The next game in the Legend of Zelda series is called Tears of the Kingdom and will hit the Switch on May 12, 2023, Nintendo announced today during a livestreamed Nintendo Direct presentation.
It has been over three years since Nintendo first announced the follow-up to Breath of the Wild and over a year since we saw the first gameplay footage for the title.
A brief teaser shown during this morning’s Nintendo Direct presentation didn’t provide much detail that wasn’t apparent in that previous showing, but it did put a lot of focus on Link falling through the sky and gliding through the air. The game seems to mimic the open-world, climbing-heavy gameplay of its predecessor.
The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!
The Legend of #Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launches on #NintendoSwitch 5/12/23. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/qkGnFYFXNs
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 13, 2022
Breath of the Wild, which launched alongside the Switch in 2017, has sold over 27 million copies on that system. That makes the game the fourth best-selling Switch game and easily the biggest seller in the Zelda series to date.
