Nintendo Shows Zelda: Breath of the Wild Running on Switch

Nintendo surprised Fallon with the Switch, and Shigeru Miyamoto played the Mario theme on stage with The Roots.

By Jose Otero

In a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-aime surprised the late night host with a chance to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on Nintendo Switch.

During the presentation, Fils-aime showed off the hardware’s ability to go from TV to handheld before handing it to Fallon. Skip to around 4:55 of the video above to watch the segment.

This was the first public demo of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on Nintendo’s new gaming device since it was unveiled in October. The company said it would provide more detail about the system’s features, launch lineup, and more during a special livestream presentation on January 12.

Fils-aime and Nintendo also showed off Super Mario Run on The Tonight Show, and announced a playable demo of the game will be available at Apple Stores nationwide beginning December 8. Nintendo released a new trailer that showed off more features of the game, including the ability to unlock Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad as playable characters.

Super Mario Run will be released on iPhone and iPad December 15 for $9.99 USD. Nintendo plans to release an Android version sometime in 2017.

Finally, as part of Nintendo's appearance on The Tonight Show, famed game designer Shigeru Miyamoto played the Super Mario Bros. theme song on stage with The Roots.

Jose Otero is an Editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat. You can follow him on Twitter.

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