Zenless Zone Zero
Being a HoYoverse game means being compared to , and often hypothesize to bepart of , the other games in the developer ’s program library . That ’s not dissimilar fromZenless Zone Zero- from day one after its reveal , interested company have been break down footage and designs to test to reap insight into where the secret plan is situated in the larger macrocosm of HoYo title . That being said , there really has n’t been much to go on . With only a handful of laggard / reveals and hardly any story to parse through , much ofZenless Zone Zero ’s New Eridu remains cryptical .
That ’s probable by pattern , but during an audience withZenless Zone Zeroproducer Zhenyu Li at Gamescom 2023,Screen Ranthad the chance to need a burn interrogation - what ’s the potential for crossover withZZZand other HoYoverse game ? Predictably , Li was n’t willing to comment on it much , but he did offer a bit of Leslie Townes Hope for those that want to see familiar faces in New Eridu at some point :
Screen Rant : This is a question that I experience like most fans would obliterate me for not asking . DoesZenless Zone Zeroexist separately from the rest of the HoYoverse titles ? Are there any chances of crossing or conversant faces come out ?
Zhenyu Li : It is an individual IP , but we are then go to coalesce with other products . So , there are possibilities .
It ’s not much to go on , but what ’s there is still exciting : it ’s not an outright no , which think it could happen . Li did state that theZenless Zone Zeroteam will eventually " blend with other product " - whether that means crossovers likeGenshin Impactx KFC or more substantial blends like , say , ZZZxHonkai Star Rail , that ’s up to rendition , and he was n’t willing to exposit beyond that financial statement , preferring to bequeath it a tantalizing whodunit .
IfZenless Zone Zerowants crossover , though , it does n’t necessarily have to be narrative unity . conversant face fromHonkaipop up inGenshinoften , even if they ’re different characters with similar builds . And the obvious railroad tie betweenHonkai Star Railcharacters and counterparts inHonkai Impact 3rdalready set a precedent for more meaningful ties between game , so it ’s not like HoYoverse is entirely indisposed to doing so .
That say , as the HoYoverse portfolio continue to blow up , it feels like the developer is well aware of the potential it has - and specially gross sales voltage - with crossover between two successful IPs . It would n’t be surprising to see these event , but it also would make a lot of signified not to rend the trigger on them too early .
Either way , at leastZenless Zone Zeroisn’t outside the kingdom of crossover electric potential . Despite its unique style and approach path to gameplay , there are n’t many players familiar with HoYoverse informatics that would be against a reference to Welt or a notice of Dainsleif appearing somewhere - or something much bigger , if they would be so favourable .
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Zenless Zone Zerowill launching on PC and wandering devices . A expiration date has not been announced at clock time of writing .
