The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) News Articles
YesterdayTue, 31st Mar 2026
News There's A New Zelda Art Book Coming Out, And It Looks Awesome
Another for the collection
If you're a fan of Zelda books like Hyrule Historia, Art & Artifacts, and Creating a Champion, then good news: another is on the way! Yes, Dark Horse is collaborating with Nintendo once again on a Zelda art book, this time focused on the world of Tears of the Kingdom. Titled Secrets of the Zonai, the book will ship to...
Wednesday25th Mar 2026
News Nintendo Misses Out On Top 10 In Metacritic's 16th Annual Game Publisher Rankings
A big improvement on 2024, though
Metacritic has today released its annual Game Publisher Rankings, which covers the biggest video game publishers of 2025 and ranks them based on the overall quality of their release slate, according to critic reviews. Out of 28 publishers eligible (they needed to have at least five games released in 2025), Nintendo...
Monday16th Mar 2026
News "We Can All Exist At The Same Time" - Zelda Voice Actor Rejects The Need To Pass The Torch
"There are already many torches"
For nearly a decade at the time of writing, voice actor Patricia Summersett has been providing the voice of Zelda, appearing in Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Age of Imprisonment. Having worked on several games in the
Sunday22nd Feb 2026
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom "Exclusive Edition" Link Statue Officially Revealed, Here's A Look
Pre-orders open next week
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda series celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and it appears First 4 Figures will be joining in on the fun. In a new announcement this week, the statue maker has given its followers on social media and YouTube a "sneak peek" of a new Tears of the Kingdom - Link statue. If it looks familiar,...
Wednesday18th Feb 2026
General fixes, additional language support and more
Nintendo is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Zelda series in 2026, and this week it has released new updates for Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild for Switch and Switch 2. These updates aren't major ones, but they do include some general fixes for both titles and there's
Monday26th Jan 2026
News Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Surpasses 1 Million Copies Sold
Not bad!
Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has now surpassed 1 million copies sold. This comes via key financial data (thanks, RPG Site) in which Age of Imprisonment is listed with a note stating 'Over 1 million copies sold worldwide' when translated. Seems pretty clear to us! The game launched on 6th November 2025
Friday19th Dec 2025
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Decayed Master Sword "Life-Size" Statue Pre-Orders Live
Exclusive Edition also available
If you played Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you're probably familiar with the Decayed Master Sword. First 4 Figures now has plans for a "life-size" statue of it, with pre-orders scheduled to open on 18th December 2025. Pricing hasn't been revealed just yet, but if you sign up to the First 4 Figures email, you can get...
Tuesday16th Dec 2025
News Monolith Soft Releases Interview Celebrating Its Work On The Zelda Series
Expect more to come
Monolith Soft, the acclaimed developer behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, is also known to have collaborated with Nintendo on a number of first-party games, including Mario Kart World, Splatoon 3, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's also worked closely with Nintendo on the Zelda series, starting with Skyward Sword in...
Tuesday11th Nov 2025
Gaten speaks out
Just recently, Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo featured in a Nintendo commercial for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but it seems like his heart belongs to another game entirely. In speaking with IGN, Matarazzo states that The
Thursday6th Nov 2025
News Former GTA Boss Dan Houser Says Zelda: BOTW And TOTK "Feel Like Hitchcock"
"They're just speaking the language of video games"
Dan Houser, former GTA boss and co-founder of Rockstar Games, recently took to the Lex Fridman Podcast to talk about his personal history and the games industry at large (thanks, Games Radar+). The conversation soon turned to Nintendo when the pair
Tuesday28th Oct 2025
PSA You Might Need To Free Up Some Space For Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
It's a beast
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is just around the corner, launching on the Switch 2 on 6th November 2025. It's yet another arrow in the console's quiver, but if you're considering purchasing a digital copy next week, then you might want to take a look at how much storage you have remaining and consider making some room...
Wednesday1st Oct 2025
Random Bandai Unleashes Palm-Sized Legend Of Zelda Weapons Collection In Japan Next Year
Is that a Lightscale Trident in your pocket?
The fantastic character designs of The Legend of Zelda series have always lent themselves very well to amiibo, toys, and all of that sweet merchandising action that we all seem to love very muchly. Big muchly! Now, Bandai Candy Toy has announced a set of ten collectible, fully-licensed Legend of Zelda...
Monday11th Aug 2025
UK Charts Mafia: The Old Country Whacks Mario Kart World Down A Peg
Leave the shell. Take the banana.
The latest UK Charts are in and the newly-released Mafia: The Old Country finds itself at the top of the pile, knocking Mario Kart World off its pedestal and into second place. Elsewhere, Tales of the Shire has also performed admirably to land at number 8, despite some rather poor reviews. Sega has a new release...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2025
News Zelda: BOTW & TOTK Are "Transformative" On Switch 2, Says Digital Foundry
Masterful
Plenty of people are busy revisiting two of the Switch 1's greatest games — Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom — on Switch 2. The frame a resolution boost are pretty remarkable in our eyes, and it seems like
Wednesday9th Jul 2025
Random It's Now Easier Than Ever To Get Zelda: TOTK's Best Weapon
Y'know, if you're okay breaking the game
If you're familiar with some of the glitches possible in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, then you're probably already aware of 'MsgNotFound'. It's essentially the Master Sword from the prologue section of the game, and it's quite possibly the best unbreakable weapon you can get. If you can get it,...
Tuesday8th Jul 2025
UK Charts Mario Kart World Returns To Pole Position
After Death Stranding 2 delivered solid results
This week's UK physical game charts are in, and it's back to business as usual for Mario Kart World. After being overtaken by the critically-acclaimed Death Stranding 2, the Switch 2 launch title has stormed back to number one, with EA Sports FC 25 snatching up second spot, leaving Sam Porter Bridges...
