The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: Difference between revisions

** In one of the memories that shows Zelda receiving the Master Sword via Recall, she hears a female voice, assuring her that Link is still alive and urging her to find a way to fix the sword. It is heavily implied that this is Fi, the personification of the Master Sword, who appeared in ''Skyward Sword''.

* [[Cartoon Cheese]]: A new food ingredient, Hateno Cheese, a typical wedge of cheese with holes. It isn’t exactly the most useful ingredient, but one of the more interesting, as you can use it to make things like pizza and cheesecake.

* [[Catch a Falling Star]]:

** At the start of the game, Link tries to catch Zelda with his wounded arm, but fails. At the end of the game {{spoiler|after defeating Ganondorf, the last playable part has him try again while both are in free-fall. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|This time, he succeeds.]]}}

** Happens when Hoz first sees Link - it takes him a few moments to realize who it is.

** {{spoiler|Master Kohga does this at least once when Link encounters him attempting to use a piece of Zonai technology. He mistakes Link for a Yiga Footsoldier and tells him to take over - and then it sinks in that it’s his hated enemy watching him.}}

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: When the Zonai ruins appeared among the clouds and started falling from the sky a massive effort was started to study and research them. However, from the point of view of the player, this research becomes obsolete fast, between Link’s ability to use the Zonai devices and the flashbacks from the geoglyphs. They do help a little due to their translations of the steles (which Link cannot read) but Link barely needs that to uncover the mysteries of the Zonai of his own.

* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: {{spoiler|Once Link obtains the full Yiga set, he can pass as a Yiga and enter their hideout unnoticed, plus he can use it to prevent disguised Yiga attacks and ambushes. In fact, switching to the armor after a random ambush starts causes the attackers to cease and despawn.}}

* [[Disc One Nuke]]: It is possible to get the Champions Leathers armor very early in the game, once you finish the quest that activates the tower to Lookout Landing.{{spoiler| Simply brew a few Stamina Elixirs (easily done by finding a few Crickets) then use the Tower to launch Link into the air, and then use the Glider to fly to the front gate of Hyrule Castle. There are no enemies or traps there (yet), despite its significance to the end game, it’s perfectly safe now. Enter the throne room and light the braziers, and this opens a secret compartment where you will find the Champions Leathers.}}

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: {{spoiler|Wearing a Yiga Clan uniform and talking to Sheikah NPCs will have them remark how Link's outfit is of incredibly poor taste and strongly recommend that he change into something more respectable. Trying it in Gerudo Town will result in the guards ''arresting'' Link, and refusing to let him out of jail until he takes it off.}}

* [[Dying Race]]: The Zonai are quite likely an extinct race judging by Ganondorf's passive-aggressive statements during one of the memories - {{spoiler|only Rauru and Mineru are still around, and both are spirits.}}

== F ==

* [[Face of a Thug]]: Dondons are Dodongo-like creatures with bulky armored bodies and an imposing pair of horns, and are mistaken for fearsome monsters by civilians who have seen Zelda riding one. However, they're very peaceful, dopey creatures that actually seem to have a bit of a shy streak to them.

* [[Fantastic Flora]]: In addition to the fruits and vegetables that Link can harvest and use, there is Sundelions, flowers found in the Sky Kingdom that hold solar power within, and are able to cure the debilitating effect of the Gloom. The Depths are covered with forests of strange twisted trees with fronds resembling peacock feathers, and strange purple grass. They're also gigantic mushrooms and weird fern-like plants.

**[[Fantastic Fruits and Vegetables]]: The stat boosting fruit and mushrooms return from the previous game (except Hearty Durans), with a lot of new ones appearing, such as elemental fruit that can be bonded to weapons in order produce bursts of flame, frost, electricity, water, or flashes of light. There are also muddle buds, whose pollen disorients living creatures, puffshrooms, whose spores create obscuring smoke, and the explosive bomb flowers.

** While it doesn't last, [[Stout Strength|Yunobo]] goes from a [[Cowardly Lion]] and bonafide [[Nice Guy]] to an abrasive, slimy [[Jerkass]] who gladly spreads the highly-addictive [[G-Rated Drug|Marbled Rock Roast]] throughout Goron City {{spoiler|because of Phantom Ganon's brainwashing via cursed mask}}.

* [[Feed It a Bomb]]: Much like Dodongos, you can do some serious damage to Froxes by hurling bombs into their open maws.

* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: The Phantom Ganons are, as Ganondorf himself claims, a puppet created by magic under his control.

* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: At Goron City, Link has to fight Yunobo {{spoiler|to free him from the evil mask that has rendered him brainwashed and crazy}}.

* [[Fling a Light Into the Future]]: A major point of the plot. Ganondorf was far too powerful for the sages to defeat, but they managed to seal him away, which they knew was a temporary solution. Knowing he would eventually break his bonds, they did all they could to leave warnings, instructions, and other aid through their descendants, in hopes Link could succeed where they failed.

* [[Floating Continent]]: The Sky Kingdom above Hyrule, an archipelago of floating islands holding ruins of the Zonai civilization

* [[Flunky Boss]]: Queen Gibdo. Like any queen insect worth her salt, she sics hordes of Gibdo drones on Link and Riju during her boss fights.

* [[Foreshadowing]]:

** The game's logo is an ouroboros symbol composed of two dragons eating each other’s tails. This foreshadows {{spoiler|the [[Stable Time Loop]] that leads to Ganondorf’s initial defeat 10,000 years ago and the conflict between him and Link in the present day, from the time-displaced Zelda’s point of view. It also predicts the [[Final Battle]], with Ganondorf consuming his Stone to become the Dark Demon Dragon and the aerial battle high above Hyrule where Link engages the villain while riding atop Zelda’s similar aspect of the Light Dragon.}}

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: The “Bring Peace” quests have some heroic examples. These quests involve Link aiding the Monster Control Crew, volunteer squads of Hyruleans willing to fight to defend their homes, and the most diehard fans might recognize their leaders. In ''Breath of the Wild'', Toren was a guy at the Tabantha Bridge Stable who was too afraid of heights to climb the mountain to look for the Great Fairy; Hoz was a lone self-made soldier patrolling the East Akada Stable, and Flaxel was a traveler who Link finds cornered by Bokoblins and has to rescue. In this game, all three NPCs have gotten much better skilled, enough to lead the three volunteer squads.

* [[Fungus Humongous]]: Towering stalks of fungi grow like trees in the Depths. The caps of this giant fungus can be used as platforms for Link to use with Ascend in order to reach high cliffs.

 

== G ==

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Link, whose arm had to be cut off and replaced with one of Rauru's due to the threat of Ganondorf's corruption infecting his entire body. While he starts off heavily weakned with his stats knocked firmly back to square one, he ends the game a bigger [[Badass]] than he already was in the previous game!

* [[Happy Ending Override]]: ''Breath of the Wild'' ended on a positive note, with Link finally rescuing Zelda and eliminating the threat that is Calamity Ganon once and for all. Peace seemed to have returned to Hyrule at long last, only for an even deadlier type of Malice to start leaking out from underground...

* [[Heavily Armored Mook]]: Two types of enemies come in armored variants, with the added durability you'd expect with the trope. One is [[The Goomba|Armored Bokoblins]]... and the other is [[Oh Crap|Armored]] [[Demonic Spiders|LYNELS.]]

* [[Helping Would Be Killstealing]]: Oddly enough, Link is on the ''opposite'' side of this Trope in the "Bring Peace" quests. He helps the Monster Control Crew on occassion, but they don't want him to officially join them, as they might become too dependent on him.

** {{spoiler|Non-lethal example, Zelda accepts a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] in the hopes of vanquishing Ganondorf forever. Trapped in the past, she consumes her Dragon Tear (the focus of her power as the Sage of Time), turning herself into the Light Dragon (an act that she had been warned with destroy her humanity) and then implants the destroyed Master Sword in her scales. Over the next several thousand years, the Sword regains its power and then some as she takes [[The Slow Path]] back to Link. Sure, there is a way to restore her to normal, after the final boss is defeated, but she didn't know that.}}

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: Thanks to the newfound emphasis on flying, several climactic battles take place high in the sky: Moragia is meant to be fought with a Zonai flying machine, Colgera is fought high above the Wind Temple/Stormwind Ark (which is itself ridiculously high in the sky), and {{spoiler|the Demon Dragon is fought in the sky as well}}.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]:

** With his Recall power, Link can cause certain enemies and even bosses to be hit by their own attacks. Marbled Gohma is the most notable example, since launching its boulders right back at it is one of the few ways you can hurt it.

