Selvom de fleste enige er om at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom har en ret velfungerende historie, så er det også ret tydeligt at det sande, komplette narrativ føles lettere opdelt. Dette indrømmer Nintendo nu også selv, hvor de slår fast at Tears of the Kingdoms narrativ faktisk blev "holdt tilbage" af det nylige Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.
I et interview med 4Gamer fortæller Tears of the Kingdom-instruktør Hidemaro Fujibayashi dette:
"In Tears of the Kingdom there was a central theme running through the main story, and the Sages are depicted with their faces hidden by masks and without names. If we had shown their personalities and faces, the story would have naturally grown too much, so there were many things we intentionally held back. That's why I'm truly happy that the Sages have been more carefully picked up upon here in the Imprisoning War."
Konceptet er sådan set at de største, mest skelsættende begivenheder foregår i disse Hyrule Warriors spin-offs, hvor du i Tears of the Kingdom så udforsker følgevirkningerne af disse begivenheder.
