It wouldn't be a Nintendo console without a Zelda, and the Nintendo Switch 2 is no exception, though it came in a form we weren't expecting. During today's Nintendo Direct, we learned that Koei Tecmo is making a new Hyrule Warriors game: a Tears of the Kingdom prequel called Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Age of Imprisonment doesn’t have a specific release date. That said, you won’t be waiting years for this game since it will come out sometime in Winter 2025. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment was announced during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct with a stunning trailer.

It wouldn’t be a new Nintendo console without a big Zelda release, and the franchise’s next entry is sending the princess to war.