Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Open World May Be Standard For All Games In The Series Going Forward

I can't imagine a series better suited to open worlds than Zelda.

Posted By | On 02nd, Jun. 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild‘s incredible success as an open world game seems to set the future of the series in stone. It is, after all, inconceivable that a new Zelda game not be open world after this one. Series producer Eiji Aonuma has, in fact, previously already made the declaration that open world games will be standard for the franchise going forward.

And now, Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has chimed in with his take on the matter, agreeing that Breath of the Wild could in fact set the template for the franchise going forward. “We can’t really say much at the moment but there are lots of things in this current game design we still want to explore,” he said to GameRant. “If, as a result of that exploration, we feel positive we can provide our audience with new experiences it’s possible this design could become the standard.”

I cannot argue with anything he has said- the Zelda franchise has had a history with experimentation and change. I imagine they will stick with the open world template for as long as they feel they can do more and new things with it. When they feel they cannot, I imagine they will move on to a new format.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is currently available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.


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