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Eiji Aonuma shares more Tri Force Heroes footage

If you have an hour to spare, you can check out Eiji Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda, as he plays through some of the upcoming Tri Force Heroes. This is one of several videos featuring everyone’s favorite “bearded uncle” playing the Nintendo 3DS game, and even if your Japanese isn’t up to snuff you can enjoy the…

Aonuma and Shikata on why online multiplayer was added to Tri Force Heroes

It should not come as a surprise that Tri Force Heroes, being a multiplayer-centric installment to our beloved series, will focus heavily on gameplay between friends. Hiromasa Shikata and Eiji Aonuma were recently interviewed by 4Gamer about the game, broaching the subject of online multiplayer and why they decided to not follow in the footsteps of Four Swords Adventures: Anniversary Edition.…

Hyrule Warriors Legends clashes its way to 3DS in early 2016

Hey everyone, pretend to act surprised: it’s that new Zelda game that leaked last week! The 3DS port of Hyrule Warriors, now officially titled Hyrule Warriors Legends, was of course shown in today’s Nintendo Digital Event. The trailer shown is the exact same as the one we saw last week which Koei Tecmo accidentally let slip. However, as well as…

Zelda U Game Awards presentation came through late, according to Geoff Keighley

According to popular gaming journalist Geoff Keighley, the Zelda U presentation at The Game Awards came together rather last minute. American rock band Imagine Dragons showed up about two or three weeks before the presentation, and everyone in Keighley’s camp was pushing to show the new Zelda. Aonuma was thinking about doing something related to Zelda, but Keighley believed this to be an…

Hyrule Warriors upcoming DLC honors CD-i

It’s finally happened. Eiji Aonuma announced via Miiverse today that there is still more DLC to come this summer. What DLC is it, you ask? Have a look below at his post. It appears that Hyrule Warriors fans will be receiving Zelda CD-i DLC to enjoy. The characters are throwbacks to the classic Zelda titles which released on the…

Aonuma discusses the original Majora’s Mask

Nintendo Everything has posted a final translation from the Nintendo Dream interview with Mr. Eiji Aonuma. In this excerpt, Aonuma discusses quite a bit regarding the original Majora’s Mask for the Nintendo 64. “I have almost never pulled an all-nighter. However, I did that once for the N64 version of Majora’s Mask.” When asked about the…

Majora’s Mask and the five stages of grief

For all of you theorists out there, The Legend of Zelda has been one of the most dissected video game sagas of all time. Majora’s Mask is usually at the frontline of these discussions, with its particularly dark plot and tragic back stories. The popular YouTube channel The Game Theorists even speculated that Link may have died in the very…

Majora’s Mask 3D: Aonuma and the art of porting

In a recent interview with Game Informer, Eiji Aonuma sat down and spoke on the latest Zelda release for the Nintendo 3DS, Majora’s Mask 3D. Over the past week, we’ve been given various excerpts from the interview, with some interesting responses from the Zelda developer. When asked about his approach to making changes in the 3DS version, Aonuma replied,…

Aonuma clarifies origins of Majora’s name

When Majora’s Mask was first released 15 years ago, a lot of us were entranced by all of the mysteries revolving around Termina. We were never given too much information about what’s going on in the story. This left us scratching our heads, an itch that lasted well over a decade for most gamers and now with the release…

Aonuma talks Zelda in Nintendo Extra

The newest addition to The Legend of Zelda series has fans waiting with baited breath for its release. Most of the series’ sense of adventure and mystery comes from the brilliant mind of game designer and producer, Eiji Aonuma. Recently, Aonuma sat down with Nintendo UK online magazine Nintendo Extra about his favorite parts of the game and what players…

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