until release, I don't want to see any story, I don't want to see dungeons, I want to see it all for myself.

Yeah they were probably keeping it from us until they were 100% sure that they could make it work. I imagine it’s a nightmare to program.

Something like that would only be finished once the entire game was finished

I can also easily see how they originally intended it to be a DLC mechanic until they realized "Oh... oh we're gonna have to replace literally everything in the entire game world. New game I guess?"

It still looks a bit scuffed, but giving each fusion a specific animation would delay the game past Metroid Prime 4, and I'd rather not wait that long.

I hope that’s true! But honestly seems more realistic to me that it’s just a loading animation.

@@guccigamer5907 What did the game need to load in the demonstration?

@@guccigamer5907 Why would there need to be a loading screen for going up a short, already loaded cliff? There wasn't any loading screen for going up to the top of a cliff with revali's power in botw.

@@bandiriatraveler8343 why is the fact there’s an extra animation be proof of multi leveled caves? Plus if there IS multi leveled caves, that’s even more evidence to back up my theory: imagine being in one loaded area with puzzles and enemies, then flying up to a different level and having to load completely different puzzles and enemies. It’s basically the same thing as fast travel, you don’t get seamless transitions from one shrine to another, completely seperate, shrine on the other side of the map. It’d be like going from one dungeon to another.

@@VashTown not everything needs the loading animation, sometimes it’s just nice to have extra animations and that might be just a specific spot just for them to showcase the extra animation without revealing one of the caves we might explore

That's a good point. They probably wanted to make sure that the release date was 100% set in stone before they played their hand. No one can make a good open-world fantasy Garry's Mod in just one month, so it's safe for them to show it now.

Interesting... but wdym every game? The only one I could think of was The Pathless.

@@BackflipBrickfilms Immortals Fenyx Rising, genshin impact, Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, not to mention most indie 3d exploration game. Just watch the new "appeal to everyone" videogame trailers and yup there's the botw paraglider and climb everything mechanic.

@@gangganggang2219 Oh yeah. I love PLA (Needed more time in the oven though) and somehow completely forgot about Braviary in that game.

I don't think anyone CAN steal this. The sheer amount of programming it would take to implement every mechanically unique combination would be immense. There's a reason it took Nintendo so many years to make what would otherwise be a glorified DLC is because the logistical math gets crazy fast. Just 30 combinable items means 435 combinations to program. How many cynical, lazy, uninspired copycats want to decide what a meat arrow does?

That's a good point, yeah ^^ True, maybe!

To think of it the first 2 trailers they only really showed the core themes

maybe they could fuse my mother and father back together

Ooh yes good point! "Wait, what are they using? Wait, that can work??" It'll REALLY help with the enemy variety too. Just by them using different combos it will make fights feel so much different.

​@@xavmarz755 unfortunately not even the Hero can do that

Oh wait yea!!

I scrolled down and I understand what you are talking about and scroll back to give you a like. Yeah! New enemy horns! Always wondered that’s a weird design!

SELF MADE BOKOBLIN BONE BLADES OH MY GOSH

Everyone who read the art book rn like 😏

"All of a sudden"

There are going to be videos of people fucking around and making crazy stuff for a decade. There are still people, 6 years later making videos doing new and crazy shit in botw

At least Linkus, Limcube and Smallant were all very excited about the glitch potentials

ikr it will be hilarious

You just KNOW that the stupidest looking things are going to be broken as all hell in speed running. 😂

I can't wait for players to find a way to fuse a log to a stick and fly halfway across the map with it

Probably fuse it with the "tears" they've been talking about.

huh, I never thought about the aspect of rebuilding hyrule... Maybe a worker npc needs to fix something at the top of a tall structure that his current tool can't reach, so you need to craft a really long lance to help him? that would be interesting!

Great theory and it should be a part of the game

Hopefully there will be 8 proper dungeons this time

I had the same idea! Sticking a glob of jelly would give it a one time charge just like how the jelly is a one time element bomb in the first game. Then using more substantial stuff like gemstones could make it permanent

I think you're on to something. Sticking more valuable items on weapons will have better and longer lasting effects.

