Hyrule Warriors: The era of the latest trailer for imprisonment ends with mysterious teasing, fans are already theoretically

We have a new trailer during today’s Nintendo partner Direct Hyrule Warriors: age for incarceration. While most trailers are simple, it ends with a mysterious teasing, what does Zelda fans mean to the scene for the game’s lineup.

The trailer ends show a chamber inside a cave, which appears to be one of a structure in Kingdom Tears that is being assembled and activated. These structures are nothing new in themselves – they are everywhere in the tears of the kingdom, and we know they were created by Mineru during the imprisonment period, so it makes sense that we see them in the game. Interestingly, it seems to be roughly human-shaped and sized, and none of the constructs we encountered before (including Mineru's own) had proportion.

So, why are fans excited about it? Well, a lot of people think that means We can play some sort of robot link at the age of imprisonment. The match took place in the distance, far past, before the main event in the Kingdom's tears, was transported to the Zelda teleportation period at the beginning. It covers the events of the imprisonment war that Zelda experienced in the era of that era.

So, in chronological terms, the link is playable in terms of imprisonment age. After all, there was no connection in that era. That said, if there are no links involved, there may also be legends of Zelda games, or even spin-offs, which also seems confusing. That's why many fans have been speculating that the link will find some way, whether it's through a prank that replaces the timeline (see: Age of Disasters) or some other approach. This trailer offers a possibility for this hopeful connection: perhaps the link somehow embodies a structure Mineru made in his form so he can fight against the rest of the era.

Nintendo, you know I don't play about fi, please don't play with me pic.twitter.com/uj0qojq9aj

– ava (@zeldevil) July 31, 2025

That said, there is another detail that fans think this is going in a different direction. If you go back to the finale trailer, then as the scene transitions to the build playback. If you are a Skyward Sword fan, you'd think it's FI theme. The existence of this little bell Some people suspect this is not a bot linkbut in reality, FI finally reappears in the Zelda game after (understandably) lacking for so long. Some suggest that this may be possible, as Zelda obtained the broken main sword at the beginning of the ancient times. Given that fi lives in the sword, if they Give her a body with? Everything is possible!

Of course, that means that this is not the above, and we feel strange twists when the game breaks out. After all, the age of disaster is not what we think is the last game Quiiiite, so it may be the age of imprisonment also has some tips.

Unfortunately, we still don't have the Hyrule Warriors: a solid release date for the imprisonment age, but know that we'll be entering the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this winter. You can catch up Everything announced directly by Nintendo partners today.

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