r/zelda • u/Sephardson • Jan 09 '26
Mod Post [Aoi] Age of Imprisonment released two months ago. We are now relaxing the New Release Spoiler Policy for r/Zelda!
Today is Friday, January 9th. Age of Imprisonment released worldwide on Thursday, November 6th. That was 64 days ago. We last discussed the spoiler policy here - https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/1okbcb3/aoi_hyrule_warriors_age_of_imprisonment_releases/.
We typically discuss relaxing or relax "New Release" Spoiler Policies when the game has been out 2 months. That was two months ago, and we have decided to relax the New Release Spoiler Policy for primarily two reasons:
Most of the large story beats in Age of Calamity overlap with Tears of the Kingdom. There are some unique spoilers in Aoi, but most of it is shared.
The number of posts discussing Aoi here are small, and posts discussing spoilers are even smaller. Effectively, the enforcement of spoilers for this game here has not been an issue past the first few weeks, and so we think it's time to tune it down.
This means that the General Spoiler Policy applies to Age of Imprisonment, and more responsibility is now on the readers and post authors to control or indicate which spoilers they wish to avoid.
Read the Full Spoiler Policy Here:
>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/wiki/rules/spoilerpolicy <<<
The link above is our wiki page that has been updated over time. We will likely update it next when another announcement is made regarding a new Zelda title or the upcoming Zelda movie. We will keep the Age of Imprisonment details on that page for reference.
This spoiler policy applies on r/Zelda, r/ZeldaMemes, r/TrueZelda, and r/AskZelda.
Summary of Relaxed Guidelines:
Age of Imprisonment may be discussed under [Aoi] or [ALL] tags
During the New Release Period, we usually required the [Aoi] tag in the post title, and would often remove posts or comments trying to discuss Aoi without an [Aoi] tag in the post title. This is now relaxed, and you may expect discussion of Age of Imprisonment across posts with [ALL] and [Other] tags as well.
- Please mind that if a post is tagged only for older games like [BotW] or [TP], then discussion of Age of Imprisonment may still be considered rude unless marked for spoilers.
Posts with [Aoi] in the title are no longer being automatically tagged as spoilers. This means the author of the post will have to manually select the spoiler tag if they want to blur the contents of the post. (Spoiler tags do not obscure the the post title nor the post flair.)
- Read how to manually tag posts for spoilers here.
- If a moderator notices that you are repeatedly untagging your posts for major spoilers, we will still need to remove the post.
Do not put major spoilers in your post titles
We will still encourage you to describe your progress in the post title if you want, but will not expect it.
Details such as character or location names are allowed in post titles, even if they have not been officially revealed by Nintendo.
Tag spoiler text in comments according to the OP
You can use the following format
>!text goes here!<, ex: text goes here- This only works in the body of a text post or in comments. It does NOT work in titles!
If the post author indicates they are still playing the game at a certain point, the please respect them! Be sure to mark spoilers for anything past or outside of that.
Accidental spoilers will be removed, but not issued bans.
- During the New Release period, accidental spoilers would be issued a short temporary ban.
- Accidental spoilers now do not warrant a ban, but may still be actioned with a warning or removal.
- Trolling or purposely trying to ruin the game will still warrant a ban, even after the New Release period is over.
Report Unmarked Spoilers
There may still be some posts or comments that slip through. New people join Reddit every day, so not everyone will be familiar with all of the post or comment features.
Please report any unmarked spoilers by using the report function - this will load the post or comment into our moderator queue so that we can mark, remove, or action it as necessary.
Give us your feedback!
Let us know your thoughts on the spoiler policy and future plans here in the comments.
Particularly:
- How do you want us to approach spoilers for any potential remakes that may be announced in the future? We had some smaller spoiler policies for Link's Awakening and Skyward Sword HD in the past when they were announced/released, for example. There are a few titles people always bring up in discussions about remakes, and the 40th anniversary of the series is just around the corner.
- How do you want us to approach the Spoiler Policy for the upcoming Movie? We are thinking that we would likely adapt some policies for the format, and keep them active so long as the movie is in theatres.
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u/Toribobs Jan 09 '26
I haven’t finished it yet but if anyone knows what Aonuma and YouTuber Happy Console Gamer (Johnny) were talking about when saying it hints at what could happen with the next Zelda I’d be happy to have that aspect spoiled!
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u/RedBaronFlyer Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
I completed the game and a bunch of side content and I have absolutely no idea. It could mean swapping between characters, a Dynasty Warriors inspired move set of strong and heavy attack combos, battle set pieces (or just one set piece), more focus on the "present day" story compared to the BotW/TotK memory format approach of having some sort of big story in the past, etc. I'd say that it's not really worth theorizing because whatever you think of is probably not what they're going to do and you might be disappointed.
It's been a bit so I could have missed an interview or two but I'm pretty sure the only two things we do know about whatever the next mainline game will be is that it will almost certainly be influenced by the BotW/TotK open world format, and that it is not going to be in the BoTW/ToTK Hyrule. If I were to guess based on the development time for BotW and TotK we're probably years off of anything more than a teaser at most, and even that is probably a stretch so it'll be years before anything gets confirmed.
The quote from Eji Aonuma is:
“The inspiration we received from this collaboration with Koei Tecmo may be reflected in the (next) Zelda we create. Please picture this while playing Age of Imprisonment, and look forward to our Zelda.”
...and is basically meaningless in terms of speculation. It's a nothing statement. It's not even a confirmation, it's just them saying "some stuff from this game may influence the next mainline Zelda title."
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