Tears of the Kingdom, like Breath of the Wild before it, wears its inspirations on its sleeve. In this video I look at the many ways the work of Studio Ghibli helped shape this duology, the themes they share, and the lessons they impart.

Ultimately, this is a love letter to the Legend of Zelda - a series that shaped us all.

This is a relatively spoiler-free video, containing plot elements only from the first hours of Tears of the Kingdom, That said, visuals of enemies, characters and locations from throughout the game are present.

Check out 'With Eyes Unclouded', my original video about how Studio Ghibli inspired Breath of the Wild here:    • With Eyes Unclouded - How Studio Ghib...  

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Special Thanks to Mark Brown from Game Maker's Toolkit ((   / @gmtk  ) and John Walsh from Super Eyepatch Wolf (   / @supereyepatchwolf3007  ) for lending their voices to this video.

All original artwork was created by Saku. He can be found at   / shiiverse  

Music provided by GameChops
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Mastered by @DjCutman
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A huge shoutout to RyiSnow who originally translated the interview between Miyazaki and Miyamoto, and worked with me to track down the magazine it came from for this video. His work can be found here:    / @ryisnow  

Wind Waker water shader provided by Dean Ashford:    • Random VFX - 'Wind Waker Water' shader  

Finally, this video would have been a lot less explosive without the work of the lovely folks over at r/HyruleEngineering. They're doing crazy stuff with the building mechanics in Tears of the Kingdom, and their work is evolving every day. Special thanks to everyone who allowed me to showcase their creations in this project!

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