** Once again, this trope ends up being how {{spoiler|Kohga is dealt with at the end of his sidequest chain. His sloppy handling of a whole bunch of Zonai Rockets leads to him [[Pokémon|blasting off again]]. While it's unlikely that he's dead considering that he survived a far more definitive-looking "death", it's still enough to put him out of commission for the rest of the game.}}

** When a Gleeox is reduced to about 25% of its health, it flies ''way'' up high where Link can't reach it, and then unleashes a devestating super attack; Flame Gleeox use giant fireballs, Frost Gleeox drop giant iciciles, Lightning Gleeox conjure up a thunderstorn to call lighting down on Link, and King Gleeox can do any of the three. But each time, this potent attack is the key to bringing it down. Both the fireballs and thunderstorm set the ground on fire, enabling Link to use his glider to ride the backdraft upward, while he can use Recall on the icicles to ride them upward,and in each case, let him have it with an arrow rush.

* [[Hospitality for Heroes]]: Several examples:

** Once Link drives the pirates out of Lurelin Village and then helps rebuild it, there are plenty of benefits provided by the grateful town folk. First of all there are some weapons and food that can be picked up everyday. Also, Link can get a free random meal at the restaurant once per day (also good for cataloging recipes, and you can get it to go), get a free room at the inn once per day (but if you want to use the special spa treatment, you must give The innkeeper five rock salts), and use the casino free once per day to get a random monster part that can be fused with weapons. He will let you do it twice if you give him a cooked Porgy. In addition, if you recover the fish monger’s boat, he will have some merchandise to give Link for free every day.

** After you rescue Chumin from Malpa Point Cave, he'll open up a shop near the Research Lab. While he can't give Link anything for free, he does sell some things that cannot be bought elsewhere, like Razorclaw Crabs.

** After you save the Great Deku Tree from the Gloom infestation, the Korak inkeeper will let you use the beds for free. The market also opens, and while you still have to pay there, the merchandise includes rare mushrooms that cannot be purchased at other stores.

* [[Horned Humanoid]]: This seems to have been a racial trait for the Zonai, given the presence of horns on Rauru's head. There's also {{spoiler|Ganondorf, who grows a little pair of devil horns after becoming the Demon King.}}

* [[Hot Scientist]]: Purah. Thanks to fine-tuning her anti-aging rune, she's physically around the same age as she was in ''Age of Calamity'' and looks ''stunning'' as a result.

== I ==

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Bokoblins often laugh evilly after making an attack on Link (whether they hit him or not), which is often an opening for you to strike them back.

* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: The Evil Statue that was originally in Hateno Village (whom Link could use to swap his Heart Containers for Stamina Vessels and vice versa) has been further punished by the Goddess, buried in an abandoned shrine in Lookout Landing. It admits to Link that it should have learned its lesson, but refuses to, and still cannot resist making its infernal deals.

* [[Imposter Forgot One Detail]]: {{spoiler| There is a subtle hint that the “Zelda” Link is trailing might not truly be her, as the clothing she is wearing is different than what she was wearing when she disappeared, and is not anything she previously wore. She ''is'', however, wearing it in some of the memories, with Queen Sofia wearing the same style of dress - obviously, Sofia leant it to Zelda, and there is no memory where Ganondorf interacts with or even sees Zelda wearing anything other than that dress, so his version of Zelda is the one Ganondorf is familiar with, which is ''not'' familiar to anyone in modern Hyrule. Consequently, this detail is ''not'' missed by the Yiga Clan members who disguise as Zelda, as they have not seen Zelda wearing this style.}}

* [[In the End You Are on Your Own]]: [[Zig-Zagged]] during the game's finale. If you've awakened all the Sages {{spoiler|you'll be horrified to see that they can't follow you into Ganondorf's lair deep beneath Hyrule Castle. However, they manage to get a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment where they come to your aid during the [[Multi-Mook Melee]] near the end of the daunting trek to Ganondorf's lair. While they end up staying behind to fight off the resurrected temple bosses, they catch up just in time to take the pressure off you when Ganondorf summons a few Phantom Ganons to help him out in the final battle.}}

 

== J ==

 

== K ==

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Rauru, Sonia, and Mineru don't survive the events of the game. While there was no way they ''would'' thanks to them hailing from Hyrule's distant past, they each had their life cut short by Ganondorf. Ganondorf, likewise, seems to have been definitively killed off... or at least, ''this'' version of the character.}}

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Dragon head-shaped flamethrowers are among the Zonai devices you can create. Early on you're nudged into combining one with a shield in a cave that's home to a Like-Like, and the result is a ''fire-breathing shield''!

* [[Kill It with Water]]: The same, likewise, can be accomplished with Hydrants attached to constructs and weapons. The Zora's Domain scenario, in fact, revolves around washing away toxic grime and fighting sludge-spewing monsters. It almost feels like you're playing a ''Zelda''-flavored version of ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.

