Nintendo Could Be Beginning Work On A New Zelda Project

Nintendo appears to be starting work on a new Legend of Zelda project, according to a pair of job listings. First spotted by Resetera user guru-guru, the listings are for a 3DCG designer and a level designer. Neither reveals much about what sort of Zelda project the developers would be working on at Nintendo, but do have callouts to a few Legend of Zelda franchise staples.

 

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo wants the designer to have experience working on action games and to be able to work on designing terrain like fields and dungeons. Similarly, the level designer needs to have worked on planning video game dungeons, fields, and enemies.

Interestingly, Nintendo also wants the designer to be capable of working on in-game events. The listing doesn't specify what's meant by this, so it's unknown if Nintendo is referring to traditional story events or something more familiar from multiplayer-focused games.

Also unclear is whether or not the two developers would be working on a new, unannounced Zelda game for Switch, 3DS, or mobile, or DLC for 2017's Breath of the Wild.

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said last month that he wants to see more DLC for the company's existing major titles. Nintendo is also reportedly working on a Zelda game for mobile platforms.

Earlier this year, Nintendo finally gave Breath of the Wild an official spot in the Zelda timeline. For more on the Legend of Zelda, check out IGN's 20 most interesting facts from the Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia.

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