BOTW 2 Delay Gives Zelda Fans Hope For Twilight Princess & Wind Waker
With The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 officially delayed until next year, some fans have a renewed sense of hope that Nintendo could release remastered HD versions of pastZelda games like The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess in 2022. While the highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s blockbuster hit Breath Of The Wild was originally set to launch later this year, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma formally announced that the fan-named BOTW 2 will instead be released next spring.
Meanwhile, Nintendo has been giving longtime Zelda fans and newcomers to the franchise alike the chance to explore some of Link’s earlier adventures by releasing some of the previous Legend Of Zelda games on the Nintendo Switch. Both the 1993 Game Boy spin-off Link’s Awakening and the 2011 Nintendo Wii installment Skyward Sword have seen standalone HD remakes on the Switch, and classic titles like Ocarina Of Time and Majora’s Mask are available through the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. Rumors have suggested that Nintendo could be adding titles like the handheld Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages/Oracle Of Seasonsduology to this list eventually, but The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remain two of the most requested Zelda installments that have yet to be re-released on the Nintendo Switch.
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Some Legend Of Zelda fans think this might change soon, as the recent delay of Breath Of The Wild 2 might give Nintendo time to remaster Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker for the Nintendo Switch. Good Vibes gaming co-founder Derrick Bitner seems to think so, playfully suggesting that Switch versions of these games could be developed and/or released during the wait
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