Tears of the Kingdom trailer shows new item-fusing ability

Nintendo dropped a new trailer today for the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer. It shows not only the updated version of Hyrule, but also some of the new abilities Link can use to survive in this more vertically inclined world. The most significant ability shown in the trailer is a new fusing mechanic that allows Link to magically glue multiple items together.

Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series, introduced the gameplay abilities in the trailer. The first and most obvious use of this new fusing ability is to fuse weapons together in the matter of Dead Rising. This allows Link to find new and effective weapon combinations for different purposes. In the trailer, Link fuses a branch and a boulder together to make a hammer, and an arrow and eyeball to make a homing arrow.