The 10 BEST Improvements in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we

00:18 are showcasing the 10 best improvements in The Legend

00:21 of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom.

00:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:25 Other than giving us a ton of new places to explore,

00:37 Tears of the Kingdom made a lot of improvements

00:39 on Breath of the Wild.

00:40 For this list, we'll be looking at some of our favorites

00:43 that built upon the already excellent foundation.

00:46 There were plenty of changes made,

00:48 so be sure to head to the comments

00:50 and let us know what some of your favorite improvements

00:52 were.

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01:01 The Shrines.

01:02 Nintendo shook up traditional dungeon design in Breath

01:12 of the Wild by giving us bite-sized shrines,

01:15 along with the divine beasts.

01:16 We loved the feeling of discovering these hidden

01:19 puzzles or combat scenarios, yet Tears of the Kingdom

01:21 has made them even better.

01:23 Not only are there more of them, but there's

01:33 also a lot of creative freedom for the player.

01:36 There are multiple solutions to many of them,

01:38 none of which thankfully rely on motion controls.

01:41 Additionally, Purr-a-Pad's sensor chime for them

01:44 is far less annoying, and it now tells you if they're

01:47 above you or underground.

01:49 Combined with their connection to the light roots

01:51 and the depths, hunting for them is much easier.

01:54 Quality of Life.

02:03 Tears of the Kingdom came with a smorgasbord of quality

02:13 of life changes.

02:14 They may be small, but are certainly noticeable.

02:17 And they all add up to a much smoother experience.

02:21 When the player activates Slow-Mo in midair,

02:23 Link's stamina only drains for each knocked arrow,

02:26 rather than draining continuously

02:28 while you line up your shot.

02:30 In addition to showing hints, the loading screen

02:41 now includes your map location.

02:43 Being able to drop weapons and shields from a pull-up menu

02:46 rather than pausing and strolling

02:48 through your whole inventory has also saved a lot of time.

02:51 Speaking of inventory, you can now

02:53 sort each category in a handful of ways.

02:56 And these are all only scratching the surface.

02:59 The Yiga Clan.

03:12 The evil de-factors of the Sheikah

03:14 were a bit of a nuisance in Breath of the Wild.

03:16 Their hideout forced you into stealth mode,

03:18 and Master Koga's fight didn't exactly paint him as a leader.

03:22 Tears of the Kingdom managed to keep their silliness

03:24 while making them more adaptable and a bigger threat.

03:27 The clan has been thriving in the depths,

03:38 figuring out Zonai tech better than anyone other than Link.

03:41 Koga's fights, spread out across several locations,

03:44 are also more fun and a bit more of a challenge.

03:48 While they still disguise themselves

03:50 as travelers on the road,

03:51 they've stepped their game up to actually surprise us,

03:54 taking on the forms of Trees, Zelda,

03:57 and even a psychic Kuko at one point.

03:59 Geoglyphs.

04:11 Tears of the Kingdom uses the same storytelling device

04:13 as Breath of the Wild.

04:15 Link must hunt down memories of Zelda in the past,

04:17 which explain the plot.

04:19 However, finding these memories

04:21 has been made significantly easier

04:23 and a lot more enjoyable.

04:25 During the opening hours,

04:26 Link learns massive geoglyphs have appeared

04:29 in various parts of Hyrule.

04:31 In the first game,

04:39 you had pictures and the painter Pocongo's advice

04:42 to lead you in the right direction,

04:44 but you still had to scour an area before you found it.

04:47 The geoglyphs are obviously much better indicators,

04:50 and since you can spot them from far away,

04:53 you can easily mark them with a beacon.

04:55 Plus, then you can dive to them from above,

04:57 which is never not fun.

04:59 Slip resistance.

05:07 (footsteps)

05:09 We've all been there,

05:15 trying to climb the side of a mountain

05:17 only for the rain to make us slide down,

05:19 wasting stamina and cursing Nintendo's

05:22 dynamic weather system.

05:24 It was an understandable annoyance in Breath of the Wild,

05:27 but you can't just remove rain for the sequel.

05:30 What Nintendo did do was give us a way around it.

05:33 (footsteps)

05:35 You can now make elixirs with sticky frogs and lizards

05:42 that will grant you slip resistance

05:43 when climbing in wet environments.

