The Funniest Memes About the Breath of the Wild 2 Delay

Nintendo has announced that Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 has been delayed to 2023. No one’s particularly shocked by the news, considering games this big tend to get pushed back multiple times during development, and — thankfully — in fact, people are overall pretty happy about the news. “I just hope for the best game possible in the end, and that’s most likely what we’ll be getting after an additional bit of patience,” wrote one fan on Twitter.

Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the delay in a video posted by Nintendo. “We previously announced that we were aiming for a 2022 release for this game. However, we have decided to extend our development time a bit and change the release to Spring 2023,” he said. “For those of you who have been looking forward to a release this year, we apologise.”

Aonuma went on to discuss some of the ways the sequel will be bigger than the original, like gameplay that takes place in the sky, new encounters and other new gameplay elements. “In order to make this game’s experience something special, the entire team is continuing to work diligently on this game, so please wait a while longer.”

The video also included a precious few seconds of new footage from Breath of the Wild 2 that shows Link holding a broken Master Sword. Of course, fans are already speculating about what this might mean for the game, but we’ll have to wait until Nintendo release more information to find out. The story of BOTW 2 is still under wraps, but hopefully, we’ll learn more soon.

Fans have been processing the announcement the only way they know how — by making memes. From joking that now they’ll have more time to play Elden Ring and Kirby and the Forgotten Land to celebrating their love for Aonuma, the memes are excellent and make the BOTW 2 delay easier to deal with.

The Best Memes About the Breath of the Wild 2 Delay

With the Breath of the Wild 2 delayed, Nintendo is getting Game of the Year back to back now.

Galaxy brain move. pic.twitter.com/F34xrxHiVU

— Sharon | ⚡⚡🦅🦇🦇🧜‍♂️ (@Sharito742) March 29, 2022

The Breath of the Wild 2 delay is upsetting. That 2022 release date was a *blood promise* and now it was a lie. Too many developers at Nintendo are having too many kids, not working hard enough, probably aren't even working on it at all actually. They don't care. What a joke.

— Joseph Anderson (@jph_anderson) March 29, 2022

hey, i heard Breath of the Wild 2 got delayed and it reminded how you’re so Wild that u take my Breath away 2… so i texted u this without delay ❤️‍🩹

— ☆fūnk-é (@funkefly) March 29, 2022

everyone is talking about botw 2 delayed but let’s also talk about AONUMA’S HAIRCUT pic.twitter.com/VCcii1FgFP

— sita 💧 (@twilisita) March 29, 2022

FromSoftware at Game of the Year Award shows with Elden Ring now that Nintendo delayed Zelda BOTW2 to 2023. pic.twitter.com/90TJ7Khka4

— Maku (@TropicalMaku) March 29, 2022

the storm is here #botw2 #BreathoftheWild pic.twitter.com/NzWZIYbncP

— cal ▴ ☀️✨ (@calmwatersrun) March 29, 2022

Breath of the Wild 2 being in 2023 just clears the way for the real GOTY of 2022: Kirby and the Forgotten Lands 😎

— Kat Bailey (@The_Katbot) March 29, 2022

2019: Zelda's hair!!

2021: Link's HAIR!!!

2022: AONUMA'S HAIR pic.twitter.com/WRSuNmzjMF

— Zelda Universe (@ZeldaUniverse) March 29, 2022

BOTW 2 got delayed because the devs were too busy playing Elden Ring

— Eros ❌ (@ErosValentyne_) March 29, 2022

Here come the “BOTW 2 will launch with the Switch Pro in 2023” rumors and comments pic.twitter.com/YbCyWKIKSJ

— 💅🏾🦋SherbyChomps🦋💅🏾 (@SherbyChomps) March 29, 2022

Breath of the wild 2 delayed because they are adding wiggle physics to Kass pecs pic.twitter.com/kL2soZf8JG

— wouchis (@wouchis) March 29, 2022

botw 2 feelings pic.twitter.com/h3vbgRo8Ej

— Katie @ bullying EarlCrayTea (@bumblebeedles) March 29, 2022

BOTW 2 link is so… perfect pic.twitter.com/Ha97EPB4Qm

— Kitt/Kitty- @ farewell inkopolis (@Kitt_me_not) March 29, 2022