Here's A Look At The Stunning Box Art For Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

...And it was glorious.

That is rather nice

Special edition with a massive art book please

Yep, that looks amazing

I wonder if they'll do a giant special edition box like they did with the first game?

GIVE IT TO ME NOW

Tears of the Kingdom special edition OLED please!

Oh man, this'll be the perfect birthdy gift for myself! This game will be EPIC.

@andyg1412 Yes pleeeaaaaseeee. I'll wait to get an OLED if a special edition is announced.

Link look like he just finish beating up Pit and Palutena from that Super Smash Bros. 4 reveal trailer. Either that or he's waiting for them.

Want. To. Play.
I don't even want to see any gameplay footage, just experience it fresh.

Its probably the purtiest Zelda box art impo. 👍

@Serpenterror Good point.

Circle is kinda making the logo look big but overall looks good. I get to see Link's handsome face this time.

If there's one thing to compliment about this game, it's the massive improvement in box art from BotWs NA box art at least

@Dr_Luigi THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING!!!
Glad I’m not the only one!
@Vil where is that gif from? I remember seeing it in a smg4 video.

Looks beautiful, and seems to be the clearest indication yet that a lot of this game will take place in the sky

@Greatluigi
No idea what movie it's from, sorry, but here's the link.
https://c.tenor.com/Z3b-ysNQGqQAAAAd/nicolas-cage-oh-yeah.gif

We'd have to hear the actual spoken pronunciation of the title to understand more.

I see lots of people referencing 'Tears' as in teardrops, but I actually think it refers to Tears as in when something 'tears apart'- as in Skyloft & Hyrule and maybe even also Lorule (Upper, Middle, Lower Worlds perhaps).

Also, please give us Ganondorf and/or Demise and maybe some sub-villains along the way like Vaati, Zant, Ghirahim and/or some new characters- screw the calamity wisp final boss.

... Wun can only hope.

Beautiful art but vibes are off for some reason. I’m getting a sinking feeling this game is going to be far more linear and segmented.

Also Link has a cape! Is this a return of the Magic Cape of Invisibility? Speculation speculation!

... Wun can only hope.

That's what the box art looks like?! That's incredible! It really does show now how Skyward Sword deserved to be remastered for Switch. Absolutely gorgeous illustration!

I had the same thought as well, Tears of the Kingdom alluding to both tears and being torn apart. The kingdom and the whole environment that you play in is quite literally torn apart in all the footage.

My biggest hope is that you can finally soar upward consistently, rather than just finding different locations from which to glide downward. I would really love a proper flying mount/transport.

This is just my opinion obviously but the BOTW series legitimately contains the finest and most beautiful art design of any game, ever. Period.

Not calling it Breath of the Heavens is such a missed opportunity.

They still haven’t sold us why we should be excited about a bunch of tiny disconnected sky islands when the last game had one of the best worlds to explore ever in a video game, are these islands engaging to explore and how do they fit in the chemistry/physics engines assuming they still exist in this game.

Why is there malice coming out of Death Mountain?

Does Link get vertigo?

Hook it to my veins!

@Wewalia There could be traditional type dungeons beneath those areas where Malice is coming through

Looks amazing! I'm now using the picture as a wallpaper on my phone lock screen and it looks amaaaazing! <3

I'm surprised they made Link so small on the cover, but it really accentuates the sky and world. It's kinda... breathtaking.

Hope it all interestingly flows well together and is fun to traverse, explore, & discover even moreso than BOTW.

... Wun can only hope.

@Dr_Luigi Beth BotW did the same thing. Breath of the Wild and it also was a play on the sheer breadth of the game as well. I love wordplay 😄

241 days until the new Zelda releases... man that feels so far away!
More than 6 years after BotW.

Okay now how do i make this into my phones new wallpaper? 😃

Malice spewing out of death mountain..

How sweet it is!!

I ain't gonna lie- this is literally my most anticipated game of all time, every little morsel shown so far is making the wait excruciating. So glad to finally have a release date, I can't farking wait

Gonna be tough to remember to type TotK instead of BotW2.

@Dr_Luigi,

Well spotted, did not notice that, and looking at the box art, torn apart looks very apt indeed.

I'm hoping after this announcement Nintendo can move on to innovating their other franchises. The box art looks great - but I'm not done with BOTW so I don't foresee myself purchasing this title until long after the Switch lifecycle.

Absolutely beautiful, I simply can’t wait.

The boxart looks amazing. It actually gets me more excited then the new trailer did. Sure it looks good but it didn't really do anything for me, just like to know if it's actually more story driven this time like the old Zelda's.

Beautiful box art..

Yeah... it's beautifully illustrated. But I'll have to get used to the fact not much land is shown here. Skyward!

This looks wonderful but I’d like a little extra contrast in the logo to make it stand out more from the top of the image.

It's really good and perfect for smartphone wallpaper 😃

May can't get here soon enough.

I hope there's a lot more enemy variety this time. I'd like to see this timeline's version of Manhandla, Darknut (or Armos), and Dodongo. Oh, and large-scale dungeons instead of shrines.

Look at the end of the Master Sword, looks like we might be going Tron style.

It only bothers me, that Link could be fully centered as the first cover.

@calbeau and no more breaking swords please

@Cronodoug it catches the eye better when the subject is off-centre. I think the focus here isn't just Link but also the sky and verticality the game is clearly making a big thing of.

BotW has probably my favorite box art of all time. This isn't 'quite' at its level, but it's still stunning.

Definitely going physical with this one.

@PrincessKatamari The breaking weapons was an occasional inconvenience at worst. I suppose they could improve the system by making the weapons eventually succumb to wear and tear instead of outright breaking, significantly lowering damage and range (for bows) as a result.

@PrincessKatamari The cover art reminds me of Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends."

I don't really dig how masculine Link looks. It's not bad, just not what I think Link looks like. Anyone else feel the same?

@Thaliard he looks like a lil cutie to me