Volvagia’s movements are the same as a fighter aircraft in Star Fox 64
This is pretty nuts. As revealed in the latest Iwata Asks, the fire temple boss Volvagia has the same movements as a fighter aircraft in Star Fox 64. Kazuaki Morita programmed bosses in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and also worked on Star Fox 64 3D.
Iwata: Yes, some things aren’t easy to explain.
Takizawa: An example from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the boss Volvagia, which looks like a dragon.
Iwata: Yes. The boss in the Fire Temple.
Takizawa: Volvagia is a dragon, so it wriggles and undulates. I only gave Morita-san the dragon model parts, but he set it in motion immediately. It was mysterious how he could do that.
Iwata: You were impressed—like, “I don’t get it, but wow!”
Takizawa: Yeah. I couldn’t help but ask how he did it. He said it was the same as the programming for Star Fox 64. There’s this scene when another fighter aircraft is tailing Arwing and…
Iwata: (jumping in) Oh, that? That’s right! It’s the same!
Takizawa: I should have known you’d pick up on it right away! (laughs)
Haruhana: Because he’s a programmer, too! (laughs)
Takizawa: But when I heard that, I didn’t quite get it. I just thought, “Wow, that’s cool…”
Iwata: The way the fighter moves as it flies and Volvagia’s movements are exactly the same.
Morita: I could do it easily by switching in the dragon for the fighter.
Takizawa: I was like “Whoa!” and “I see!” and had a great time every day marveling over it all.
