How a wrong turn led to a 40-hour Elden Ring marathon in Tears of the Kingdom

The author of this article spent 40 hours playing Zelda Tears of the Kingdom before discovering the existence of armor upgrades. They had assumed that meeting the Great Fairies would happen as part of a main mission later on in the story, but it turned out they had taken a wrong turn and missed the Lucky Clover Gazette headquarters where they could have learned about armor upgrades. Despite struggling through tough boss battles, the author still found the game fun and addictive.