IGN sat down with Shigeru Miyamoto at E3 to discuss Nintendo's new
design philosophy, Pikmin 3, and other things nobody really cares
about. Luckily for us, however, we did manage to get a handful of new details regarding Wii Zelda
The good parts:
Miyamoto also spoke of a "really exciting" four player "tag-like gameplay" feature in Spirit Tracks that "won't be using any swords." Take that however you want.
Read the full interview here.
The good parts:
IGN: At your developer roundtable this week, you showed off a single piece of artwork from the next Wii Zelda game. This piece of art has not yet been released publicly, but we noticed that Link appears to have grown to full adulthood. He looks older than he did in Twilight Princess. Is that a correct assumption?
Shigeru Miyamoto: Well, the story setting for this Zelda is, of course, in a completely different era and Link is older than he was previously. More approaching adulthood. There is one hint. Maybe from the art work you can see that he's not holding a sword.
IGN: Has he lost his Master Sword?
Shigeru Miyamoto: [Laughing] I just wanted to make sure that you understand we are making it. That's all I'm going to say on that subject.
IGN: Does the game follow the story progression of Twilight Princess or is it something completely different?
Shigeru Miyamoto: I can't go into details except to say that it's something completely different.
Miyamoto also spoke of a "really exciting" four player "tag-like gameplay" feature in Spirit Tracks that "won't be using any swords." Take that however you want.
Read the full interview here.
Categories: Zelda News
Lex
| June 4, 2009 4:39 PM
Yeah, but why show the shield and not the sword, then?
HyLorian
| June 4, 2009 5:06 PM
If I remember correctly, Miyamoto did promise us realistic 1:1 swordplay, just as in Wii Sports Resort. Who knows, maybe Link will actually be able to choose from a wide arsenal of weapons, instead of maining the sword all the time. This could tie in with his more adult appearance.
Damn, I'm EXCITED about this game!!
Phil
| June 4, 2009 7:26 PM
shield will probably still be mapped to the nunchuck, which is why it hasn't changed at all, as shown in the art. They may be doing something different with the sword.
I'm glad that it's going to be 'completely different' to TP.
mmm.. my assumption of his missing sword was correct on the artwork. If they wanted to streamline the game, the glowy spirit/fairy could act as a number of link's tools, including the sword that you don't see.