The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is part of a long series of Zelda adventure games. As well as exploring Hyrule you can also take to the skies in an expanded world full of secrets. The game stands out for how heavily it leans into crafting and special abilities to offer many ways to progress dungeons, tackle enemies and get around the world.

CONTENT RATING

Violence

PLATFORMS

Nintendo Switch

POSITIVE GAMEPLAY

Imaginative

Patience

Popular Choice

Experimentation

Exploration

Navigate World

Planning

Resilience

PLAY STYLE

Player vs Enemies

You embark on a perilous quest to unravel the truth behind a cataclysmic event that has sent the kingdom into turmoil. In this Zelda adventure, you choose your own route through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above.

The game leans into the popular abilities and real physics in Breath of the Wild. It expands how you can interact and solve puzzles by enabling you to combine any objects to create new ones. This means you can make your own weapons, tools and vehicles to take on the game challenge your own way.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Good to know

Insights to ensure your child's gaming experience remains safe and enjoyable

Consider time investment

Adventure games often take a long time to finish. Encourage regular breaks to get moving, rest their eyes and balance their time with other activities.

Nurture key skills

Many adventure games incorporate problem solving and critical thinking, important skills for school, work and more offline. Talk to them about their game to see how it supports them and their goals.

Build resilience

Encourage children to take risks with their characters in-game to safely learn potential consequences. Talk about what might happen outside of the game and why it's important to keep those risks in-game only. While playing, encourage them to think about innovative risks their character can take.

Skill level

Suggested by Family Gaming Database

Although younger children can enjoy exploring the world, to really play on your own you need combat, navigation and planning skills. Being keen to explore the vast landscape and experiment with different abilities is also important. Some resilience and patience help when you can't get to where you need to go straight away.

Content rating

Rated PEGI 12 for Violence. This game contains frequent depictions of non-realistic-looking violence towards both human-like and animal-like characters. Violence can be inflicted using melee weapons, projectiles, explosives and magical spells. Regardless of the type of weapon used, the reaction to the violence remains unrealistic in nature, with no blood or injuries shown. Bright lights and magical effects appear when characters are hit. When enemy characters have been defeated, they fall to the floor and immediately vanish into a puff of smoke, leaving behind various items for the player to take. When the player's character is defeated, it falls down without visible injuries. Some characters are slightly frightening and the music used to accompany these characters is creepy and menacing.

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