Daiki Iwamoto, general manager for the Zelda series at Nintendo, says he wants the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom collaboration studio, Monolith Soft, to take on a "central role" in the creation of a "unique title" in The Legend of Zelda series.
In an interview on the Monolith Soft website, translated by GamesRadar+, Iwamoto discusses Nintendo's future plans for the development collaboration between the gaming giant and the Xenoblade developer. Monolift Soft has assisted development on The Legend of Zelda for some of the biggest games in the series, like Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom.
While it took on a very supportive role with Skyward Sword, simply creating the specific assets Nintendo asked for, over the years, the team has taken on a collaborative position, with Monolith Soft sharing and pitching creative ideas, giving feedback on Nintendo's work, and taking on ideas from Nintendo's development style.
Thanks to increased collaboration between the two companies, Nintendo wants Monolith Soft to potentially take the lead on a future game in the Zelda series.
"Monolith Soft is a strong partner when it comes to developing Zelda games from scratch," Iwamoto says. "And more and more I would like to see them taking on a central role in production. Going forward, let's use the know-how we've developed by working together, and the strength of the whole Monolith Soft team, to create a unique title in the series together."
While Nintendo is still speaking about collaboration between it and Monolith Soft, it appears that it is open to handing over the reins for a game in the series sometime in the future. We're betting that it won't be taking the lead on something like Breath of the Wild 3, though. Still, history has shown that Zelda always has room for a spin-off or two.
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