Some interesting speculation has surfaced online about the next classic Legend Of Zelda title that could be making its way to the Nintendo Switch.

The title is none other than The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker, with the speculation sparked by an unlikely source: Nintendo Of Korea.  As detailed by @pikzel08 on social media, Nintendo maintains an official timeline for The Legend Of Zelda series online, which is available in multiple languages, including Korean. The timeline lists all Zelda games which have an official Korean translation by their Korean translated names, while those that have not received one are listed under their English names. 

why is this relevant?? Because of Nintendo of Korea’s own website showing a timeline of all Zelda games, but crucially games that had a korean translation used their Korean names, those who didn’t used English

with one major exception: the Wind Waker https://t.co/umB7Cld5AT pic.twitter.com/4bvx7bxMqu

— PikZel (@pikzel08) December 17, 2024

Strangely however, Wind Waker was the exception to this rule until relatively recently, having been listed with a Korean translated name despite having never received an official Korean language release. @pikzel08 theorized that this could suggest that a new port for Wind Waker is in the works for Switch, which includes an official Korean translation. This would be similar to the when Hyrule Warriors was re-released for Switch, upon which it received a Korean translation.

this could suggest two things:
– they did start translating in Korean Wind waker for Wii U, but it was never released
– OR there IS in fact a Nintendo Switch port of Wind Waker because they’ve been consistently translating games in Korean, and this accidentally slipped through

— PikZel (@pikzel08) December 17, 2024

That said, as with all speculation of this nature, we caution readers to take it with a grain of salt. Stay tuned for more updates as they come.

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