Miyamoto talks about Zelda Developement
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 1:26pm by Will
During the semi-annual fiscal results briefing at Nintendo one of the investors asked an important question. How is Zelda coming along? Is there any hints into what the next game in the series is going to bring? This is what Miyamoto had to say….
“I found out that one of Zelda’s core appeals is its uniqueness. Of course we are preparing gorgeous graphics for the sake of users’ anticipation for a grand role-playing adventure. But what I believe is very important is the realistic, actual feeling players have experienced themselves; the feeling to have really been on an adventure, to have explored the unknown terrains, to have solved the puzzle through trial and errors, to have themselves grown through various experiences! In that sense, a personal sense of creativity is becoming important among us. We have assembled one of the most creative team for the recent Zelda for DS, and we want to be as creative as possible for upcoming Wii Zelda.”
He also talked about Wii Motion Plus and the controls of the new game.
“On a more tangible note, we are utilizing Wii Motion Plus. What has been disclosed so far is that we are finding the most efficient way to utilize Wii MotionPlus to realize the realistic and actual feeling of fighting with the sword. As for targeting, we are utilizing the pointing system of Wii Remote on the previous title. This time we are planning a more convenient and comfortable pointing system.”
Exciting stuff, more can be found at the link below.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Sounds like they’re dedicated to doing it right. I never doubted that fact, but its nice to hear it from Miyamoto’s mouth.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
;o he said gorgeous graphics… perhaps the rumored wii hd?
but at least theyre not trying to appeal to the casual gamers with this.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Sorry sheldon, but I am a casual gamer and this does appeal to me. In fact it has ‘casual’ all over it. Actual swordfighting! Wow.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
sheldon:
BlueRocks is right– using motion plus screams ‘casual gamers’. In fact, using WM+ in this way is exactly what the expanded audience customer wants (my wife, a person who never played a videogame until the Wii and DS got excited when I showed her this article).
November 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
“;o he said gorgeous graphics… perhaps the rumored wii hd?”
graphics don’t have to be hd to be gorgeous.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I agree with Kannon. Graphics don’t need to be HD to be gorgeous. Just look at Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid 3 or Metroid Trilogy. Super Mario Galaxy 2 also looks amazing.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:29 am
which is why i said “trying”.
but when i say casual im talking about like old woman or people who dont really play video games. i mean like why would they want a zelda game anyways? no offense but yeah theyre not trying to appeal to them, since alot of casuals wouldnt want to play it.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I don’t know I think sheldon is right. WM+ isn’t going to magically make this game more appealing to a large amount of casual gamers. It’s still a grandiose Zelda game, and doesn’t exactly fit in with casual games.