Topic: ANY chance at all now we will get Wind Waker on the Switch?

Being one of my most beloved Zelda games, and not owning a Wii U around it’s time (I was focused on my Xbox One and PS4) and with no real intention on picking one up solely for the game - it’s been over 20 years since I’ve experienced the game

I actually only picked up a switch just over a year ago but with the rumours been existence for a long time I was hoping it would have been confirmed by now

Especially with echoes of wisdom and how close we are to seeing Switch 2, is the reality now that if a re-release of the game, will it not be on the Switch?

If we allow ourselves to believe that Switch Successor will be backwards compatible with Switch, then I think there's still a reasonable chance that Wind Waker could see a Switch release... after the Successor has hit the shelves. Nintendo will still be looking to put out Switch games, so a game like this that has supposedly been lurking in a drawer for a good while, could be a good candidate for the job.

@MisterBigMack First there was no virtual console. Then Nintendo strangely skipped releasing Mario Glalaxy 2. As of a year ago, I realized, the longer we've gone without seeing Wind Waker or Twilight Princess, it was becoming clear that Nintendo has been saving these games for Switch 2, and to fill release slots for particular years of Switch 2 lifespan.

With Switch install base being so gigantic (140million units sold), I think it would make sense that these games would release for the Switch. Or will Nintendo leverage these games as exclusive for Switch 2? I honestly don't know.

@WoomyNNYes I don't think WW or TP remasters will do anything for Switch 2. If they're saving them for that, they'd need to be remakes, which honestly makes no sense. I think Nintendo are just careful not to dilute the market with Zelda games. We had TotK last year — a major Zelda release — and then EoW this year. One Zelda release a year is way more than enough. Nintendo knows that releasing too much of an IP within close proximity dilutes the appeal significantly. If you look at the release history of the series, you'll notice they never release more than at tops one game in the series on one console per year, including remasters. The only exception was Majora's Mask HD and Triforce Heroes on 3DS in one year, but they were almost a year apart and it was practically the final year of the console so they kind of had to.

Considering we got two mainline Zeldas in a row, we will presumably get several remakes, remasters and spinoffs over the next few years. Wind Waker remaster in 2025 seems fairly plausible.