Awakening on one of the new sky islands, Link finds his corrupted right arm has been replaced with that of the ancient sage's, and is tasked by the Sage's spirit, a member of the Zonai named Rauru, to seek out Princess Zelda. As the ruins collapse around them, Link and Zelda are separated, with Link being barely saved by the Sage of Light’s arm and Zelda disappearing in a flash of light. Link and the Master Sword are both grievously corrupted by Ganondorf's power and in the process of releasing the rest of his seal, Ganondorf causes 'the Upheaval', an event that sends Hyrule Castle into the air, opens many chasms to the world below Hyrule, and causes numerous Zonai ruins to descend from the sky as floating islands. only for everything to go horribly wrong. In hopes that Link and Zelda will now be able to put an end to Ganondorf once and for all, the remnant will of the Sage of Light whose right arm is serving as the heart of Ganondorf's seal releases the ancient evil. However, Ganondorf's seal has slowly been weakening over the ages, allowing evils like the Calamity and Gloom to spawn from his bottomless well of hatred. Tracking the Gloom's source to beneath Hyrule Castle, Link and Zelda soon discover the ruins of an ancient tribe known as the Zonai, and at its center the cause of not only the Gloom, but the Calamity as well Ganondorf, an ancient Gerudo king who millennia ago sought to conquer Hyrule and remake the kingdom in his image, only to be sealed through the efforts of seven sages. However, reconstruction efforts are disrupted when a strange malady dubbed 'the Gloom' starts bubbling up from the deepest depths of Hyrule, causing those who touch it to lose their strength and vitality. Picking up several years after the destruction of Calamity Ganon in Breath of the Wild, the kingdom of Hyrule has begun to restore itself to its former glory. It released on Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the 20th main entry in The Legend of Zelda series, the 7th fully 3D installment, and the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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