 Today we have to talk about something really important That's something I I was actually looking forward to talking about. I'm kind of Kind of in a somber mood right now. This is because this is something extremely serious It's life altering and I've been Holding back on you guys Trying to deal with this on my own trying to protect myself protect my family and make sure that Before this got all publicly That I was prepared to deal with The inevitable the backlash The inevitable concern people are going to have That this is maybe the most serious thing I've I've ever talked about on this channel and I just I just gotta put it out there Look just watch this I I don't know serious no yes breath of the wild to or the sequel or Sorry they moved it around the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel. It's no longer the sequel to it's the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel I would really wonder if they're gonna end up just calling it that but this game has been delayed and Look, I know that I've been telling people it's gonna come out this year And that was just because that was what the official date said But what have I noted the entire time every time we've brought up breath of the wild sequel I have mentioned Every single major Zelda game to get a date has been delayed and the trend continues They have delayed breath of the wild two out of 2022, but they did it in a way that I thought was smart So they could have just said we need a little bit more time to develop you are now planning to release this game in 2023 and that would have just we'd have a completely different conversation. Some people would be extremely upset Some people would be concerned. Oh, no, this game is gonna be delayed until the next platform comes out because oh, no It's not gonna come out to 2023 and let's say a new platform is gonna come out 2024 Won't they just delay this sucker yet again and release it on the next platform as a launch title like they did with Breath of the Wild those would be real conversations. We're having right now, but instead People seem actually fairly happy about this because this delay clarified a couple of things One when is this game coming out until now? It's been speculation in the landing summer is it coming November is it coming December the speculation is over Spring 2023 is very specific and every time Nintendo has said spring of a given year for a major game It's always meant March when it comes to Nintendo switch it's always meant March and that is because Nintendo likes to release the game right before the end of the fiscal year so They get that end of year fiscal bump in in revenue and then obviously it helps kick off Then the following fiscal year with the really strong, you know evergreen trailing sales So it's actually makes a lot of sense that they're going to release this and still plan to release it within this fiscal year But not necessarily, you know within the calendar year. So that's really really interesting I love that they did that and they didn't give us a date that's gonna make our minds run wild and speculate on Oh my gosh, it's they're gonna get delayed further Is this gonna be a holiday game next year when the heck it wasn't coming out kind of like last year when we were like Oh man when in 2022 is it coming out now? We know it's coming out in spring and what I like that they did this time and delaying it because Nintendo doesn't do this Oftentimes when they announce the delay is all the games. That's it. It's just delayed and that's all we got They actually chose to show us a little snippet of a new part of the game And that obviously is the very first time we have seen link use the master sword or hold the master sword Anyways, and it's really interesting because the master sword itself looks obviously damaged or corrupted or Something happened to it and that something may be the same very same something that messed with links arm So there's gonna be a lot of speculation coming about that and what's going on I know some people have speculated on the zone I in connections there, but who knows at this point Obviously, it's all speculative But it is nice that we got to at least see a little glimpse of something that's gonna at least get people theorizing and Talking and of course, we'll be talking about this You know tonight on live stream, but we'll also be talking about it during the podcast tomorrow We already bring a top of breath of all two anyways now We just have even more of a reason to talk about breath of the wild to tomorrow. So this to me is just Expected this was an expected delay But also if you think about it delaying it to spring is only given us about a three month delay That's that's really not that bad. So I think overall reactions to this have been fairly positive Now before I say anything else, I do want to remind you we are on our road to 80,000 subscribers So I would love it if you guys would hit that subscribe button if you haven't and hey You know what? We do giveaways for our subscribers all the time including right now We're giving away a PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X or switch OLED this week In fact, all you have to do is go down to that gleam. I only down to the pin comment or the description to enter Thank you guys for that So I wanted to give a few more thoughts on this whole breath of the wild to situation Obviously, I made it a bit more dramatic at the beginning than it really is Because for some people there might literally actually feel extremely sad over this delay But look the rest of this year is packed I mean, let's just think about the games we have coming up this month We have Nintendo switchboards. We got Mario Strikers coming up in June We got Splatoon 3 at some point this summer still have Bayonetta 3 we still have Pokemon, you know, Gen 9, Scarlet and Violet coming out That's already five major games are there and oh by the way somehow Sparks of Hope is gonna slot in somewhere in there as well So we already have so many major games coming this year that Breath of the Wild 2 being delayed just a little bit outside Of the year isn't that big of a deal It also gives us an idea that hey the game is extremely far along in development and What's also I mentioned there was a couple tidbits we got from this Something AGM who said during that trailer or during this announcement is very interesting You talked about the vastness of the world. Let me grab the exact trailer quote So he says the adventure in this sequel will take place not just on the ground as in the previous game But also in the skies above again, these are exact quotes from the producer However, the expanded world goes beyond that and there will be an even wider variety of features you can enjoy And that's obviously where they tease the master sword including new encounters and new gameplay elements So this is funny So he says we've expanded to the sky But it's actually much larger than that and that's I think important because some people were worried that well Because this game takes place in the same world of Breath of the Wild the majority of the game is gonna be the same world He's basically making it sound like one. Yeah, that's there But oh by the way, it's much larger much wider in scope than you realize and that isn't just how big the World is it also includes the enemy encounters the story the puzzle elements all of that And I think that's a good relief for a lot of us that just kind of looked at it as look outside of the sky area The ground they look the same. Oh, they you know put a horn on top of a bokeh blend. Oh, no, what a big change When people worried that there wasn't gonna be more enemy variety and he's basically trying to come out here Be like look that's not the case actually, you know Hey guys We put as much development time into this as we did the original Breath of the Wild clearly We're doing something that we can't show or aren't willing to show yet at this point now The big thing obviously I want to know and many people are knows are we going to see this game this summer? And I think that's a resounding. Yes. If this game is a solid spring release. Yeah at e3 2022 we are going to end up seeing this game and they're gonna really start to build the hype train Really once Pokemon comes out. So I would say from December moving forward. You're gonna start hearing a lot more You know, I would fully expect that hey this game will appear at the game awards I would presume and there'll be a spring director something you know in February Maybe that's going to help push the game as well. So again, I think the roadmap for their the marketing for this is they're gonna talk about it You know at this summer, they're going to give us maybe even a tease at the fall direct I don't know, you know, if they want to keep the marketing going then if they're gonna focus on the winter releases But they're gonna talk about it then and we're gonna talk about it probably at the game awards And then obviously out of direct in early 2023 So there's a clear marketing path here that still fits because we're just talking realistically about a three-month delay So what I want to know is obviously your guys's thoughts on this delay. Are you disappointed? Are you okay with it? Are you glad we now know of a more exact time of when this game is coming out? So we now know where to set our expectations and do you expect to see the game this summer like I do? Let me know down in the comments below. I am Nathan de Rovedance from Nintendo Prime Thank you so much for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video