It’s arduous to think about at this level, however early on 2022 was shaping as much as presumably be probably the greatest years in gaming in a very long time. The celebrities had been aligning, and so had been the tears. The dominion’s tears to be precise. Nintendo lastly appeared poised to ship one other breakthrough Zelda sport on time. The investor displays and trailers all saved itemizing it as “Coming 2022.” Nevertheless it by no means got here. As an alternative, it obtained a brand new title and a delay.
Tears of the Kingdom, which grew out of a Breath of the Wild DLC concept, will by the point it arrives subsequent yr, have taken simply so long as Breath of the Wild did following Skyward Sword’s belated debut on the Wii. On the brilliant aspect, we might doubtlessly be getting two franchise-defining Zelda video games on a single console era. A giant achievement for Nintendo however a fully depressing prospect for the quickly getting old graphics chip powering my Swap.
Motive for delay: “in an effort to make this sport’s expertise one thing particular”
New launch date: Could 5, 2023