This year marks the 35th anniversary of the original The Legend of Zelda on NES, and a new rumor suggests Nintendo Switch could receive multiple re-releases as a result. Nintendo hasn’t confirmed any plans for the anniversary yet, but a remake of it The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released in July. In a new video, industry analyst Jeff Grubb casually mentions multiple reissues for the series. The rumor was posted on Reddit by user DirtyFlint, who noted that it was possible this was a slip of the tongue by Grubb. That said, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see more this year!
Grubb’s original video is at the top of this post (response comes around 6:40 PM). The original Reddit post can be found below.
Jeff Grubb clumsily references more Zelda remakes from r / GamingLeaksAndRumours
It’s hard to say what Nintendo’s plans could be this year. Both The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess received HD remakes on Wii U. Most of Nintendo’s first-party output has been ported to Switch, but none of these games have been made available on the platform. As such, it wouldn’t be a surprise if any of these games are re-released this year. It’s also possible, of course, that Link will 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 AwakeningMaybe other Zelda games could get similar treatment this year, like Oracle of Ages / Seasons, or Phantom hourglass, which was rumored beforeThe Link’s Awakening remake was developed by Grezzo, and that team is currently working on the Mythopia remake will be out next month. Given Grezzo’s long history of Zelda remakes, it’s possible the studio is working on something for the anniversary.
Zelda is one of Nintendo’s main franchises, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see it get an anniversary party similar to Mario. Exactly what that might entail remains to be seen. For now, Zelda fans will just have to wait and see!
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