Anecdotal of course but the hype for Tears of the Kingdom definitely feels "real".
I was in Best Buy yesterday and a guy and his girlfriend raced into the store and grabbed the last copy of ToTK and the girlfriend was like "thank god we got here just in time", lol and the midnight launch I went to was packed.
Obviously reaching BOTW's 30 million is almost impossible given ToTK is likely not going to have 6 years to sell, but I suspect we will get Tears of the Kingdom 4K Edition with new DLC content on Switch 2.
Whereas Skyward Sword and Majora's Mask from what I recall had no where near this hype. Majora's Mask was probably bigger than SS from what I recall hype wise, but I think it launched right alongside the Playstation 2 so I remember EB Games being a total gong show (in a good way I guess) when I went to pick my Majora's Mask.
This does feel like "Game of The Year 2023" though, it's nice when Nintendo has these because it doesn't happen quite as often as say the 90s when every year had a massive Nintendo release.
It's gonna be a long ass wait for the next Zelda (Switch 2) game.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 13 May 2023
