Zelda Boss Says A "Direct Sequel" To Tears Of The Kingdom Is Unlikely

BOTW and TOTK are my favorite games of all Time, but yes, we need something different.

Can't wait to see what they come up with next! I trust it will be great.

So BOTW3 and Half-Life 3 have something in common: they won't exist.

Botw and Totk cover the same story as Ocarina Of time! This story is finished and any sequel would be scraping the bottom of the barrel! Give us a proper Ocarina of Time remake finally? Or a remaster of Twilight Princess in the graphics style of the Wii U Demo that never came to life!

OK, but hear me out. What about a prequel?

I mean if they tend to do Zelda games same world and engine. They usually do 2 and move on with a different style. Zelda 1 and Links awakening. OoT and MM.

I think the only trio one was WW, ST and PH. Even though ST and PH were for the DS and not consoles.

I would like to see a different Zelda world with the next game.

Yeah, I would be down with the same game engine, but make it seafaring. Take the Windwaker route, but with the same go anywhere, climb anything concept. They could freaking add scuba diving!

In the same interview they also talked about how none of the four main mechanics will be included in future games, which I found really shocking.

"The Legend of Zelda: A Little Bit Wild"

I really hope the next game bares as little resemblance to TotK as possible. BotW was good (though it is toward the bottom of the 3D Zeldas for me), but TotK is just way, WAY too bloated and I found the fusing and building stuff more obnoxious than anything. Feel like the next 3D Zelda game would have to be completely distinct from it for there to be any chance of me buying it.

That said even if I did like the game I am quite ready to be done with this setting. BotW has aspects of its world I enjoy for sure but I was never really super fond of the setting (and I've always disliked its Link design) and think between TotK and AoC it's very overstayed its welcome.

Agreed. Open world can and should probably stay, but I've had enough of all the other stuff I never used. As my kid said, if it wasn't in BotW I didn't use it much in TotK.

Will be hard, fantasy is fantasy, but they should try.

Yeah, TOTK was great but they clearly were stretched thin with ideas. The depths were lacking, sky islands were generic, story was okay at best, and they re used cutscenes at the end of dungeons.

Again great game, buts it’s time to move on.

Echo the general sentiment, good. Love the games, but for me, the changes in style and setting are one of the things that keep me invested and replaying different titles. I wouldn’t mind a different Big Bad, either.

I can't wait until they move on from this era's Zelda's. Should have been a new IP it would have worked out. I miss that feeling Zelda used to have, 2d, or my preference 3d.

I did not enjoy Tears, particularly. Endless chore I fought through for 40 hours before selling it as fast as I could.

I really feel and wish Aunoma would move on too.

I mean, we certainly don't need another "direct sequel" set in this particular kingdom of Hyrule.

However, I think they've struck onto something with this iteration of the characters and cast that won't easily be recaptured. So in that sense, I do hope that continue with them in a direct sequel set "elsewhere" and a brand new open world full of new iterative, and expansive ideas.

TotK is one of the best games ever made, but I think I'd like another Zelda game with dungeons.

Thank goodness. Let's move on from the Champion timeline, please. I'm ready for something akin to the 2011 Wii U tech demo--another realistic Zelda game with a similar art direction to Twilight Princess. If the next console is really going to be almost as powerful as the PS5, then it should be able to handle it. They can still make it open world and keep the climbing mechanics if they want, but otherwise, I want a return to form. Traditional dungeons, weapons that don't break, underwater traversal, items like the hookshot, etc.

I loved both games but would like something different next time

They should spin-off the physics/construction/sandbox thing into it's own separate franchise. I'd love a top-down Zelda again with dungeons and challenging puzzles. Since the developers don't care about a "timeline" than neither do I, just give us a fun experience. The story and "lore" are inconsequential. It's that simple.

While I like BotW and TotK's version of Hyrule, the latter feels like the ultimate culmination of the developers' vision; BotW almost feels like a very fun beta by comparison. I think it's understandable for Aonuma and the teams that work under/with him to test the waters with something else.

...With the same refined physics engine. It's a waste to not use it again in some form IMO. Though I could easily see it cropping up in the next original Monolith Soft title.

Got a feeling the next Zelda title will be significantly different - and that’s a good thing even though BOTW & TOTK were brilliant

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally some common sense!!

Ditch this “Zelda” style into a dumpster fire… we’ve had enough.

It’s a good thing, the only thing that worries me a little going forward is if they continue with the shrine concept, I enjoyed them in both games but I’d worry that would become a little stagnant and too much the same.

I absolutely loved the journey towards the wind temple in ToTK, they should implement more on those ideas

This is a good thing. I'd like for Nintendo to retain everything that made the previous two games so good, but on a brand new map instead of a revised one.

A remake of the original Legend of Zelda in BOTW/TOTK style would be awesome.

Incredibly made games but I fell in love with the series for the titles that came before with the storytelling, lore, and dungeons, I want to see them return to form in those areas.

i like to see the twilight realm make a return plus give us a proper ganon fight that wields his trident like the four sword version along with they should bring back cia/lana as well from hyrule warriors.

FYI “no direct sequel” and “no more open world” is two different things. Have a feeling some of you are gonna end up dissapointed. Highly doubt this means Zelda will “return to form” aka “go back to the Zelda games I prefer instead.” We already got prior confirmation that they are not done with the current Zelda formula awhile back.

