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New The Legend Of Zelda Announced For Later This Year

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

Published Apr 2, 2025

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During today's dedicated Switch 2 showcase, Nintendo revealed a brand-new Hyrule Warriors game, Age of Imprisonment.
Set before Tears of the Kingdom, this prequel follows Zelda, Raru, and Mineru, all of whom are playable.
While we don't have a concrete release date yet, we know that it's due to launch this Winter.

Nintendo ann🅠ounced during the dedicated Switch 2 showcase that a Hyru𒐪le Warriors sequel will launch sometime this Winter.

Following Zelda as the lead in her second-ever game (not counting 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the old CD-i titles), 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is set before 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tears of the Kingdom, much as168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Age of Calamity was a prequel to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Breath of the Wild, allowing us to see firsthand as the princess fights alongside Raru and Mineru, both of whom ar𝔍e playable, against the legions of Ganon✨dorf.

Nintendo reportedly wanted the original Hyrule Warriors to bꦚe a Japanese excluꦺsive.

Age Of Imprisonment Takes Place During The Imprisoning War

While it's positioned as a prequel, leading into the events of Tears of the Kingdom by following the story of the Secret Stone guardians, it's worth noting that Age of Calamity likewise billed itself as a prequel to Breath of the Wild, only to be revealed as a non-canon, d♍ivergent timeline when it was released in 2014.

Hoꦡwever, as , Nintendo doesn't have to change the story to tell a happy ending here, so it's more likely that the new Hyrule Warriors will lead directly into Tears of the Kingdom rather than its own alternate future.

composite image of link from breath of the wild, tears of the kingdom, the legend of zelda, and other link iterations for our feature on the legend of zelda timeline

168澳洲幸运5开奖网: ༒ The Legend Of Zelda Timeline, Explainedꦗ

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"The Imprisoning War ends with the good guys triumph✤ant and Ganandorf imprisoned (hence the name), so this game can just tell that story," they ex😼plained. "Age of Calamity did a timeline split because [...] the good guys win, whereas in BotW they lost and Link had to come back 100 years later."

Granted, this is entirely speculative, and we'll just have to wait and see when the game launches this Winter if it really does tie into Tears of the🍸 Kingdom's story directly. That being said, some fans, like u/JamSa, argue that 💖Age of Calamity was "made way better" by not being canon, as it gave Nintendo more freedom as to what characters it could include and the story it could tell, rather than being pigeonholed by an ending we already knew.

The Switch 2, meanwhile, launches on June 5.