The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomdoes not let players pet the dogs they meet across open world Hyrule.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s open world is full of all different kinds of creatures, from monsters to friendly NPCs to various animals that can be found roaming around, including dogs.
The same was true ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s predecessor,Breath of the Wild. Sadly,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilddidn’t let players pet the dogsthey came across in the open world, and so fans were hoping that would be rectified withTears of the Kingdom. Now thatZelda: Tears of the Kingdomhas been released to the masses, though, fans have realized that they can’t pet dogs in the new game either.
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It takes a few hours forZelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayers to reachopen world Hyrulewhere they’ll find dogs and various other animals, but it still didn’t take long for fans to realize that they couldn’t pet the dogs in the game. The Can You Pet the Dog Twitter account wasted little time confirming this sad news.
It’s unclear why Nintendo still isn’t letting players pet the dog inTears of the Kingdom, but at least there are other animals players can interact with in the game. Just likeBreath of the Wild,Tears of the Kingdomhas wild horsesthat players can find, mount, and tame. Horses can make getting across the vast open world of Hyrule a lot faster and can be registered at the stables dotted around the map. So while players may not have the chance to fully interact with the dogs in the game, at least there is still some animal bonding moments.
While highly unlikely, it’s possible that Nintendo could updateThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomto let players pet dogs and have other interactions with animals in the game. Nintendo did releaseDLC expansions forBreath of the Wildthat added some substantial new content to that game, but it hasn’t revealed any plans to do the same forTears of the Kingdomjust yet. For now,Zeldafans will have to accept that they simply can’t pet the dogs inTears of the Kingdom.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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