Nintendo Keeps The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Hopes Alive Despite Switch 2 GameCube Push

Just due to the fact that The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 via the GameCube room doesn't mean the fan-favorite escapade won't beryllium ported.

That's according to Nintendo of America’s elder vice president of merchandise development, Nate Bihldorff, who told Kinda Funny's Tim Gettys that conscionable due to the fact that a crippled is disposable to play via Nintendo Switch Online's room doesn't mean the developer won't see remastering oregon remaking it.

Despite being hugely fashionable games successful the Zelda franchise, 2003's The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are yet to beryllium ported to Nintendo Switch, beryllium that the OG oregon the Switch 2.

Consequently, immoderate fans person been a small disquieted that they'd ne'er spot a afloat remaster fixed The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — which was ported to the Wii U successful 2013 — volition soon beryllium disposable arsenic portion of Nintendo's premium subscription work erstwhile Nintendo Switch 2 releases connected June 5.

"[We] got to inquire a full clump of questions and, successful emblematic Nintendo fashion, we didn't get excessively galore answers to things, but I did inquire if having the Wind Waker connected [Nintendo Switch Online] precludes [Nintendo Switch 2] from getting the existent Wii U larboard astatine immoderate point, and helium was precise speedy to accidental no. All options are connected the table.

"Obviously, nothing's confirmed 1 mode oregon another, but determination are galore examples of games that are connected NSO and [you can] inactive get them successful a antithetic way, whether it's a remake oregon conscionable the aforesaid larboard version. So, absorbing that they didn't accidental it's not happening, but fundamentally it was ne'er accidental never."

We recovered retired astatine past week's Nintendo Direct presumption that GameCube titles were connected the mode to Nintendo Switch Online arsenic portion of its premium library.

It's a large update to the Nintendo Switch Online room that volition assistance subscribers entree to a load of classical 2000s-era titles, including F-Zero GX and Soulcalibur 2, which volition each beryllium disposable astatine motorboat this summer, on with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, of course. This room volition beryllium expanded upon successful the years to come, with immoderate teased titles including Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Strikers, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, and more.

Last week, the Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order day was delayed successful the United States aft import tariffs enacted by President Trump sent fiscal markets spiraling. Just a fewer days later, the contented dispersed crossed the border, with Nintendo Canada besides confirming pre-orders would present beryllium delayed there.

For more, cheque retired everything announced astatine the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct.

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