The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom aims to defeat copper Baldur’s Gate 3 as the GOTY of 2023. In addition to an average score of 96 on Metacritic, Nintendo’s latest masterpiece has exceeded 18 million copies sold, so it can be said that the saga has broken the “curse” it had because it had much more prestige than sales.

See huge success The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, one might think that the big N of video games will try to make the most of a title that has become a golden goose and a possible triumphant farewell for the Nintendo Switch. However, Eiji Aonuma, the Japanese video game director and producer who has been responsible for the saga for two decades, stated in his statements to Famitsu that there are no plans for any DLC to be released, at least for now.

More specifically, Aonuma said the following: “We don’t plan to release any more content this time, but that’s because I feel like we’ve done our best to create fun in this world. First of all, the reason I decided to make a sequel to the previous part was because I thought it was worth experiencing a new game in this place. Hyrule. Then, if such a reason is born again, it can return to the same world again. Whether it’s a sequel or a new work, I think it’s going to be a whole new game, so I’d love for you to have something to look forward to.”

This conflicts with Breath of the Wildthe previous game in the saga Zeldaof which two DLCs were released: Cave of Trials and The Ballad of the Chosen. However, with none other than Shigeru Miyamoto at the helm of the saga, Aonuma seems to see no more ways to push the world he’s created. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdomtwo deliveries that set the pattern Zelda towards an authentic open world and with a truly amazing level of detail, even compared to triple A on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

DLC has become one of the biggest issues in the video game sectorespecially since many companies have abused them by installments of what was effectively a single game, causing users to spend more money than the typical 60 or 70 euros that a triple-A game usually costs. Fortunately, it seems , that the dark era of DLC has largely passed into history, perhaps in part because DLC abuse was one of the main reasons that almost bankrupted Capcom a few years ago.