Nintendo announces sequel to 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' during E3 direct presentation
Original Switch game has been hailed as one of the best of all time
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Your support makes all the difference.Nintendo has announced a sequel to Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The company made the shock reveal during its special Nintendo Direct presentation during the E3 gaming event.
The game is "now in development", it said during an event.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a launch game with the Nintendo Switch when it came out in 2017. It has since gone on to become one of the most beloved games ever, winning universal critical acclaim and being hailed as a masterpiece.
Nintendo said very little about the sequel, neglecting to give a name or even the vaguest hint of a release date. While it will presumably come to the Nintendo Switch, even that is still unconfirmed.
Instead, it just played a short and vague video, which showed the same style and what looked like similar gameplay from the first game.
But it did suggest the sequel will be more scary than the original game, with Link and Zelda making their way through a creepy cave and coming across an animated, glowing corpse.
It then ended with a title card reading only "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild is now in development".
Despite the lack of detail, fans are already searching through the short video for any clues about the new game. They noted that Zelda appeared to have a different, shorter haircut, for instance, and that the trailer even might suggest that she will playable.
Nintendo has released downloadable content for the Breath of the Wild since it was released. But this is the first mention of a full sequel to the game.
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