Friday4th Jul 2025
Download both updates today
Nintendo has today released brand new updates for the Switch 2 and Switch versions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. So, if you boot up these games on either system, you should be prompted to update. These latest patches, which bump TotK to Version 1.4.2 and BotW to Version 1.8.2, reso
Tuesday1st Jul 2025
News Xenoblade Chronicles Dev Achieved 19% Profit Increase Last Financial Year
But it's far from its best
Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft has recently reported an impressive 19% profit increase for the financial year ending March 2025. As covered by Game Biz (thanks, Nintendo Everything), the company recorded profits of 487 million yen during the last financial year, which is up from 409 million yen the year...
Thursday26th Jun 2025
Japanese Charts Mario Kart World Speeds Past 1 Million Physical Sales
No slowing down
Another week of Switch 2 sales has come and gone, and Famitsu is here to give us the rundown on the physical figures from Japan. Unsurprisingly, Mario Kart World is still in pole position, shifting an additional 122,578 units in its third week, and pushing its total sales past the one million mark. Elsewhere, RAIDOU Remastered...
Monday23rd Jun 2025
UK Charts There's No Stopping Mario Kart World And Switch 2
Still not ready to Switch 2 something else
We are back with the latest look at the UK physical charts, and, what do you know, Mario Kart World has found itself in pole position for the third week running. The Switch 2 biggie may be leading the pack once again, but its supporting cast still follows closely behind it, with Cyberpunk 2077, Tears of...
Thursday19th Jun 2025
Random Zelda: TOTK Autobuild Sharing Exploit Lets You Summon An Army Of Ganondorf & Epona
Uh... is there a delete button?
You know what would make Tears of the Kingdom much easier? A herd of Epona. In terms of making it harder? How about multiple Ganondorfs? Well, you can have all that and more thanks to an exploit discovered by the TOTK community. (Thanks GamingReinvented!). With the new Zelda Notes companion app (compatible only with...
Japanese Charts Switch 2 Won't Slow Down, Surpasses 1 Million Consoles Sold
And it's only week 2
The Switch 2 is still going strong over in Japan, and thanks to Famitsu, we have the lowdown on the week's physical and console sales. Unsurprisingly, for the second week in a row, Mario Kart World takes pole position by shifting another 134,900 copies in the week of 9th to 16th June. That's over 120k more than the next closest...
Wednesday18th Jun 2025
Poll So, Have You Used Zelda Notes Yet?
Nintendo's new mobile service for Hyrule
Alongside the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom on the Switch 2, Nintendo added a special service to its mobile app called Zelda Notes – giving players multiple features to enhance their time in Hyrule. This service includes navigation assistance, voice memories,...
Tuesday17th Jun 2025
Rumour The Search For The Zelda Movie's Link & Zelda Has Begun, Apparently Seeking Actors 16-23
Ganondorf, Impa, and the King of Hyrule, too
As you'll undoubtedly know by now, Nintendo's very exciting live-action Legend of Zelda movie has been delayed by a little bit to a release date of 7th May 2027. Now, that may sound a long time away, but when you're making a huge movie that every gamer and their donkey (Kong?) is gonna be champing at the...
Monday16th Jun 2025
UK Charts Yes, Two Mario Kart Games Are In The Top Ten
Double whammy
The latest UK Charts are in and, as expected, Mario Kart World has retained its lofty spot at number 1 following the Switch 2's incredibly successful launch. But what ho, what luck, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is also in the top ten at number 6! Nintendo must be proper chuffed at that. Elsewhere, other Switch 2 games like Cyberpunk 2077:...
Friday13th Jun 2025
Download both updates today
Following the release of Switch 2 editions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild last week (and launch updates), Nintendo has now rolled out a few post-launch updates. These will be applied to all versions and include some fixes tied to improving the over
Thursday12th Jun 2025
Japanese Charts Switch 2 Crushes PS2 To Become Fastest-Selling Console Ever
Nearly 1 million consoles sold!
The latest Japanese boxed charts are here, courtesy of Famitsu, and golly gosh, would you believe it, Mario Kart World has stormed to the top with a total of 782,566 copies sold. That's simply incredible. The next in line is the Switch 1 version of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma with 45,703 copies sold. Truth be...
Tuesday10th Jun 2025
UK Charts Nintendo Switch 2 Annihilates The Competition In Its Debut Week
Mario Kart World grabs the gold
Here we are folks, the first breakdown of the UK charts since the Nintendo Switch 2 launched. As expected, the launch line-up has performed exceedingly well, with Mario Kart World comfortably nabbing the top prize. Hogwarts Legacy takes second place, though oddly enough, Switch 2 sales actually lag behind Switch 1...
Friday6th Jun 2025
News Switch 2 eShop "Top-Selling" Games At Launch Revealed
What games have you downloaded?
The Switch 2 is just a few days old now and we now know what people are purchasing and playing on the new hardware thanks to the eShop charts. We've taken a look at the US store specifically, which reveals the "top-selling" titles over the past three days, based on revenue. This includes regular Switch releases as...
Thursday5th Jun 2025
News Surprise, Xenoblade Chronicles Dev Also Helped Out On Mario Kart World
Jack of all trades
Monolith Soft, the developer behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, has confirmed that it helped to develop Mario Kart World for the Nintendo Switch 2. Speaking on X (and highlighted on Reddit), the team provided a notice to mark the release of Mario Kart World and confirmed that it had been contracted to develop "fields and...
