Summary
ALegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer online has decided to see what happens if they die during the game’s introduction, with surprising results. The intro ofZelda: Tears of the Kingdommakes it so that even the most unskilled players shouldn’t be able to die at that point unless they consciously try to.
There are plenty ofthings to do inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped gamers from always finding new ways to have fun in the game. The acclaimed 2023 action-adventure title gives players more freedom than ever, allowing them to make their own fun in the world of Hyrule. This particular player figuring out what happens when they die in the introduction is an example of gamers experimenting with exactly whatThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwill allow them to do.
Redditor Ramguy2014 decided to figure out what would happen if they let the keese kill them duringThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s intro. It takes a while (“four solid minutes,” according to Ramguy2014), but it is possible with persistence. After death, the player gets a “Game Over” screen as usual, but the loading screen when continuing the game afterward is completely blank. However, the game loads back in normally, meaning dying at this point doesn’t have any bad long-term implications on a save file. This entire experiment was born from a desire “to know just how much nonsense I could get up to before the title splash.”
Gamer Dies to Keese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Intro
For context, the keese inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s introduction do one-quarter of a heart’s worth of damage, and Link has 30 full hearts during this gameplay section. That’s 120 hits in total to kill Link. This makes it almost impossible for a legitimate player to die here, even if they’re not very good at the game. When asked by another gamer in the thread whether dying here results in a death mark being placed on the map, Ramguy2014 confirmed that, unfortunately, they didn’t check, making this one ofZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s unsolved mysteriesfor now.
It’s a great time to be a fan of theZeldaseries. Not only is last year’sTears of the Kingdomstill fresh in the memory, butreviews were positive for the recentLegend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. The title featured Princess Zelda as a playable character for the first time, offering a brand-new experience, even for long-time franchise fans. Nintendo has yet to share plans for any upcomingZeldagames, but given the series' ongoing success, it’s fair to assume there’s something in the works.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the beloved open-world adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This installment once again sees Link and Zelda battling to protect Hyrule from falling to Ganondorf. This new adventure takes place in the same land of Hyrule as Breath of the Wild but sees something called the Upheaval, which allows link to travel to Sky Islands, as well as deep into the Depths beneath Hyrule. Players can use special abilities to fuse together weapons, and build items to help them progress through the release.
