The developers of The Legend of Zelda series have yet to reveal any new information about the next game in the franchise, so fans are filling the gaps with work of their own, and one new piece of fan art has re-imagined the trailer for the upcoming Breath of the Wild sequel in the style of Link’s Awakening. 2019 saw the release of several Zelda games on the Nintendo Switch, but the biggest piece of news regarding the franchise happened at E3 when the sequel to Breath of the Wild was announced.
The trailer for the Breath of the Wild sequel revealed very little information about the game, and fans still aren’t even sure what the title of the game is or when it’s going to be released. Players have poured over the available footage and have uncovered huge details in the Breath of the Wild sequel trailer, but there is still a lot of speculation and theories about the content of its story. The Zelda fans have had to sate their hunger for more content with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which is a remake of the classic Game Boy title for the Nintendo Switch that was released at the end of 2019.
Nintendo might be keeping tight-lipped about the Breath of the Wild sequel, so it’s up to the fans to make their own content regarding the game. Artist Stephen J. Plant has uploaded several images to his Twitter page that show key scenes from the Breath of the Wild sequel trailer remade in the cartoonish style of the Link’s Awakening remake. Plant mentioned in the comments he created the images using a combination of Blender (a 3D modeling program) and Photoshop, and that he had been working on them since October.
The timeline position of Breath of the Wild was confirmed back in 2018, and it’s complicated position as reportedly happening at the very, very end of the Zelda timeline, far away from all of the other games and stories, means it very well could share a timeline with Link’s Awakening. The ramifications of this timeline position are still unclear, but if Breath of the Wild is receiving a sequel, then fans may find out the answer in a future game.
The beautiful visuals and gorgeous character models of Link’s Awakening were some of the most praised aspects of the title. Link’s Awakening is one of the best-selling Switch games and Nintendo could potentially reuse its aesthetic for remakes of A Link to the Past, The Minish Cap, or the Oracle games. A Breath of the Wild-style Legend of Zelda game with the visuals of Link’s Awakening would be impressive to see, but Nintendo isn’t likely to make one anytime soon. Much like Link in Link’s Awakening, the fans will have to dream of what could be.
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Source: Stephen J. Plant/Twitter
