The Answer To The Zelda Formula Split Is To Make 2D Zeldas Again

If you love Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, that may sound like great news. But, even as a big fan of those games, I can’t help feeling like there’s a bit of a void in gaming created by the more traditional Zelda’s absence. Tears of the Kingdom makes some changes to address that, like incorporating dungeons that feel closer to traditional Zelda dungeons than the Divine Beasts did. But, ultimately, these games are a different animal than the Zeldas that came before them. That’s especially noticeable because Nintendo hasn’t released an entirely new 2D single-player Zelda game in 10 years.