It's been a month or so since we last heard any word from Eiji Aonuma, but thanks to an exclusive interview with Edge Magazine that has come to an end. Naturally, the next Zelda game is a going to become a big talking point over the next year and while little things have been slipping out here and there about Zelda Wii and it's production, it's still been mostly silent since the art release at E3. Eiji again lets some details slip, more so going into the development cycle of the game itself.EM: We asked Aonuma about the 'epic' feel of Twilight Princess and its subsequent reception, to which he said...
EA: "For Twilight Princess we used the adult Link and one of the interesting things about that was how we considered the precise proportions of Link and the world. The scale is because we aimed for a more realistic quality in the size of the environments of Hyrule and what that Link faced.
But the question is whether or not we were able to incorporate any and all of the interesting game ideas that were able to take advantage of that kind of sheer grand scale within the Zelda universe. I am afraid that definitely no, we were not able to do all the things that perhaps with hindsight we had the capabilities to do. With that as the starting point, we are now developing the Wii version of Legend Of Zelda."
EM: Aonuma went on to admit that the discrepancy between imagination and representation was his greatest regret about the previous Wii game...
EA: "In the case of Spirit Tracks it was relatively easier, because regardless of the actual proportions between the player character and the other objects, we can simply concentrate upon the many game ideas we want to realise. But in the case of trying to depict a relatively photorealistic three-dimensional world, we have to be very careful to adapt the ideas so that they seem to perfectly fit with that world. I must admit that's actually one of my very greatest regrets as regards the Twilight Princess."
Unfortunately we don't have the full interview available to us yet, as the magazine just got released on the 22nd in the UK. We'll be sure to come back to this at a later date when we can confirm anymore relevant quotes from one of Zelda's top masterminds.
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lol @GVAN... Zelda games NEVER come out on time. Everyone, except for you apparently, knew this game had no chance of making it out this year. I'm not even getting my hope up for 2010... It'll probably come out around March 2011, as sad as that sounds.
Who said Zelda Wii is coming out in 2009? Those words were never uttered by Nintendo, I can tell you that. How could you, as a fan, even think that?
Lets think about it a moment.
- We have yet to see a trailer
- We don't even know what the title of the game is
- No one has played any demos
- They were still debating the art style as of 30 days ago
- They said about 30 times this year that we will have to wait until E3 2010 for any "real" information about the title
As in, Nintendo in no way suggested anything coming this year, and all they have hinted at for 2010 is that they will begin the hype train.
That is of course, unless you are confusing Zelda Wii with Spirit Tracks, which came out earlier this month for the Nintendo DS.
EPIC_TROLL: How does a Zelda game coming out possibly in 2011 sound sad? That would make 5 years of development time, and the last time it took that long to make a Zelda game we got Ocarina of Time. So, actually, the longer the development, the better quality game we get.
As for Zelda games never come out on time... whats on time to you? Nintendo never said when Zelda Wii is coming out. The last two Zelda games, both for the DS, came out exactly when they announced they would. TWW can out on time, so did MM. Ocarina of Time didn't come out on time, nor did Twilight Princess (which was purposely delayed for the Wii).
In short, most of the time, Nintendo games come out on time. You just still have a soar taste in your mouth over the whole TP fiasco. SSBB came out on time, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, etc... I would go as far as to say 90% of Nintendo games come out when Nintendo said they were coming out.
I wonder where this new game will fit into the timeline... just kidding.
It seems to me that they shouldn't rush this one out. I would be okay if it was a long tim ebefore this game came out, especially if Aonuma says in hindsight they didn't do everything they could have. I want the next Zelda to be the epitome of gaming when it comes out.
I think we can assume this game will come out in the January - June range of 2011.
This is probably the wrong place to do this, but here is a cool idea for zelda wii.
I think that they should sort of combine wind waker and twilight princess (without cell shading) and create a world that is about half land and half sea. You should have a boat and a horse, but also have the option to get around by train or something.
I think that this would be great for exploration purposes, but I think that it might help give the towns some more character... You know, you could like have port city that is sort of unfriendly with the islanders that they trade with... Etc...
Please comment!!!
If they stuck to heavy development after twilight princess we wouldve had Zelda wii by now, even though e3 2008 had claims of deep into development they just started getting concepts and I feel they took to much of a break. Don't get me wrong the Zelda team deserves it but a potential 4+ years is a lot fir people with experience. And to the guy who said ocarina took a while that's because the 2d/3d transition was probably harder to fabricate then we think
I read somewhere that the Zelda Wii title would be released sometime in 2009...i guess not