Breath of the Wild 2, Metroid Prime 4, and Bayonetta 3 still don't have release dates, Nintendo reveals

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Could these major titles be further out than expected?

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Nintendo still has no release window for Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, or Breath of the Wild 2, according to its own financial reports.

Nintendo released its end of fiscal year financial report yesterday, revealing an unsurprisingly large operating profit of 640.6 billion yen in the last financial year. What you might be more surprised to hear is that Nintendo doesn’t have a launch window in mind for its three biggest upcoming releases: Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, and the Breath of the Wild sequel.

This information is buried at the bottom of the financial report that can be found on Nintendo’s website. The final page of the document lists every first or second party title that Nintendo released in the last year, along with all of its previously-announced upcoming releases. 

That TBA could just mean that Nintendo hasn't publicly declared the release periods for these games. However, it could also suggest that these titles are further out than the games with fixed dates or launch windows, which would make them likely to release in late 2022 or 2023 at the earliest. If they’re that far away from release, then Nintendo would be very reluctant to give a fixed date at this time.

We'll have to wait and see when Nintendo is releasing its big games, but we shouldn't have to wait long with E3 2021 just around the corner.

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