The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a 2023 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), Tears of the Kingdom keeps aspects including the open world of Hyrule, which has been expanded to allow for more vertical exploration. The player controls Link as he searches for Princess Zelda and fights to stop the Demon King from destroying the world.
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
| Producer(s) | Eiji Aonuma |
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| Programmer(s) | Takahiro Okuda |
| Artist(s) | Satoru Takizawa |
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| Series | The Legend of Zelda |
| Engine | Havok LunchPack  |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release | May 12, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Upon release, the game received critical acclaim for its improvements, expanded open world, and features encouraging exploration and explosions.[1] It sold more than 10 million copies in its first three days of release and over 18.51 million copies by June 2023, making it one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch.
References
change- ↑ "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
Notes
change- ↑ Additional work by Monolith Soft
