Next zelda game after tears of the kingdom

After Tears of the Kingdom, The Next Zelda Game Should Return to One BotW Strategy

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The switch to an open-world was a major success for the Zelda franchise, with Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom becoming best-selling entries.
The next Zelda game is likely to be an open-world adventure similar to Tears of the Kingdom, but the release timing is still unknown. It could potentially coincide with the launch of Nintendo's next hardware.
Positioning a Zelda game as a launch title for a console has historically been a strong move for Nintendo, greatly impacting sales. Making the next Zelda game a launch title would result in a surefire sales juggernaut.

After The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's win for Best Action/Adventure Game at The Game Awards 2023, as well as Eiji Aonuma's comments on the future of the franchise, where Zelda goes from here is anyone's best guess. Both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom established that the switch to an open-world was an absolute win for the franchise, with both games being two of the best-selling entries in the more than 35 years of Zelda's history and existing as a substantial shot in

After Tears Of The Kingdom, The Next Big Zelda Game Should Go Back To Its Roots With One Iconic Game Style

Although The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hasn't caught up to its predecessor in sales just yet, it was still another smashing success for Nintendo, standing as one of its best-selling games yet. Despite improving on the original formula with new abilities, areas to explore, and more refined gameplay mechanics, the similarities with its predecessor prevented TOTK from reaching the same level of cultural impact. While it's unlikely that Nintendo will completely abandon its most successful subseries within The Legend of Zelda franchise anytime soon, TOTK already offers the perfect jumping point for the series moving forward.

Even though I'm not quite ready to utter goodbye to Link or Zelda from the Breath of the Wild storyline just yet, the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment could easily offer a great sendoff for the series as one of the most exciting Switch 2 exclusives. Meanwhile, smaller-scale entries in between BOTW and TOTK have already proven that there's still demand for a less realistic art approach for the franchise. On highest of t

Where Should the Zelda Series Go After Tears of the Kingdom?

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom adds numerous features and ambitious elements, raising the question of where the series should go next.
Potential DLC for Tears of the Kingdom is unlikely, and the future of the franchise may focus on different playable races with unique abilities.
A technologically advanced Hyrule could offer innovative changes to the series, including advanced weapons and machines, while retaining its roots in swordplay, magic, and archery.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of, if not the most, ambitious Zelda games ever created. A "Breath of the Wild 2.0" would have satisfied most Nintendo fans, but the game developers added so many features — two more overworlds to explore, weapon crafting, Ultrahand, and the return of Ganondorf, to name a few — that it completely blows its prequel out of the water. It has so much content packed into its little Nintendo Switch cartridge that making a proper sequel seems impossible. That begs the question: "Where should the Zelda series go from here?"

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Tears Of The Kingdom's Direct Sequel Could Do Something No Zelda Game Has Done Before

It has been a couple of years since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomhit shelves, and while the Zelda IP has continued pumping out games, like with Echoes of Wisdom and the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: The Imprisoning War, there hasn't been word on the following main title in the series. With the Wilds era's placement in the main timeline being up for debate and seemingly having a separate history, it makes sense for Nintendo to stick with this period and complete the era with a trilogy. It could make a trilogy of Hyrule Warriors games, too.

After the ending of Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule is left in an interesting place players rarely see. Zelda games aren't known for direct sequels, with there usually being a new Link and Princess for a new game. There are a few examples of a direct sequel, like Phantom Hourglass's sequel to Wind Waker and Majora's Mask following Ocarina of Time, and even fewer instances of a trilogy. A third game would face a few challenges based on where TotK left it, but tackling them could make it special.

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After Tears of the Kingdom, The Next Zelda Game Can Drop Another Story Tradition
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Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom introduced new elements to the Zelda series, such as open-world gameplay and non-linear storytelling.
The games still maintained the tradition of having Ganon as the main antagonist, but it's time for a new villain to be introduced.
Introducing a new antagonist would bring fresh and exciting experiences to the Zelda franchise, showing that open-world Zelda still has creative potential.
Since 2017, The Legend of Zelda hasn't stuck to the series tradition like it used to. For a long time, new Zelda entries followed in the footsteps of either Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past, but all of that changed with Breath of the Wild. Now, with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom serving as BotW's direct sequel, Zelda fans have seen just how well their open-world format can work compared to the more structured design of past entries. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom even went as far as pushing its predecessor's physics elements into a full-blown construction sandbox via Ultrahand, changing Zelda's identi