Gamers Discover You Can Somehow Play 'Megalovania' In 'Tears Of The Kingdom'

Tears of the Kingdom has had no shortage of players becoming quasi-engineers in their quest to make incredible vehicles as developers intended, but it's likely the devs didn't anticipate players becoming actual craftsman of functional musical instruments.

Last Friday, Twitter user @maxotunes discovered that hitting stakes in the game with a laser causes them to produce a pitch, showing off a noise contraption that ends up sounding a bit like a wind chime.

lasers n stakes will actually produce a pitch #TearsOfTheKingdom pic.twitter.com/yTeTvR40Bu

— Maxo ⬢ (@maxotunes) June 9, 2023

The discovery opened a pandora's (music) box, and soon enough, Zelda players were able to create the equivalent of a kalimba that only plays "Megalovania."

On Saturday, Twitter user @bran8bit showcased how attaching stakes together and adjusting how deep they are in the ground will alter the pitch they produce. He then arranged the stakes and a laser contraption such that the spiraling laser will produce the notes from the infamous Undertale song.

just discovered you can create a wider range of pitches by attaching stakes to one another 🤯
new DAW just dropped https://t.co/PfmVIail5A pic.twitter.com/BvVytBNCc3

— bran (@bran8bit) June 10, 2023

Though the "technology" is still primitive, players have been able to recreate several tunes in the game, including the "Great Fairy Fountain" theme and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," among others.

@noteable Making music in Tears of the Kingdom #zelda #tearsofthekingdom #legendofzelda #totk #greatfairyfountain ♬ original sound – note-able

And this video fork TikTok toohttps://t.co/WibBATXMNV https://t.co/MFu13uNDLI pic.twitter.com/wkOQNnXi8n

— Majo (@majitzu) June 11, 2023

At this point, it's only a matter of time until someone puts together a musical Rube Goldberg machine that spans Hyrule and plays the entirety of "Never Gonna Give You Up."