How will it work in the future if/when Nintendo creates new Zeldas and Links? Will you add them as newly discovered ones, or retcon them in to always exist, or just not use them?
I’ll always try to add them in! But it depends on the situation how that happens.
For context, 3 Zelda games have come out since I began WV, and so far, I’ve managed to work all three of them into Wisdomverse. TotK and AoI were merged into Wild and Flora, and I had a lot of fun merging EoW into Aurora and designing Silent.
Merging new info into characters is a lot of work, but I kinda enjoy it! It gives me even more content to come up with ideas around and more characteristics to play with.
And though I prefer merging, I’d potentially be okay with adding new characters in the future as well. I actually planned the summoning mechanic for Wisdomverse with this in mind. I knew I might want to include more characters, or abilities, or adventures, so the rules of summoning are flexible and were made to adapt. Like I’ve said before: the girls can totally summon other Wielders of Wisdom; including people they haven’t yet discovered!
That said, as much as I want to, there’s always the chance that Nintendo does something that really breaks my plans. In that case, I may choose to consider some things non-canon. But it’s not my first choice, and would take a lot.
Tl;dr: I can’t promise anything, but I’ll always try to adapt new content into WV in some way or the other! I chose to write the summoning system in part to plan for that. We’ll have to see what Nintendo does next!
(Previous q&a at #lin responds)