There is not any manner The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom might have been impressed by Elden Ring, as a result of everybody making it was simply too busy doing simply that.
It is not precisely a secret that Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has taken a whole lot of inspiration from the Zelda sequence over time. Elden Ring itself isn’t any completely different, with a equally spectacular open world that actually encourages you to discover it. However the identical cannot be mentioned of the reverse, as in a brand new interview from RTL Nieuws (translations from Nintendo Every part), Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and producer Eiji Aonuma spoke about their influences and the place they get concepts. Because it seems, Elden Ring is not one among them, as a result of they did not even have time to play it.
“Sorry, however we didn’t actually have the prospect to play the sport,” Fujibayashi mentioned. “We have been too occupied with the event of Tears of the Kingdom, which resulted in us probably not having the ability to play video games. We did hear about it, although.” Tears of the Kingdom is kind of the huge recreation, so it is not shocking it took up many of the dev’s time. Plus, Tears of the Kingdom was principally carried out final 12 months, with the remainder of the time devoted to shine, so it is not like there would have been time to take inspiration anyway.
Extra apparently, although, Aonuma’s rationalization for not taking inspiration from different video games is for an additional purpose: he is “too proud.” The long-time Zelda sequence producer mentioned, “In fact, there are conditions the place you make one thing that’s much like an present recreation. However I might by no means attempt to put the concepts of others in my recreation. I’m too proud for that. I’m at all times on the lookout for authentic concepts.” Nintendo are recognized for his or her uniqueness within the trade, so listening to that that is Aonuma’s mentality with regards to recreation growth is not precisely shocking.
Whereas Elden Ring and Tears of the Kingdom are considerably comparable, there’s one place they are not, and that is in gross sales. Tears of the Kingdom managed to promote 10 million copies in its first three days, a a lot sooner feat than Elden Ring’s 13.4 million in its first month.
