2023-05-17 17:25:28
The last Zelda video game was expected such feverishness that he exploded all the records of Nintendo. With its huge and surprising open world, its iconic features shaped over more than thirty-five years and an incredibly generous freedom of play, Tears of the Kingdom, nicknamed, “TOTK” seduces. This new opus has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide in just three days. Becoming the game the fastest-selling of the entire saga, welcomed the Japanese giant Nintendo on Wednesday.
For comparison, the video game Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacyfrom the universe of Harry Potter, has sold more than 15 million units worldwide in three months since its launch on February 10. Eagerly awaited by players who had formed queues in front of stores to get it as soon as it was released overnight from Thursday to Friday, the new Zelda has become in Europe and on the American continent “the fastest-selling game on console Nintendo Switch and “the fastest-selling Nintendo game of any console,” the group said. At Japanit sold 2.24 million units, he revealed.
A first opus that had revolutionized the “open world”
To the saga The Legend of Zelda around the adventures of Link, an elf in a tunic armed with a sword, began more than thirty-five years ago. With these new figures, it exceeds 140 million games sold worldwide. The last part Tears of the Kingdom is the direct sequel to Breath of the Wild released in 2017, recognized as one of the best Switch titles and which had revolutionized the “open world” video game format, which gives the most room to the player’s creativity and exploration.
“Seven years after its arrival on the market, the Nintendo Switch continues to attract players, like this new release breaking all records”, welcomed the president of Nintendo of Europe, Stephan Bole, quoted in the communicated. The series focusing on adventure and exploration was created in 1986 by Shigeru MiyamotoNintendo’s star creator and father of iconic characters like Mario or Donkey Kong.
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