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On September 8, 2022, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II died, starting a national mourning period of ten days. In that time, rumors began to circulate that Nintendo had postponed a planned Nintendo Direct in response to the news. On September 12, the Direct was formally revealed to air worldwide the next day, although it was not livestreamed in the UK. Instead, it was published as an on-demand video on Nintendo UK's YouTube channel at a later time. This Direct featured the full title reveal for the then-untitled "Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", revealing the game's subtitle to be "Tears of the Kingdom". This led to even more speculation that the poor timing of this subtitle being the name of one of Nintendo's most anticipated games at the time coinciding with the Queen's death was what resulted in the Direct being delayed, rather than doing so purely out of respect. It wouldn't be until October 3 that Nintendo UK began their own promotion of the game, long after the mourning period ended.
Business Insider article:
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/
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