Tears of the Kingdom – Underworld Glimpse

Yes, we are still talking about the new trailer, where it finally gave another look at the underground world of Tears of the Kingdom. And it already looks a lot spookier than the caves that Zelda and Link explored in the original trailer, where this is giving me Don't Starve vibes.

There is Malice everywhere, there are huge fungi trees, other weird trees, some ruins, but also a giant tentacle root containing a glowing, organic mass. And there is some overgrown structure right next to it, which looks a bit like a mast from the distance.

Then there is this group of glowing lights, which seems very reminiscent of the spirits in Twilight Princess, but it could also be a ghost enemy, maybe even a new form of the Poe. It might also be a part of puzzle, where ultimately there will be something to replace the Korok Seeds in the sequel. We just don't know what that will be. Maybe more Korok Seeds... or maybe something ghostly.

Anyway, this shot does reassure that the "underground expansion" likely won't just be a simple set of caves. We might be dealing with a huge underworld under the actual Hyrule here, where it's all connected, which is a thought that I had since the first teaser in 2019. But so far we have seen little to back this up.

This does look super ugly, though. Maybe it's because of the fungi, where there are these spore particles all over the place, but what we've seen originally looked much prettier, with Luminous Stones everywhere. Of course it's likely that the underworld will have different biomes and of course there is the corruption going on with the Malice, so not everything will look the same while spelunking. That would be boring anyway.