Nintendo, ever the iconoclasts, chose the astir caller Nintendo Direct to denote not the GameCube Zelda remakes we’re definite they’ve already finished, nor immoderate accusation about the upcoming Mario movie, but alternatively to surprise-reveal the authoritative rubric of Breath of the Wild 2 . It was The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Except, no, atrocious astir this, we’re ne'er going to beryllium capable to get retired of the wont of calling it Breath of the Wild 2.

Let’s beryllium abundantly wide here: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) is simply a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild in a mode nary Zelda game has been a nonstop sequel since 1987's Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Yes, sure, Majora’s Mask followed connected from Ocarina of Time, and Phantom Hourglass picked up aft Wind Waker, but TotK is thing else. This is simply a crippled that was openly created from the bits near implicit erstwhile they finished BotW, that seemingly builds connected the aforesaid basal map, that began improvement arsenic DLC for the erstwhile game. This is, beyond immoderate doubt, nary substance however brilliant, immoderate much Breath of the Wild. It’s wherefore this is messing with our brains.

With a mates of weeks gone by to fto the rubric descend in...it hasn’t. I stake it hasn’t for you, either. I stake your encephalon offers you “BotW2" earlier it starts struggling to retrieve if it’s “The Tears” oregon conscionable “Tears,” past gets mislaid wondering if it could imaginable beryllium “Tears” arsenic successful rips...and then, yeah, we tin each hold to conscionable not bother.

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Come on, it should astatine slightest person been The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Tears of the Kingdom. Sure, they’d possibly person to merchandise it successful a bigger container to acceptable it each connected the cover, but astatine slightest it would marque immoderate benignant of sense. And it’s not similar Japan is averse to the agelong title. Say hello, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Or, you know, White Princess the 2nd ~ Yappari Itto ni Ittemo Soujyanakutemo OK-na Gotsugou Shugi Gakuen Renai Adventure.

And look, we astatine Kotaku cognize we’re not unsocial successful this.

Heck, far much radical person discovered Kotaku’s sum of the sequel by searching Google for “BOTW” than thing mentioning tears oregon kingdoms. People are going to beryllium truthful dilatory to crook connected this!

It besides surely doesn’t assistance that erstwhile my eyes work “TOTK” the archetypal happening I deliberation of is “TikTok,” and bully lord I don’t request that word being unwillingly stamped connected my encephalon immoderate much often than YouTube ads connected my telephone already do.

Of course, this is distracting america from much important matters, similar however we should beryllium organizing planetary protests to guarantee Nintendo doesn’t bloody fto weapons interruption aft you pat them against a leafage this clip around. Can you imagine? Can you ideate if they didn’t perceive to the full satellite population’s unanimous statement that this was a unspeakable mechanic and the worst facet of BotW? Yes. Of people you can. It’s Nintendo. I presume they’ll marque them interruption much often, but this clip each interruption permanently reduces your stamina wheel.

This besides seems a bully clip to state my implicit condemnation that BotW2 volition beryllium released to overlap the extremity of the Switch epoch and the motorboat of the Switch: Pro of the XL-dom (because they intelligibly won’t telephone that a “Switch 2” volition they?). As we each know, thing happening doubly antecedently is impervious of a signifier arsenic eternal arsenic Link warring Ganon successful each era, truthful conscionable arsenic Twilight Princess overlapped the GameCube to the Wii, and BotW stood straddled with a limb successful Wii U and Switch, there’s nary uncertainty successful my caput this volition hap again. But also, erstwhile it doesn’t, nary 1 volition retrieve I predicted it with specified certainty successful an nonfiction astir thing else.

In the meantime, let’s not fool ourselves. It’s BotW2 successful our hearts, and it ever volition be. I fearfulness for those mediocre radical successful Nintendo’s selling department, crying their kingdom tears astatine our folly.