Tears of the Kingdom Developers Hint Future Zelda Games Will Keep TotK & BotW Style
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a resounding success for Nintendo, and fans and critics alike have been heaping on the praise since its release last week. When its predecessor Breath of the Wild released, everyone could see it was a major turning point for the series, and Tears of the Kingdom has shown that Nintendo doesn’t plan to change that anytime soon.
Now, we’ve got confirmation from the series producer Eiji Aonuma confirming what we were all thinking. In the future, more games in the Zelda series will follow a similar style to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, meaning players can expect to see more open and experimental Zelda games in the future.
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Zelda Developers Feel They Have Created a “New Format” for the Series Going ForwardIn an interview with Game Informer, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi spoke about the journey to bring Tears of the Kingdom to players and all the challenges and decisions involved. During this interview, Aonuma spoke about how Ocarina of Time created a blueprint that future titles would follow, but felt that, in some ways, that format was “restricting” for the developers. Now with the new gameplay style and openness in the series, Aonuma says players can expect future Zelda titles to follow a similar style to the recent entries to the series, saying they feel they have a “new kind of format for the series to proceed from.”
Despite some evolution in the series, it wasn’t always offering the freedom to players they wanted. Now with the open world and experimental nature of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom,
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