Now he serves as series producer, overseeing the operation and exercising quality control.
Their latest magnum opus, Tears of the Kingdom, is out today.Įiji Aonuma’s first Zelda game was 1998’s Ocarina of Time, the acclaimed Nintendo 64 title that set a new bar for 3D action and open-world storytelling. Both are quasi-medieval fantasies built around the hero’s journey of a diminutive warrior, filled with monsters, dragons, and no shortage of mystical MacGuffins, and both have tens of millions of loyal fans across generations.īut unlike Lord of the Rings, Zelda still has access to its founding visionary, and is overseen today by a team of longtime franchise stalwarts who have built and expanded the series over the past four decades. If Mario is Nintendo’s Mickey Mouse, then The Legend of Zelda is its Lord of the Rings.
