Nintendo Mostly Ignored The Legend of Zelda's 40th Anniversary, But Here's Some Toy Versions of Classic Weapons

The Legend of Zelda celebrated its 40th day this week, though you'd beryllium forgiven for not noticing. Still, successful Japan, you tin present bargain miniature versions of immoderate iconic weaponry — which is nice, we suppose.

Nintendo has played down Zelda and Link's large 40th birthday, with nary caller crippled oregon remaster to people the occaison and nary existent fanfare astatine all. It's a precise antithetic concern to Mario's 40th day celebrations past year, oregon Pokémon's impending 30th day this Friday.

Today, however, Nintendo's authoritative Japanese The Legend of Zelda societal media relationship has travel to beingness to denote the motorboat of "The Legend of Zelda Weapon Collection" — a highly-detailed acceptable of miniature weapons, featuring immoderate of the franchise's astir iconic gear.

Made by Bandai, the nine-piece acceptable includes the Master Sword, Hylian Shield, Royal Claymore, Zora Longsword, Seven Jewels Dagger, Great Eagle Bow, Stonecrusher, Lightscale Trident, and a rarer sheathed Master Sword variant.

The items are being sold successful candy boxes, and Nintendo says you tin find them successful Japanese stores wrong "candy sections successful stores nationwide." Or connected eBay, were pre-sale listings for the afloat postulation are presently circulating, priced astir $100.

Why hasn't Nintendo made much of Zelda's 40th anniversary? Well, with nary large Switch 2 crippled connected the skyline (and apt inactive a fewer years distant yet, considering the inactive 2023 motorboat of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and the emblematic spread betwixt mainline games), the franchise does not person a banner merchandise to bent a solemnisation on.

Fans stay hopeful for thing new-ish connected Switch 2 this twelvemonth (another remake?) possibly nearer the holidays. 2026 is the franchise's 40th twelvemonth for a portion longer, aft all.

Other than that, the franchise's adjacent large infinitesimal volition apt beryllium the accomplishment of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda live-action movie which is acceptable to onshore successful theaters connected May 7, 2027. Need a Zelda hole sooner? LEGO has its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — The Final Battle acceptable owed connected March 1.

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