Insiders leak more Nintendo E3 plans & Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 release NintendoAs E3 2021 fast approaches, some Nintendo insiders have revealed more of the company\u2019s plans for the event including what to expect regarding the long-anticipated sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. E3 2021 will be an all-digital event, featuring some of gaming\u2019s biggest companies including Microsoft, Ubisoft, Konami, Capcom, and of course, Nintendo. With so many eyes tuned in for announcements, we can expect some big news to drop. As Dexerto previously reported, leaker SamusHunter claims that Nintendo will have some Smash Ultimate and Breath of the Wild 2 news at E3 and now, more of the company\u2019s plans have surfaced. Prominent insider Jeff Grubb posted on the Resetera forums that Nintendo will be announcing its plans by the end of May \u2013 specifically in the last full week of the month. \u201cProbably not next week, but the week after,\u201d he said on May 13. Elsewhere, on Twitter, he suggested that BOTW 2 could be creeping up on Horizon Forbidden West\u2019s release date in the form of a meme. Even though the Horizon Zero Dawn sequel doesn\u2019t have a release date set, it is expected to release in 2021. The fact that Zelda could be occupying that spot as well implies Breath of the Wild 2 is actually coming out this year. However, this does contradict fellow leaker Zippo who wrote on his blog that the sequel won\u2019t be releasing in 2021. \u201cIf any Nintendo game was affected by the pandemic, it was this one. From what I heard, the game is nearing completion, but a release by the end of the year just isn\u2019t seeming feasible,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe game needs a bit more time, and with the last year in mind, that\u2019s entirely understandable.\u201d SamusHunter2 also addressed Zippo\u2019s claims on Twitter writing: \u201cThe title is planned for this year but as I\u2019ve always said, developers aren\u2019t given a defined time\/budget until they\u2019re satisfied with the quality they\u2019ve achieved.\u201d Surely it was also one of the titles on which they worked hardest to reduce as much as possible the delay covid programming side \u2014 Samus Hunter | Nintendo Leak and News Inside (@SamusHunter2) May 14, 2021 Not much is known about the BOTW sequel, including its full name, but considering how it helped launch the Switch as cross-gen title with the Wii, it\u2019s possible the same could happen if Nintendo plans on releasing a Switch Pro around the same time. It\u2019s also possible that Horizon is being delayed to 2022 and that\u2019s where it could find itself competing with BOTW 2 in the future. Finally, the two also dug into the possibility of a new Mario Kart and it doesn\u2019t seem like Mario Kart 9 will be next in line, but something a bit different. MARIO KART As said so many times, I’m not convinced Nintendo is working on a direct sequel to MK8DX, they definitely have plans in the future with the Smartphone title as well. As for what Yabuki’s team is working on, I still don’t have any specific details.\u2014 Samus Hunter | Nintendo Leak and News Inside (@SamusHunter2) May 14, 2021 \u201cI\u2019ve heard multiple times that Yabuki\u2019s team are hard at work on a new Mario Kart of some sort, and have been for the last 3 years. I also made sure to specify that this project wasn\u2019t Mario Kart Tour, Live Circuit or the Universal theme park ride,\u201d Zippo claimed. Meanwhile, SamusHunter backed this up stating that while they\u2019re \u201cnot convinced Nintendo is working on a direct sequel to MK8DX\u201d they do \u201chave plans in the future with the Smartphone title as well.\u201d It will be interesting to see what ends up transpiring come June 12 and Nintendo finally shows its hands. Luckily, we don\u2019t have that much longer to wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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