Of course the ruby would only light the enemy you hit the weapon with on fire while the chuchu jelly would explode

Per the artbook leaks...you can create entire weapons out of those gems like amber, diamond, sapphire, etc....if they are elemental I do not know, but I would imagine so.

What about a Keese Eyeball? Can we make homing swords? 🤔

BALLOON ARROWS YES OH MY GOD! XD That's such a clever idea! I really hope that's a thing! ^^

@@jellycore1316 That could also be an easy troll where you shoot that balloon arrow and then it just floats up not really doing anything.

It already was the best weapon

@@roninthechaoslayer3289 but now it’s the ultimate best weapon

The throne it deserves

@@emeraldelm3140 agreed we must pray to the holy tree branch in all its glory

@@roninthechaoslayer3289 no, the best weapon was the soup ladle

It's like, the least Nintendo thing ever, which is sorta why I love it

…err, I can’t think of a single developer who would try to stop that.

@@ChrisStoneinator Nintendo

I hadn't thought about that, but yeah! So many of the previous Zelda games have needed a portal of some kind to take you back to the overworld. Now... why bother? Just ascend!

I think it's also a way to make it feel like a progression on the climbing system tbh. A small way to make it feel like an advancement on that feature from the first game

It felt like an easy cheat at first, but this is a good point.

Plot twist it’s amazing

Actually you have a point. I was already convinced that subterranean caves would be playing a big role in the game and its story, but it seems that Ascend is made as a parallel to Pokémon’s Escape Rope. They were just teasing us with a cave found on the surface rather than underground.

@@ValiantPixel Yep that goes back to the original teaser showing Zelda & Link underground and with the previous trailer showing Zelda falling could be a big part of the game later on is finding Zelda in the underground caves. This gameplay trailer would be a great misdirect by showing sky islands, when they really have stuff underground 😮

Huge

LMAO yessss that would be so good. Accidentally ascending into the middle of a bunch of enemies would be an easy opportunity for random combat encounters, which I loved most about BOTW. It really heightens the creative improvisation!

as a non-zelda fan, i agree

@@yololthepikminenjoyer you enjoy pikmin but you don’t enjoy Zelda :(

​@@jimmulator3902 what do you enjoy then.

@@Voidio2454 take a guess, I think it’s pretty obvious

@@tomohawk2177 lol I read their comment wrong.

I noticed changes like a faster paraglider and a more fluid process for climbing up short ledges. do you see any others?

I think it’s gonna be deeper literally. I think it’s gonna be that the whole ground is torn up with loads of underground and caves and modified original map, and also you can play as Zelda.

@@uwuppa coordinates on the mini-map, cave symbols showing where the entrances are, topography on the surface map being more muted, plus little glimpses of other things that we arent sure about yet.

@@jaredf6205 idk if I could see being able to play as Zelda… MAYBE during the final boss fight, but I doubt it. If anything you’ll probably need to slap together some different mechanisms with the ultrahand mechanism to fight the boss somehow lol

@@jaredf6205 Why do people want to play as Zelda? If there's a Zelda game where you play as Zelda it should be a new Zelda, not the most unlikable version of Zelda there has been where she is voiced by a woman who is almost 40.

MEAT SHIELD MEAT SHIELD MEAT SHIELD

SHIELD SURFING WITH A FAN, OH SHIT

Wait…

i was thinking that too!

Good point!

thats the dream, making the old map work for old and new players

Before I do a single main quest the first thing I’m doing is checking up on Tarrey town and Hateno village, so I can see how much it’s gotten better for my favorite characters

Yes! The mere existence of Ascend demands underground areas where it will be useful.

Made me think of the Escape Rope from Pokemon, lol. A quick GTFO if the underground area is really tough.

Also, underwater exploration was low key confirmed. When Link was falling, the Ascend was disabled. But when he hit the water and was briefly underwater, the ability became available. And when he re-emerged to the surface, it was disabled again.

Oh yeah, kudos to Looygi Bros. for noticing the Ascend activation underwater. I think he noticed it first.

