The first brand new Zelda game on any Nintendo system is always a big deal. The Nintendo Switch 2 launched with gussied-up versions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but now, five months after the Switch 2’s debut, the first new game in the franchise has arrived in the form of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Okay, so Age of Imprisonment is technically a spin-off in the Hyrule Warriors sub-series, which blends the world of Zelda with the gameplay of Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors franchise (often referred to as Musou games), but it’s a full Switch 2 exclusive set in the fantasy world inhabited by Link and Princess Zelda, so naturally Nintendo fans are flocking to this one.

As a newcomer to the world of Hyrule Warriors, I wasn’t

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