At the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo finally gave The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel its official name, while also confirming its release date. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel has been one of the Nintendo Switch's most highly-anticipated games ever since it was first announced, and now fans know what to call it and when they'll get to play it. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will launch exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.
Nintendo made the announcement alongside a new trailer for the game. The new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom focuses more on the game's sky theme, showing Link skydiving, scaling floating rocks, and jumping on top of a large glider-like machine. The trailer doesn't show a lot of gameplay, but the big takeaway from it is that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom finally has a name and release date.
While the latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom doesn't reveal much new information gameplay-wise, previous trailers have offered more information. For example, we know that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will have a time manipulation gimmick of some kind. Based on what's been shown of that so far, it appears as though it will be useful in combat scenarios as well as exploration.
Going back to the first trailer ever released for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it's also been teased that besides letting players explore Hyrule's skies, they will also be going underground. The first trailer for the game showed Link and Zelda exploring a dungeon of some kind, coming face to face with a creature that has yet to be named. There are a still a lot of questions about how this might work, but Zelda fans will have to wait for Nintendo to share more information.
Now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has a release date, Zelda fans should be able to expect more information on the ambitious open world game to come at a steadier pace. There are still a lot of questions that need to be answered, and hopefully those answers come sooner rather than later.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launches May 12, 2023, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.