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Nintendo has released update 1.2.1 forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomearned near-universal acclaim when it first launched earlier this year. But even so, there’s always room for improvement. Nintendo is aware of this and has issued multiple updates forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomsince the game’s initial launch, addressing lingering issues and fixing exploits.
Updates forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomhaven’t added any new content to the game. They have almost been exclusively focused on squashing bugs. That holds true for update 1.2.1, which is available forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfans to download right now.
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The latest update forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfixes an issue where the screen would flicker when players put a lot of stamps on the map, a problem where players weren’t able to loot treasure chests attached toFlux Constructs, and an issue where an event wouldn’t trigger after players collected all the Bubbul Gems. “Several other issues” have also been fixed withThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomupdate 1.2.1, though specifics on those particular problems were not provided in the patch notes.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfans will no doubt appreciate this new update, though some may be anxious for the game to get something more substantial. After all,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildreceived significant post-launch support in the form of premium DLC that expanded on the already-massive experience. Fans have been anticipatingsomething similar forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but nothing to that effect has actually been announced at the time of this writing.
Events where such a reveal could take place have come and gone with no sign ofTears of the KingdomDLC. This includes the latest Nintendo Direct presentation as well as Gamescom Opening Night Live. Rumor has it thatanother Nintendo Direct eventcould be happening at some point in September. If that’s the case, perhapsTears of the KingdomDLC could make an appearance there. Fans of the franchise will need to keep an eye out.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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