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With Tetris 99, Super Mario Bros. 35 and now Pac-Man 99, Nintendo has shown that they’ve cracked the battle royale code. The Japanese company has figured out a way that almost any game can be turned into a battle royale, not by pitting players against each other in a direct head-to-head fight to be the last man standing, but by effectively having a competitive high score chase where you can throw a few banana skins at one another.
So, where to next? What other classic games can Nintendo soft whip and stick a chocolate flake into?
The Legend of Zelda 35
We have a feeling that a The Legend of Zelda battle royale might be next on Nintendo’s to-do list, what with the venerable action adventure series celebrating its 35th anniversary, just as Super Mario Bros. did over the last six months.