Handy previews for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom just came out, and one small gameplay detail stuck out to me amidst all the hype and skepticism about its crafting systems. DeadK will contain gacha elements. That’s right. You can get crafting materials from a giant gachapon machine, and I live for it.
While real gachapon are random vending machines — think of those things outside of grocery stores that give you a random toy in a little plastic ball for a few quarters — the term takes on more weight in the context of games. Gacha is known as an exploitative monetization system for gamers who cannot resist the lure of random prizes. Thankfully, it’s implemented in less outrageous ways DeadK
IGN
So are these Zonai parts found in other parts of the overworld, so it’s unlikely you’ll need to play gacha to get to certain locations in the game (a fate I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy). Which makes sense there breath of the wild redefined free exploration in open world games. I don’t count DeadK focus on a resource crunch. But it Is very funny that nintendo built gacha after a real gacha game—Genshin Impact– was slammed for at launch looks too similar OTW. We’ve come full circle, all of you. Nature heals.
And to be clear – I don’t think any Nintendo execs have looked at it Genshin Impact and thought to ourselves, “Let’s riff on the world’s most popular anime game.” The implementation of gacha in genshin
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be released on May 12th for Nintendo Switch.