After the latest Nintendo Direct came the launch of Nintendo's newest app, Nintendo Today, which they are going to use as their own news platform. And the first major news was the announcement that the Zelda film is coming to theaters in exactly two years, on March 26th 2027. Well, I can wait...
They should have ended the Nintendo Direct with this message, maybe even give a small teaser or glimpse. Instead they made Miyamoto announce a news app, which then told us about the Zelda movie one day later. It feels a bit unnecessary, like they are just doing this to push the new app. But in reality it's simply inconvenient, especially since they chose to make these news app-exclusive.
With the Nintendo Music app I can fully understand the reasoning behind it and I like using it, but I also understand the people who want to have everything on Spotify or other music platforms instead. It's effectively how I feel about Nintendo Today, though the main difference is that Nintendo has already used platforms like X (sadly not yet Bluesky) or Youtube to reach their audiences "directly". And they will still do, but if you want all the news and tidbits, you will have to check their app in addition.
Anyway, as for the launch date of the Zelda movie, there isn't much to say here. I'm wondering if they are also targeting 2027 to launch a new Zelda game, but that's only four years after Tears of the Kingdom. 2028 feels more likely, but they could move from the Zelda movie into marketing the new game.
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March 2027 is the 10th anniversary of Breath of the Wild's March 2017 release. It's also the 40th anniversary of the american release of the original NES Zelda. I'd argue it makes perfect sense to have a new Zelda game ready for release by then.
Following previous years Zelda anniversaries, they always base it off on the Japanese release though (1986), so the 40th celebration, if anything special, will be next year (doubt a new main game though, that will probably take a longer time).
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