With The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom promoting tens of millions of copies and raking in awards, questions have been raised about what’s subsequent for the Zelda sequence, and whether or not or not the long run might embody blasts from the previous. Franchise head Eiji Aonuma is right here to pump the brakes, as he says the normal linear Zelda adventures of previous will not be coming again any time quickly.
Talking with IGN, Aonuma expresses his perception that these views come from a “grass is greener” mentality–where folks generally tend to need the issues they do not at the moment have. He continues by stating that the present Zelda format does have a “set” path; nevertheless, that path is chosen by the participant relatively than the designers.
“It is attention-grabbing after I hear folks say [they prefer the older games] as a result of I’m questioning, ‘Why do you wish to return to a sort of sport the place you are extra restricted or extra restricted within the varieties of issues or methods you’ll be able to play?'” Aonuma says within the interview. “I do perceive that need that we’ve got for nostalgia, and so I also can perceive it from that side.”
Different matters coated within the interview embody whether or not or not Hyperlink and Zelda are in a romantic relationship, the crew’s reactions to the assorted movies shared on social media after the sport’s launch, and the strategy to dungeon design in TOTK. One query additionally offers with an enormous spoiler for the sport, nevertheless, so proceed with warning.
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom is on the market now solely on Nintendo Swap. It was one in every of GameSpot’s high 10 video games of 2023.
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