Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma comments that the next game in the franchise is likely not going to be a direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The long-awaited sequel to Breath of the Wild was released to critical acclaim earlier this year, being a significant improvement in the gameplay department while also following up on some of the plot threads that were laid out in the previous entry. With Tears of the Kingdom out now, there have been some fans who wonder if the game could be built upon further, either through DLC or another sequel to make it a trilogy.