Video: Miyamoto on Breath of the Wild’s innovations and Zelda’s future
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At E3 last week, Game Informer chatted with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Miyamoto touched on the gameplay, why he’s conflicted about hunting, and why these games are so hard to create. The full interview is below.
Miyamoto on Zelda: Breath of the Wild – technology’s role, his involvement, more
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During the weekend, Gamekult published an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (and Nintendo’s Bill Trinen) about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The discussion was in French, but we have a complete English translation. Massive thanks goes out to LuigiBlood and Cynthia Elil for helping us out on this.
Miyamoto touched on topics like the role of technology in the game and his involvement in the project. He also touched on Eiji Aonuma’s recent words about being able to quickly reach the end of the game.
Head past the break for the fully translated interview.
Miyamoto talks Zelda: Breath of the Wild and more, drawing challenge
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos, Wii U | 16 Comments
At E3 this past week, YouTube user GhostRobo spoke with Shigeru Miyamoto all about Zelda: Breath of the Wild and more. On top of that, the two faced off on a drawing challenge. Here’s the full video:
Miyamoto, Aonuma on why Zelda: Breath of the Wild is being made for both NX and Wii U
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 145 Comments
A few weeks before E3, Nintendo revealed that Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be made for NX in addition to Wii U. Two of the top developers involved in the project have now commented on the decision to have it on both platforms.
First, here’s what Shigeru Miyamoto told IGN:
“It’s complicated because as we’re developing this — obviously development of NX started a while ago — and unfortunately, I’m sorry, but the development of this game took a lot longer than expected. We really felt like we would be able to get it done last year, but there was a lot of struggle with using the physics engine, so that’s why it took a long time.”
“Also, when we thought about developing a Zelda game for the NX, it would have to be way further down the life cycle of the system. And this game, rather than really focusing on the unique features of the Wii U, it’s really a game you sit down and get into. There was a change in direction, so we decided to develop for both consoles a while ago.”
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma chimed in on things as well. IGN mentioned that the situation is similar to Twilight Princess, which appeared on both Wii and GameCube.
Aonuma said in response:
Miyamoto: Nintendo trying to create “a new kind of Mario”, may appear at next E3
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 102 Comments
In an interview with IGN, Shigeru Miyamoto teased what Nintendo is planning next for Mario. Miyamoto said that the company is trying to make “a new kind of Mario”, which has a possibility of showing up at E3 next year.
He said:
“We’re always challenging ourselves to create something new, so hopefully you’ll see a new kind of Mario in about a year or two. Maybe next E3 we’ll be able to share something.”
Later in the discussion, Miyamoto noted that there are different challenges with Mario compared to Zelda – which is seeing a refresh of sorts through Breath of the Wild – due to the wide audience Mario games reach.
“It’s kind of difficult with Mario because some of the more important conventions of Mario are based on the approachability and accessibility of those games. (Having new people join Nintendo has allowed Nintendo to look) at the conventions with fresh eyes.”
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Miyamoto open to a Sheik spin-off, Nintendo has considered it
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 40 Comments
There could come a day when Nintendo comes out with a new Zelda spin-off that stars Sheik. That’s based on new comments from Shigeru Miyamoto, who indicated to GameRant that there have been discussions “within the development team” regarding “how it might be cool to have a game” with the character.
Miyamoto went on to say that such a project wouldn’t be “an impossibility.”
His words in full:
“Within the development team, too, there have been talks about how it might be cool to have a game that features Sheik as a protagonist. It’s having maybe a Zelda spin-off with Sheik as a protagonist, for example, I don’t think that’s an impossibility.”
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Miyamoto sharing something new about Pokemon GO on tomorrow’s Treehouse stream
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Pokemon GO will be featured during tomorrow’s Treehouse stream in the form of a developer Q&A. We now know that Shigeru Miyamoto will be in attendance. Furthermore, he’ll be sharing something new about the app. Make sure you tune in!
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Miyamoto, Aonuma, and Reggie getting ready for tomorrow’s Treehouse stream
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, Random | 18 Comments
Finally we have a photo of Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Reggie Fils-Aime together as we head into tomorrow’s E3 stream. Miyamoto and Aonuma are both wearing t-shirts that feature the same Sheikah symbol found on the E3 site. Not too long to go before the fun begins!
We’re getting ready for Nintendo Treehouse: Live! Tune in tomorrow at 9AM to see what these three are up to! #E32016 pic.twitter.com/eQxBddOW1W
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 14, 2016
Miyamoto, Aonuma also spotted at E3
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 14 Comments
Reggie Fils-Aime isn’t the only Nintendo bigwig at E3 this year. Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma have also been spotted by the show. Given the presence of the new Zelda game at E3, it makes sense that both of them are there!
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Star Fox Zero – official translation of Nintendo Dream’s interview
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments
Update 2 (5/27): The third part can now be read here.
Update (5/20): The second portion can now be read in full here.
Original (5/13): Last week, we posted a translation summary of Nintendo Dream’s interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Yugo Hayashi about Star Fox Zero. Nintendo of Europe is now starting to post a complete translation on its website. You can read the first part right now over here. We’ll let you know when the other portions are made available.
