In a recent interview with Kotaku, Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about what he believes is the core experience of the Zelda franchise, and how Breath of the Wild is a return to that core. Comparing Zelda to other fantasy franchises, Miyamoto discusses how, if the game were just based on swords and magic, it would fail to stand…
Many people have downloaded Nintendo’s first smartphone application, Miitomo and have enjoyed it. Nintendo has decided to do a series similar to “Iwata Asks” for Miitomo. It will be a six-part question and answer series involving the producer of Miitomo, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Shigesato Itoi who worked on Earthbound as well as the website Hobonichi, which is roughly…
Nintendo’s newest console gaming system, code-named the NX, has been public knowledge for quite a while now. Regardless, information on it has been very scarce, with Nintendo keeping all the good secrets to themselves. They even opted out of presenting it at the biggest gaming convention that just happened a couple of weeks back —…
Shigeru Miyamoto, a man all of us here at Zelda Universe owe a debt of gratitude to, sat down with Game Informer recently to talk about Breath of the Wild and the shape that the franchise could take beyond this new adventure. Miyamoto points out that despite all the hubbub about Breath of the Wild redefining the Zelda franchise,…
In a recent interview with IGN, both Shigeru Miyamoto and Bill Trinen had the chance of explaining why the newest Zelda entry, Breath of the Wild, is an “open-air” game rather than an open-world one. Miyamoto stated, “I think within the game industry or the tech industry, there’s a tendency to want to name everything, but…
In an interview with Wired, Eiji Aonuma has told how Breath of the Wild saw series executive producer Shigeru Miyamoto take more of a background role, allowing Aonuma to create something he really wanted. It’s the first Zelda title where its creator has handed over the reigns of day-to-day development responsibility to Aonuma. “I’m actually the one who was the…
Monolith Soft, the developer of the critically acclaimed Xenoblade series, has a large team working on Breath of the Wild. This news comes directly from Zelda series creator, Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto revealed this information in an interview with Game Informer this week. “Yes they are involved in this Zelda. People from Tokyo and Kyoto are working together on this.…
E3 reaches its third day, and Zelda information is still emerging. Although this time it is not related to Breath of the Wild, but rather to a spin-off game featuring Zelda’s alter ego, Sheik. During an interview with Gamerant, Shigeru Miyamoto talked about a past discussion the Nintendo development team had concerning Sheik as the…
We’ve all seen the enormous world Zelda‘s newest game has by now, and we’re in awe every time we see it. Reggie Fils Aime has stated that this may in fact be the biggest game Nintendo has ever done, and we won’t argue with that. Not only that, but we’re also given the chance to…
With the recent success of Nintendo’s second mobile game, Miitomo, and the announcement of Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem games on the way, it’s clear to see that Nintendo are slowly but surely wading their way into the mobile platform. It’s certainly a busy and popular industry, but it’s always a risky move breaking into new…
This was rather unexpected during my regular scan through Nintendo’s YouTube channel and social media feeds today. Nintendo UK have uploaded two very short videos of producer Shigeru Miyamoto and Splatoon director Tsubasa Sakaguchi posing as Amiibo figures. It’s up to you to guess which Amiibo they are impersonating! It should be noted that this doesn’t appear to…
Warren Spector, the man best known for Deus Ex, Ultima, and Thief, has shared some details about his video game college course at the University of Texas. Speaking to Nintendo Life, Spector touched upon Shigeru Miyamoto’s roles in games, as well as his personal love of A Link to the Past. Before taking on a teaching role at the University…
After more than two decades of absence, the Nintendo World Championships returned on June 14, 2015, and a new champion was crowned. Sixteen players met onstage to see who would come out on top. Eight were winners of the Best Buy qualifying rounds, while the other eight were invited by Nintendo. Sometimes these players worked together, such as in the first stage’s…
While it was already known that Zelda Wii U would not be making an appearance at this year’s E3, Miyamoto assured fans by stating through an IGN interview that the game is still planned to be released for the Wii U, and stated that “great footage” would be revealed at some point in the future — just…
According to P-Nintendo, Nintendo France has confirmed that Shigeru Miyamoto will be making an appearance at Japan Expo, held in Paris, France on July 3 at 1:30pm. It is unknown just what exactly he will be talking about; maybe he’ll reveal some new information on Zelda Wii U? That might be just some wishful thinking on my part,…
