Why Tears of the Kingdom's physics are so mind-blowing

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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The physics in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are incredibly impressive. Footage of bridges over lava, and functioning chains, have been wowing game developers on social media. But how did the physics in a Nintendo Switch game get to be this good? Polygon's Simone de Rochefort talks to two devs and explores how TOTK's physics got so good, and what lessons the rest of the game industry can learn from Zelda's success.

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