Take to the skies in 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'

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Following up the best Legend of Zelda game ever made is a tricky task, but it looks like Nintendo has it under control.

During a Nintendo Direct livestream on Tuesday, Nintendo closed the show out with a look at the game that had been called "The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" until today. The trailer confirms that the new game's title is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and it will launch on Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.

It's a tantalizingly brief glimpse at what the assuredly massive adventure will entail, but we can't wait to see more. It looks like the first game's gargantuan open world is back, with a whole other world on top of it in the sky. We see series hero Link dive from a floating island down to the world below without any loading screens, and at one point he uses what appears to be time-rewinding magic to ride a fallen piece of terrain back up to the sky. Link even rides some kind of magical flying device, so be prepared to see the world of Breath of the Wild from a whole new perspective when this game launches in May.

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Alex Perry
Tech Reporter

Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.


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