Zelda fans who are eager to get back into Link’s colorful world won’t have to wait very long. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (see it on Amazon) is coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch on November 20. Preorder pages are rolling out now.
Set 100 years before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has you participate in the events of the Great Calamity, which brought the world to the devastated state it’s in in BotW. Nintendo promises “dramatic cutscenes” will show Zelda, the four Champions, and the King of Hyrule trying to stop Calamity Gannon and his forces from unleashing the apocalypse.
As for gameplay, you can play as Zelda, Link, and more characters from the original game. Like previous Warriors games, this one is primarily action-based, with your hero often single-handedly taking on entire armies of enemy forces. In fact, the developers at KOEI Tecmo Games call it “1 vs. 1,000” gameplay.
Preorder Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
- Get it at Amazon – $59.99
- Get it at Best Buy – $59.99
- Get it at GameStop – $59.99
- Get it at Nintendo eShop (digital) – $59.99
Currently, physical copies of the game are only available for preorder from Best Buy and GameStop. I expect the listing to go up on Amazon and the rest of the usual retailers soon. I’ll add those links as they go live.
As usual for Nintendo games, Hyrule Warriors will only be available in a standard edition. No special editions have been announced, but we’ll add them here if that changes in the future.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Amiibo
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Also launching November 20 alongside the game are four reissues of Breath of the Wild amiibo. It’s pretty safe to assume these amiibo will have an effect when scanned while playing the game, but Nintendo hasn’t offered details as to what that will be. Nintendo announced that information about the game will be announced September 26.
Preorder Bonus
If you preorder the digital version of the game, you’ll get the Lucky Ladle weapon. Nintendo says this item will “not be immediately available” to owners of the physical version of the game, though it may arrive at a later date. Gotta have that ladle.
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Source: IGN.com Where to Preorder Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity