

I can only imagine what amazing and complicated things people are going to build with them in the next few weeks. The powered parts that you can play with in Tears of the Kingdom – wheels, gliders, fans, batteries, all that – are called Zonai devices, and there are more than 20 different kinds. What can I build?īust them out wherever you like … a giant ancient-tech gashapon machine.

So hang out for a while, and enjoy the view. Up here, everything is well within your powers, and you know that if you can’t figure something out, it’s because you’ve not thought of the right solution, rather than because you don’t have what you need yet. Things get pretty real, pretty quickly down on the ground and you’ll soon meet powerful enemies, and find yourself unsure of how to progress. There’s plenty to do here, and it’s a low-stakes place to try and fail at building basic things like fan-powered rafts and minecarts, and learning how to manipulate objects with Link’s magic arm. You might be eager to get into the game proper, but there is no need to rush through the Great Sky Island. This island turns out to be part of a floating cluster, and it’s here that the game guides you through everything you’ll need to know before you dive down into the wider world below. You begin Tears of the Kingdom on an island in the sky, as hero Link, who has just had all his power stripped away.
