Even Final Fantasy 14 producer Naoki Yoshida couldn’t put down The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

It seems that even Naoki Yoshida, the producer of Final Fantasy 14, can’t let go of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

One of the common problems with playing a really good game is that it’s hard to put down the controller. “One more floor, one more dungeon, one more,” you tell yourself, even though you know you need to take out the trash because tomorrow is collection day and you’ve been procrastinating. The Switch does make this harder because it puts the controller and the console together – seems like this is causing problems for Yoshi P at night, he joins the latest Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer, his Eyes glued to his Switch.

as in a shared clip aitaikimochi on twitter, when Yoshi-P walks into the frame and sits in his chair, you can see him holding a Zelda-themed OLED (thanks GamesRadar). As he took his seat, Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi said, “His heart doesn’t seem to be in it today…” Honestly, what a mood. According to some fans who translated the conversation between the two on the FF14 Discord, Yoshida said he bought the game and the console in Shinjuku, where he got some “interesting comments.”

There’s a point in the clip where you can see him showing everyone what he’s playing (Kingdom Tears, obviously), and he’s incredible early on in the game. According to him, he didn’t get very far because he “couldn’t help but look at the game from a developer’s point of view. I’m not a developer, but I can’t blame him, there’s just so much to see and do. Maybe he just needs to take a look at our beginner’s how-to guide?

Yoshida wasn’t the only one who didn’t work at Nintendo but was excited about the game, as both the PlayStation and Xbox held their own little celebrations for the game’s release.