The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom could become a classic because it has a fantastic storyline, characters, and twists and turns. In Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom the storyline is that Princess Zelda and her loyal bodyguard, Link, are underneath Hyrule Castle investigating a secret tunnel, when the demon king, Ganondorf, attacks Zelda. Since Link is Zelda's bodyguard, he holds an important relic: The Master Sword. It was forged by the goddess of Hyrule so that the Princess of Hyrule would be well protected by her bodyguard. But Ganondorf breaks the Master Sword, and a life-draining material called “gloom” floods up Link's arm, draining his health to the point where he's just as weak as any old traveler. Zelda is accidentally sent back in time, and Link ends up stranded on a sky island with an ancient prosthetic arm given to him by Raru, whom Zelda meets when she is sent back in time. Raru sacrificed himself so that he can save Hyrule from Ganondorf in Zelda's time (The past), but in Link's time (The present), he has to figure out how to find Princess Zelda and Destroy Ganondorf.
One reason that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom could be a classic is that it influences other great works. First of all, it has a huge storyline, and many, many, many vibrant characters and enemies. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has many characters with each different character having a unique personality. Characters can be hilarious, sad, happy, angry, furious, awestruck, unimpressed, gruff, goofy, cruel, sly, grumpy, unappeasable, unfair, kind, brave, stern, sheepish, extravagant, kind, talented, clumsy, and very, very stupid. Each character, even the monsters, have personalities, detail, and story. Also, there are so many side adventures, enemies, friends, secret caves, secret wells, secret tunnels, villages, forests, deserts, prairies, snow fields, and buried chests that you can barely ride your horse for 30 seconds and not stumble into another adventure.
Another reason that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be a classic is that it addresses permanent & universal human concerns. Over the years, many times Link has helped many people, from the little girl Koko who wants to be a chef to Kilton, the not quite human who sells monster- related gear for a living. As a matter of fact, Sometimes it seems that Link's entire purpose is to help people out, whether they're finding love, building a village, making a balloon, snapping pictures of leviathan skeletons, making a carriage, re-building a village, killing the monster pirates that have raided a village, gathering lumber for house structures, taking pictures of a whirlpool in the ocean, building a race course for a Zonai researcher to test Zonai vehicles on, and (obviously) saving the world from Calamity Ganon, Fireblight Ganon, Waterblight Ganon, Windblight Ganon, Thunderblight Ganon, Dark Beast Ganon, and Ganondorf. All of these stories deal with security, mortality, and basic humanity.
My last reason why Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom could be a classic is that it is challenging, yet rewarding. Link undergoes countless battles that you have to complete, like, for example, obtaining the master sword. First you have to send it back in time, travel to the depths (Tears of the Kingdom's version of the underworld), defeat a phantom haunting Hyrule Forest, then go figure out how get on top of the light dragon, where you have to have the stamina gathered in 20 trials to pull the sword out of the light dragon's hair. Not to mention defeating the countless scourges, dragons, and other enemies on your quest to beat the game. I've played over 60 hours, and while I have obtained the Master Sword, I've only completed the quest for one out of the five sages. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is very hard, but you are (sure enough) given a handsome reward for your tasks.
To tie it all together, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an excellent game, and has all the qualities of an excellent book, even though it is a video game. I recommend Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to anyone looking for a classic or a future classic.
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