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Nintendo confirms Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will cost $69.99

Not even Hyrule is safe from inflation

Link faces down a giant monster in a screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Image: Nintendo
Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge.

The price hike for video games has finally hit Nintendo. Nintendo confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the highly anticipated sequel to Breath of the Wild, will cost $69.99, instead of the standard $59.99 price for first-party Nintendo games. After Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct, the new price of Tears of the Kingdom was reflected on Nintendo’s website.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo’s first major release to be impacted by the $10 price hike. The increase does not appear to affect all upcoming Nintendo games, however. Pikmin 4, due in July, is priced at $59.99, as is Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, which finally arrives in April.

When asked if $69.99 will become the standard price point for first-party Nintendo games, a spokesperson for Nintendo told Polygon via email, “No. We determine the suggested retail price for any Nintendo product on a case-by-case basis.”

Nintendo’s increased price on first-party games matches other publishers’ current-gen prices. Microsoft raised the prices of its first-party games from $59.99 to $69.99 in 2023. Other publishers, including Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Take-Two Interactive, have sold new games like God of War Ragnar?k, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and the NBA 2K series, respectively, at the $69.99 price point.

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