Nintendo's Anticipated Switch Release Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Will Skip PAX East

That's unfortunate. Was hoping to get a little more out of nintendo.

@NintendoByNature Im guessing there going to wait until they have a TOK direct to show off alot of information.

I don’t know why but I love the secrecy surrounding Tears of the Kingdom. Makes me excited even more, as a little kid waiting for santa to arrive.

They probably wait until after the Mario movie to release one final trailer.

@TheBigBlue pErMaNeNcE rEVoLt (idk what she says it’s been a bit)

They're really keeping the details on this game under lock and key.... Weird.

Makes sense to me. Next time we'll get new footage is in a TotK focused Direct in April. Besides, if they let people play it at PAX too much info could get out/spoilers etc.

@illmatic20xx you're probably not wrong

I like this a lot. I dodged around every bit of info and coverage for Botw to go in fresh. They're making it easier so far with the sequel to stay clean.

When was the last time a big unreleased Nintendo game was playable at PAX East? I think Animal Crossing but I could be wrong...

The secrecy around this game makes me more and more worried about it's release state. The last time they were this quiet on a new release was Animal Crossing New Horizons, and that game ended up releasing with barely any content. Either Nintendo is silent because they just don't want to spoil the experience, or they most likely don't have that much content to justify TotK being a sequel.

@VoidofLight

It makes me very worried too: Either its amazing or its crap.

What's even more interesting is PAX East lines up with the number of days left for a final trailer to be released, if Nintendo were to remain consistent with the number of days left before BotW.

So no new Donkey Kong game?😯

@NewAdvent Really wish they would release a new Mario game to go with the movie. A re-release of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Switch would be a welcome addition.

Nintendon't bother then

@Henmii "Crap/10 - Too much Zelda" - IGN

One of the worst marketed games in recent memory

@NewAdvent that is very little marketing for what is supposed to be a huge game such little marketing is not going to bring in a new audience

@westman98
Splatoon 3 was at pax west I believe

@VoidofLight i have the same feeling for all these years like do they have any plans to release the game? ;D

e: I meant promote

@KBuckley27 I know a bit about what you're thinking but I think there marketing strategy actually is to show very little until very close to release and that it's done so on purpose for marketing strategy reasons.

I don't know facts but they think that's the best way to market the game and make a profit, so they probably would be right. It's done on purpose for sure and I think they know what they're doing.

For me though, with the increased price, I want to see more trailers before pre-ordering.

I'm fairly certain that even the most casual of gamer is aware that the sequel to the best game of all time is on the way. And in all honesty is there a gamer who doesn't know about tears of the kingdom but who would know what PAX is?

Personally I'm quite glad to be kept in the dark as much as possible about this. They could reveal absolutely nothing more about it and I'll still buy it, as would most people who played BotW. Though, it would be nice to see some actual gameplay even if it's just a couple of minutes.

no demo, (sarcastically)now there's a surprise. just waiting on the Treehouse presentation in April.

I mean, at this point, I don't plan on viewing any more new videos of what to expect in Tears Of The Kingdom anyway. I want each thing I discover to be new, and not something that I already knew about from a previous trailer. Sure, they have been drip feeding us information on this game, but for me, I am fine with that. I know I will enjoy this game so I don't need a whole bunch of details to get excited about it.

How much did we know when going into God of War Ragnarok or Elden Rings?

Both became game of the year contestants.

I keep seeing people expect a Zelda Direct, but I think there’s a very real possibility that there won’t be one. There’s a good chance we get one more trailer and then reviews from the press, and that’s it before release.

@VoidofLight They've been developing this game for 6 full years, on a framework they had already built for Breath of the Wild. They are also charging more for it, saying that they feel the content is worth the upcharge. Not that it's impossible for it to be lower on content, but it wouldn't make any sense. This being worried about it is kinda paranoid rather than realistic.

@Switch_Pro I have no reason to trust Nintendo. They spent 7 years on Animal Crossing, and that game ended up lacking. Unless they show me why this game is worth 70 dollars, I'm not going to take a corporation's word for why they think it's worth the money. They have to actually prove it with trailers or gameplay, rather than just saying "Oh, we think it's worth this much!"

@VoidofLight They spent less than 3 years on Animal Crossing. They may have been in some pre-production before, but the main development of the game didn't start until after Splatoon 2 released.

@IceClimbers Even then, doesn't change my outlook on the silence being worrying. Only thing that will is Nintendo showing more of the game.

@gcunit

lol!

@DylanMcGrann

I too fear more and more that there won't be a Direct, but we'll see.

@NewAdvent Yeah. You are probably right but do you think they will add Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land and Wario Land 2 now they are adding Gameboy games 'cause I would love to see those added especially the first Wario Land game and they just added Kirby's Dream Land 2 so I think there might be hope for the other Mario Land titles.

I really hope we get a new Donkey Kong game soon. It has been so long since Tropical Freeze and I thought we would have got a third New Donkey Kong Country Returns by now since they had the first one on Wii and the second on Wii U but when they had Donkey Kong's 40th anniversary they didn't release any new games for it and it is like they have killed off the franchise.

@VoidofLight I am not saying that you should trust them, but you are reading too much into it. They don't need to show you the entire game.

@Switch_Pro I'm not expecting to see the entire game. I just want to know a bit more to be assured that this game isn't just BotW but with skies tacked onto it.

@VoidofLight They have already shown a lot that wasn't in BotW. The hand abilities, vehicles, new enemy types, locales like the cave which we didn't really have in BotW... What exactly do you expect to see?

@Switch_Pro Something that makes me actually want to purchase the game. I something that felt big and exciting like BotW's reveal.

@VoidofLight I kinda get what you mean, but I'm not sure what they could possibly show that would do that if you are not already interested in the sequel of one of the best games of all time. For me a better story and dungeons would definitely help, I kinda want the game to have a different structure to the first one basically while still keeping the open air feel. And I think we will get all that but it remains to be seen.

@NewAdvent Yeah. They will probably hold it off and release it later in the year but with them adding Super Mario Land 2 the chances of 1 and 3 being added seem pretty high along with the Wario Land games. Dr Mario and Yoshi's Cookie might be added too. I'm glad you are enjoying Wario Land 3 and the first Wario Land game was one of my favorite games to play on the Gameboy and I am surprised they don't do more with Wario and have a Wario Land game on Switch or 3D Wario game. There were a lot of good Gameboy games that have sadly been forgotten now and it is good to see some of them being brought back on Switch for new fans to play. I hope we get Pokemon Gold, Silver or Crystal.