Will The Legend of Zelda stick to the open world concept of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom in the future?
In any case, series producer Eiji Aonuma thinks that it’s a concept with a future.
Comparable to Ocarina of Time?
In an interview with Game Informer Aonuma was asked if the introduction of the open world concept will have a similar impact on the series as Ocarina of Time’s move to 3D graphics did.
Aonuma agrees that Ocarina of Time established a format that was ultimately limiting for the designers.
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“With Ocarina of Time, I think it’s fair to say that it created a format of sorts for a number of titles in the franchise that came after,” he says. “But in a way it was also a bit limiting for us. While we always strive to give players some freedom, there were certain things that the format didn’t really allow for for players.”
“Of course the series has evolved since Ocarina of Time, but I think it’s also fair to say that we’ve now arrived at Breath of the Wild and the new kind of open-ended play and freedom that it offers. Yes, I think it’s fair to say that it created a new type of format for the series that we can continue with.”
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He also thinks it’s okay for players to cheat to solve specific puzzles, for example.
“When you think about people… cheating is fun! (laughs) They like it! Finding a shortcut is fun. People are looking for an easy way to do something so they don’t have to make an effort. We want to make sure that’s something that stays in this game.”
“When I think about the games we’ve worked on in the past, where there was a puzzle to solve and only one answer to it, that’s the way games were made in the past. Now am I’m glad we came to this method where we give people a lot of options. There are many answers to a single problem, and all of them can potentially be right. I’m glad we came to this kind of development style. “
