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What Aonuma feels is different about Breath of the Wild's reception, 2023.

Source: Game Informer

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PEOPLE: - Eiji Aonuma, age 60. Producer of Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: "Aonuma: Thinking about … past titles in the series, it always seemed to me that there was great excitement when the game would come out among the community, but then that would kind of die off relatively quickly. And then, we kind of saw a new trend with Breath of the Wild where the game was released, and we were really pleased to see that it maintained this interest among the fans and they continued voicing their opinions and sharing discussions online. We've been happy to see this continue with Tears of the Kingdom as well. I'm so pleased to see that people are still putting up these unbelievable vehicles and different creations they've been making online."
May 6, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Dohta on how the Octo Balloons got them thinking, 2024.

Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC)

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PEOPLE: - Takuhiro Dohta. Technical Director for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: Dohta: The Octo Baloons were special materials, even in Breath of the Wild. They can make an object float when attached to it. We implemented this functionality not to be used as a solution, but as a way to make the multiplicative gameplay even more plentiful. Because of this, it wasn't a major element, but we actually felt that the ability to stick one object to another had a lot of potential. … So we began proper prototyping to stick objects together freely. … We thought that this could be a gameplay point for this expanded world [in Tears of the Kingdom].
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Fujibayashi on how fan videos gave the team confidence to make Tears of the Kingdom, 2023.

Source: Polygon

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PEOPLE: - Hidemaro Fujibayashi, age 50. Director of Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: "Fujibayashi: Toward the end of Breath of the Wild, we were kind of experimenting with this idea of being able to stick things together. And at the time, you know, of course, there was a little bit of doubt, or question, about whether this was going to be something that people enjoyed, and [would] have fun with. And it was about that time that we started to see a lot of people starting to upload videos about all of the things that, basically, we were already wanting to do in Tears of the Kingdom. Making unconventional vehicles, and things like that. And seeing people have fun like that really provided us with the confidence that what we were going to start working on would be enjoyable."
May 12, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Fujibayashi on how Tears of the Kingdom's Temples were informed by past games, 2023.

Source: Polygon

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PEOPLE: - Hidemaro Fujibayashi, age 50. Director of Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, & Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: "Fujibayashi: I was involved with Breath of the Wild, you know, and one of the themes for Breath of the Wild was ‘moving dungeons.’ And I was also involved with Skyward Sword, and that had more of the hardcore, standard puzzle-solving dungeons. And I felt like I had a good idea of what the fans like about those two things. So I feel like I attempted to take those things and put them together into one sort of hybrid format. That’s what Tears of the Kingdom is."
June 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Fujibayashi on how Tears of the Kingdom's Temples were informed by past games.

Via Polygon, 2023.

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PEOPLE: Hidemaro Fujibayashi, age 50. Director of Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, & Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: "Fujibayashi: I was involved with Breath of the Wild, you know, and one of the themes for Breath of the Wild was ‘moving dungeons.’ And I was also involved with Skyward Sword, and that had more of the hardcore, standard puzzle-solving dungeons. And I felt like I had a good idea of what the fans like about those two things. So I feel like I attempted to take those things and put them together into one sort of hybrid format. That’s what Tears of the Kingdom is."
November 1, 2023 at 3:38 PM