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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom promises more high-flying action. Photograph:

Nintendo

Tears of the Kingdom is a sequel to 2017’s astonishing reinvention of The Legend of
Zelda series, first conceived by Super Mario’s-maker Shigeru Miyamoto. So confident is
Nintendo in its new game that most details have been kept hidden, bar the fact that this
is a return to the breezy spectacle of Hyrule, a bucolic world of secrets based on
Miyamoto’s boyhood experiences roaming the Japanese countryside. Its hero, Link, can
once again soar using a glider, now using wind currents to hop between a series of
islands in a floating archipelago. A live-in fairytale that promises a vibrant, expansive
adventure that will delight all-comers. Coming 12 May. Simon Parkin

Architecture
East Bank Stratford

How the new Stratford base for Sadler’s Wells will look. Photograph:
queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk

East Bank, the £628m cultural complex in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in
London, has been called “the most ambitious scheme of its kind since the Great
Exhibition gave rise to all the Kensington museums in 1851”. In 2023 we will see if it
lives up to its billing, with new buildings opening for the London College of Fashion,
University College London and Sadler’s Wells dance theatre. The Dublin-based
architects O’Donnell and Tuomey have gone for what might be called a high-end
industrial look for the latter, with saw-toothed roofs in the style of old factories. The
same architects’ more sculptural V&A East Museum is due to open in 2024. Rowan
Moore

Art

Gwen John at Pallant House