{"id":127410,"date":"2022-08-20T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136332"},"modified":"2022-08-20T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T17:05:00","slug":"random-weve-been-waiting-over-half-a-decade-for-a-new-mainline-zelda-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/20\/random-weve-been-waiting-over-half-a-decade-for-a-new-mainline-zelda-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: We’ve Been Waiting Over Half A Decade For A “New” Mainline Zelda Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a> is an amazing game and we probably could keep playing it forever, but as you might recall, it’s now been well over five years since this latest entry in the series was released (and next March will mark six). Yes, we’re talking about brand new<\/em> adventures here – so that’s not including remakes like Skyward Sword HD<\/a> or spin-offs.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, today marks the “longest ever gap” in “new” releases in the history of The Legend of Zelda series. The previous record was the time between the Game Boy classic Link’s Awakening<\/a> (1993) and the N64 hit The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/a> (1998). This fact was highlighted by the Twitter account ‘BombosMedallion<\/a>‘ – noting how it was approximately five years, five months, and 15 days between these particular titles:<\/p>\n