The director of Elden Ring Nightreign has been thinking about this game since Dark Souls 3, and “seeing the scope of Elden Ring” finally made it click in his mind
In an interview with GamesRadar+, Ishizaki explains through an interpreter that it was quite some time ago when this idea originated. During his tenure at the company, he had a somewhat fuzzy vision for a game he wanted to develop. It’s possible that even during the development of Dark Souls 3, he had these scattered thoughts and concepts swirling around in his mind.