Updated:

Sep 13, 2022 3:11 pm

Posted:

Sep 13, 2022 2:46 pm

The sequel to Breath of the Wild volition beryllium officially called The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and it's retired connected May 12, 2023.

The rubric was revealed arsenic portion of a caller trailer astatine Nintendo Direct today, which besides showed disconnected exploration, caller stasis powers, and tons of the sequel's still-unexplained shattered Hyrule.

A property merchandise for the crippled included a statement that confirms the floating islands supra Hyrule volition connection a caller vertical abstraction to research successful the unfastened world, reading: "In summation to the immense lands of Hyrule, the latest introduction successful the storied Legend of Zelda bid volition instrumentality you up into the skies and an expanded satellite that goes beyond that!"

Starting with a bid of partition carvings that presumably connection clues arsenic to the game's mysterious backstory, we past spot nexus unfastened immoderate immense doors, tally to the borderline of a floating island, and leap disconnected to statesman skydiving. We past spot what seems to beryllium the means for Link to get backmost supra the clouds (a boulder floating into the air), climbing up histrion roots successful the sides of an island, and what seems to beryllium a chromatic vertebrate that tin beryllium utilized to fly.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 was primitively expected to beryllium released successful 2022 but was delayed to 2023. Series shaper Eiji Aounuma said successful the announcement that "in bid to marque this game's acquisition thing special, the full improvement squad is continuing to enactment diligently connected this game, truthful delight hold a portion longer."

The caller cardinal creation and logo for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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