Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto has slowly withdrawn from lively sport improvement because the years go by, however The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge might mark a serious step in that journey as the primary Zelda sport with out his identify within the credit.
As picked up by Go Nintendo, Miyamoto is not talked about anyplace within the credit of Echoes of Knowledge, marking a primary throughout 19 mainline Zelda video games from 1986 to final 12 months’s Tears of the Kingdom.
Miyamoto has been concerned with the Zelda franchise since its inception, however the 71-year-old has slowly stepped away from improvement over time to work on a few of Nintendo’s non-game-related tasks. Way back to 2011, Miyamoto stated he favored to take away himself from improvement just a little so the studio’s youthful builders would step up their involvement.
Earlier this 12 months, Miyamoto stated that he nonetheless has no plans to retire, however has been making succession plans for his position inside Nintendo “in case one thing does occur.” His present title at Nintendo is Consultant Director and Fellow, and he nonetheless typically acts as a spokesperson for the corporate and its upcoming tasks.
No matter his precise stage of involvement within the sport, Miyamoto’s absence from the Echoes of Knowledge credit is curious as the one who created the Legend of Zelda sequence, its setting, and plenty of of its mainstay characters. Additionally conspicuously absent from the credit is Takashi Tezuka, one other Nintendo mainstay who has been credited on all Zelda titles except for Zelda 2 and Tears of the Kingdom.