Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Definitive Edition has been announced for Nintendo Switch 2, updating the musou prequel to Breath of the Wild for the newer hardware when it arrives on 25th February 2027.
But… there could be a bit of a catch, because this isn’t a Switch 2 Edition. An upgrade path is available for owners of the original release, but it is merely a 50% discount on a new full-priced release.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Definitive Edition will deliver a major improvement with higher game resolution, 60fps support and a bit of a revamp that will ramp up the number of enemies on screen at once. Even with this, the game is able to push GameShare with support for two players locally or online via GameChat.
This will also include all of the Expansion Pass DLC content, while introducing a new Calamity difficulty mode for those that really want a challenge. Save data will also be able to carry forward.
The store page is now live, confirming that the standard price is £49.99 for this complete bundle, which is significantly cheaper that the game on Switch 1. On the older system, the standard edition is £49.99, while the Expansion Pass tacks another £17.99 on top.
An upgrade path is available, but it’s practically unique within Nintendo’s published library of games as a discount is applied for a digital copy of the Switch 2 release, as opposed to a Switch 2 Edition DLC bundle. This, we’ve been able to confirm, is a 50% discount, marking the game down to £24.99 in the UK.
Discount pricing can be found by loading into the Switch 1 release, updated to version 1.4.1, and then navigating to “Proceed to Nintendo eShop” from the main menu.
It’s a higher price than any Switch 2 Edition upgrade, and Nintendo may have wanted to keep some kind of distinction to preserve those relatively low price upgrades. The two advantages that this has for Age of Calamity owners are that, this £25 price does now grant DLC access for those that hadn’t bought it, and it’s a standalone copy of the game, so physical owners don’t need to put the cartridge in to play.
Silver linings, I guess, but it does mean there’s no advantages to rushing out and buying the game in an eShop sale or a cart from a second hand seller. Certainly, it’s a far cry from the Hogwarts Legacy upgrades on Switch 2.
