Check out extensive gameplay for the long-awaited sequel to Breath of the Wild is available worldwide today for Nintendo Switch.
Recent reports have claimed that development on a Nintendo Switch successor is "progressing well".
The open world action-adventure sequel is due out for the Nintendo Switch tomorrow, on May 12, and retails for $69.99.
Nintendo has been encouraged by the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and will produce more movies under its new label.
Reviews for the highly anticipated open world action-adventure sequel will start going live the day before its release, Metacritic has revealed.
Unlike Breath of the Wild's Divine Beasts, the dungeons each have their "own regional look and feel" while providing a "satisfying challenge."
"First-time players can rest assured that this game is easy to get into," says The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma.
Series producer Eiji Aonuma says the open world title's story "connects to Hyrule's past" and "talks about a major struggle called The Imprisoning War."
Nintendo recently confirmed that in spite of the Switch's sales slowing down, it won't be releasing any new hardware this fiscal year.
"In the initial proposal, we clearly stated 'the setting will not change' as an important concept," says director Hidemaro Fujibayashi.
Other noteworthy sales figures include Splatoon 3 at 10.67 million units and Pokemon Legends: Arceus hitting 14.83 million sales.
"Sustaining the Switch’s sales momentum will be difficult in its seventh year," Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says.
Nintendo's remaster of the critically and commercially acclaimed GameCube title stealth-dropped on the Switch last February.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains in second place, with 42.21 million sales in the three months ending March 31st, 2023.
Nintendo's flagship console sold 3.07 million units in the quarter ending March 31st, 2023, and 17.97 million units in the fiscal year.
It's been claimed that unlike a lot of other major publishers, Nintendo doesn't have a showcase event planned for the May/June period.
Players can now pre-load The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom six days before the game's May 12 launch.
A Nintendo Treehouse Live event has been confirmed for 6:45 PM PT on May 11 to celebrate the launch of the open world title.
Recent reports of Pokemon GO seeing notable drops in monthly revenue are inaccurate, according to Niantic.
UPDATE: Niantic calls revenue estimates inaccurate, stating that the mobile title's revenue numbers in 2023 so far are up on 2022.
