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Fran Ruiz

I wanted to make a beeline for Tears of the Kingdom's ending, but Zelda's Switch 2 upgrade has forced me to slow down

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay running with the Switch 2 upgrade.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdom on Nintendo Switch 2 are easily among the best-looking video games ever made. They always were gorgeous works of art, but the paid upgrades they've received (slightly meatier than the patches and backwards compatibility improving other Switch 1 titles) are transformative to the point I'm scared of not being able to finish the second one in the near future.

Earlier this year, I talked about how I wanted to hit my Switch 1 backlog hard once the new console came out. I loved what I played (around 40 hours) of Tears of the Kingdom back in 2023, but after walking into the Phantom Ganon boss fight at Hyrule Castle a bit unprepared and getting sidetracked by other games, the open-world banger went into the 'pile of shame' we all struggle with.

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