 So look, I'm a massive Zelda fan, right? Got my Breath of the Wild E3 2016 shirt, I actually got like eight of these. I know some people were wondering if I would give some of these away during E3. They've all been worn by me. If you're interested in buying a shirt that it'll be washed, worn or not buying, but being given a shirt, I guess let me know down in the comments because, I mean, I wouldn't mind partying with a couple of them, but I've literally worn all of them at one point or another, so none of them are brand new. But that's besides the point. Skyward Sword HD. It's apparently important to Breath of the Wild or at least that's what I'm getting from our latest rumor. Well, actually, yeah, our latest rumor from Samus Hunter. So I was talking to Samus Hunter and this was before the Pokemon stuff I posted a few days ago and I got some information here and I'm sorry, I'm kind of going through my phone here. I don't have my notes right in front of me because I feel like this is important to talk about if you are a Zelda fan, like I am because when you are a Zelda fan, you really care a lot about particular details, when it comes to story elements, gameplay, et cetera, pretty much any information we could dig up that is in regards to Zelda we care about and we obviously care about Breath of the Wild too, but before we're getting Breath of the Wild too, we're getting Skyward Sword HD. And obviously, Skyward Sword HD has an important place in Zelda history. It's the first game officially in the Zelda timeline. Don't believe me, go buy Hyrule of the Storia, but it's the first game in the Zelda timeline. It sets up the entire legend for Legend of Zelda, sort of retconning the original legend as it was told in Zelda II. For those who don't know, back in the day, Zelda II, the Adventure Link in the instruction manual explained the actual legend for Legend of Zelda, but that's obviously been retconned. It's Skyward Sword now explains what sets everything up. I don't wanna get too deep into story details because if I'm honest, not a lot of people played Skyward Sword HD. Yeah, sure, they still sold like three and a half, four million, but in relative, the Skyward Sword HD, Skyward Sword still sold three and a half, four million, but relative to other Zelda games, that's just okay, right? I don't wanna ruin the story for the 16 million plus Breath of the Wild that our prospective customers potentially for Skyward Sword HD. So I don't wanna ruin too much, but I do wanna talk about something Samus Hunter told me that's very interesting about why Nintendo is releasing Skyward Sword HD and why would this matter as we lead into Breath of the Wild II because why should Nintendo care about some of these aspects today if Breath of the Wild sort of reset the series if there wasn't going to be some importance to these in an upcoming game, aka Breath of the Wild II? So, Samus Hunter told me, hi, Nate, I saw the latest Zelda video that you did and they were talking about the live stream I did last Friday and it's too bad copyright issues with the live, thanks Viacom. By the way, I won my copyright dispute. Yay, YouTube actually worked surprisingly. Just took a day. Anyways, I hope it gets resolved. I'm glad to have heard other sources like Grubb specified, Jeff Grubb, that Breath of the Wild sequel is still planned for later this year in January. When I had imagined to get information on some of Nintendo's plans, the title listed as one of the last titles for 2021. So Samus Hunter has heard that, hey, this game is coming, it's one of the last games that's coming out this year. However, having not received any updates about it since I saw that date, I would say that it's very likely, thanks to the information of other people, that they will be able to release it in the time set unless there are problems at the last moment, which I see difficult given Grubb's words. It's more like Grubb's meme that he put out there. Plus, we've heard rumors that localization is done from other sources. But I'm not convinced for a release between the last week of October and the first week of November. This is disputing another person that I have. But it says because in that period, it's expected the second DLC pack for Hyrule Water's Age of Calamity, which will be used as an appetizer. Another detail, the launch window for Diamond and Pearl Pokemon Remix wasn't announced in February because they still don't have an exact release time for Zelda. So I'd say keep an eye on the launch date for the Pokemon title, which we will know before the E3 Direct, which again, that's in reference to, hey look, the release date for Zelda is affecting the release date for Pokemon. So when we do hear the release date for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Brilliant Diamond and Shiny Pearl, I guess I should say correct myself there, that we should have an idea that Zelda's probably three weeks, one side or the other of that. All right, so then I said, is there anything else you could tell me? And said, well, if you have any specific questions or want to know some details regarding the marketing, lines behind some games will give answer. I said, shoot, I'm just cutting up some fruit before I head to the studio, which is just to my basement. And it says, well, beyond game updates. I've already mentioned, but I could give you some details about Zelda's anniversary plans. Now here's where we get to the exciting stuff and it deals with Skyward Sword. Reading on the internet, some people were