Italian Voice Actor May Have Leaked Spoilers On Breath Of The Wild 2

Italian voice actor Pietro Ubaldi originally voiced the Goron Champion Daruk in Breath of the Wild. Daruk features as one of Hyrule’s old champions, who failed to stop Calamity Ganon 100 years before the events of Breath of the Wild take place. Like the other fallen heroes Revali, Mipha, and Urbosa, Daruk can guide Link on his quest to restore all the Divine Beasts to their former glory and save Hyrule.

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However, alongside voicing Daruk, Ubaldi has stated that he will also voice Daruk’s ancestor. Daruk ends Breath of the Wild in the afterlife, though beforehand he is able to speak with Link in certain moments, meaning an ancestor of Daruk could play a similar role. It is currently unknown how Daruk’s ancestor will appear in Breath of the Wild 2, but it is assumed that the character will not appear physically, unless the game were to have Link travel back in time.

Some fans initially believed that Daruk’s ancestor could be Darunia, the Goron patriarch that appears in Ocarina of Time. Ubaldi did clarify that the ancestor he is voicing is not Darunia though, meaning the character will be another member of the Goron people. Ubaldi didn’t give a specific name on the ancestor either, stating that he couldn’t remember it, but he did state that this role was more serious than his previous time playing Daruk.

Fans are currently speculating that the ancestor of Daruk could lead to another story revolving around the Divine Beasts, and that Ubaldi’s new character could be the original pilot of Divine Beast Rudania from millennia ago. It’s likely that Daruk’s ancestry will be but one small feature of Breath of the Wild 2’s expansive new map and story, as series producer Eiji Aonuma has promised that Breath of the Wild’s sequel will allow for gameplay both on the ground and in the skies above.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 releases in spring 2023 for Nintendo Switch.

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