Though players of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have created many ways to wreak havoc, one player chose to make music with a new method they discovered. The player posted a short video of their musical endeavor on social media for other Tears of the Kingdom players to lend an ear to and received compliments and praise for their efforts.After over a month of availability, Tears of the Kingdom has taken social media by storm as players continue to share and create different contraptions. Whether it's a device meant to dispatch hordes of enemies quickly and mercilessly, or a train to traverse the fiery railways of Death Mountain as a callback to 2009's Spirit Tracks, the ways that players use Link's Ultrahand and Autobuild abilities continue to grow with each new contribution. However, one player chose to craft something different and discovered a method that players can use to make music. On Twitter, a user named bran8bit used a series of Zonai devices and four Beam Emitters to create a rotating music player. The beams then hit a bunch of Stakes that were placed in a pattern that corresponded to a circle on the ground. In Tears of the Kingdom, when Stakes are hit by beams or other objects, they make a sound that can change depending on the angle that the Stakes are struck. This was proven in another video by a Twitter user named maxotunes, who was quote-tweeted by bran8bit in their video. However, bran8bit discovered that the Stake's sound can change octaves when two Stakes are attached to each other in different ways, with different combinations creating different notes and octaves than before.
As a result, bran8bit posted a 21-second video of their Tears of the Kingdom music player in action. For their first song, bran8bit chose to go with "Megalovania" from 2015's Undertale. However, for the sake of demonstration, bran8bit only played the first two seconds of "Megalovania" on a loop. The video was seen over 15 million times in the span of a day. In the replies, other Twitter users praised bran8bit for their discovery and wondered what songs they could create in Tears of the Kingdom with this method.
With Ultrahand at their disposal, Tears of the Kingdom players have let their imaginations run wild. While only a few octaves were demonstrated by bran8bit, it remains to be seen what other notes and compositions players will create and discover.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now for Nintendo Switch.