Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom • 凸-_-凸

I ⛵️ it

Destroy Ganon        ↳COMPLETE

" My dear Friend!!! How happy I am to see you!!"

The big shark man is stealing my heart once again.

Having a blast playing TotK!! I love how much the Zoras are so kind and friendly towards Link, it makes it so much fun to visit them~

If I had a nickel for every time Nintendo has made a character that’s made me start a sentence with “I don’t consider myself a furry but” I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

Rauru, TOTK

The TOTK post credit/epilogue scene really ended the “Wild” era off on a bittersweet but still very positive note. On one hand, Mineru, who was Zelda’s great great great (etc.)aunt and older sister figure finally passes on, leaving her without a mentor or familiar figure to look up to, besides Impa but tbh she probably doesn’t have much time left either. But on the other hand, the new sages and Link band together give their vow to help protect Hyrule and stand by Zelda’s side as she finally accepts that she’s ready to become Queen. Hyrule has a bright future now and ready to be rebuilt and protected by these new Leaders. They’re gonna be okay. And to me, that’s beautiful.

"I'm home."

"I missed you."

Fusing is a mechanic that allows the player to use an incredible amount of various combina-

I was too busy freaking out about professor Layton to realize Matthew freaking Mercer voiced Ganondorf in the Tears of the Kingdom trailer.

Zelda fans: Oh God, she's so sexy. I would smash her so hard.

Me: Look at this goober! She looks hilarious! She looks like she hosts a quirky 90's kid's show where she teaches the kids watching the show how to do basic experiments like mixing baking soda and vinegar! She's probably pen pals with Ms. Frizzle, Beakman, Doc Brown, AND Pearl Forrester!

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Mipha Court - requested by @florallychaotic

The struggle is real.

They came, they saw, they reviewed. In the wake of a deserved 7/10 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, I look at the "fun" thoughts Zelda's fans have shared with me. 

Of particular note is the old "you didn't finish the game" accusation. If only zealous fans realized what a horrible defense of a videogame that truly was. 

Tears of the Kingdom had the perfect opportunity to establish Loftwings among BOTW and rebrand them among longer time LOZ fans as something fun and amazing but they wasted it.

Some people aren’t going to like the Zonai devices (I’m sorry, I find it tedious) and they could have made it easier for fans who don’t like it to get to other sky islands while still allowing those who do to use the Zonai devices and builds as a more challenging and creative solution to getting to the islands.

The main complaint I’ve seen older Zelda fans make about the Loftwings is that they were hard to control and I agree. However, the developers have gotten a lot better at making controlling things easier. I have little doubt in my mind that they could have taken the Loftwings and made them as easy to control as horses.

It would also make it so much easier to explore Hyrule from above and get a true bird’s eye view of it as you wouldn’t have to worry about running out of charges. That is the man thing stopping me, personally, from exploring the sky islands is because they’re so far apart from one another that if required builds to get to them and that takes time and resources even with auto build.

We could have gotten to see Loftwings again! They’re designs are beautiful. Shoebill storms are gorgeous and make a unique and amazing model for them. It was a wonderful design choice in my personal opinion.

We could have either gotten to train them like horses or we could have stuck with Skyward Sword lore and gotten a cutscene. Just imagine walking up to a group of Loftwings and getting to choose one based on your preference and getting a cutscene where it comes up and chooses you! It would have been so cute!

Also, we could have named it. Another complaint I’ve seen about Loftwings in Skyward Sword is how hard it was to get attached because it didn’t even have a name. However, there could have been a stable run by constructs that you could take them to to register, even if you could only register one. You could name it, bond with it, maybe even customize it like with the horses and gather material to give to constructs to make certain reigns or even find them in side quests.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Tears of the Kingdom but it just seems like such a missed opportunity to not include Loftwings again. I know there were complaints about them but it seems they now possess the technology and skill to have those complaints fixed. I miss these big billed birds, okay?