Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is lastly accessible after years of improvement, and follows up on the universally acclaimed Breath of the Wild. It’s already a essential success, however recreation director Hidemaro Fujibayashi isn’t resting on his laurels.
After an interview with The New York Times (gentle story spoilers, so beware), he admitted to creator Zachary Small that he “already has plans for the following Zelda recreation.” Apparently, he’s but to tell sequence producer Eiji Aonuma about the identical. With Tears of the Kingdom starting improvement in 2017 after Breath of the Wild’s launch, that is par for the course.
Within the interview, Ganondorf, who returns because the antagonist, was additionally mentioned. Although he has an outlined character and dialogue (courtesy of Crucial Function’s Matthew Mercer) over Calamity Ganon, Aonuma says, “It’s very attainable from right here on out that we can see additional character improvement and modifications to his persona because the sequence continues. Ganondorf is an ingredient that we use to complement gameplay.”
Contemplating his portrayal in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the place he battles Hyrule resulting from his folks struggling within the Gerudo Desert, there’s potential so as to add shades to his character. Nevertheless, for now (and maybe many occasions after), he’ll stay the villain that Hyperlink and Zelda should cease.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out now for Nintendo Swap. Head right here for in depth gameplay of the opening hour.
Oh — and it appears doubtless that Fujibayashi already has plans for the following Zelda recreation — although he hasn’t even advised Aonuma about it but.
— Zachary Small (@ZacharyHSmall) May 12, 2023