New July 2025 Updates Released for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom

Alright, so Nintendo’s fiddling with updates for both “Tears of the Kingdom” and “Breath of the Wild.” These games, whether you’re old school with the Switch or diving into the new Switch 2, mostly focus on this Zelda Notes thing. Honestly, what is a Zelda Notes app? Like, did the Zelda universe need notes? Anyway, maybe it’s just me being clueless.

The Switch 2 hit the shelves on June 5 – kinda like Christmas for gamers, bringing exclusive games. Yeah, Mario Kart World shot up like a rocket; people love their Mario racing, especially since it’s the first time since Mario Kart 8 we had something fresh. Nintendo’s got this thing with bringing old games into their new realm. These Switch 2 Editions are jazzing up older games with better graphics and smooth moves. Meaning, Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild are getting all fancy now – sharper visuals, faster frame rates, yada yada.

So apparently, they pushed out patches for these games. Now, Tears of the Kingdom is on Version 1.4.2 and Breath of the Wild on 1.8.2 as of July 3. Fixed this bug in the Zelda Notes app – you couldn’t use Daily Bonus sometimes. Which, I guess, would be annoying if you’re all set to boost Link with something cool, and the game just nope’d you. And yeah, they squashed some other random bugs. Oh, and background music wasn’t behaving. Like, come on, imagine fighting Ganon to dead silence, what a mood-killer. But sounds like they got it sorted.

It’s kinda funny — every time a new console like Switch 2 drops, you see this flurry of updates and everyone’s scrambling to fix those pesky little gremlins that creep up. The updates not only make everything more stable (and for those still rocking the classic Switch, there’s hope things will get better too), but they also keep the hype alive.

Let’s zero in on the July 3 update now. For Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo handled some hiccups with ZELDA NOTES. Didn’t even know that was a thing? Tells you how out of the loop I am sometimes. They also fixed that whole music-not-playing-right issue. Nobody wants awkward silence in epic moments, right?

As for Breath of the Wild, pretty much the same deal with ZELDA NOTES fixes. Oh, and thanks to these updates, if you didn’t know, now you do – you need the latest update data for these fancy ZELDA NOTES features to even work. Who knew notes could be so demanding?

In the end, these patches are supposed to make things run like a dream. Even though the game’s already stable, more or less, it’s like Nintendo’s being the diligent caretaker, solving problems before they turn into big messes.

So, there you have it. Nintendo being Nintendo – tweaking, patching, and fixing, all while making sure Link looks and fights better than ever. Can’t complain about that. Well, maybe I still don’t get the whole Zelda Notes hype, but I guess that’s a side quest for another day.