{"id":132676,"date":"2023-03-24T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-147040"},"modified":"2023-03-24T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:30:00","slug":"zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-gnarly-master-sword-patented-by-nintendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/24\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-gnarly-master-sword-patented-by-nintendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom&#8217;s Gnarly Master Sword Patented By Nintendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dd54febb96edc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dd54febb96edc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Master Sword Zelda Tears of the Kingdom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dd54febb96edc\/master-sword-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dd54febb96edc\/master-sword-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Master Sword Zelda Tears of the Kingdom\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new patent related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> has been spotted, and its for a new piece of artwork of Link&#8217;s rather weird-looking Master Sword.<\/p>\n<p>The Tears of the Kingdom subreddit has been scrambling for reasons as to why this new piece of art has been patented by Nintendo for any scraps of lore they can find for the upcoming Zelda title (thanks <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/the-weird-melted-master-sword-from-tears-of-the-kingdom-has-been-patented-by-nintendo\/\">GamesRada<\/a>r!). The most likely reason is for future merchandise purposes, or you know, perhaps Nintendo is going to release an actual gnarly Master Sword.<\/p>\n<p>The patent was shared by user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/this_design_of_the_master_sword_was_trademarked\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">timately<\/a>, who spotted it on a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp\/cache\/support\/mainte_sorry.html\">Japanese trademark website<\/a> (which is currently down for maintenance). And we have to say, the artwork and the design looks even cooler in black, logo-esque form.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see the new artwork for the sword, just click &#8216;View&#8217; on the embed below to show the image.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/this_design_of_the_master_sword_was_trademarked\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3 @ 2023-03-24T16:01:11+00:00 --> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/this_design_of_the_master_sword_was_trademarked\/\">This design of the Master Sword was trademarked by Nintendo today.<\/a><br \/>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/timately\">u\/timately<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/\">tearsofthekingdom<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>GamesRadar confirmed that all kinds of products have been listed under the patent, but we obviously don&#8217;t know specifically what the Master Sword will be used for.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, even if it looks that simple on the surface, there&#8217;s <em>always<\/em> theories. SherbobHolmes thinks the bottom of the sword looks like <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/comment\/jdcz9e1\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">a stylised version of Demise<\/a> (which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/16-theories-about-links-weird-arm-in-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-2#a-link-to-the-skyward-sword\">we&#8217;ve previously considered with TOTK<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>MeltdownComics has noticed that the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/comment\/jdd32l7\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">sword is broken into seven pieces<\/a> \u2014 and seven seems to be a significant number. They wonder whether the seven pieces will relate to the islands in Tears of the Kingdom&#8217;s Hyrule. There are also seven tears surrounding the mural, as <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/comment\/jddjp30\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">JudetheDude21 points out<\/a>, and there are GunnersnGames thinks we could be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tearsofthekingdom\/comments\/11zik76\/comment\/jddtg7q\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">getting those tears from the seven sages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, all of that talk about gameplay that will &#8220;change the game world&#8221; the other day? It might make sense. Restoring the world could restore the Master Sword. Sounds like a heck of a prospect. This is all just speculation, but Nintendo \u2014 our eyes are very, <em>very<\/em> open.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:146804 @ 2023-03-25T01:37:54+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you think this patent means? Do you have any theories about the artwork or the sword itself? Share your ideas in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo A new patent related to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been spotted, and its for a new piece of artwork of Link&#8217;s rather weird-looking Master Sword. The Tears of the Kingdom subreddit has been scrambling for reasons as to why this new piece of art has been patented by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}