This year marks 35 years since the original The legend of Zelda on the NES, and a new rumor suggests that Nintendo Switch could receive several releases as a result. Nintendo has not yet confirmed any plans for the anniversary, but a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released in July. In a new video, industry analyst Jeff Grubb casually mentions plural reissues of the series. The rumor was posted on Reddit by user DirtyFlint, who pointed out that it is possible that this was a language pencil by Grubb. That said, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see more this year!
The original Grubb video can be found at the top of this post (the comment arrives at 6:40 p.m.). The original Reddit post is embedded below.
Jeff Grubb makes offline references More Zelda remodels of r / GamingLeaksAndRumours
It’s hard to say exactly what Nintendo’s plans may be for this year. Both of us The Waker wind i Twilight Princess received HD remakes on Wii U. Most of Nintendo’s original production has been taken to Switch, but none of these games have been made available on the platform. As such, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see none of these games re-launch this year. Of course, Link may also be able to get some sort of “3D All-Stars” compilation, similar to Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
In 2019, Nintendo released a faithful remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Perhaps other Zelda games could receive similar treatment this year, such as Oracle of the ages / seasons, o Ghost hourglass, which has been rumored above. He Link awakening the remake was developed by Grezzo, and this team is currently working on the Mitopia The new version will be released next month. Given Grezzo’s long history with Zelda remakes, it’s possible the studio is working on something for the anniversary.
Zelda is one of the most important franchises of Nintendo, so it would not be surprising to celebrate a birthday like Mario. It remains to be seen exactly what this could entail. For now, Zelda fans will just have to wait and see.
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