We’re at roughly 2000 days since Zelda: Breath of the Wild

It actually doesn’t really feel prefer it, as a result of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains to be related, however it’s been the most important hole between mainline Zelda video games…ever.

Identified by Twitter consumer Geo, that is now the longest hole so far for the franchise, with Hyperlink’s Awakening (SNES) into Ocarina of Time (N64) holding the earlier report of 5 years, 5 months, and 15 days. They level out that mainline 3D entries typically take longer and longer with every launch, with each sport sequentially growing improvement time via the brand new hole between Zelda video games immediately.

As they level out, Zelda followers are typically prepared to attend for high quality, and I don’t have to repeat the “delayed sport” mantra as soon as once more because it’s ingrained on this collection. However the principle commentary stems from an absence of authentic “transportable” video games to help the droughts. The final one we had was the Hyperlink’s Awakening remake, which is decidedly not an authentic sport. You’ll be able to, nonetheless, make the case for Cadence of Hyrule, Skyward Sword HD, and Age of Calamity guaranteeing that the collection hasn’t remained dormant.

For some time, Zelda followers have been consuming nicely when it comes to supplemental video games backing main 3D releases. I imply Wind Waker into Minish Cap into Twilight Princess, then Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks into Skyward Sword: that’s a hell of a run. And Ocarina of Time 3D (a re-release) was simply sort of thrown in there too!

Whereas Breath of the Wild 2 will seemingly be the subsequent main Zelda entry at this level with a deliberate 2023 launch, I hope we get a Minish Cap-style wildcard to help with the subsequent wait.