The huge number of users that the Nintendo Switch has, along with the fact that the console is still alive and the expectations that existed around The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomthey let the latest installment of Link’s adventures crush all records of the saga after that sold ten million copies in its first three days on the market.

Introducing a new piece Zelda It’s always quite an event in the video game industry, but the saga has traditionally given the feeling that its prestige far exceeds its sales volumes, especially compared to the sales of colossus such as Mario and Pokemon. This is not misunderstood, as the number of copies sold is not even remotely a good indicator to determine the quality of a video game, and what’s more, Metroid is an even more extreme case without leaving the Nintendo spectrum.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a sequel (at least from a commercial point of view). Breath of the Wild and is trying to improve the game that served as a farewell to the Wii U and to give the Switch the best possible start. In addition to polishing the formula and multiplying the size of the central map by three, it restored the classic dungeons of the saga, a factor that was quite lacking in Breath of the Wild, although it appreciated the changes introduced.



Out of ten million copies sold The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the first three days, four million correspond to the US market, perhaps the geographical area in which the saga is most popular. This data makes the game at hand in the delivery Zelda which is the fastest-selling game in its history, the fastest-selling Switch game, and the fastest-selling Nintendo game in the United States in the Japanese company’s history in the country.

In short, everything points to it Zelda 37 years after his birth, he is experiencing the moment of greatest commercial prosperity. An important detail is that this great interest from the public came with the hardest three-dimensional parts. Yes, PlayStation, Xbox and PC users should not get carried away by the aesthetics of the games, because in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdomm players will not find leisurely strolls aimed at the smallest of the house, but challenges that will force them to throw the controls out the window on more than one occasion.