Tears of the Kingdom’s launch is less than 24 hours away, reviews are dropping, it’s all starting to feel a little real isn’t it? By this time tomorrow, a lot of us will be knee-deep in the latestLegend of Zeldagame. One man already has a leg up on all of us though, revealing he has played theBreath of the Wildsequel from start to finish at least 20 times.
The team behind Tears of the Kingdom has been revealing all sorts of details about the game and its development via a series ofAsk The Developerposts byNintendo, including producer Eiji Aonuma’s very impressive confession about how much he has been playing the game. “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,” Aonuma revealed.
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Devs playing a game over and over ahead of launch to verify there are as few problems as possible is naturally commonplace. However, one person playing a game the size of Tears of the Kingdom that many times is pretty remarkable. Even after all of that and the countless hours Aonuma has spent with the new Zelda game, he suggests there is still stuff in the new-look Hyrule that he hasn’t seen yet.
“Even when sticking things together, there are so many different combinations that even I don’t know all of them. I even discovered something new the other day while shooting the gameplay demonstration video… I’ve cleared the game many times myself and never felt bored once.” Aonuma also urges players not to rush for the ending when they play it for the first time. While most wouldn’t even dream of it, you know there are Breath of the Wild speedrunners readying themselves for launch as you read this.
That Aonuma has played Tears of the Kingdom 20 times might not be the most shocking reveal the team behind it has made during its Ask The Developer sessions. Its director explained howthe sequel’s take on Hyrule was inspired by Wii Sports Resort. That the location has been treated like a character to be built on rather than a simple map. Nintendo also confirmedTears of the Kingdom will have dungeons, the lack of which was one of the few things Breath of the Wild players have had to complain about for the last six years. Also shoutout tothose of you who have been queuing for the game since Tuesday. Hang in there, only a few hours to go.
