Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Coming to Switch 2 This Winter

It’s been 5 years because the final sport within the Hyrule Warriors sequence, when Koei Tecmo and Omega Pressure introduced Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity to the Swap. That sport informed the story of the occasions 100 years previous to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, of Hyperlink, Zelda, and the Champions making an attempt to fend off the forces of Calamity Ganon. The sport’s ending offered an alternate end result to the one which arrange Breath of the Wild.

Naturally, after the discharge of Tears of the Kingdom, followers of Hyrule Warriors have been questioning: will we get one other entry to the sequence, and can or not it’s a prequel to Tears of the Kingdom?

The reply is a convincing sure. Throughout final week’s Swap 2 Nintendo Direct, we bought a trailer confirming {that a} new sport within the sequence is headed to Swap 2: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Age of Imprisonment will discover the occasions main as much as Tears of the Kingdom, particularly the Imprisoning Conflict. The trailer reveals many acquainted faces, together with Zelda, King Rauru, Queen Sonia, Mineru, Ganondorf, and the traditional sage ancestors of the brand new Champions. The trailer gave us a short glimpse into among the fight, together with King Rauru throwing a halberd like a boomerang to wipe out hordes of enemies, in addition to Zelda utilizing a weapon to take down a Lynel.

Conspicuously absent from the footage was Hyperlink. Granted, Zelda will get thrown again in time in the beginning of Tears of the Kingdom, which permits her to participate within the occasions of the Imprisoning Conflict. So it could make sense that we wouldn’t see Hyperlink as a playable character, on condition that he didn’t return in time. However nonetheless, as the principle protagonist of each the Zelda and Hyrule Warriors sequence, it does appear slightly odd to not see Hyperlink and has us questioning if he’ll be absent as a playable character solely.

Whereas no definitive launch date has been given, the top of the trailer stated that Age of Imprisonment will probably be releasing on Swap 2 this winter.

Supply: Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Swap 2 Broadcast 04.02.25