Zelda Notes Lets Players Swap Items Between Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom

Although Nintendo Switch 2 is launching without a new mainline Legend of Zelda game, it's coming alongside enhanced versions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. One of the games' new mobile features, Zelda Notes, will even let players swap items between the two Zelda games or share them with friends.

During Nintendo Treehouse: Live, the item-sharing feature was demonstrated when Link tracked down a rock monster to fight. Zelda Notes allows players to store items outside of the game and access them with the Nintendo Switch mobile app when needed. For the demonstration, Link was sent a war hammer from another player's inventory.

While players will be to use Zelda Notes to move items between each game, there are limits to that ability. Items that only exist in Tears of the Kingdom will be converted to something else when they are transferred to Breath of the Wild. But Tears of the Kingdom players will be able to use Zelda Notes to exchange autobuild blueprints with QR codes. Zelda Notes also adds a navigation feature to help players find difficult locations to reach.

Outside of the game, new Tears of the Kingdom Amiibo are on the way, including Tulin, Yunobo, Sidon, Riju, and Mineru's Construct. The Switch 2 editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will be available on the system's launch day, June 5. Players who already have either of those games on the original Switch will be able to purchase the Switch 2 editions as an update via download, or for free if they are Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members. Zelda Notes does not require a membership.