Zelda fans have received some significant updates for both Breath of the Wild and other rumoured projects coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019.
Following the earlier success of several other Wii U porting projects, it appears Nintendo is preparing to bring The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD to the Switch.
The difference being that these new ports would only be released on the Nintendo eShop, meaning an utterly digital launch.
It should be noted that these Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD projects have not been officially announced by Nintendo yet, however, there is always the chance for something being confirmed during E3 2019.
And this isn’t the only big Zelda news being revealed this week, as fans have also received special new updates for Breath of the Wild.
This includes a new Switch patch that makes some of its load times faster. Breath of the Wild save files are said to load 10 seconds faster than before the update, while fast travel is down from 19 seconds to 11 seconds.
This is because Nintendo has now made it possible for the Switch to overclock its CPU to 1.75GHz.
However, while this will be seen as a welcome boost for those playing titles like BOTW, other updates have not been so well received.
The New Zelda VR experience now available to play through the Labo Kits and is part of a free update for BOTW and Super Mario Odyssey.
But fans have been complaining about problems with the new VR experience making them feel queasy, while the lack of strap also makes it challenging to play Zelda.
From early fan feedback, it appears the new VR experience can be fun but only for a short period of time.
“Trying to play the whole game in VR is a pain,” one fan writes. “You’ve got to hold the device close to your head all the time, with the toy-con controllers sticking out on the left and right of Labo VR.
“Probably you will be okay for 5 minutes like that. I tried to play it lying down, with the VR headset resting on my head thanks to gravity. Like this, I played it with a wireless controller, and that did work well. But after a while, the cardboard would cut into my face, and it is no good as well.”
Other Nintendo news this week includes an update on the company’s plans for E3 2019.
Nintendo is reportedly working on two new consoles, both offering new ways for fans to enjoy the Switch console.
This would include an upgraded version and a price friendly “Lite” model, which would do away with specific features. The cheaper Switch Lite was recently linked with a 2019 release date, a rumour that Nintendo has now directly addressed.
It appears the company has thrown cold water over the idea of something like this being announced during E3.
President Shuntaro Furukawa revealed more during a recent company earnings report, telling reporters: “As a general rule, we’re always working on new hardware, and we will announce it when we are able to sell it,” via Bloomberg.
“But we have no plans to announce that at this year’s E3 in June.”
While this may come as a blow for Nintendo fans hoping to snap up a new console, this doesn’t completely rule out something new this year.
Nintendo holds Direct live streaming events throughout the year, and this could be used as a platform for revealing big news.
So while the company are holding back in June, there could be news revealed closer to the holiday season.