Summary
By now, it’s no secret thatNintendofans have a lot of wishes, and we meana lotof wishes. Chief among them is probably eithera localization of Mother 3or a way toplay all the Pokémon games on modern hardware.
More practically,it was a port of Wind Waker to Switch, whichhas since been confirmed via last week’s Switch 2 Direct. Oh, andsome form of Trophies or Achievements. Unfortunately, it seems like the latter isn’t happening anytime soon.
Fans Have Wanted Some Achievement System For A Long Time
In a recent interview conducted by Polygon, Nintendo has officially outright confirmed that its next console will not follow the cues fromPlayStationorXboxin having a dedicated system-wide achievement feature.
“Nope,” vice president of player and product experience Bill Trinen said when asked if the Switch 2 will finally bring the feature.
But What About Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom?
Last week,during the long-awaited dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, it was revealed that bothThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildandTears of the Kingdomwould havesome type of achievement system, giving fans hope that things were finally happening.
As part of the Zelda Notes feature in the Nintendo app,players will have access to a quasi-achievement system that will track things like the number of shrines completed or locations visited, not too dissimilar from how Trophies and Achievements work in other games.
However, based off Trinen’s words, it now appears that this system will be a one-off type of feature that is exclusive to the app and likely won’t extend to other first-party games in Nintendo’s library. Nintendo has long marched to the beat of its own drum, so it shouldn’t be too surprising in the end that achievements won’t be coming. Still, it was wishful thinking.
