Breath of the Wild is purely single-player, but Aonuma wants to make another multiplayer Zelda
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 50 Comments
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has confirmed that Breath of the Wild will focus purely on a single-player experience. However, that isn’t to say he isn’t interested in multiplayer – far from it actually.
Aonuma told IGN when it comes to multiplayer and Zelda:
“I would like to take what I learned from Breath of the Wild and see if we can somehow fuse those learning points into another multiplayer Zelda. For example, with Triforce Heroes, which followed a similar format of Four Swords, there was a multiplayer involved in that game. That’s definitely a possibility and we will continue to [experiment] throughout the Zelda franchise.”
When Zelda: Breath of the Wild was first teased in a January 2013 Nintendo Direct, Aonuma spoke about going against the conventions of Zelda. One of these points involved challenging the notion of playing by yourself. While it doesn’t seem like Breath of the Wild will be tackling this in the end, perhaps it’s something we can look forward to in the future.
Miyamoto, Aonuma on why Zelda games tend to see delays
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 18 Comments
Zelda games – the mainline console ones in particular – have a propensity to be delayed. When asked why this tends to happen, Shigeru Miyamoto told Kotaku:
“First of all, it would be great if I didn’t have to put a release date out at all. But I have to.”
“I think there’s different reasons for delays. One could be that the direction just hasn’t been decided, which is probably the worst kind of delay. And the other is that the direction has been decided but putting that into reality—implementing that—is taking time. So it might have taken us six months to do this much. It’ll take us a year to do that much.”
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma also weighed in, sharing the following:
Miyamoto keeping quiet on Link’s green tunic in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 17 Comments
We’ve yet to see Link’s classic green tunic in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Is it in the game, or will it be absent this time around? Shigeru Miyamoto won’t say.
GameRant approached Miyamoto at E3 last week about the tunic. He said:
“I don’t know, but there are just a lot of clothes in this game. So maybe if we had green clothes people would want to wear it all the time. And yeah, with the variety of clothes you get, that this game offers, you can really customize your character. And I can’t really divulge too much more than this.”
Zelda producer Aonuma was similarly quiet when asked about the tunic as well.
Xbox boss has praise for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, NX
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 32 Comments
Xbox boss Phil Spencer was asked by one fan on Twitter for his thoughts on NX. He only had good things to say, and also managed to give Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the process.
Spencer’s tweet is as follows:
@Commander_Keel When @Nintendo launches a new console it's an exciting time for the industry. And Zelda looked good at E3.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) June 22, 2016
Spencer has always been pretty positive when it comes to Nintendo, so it’s nice to see that continue! You may recall that he praised the big N a couple of years ago for its developers and franchises.
Miyamoto on not wanting to label Zelda: Breath of the Wild as an open world game
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In July 2014, Shigeru Miyamoto said that he didn’t want to label the new Zelda game as “open world”. He explained what he meant with this while speaking with IGN at E3 last week.
Miyamoto said:
“I think within the game industry or the tech industry, there’s a tendency to want to name everything. But I think it’s important for what we do that we don’t want to be dependent or swayed by the technology and what’s available now.”
“We want to use the technology and the techniques that are available to make what we want to make. What’s important is to really express how we use that to make our experience unique. We didn’t want to just make a game where you can do anything, but we wanted to make sure that we make a game where the player is able to do anything, but it’s also a form of entertainment. It’s fun to do all of those things.”
“That’s why we felt that coming up with a name that we created would be best. The term ‘Open Air’ is a result of that. That’s what Bill [Trinen] uses a lot.”
Aonuma on voice acting in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, sci-fi elements
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s E3 trailer last week showcased voice acting. Producer Eiji Aonuma has since elaborated on that aspect of the game, in which he told Polygon:
“It’s really difficult to leave an impression on players with just text. It’s not that I made everything voiced. But I have these moments where I want to leave impressions on users. I add voice there.”
“If Link said something the user doesn’t agree with, that relationship between the user and Link would be lost. That’s why I chose not to go with that.”
During his interview, Aonuma spoke about a moment early in development when he first heard a character with “actual human voice.” That moment “touched [his] heart” and “was really striking emotions.”
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.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild frame rate test
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Videos, Wii U | 95 Comments
The folks over at Digital Foundry have once again done one of their famous frame rate tests – this time for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Keep in mind, of course, that this is not the final build of the game – there’s still some time before the game’s release and frame rate issues are typically one of the things that are fixed late in development. Also, it’ll be interesting to see how the NX version of the game compares to the Wii U version – will that one be targeting 60 frames per second?
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 trailer becomes most viewed on Nintendo’s YouTube
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Switch, Wii U | 8 Comments
Much like its protagonist, the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is climbing to new heights. The Offical Game Trailer from E3 2016 has been making the rounds, and it has now become the most viewed video on Nintendo’s YouTube page, with almost 6,300,000 views. The previously most viewed video was the Nintendo 2DS introduction video.
Miyamoto on Zelda: Breath of the Wild – technology’s role, his involvement, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 20 Comments
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.
