Zelda amiibo will unlock special paraglider looks in Tears of the Kingdom

Come sail away with amiibo

Extra details about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is trickling in, together with what function amiibo will play within the sport. The miniatures will nonetheless present a drop of assets for Hyperlink upon scan, however they’ll additionally provide the likelihood 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 in addition for paraglider cloth. This cloth will allow you to change up the look of Hyperlink’s glider, a key a part of his device set within the post-Calamity Hyrule.

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

Scanning amiibo from The Legend of Zelda collection can even provide you with useful supplies and weapons. You possibly can obtain useful supplies, weapons or a paraglider cloth primarily based 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 number of the spin-off figures like that enormous Guardian one, there are many choices.

So sure, I hope the lovable 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 received one other, longer new look at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It’s received 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 received affirmation that Tears of the Kingdom will certainly go for $69.99, hitting that $70 worth level that many trendy AAA video games are trending in direction of. At the very least the brand new Zelda can be Switch voucher eligible, so preserve that in thoughts in the event you’ve been eyeing each Tears and one other Swap sport.

Eric Van Allen

Senior Information Reporter