Since Nintendo and Koei Tecmo releasedHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamityin November, the game has been played by millions, andpassed a huge sales milestone last month. With 2021 being the 35th anniversary ofThe Legend of Zeldaseries, fans are eagerly awaiting each new piece ofZeldacontent that gets released. For fans ofHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, even more game content will become available through an Expansion Pass.
The success of the originalHyruleWarriorsinspired Nintendo to make another one, andHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamitywas developed to be a canon prequel toThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While the actualstory and ending ofAge of Calamityleads to even more questions for players, the game at least gives a glimpse into previous events that led to Hyrule’s demise. All the while, players are able to use over a dozen important characters from the original game, all in the typical flashy style of aMusougame.
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In today’s Nintendo Direct, viewers were treated to a trailer for the new Expansion Pass forHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which highlighted several prominent characters in the game before giving some details about the pass. There will be two waves of additional content, with the first arriving in June 2021 and the second in November 2021. The Expansion Pass will run for $19.99, which is similar to the Expansion Pass forBreath of the Wild. If players purchase the pass, a new weapon and costume will be available for Link starting on June 20, 2025.
Wave 1 will see an expanded roster, new weapon types, new challenges in the Royal Ancient Lab, and new enemies. Wave 2 will add new character vignettes, new stages, new battle skills for certain characters, and even more additions to the roster. There aremany possible characters that could be added toAge of Calamity, but no detailed information was provided during the Direct.
Players who have enjoyedAge of Calamitywill be able to experience more game content throughoutZelda’s 35th anniversary. Hopefully, this will be able to tide people over untilmore news forBreath of the Wild’s sequel is revealed later this year. While not every player may want to get the Expansion Pass now, some will want to wait for more information to see what, and who, will actually be added.
