Now that I've played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild—on the new Nintendo Switch, no less—my anticipation for it has as good as reached its peak. How can I possibly say no to a new Zelda adventure set within a sprawling and gorgeous open world, a new Zelda that pops from the screen—sorry, the screens—like no Zelda before it? I can't, at all. Whether on the forthcoming Switch or Nintendo's outgoing Wii U console, I will be playing this game when it comes out in early March. I should probably get some blankets in, ready for the long evenings.
In advance of the game's release, I spoke to long-term Zelda series producer and director Eiji Aonuma. He's been a part of what is probably Nintendo's second-most-famous franchise since 1998's critically acclaimed Ocarina of Time, and is the perfect person to discuss the series' evolution to this point, and also where it could potentially go in the future.
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