The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Get Switch 2 Gameplay Footage - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2025 / 3,787 Views
Nintendo during Nintendo Treehouse: Live showcased 27 minutes of new gameplay footage for the Nintendo Switch 2 versions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as well as providing a look at the Zelda Notes app.
View the gameplay footage below:
Read details on the games below:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
See the Kingdom of Hyrule in a whole new way with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, available with performance upgrades on Nintendo Switch 2. Smoother frame rates, faster load times, and better graphics will make for a fresh experience when revisiting these adventures, and now players will also have a little extra help. Also on the way is an update to the Nintendo Switch App (previously known as the Nintendo Switch Online App), called ZELDA NOTES. This game-specific service is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of the games and helps players navigate to various locations, like that difficult-to-find shrine or hidden Korok, and will even feature commentary from Princess Zelda herself that was not part of the original games.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
See the Kingdom of Hyrule in a whole new way with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, available with performance upgrades on Nintendo Switch 2. Smoother frame rates, faster load times, and better graphics will make for a fresh experience when revisiting these adventures, and now players will also have a little extra help. Also on the way is an update to the Nintendo Switch App (previously known as the Nintendo Switch Online App), called ZELDA NOTES. This game-specific service is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of the games and helps players navigate to various locations, like that difficult-to-find shrine or hidden Korok, and will even feature commentary from Princess Zelda herself that was not part of the original games.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5.
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Huge plus for me, I came in late to this Zelda so I'm glad I get to play the definitive version
Why did you get downvoted for this? I swear, some people are weird as hell...
Looks clean. The HDR also really helps. I'm still basically nowhere in TotK, so might as well wait and play it on Switch 2. Does anyone know if saves transfer?
Definitely a cleaner output, but looks like this is only a resolution bump, higher framerates and improved texture filtering... In otherwords... A few changes in a text file.
Definitely could have just been a free update rather than a $20 upgrade cost or a repurchase of the game at a $20 USD higher price. (Which probably doesn't include the DLC either, requiring another $20 USD.)
The downside to the improved texture filtering and resolution bump is that tiled and repeating textures stick out more.
I am of course a sucker and have Pre-ordered the games for Switch 2... And like GTA5 and Skyrim will have the game across 3 generations of hardware.
