On September 13th, Nintendo released new information regarding the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The official name of the work is “The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom]And the release date was May 12, 2023. It was an auspicious announcement that the official title and release date were decided, but there was some discussion behind it. it is an abbreviation.
The abbreviation of the previous work “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” was often called Brewai, taking the head of “Breath” and “Wild”. According to that rule, “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” would be “Tiakin”. However, there seems to be a fair amount of people who are resistant to the term Tierkin.
For example, Mr. Peco, who made a name for himself by playing “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” and playing stylishly, just hates “Tiakin”. Anyway, he has a sense of crisis regarding the establishment of “Tiakin”, and on SNS, he is slowly lining up counter proposals with “Tears”, “Kingdom”, and “Kindom”. At the moment, he seems to think that “Tears of Kingdom” is good.
Peco isn’t the only one who’s resisted the Tierkin abbreviation. Opinions vary, such as “It looks like Hikakin” and “It doesn’t look like Zelda because it’s sparkling.” Twitter’s search predictions ended up with words like “Tiakin TV.” After all, it seems that each of them has a sense of incongruity with the abbreviation Tiakin. “Tiakin” on TwitterWhen I searchWe can confirm the voices of many people who have a sense of incongruity.
On the other hand, the fact that there are no leading candidates for the counterproposal itself is also a cause for concern. Some users take the abbreviation “TotK” from the English title “Tears of the Kingdom”, but there are also voices of dislike that it is “like TikTok”. I don’t like Tyrkin, but the fact that other abbreviations don’t feel right probably aggravates the problem.
Nintendo rarely takes the initiative to give abbreviations to its own titles. Abbreviations were not presented in “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” either, and variations were seen in abbreviations such as “Bureob”, “Burewai”, and “BotW”. However, while each abbreviation has a rugged feel, it somehow represents the thick game content of the same work, and each abbreviation has been accepted. On the other hand, when we hear “Tiakin”, we tend to think of influencers outside of The Legend of Zelda such as “Hikakin” and “Anakin” and characters from other works. It’s fair to say that it doesn’t feel right at this point.
If the game actually goes on sale, the name “Tiakin” may be accepted in light of its contents. However, until then, it seems that there will be a debate regarding how to call the work. Whether or not Nintendo will dare to show the answer. In game development, production works are often called by codenames, but it is also worrisome how “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” is called within the development team. It’s up to the person how they call it. There are as many names as there are people. In any case, it seems that such an abbreviation is also one of the pleasant entertainments until the game is released.
【UPDATE 2022/9/14 13:35】
Added a description that it is up to the person to decide how to call it.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be released for Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.
※ The English version of this article is available here