Eiji Aonuma, the longtime producer of The Legend of Zelda series, has ensured that the hero of time will rise to combat evil since Ocarina of Time . Now Aonuma himself has received a hero’s title, albeit without getting to pick up a cool sword. This week, the French Ministry of Culture invited Hyrule’s caretaker to receive the honors of being knighted .

Hailed by Minister of Culture Catherine Pégard as “a storyteller who always leaves room for the player’s imagination,” Aonuma was given the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.…