* [[King Mook]]: There's three among the enemies, overworld bosses, ''and'' temple bosses respectively.

** For the enemies, there are the Boss Bokoblins. Bigger, fatter, stronger, and meaner than your bog-standard Bokoblins, they lead several of their weaker brethren into battle and coordinate group attacks by blowing on special horns.

** And finally, there's the boss of the Gerudo Desert scenario: Queen Gibdo. She's the [[Hive Queen]] of the new buglike Gibdos, and she'll unleash hordes of them on you during her boss fight.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Ganondorf. While ''Tears of the Kingdom'' is generally more lighthearted than ''Breath of the Wild'', Ganondorf is a cruel, bloodthirsty monster who's treated less like a man, and more like a horrific ancient evil. When he shows up, things never fail to take a turn for the worst.

 

== L ==

* [[Lady Land]]: Gerudo Town once again. However, {{spoiler|because they're facing down a potential [[Zombie Apocalypse|Gibdo Apocalypse]], they have no choice but to welcome Link, a man, into their town so he can help fight back against the hordes of zombie bugs descending upon their home. Once Queen Gibdo has been killed, Riju allows him to come and go as he pleases as the one man allowed into Gerudo Town.}}

* [[Lady of War]]: Riju, who carries herself with queenly grace, dignity, and beauty as she cuts through monsters on the battlefield. Urbosa would be proud.

* [[Level in Boss Clothing]]: This game has some literal examples, with groups of mobs referred to as Monster Forces. All the monsters in one area, often a cave, have a shared life bar and you must defeat them all to win the battle. If Link is killed or falls back and retreats before all of them are slain, you have to start the whole battle over.

** {{spoiler|The Demon King's Army, which Link and his friends have to fight right before the final boss appears, combines this with [[Sequential Boss]], As once the first wave of mobs is defeated a stronger wave appears, and then a third after that. Only after all three are destroyed is the lifebar depleted and the battle ends.}}

* [[Light Is Good]]: While it comes with the territory in a Zelda game, there's a lot of emphasis on the divine restorative power of light combating corrupting, infectious darkness.

** Rauru, the Sage of Light in Hyrule's distant past, is the game's [[Big Good]] and saves Link's life by grafting his own arm onto the hero's body in order to stop Ganondorf's Malice/Gloom from slowly killing him from the inside. Link further dispels the corruption by recieving "Lights of Blessing" from the various Zonai shrines showing up around Hyrule.

** While Gibdos are weak to every element, you're encouraged to take advantage of the beams of light shining down from the Lightning Temple's ceilings and reflect them onto the horrible beasts with MacGuyver'd Mirror Shields.

** While Gloom damage can't be healed normally, sunlight and the lightroots in the Depths will dispel it and let him heal normally once again. Also, gloom damage can be mitigated with Sundelions that have been cooked into meals.

* [[Lily Pad Platform]]: You can find these in all sorts of bodies of water, and swimming towards one and standing on top of it is a good way to restore your stamina and avoid drowning.

* [[Logical Weakness]]: Evermeans are nasty mooks and are very strong, but seeing as they are trees, two strikes with an axe will take one down quickly.

* [[Minecart Madness]]: Minecarts are no longer exclusive to the Death Mountain region, and with the addition of Zonai devices and Ultrahand, you can build self-propelled carts for fast travel through any place with tracks. The Fire Temple in particular focuses on minecart puzzles.

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: Part of the fun in messing with Zonai constructs is taking the elaborate weapons and amazing vehicles that you make, and using them for the most basic menial tasks imaginable. Sure, you ''could'' make a car to transport Koroks to their friends... ''or'' you could launch them to the distant campsite with a catapult. Likewise, why create basic Rock Hammers with rusted weapons when you can mine with style by fusing a rock to the ''Master Sword?'' Or hell, why use a weapon at all when you have {{spoiler|Mineru's robot body}} at your service?

* [[Multi-Mook Melee]]: {{spoiler|Before you take on Ganondorf, you (and potentially the Sages, if you've awakened them) have to cut your way through an army of monsters that he summons once you arrive at his doorstep. It's very similar to the army of Bokoblins you cut down before the final fight with Ghirahim in ''Skyward Sword'', except you've got a much more diverse array of enemies to fight, including the dungeon bosses if you haven't already defeated them beforehand.}}

* [[Mythology Gag]]: ''Loads'' of them:

** The 2021 trailer alone has two of these. The first shot of Link skydiving in the trailer is framed exactly like the skydiving cutscenes in [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]], complete with the circular clouds creating some sort of tunnel around Link. The trailer also shows Zelda falling in a dark void, much like how in ''Skyward Sword'' Zelda fell to the surface after being dragged by a black tornado summoned by Ghirahim.

