The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an upcoming main installment in. This game is scheduled to be released in 2022.

Development
Development of the twentieth game in began in 2017 after the production for  ended. During the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct it was announced that it would be a sequel to. The idea of creating a direct sequel came from the fact that Eiji Aonuma, producer of, wanted to revisit the same StBotW: while incorporating a new story and gameplay mechanics. Initially, new ideas were thought of for DLC but evolved into a new game when too many were gathered.

Many fans speculate about whether StBotW: will be a playable character or if multiplayer would be added, but when asked, Aonuma declined to answer.

During the announcement of on September 8th of 2020, Eiji Aonuma said that Nintendo was still working on the game and that the fans would have to wait before getting any news. Later, in a December interview, Doug Bowser added that contents of the game would be shown when they felt they had enough to show.

The announcement trailer shows Link and Zelda exploring a dungeon, possibly underneath Hyrule Castle. They arrive in a cavern, where Ganondorf’s corpse is laid across a pedestal. A mysterious pale green glowing hand reaches down, and the corpse is reawakened. This results in an earthquake, and the screen then cuts to a view of Hyrule Castle from the Great Plateau. As the ground shakes, the castle is seen rising into the air. Text is displayed, confirming that the sequel to is now in development, and the trailer ends.

During the Nintendo Direct E3 2021 on June 15, 2021, the first gameplay trailer was shown and it was revealed that this game is scheduled to be released in 2022. In the trailer, it showed malice gradually bubbling up as tendrils, with brief shots of Link's arm getting infected by Malice, a zombified Ganondorf raising his arms up dramatically, and Zelda falling down a deep chasm alongside several rocks. It then cuts to gameplay showing Link skydiving, hang-gliding, and running around in an area resembling Skyloft, a mechanical entity with a single eye and a serpentine neck, Mokoblins and rock creatures attacking, as well as Link showing off new abilities via his enhanced arm such as summoning and aiming giant spiked metal balls, creating a flamethrower-like effect, and becoming a liquid drop to phase through ceilings and floors. The trailer concludes with showing the ruins of Hyrule Castle being violently lifted up from the ground via a huge mass of malice, and concluding by showing a lingering and ominous faraway shot of Hyrule Castle being held aloft by the Malice before stating it will be released in 2022.