Zelda fans are realizing they could be waiting for a very long time for another mainline game, and it's a very sobering reality.
The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old in 2026, and that's a pretty landmark occasion for any video game franchise, whichever way you slice it. As part of that, fans have growing expectations that Nintendo could be preparing a raft of big announcements to mark the event, and those hopes might not be too far off base.