Zelda Fans Celebrate Breath of the Wild’s Fifth Anniversary

03.03.2022

On March 3rd, 2017, the Nintendo Switch launched alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The highly-anticipated game marked a drastic shift for the Zelda franchise, with an open-world to explore, and a significant amount of freedom granted to the player. The game was a huge critical success, and a commercial one, as well; Breath of the Wild has sold more than 27 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games on Switch. The game has also had a massive impact on the video game industry, inspiring countless other titles.

With the game now a half-decade old, fans have taken to Twitter to share their love for Breath of the Wild. some shared their passion through fan art, while others voiced their hopes for this year’s sequel. At this time, Nintendo has been very quiet about the next Zelda game. We know that it will be a direct sequel, but we don’t even know the name, yet! When the game finally does release later this year, it will certainly have a lot to live up to!

Keep reading to see what Zelda fans are saying about Breath of the Wild‘s fifth anniversary!

Time flies when you’re having fun!

Breath of The Wild came out half a decade ago. Wtf?!

— Snowy (@snoion_) March 3, 2022

BotW has earned quite a reputation in that time.

5 years of the Switch and of Breath of the Wild today.
AKA five years of the greatest game ever made.

In 20 years people will be looking back on BOTW like we do with Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time today. A monumental game that revolutionized the gaming landscape as we know it.

— GameAlex19 (@GameAlex19) March 3, 2022

That’s some impressive art!

So today is Breath of the Wild’s 5th anniversary, I still can’t believe this game came out in 2017, or the joy it gave me to just explore while watching the sunset.
Here’s a drawing I made some time ago.#BreathoftheWild #TheLegendOfZelda #BOTW #LINK #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/0juDEROC4Q

— Santiago Alvarez Valencia (@lsalvarez25) March 3, 2022

It really was the perfect game to launch with Switch…

Wow the switch is really 5 years old today feels like just yesterday i turned it on for the first time. Happy Birthday to the switch and Breath of the wild pic.twitter.com/Y4avWstrB5

— P̑̈ȓ̈ȇ̈s̑̈t̑̈ȏ̈ (@Pr3st0___) March 3, 2022

…and it’s hard not to associate one with the other!

Happy 5 year anniversary to the Switch and Breath of the Wild. My favourite console ever and one of my fave games. 💙💖

— Librarian Luke (@Librarian_Luke) March 3, 2022

It’s sad you only get to experience a game for the first time once.

happy 5 years to the switch i didn’t get mine until june 2017 as a graduation/birthday present but wow i’ll never forget how excited i was to have it and how incredible it was to play breath of the wild for the first time. i wish i could wipe my memory and play it again

— hannah🌻 (@ToastMcGoats33) March 3, 2022

That sequel can’t come soon enough.

Happy 5th anniversary to Breath of the Wild! My favorite Zelda game by far, and I can’t wait for the sequel

— Spider Soul (@SpiderS0ul) March 3, 2022

The man’s got a point, Nintendo!

Nintendo Switch released 5 years ago today…so did Breath of the Wild…would be a great day for some announcement @NintendoAmerica #BOTW2

— Kyle McDonald👑 (@kylejmcd) March 3, 2022