For the last ten years now (or near enough), The Legend of Zelda has been defined by the Wilds era. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel Tears of the Kingdoms are easily two of my favorite games of all-time, and I'm absolutely one of the many Zelda fans out there who believes the move to a truly open-world formula was the way to go.
Of course, the Wilds era has come to shape the overall look of the Zelda series outside those two games. There've been spinoffs, Link's Smash Bros. Ultimate design is based on Breath of the Wild, and the vast majority of official merch, and Zelda branding since 2017 has been directly tied to the open-world Switch games. As great a time it's been, I'm ready to move on. And move on we shall, after one final release in April 2027.
November 5 will see the long-awaited Ocarina of Time Remake launch exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, but after that what Nintendo has planned for the next mainline Zelda is a complete mystery. We should take some comfort, then, in the fact that The Legend Of Zelda: Heroes Of Hyrule...
