Most Nintendo Employees Found Out About Tears Of The Kingdom When You Did

Even Nintendo of America employees were surprised by Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s announcement

You’d think that working at Nintendo would keep you plugged into what the company is planning, but that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to certain games. In the latest episode of the Kit & Krysta podcast, former NOA employee Kit Ellis explains how the Big N kept the existence of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom from most of the staff before it was revealed at E3 2019. As Ellis recalls, Tears of the Kingdom was given a higher l…

Most Nintendo Employees Found Out About Tears Of The Kingdom When You Did

Nintendo has a good track record when it comes to keeping secrets, and in the case of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Breath of the Wild sequel's announcement was one of the company's most confidential projects. In fact, the game's existence was so secret that many Nintendo employees only found out about it when it was teased during the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct livestream. According to former Nintendo of America marketing and PR le…