Missing Link? PETER HOSKIN reviews The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom  trends now

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The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom (Nintendo Switch, £59.99)

Verdict: Tears of joy

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It has been six years, Link. Six years since you saved the kingdom of Hyrule in The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and, in the process, got Nintendo's Switch off to a mightily good start. Breath Of The Wild wasn't just a fine game for launching a new console, it was — is — one of the best games of all time.

But what can you do now? After all this time, the gameplay of Breath Of The Wild — a vast, open redrafting of the Zelda blueprint — is no longer a surprise. And the Switch isn't a shiny new thing, but an ageing console due an upgrade.

Well, it turns out that Link can still do rather a lot. Tears Of The Kingdom is the sequel that BOTW deserved; an expansion of that game's glorious legacy. Though it feels like sacrilege to even think it... I might even prefer this new one?

Part of its greatness is in its sameness. Those who have played BOTW — though you certainly don't need to have done so — will recognise much in TOTK. Here, again, is Link. Here, again, is that open version of Hyrule. There are familiar characters,

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