Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel is among the most-anticipated games of the year. Pre-orders for Breath of the Wild 2 are already available via the Nintendo Store on Amazon and the game’s release date has finally been announced.
If you look at the pre-order for the game on Amazon, it will tell you that the game will be released on Dec. 31, 2022. But the date is simply a placeholder. During a Nintendo Direct on Sept. 13, 2022, the developer confirmed the release date of May 12, 2023. This announcement came alongside a trailer, revealing the game’s official name: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The new trailer serves as the first official footage that players have seen from the game so far, with new features seen in small clips throughout. Link can be seen holding on to a boulder that gets whisked away and standing on the top of a hoverboard or glider high above the game’s map.
Even before the title had an official name or release date, the game’s hype has been through the roof. Last summer, the game won the E3 2021 award for Most Anticipated Nintendo Game and it was nominated for Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards for the past two years.
The game has been in development since 2017, following the release of the original, and it was first teased by Nintendo at E3 in 2019. Now that fans have an official release date set in stone, it’s likely that we will only see more of Tears of the Kingdom in the months ahead.
Published: Sep 13, 2022 10:21 am