Yesterday, Nintendo aired a surprise Super Mario Direct in honour of the series’ 35th anniversary. If you’re a fan of the most iconic moustaches in the history of plumbing, you’ll likely already know that Super Mario 3D Worlds and Bowser’s Fury are coming to Switch in February, while Super Mario 3D All Stars launches on September 18. There’s loads of new Mario on the way.

So yeah, Mario fans were spoiled rotten by Nintendo yesterday. I’m sure you’re all delighted. But let’s not forget that Mario isn’t the only globally ubiquitous character in Nintendo’s ragtag troupe of video game heroes - we’ve also got this guy, Zelda.

Joking, I know that’s the guy who is Not Actually Zelda. His name is Link, and I reckon he’s going to get a few extra Switch games of his own pretty soon.

Just like Mario, Zelda is in its mid-30s - except it’s a few months younger. Zelda is basically the guy who is technically the same age as Mario, but gets to play on the younger team at school because it was born in 1986 instead of 1985. But, like its slightly older sibling, Zelda has to turn 35 at some point as well - and that point is Feburary 21, 2021.

Admittedly, Mario consistently sells better than Zelda. However, the latter is still one of Nintendo’s most prestigious series - as a result, it would be pretty absurd for the company to make such a big deal out of Mario’s 35th anniversary without throwing Zelda fans a few crumbs.

As a means of illustrating how lackluster the Switch’s Zelda content is right now, let me list every single mainline Zelda game that’s not playable on Nintendo’s most up-to-date console. This doesn’t even include spin-offs, by the way.

  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

That’s a lot of games, isn’t it? And that’s not even all of them. If you’re curious, we’ve actually compiled a list of every single Zelda game in chronological order - but, as it stands, you’ll need multiple consoles if you want to marathon your way through the whole lot.

It’s worth noting that several of these games are playable on the Wii U, which was the Switch’s immediate predecessor, so it’s not like they’re confined to live out their existence in solitary confinement on the GameCube. But some of them are in a pretty rough position - Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons are available to purchase on the 3DS, but failing that you’ll need a GameBoy Color to play them.

On top of that, games like Majora’s Mask, Ocarina of Time, and Wind Waker are some of the most iconic titles in the history of video games. Again, there are relatively recent iterations of all three of these games, but none are playable on Nintendo’s most recent console.

The effect of this is that it locks off an entire generation from them, which is actually a bit absurd given their justified ubiquity. For people who only have access to a single console, be it for financial reasons or otherwise, the majority of the Zelda series’ core games are almost entirely unplayable right now. And if your only experience with Zelda is Breath of the Wild, you won’t be able to appreciate how vast and varied the tripartite shared universe of the series at large is - for example, some Zelda games are significantly darker than the Ghibli-esque Breath of the Wild. And, if you look a little bit closer, these entries provide some crucial context about Breath of the Wild’s background.

I’m not necessarily arguing that we’re going to see Breath of the Wild 2 or anything like that - although given how substantive rumors for a trailer have become, I wouldn’t be surprised by a reveal at a time as opportune as Zelda’s 35th anniversary. Anyway, I’m far more inclined to believe that, in a similar fashion to what happened with Super Mario yesterday, Nintendo will bring some of its previous Zelda titles forward so a new generation of players can experience them for the first time.

Personally, I just want a Minish Cap remake. Or Twilight Princess - I am a fan of the aforementioned Wolfy Link and his pal with angry eyes and a weird castle helmet. Admittedly, my taste is a bit different from most other Zelda fans, so I genuinely would love to see Zelda get the Mario treatment in a couple of months.

When you consider the astronomical success of the Link’s Awakening remake - which saw a complete tooth and nail overhaul, revamping its aesthetic into an almost unrecognizable state - it makes sense that Nintendo would offer other Zelda games a similar treatment.

Obviously this is all speculation at the moment, and there’s no way of proving that we’re going to get five new Zelda games for Switch on February 21. But, as the title of this piece says, this could be good news for us Zelda fans.

Fingers crossed a remaster will make Ocarina’s Tingle less terrifying.

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