disappointed that Nintendo never mentioned the 35th anniversary of Zelda back on the actual 35th anniversary. But don't worry, that's actually normal because until March 31st, they were doing Mario's anniversary and the plan for promotions will start primarily from June in the E3 period. Skyward Sword is a title that has been chosen because it is the beginning of the series. Okay, that's fair, I guess, whatever. We want to revisit the beginning. And Nintendo wanted to introduce new fans. So this would be Breath of the Wild, right? Breath of the Wild is bigger than it's ever been. So new fans, Breath of the Wild fans. Two, the origin of some characters, objects and consequences of the story. For this reason, it was given priority over Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, although those are already remastered and will come out later. So here's the thing. Think about that. Characters, objects and consequences of the story. Why would it matter to introduce new players of Breath of the Wild when Breath of the Wild seems so divergent from everything Zelda's done before? Why would it matter? Well, if you folks remember, there's this cutscene in the original Breath of the Wild. Your master will come for you. Until then, you shall rest safely here. Although this slumber of restoration will most certainly deprive him of his memories. Please trust me when I say that I know he will arrive before you yet again. If I may be so bold, what is it that you are planning to do next, Princess? The Master Sword. I heard it speak to me. It seems that my role is unfinished. There is still something I must do. I sense there is great strength in your dedication. Great Deku Tree. I ask of you, when he returns, can you please relay this message? Tell him I- Now then, words intended for him would sound much better in the tones of your voice. Don't you think? Now, if you have not played Skyward Sword, you might not understand the reference in that cutscene, but the reference to the sword itself talking is actually a direct reference back to Skyward Sword. No, I'm not gonna go much further than that. You will find out by playing Skyward Sword HD. If you've already played Skyward Sword, you already know what I'm talking about. But my guess is that while nothing important necessarily happened in the events of Breath of the Wild that we're aware of from the sword talking, my guess is that changes in Breath of the Wild too, because they left you with not necessarily a cliffhanger at the end of Breath of the Wild, but they suggested there's more happening, more to do as Zelda and Link walk off into the sunset. And in reality is there is more to do. And I'm guessing that some of the characters might return. I don't know that some of the side characters or even some of the main characters that are only alive during that period of Skyward Sword are gonna come back, but there's certain characters that could come back, including a certain character that's probably tied to the sword, maybe a certain character that's tied to the other side of things, maybe a certain overall evil that's bigger than Ganondorf. I think I'm giving away a little too much here, but the point is that I think a lot of this stuff is gonna come full circle in Breath of the Wild too. I think there is a lot of connections to be made because why else would Nintendo feel like, look, we feel like it's important for the 16 plus million people to return to the beginning of the series so they can learn about the characters, the origins, the consequences of that story, and some of the items, like, are there items coming back? Is the beetle coming back? This is one of those things where I feel like there's a clear specific reason that Aji Anomo and Shigeru Miyamoto want you to revisit this game so you could end up going into Breath of the Wild too with a fresh perspective in your mind of these events because I think these events are gonna play an even bigger role in Breath of the Wild. Again, technically there's already a connection to Breath of the Wild. It's just that connection didn't really bear any fruit at the time. It could have been a setup for what we are going to experience here in Breath of the Wild too. So, this is just obviously one fan's take on some rumors here, some reporting here that I got from Samus Hunter. Again, don't know if this stuff is true that Nintendo really is emphasizing this and that's why they're bringing the Skyward Sword HD out when they are. However, if it is, that just makes even more sense to lead that game up to Breath of the Wild coming later this year by keeping these story, these characters and the items and the consequences of it all fresh in our minds as we head in to Breath of the Freakin' Wild to whatever they call this thing, technically it's not even called that. It's called Breath of the Wild's sequel. The sequel to Breath of the Wild is now in development, right? We all remember that text. So, that's officially what it's called but I'm excited about this. I hope you're excited about it too. I am Nathan Robody. That's from the center. I hope you join us as E3 as we hopefully figure all of this stuff out. I am so pumped and also by the way, if they hint you're an E3 that Skyward Sword HD has something to do with Breath of the Wild too, talk about a boost in sales for that game. Then I might start thinking Skyward Sword HD really will sell 10 million plus because if it's tied into the story, people are gonna wanna know who haven't experienced it. All right, folks.