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Will Breath of the Wild Sequel Launch in 2022
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If they can hit March 2023 like a lot of folks are suggesting, you'd think they'd be able to hit November 2022. And the succ doesn't need Zelda for launch. It can launch with the next Mario or Mario Kart.
If it means getting the option to play it on better hardware so I can get 60fps or at least a resolution higher than 1080p then I will happily wait till 2024. My guess is it's out December 2022 or spring 2023 though.
Remember when BOTW was supposed to come out in 2015?
Remember when Twilight Princess got a full year delay to 2006?
Remember when Skyward Sword was "tracking" a 2010 release date but then got delayed to the end of 2011?
Remember when Twilight Princess got a full year delay to 2006?
Remember when Skyward Sword was "tracking" a 2010 release date but then got delayed to the end of 2011?
I am going to say that at E3 Nintendo is going to show a full blown trailer and name reveal (if it hasn't already been revealed) and then drop a Holiday 2022 release date, but then in like Sept or Oct they delay it to Q1 2023 because they need a bit more time.
To me, it's one of those games where it wouldn't surprise me if it releases in 2022, but I also wouldn't bet money on that happening. I don't doubt they've been working on it for a while (already been a couple years since it was announced), but I just don't know it's close to being in a 'release state' for them.
In these instances I think it was more clear that they projected a release year too early. This stew has been simmering for quite a while and feels like a more measured projection made at this year's e3.
but also it's always possible I'm wrong and will weep. With these new patents being highlighted it's only made me thirstier. All three mechanics detailed (with extrapolation from their depiction in the second trailer) have massive puzzle and combat implications. It's almost as though they consciously cut the trailer to include these three knowing when this patent filing would be publicly available. What else awaits us!?!?!
GIVE ME THIS GAME
Don't know why it is so hard believe that the game could come out next year. Yes they said aiming, but they also are currently referencing it everywhere (IR documents, Game Awards) as a 2022 game. Even when it dosen't make 2022 I'm sure they will feature it at E3 similarly like BOTW in 2016 and we'll see it in in their next FY, so March 2023 the latest.
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Yes. They showed gameplay trailer in June 2021. And stated it's coming next year. It is.
I could only see it delayed for marketing reasons (Switch2/+), but I don't think it will.
I could only see it delayed for marketing reasons (Switch2/+), but I don't think it will.
March 2023. Day 1 with a new system.
Now this makes a whole lot of sense.
Now this makes a whole lot of sense.
We're still seeing this take? For real? You actually think it's going to be 'the same hyrule'?
Whenever Nintendo (or most devs, really) are "aiming" for a year, the game's highly likely to miss said year. Expect it to be early 2023 and cross-gen with Switch 2.
This. If Switch 2 is coming in 2023, BOTW will definetly be a cross-gen title.
Honestly... if the game then has not substantial new areas, and big changes on the map, people will riot, and i dont want to hear anybody "well they said they'll reused it". Even with covid, a game thats using an established tech, engine, world map, artstyle, a lot of assets and is developed for one platform instead of 2 should not take as long as the original, even with covid.
In other words: i expect this game to be huge and bigger then some people expected it when they anounced a reused map. This is not Majoras Mask. this is its own beast.
In other words: i expect this game to be huge and bigger then some people expected it when they anounced a reused map. This is not Majoras Mask. this is its own beast.
I'm inclined to think it's more likely to happen than not
Otherwise they're gonna need something major up their sleeve for next year, this year was already a little bare
Otherwise they're gonna need something major up their sleeve for next year, this year was already a little bare
Spring 2023. Super Switch launch title and will also be available on the OG Switch. Just like how BOTW 1 was on both the Switch and the Wii U.
wasnt this year stronger then the last 2? (at least way stronger then last year)
but yeah, just another port/remake for zelda would be weak.
We have "yearly" zelda releases, but the last 3 NEW CORE Zelda games where Botw (2017),
tri force heroes (2015) and Link between Worlds (2013)... (LA could count in 2019, but was a remake...)
So yeah, the IP has yearly releases, the zelda gameplay less so.
Yes of course. Don't you? I thought that it being the same hyrule was one of the few pieces of information we have
I feel like that is always NIntendo's initial intention. Then they realize people won't dig some minor sequel to one of the goats. Then they start piling on new ideas.
That isn't reasonable at all. They've never announced a Zelda and had such a long period until release.
These are the two most delayed Zelda games:
TP - E3 2004 > November 2006
BotW - E3 2014 > March 2017
BotW2 will beat the length of BotW reveal/release soon enough and at E3 2022 it will be 3 years since the game was announced which will by then comfortably already be the record.
You're predicting 5 years from reveal to release by comparison.
I believe it was originally (internally) aiming for 2020 as of early 2019.
The wait makes me think that Nintendo put way more into this than just more BoTW. I mean it is Nintendo and they rarely make samey sequels but there was part of me that thought that BoTW was so well received that they would just give us more. Hoping they put a lot of work into unique dungeons.
I tried to tell everyone that wasn't going to happen. MM came out the same day PS2 came out. It was basically the end of the N64 lifespan which was, in part, why it had such a rushed dev time. It was a "now or never" type of situation for that game. Games also took a lot less time in general to make back then, and consoles had a shorter lifespan.
This new game, in contrast, is a sequel to a launch game on hardware with a modern lifespan, with a (presumably) open world to boot. Making it feel substantially different to BotW to justify a whole new game was always going to be a very tall order. And there is no reason for them to rush it any more than necessary. It could be the very final game released for the hardware (and the launch game for the next generation if they really wanted it to be) and fans would likely be okay with that.
Even after the content has been created, the amount of finishing polish required of games at this scale probably eclipses the length of the entire development cycle of Majora's Mask.
That would be interesting. I have a feeling it's something completely different though. Like not just Majora's Mask or Wind Waker levels of different.
More like... MM or WW levels of different plus what Octo Expansion was to the Splatoon series. Or what Lost Levels was to Super Mario Bros. Something that forces players to really engage with BotW's mechanics in a much more difficult context while offering new gameplay on top.
I'd say this plus realizing how unprecedented sales were for the IP. They now have another series that can be potentially as big as Mario...but they can't afford to not live up to expectations.
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