Come sail away with amiibo

Extra details about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is trickling in, together with what position amiibo will play within the sport. The miniatures will nonetheless present a drop of sources for Hyperlink upon scan, however they’ll additionally provide the probability to deck out Hyperlink’s glider in some fancy skins from all through Zelda historical past.

As showcased on Nintendo’s social channels, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will allow you to scan amiibos for each supplies and weapons, but additionally for paraglider cloth. This cloth will allow you to change up the look of Hyperlink’s glider, a key a part of his instrument set within the post-Calamity Hyrule.

Utilizing totally different amiibo that Nintendo’s launched, of each Hyperlink and different Zelda characters, you possibly can don totally different glider attire. There’s ones for Skyward Sword, the Breath of the Wild amiibo, and even a hauntingly lovely Majora’s Masks glider.

Scanning amiibo from The Legend of Zelda collection may also provide you with useful supplies and weapons. You’ll be able to obtain useful supplies, weapons or a paraglider cloth based mostly on the amiibo you scanned. pic.twitter.com/DrWcOEPLkE

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 8, 2023

And all of us float on anyway

Now, we’ve solely seen these 4 to this point. The tweet does say “from The Legend of Zelda collection,” and there are many Zelda ammibo. Between Hyperlink, Ganondorf, Zelda, and even a few of the spin-off figures like that big Guardian one, there are many choices.

So sure, I’m hoping the cute little Hyperlink’s Awakening amiibo has a particular glider hooked up to it. Perhaps with a Wind Fish design?

Throughout yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, we additionally acquired one other, longer new take a look at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It’s acquired a fierce blood moon, much more creepy corrupted arm teases, and a slapdash cart that appears straight out of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. One can solely hope we see extra of that.

Alongside that, we additionally acquired affirmation that Tears of the Kingdom will certainly go for $69.99, hitting that $70 value level that many trendy AAA video games are trending in direction of. Not less than the brand new Zelda can be Swap voucher eligible, so maintain that in thoughts for those who’ve been eyeing each Tears and one other Swap sport.