Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Can Be Played Without Playing Breath Of The Wild First, Nintendo Says

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You can finally stop saying you'll play Breath of the Wild eventually.

By Oisin Kuhnke on

If you haven't played Breath of the Wild, but you're thinking about picking up Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, don't worry, as Nintendo says you don't need to.

In the latest Ask the Developer interview that Nintendo regularly hosts regarding its games, a number of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom developers spoke about the upcoming RPG, including Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi. Interestingly, according to Aonuma, you don't even need to play Breath of the Wild to be able to enjoy Tears of the Kingdom.

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Talking about how some players might think that they won't be able to enjoy Tears of the Kingdom without playing the previous game, Aonuma said, "...the new gameplay ideas we packed into this title are all things that can be solved intuitively, so I think first-time players can rest assured that this game is easy to get into."

Fujibayashi said something similar of the game's story, noting that the team «put in some effort to make sure that it feels comfortable for both first-time players and those with experience of the previous game.» Apparently there's a character profile feature that players are able to look at in the game, which helps them understand the relationships between different characters.

In the second part of the interview, the selection of developers also shared that «hands» is a major theme in Tears of the Kingdom, noting how Link uses