Throughout the five years since the Nintendo Switch first arrived on the scene, Nintendo’s newest home console has followed many of the company’s past iterations in bringing a plethora of classic Nintendo games to the platform. Between the Nintendo Switch Online inclusion of NES, SNES, Sega Genesis,and Nintendo 64 gamesand the multitude of ports likeNew Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeandThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, the console has frequently honored the developer’s storied history. Now, however, a recent reports show thatThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princessfans may be waiting a while longer.
Since its initial release for the GameCube and Wii,The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princesshas been a mainstay of Nintendo’s library on its consoles. Serving as a launch title for the Wii, the grimdark adventure following Link and the mysterious Twilight Realm released just a few weeks later for GameCube and has since been remastered on the Wii U asTwilight Princess HDin 2016. Now, with rumors swirling about the popularZeldagame coming to the Switch this year, Tantalus, the studio behindSkywardSword HD, has revealed it has yet to be contacted aboutTwilight Princess.
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On a recent episode of the “Fragments of Silicon” podcast, Tantalus CEO Tom Crago spoke with host Adam Dayton about the potential port of the iconicZeldagame, confirming that Nintendo has yet to reach out to Tantalus aboutbringingTwilight Princessto Switch. While Crago expressed Tantalus’s enthusiasm behind a potentialTwilight Princessport, he was quick to point out that bringing the game to Switch was “not a priority for Nintendo” in conversations between the two developers.
While aTwilight Princess HDport to the Switch may not be in the works, Tantalus would likely be one of the first studios in contact with Nintendo about the project both due to its own history with Nintendo and its legacy of remasters. Tantalus previously worked onTwilight Princess HD’s original release as well as working with Forgotten Empires and Xbox Game Studios on recent definitive edition releases ofAge of Empires 2and3. The studio even created Switch versions of recent games likeCities: SkylinesandSonic Mania.
The release of a new version ofTwilight Princesswould join a large list of pastZeldagames made available through the Nintendo Switch. Alongside the HD version ofSkyward Sword, Nintendo Switch Online’s retro offerings have brought the originalLegend of Zelda,Zelda 2,A Link to the Past,Ocarina of Time, and most recentlyMajora’s Maskto the Switch, withrumors of a future Game Boy Advance rosterpotentially adding portable Zelda games likeThe Minish Cap. While fans may still be waiting some time forTwilight Princess, the Switch’s library holds plenty of games for theZelda-faithful.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HDis available now for the Wii U.
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