# Zelda: Ocarina of Time Producer Doesn’t Want Nintendo’s Next Generation To Rely on BotW’s Ideas

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/zelda-ocarina-of-time-producer-doesnt-want-nintendos-next-generation-to-rely-on-botws-ideas/
- Published: 2026-11-06T11:00:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:34:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/hidemaro-fujibayashi-zelda-ocarina-of-time-botw-interview/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, TV

## Key points

- Fujibayashi wants Zelda developers to pursue fresh ideas.
- The next game may move beyond Breath of the Wild’s formula.
- Zelda has reinvented itself across four decades.

## Summary

Zelda producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi says the series should keep reinventing itself rather than rely on ideas from earlier games. As Nintendo develops a new generation of Zelda, he encourages younger staff to focus on what they find fun, leaving room for the next game to depart from Breath of the Wild’s open-world approach.

Fujibayashi described Zelda’s past shifts, from moving into 3D on Nintendo 64 to gesture controls in Skyward Sword and the wide freedom of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. The article says fresh developers worked on the Ocarina of Time remake, some with little familiarity with the original; Fujibayashi uses discussions with them to challenge reliance on the series’ existing pool of ideas. The next game’s direction remains unknown.

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