Aonuma elaborates on Skyward Sword’s art style
July 27th, 2010 Posted in News, Posted by Brian, WiiThis information comes from the Official Nintendo Magazine…
“One of the reasons we’ve chosen the art style we have with Skyward Sword is that it is a better vehicle to showcase the exaggerated characteristics of some of the characters. Not only of the enemy characters, but as a representation of the sword spirit itself. Because of the way we have put the game together you have to focus on how the enemy is carrying their weapon, and there are a couple of different ways you can go about that. One, you can be super-realistic, and the other, not so realistic. We thought that because we want to highlight the swordfighting combat, we have to exaggerate the features. We thought that the art style we chose was best-suited to do that. You have to match the art style to how the game plays, and we thought this worked best. We matched the artwork so that we can highlight the over-exaggeration in the gameplay.” – Eiji Aonuma
At first, I wasn’t really sure what to make of Skyward Sword’s art style. However, I’ve warmed up to it quite a bit since the title was announced. One reason for that is due to the image above – It looks very nice, don’t you think?
7 Responses to “Aonuma elaborates on Skyward Sword’s art style”
By bob on Jul 27, 2010
it looks fkn sexy
By calamity on Jul 27, 2010
ummm I don’t like it, but I probably will when I see the final version. its much too plain. even more than majoras mask, an N64 game. the final version will probably have more things populating the screen at one time.
I never thought Twilight Princess looked realistic until I saw this however, and I beat it thrice. I also hate how they call him adult link in TP, when hes like 15. he even has big cheeks. this one looks a bit older.
By NekoKnight on Jul 27, 2010
Reminds me of Yoshi’s Island oddly enough. And I’ve loved the graphics from the very start. ^_^
By masterlinkace on Jul 29, 2010
i really like the art style for this game, it will look even better by release aswell, i mean wind waker is still the best looking zelda game though. Also just like to point out that TP link was 16, not 15. =p
By Jason on Aug 5, 2010
Me too, my brother. Me too.
By PERSON on Aug 22, 2010
I agree i don’t understand why people don’t like it
By solatorobo on Nov 7, 2010
They are trying release very little information about the game as possible it might be an even bigger than we think