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As time inched forward towards the hopeful announcement of anything related to the upcoming sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's sequel, fans became uneasy with the lack of information from Nintendo. That's because the game has been pushed back, as shown in a video update today. Eiji Aonuma asked fans to please wait just a little bit longer, extending the development cycle for the game, and setting it to a Spring 2023 launch window.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Probably saw how good Elden Ring is and is all "shit we can't compete with an actually good open world!"

;O;

 

[Lostbhoy]

Knew that was happening long before they did. Typical. Not happy!

 

[x65943]

Zelda games always get delayed, I would be surprised if we actually get the game Q1 2023

 

[wiitendo84]

I don't think there's ever been a Zelda game that hasn't been delayed before.

 

[SG854]

 

[RyRyIV]

Nice, more time to not play Breath of the Wild before the sequel comes out

 

[The_Hulkster]

No Man's Sky has rendered this quote obsolete.

 

[zoogie]

This reeks of "delayed to launch alongside a new console". As they have a tendency to do with big new Zelda games.

 

[Stone_Wings]

So by the time it's actually out, it'll be getting two versions like the first one. One for Switch and one for whatever the next console is called.

 

[FanNintendo]

Probably on the launch day with New Switch 2 that would make Switch 6 years old just like Wii U and Switch on 2017

 

[Marc_LFD]

Hope they prove me wrong, but it may be delayed again and again until the next Switch is released.

 

[Ol' Archimedes]

No Man's Sky has rendered this quote obsolete.

It has but what it went through is not something to recommend...

 

[Alexander1970]

Damn....and I am already upgraded my Wii U with new CPU and more RAM....

 

[SG854]

No Man's Sky has rendered this quote obsolete.

No Man Sky not Nintendo

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Yeah, no huge surprise here. At this rate it will likely just be a launch title for Nintendo's next console and/or the final first party title for their previous console like the first BOTW was.

 

[MikaDubbz]

Sigh, I saw this coming. Once Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were announced for this holiday season, I just knew there was no way we'd also still get the BOTW sequel this year. Ah well, I can wait, lord knows we went through longer delays with the original BOTW.

 

[Stone_Wings]

I'm actually glad because I still haven't finished the first one.

 

[FanNintendo]

Hope they prove me wrong, but it may be delayed again and again until the next Switch is released.

I'm sure you will be right because Wii U got delayed twice the original release was in 2015 for Wii U and got released on March 3, 2017 with Switch launch

 

[Takokeshi]

Yeah, no huge surprise here. At this rate it will likely just be a launch title for Nintendo's next console and/or the final first party title for their previous console like the first BOTW was.

Twilight Princess was more or less the same deal too, wasn't it?