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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity takes place 100 years before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Since it’s set well behind in the past, we’re able to see what the world was like before a good part of it was left in ruins.

This presented an interesting challenge to the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity developers. The team had to go back to the drawing board and imagine what the world would have been originally like.

Producers Yosuke Hayashi and Masaki Furusawa, along with director Ryota Matsushita, noted the following about the design process while speaking with Japanese outlet Dengeki Online:

Dengeki Online recently published a lengthy Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity developer interview. Producers Yosuke Hayashi and Masaki Furusawa, along with director Ryota Matsushita, were all involved with the discussion.

At one point, there was some interesting discussion about the game’s characters. The three first shared the following when asked about how the playable characters were chosen, as translated by Nintendo Everything:

This week, two more rewards were added to My Nintendo in North America. Both are for the Zelda series.

First up is a July calendar for Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, featuring the design above. There’s also a Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity wallpaper based on the recent DLC – that design is shown below.

You can order both of these rewards on My Nintendo here. They cost 50 Platinum Points each.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has been updated again on Switch. As of today, all players can access version 1.2.1.

Below are the full patch notes:

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Alongside the first wave of DLC for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, the game has received a new update. Players can download version 1.2.0.

Below are the official patch notes:

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Wave 1 DLC: Pulse of the Ancients

Now that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has received its first wave of DLC, footage has starting to pop up online. We’ve included gameplay showing off the contents of Pulse of the Ancients below.

The first part of the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC has gone live. If you purchased the Expansion Pass, Wave 1: Pulse of the Ancients should be accessible to you.

Pulse of the Ancients features added weapon types, challenging enemies and an expanded roster, including the new playable Battle-Tested Guardian.

Wave 2: Guardian of the Remembrance will follow in November. Players can look forward to new character vignettes, added stages, an expanded roster and new battle skills for existing characters.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC

Nintendo and Koei Tecmo have shared new screenshots for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity showing the first wave of DLC, Pulse of the Ancients. View the full set below.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Wave 1 DLC: Pulse of the Ancients

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has been out since last November, so some may have forgotten that the game still has DLC planned. Nintendo and Koei Tecmo shared the latest news during today’s Nintendo Direct.

The first wave of DLC, Pulse of the Ancients, launches on June 18.

To recap, here’s what each DLC drop includes:

The purchase bonus for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity’s Expansion Pass is out now. When you purchase the DLC, you’ll gain immediate access to the Prototype Ancient Helm, Cuirass, and Greaves.

Here’s a look at the costume in action:


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