@@Moshugaani maybe that was a glitch, you can’t use sheikah abilities while swimming either

I hope some cool puzzles come out of this too! Like maybe a dungeons boss room doesn't have a door and you have to find a way to get under it to ascend like that would be pretty cool

Yeah. Quick way out of underground and off the sky islands makes the whole world super duper accessible.

Yeah ascend may be the most "boring" of these abilities shown in terms of exploration, but it's puzzle solving abilities are huge

What about DECEND!?😊

Silksong fans waiting for 4 years🤡🤡

If this is a sequel he should automatically have more energy

@@25andromede at this point I don't even think about it anymore.

Even if you didn't have a way to gain speed I'd think it would still be functional. Ice would have much less friction than normal ground

Put a fan on your sword! Problem solved!

I also saw someone wonder if you can fuse your shield with butter and it wont lose durability when you surf with it! Theres gonna be like infinite combines, its gonna be crazy!

Water is clearly unrealistic in this game, otherwise Link would have died hitting the water head first in that dive at the end of the trailer, so I don't see why we have to worry about ice shield surfing not working

@@williamwolfe962 butter shield will be the pro strat if it means you don't lose momentum while shield surfing.

Behold, Vah Beefus, Divine Beast of Prime Meat

It's probably too much to ask for but a rebuild castle town quest a la Xenoblade 1's rebuild colony 6 quest would make me so happy!

@@Shinesprk No way is it too much. They've had six years. Sure, a lot of that was spent on the Fuse mechanic and stuff, and the pandemic, but they MUST have heard the requests to rebuild the world. It wouldn't be like they needed all-new assets and mechanics; they could reuse a lot of the code for the Hylian Homeowner quest, just with different materials and stuff.

Me too. The fuse stuff is fun and all ig, but the hylian homeowner and tarry town quests are something I savor in the first game bc they’re the only way to make a permanent mark in a world that constantly reminds you via blood moons that you DON’T otherwise. They make it feel lived in for me, and I want more of that. One of my favorite dumb things to do in the game is find unmarked small house ruins that I find in cute places on the map and wonder what they’d look like rebuilt. Same for all the marked village ruins. I really hope we get to help rebuild some things bc I know SO many ppl that thought botw dlc would give us that back in 2018

I hope we get side quests to rebuild stuff using the fuse and ultrahand

That's actually a very good point, yeah! ^^ Maybe, yeah!

That explains hiding the mechanics but why are they still so vague about the story?

@@KingRidley because no one wants to be spoiled on the story lol. But if you're talking about a "goal" like how Botw's was defeating Calamity Ganon, then yeah it would make sense showing that to us at least

Yeah, six years is understandable now Man, I hope this game does well

And it is an explanation for why they did not show it earlier. My guess is they were still optimizing the physics and did not want to show us an imperfect version of all the fusing and combining.

@@GodhandPlusOne because I'm aware of how long video games, especially game of the Zelda series' quality standard takes to actually make.

Playing BotW, I always kept a sledgehammer in my inventory in case I ran into a mining opportunity and I was constantly thinking to myself, "Ya know, it would be so much easier to just craft one when I need it."

It may not alleviate the durability. I am guessing that the mechanic can be used once on virgin materials. In which case the weapon will still break after the extended durability expires.

The durability system doesn't need alleviation.

Running around with goofy ahh weapons will get really old, really fast.

Even if it doesn't COMPLETELY alleviate it, it puts control of the durability into the players hands, which is what BOTW lacked. When I got a weapon in BOTW I knew that no matter what, I'd be able to use it a certain amount of times before it broke, and nothing I could do would really change that. Now, a weapon can last as long you want it to, as long as you're creative with how you use it and how you fuse it.

Shouldn't the hook be something that's related to the story or a whole new adventure? I don't want creative freedom. I think I'll experiment a little and then it'll just lose any charm it has. I'm hoping the dungeons are better and that there's some cool and interesting fights and a better narrative and hopefully significant map changes to not make it feel the same.

