"The Series Was In Like Dire Straits" - Kit & Krysta Recall Zelda's Pre
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According to former Nintendo Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, Zelda's series would have seriously risked being forgotten without the success of Breath of the WildThe incredible success of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake on Switch 2 would not have been possible without Breath of the Wild, the video game that 'saved the Zelda series': to support it are Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, known faces of the old Nintendo Minute podcast.
"The Series Was In Like Dire Straits" - Kit & Krysta Recall Zelda's Pre
"We are losing this".While many of us can now look back on the Skyward Swords of the Zelda series with fondness, those who were in the trenches at the time might recall that things were starting to feel stagnant.The later games of the 'traditional' Zelda formula were well received critically, but the tried-and-tested gameplay wasn't working wonders for their sales numbers, and they were struggling to bring in new fans in the process.Read the ful…
We are all delighted with the success of the Remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2. After learning about its official prices, as well as its download size, the former employees of Nintendo Kit and Krysta have now explained that the Legend of Zelda saga was going through a very complicated situation before the release of [...]
Zelda was in "dire straits" before Breath of the Wild with fan base "dwindling"
According to former Nintendo of America employees Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, The Legend of Zelda was “in dire straits” before the launch of Breath of the Wild with a “dwindling” fan base and sales on the decline. Ellis and Yang shared that information in a podcast this week. Ellis himself attended focus groups and saw that “the fan base...
The Legend of Zelda series is currently one of Nintendo's biggest names, but according to two former company employees, the arrival of Breath of the Wild saved the franchise. According to them, The Legend of Zelda was far below the popularity it enjoyed in the first generations. Read more
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