This actually makes the cynic in me think that the "quality control" year was a thing because the devs or Nintendo or whoever knew that Tears wasn't going to default win all those "highly prestigious" game of the year awards if they had to share the spotlight with Eldin Ring. As opposed to this...
This is definitely pretty funny to look back on, but I still seriously don't see what took Tears six years to complete. It seems kind of ridiculous now that we have the finished product, even with covid factored in.