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In particular, clown memes were a hit, likely meant to poke fun at fans for getting their hopes up (but also as a way of showing that, no, you’re not disappointed, you weren’t expecting much in the first place so you can’t be let down, ha ha, aren’t we all having fun?). Posts drawing comparison between BotW 2 and Sonic Frontiers, the just-announced open-world Sonic game, were popular. Some fans thought the total absence of any concrete details was “funny.” Others lamented how the brief glimpse of BotW 2 “WAS A FUCKING AD WITH THE SAME TRAILER AND NO NAME.”

But perhaps the response is immortalized in the results from last night’s terminally ridiculous Most Anticipated Game category. For the second year running, Elden Ring, the open-world jaunt from FromSoftware due out in February, took the top spot, beating out games like God of War Ragnarök, Starfield, and, yes, BotW 2.

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“A lot of people are pumped for Elden Ring,” one person wrote. “BotW 2 doesn’t even have a name to be excited about yet.”