A New Zelda Every Year?

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Currently there is a Eurogamer article making the news, where it's quoted like Nintendo is planning to release a new Zelda game every year on the Nintendo Switch. However, this is really just speculation from the editor, Tom Phillips, who accounts Hyrule Warriors - Definitive Edition for this.

He isn't wrong, though. If you count the Hyrule Warriors games and the remasters, there has been at least one major Zelda release per year since 2013:

• 2013: The Wind Waker HD & A Link Between Worlds
• 2014: Hyrule Warriors
• 2015: Majora's Mask 3D & Tri Force Heroes
• 2016: Twilight Princess HD & Hyrule Warriors Legends
• 2017: Breath of the Wild
• 2018: Hyrule Warriors - Definitive Edition

One of Nintendo's goals in between 2013 and 2017 was to keep Zelda fans entertained, until the next big title comes out with Breath of the Wild. Especially the remasters on the Wii U served this purpose. And this trend will most likely continue in the next years, until Breath of the Wild gets a proper sequel.

Earlier this year we already looked at Zelda's Future on the Switch, where there are many possibilities. Skyward Sword HD will certainly be a start and might become the next Zelda release we get on the system, especially now that Aonuma himself has teased us with the title.

Otherwise the main Zelda team used to have a fraction, which was responsible for smaller titles on handhelds like A Link Between Worlds. And we have Grezzo, where last year it looked like they are hiring for Zelda. Both of this might lead to another top-down or side-scrolling Zelda game and/or something that involves multiplayer.

So, it's quite likely that we're getting one or even two Zelda games on Switch in 2019 and in addition Hyrule Warriors 2 might be already on the horizon, which could be a title for 2020.


PS: The Game Awards tomorrow night might give us already a first glimpse at what's coming. They could even reveal Skyward Sword HD there. But I'm mainly hoping for a first trailer of Metroid Prime 4 and an announcement of a Metroid Prime Trilogy HD release. This could be very interesting!