** Flux Constructs are block-like Golems, calling to mind the Avalaunch from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, or Eox from The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

** Ganondorf's new design is an [[Art Shift]] that combines features of his previous three appearances. He has the rounder ears and the pointier nose from the Era of the Hero of Time, a stouter face like he had in the Era of the Great Sea, and a trimmed beard with gold jewelry like he had in the Era of Twilight. His longer hair is also reminiscent of Demise and his non-canon counterpart from ''[[Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity|Hyrule Warriors]]'', and he becomes even more like Demise during the Final Boss fight when he transforms into the Demon King.

** The battle between the original Sages and Ganondorf in the past is referred to as the Imprisoning War, the same name as the war in the backstory of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' backstory in which the sages of Hyrule banished Ganon to the Dark World.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The monster masks return (and with a new Horriblin mask in tow), and despite them still being obvious raggedy-looking disguise, they totally fool the monsters that they mimic. Except the Lynels, who are quick to catch on to your deception.

* [[Permanently Missable Content]]: Once you go to Tarrey Town, you can have Kilton make figurines of monsters replicated from any pictures you've taken from them. This actually includes the pictures of the bosses you fight... with the catch that he won't make models based off of pictures you take for the bestiary. You ''have'' to have a picture of them in your album. While this isn't a problem for the first four dungeon bosses or Ganondorf since you can refight them whenever you want, it ''is'' a problem for bosses that can only be fougth a finite amount of times. If you want models of the Sludge-Like, Moragia, or {{spoiler|Kohga}}, you better have pictures of them saved, or no figurines for you!

* [[Planet Heck]]: While Hyrule itself is larger than before, the Depths below it are just as big. This realm of eternal darkness is where Gloom breeds, home to a high population of monsters, twisted plants and trees, giant mushrooms, and a heart of pure Evil where the Demon King resides. The only inhabitants that are genuinely helpful to Link are the Steward Constructs, though there are plenty of disguised Yiga who try to deceive him.

* [[Punny Name]]: The Stable Trotters and their hilariously specific, on the nose names. You've got Mastro the maestro, Violynne the violinist, Pyper the flute player (or in other words, a ''piper''), and Beetz the drummer. It's easy to think that Eustus is a case of [[My Friends and Zoidberg]], but even his name is an [[Genius Bonus|obscure reference to a bit of inner-ear anatomy that is shaped like a horn, the instrument that he plays.]]

* [[Secret Shop]]: The secret shop in Gerudo Town that sells male clothing returns, but there are two others as well. {{spoiler|The Bargainer Statues hidden in The Depths will exchange certain weapons and outfits for Poes}}, and giving Koltin Bubbul gems will allow you to buy special outfits and monster parts from his own shop.

* [[Seldom-Seen Species]]: Dondons are a newly discovered species that look like a cross between bison and armadillos. Only five specimens have been found. Supposedly, these are prehistoric ancestors to common horses. An odd path for evolution to take, but then, in this world, Rito and Zora descended from the same forerunning species.

* [[Simple Yet Awesome]]:

** The various Hero armor sets. There are [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Awakening]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Sky]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Wild]], [[Ocarina of Time| Time]], [[Wind Waker| Winds]], and [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)| the regular Hero set]]. Nostalgia fans will love these, as they make Link look like he did in previous games in the franchise. Most of them grant a base armor defense of 3 and can be upgraded up to 20, plus an attack bonus for the whole set, putting them right below the Barbarian set, while the Hero of the Wild stands out a bit, the base defense being 4 and the maximum being 28.

* [[Supreme Chef]]:

** Link has improved his skills in this game. While most of the food and recipes in the previous game can still be crafted, additional ingredients are added that can make him more creative. Link can now use Hylian Tomatoes and Hateno Cheese to make pizza, to name just one.

* [[Swallowed Whole]]:

** If Link gets too close to a Like-Like, this will happen to him. This only causes moderate damage before the creature spits him out, but it also causes him to lose a weapon or shield. This can also happen to one of Link’s sidekicks - kind of odd that anything would be able to eat a spirit avatar, but again, all this does is take the sidekick out of commission for a few seconds.