after threeandahalf decades of hoping to finally play as zelda longtime series fans have found new reason to believe with the final trailer for the legend of zelda tears of the kingdomzelda herself plays a major part in the trailer we see her with a new haircut in a mysterious temple speaking to an ally whose face we never see that person describes link as their last line of defense after a bit of watching link adventure the trailer returns to zelda on what appears to be the surface of hyrulezelda says link i know why i am here its something only i can do as she holds a teardropshaped object perhaps a tear of the kingdom over the master sword another voice says link you are not alone as the protagonist fights alongside a number of npc allies then we return to zelda as she grasps the master sword and calls link our final hopefans are picking apart every one of those details and the implications made by zelda saying stuff like something only i can do are giving players ideas as one reddit user puts it it would be a very weird choice for nintendo to see so many people begging to play as zelda then put in a line about her having to do something all by herself and that sentiment is starting to gain traction among the communitypersonally i cant decide whether or not i believe it i could see a world where certain storydriven segments of the game will put you in control of zelda and that temple area we see her in is rife with possibilities for puzzles to solve we see a lot of zelda in this footage but remember the legendary prelaunch breath of the wild trailer it showed off a ton of what looked like major story events that only ended up being a part of small flashback cutscenes this could be a similar sort of teaserdespite being the series namesake zelda has never been a playable character in any of the mainline games you could direct her using the touchscreen in certain sections of spirit tracks on the nintendo ds and she has been a playable option in spinoffs and crossovers like hyrule warriors smash bros and the infamous cdi gamestodays trailer confirmed that ganondorfs back and hes hot