The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an upcoming game in for the Nintendo Switch, and a direct sequel to. It is confirmed to be in development presently, but currently has neither a release date nor an official title.

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 Hyrule while incorporating a new story and gameplay mechanics. Initially, new ideas were thought for DLC but evolved into a new game when too many were gathered.

When asked about cooperative gameplay or Zelda being a playable character, Aonuma declined to answer.

With the development of sequel to beginning in 2017 after the production of  was completed, and that the average time between games releasing in  is around three years, we can predict that we will most likely see the sequel to  release in 2020 or early 2021.