The latest Zelda video game was so eagerly awaited that it broke all Nintendo records. 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 fastest-selling game of the entire saga, welcomed the Japanese giant Nintendo on Wednesday.
For comparison, the video game Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy, from the Harry Potter universe, 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 the Nintendo Switch console”, and “the fastest-selling Nintendo game on all consoles”, specified the group. In Japan, it sold 2.24 million units, he revealed.
A first opus that had revolutionized the “open world”
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 with an emphasis on adventure and exploration was created in 1986 by Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s star creator and father of iconic characters like Mario and Donkey Kong.