Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 Has Seemingly Become Nintendo's Main E3 Attraction

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Nintendo appears to have a strong collection of titles prepared for the rest of this year. The February 2022 Nintendo Direct revealed a number of games including Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and Mario Strikers: Battle League, while also providing updates on known projects including Splatoon 3 andKirby and the Forgotten Land. However, one major game left out of the festivities was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2.

There was reason to suspect Breath of the Wild 2 would not appear in the first Nintendo Direct of 2022. The 40-minute event was advertised as a showcase «mostly» focusing on games for the early half of the year, and this held true — with the notable exception of September 2022's Xenoblade Chronicles 3 being revealed. With the first half of the year largely laid out for Switch owners, Nintendo can begin to focus future events on the tail end of 2022, with the next Zelda game a seemingly perfect candidate for the holiday season. If so, Nintendo will likely continue its pattern of making Breath of the Wild 2 a draw at its E3 presentations.

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The original Breath of the Wild had a history in the spotlight well before it became the blockbuster Switch launch title in March 2017. It was discussed openly by producer Eiji Aonuma as early as January 2013, promising the first original HD Zelda game on Wii U that would reimagine its series' conventions and return to the exploratory roots of The Legend of Zelda on NES. Over the following years it would be sparingly highlighted at various events, and it seems the decision to go from Wii U exclusive to a title also releasing on the then-codenamed NX influenced Breath of the Wild's lengthy