Monday, July 6, 2020

Breath of the Wild 2: Voice Acting Done?

Zelda and Link in a cave, as seen in the teaser trailer from 2019



Update: according to Eduardo Vasquez on Twitter they haven't confirmed anything, instead they were just messing around in the original interview. So, there's probably nothing to see here.
 
Update 2: they were probably talking about the new Hyrule Warriors game that is coming out this year instead. So, this most likely didn't have anything to do with the sequel and it will still take some time until that comes out.

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The Spanish website GameReactor had an interview with the Spanish voice actors for Zelda and Revali, who have slipped that they are already done recording for the sequel to Breath of the Wild. And this is quite surprising.

Of course this could only mean that they have finished the story sequences and all the cutscenes – because that's what most of the voice acting is used for. All of this can be planned, prepared and finished independently from the main game. However, in case that Zelda has a more important role in the sequel, it could also mean that most of the game is finished already and they are now only spamming little side quests all over the world, testing and fine tuning.

In any case, I personally don't expect the sequel to Breath of the Wild to be released in 2020, but an early 2021 release (like in March) seems more likely after these news and would be perfect to celebrate the 35th Anniversary with a bang right out of the box. And under these circumstances I definitely expect a new trailer to be dropped with the next Nintendo Direct, which most likely had been planned for E3 2020 anyway.

It's also interesting to learn that Revali seems to be still part of the story. It will certainly be nice to see more of the Champions, because we haven't seen that much of them in Breath of the Wild, despite their importance.

Again, this could mean different things. We could see more flashbacks to 100 years ago, where the Champions were still alive. And their abilities could still be part of the game, of course. Or the game could do something crazy, where it creates an alternate reality / world, where the Champions exist in a different form. Or maybe even let you go back in time. We'll see.

Via: ntower.de

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