Eiji Aonuma Might Already Have a Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Record to His Name

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has taken over the internet and fans are going dying to get their hands on the title. Furthermore, TOTK left the Nintendo community in a state of frenzy by achieving a perfect review score from several gaming experts.

After waiting for six long years, Nintendo will be finally releasing a worthy sequel in the series. Moreover, owing to TOTK’s immense popularity, it wouldn’t be a surprise for the latest Zelda title to have a record-breaking launch for Nintendo. Indeed, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has a huge legacy to live up to.

While Nintendo has promised players a blissful experience, The Legend of Zelda franchise project manager, Eiji Aonuma, already holds a record to his name.

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The Zelda team will definitely receive a lot of praise from the fanbase because of all their hard work. However, Eiji Aonuma is the most admirable person and worthy to receive all the applause from the fandom. Aonuma is best known for helping establish the conventions of the modern Legend of Zelda games.

Eiji Aonuma is the man behind the success of the Zelda franchise for over 2 decades now. In the latest ‘Ask the Developer’ feature for Tears of the Kingdom, Aonuma opens up about his hard work on the latest Zelda title. He talks about the countless obstacles he faced while working on the title.

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Although the Zelda team faced numerous adversities in their journey, Aonuma reveals he already played the game a staggering 20 times. He even reveals after playing the game countless times, he’s still discovering new details with each play-through.

During the interview, he said, “I wonder how many times I’ve played the game to debug (8) it… I’ve played this game from start to finish about 20 times, and I can say that it’s more fun with detours, even more so than in the previous game. When testing the game, I sometimes needed to rush ahead to clear the story, but later on, as I started to go off on side paths, I realized… it’s a whole different game!”

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Interestingly, Aonuma also advised players to take their time discovering new details in the Zelda world. He also suggests players not rush for the ending but enjoy the blissful open-world experience. Since Aonuma has already ended the title countless times, it would be best for players to not dive in for the ending straightway.