I would still pay a silly amount for the war where the all the divine equipment saved the day and Hyrule was at its peak but AoC will have to suffice for the 100 years before war rather than the 10000 years one. It would be cool to see what a full powered Calamity would look like. I feel like the boss in AOC was close but technically that version was still recovering.

Now make that Zelda tech demo on the Wii U an actual game this time.

@Aurumonado totk had dungeons?

repost of an old comment, but it fits here...

I'm 100% in favor of them creating yet another "sequel" that utilizes the same characters and the same visuals/gameplay mechanics. But it is absolutely essential for the next game to be set in an entirely different locale.

I've always wanted to see a new game set in the Majora's Mask timeline where Link becomes a knight in his adulthood, serving as some sort of emissary and getting involved in a conflict in a far-off land. They could easily accomplish something similar with a sequel in the BOTW/TOTK timeline - expanding upon the efforts to rebuild Hyrule by establishing connections with other regions.

To be fair, I still don't see Tears as a sequel to Breath. As where are the Devine Beasts?
I see it more of a split timeline

Good.
I like these games but I'm so ready to get a Zelda game where the narrative doesn't feel so drip fed and random again.
Give me Twilight Princess 2.

The next Zelda game should take the huge "open world" concept of BOTW/TOTK, while taking elements from various Zelda games: locations (different islands with things like Hyrule, Zora's Domain, Jabu Jabu/whale fish), traveling 7 years to the past and present, Sky areas, bosses from Zelda's past, a linear story where certain areas are locked until you do XYZ.

Just typing out loud.

Maybe we could get a sequel to Breath of the Wild? That would be awesome!

I agree I think Nintendo has done as much as they can with the world that they built with BoTW. The games really are incredible and it's going to be interesting to see what they think of next.

Makes sense i suppose. Zelda has yet to do a trilogy. Though there's a first time for everything.

@Znake Soo you want them to give us something different from Ocarina...by remaking Ocarina again?

@FarewellToGibdos What happens after hours when hyrule discovers Las Vegas.

@FarewellToGibdos Off topic but what is that in your avatar?

İt sounds so true. A sequel to a sequel that will be wild. Like think about a sequel from Majora's mask.

Please just be a freakin' traditional 3D Zelda again...

@Znake Yeah that makes perfect sense. We don’t want rehashed versions of OOT in new titles, but a remake with a free camera would actually improve a classic game.

@Purgatorium What a great idea! Picture this: the sequel could be developed by the Dynasty warriors team and have a name like "Age of calamity". Also it would ignore everything that happens in BotW and have an ending that has nothing to do with the events mentioned in BotW with a last boss that looks like vegeta in DBZ. The story would be written by an 8 year old who has never played a Zelda in his life.

It'd be nice to have a new game in the vein of Wind Waker, with more detailed water physics and maybe the ability to dive underwater. There are very few games with dedicated water physics, just as there are practically no games with mechanics like Ultrahand.

Thank goodness. Time for something new, yeah, with a narrative that hopefully brings something interesting to the table instead of physics galore.

It's obvious the next Zelda will have completely new mechanics, artstyle and musical direction.

The only thing common with BotW and TotK will be the fact it's open world. And possibly Link's climbing ability.

Besides, TotK's story had a definitive ending. Ganondorf who was also the Source of earlier Calamities was destroyed. There's no more story for this version of Zelda.

@liljmoore
The DS is a Console!
It is a portable console.
The Wii is a stationary console.

@Tempestryke
I can answer that one.
The avatar is Man-Thing from Marvel Comics.

No i dont want that either.
I want a complete new game, story. And i want the magic back from the older games, more (magic) power attacks, transformations.
I want a more indept story about the gods (Din, farore, nayru) not only hylia. But the concept of Sky, land, rivers, underground that can stay, love that. But in the next game i want transformations back. Roll as a goron, swim as a zora, etc etc.

Good; hope they return to the older Zelda style moving forward.

As much as I enjoyed both games a LOT, I agree it's time to move on and give us some where totally new and different to explore (main map). Maybe bring back sea exploration with several huge islands which each one has a different biome.

Agreed. An open world in the style of Wind Waker, or else Twilight Princess, could be next, maybe? Or they might try something else fresh but it sounds like it's going to stay open world from Aonuma's previous comments.

what are the chances of TotK Warriors: the Rise of Rauru?

Nothing more to add? Umm, hello? More sky islands? Loftwings? Build Loftwing stables on sky islands near Shrines? Help residents rebuild Hyrule's castle town using Ultrahand?? There's so much you can still add!

I'm really hoping they make a proper TOTK port on Switch 2 with a locked 720p/60fps, replete with exclusive DLC content. Just like Ghost of Tsushima's PS5 port.

I really like this art style for Zelda BOTW/TOTK, but it's time for a new style for the next game. Or at least a huge improvement with a somewhat similar art style.

@Spider-Kev Ohh

@Spider-Kev Ohh thanks Spider Kev

@Tempestryke
you're welcome

@Tempestryke Man-Thing, from Marvel comics

Actually it makes sense to leave this game as unique as it is for the time being, the next game should be different enough to establish a new identity and leave the previous game as its own worth.
But there are no limits to imagination! There are so many things that Zelda TOKT could still have to feel even more complete, I still can't believe they are not planning DLC for it, and after this interview I feel it deserves that even more.

@Purgatorium We have a prequel already, it's called Age of Calamity.

This is actually fine by me. This version of Link, Zelda, Ganon, Hyrule have been a blast but I don't want any era of Zelda milked. Let them move on and figure something new out with all that. New aesthetics, and what new versions of those characters could be like.