The E3 2016 trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has become the most popular video on Nintendo’s YouTube channel in less than one week. The Wii U and NX title garnered a lot of attention with its full-blown reveal during Nintendo’s Treehouse Live stream this past Tuesday, leaving the video at about 6,300,000 views six days later.
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Zelda beat out the previously most viewed video featuring the introduction of the Nintendo 2DS, a video that was posted over two years ago. The current most popular videos include:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Official Game Trailer – Nintendo E3 2016 – 6,314,000 views (6 days ago)
- Nintendo 2DS – Introduction – 6,297,000 views (2 years, 10 months ago)
- Nintendo Direct Presentation – Splatoon Game Overview – 4,385,000 views (1 year, 1 month ago)
- Super Smash Bros. – Gameplay & Quest for the amiibo! – 4,370,000 views (1 year, 8 months ago)
- Nintendo 3DS – New Super Mario Bros. 2 E3 Trailer – 3,938,000 views (4 years ago)
- Nintendo World Championships 2015 – 3,646,000 views (1 year ago)
How did the new Zelda trailer stack up with the other E3 2016 official trailers from Nintendo? Not quite the same results as shown below:
- Paper Mario: Color Splash – 234,000 views
- Ever Oasis – 226,000 views
- Mario Party Star Rush – 195,000 views
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE – 125,000 views
- YO-KAI WATCH 2 – 113,000 views
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix – 110,000 views
- Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past – 93,000 views
- Monster Hunter Generations – 87,000 views
Demonstrations for Pokemon Sun and Moon, as well Pokemon Go, received over one million views each in their separate gameplay demonstrations.