It’s no surprise that Zelda is one of Nintendo’s largest and most successful franchises. But as game development costs have skyrocketed in recent years, the pressure to sell more and more copies of a game for financial gain is stronger than ever. In an interview with GenGAME owner Mases Hagopian, Aonuma explains that even though he wants…
In a recent interview with Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, Eiji Aonuma talked about redefining what we consider to be a “puzzle” in Zelda Wii U, instead focusing on the choices that players have to make in order to move forward throughout the game as opposed to the traditional block puzzles and such to progress through dungeons. “As a…
After the release of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, many Zelda fans were hopeful that its sequel, Majora’s Mask, would also receive a remake on the 3DS. Some fans went so far as to sign a petition in the Operation Moonfall movement. Since then though, we haven’t heard any news of Majora’s Mask…
While we have now confirmed that it is in fact Link in the trailer for Zelda Wii U, in an interview with IGN, Eiji Aonuma talked about the possibility of having Zelda as a protagonist in the franchise. He stated that while it is an idea that he is interested in, there’s something very special about the…
Yesterday we reported on Eiji Aonuma’s Miiverse post that discussed how the graphics for Zelda for Wii U trailer were rendered in-game. However, according to NeoGAF, the Miiverse post contained a small bit of text that was not translated into the English version, and thus was quite easy to miss. In the original Japanese Miiverse…
Aonuma has been teasing the gaming community over the past few days with what we saw in the Zelda Wii U trailer. He even went as far as to say that the character in the trailer may not be Link. Well, it appears that Aonuma was simply having some fun with all the online rumors and speculation.…
Eiji Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda series, took to Miiverse today to confirm that the footage shown in the Zelda Wii U trailer was in fact gameplay footage. He stated that many members of the media had been asking him if it was pre-rendered footage or not, and Aonuma confirmed today that no, it is in…
Ever since Hyrule Warriors was initially announced back in November 2013, many fans have been wondering about whether or not the game will be considered part of the official franchise canon, and if it has a place in the famous Zelda timeline. In a Game Informer interview, Eiji Aonuma has confirmed that Hyrule Warriors will not…
Nintendo showcased a beautiful trailer earlier today featuring Link doing battle with a large creature throughout a gorgeous terrain. There’s a catch though: that may not be Link in the trailer, according to a Venture Beat interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. When interviewer Mike Minotti asked Aonuma about Link’s striking new appearance and attire,…
In the recent interview for Famitsu magazine, series producer Eiji Aonuma sat with general producer Hisashi Koinuma and producer Yosuyke Hayashi of Tecmo Koei to discuss the concept of Hyrule Warriors and how collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei came to be. During the interview (translated by Siliconera), Hayashi states that Team Ninja (the developers responsible for…
As we’ve previously mentioned, the latest issue of Famitsu magazine includes an interview between Hyrule Warriors producers Hisashi Koinuma and Yosuke Hayasahi (of Tecmo Koei), as well as Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, who is supervising the game’s development. Siliconera have translated some more of this interview, revealing the origin story behind how this spin-off title came to be.…
There has been a lot of interviews with people involved in the development of A Link Between Worlds lately. Composer Ryu Nagamatsu spoke with Official Nintendo Magazine UK and discussed why a live orchestra wasn’t utilized for the game’s soundtrack, while series producer Eiji Aonuma spoke with the same magazine, and commented that he has begun…
Recent Zelda games share a similar gameplay structure: go to a dungeon, complete dungeon, traverse to another dungeon, and repeat this process throughout the game, with a few twists thrown in here and there. Compared to the original The Legend of Zelda, the modern games take a more linear and structured approach to both gameplay…
In the latest issue of Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma explained why Hero Mode in A Link Between Worlds is not available from the start. “With The Wind Waker HD we naturally expected many people to have played the previous version, so we made the harder Hero mode available from the beginning. However, although…
Nintendo of Europe has announced on their Twitter that the Art Academy: SketchPad Miiverse community A Link Between Worlds drawing event that was previously announced has launched today. For this event, the theme is to simply draw your favorite character or characters from A Link Between Worlds! For all of the details pertaining to this…
