While that is true there really wasn't much in the depths to begin with.

And both sucked ass. Your point? They were empty barren chest collecting areas.

It is worth noting though that at no point during the trailer we ever see a sword _icon_ on either of the 3 slots leaving one wondering wether if Zelda will share any conventional means of attack from previous games or if she will have brand unique abilities which Link has never used before. If it's the latter this might only further point at Echoes of Wisdom taking a more original approach to top down gameplay never before seen in the series. All that said i'm still very much excited to find out what they are and how we'll be able to use them.

​@javiervasquez625 Zelda not a swordsman.

@@INFERNO95 She definetly is in Twilight Princess during her last stand against Zant and when Ganondorf possessed her in the final battle using a long sword as her trademark weapon in both instances. Being a member of royalty it's impossible for her not to have enjoyed fencing lessons at least once in her whole life.

@@INFERNO95 This guy has no consistent views. He's a troll

​@@KairiKey989 Says the salty troll spreading salt like usual.

Mind you we never see Zelda using a sword or any "classic" means of attack during the trailer meaning it's possible those other 3 slots are for specific puzzle-solving items very much like in both versions of Link's Awakening.

@@javiervasquez625 did you see the mechanic octorock that Zelda uses to defeat enemies? Also there is a scientific looking npc. Maybe you can bring some mats to him and he will craft some consumable weapons like that for you

@@javiervasquez625 True, but this was the first ever trailer, and Nintendo may not want to show us all their cards just yet, instead they introduce one (key) element first for us to digest. My hope for this game is that it will be mainly puzzle solving in combat, but that some type of item is introduced later on in the game so that the player has more of a choice if the puzzle solving gets tedious - like the light bow or some magic attack.

Counter argument: touchpad movement controls in Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. They really doubled down on that and it just wasn’t good.

Got 'em!

Everyone don't play pokemon.

Or until Anouma is retired. Let's be real here, Open World Zelda with Dark Souls elements has already burnt out a LOT of people, open world games in general are starting to hit burnout. Anouma needs to realize while he may have good ideas he also needs to listen to the fanbase now and then even if it means shelving those ideas for a little while longer. There isn't a single NEW Zelda game on Switch that's a traditional Zelda game the only ones that are, are remakes.

@@megaman37456 Even if Aonuma retires, I worry that Fujibayashi will take the franchise even further from its traditions. While Aonuma may believe that any desire for traditional Zelda is fueled by cranky old guys like me hating anything new, he's still the same guy who demoted himself from producer to director in order to save Twilight Princess and make it into the last fully traditional 3D Zelda game. Fujibayashi is the guy who retconned the story of the Master Sword, what Ganondorf exactly is, the nature of the royal bloodline, how the spirit of the hero operates, and how Hyrule came to be settled and later established. He's the #2 guy working on Zelda, but I fear he's still the Capcom outsider he was in 2000 with regard to Zelda's traditions. He made some games most consider classic Zelda today, like the Oracles, Four Swords, and The Minish Cap, but, for their time, they broke many series conventions and steered Zelda in a new direction, especially after Twilight Princess, once we got to Skyward Sword, and he's broken series conventions on an unprecedented level these past eight years, with or without Aonuma. It's my sincerest hope that Aonuma's eventual retirement doesn't prove that he was the hand restraining Fujibayashi from completely transforming Zelda into something it's not. I just can't see the man who played perhaps the greatest role in solidifying what 3D Zelda was through OoT, MM, TWW, and TP turning 180 degrees and being the driving force between dismantling what all four of those games established. That's not to say that either man is a bad developer or that Aonuma fell off in any way; both are fantastic developers, but their present style just isn't what I want to become the norm for my former favorite franchise.

My personal opinion, that would somewhat be for the better.

​@@BirdieSenpai Not to be critical as i'm wholeheartedly in support of much of your points but i'm fairly certain none of the key Lore points regarding the Master Sword, Ganondorf and the Royal Family have been outright retconned by the events of both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom as the two games are quite vehemently still canon to the previous games in the 3 timelines as proven by key plotpoints such as Fi still been inside the Master Sword since Skyward Sword, the new Ganondorf from TotK been a _reincarnation_ like in Four Swords Adventures and the Triforce been *inside* Zelda as her "Sealing Power" across games in the Wild duology. Just because you think Nintendo is explicitly changing the Lore to suit the supposed "new Lore" established in the Wild duology there's no evidence pointing at them doing so to suggest that's indeed what is happening.

@@javiervasquez625 Ganondorf went from a well-intentioned fallible man to the inevitable and cyclical result of the curse by an ancient demon. The royal family went from a fallible family of fallible people to a divine family who were established by Hylia. The Master Sword went from being forged by the Sages as a just in case to being made by Hylia in preparation for a specific and cyclical threat. The hero went from someone who rose up in response to a threat to someone who was put there on purpose in response to the cycle of evil each time it would swing back around. Do you see what I'm getting at? The element of chance and humanity and fallibility were all replaced by Hylia orchestrating everything and Demise causing an endless loop of the same thing happening over and over. The Sages are no longer the makers of the Master Sword. Ganondorf is no longer someone who let his desire to help his people drive him into an obsession with power. TWW Link is no longer just a kid who happened to be at the right place at the right time to end up going on a heroic journey. The royal family us no longer a secretive family with blood on their hands as a result of selfish decisions. Now it's all Hylia and Demise. It's no longer human but divine. No longer chance but orchestration. No longer decision but cycle.

That's literally all I ask for. I've done swordless randomizer of games like OoT, Wind Waker, both Oracles games, ALttP and Link's Awakening, and it does present a unique challenge but without other weapons it's boring as dirt.

If she does use conventional weapons in the game i'll expect them to be either bows and arrows as she's used in past games or magic-casting items such as wands and canes. Sadly i'm pretty sure they'll avoid granting her a sword to avoid turning Zelda into "Link 2.0".

Those don't exist.

Or instead of doing the same thing over and over again try something new.

Those don't count. They are not canon. In fact, there are no canon games where you play as Zelda.

If the Heart Piece lying on top of a pillar in the gamebox's cover plus the many "blocked caverns" shown in the trailer are anything to go by i'm sure Nintendo is taking the same approach to exploration as in past 2.0 top down games by filling the gameworld with optional locations and collectables to avoid giving players an extremely linear experience devoid of the gameplay inmersion which most games in the series as a whole have excelled at. Given their track record in regards to extra content i'm sure there's going to be a LOT for us to accomplish aside from the main storyline so i wouldn't be worried if i were you.

@@coreymiller6581 facts

Zelda not a swordsman. Grow up.

@@INFERNO95 Prior to this game, Zelda also wasn't wielding magical rods and layering beds on top of each other. And prior to the inciting events of OoT, WW, LttP, and the original game, Link wasn't a swordsman neither. I'm fine with Zelda not carrying a sword, but there's no reason she couldn't in-game.

@@Giggles_iJest thank you!