Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s director is already thinking about the next game

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has literally just come out, but its director is apparently already thinking about the next game.

If you’ve spent any time with Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the last day or so, you probably know that this is huge. There’s easily 100 hours of things to do there, and probably more, so it’s probably something that will keep us busy for years to come. That’s a good thing too, because apparently director Hidemaro Fujibayashi is already thinking about the next game.

In a recent interview with the New York TimesFujibayashi along with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma talked about the game, including some of their favorite side quests in Tears of the Kingdom and other topics (thanks, GamesRadar). Most interesting, however, came from a tweet from the writer behind the interview, Zachary Small, who wrote: “…seems likely Fujibayashi already has plans for the next Zelda game, though he hasn’t even told Aonuma about it yet.” “. still.”

Fujibayashi, I beg you, slow down. I’ve barely managed to make a dungeon and you’re already thinking about the next game? It’s okay, take your time, I’m in no rush.

This isn’t the only thing Fujibayashi has shared regarding future games. In a separate interview with Polygon, the director was asked about concepts he would like to explore in future games that he was unable to do in Tears of the Kingdom. “I have a few in mind, but I’m not sure I can share them here,” he said with a laugh, though Aonuma chimed in as he laughed as well, saying, “Yeah, no, that would cause me trouble. So please don’t.” Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what they have in store!

Interestingly, that same Polygon interview revealed that the Ascend ability was added to the game because the developers love to cheat.