E3 2021: Nintendo dates The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 for 2022

Nintendo showed new footage of the long-awaited sequel Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 during its E3 livestream on Tuesday afternoon, along with a tentative launch date of 2022. The company revealed a new teaser for the game, which is set in the same world as its critically acclaimed predecessor. This time, the action will take in the skies above Hyrule as well as on land, with Link able to fly to islands floating far above the earth. During the presentation, Nintendo also revealed a new horror-tinged Metroid title, Metroid Dread, the first 2D instalment in the series for 19 years, in which spacefarer Samus Aran is pursued by distressing transforming robot drones. Nintendo's other upcoming Metroid game, first-person shooter Metroid Prime 4, was mentioned, but not shown. There will also be a fresh Warioware game, Get It Together, in which players barrel through bizarre microgames about everything from squeezing toothpaste to balancing a towering ice-cream cone to plucking chest hairs from statues.