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Nintendo won’t release its ‘Breath of the Wild’ sequel in 2021
June 23, 2025
You’ll have to wait a while longer if you want thefollow-up toBreath of the Wild. Nintendo toldE3 2021viewers thatThe Legend of Zelda:Breath of the Wild 2(or whatever it will be called) won’t get a release date until sometime in 2022.
That’s roughly a year later than some expected, although it’s notable that Nintendo didn’t commit to a 2021 release date forBreath of the Wild 2when it introduced the game at E3 2019. Still, that leaves fans waiting five years from the originalSwitchgame’s 2017 debut to get a proper sequel. Nintendo didn’t elaborate on why theBreath of the Wild 2release date was so distant, although the scale of the open-world action RPG and the hurdles of developing during the COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role.
The company offered a consolation prize in return for setting theBreath of the Wild 2release date relatively far into the future. A new gameplay teaser trailer has revealed that the game will not only take place in Hyrule, but above it — Link will have to battle foes in islands floating among the clouds. He’ll also have to deal with an ominous castle (Ganon again?) and make clever use of the time-freeze mechanic to solve puzzles and thwart enemies.
A lot depends onBreath of the Wild 2, although Nintendo isn’t in as much of a rush to issue a release date as it was back in 2017. The first game was a Switch launch-era title that was crucial to selling the fledgling console. Now, the Switch is a well-established commercial success — the sequel is mainly important as a way to maintain interest in the console as it competes with thePlayStation 5,Xbox Series Xand other newer systems.
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