Players Queuing for Hours to Get “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” on Launch Day

The expectation that exists around The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is maximum. This direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild It will arrive exclusively on Nintendo Switch tomorrow, May 12, and there are already players who have been queuing for hours to get it. As reported from Nintendo Life (via VGC), a group of fans of The Legend of Zelda have started queuing up to purchase the new Nintendo video game as soon as it goes on sale.

I made it to the #TearsOfTheKingdom line @NintendoNYC !

10am today till 10am Friday = 72 full hours. This will be the longest I’ve ever waited without leaving the line. Wish me luck!

Day 1 vlog coming out tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/neNQdJuyrv Alex CND (@OfficialCND) May 9, 2023

The store Nintendo World in New York will host a launch at midnight on Thursday, which is why some players have been encouraged to queue at the doors of the store to get their copy as soon as possible. Apparently, the store in question has a reservation system specifically designed to avoid queues, although it seems that the enthusiasm has been with many users.

Alex Pekala, the user that you can see in the tweet deputy, appeared last Tuesday morning, May 10, in front of the doors of the store to start queuing. However, the player will not be able to immediately access the store as soon as it opens its doors, since his turn is at 10 in the morning of May 12.

One of the most anticipated games of the year

“We have seen only a tiny fraction of all that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has to offer, but it has been more than enough to confirm that Link’s return points, once again, to the top of the industry. A game that manages to make the simple act of playing tremendously fun thanks to a world that surprises at every step and mechanics that promise to offer us infinite possibilities for us to give free rein to our imagination, whether it’s when exploring, solving puzzles or fight”, we told you in our first impressions after trying it.