New Trademarks for "The Legend of Zelda" Franchise Spark Remaster Speculation

Nintendo fans are holding their breath for the 35th anniversary.

This year officially marks the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda franchise, and fans have been busy speculating how the anniversary could be celebrated.

Well, it looks like we may finally have some solid answers (sort of). 

After a set of trademark approvals were spread all over Twitter, it was rumoured that Nintendo Switch players could be getting a remastered Legend of Zelda collection, just like Nintendo did with Super Mario 3D All-Stars in 2020.

On Twitter, @KiliosFR revealed the trademarks that were accepted in Australia and filed in July 2020, but only went public in early February.

So far, there are two games with remake potential behind them, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.  

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is the tenth instalment in the Legend of Zelda series. Developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2002, the player controls Link as he attempts to save his sister from the sorcerer Ganon, battling through dungeons, enemies and puzzles.

Plus, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass follows Link as he explores a new world and takes to the high seas to help save his friend Tetra and defeat the evil Bellum. Phantom Hourglass is the fourteenth instalment in the series and was published and developed by Nintendo for the DS in 2007 as a direct sequel to The Wind Waker.

Both games have previously been remastered for the Wii U, but considering the interactive consoles lack of popularity nowadays, it would make sense for the games to take up a spot on the Nintendo Switch.

Of course, as we saw with Super Mario 3D All-Stars last year, it is not out of Nintendo’s ballpark to give us a collection of re-releases. But if that is anything to go off, a collection might not be the only thing we’re in for here.

The description of the trademark covers a few things that you would expect: the downloadable software, the video game programs and memory card information.

However, trademarks like these are intentionally broad, and with "electronic game programs" on the list, it remains very unclear exactly what Nintendo has planned.

While the release of the trademarks technically isn’t confirmation, or anything near an announcement, fingers crossed it means something for players to celebrate this milestone year.

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