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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sadly removed one of the most popular speedrunning strats from Breath of the Wild - the infamous unlimited whistle sprint.
Now that Tears of the Kingdom is finally upon us after years of waiting, we can see that, although the core experience is much the same as it was in Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has made numerous clever changes to help streamline things, such as giving Link a recipe book and letting you throw away items when opening a treasure chest. While most of these changes are additions, it turns out that Nintendo taketh away as much as it giveth.
By far the biggest thing that Nintendo has removed from Tears of the Kingdom is the beloved whistle sprint. For those who don't know, the whistle sprint was a speedrunning move in Breath of the Wild that let you run without consuming stamina by constantly tapping the whistle button as you sprint. This let Link run for as long as he wanted which, as you can imagine, became an invaluable tool for speedruns.
It was kind of a pain to pull off thanks to Breath of the Wild's control scheme and certainly wasn't intended to be in the game by Nintendo, but it was such a well-known trick that many of us were hoping that it'd return for Tears of the Kingdom. After all, if you're able to build literal planes and cars, surely being able to run whenever you want isn't a big deal?
It seems that Nintendo doesn't agree there, however, as Whistle Sprint has officially been removed from the game. I personally tried this as soon as I got down from the Great Sky Island, only to very quickly realise that it's been taken away. Trying it now simply doesn't work, as Link will still whistle while he runs but his stamina will continue to go down normally.
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As pointed out by Twitter user Toasty3563, this isn't the only glitch from Breath of the Wild that has been taken away. Some of the other notable ones include Skew Bouncing, fall damage cancelling, and weapon smuggling. It seems that most, if not all, of the main Breath of the Wild glitches have been patched out.
Although it's a shame that such an iconic trick has been removed from the game, it doesn't seem to have mattered all that much. On Tears of the Kingdom's launch day, it was reported that one player had already managed to beat the game in 94 minutes, even without the Whistle Sprint. Looks like we'll just need to find some new tricks.