@@shyguyrocks1 Honestly I think it makes it alienating for some players. What I mean by that is, not everyone is the creative tinkering type of person. Sure, if your someone who loves to experiment and create things then you’ll probably have a field day with the game. But if your not, then yeah like u said, you’ll probably just mess around w/ it a little bit and get bored quickly after. It’s clear they’re catering this game to the ppl who loved to make crazy contraptions in the original game. I just feel it’s an odd choice considering that’s just a subset of the audience who played the game and there’s many who don’t care abt that stuff and were more interested in the exploration, side quests, puzzle solving, etc. I’m sure all that stuff will still be in the game but it might not be the focus. And the game taking place in the same world won’t help either. I was shocked arlo thought the surface world looked “very different” because I just don’t see what he’s talking about at all. Even the side-by-side comparisons between this games world and the previous are just minor changes like missing shines & other small differences. Anyways, im still holding out hope that there truly are a lot more surprises & changes like they say they’re are, and I hope the game will be able to please both the creative & not so creative players.

@@holdenontomydignity : That's true. Even being creative, being an artist who would love to build stuff with these features, I still want something to direct that creativity AT. After learning how to use these powers, I want something worth using that creativity on. A BIG challenge (much like a proper dungeon). A worthwhile opponent or group of opponents. No amount of cool ways to explore an area are worth much if the only things to find are bread crumbs. It's not that the game can't possibly have all that, they just haven't shown anything like it and don't seem to want to. As for the feel of the world, I just hope in places it legit feels like a world under invasion by a dark army and being cursed by an evil sorcerer. I do expect some peaceful areas in the world, but it'd be nice if large sections were covered by a pall of darkness. Even Ocarina of Time's adult Hyrule at least made the skies cloudy near areas affected by a temple's curse. I hope this game does that too, but more noticeably.

Boring! They should’ve refined Link’s clunky movement and combat, brought back dungeons, brought a new overworld, and added an actual story.

So the point of the game is for the player to be creative so that nintendo doesn't have to be. Players have to try hard to make their own fun instead of creative professional games designers... doing their job. I fucking hate sandbox games

Imagine if we could craft our own hookshots and grappling hooks and junk

@@SomeRU-vidTraveler It could be possible to fuse together a grappling hook with a rope and a hook. But I’m not sure if ropes could even be handled with the game’s physics engine.

I laughed so hard at this. He definitely dabbles.

I heard him say that and I was like, " wait huh?? ".

Yes. Hasn't played in years but used to quite a whole bunch. He's actually the one who taught me how to play.

Zonai is Colourless?

Definitely wasn't ready for an mtg reference in an arlo video ngl

Good theory

Fuse the master sword with another master sword

Finally the master stick can be a reality

I'm hoping fishing is in the game, not so I can fish, but so I can fuse the master sword with some bait...

@@lenk172 🤨📸

Knowing enemies can push you like that honestly make exploring the sky islands so much more scary and intense. I think I love it.

I hope you and your lovely wife enjoy the game. I myself am also very hyped!

also testing all interactions possible-- they chemistry engine in botw was pretty interesting, and they decided to push it to the forefront.

Considering they announced development in 2019, and the "you know what" happened that hit Japan hard for three years a few months later, what they've accomplished in such a relatively short time is actually amazing!

So, you’re the punk who’s been floodin this here kingdom with your tears, eh? I’ve heard enough, gettem, boys!

@@spimbles lmao I can see why that seems so. I just didn’t have the correct words to encapsulate everything I wanted to say:/

Put an octo balloon and surf into the sky

no no knack 2 was the first strand type game and THEN death stranding was the second

XD Yess, exactly

Breath of the Wild 2 is the world's third Nobi Nobi type game.

that sounds like a roguelike on top of a survival game and now I want it

I think there's a few different hooks at play here. One is the sky islands, one is the Fuse ability, and I think there are likely more we haven't seen (underground areas?). Nintendo games rarely revolve around just ONE gimmick, and when they do it's usually pretty obvious what that gimmick is early on. The fact that we're this far in and we're only starting to get an idea of that suggests there's a lot of different mechanical hooks.

