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Due to the recent delay, rumors of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 are floating around, with fans dissecting every screen, trailer and interview.
Nintendo has been coy about sharing information about its upcoming Zelda game, even refusing to reveal the title of the game in case it leaks too much information. Except companies don’t necessarily have control over what some people who work in gaming say.
Now, before we dive into it, it’s dangerous to run into spoilers. So, if you want to get into Breath of the Wild 2 completely intact, hit the back button now! Anything beyond that could reveal potential details about the open-world sequel, and we don’t want you to lose that experience.
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You guys are still here, well, we don’t have swords to give you, but we can reward you with some small, juicy details from Breath of the Wild 2. Keep in mind, though, that we’re still a while away from the game’s release, so these spoilers may not make it into the final game.
Having said that, let’s get started. Emanuele from Lega Hyrule, the Italian Zelda fan community, recently had the opportunity to interview an Italian voice actor who worked on Breath of the Wild 2 – and it’s also a returning actor.
Speaking with Pietro Ubaldi, the voice of Daruk in the original game, the actor revealed that he is voicing “Ancestors of Daruk” in the follow-up game, which sounds a little more serious than his eventual successor. Emanuele confirmed that the ancestor was not Darunia—Goron from Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker—but Ubaldi couldn’t remember the name.
It’s a bit of a shame that this might not be an interesting reference to the rest of the Zelda series, but Emanuele suggests that this Goron ancestor could be the original pilot of the 10,000-year-old champion, Rudania.
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In a brief interview, Ubaldi confirmed that he also voiced Daruk in the sequel. But, if you remember, Daruk was in the afterlife during the events of Breath of the Wild. So, what’s going on here? Will Link go to the afterlife? Flashback? Will there be time travel? Just a little more Daruk’s protection, ready? What about the ancestors of the other champions?
Whatever that means, fans are wildly speculating about what it means for ResetEra, including timeline shenanigans. Links to past comparisons have also been suggested. So, will Breath of the Wild 2 be to ALTTP what Breath of the Wild was to The Legend of Zelda? At the very least, we can learn that dubs are going on in some parts of the world.
If you were brave enough to watch the interview and come here – congratulations! Watch out for the others, but let us know what you think of these theories or this interview in the comments!