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Game Informer Editor Says Next Zelda Game is Coming "sooner than we think"

Watershed

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Not totally shocking news but Game Informer editor Imran Khan said the following on the latest Game Informer podcast, linked and embedded below with a time stamp. The group is discussing a future Zelda themed Switch and Ben Hanson predicts the next Zelda game will be a co-op Zelda game by the Triforce Heroes team. Then Imran says:

"I was just thinking what I should say about that. The next Zelda will probably be sooner than we think...I will talk to you guys off camera about stuff." And when asked if it is a game by the Triforce Heroes team and involves co-op, he responds, "Um, not exactly."


https://youtu.be/bfNzM9sIrD4?t=3781

I searched but didn't find a similar thread.
 
StuBurns

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It's time for a MM-style freaky entry. Like the 3DS game taking after ALttP, a smaller scale insane entry is needed.
 

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I mean many of us have predicted 2D Zelda is coming next year. It's time for an installment.
 
NotLiquid

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Sounds like a loose spin-off type game or a smaller scale title rather than a fully blown up mainline entry.
 
Noppie

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How likely would this person be in the know? Seems like an odd thing to 'tease' without providing any additional context.

I think we all expect another Breath of the Wild style Zelda on Switch and then there's the handheld/2D-team (I think?) so another Zelda could surely drop in 2019/2020.
 
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I thought that there might be something new soon. Hopefully a new 2D game.
 
Ephonk

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We rarely get a zelda-less year, and untill now 2018 lacked anything "mainline" zelda. So I'd say 2019 will get a Zelda title for sure.

2017: BoTW
2016: Tri Force Heroes
2016: Twilight Princess HD
2015: Majora's Mask 3DS
2013: Wind Waker HD
2013: A Link Between Worlds
2011: OoT 3DS
2011: Skyward Sword
2011: Four Swords Anniversary

2012 was a notorious Zelda-less year. 2014 had the original Hyrule Warriors to fill the Zelda fix (and 2018 it's switch port).
I expect a smaller game in 2019, and the BoTW sequel in 2020.
 
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Madao

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it's been almost 2 years since BotW was finished (the base game). they should have something already pretty far along that could release in 2020.
 
K Samedi

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Hmm I think a big Zelda botw expansion with a focus on co op makes sense. They would have enough time to make it for a holiday 2019 release.
 
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I noticed the other day that we've had a Zelda-related game release every year since 2013, if you count Hyrule Warriors and the 3DS/HD remakes. I can't see that changing any time soon.

Hoping for a fun Majora's Mask-style riff on Breath of the Wild's core gameplay, but I'd be happy with anything really. Curious when it'd slot in release-wise, though, what with Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, Animal Crossing and Pokémon.
 
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Legend of Zelda: Shrine Maker - Nintendo Switch, 2019

Mario Maker x Breath of the Wild

Like Portal 2's Perpetual Testing Initiative

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Minilla

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Online only, will be different from past zeldas, play with dozens of others in hyrule. "You make the adventure ".
 
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Probably another remake (skyward or ww,tphd ports?) or 2d game from grezzo. It's not going to be a 3d sequel to BOTW, the games simply take too long to develop for that to be within the next year.

If they built a 2d game using the prototyping software they had for BOTW, that could be pretty cool.
 
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Yeah, since BotW was so well received and came so early in the gen, I assume they'll go the Majora route. Same engine, some reused assets, same mechanics (maybe tweaked a bit) and a relatively quick turnaround. Which would be great since Majora was such an interesting "perversion" of everything that had made Ocarina so brilliant.

Or maybe it's just another 2D Zelda, which I would also be quite happy about.
 
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I'd expect something closer to A Link Between Worlds for the Switch next year- something of a palate cleanser, rather than another huge sandbox game.
 

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Watch this being an Ocarina of Time -> Majora's Mask situation where the game basically looks the same but the world and story is different. Can't wait for all the "it's not a real game because it's just a BotW reskin" and "it's just BotW DLC" posts and threads.
 
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BOTW and ALBW are both in my top 3 or 4 Zeldas, so I'm pretty excited for a new entry by either team. I think they've figured out what people want out of the series. Or at least, what I want out of the series is heavily matching up with what they're doing.
 
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Link to the Past - Link's awakening
Ocarina of Time - Majora's Mask
Breath of the Wild - Here's hoping
 
Bonejack

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I'm leaving spin-offs out of this speculation, since this talks seems about regular Zelda games, and that leaves either a MM-style entry with much asset reusing from BotW or something "smaller" like a top-down Zelda game.

Whatever it might be, i hope it's not from the main team and that this main team takes as much time as they need and want for the next mainline game.
 
Mr. Pointy

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Yeah I can see a BOTW-based regular Zelda game with a very particular gameplay quirk. I still think a co-op Monster Hunter style Zelda game in the BOTW world would be awesome.
 
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pld said:
Watch this being an Ocarina of Time -> Majora's Mask situation where the game basically looks the same but the world and story is different. Can't wait for all the "it's not a real game because it's just a BotW reskin" and "it's just BotW DLC" posts and threads.
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This will obviously happen, but first the top down Zelda need to happen. We're still waiting for the new one since ALBW.
 

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I called my friend in Kyoto who works the building across the street from the Nintendo headquarter (that part is 100% true) and according to him, the next Zelda is a Labo kit where you built all sorts of troll-physics toy-cons to use in the world of Hyrule.
 

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There's no way this is a full blown title. If true.
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Aonuma mentioned keeping the open air design and reusing the systems they've already put into place. As others have mentioned, in the vein of MM, a quick turn around sequel could definitely be possible.

If I had to be pressed on the timeline of the next few Zeldas, I'd say a 2D announcement next year with an earlier than expected release with a 3D Zelda MM-style sendup in 2020. Then a proper 3D new entry announced and launching with whatever is next in the Switch family a couple years from now that will also be playable on the current Switch. I like dumb speculation so I'm excited to see if I'm even close with this guessing game.
 
Aostia82

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Ephonk said:
We rarely get a zelda-less year, and untill now 2018 lacked anything zelda. So I'd say 2019 will get a Zelda title for sure.

2017: BoTW
2016: Tri Force Heroes
2016: Twilight Princess HD
2015: Majora's Mask 3DS
2013: Wind Waker HD
2013: A Link Between Worlds
2011: OoT 3DS
2011: Skyward Sword
2011: Four Swords Anniversary

2012 was a notorious Zelda-less year. 2014 had the original Hyrule Warriors to fill the Zelda fix.
I expect a smaller game in 2019, and the BoTW sequel in 2020.
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Skyward Sword HD (motion control still in, but optional with button-based mode for portable gameplay)
OR
Hyrule Warriors 2: seeing how succesfull the first one was and how Koei is on board...
 
Ushojax

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Hopefully it's a 2D Switch game with Toon Link. They need to keep that series going in parallel to the BotW line.
 
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