Kingdom Tears is a hero art with story hints

Nintendo is still releasing new artwork for the The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom’s Tears In the lead-up to the game’s May 12 launch, fans have already begun searching for clues to the images. All will be revealed in a few weeks, but why wait when the great art is out there waiting to be analyzed under a microscope?

After the big debut of Ganon in the latest trailer last week, Nintendo released official artwork for the Gerudo King yesterday that teased some a fan theories About the “tears” referred to in the title of the game. He might collect it To go complete Thanos? Kingdom TearsZora Prince’s protagonists also have Saida as well as two other companions, Gerudo who appears to be Rigo and Rito who is likely to be Teba’s son, Tolin. The kids are all grown up and apparently ready to kick.

The first thing that caught players’ attention is that we’re still missing the fourth hero, presumably Goron, who didn’t appear in the latest batch of trailers and gameplay footage. with Breath of the WildYonobu Nowhere on the horizon, some fans are speculating that this could be because Death Mountain appears to be infected with the Malice virus, likely indicating that Link will first have to battle the Goron champion before joining up as a companion.

This also lines up with the broader fan theory that Ganon is trying to collect colored gems called tears which act in Hyrule sort of like Infinity Stones from The Avengers. New character art shows that Ganon currently has room for seven people on his “infinite” contract, and already owns three colors – red, purple, and silver. Meanwhile, Sidon appears to have developed blue tears over the course of the adventure, meaning that it is possible that Ganon actually has the color red because he took it from Goron. to cut.

One of the biggest reveals in Kingdom Tearsrecent trailer That heroes like Saida will at least occasionally be able to fight alongside Link. Building the backstories of the character established in the hack spin-off, Hyrule Warriors: Age of CalamityIt appears that the heroes might actually be able to accompany the Hero of Time on his adventure at various points as fully functional NPC allies.

when Breath of the Wild Coming out, Nintendo released individual Amiibo for each of the game’s protagonists. Until now Kingdom Tears Contains only one Statue of Link. We’ll see if the new heroes get the same treatment once the game finally arrives.