While the buzz around Nintendo’s upcoming titles and plans is especially prevalent since the launch of the Switch, the Big N has stopped one of the most sounded in recent days: there are no plans to relaunch Zelda: Skyward Sword. . At least for now.
The growing hype for the return of the title that opens the official Zelda chronology was born from a recent Zelda concert in Japan, where – according to rumors – Eiji Aonuma himself would have intervened, testing the possibility. The reality is that there are no records of whether and how this happened.
A situation that, added to the warm reception that had a title designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the saga, did not take long to stir the network of networks. However, through a statement to the Eurogamer medium, a Nintendo representative has settled the matter :
At this time we have no plans to release The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on Nintendo Switch.
It is fair to keep in mind that the rumors of seeing Skyward Sword on Switch come from before last E3 2018 along with one of the multiple game listings that appeared shortly before the event. However, the representative’s words are blunt and leave little room for the imagination.
For now, fans of the hero of Hyrule have a lot to play with: in addition to Breath of the Wild and the MUSOU Hyrule Warriors, Link has sneaked into Mario Kart and will soon claim his deserved prominence alongside Zelda, Ganondorf or Sheik in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
However, it must also be clarified that Nintendo Switch has been on the market for a year and a half. Perhaps now there are no plans for Skyward Sword on the horizon, but all of us who enjoy that gem on Switch are clear that it is one of the titles that the Joy Cons cry out for. That one, the Wii Sports … and so many others.
