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Here’s where you can pre-order ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
UPDATE: Sep. 13, 2022, 12:04 p.m. EDT This article has been updated.
Nintendo‘s highly anticipated sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finally has a name and a release date.
Revealed at the very end of Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct livestream, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will launch for the Switch console on May 12, 2023. The game was available for preorder at Amazon and Best Buy for $59.99 at the time of writing.
Little is known about TOTK‘s gameplay or storyline at this point, though its brief trailer features snippets of a stunning aerial world above Hyrule with lush floating islands and a flying bird-shaped platform. We also might’ve gotten a glimpse at a new Sheikah Slate rune that lets Link ride boulders (?) like an elevator (???)
“In addition to the vast lands of Hyrule, the latest entry in the storied Legend of Zelda series will take you up into the skies and an expanded world that goes beyond that!” Nintendo teased in a press release.
TOTK was originally slated for a 2022 release, but the gaming giant announced its delay to spring 2023 back in March. Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma apologized to fans in a video update at the time, explaining that its dev team needed more time “[i]n order to make this game’s experience something special.” Here’s hoping it’s exactly that.
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Take to the skies in ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
Following up the best Legend of Zelda game ever made is a tricky task, but it looks like Nintendo has it under control.
During a Nintendo Direct livestream on Tuesday, Nintendo closed the show out with a look at the game that had been called “The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” until today. The trailer confirms that the new game’s title is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and it will launch on Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.
It’s a tantalizingly brief glimpse at what the assuredly massive adventure will entail, but we can’t wait to see more. It looks like the first game’s gargantuan open world is back, with a whole other world on top of it in the sky. We see series hero Link dive from a floating island down to the world below without any loading screens, and at one point he uses what appears to be time-rewinding magic to ride a fallen piece of terrain back up to the sky. Link even rides some kind of magical flying device, so be prepared to see the world of Breath of the Wild from a whole new perspective when this game launches in May.
Metroid Prime developer’s cancelled Zelda game was apparently “an experiment gone wrong”
Some new details have emerged on Retro Studios’ cancelled Zelda game that would have starred Sheik as the main character.
Retro Studios is best known for the Metroid Prime series these days, but did you know that at one point in time it was working on a Zelda game that would have put Sheik in the leading role? Did You Know Gaming knows, and it has recently put out a video spoke with one of the programmers that worked on the project.
Concept art for the game was released back in 2020, with the game supposedly intending to have more of a darker tone that would tell an origin story of the Master Sword, set in a timeline where Link fails to beat Ganon in Ocarina of Time. As a result of that artwork being released, programmer Paul Tozour was willing to talk about it, as well as an anonymous source, though it didn’t sound like a great game.
New Details on Cancelled Zelda Sheik Game Seemingly Emerge: ‘It Was an Experiment Gone Wrong’
Nintendo Direct September 2022 rumours suggest big news for Zelda fans
Just yesterday, a rumour emerged that the next Nintendo Direct is much closer than you might’ve though, and it’s going to be packed with news for keen Zelda fans. This report comes directly from Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb in a recent stream to YouTube.
In the video, Grubb suggests that a Nintendo Direct could be happening the week of September 12, which is the same week that the Tokyo Game Show is expected to begin – this does track, given that we have seen a Nintendo Direct every September since the launch of the Nintendo Switch in 2017.
When it comes to what this rumoured Nintendo Direct will feature, Grubb suggests that “I think there’s going to be a lot of Zelda stuff at this thing.” More specifically, it’s believed that Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD ports could very well be coming to Nintendo Switch soon. These titles have been rumoured before, and are also very much titles that fans want to see on the newer console.
Legend of Zelda PC port makes Link to the Past playable on PC, legally
There’s a new Legend of Zelda PC port, and while it isn’t an official PC release from Nintendo, playing the classic RPG game on your computer is still legal – mostly. The Zelda PC port in question is A Link to the Past, first released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, rereleased multiple times through Nintendo’s virtual console and online offerings, and, as ever with Nintendo games, locked to Nintendo systems only. GitHub user snesrev reverse engineered A Link to the Past, also known as Zelda 3, and created a native PC port of the game that’s completely playable – so long as you have the ROM yourself.
Ikonei Island is an adorable Zelda meets Stardew Valley farming sim
Initial impressions of Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure are certainly those of Zelda meets Stardew Valley, but the indie game looks to carve out its own niche in the relaxing island life game genre alongside the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons with dynamic combat systems, freeform island development, and a mysterious story at its centre. Waking up on the bizarre Ikonei Island, you’ll uncover its various mysteries and befriend the wildlife, harnessing their unique abilities to help you explore further.
Ikonei Island launched on Steam Early Access on August 18, and PCGamesN took a look at the game and its planned updates during our time at Gamescom. Perhaps most exciting for fans of the genre will be the planned multiplayer game mode – currently, the early access version of Ikonei Island only supports a single-player adventure, but up to four players will be able to work together on an island once multiplayer launches.
Like all the best farming games, Ikonei Island lets you build up your farm from scratch, earning a variety of tools and equipment to help increase your crop efficiency as you progress. As you harvest more resources, you’ll be able to build workshops, housing, decorations, and more to grow your simple base of operations into a thriving hamlet. In addition, you’ll be able to craft a range of weapons to tackle dangerous monsters out in the wild in Zelda-like combat sequences.
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Blossom Tales II gives the Zelda formula a cute meta-narrative touch
The only Zelda game I’ve played was Link’s Awakening, on the Game Boy. I do not feel short changed by this. In fact I get the distinct impression it was one of the best, if not the one that most distilled the series’ essence.
That essence has made its way into Blossom Tales II, a charming light adventure game in the classic “going on an adventure” sense rather than the “rubbing every item on every other item until you’re allowed to play again” genre sense.
You’re playing out a story playfully told by your grandfather, who’s cast you as the wee hero of a village out to rescue your brother from the sinister Minotaur King. Both of you occasionally interject, sometimes prompting a decision that changes the game a little as your granddad amends things to your liking. It doesn’t go to the full meta-narrative lengths of a Juarez Gunslinger with it, but it’s a cute touch and keeps the framing relevant.