Zelda: Breath of the Wild director on continuing with the open world approach in future games

A portion of a GameRant interview with director Hidemaro Fujibayashi...

GR: Will this open-world design be a new standard for the Zelda series going forward?

HF: “We can’t really say much at the moment but there are lots of things in this current game design we still want to explore. If, as a result of that exploration, we feel positive we can provide our audience with new experiences it’s possible this design could become the standard.”