05:45 If you don't want to have to keep making those,

05:48 there's also a more permanent solution.

05:50 Through the Lucky Clover Gazette's many side quests,

05:53 Link can earn the froggy armor.

05:55 Upgrading the full set twice

05:57 will ensure Link never slips again.

06:00 (grunting)

06:02 The villain.

06:04 - Queen Sonia!

06:07 Oh no, Queen Sonia!

06:09 No!

06:10 (evil laughing)

06:12 - Zelda isn't exactly known for deep villains,

06:14 and Calamity Ganon was certainly shallow.

06:18 This was far from the first time Link had fought

06:20 a mindless monster version of the antagonist.

06:23 Plus, if you did the divine beasts,

06:25 half his health bar was destroyed

06:27 right before the fight even begins.

06:29 In comparison, Tears of the Kingdom's Ganondorf

06:32 is much stronger.

06:33 (dramatic music)

06:36 Though he is still only seen in a handful of scenes

06:43 from a massive game, at least he still gets to talk.

06:47 And voice actor Matt Mercer did a pretty good job

06:49 at selling his malevolence.

06:51 We were far more intimidated heading into that final fight.

06:55 Of course, the difficulty level of that fight

06:57 depends on your shrine completion rate

06:59 and how much you've upgraded your armor.

07:01 But on a surface level,

07:03 it's a much more challenging battle.

07:05 Cooking.

07:12 A big change to the formula that Breath of the Wild brought

07:23 was its survival mechanics,

07:25 including a reliance on cooking meals and elixirs.

07:28 We love that Link now hums classic Zelda tunes

07:31 when preparing a meal,

07:32 but the act itself has also gotten some improvements.

07:35 Within the menu, you can now see

07:45 all the individual ingredients laid out above Link,

07:48 rather than just seeing them in his arms.

07:51 What really made us happy though

07:52 was learning that the game now saves your recipes.

07:55 Too many times in the first game

07:58 did we eat a meal or drink an elixir

08:00 only to wish we had taken note of its ingredients

08:02 and had to look them up to replicate it.

08:04 Relics of the past.

08:20 Breath of the Wild paid a loving homage

08:22 to multiple past Zelda games with different wearable items,

08:26 whether they were full armor sets

08:27 or helms like Majora's Mask.

08:30 But in order to get them,

08:31 you had to fork over some money for DLC or amiibo.

08:35 While you still can earn armor sets

08:37 that dress you like past incarnations of Link with amiibo,

08:40 players who don't feel like spending extra money

08:42 can still get them.

08:45 The Fierce Deity armor is earned through a side quest,

08:48 but many others are hidden in chests within the depths,

08:51 giving you another reason to explore the new area.

08:53 Furthermore, Nintendo has extended this love through weapons,

08:57 so you can dress like past heroes as well as fight like them.

09:01 Weapon durability.

09:09 The game's new weapon, the Dagger,

09:11 is a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:15 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:18 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:21 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:24 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:27 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:30 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:33 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:36 It's a weapon that can be used to enhance your weapon's durability.

09:39 Since this ability allows Link to fuse any material to any weapon,

09:43 it increases not only its damage output,

09:45 but also how long it will last before breaking.

09:48 Because there are so many materials,

09:50 it also gives players a lot of variety in what types of weapons they can create.

09:55 Despite all weapons still having a limit,

09:57 this has caused that common complaint to become far less frequent.

10:08 The Dungeons

10:09 Although we wouldn't say they quite reach the high bar set by some of the dungeons

10:21 in more traditional Zelda titles,

10:23 the Dungeons of Tears are a major step up from the Divine Beasts.

10:27 It's much more fun getting to explore these unique structures

10:30 rather than constantly having to pause so you can move certain parts around.

10:34 Since the Divine Beasts all had those moving components,

10:37 the Dungeons of Tears get a bit more room to feature different types of puzzles,

10:41 even if the base objectives are relatively similar.

10:44 There's also a lot more focus on exploration and build-up as you journey to each one.

10:59 And having the Sages work with you inside

11:01 lends these dungeons a level of companionship missing from the first game.

11:06 [Sword slash]

11:08 [Bell rings]

11:12 [Sword slash]

11:16 Thanks for watching.

11:18 If you enjoyed the video, there's more where that came from.

11:21 [Outro music]

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