Nintendo Direct drops new ‘Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ trailer — preorders start now at $70

The revolutionary open-world installment of the beloved 35-year-old “Legend of Zelda” franchise has offered greater than 30 million copies since its launch nearly six years in the past, together with 29 million models on the Nintendo Switch and 1.70 million on Nintendo’s Wii U. So it ought to come as little shock that its follow-up, “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” (or “Breath of the Wild 2,” as many avid gamers are calling it), which hits cabinets on May 12, is likely one of the most hotly anticipated videogames of the 12 months.  

And they weren’t disenchanted. Nintendo
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on Wednesday dropped a darkish new trailer that confirmed the evil Ganon’s monsters and malice overrunning the dominion of Hyrule, and Princess Zelda admitting to our hero, Link, that “I am not sure you’ll be able to stop him.”

Watch it right here:

The recreation shall be out there for preorder starting Wednesday for $70. There may even be a $130 “Collector’s Edition” bundle that features an an artwork guide and a pin set, together with a case and the sport, itself.

There was lots to maintain Nintendo followers pumped, together with peeks at upcoming releases like “Pikmin 4,” “Metroid Prime” being remastered for the Switch, in addition to a launch date finally for “Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp,” and a “Splatoon 3” enlargement move.

Plus, it was revealed that a number of Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance video games will already be out there to play on Nintendo Switch Online on Wednesday — though the Game Boy Advance video games are unique to members of Nintendo’s Expansion Pack subscriber tier. The preliminary video games out there embody extra Zelda titles, together with “The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap” and “Link’s Awakening,” in addition to “Metroid II: Return of Samus,” “Wario Land 3” and the unique “Kirby’s Dream Land.”

It’s been about 5 months for the reason that earlier Nintendo Direct presentation, and avid gamers had been wanting to get updates on different upcoming Nintendo releases. In truth, the hype across the newest Nintendo Direct received so excessive that it led California State University-Fullerton to beef up its safety on Wednesday. Turns out, a professor misinterpreted a scholar’s electronic mail asking for sophistication to be canceled throughout Nintendo’s presentation as a “perceived vague threat,” in response to native police. (The scholar had urged the instructor to cancel the lesson over a “once-in-a-lifetime event” for “the good of humanity,” which put the professor on edge.

So listed below are a number of highlights from the roughly 40-minute showcase: 

• “Metroid Prime Remastered,” which was first launched on the GameDice in 2002, has been remastered for the Switch. The digital model of the sport is out on the Nintendo eShop at present, and the bodily model will hit shops on Feb. 22.

• Gamers received a have a look at a “Pikmin 4” gameplay trailer, which launched a brand new ice-type Pikmin and a pleasant canine named Oatchi to assist gamers navigate the technique and puzzle recreation. The recreation shall be out there on July 21.

• In different technique recreation news, Nintendo Direct introduced that the long-awaited “Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp,” which was initially speculated to be launched in April 2022, is now out there for preorder, with the sport hitting on April 21.

• Nintendo additionally launched a “Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe” trailer, which highlighted a brand new “Magolor’s Epilogue” mode. A demo is now out there to play on-line, and the total recreation will hit on Feb. 24.

You can replay the Nintendo Direct presentation right here: 

And right here’s the unique “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” launch date trailer from a number of months in the past: 

The world gaming market is projected to hit a excessive rating of $545.98 billion in 2028 (up from $229.16 billion in 2021) in response to a Fortune Business Insights report from November. 

U.S.-traded shares of Nintendo
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are down nearly 5% 12 months to this point.