If you haven’t played Breath of the Wild, but you’re thinking about picking up Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, don’t worry, as Nintendo says you don’t need to.
In the latest Ask the Developer interview that Nintendo regularly hosts regarding its games, a number of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom developers spoke about the upcoming RPG, including Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi. Interestingly, according to Aonuma, you don’t even need to play Breath of the Wild to be able to enjoy Tears of the Kingdom.
Talking about how some players might think that they won’t be able to enjoy Tears of the Kingdom without playing the previous game, Aonuma said, “…the new gameplay ideas we packed into this title are all things that can be solved intuitively, so I think first-time players can rest assured that this game is easy to get into.”