During E3, the Zelda series producer, Eiji Aonuma, was on hand at The Wind Waker HD booth where attendees were allowed to ask him one question. Daniel Vuckovic of Vooks, an Australian Nintendo site, inquired about an aspect many Zelda fans are curious about. Aonuma was asked if The Wind Waker HD would implement a hard mode…
As showcased earlier during the E3 Nintendo Direct, The Wind Waker HD will be featuring stunning new 1080p visuals, the return of Tingle, and a few new aspects that have been recently discussed by Eiji Aonuma during one of Nintendo’s Developer Directs. With six minutes of discussion, Aonuma had much more to tell regarding The…
Back when Zelda Wii U was announced, Eiji Aonuma revealed that Nintendo would be “rethinking” the series with many new features. He hinted at features like multiplayer, as well as going through dungeons in whatever order you like. In the recent interview with EDGE Magazine #255, Aonuma revealed a few more hints about Zelda Wii U…
There are a few more interesting tidbits from the Eiji Aonuma’s EDGE interview we mentioned yesterday, wherein he confirmed that A Link to the Past 2 will run at 60 fps. The Zelda director also teases “a big surprise” for players. The boss man has also expressed his desire to work on non-Zelda titles before…
In a recent interview with CNET, Eiji Aonuma discussed what is on every Zelda fan’s mind—A Link to the Past 2. According to Aonuma, this sequel feels “different” than any Zelda predecessor. While this statement was obviously vague in context, Aonuma stated that having a clean slate to work with on the 3DS provided inspiration for the title.…
Japan had a recent Nintendo Direct broadcast focused on the Wii U Miiverse, with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma addressing series fans. Most interestingly, he revealed that the concept of restructuring a 2D Zelda title into 3D has been something in the works at Nintendo since 2011. He also noted that development progress is going…
Considering a number of the portable entries in the Zelda series have been handled by Capcom, you may be wondering just who will be in charge of A Link to the Past 2. We can confirm that the game is in good hands indeed, as Polygon reports that Eiji Aonuma and his team at Nintendo…
Last week the official Legend of Zelda Miiverse was announced and went online, and is already populated with thousands of Zelda fans brimming with excitement and artistic passion. Now, there is a new sub-community within this Miiverse, called the “Developer’s Room”. Unlike the main community, only Nintendo representatives can post as it intended to be…
Without a doubt, one of the biggest aspects of Zelda that has driven people to and away from the series has been its consistent formula. Some love it; others hate it. The linearity of the franchise has been both criticized and praised by a wide variety of people. However, Nintendo has recently issued a statement…
Those of who you tuned in to Nintendo Direct today are probably dancing with joy already after Eiji Aonuma announced that not only is Nintendo working on the next Zelda for Wii U, they are also releasing The Wind Waker for Wii U. This game will receive similar treatment to Ocarina of Time 3D in…
Eiji Aonuma, producer of Skyward Sword and one of the leading developers of the Zelda series since Ocarina of Time, recently spoke with IGN via e-mail about story and complexity in Zelda. The team at IGN took notice of the greater detail in Skyward Sword, such as “bugs, minerals and other assorted collectables [that] could be…
We’ve read the Miyamoto quote about Retro being a good fit for Zelda someday in the future, and we’ve seen Nintendo partner up with Grezzo for Ocarina of Time 3D and Monolith Soft (Xenoblade Chronicles) for Skyward Sword, not to mention the many collaborations with Capcom for handheld Zeldas. So when IGN recently sat down…
[Warning: Very vague plot details to Skyward Sword are included in this article. Read at your own risk.] When I completed my first playthrough of Skyward Sword several weeks ago, I couldn’t help but feel a rush of exhilaration as I laid waste to the final boss and watched the ending sequence. In those moments, I…
Over the weekend yet another fascinating page of Hyrule Historia was translated by GlitterBerri and her team–an afterword in which Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma reminds fans of something that he (and creator Shigeru Miyamoto) has said many times now: Zelda games are built on game mechanics first and a story is added after the fact to fit…
Hyrule Historia is the gift that keeps on giving. As more and more pages are translated and vigorously read by fans, we are given more previously unknown information about Zelda each day. GlitterBerri has been quickly and accurately translating her copy of the book, and a quote from Eiji Aonuma not only reconfirms something that fans…