The lack of dungeons was my main issue with Breath Of The Wild. I know it had the divine beasts, but they didn't compare to the larger more themed dungeons of previous games with unique boss battles. It's especially a shame because imagine seeing a large temple off in the distance at the top of a mountain or something and knowing you're going to reach it and explore it. Elden Ring did a really good job with that imo. The other thing I love the Zelda series for is all the weird and quirky characters like Tingle, Agatha, Happy Mask Salesman etc. I was hoping that dungeons and fun NPCs were gonna be elements that got brought to the forefront a bit more this time but I guess not. Ah well, I'm sure the game will be fantastic and I've booked a week off work for when it releases. I just hope that the elements that made Zelda special for me personally don't get left behind in favor of this minecraft building stuff.

I might be a bit harsh here, but if traditional Zelda dungeons don’t make a return in this game, it won’t be worth playing.

​@dpackerman that's definitely too harsh but I'm hoping for a return of traditional dungeons. I'll play it either way though and probably enjoy it either way.

@@dpackerman4203 The only thing I can say to you is to keep your hopes "low" and expect the worst ....Just in case. >_

@@starless4146 💔💔💔

Weird, I had the opposite issue Botw has a strange quirk where if you buy arrows from a vendor, they will never restock them until you go under 30 arrows. Every time I’d make a new file, my arrow stash would continuously grow & peak around 300 or 400, but would start to fall & I’d just have to wait until I hit 30. Always had a *lot* of elemental arrows tho.

This fella right here knows how to have a good time. Now I kinda hope there's a sidequest where you need to build something like that to protect a village from a monster raid.

I want to make a baybalade and throw it into kakakriko

@@bluevines1303 please don't take this the wrong way but beyblade* kakariko*

It's restricted to places with ceilings, so there are ways to add climbing challenges if they want to.

As someone else mentioned, it's the underground equivalent of the paraglider. To ascend high up, you will have to explore within caves and perhaps dungeons.

if you want to climb, climb. it's always a choice.

Aww, yeah, true! ^^ I agree!

Thank you, Arlo!

Traditional zelda fans are not happy at all. It addressed none of our criticisms

@@firenze6478 This game isn’t a Traditional Zelda game, of course it’s not gonna be a Traditional Zelda game. The Zelda team aren’t your personal work machines to shit out whatever you want, they make what they want to make. I like Traditional Zelda games too, but I am not a whiney little shit that cries whenever I don’t get what I want.

@@lake4433 wow…offended much. Sorry I didn’t like your favorite generic sandbox. Is wanting a traditional game after a decade long drought really so upsetting to me that you feel the need to use ‘little shit?” Do you need a pacifier?

I'm a traditional zelda fan and I was actually pleasantly suprised.

​@@lake4433 Read his message again and your response. Absolutely unhinged for no reason

Agreed. What was shown was no doubt cool and interesting, but after 6 years spent with a full engine and countless assets already developed, I expected much more. I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak for this, but TotK is looking like DLC, not a standalone $70 next gen game.

Oh, that's hecking awesome! ^^

Same here

I just want a new traditional 3d zelda game, the last one was over ten years ago!!! I’m dying to scratch this itch man, not play arc zelda evolved.

It isn't just 70, it is asking for $290,000,000 then BotW made from players if it sells just as well. It is absolutely even more absurd then you realized.

Gotta remember they didn't reval lime 98 percent of the game so wait

Not weird at all. It's been 6 years, and this is what they decide to show? I mean it is cool, don't get me wrong, but i'm starting to really question why they've been so secretive about the game...

Yeah. I don't know what else it would be used for. It seems really limited otherwise.

one thing??? sky islands, 4 new abilities, new enemies, a ton of new map changes, new story, new dungeons and thats just what theyve showed us

@@ryansheehan3112 what do you mean new dungeons? Did I miss something? I haven’t seen any signs of new, actual dungeons returning in this game.

@@dpackerman4203 the cave icons on the minimap

@@dpackerman4203 exactly where the fuck are the dungeons i havent seen shit

@@ryansheehan3112 yeah those are called DLCs my guuys.... Minecraft gives them out for free

Yea, same ones being used as in Botw

Sounds like they reused btow's "music"