Aonuma implies open world Zelda may be standard from now on

[Wyrdness]

RolStoppable said:

TheLastStarFighter said:

There was a time I would have agreed.   But he just made my favorite game I've ever played.  So continue Aonume, please continue.

I don't think Aonuma had much say in this. Breath of the Wild is similar to Twilight Princess in that Zelda was adjusted to the market's wishes instead of Aonuma's (who would have continued with the art style of The Wind Waker). When Nintendo's financials are below an acceptable level, the business suits call the shots instead of giving the developers freedom. Shigeru Miyamoto didn't get removed from the hardware design by accident either.

He's the sole producer of the game so I very much doubt that, BOTW had a trio of directors headed by SS' director due to it's size. Aonuma's initial vision of the game doesn't seem to have changed at all in the final game so I doubt he was undermined in anyway, only coorporate decision was porting it to the Switch in April last year.