The subtitle for the new Legend of Zelda sequel may be "Tears of the Kingdom," but I think "Tiers" will ultimately prove to be a more apt descriptor of its adventure. Because this game has taken the vast open overworld of Breath of the Wild and layered a whole 'nother explorable space on top of it: the sky!
Plenty of video games have offered expansive landscapes to roam across at this point, but I can't think of any other examples of games that stacked two open worlds on top of one another and gave you a bunch of different ways to travel up and down between the two. So we'll celebrate that unique approach to Hyrule's refined design in the central feature of this new NF issue!
We'll follow that up with a final preview of Tears of the Kingdom to dig deeper into some of the new gameplay mechanics Link will get to play around with in his latest quest, as well as a new Character Profile of Ganondorf to better prepare you for his rehydrated revival. For more Legend of Zelda love, check out our Interview section in which we talk to Ryan Clark (the only indie studio head ever entrusted with the Zelda brand), as well as our Community section talk with Melora Hart from History of Hyrule. She's a Legend of Zelda series artwork archivist! We even tossed in a fresh preview of Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club's upcoming adventure that takes a lot of inspiration from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX.
Zelda isn't the only big Nintendo topic right now, though! The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been soaring to stunning silver screen success, so we convened a Film Club to talk all about it, as well as writing up a separate review. This issue has its own layers, it seems!
