Overview
- The game launches November 6 as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, unlocking at midnight in each region and at 12 a.m. EST in the U.S. (9 p.m. PT on November 5).
- Early reception sits in the high 70s on Metacritic and OpenCritic, with critics praising series-best combat and largely stable performance.
- Reviews consistently note repetition and underused maps as drawbacks, even as the core hack-and-slash loop is described as fast and satisfying.
- New systems like Sync Strikes and Zonai device abilities headline the feature set, complemented by an expanding roster reported at about 28 playable characters.
- The story is a canonical prequel focused on the Imprisoning War and Princess Zelda’s role, and Link is not playable in the base release.