Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel happened because the team had too many DLC ideas
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Why is Nintendo moving forward with a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? It all comes down to having too many new ideas.
In an interview with Kotaku, Zelda producer Aonuma shared the following:
Zelda producer says “staff comes first” when making games, Nintendo’s work culture focuses on flexibility
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Last week, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser discussed crunch and how the company wants its staff to have a “good work-life balance”. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has now chimed in on the subject as well.
When asked about his team’s stance on overtime, Aonuma stated that the “staff comes first, and I always want to think about it when creating a game.” His full words:
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Aonuma on why Zelda: Link’s Awakening doesn’t have new dungeons on Switch, not ruling out Zelda Maker
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When Nintendo announced the Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake for Switch earlier this year, some fans were hoping that a new dungeon or two would be included. Ultimately, that didn’t happen.
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma spoke to Kotaku about the decision, explaining:
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Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma still finds it exciting to collaborate with Shigeru Miyamoto
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Eiji Aonuma has had a very long career at Nintendo, and specially working on Zelda. Aonuma first got involved with the series on Ocarina of Time and has been one of the key members of the development team since then.
At E3 2019 this week, Game Informer decided to ask Aonuma about his career. The developer said that as opposed to before, “I have a great team with great people with different skills to help me create things together.”
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Nintendo promotes Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata
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Nintendo’s E3 2019 press website contains biographies for a variety of its employees who attended the show. Among them are Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata. It appears that each of these staffers have been promoted.
Aonuma is still the producer of the Zelda series, but is now listed as a “Deputy General Manager”. Hisashi Nogami also holds the same managerial position. As for Aya Kyogoku, she’s now “Manager of Production Group No. 5” – otherwise known as the Splatoon and Animal Crossing team. Finally, Yoshiko Ikebata is a developer in “Production Group No. 6” – involved with Luigi’s Mansion and Metroid Prime.
Aonuma finds it “very interesting” that someone would think about co-op for Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel
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Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma continues to be asked about Breath of the Wild’s sequel at E3 2019. There still isn’t much he can say, so has has no choice but to dodge questions or give very vague information when discussing the game.
Here’s one interesting exchange between IGN and Aonuma when the topic of co-op was brought up:
Producer won’t say if you can play as Zelda in Breath of the Wild’s sequel
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One of the big questions coming out of the first trailer for Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s sequel is whether or not Zelda will be playable. Unfortunately, Nintendo is keeping quiet.
Here’s an exchange between Kotaku and series producer Eiji Aonuma about the subject:
Aonuma on why Zelda games get re-released a lot, no plans for other remakes, Skyward Sword without motion controls “might be close to impossible”
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Nintendo has a habit of re-releasing Zelda games. Whether it be simple ports or remakes, we’ve seen past entries return rather frequently.
In an interview with Game Informer, series producer Eiji Aonuma explained why Zelda games are re-released so often. He explained:
Aonuma on Breath of the Wild sequel – “wanted to revisit that Hyrule”, Fujibayashi back as director, more
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At E3 2019, Game Informer was able to catch up with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma and discuss the recently-revealed Breath of the Wild sequel.
Why are we getting a direct sequel in the first place? As it turns out, he wanted to “revisit that Hyrule again”, but now with “new gameplay and new story”. He said:
Chamber Dungeons served as inspiration for remaking Zelda: Link’s Awakening
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What led to the decision behind remaking Zelda: Link’s Awakening? As it turns out, it was the new Chamber Dungeons feature, which lets players customize a dungeon.
In an interview with IGN, series producer Eiji Aonuma said:
