Tag: cel-shading

Remember when The Wind Waker was first revealed? The backlash of the new art style was brutal. After the epic sensation of Ocarina of Time and the dark direction of Majora’s Mask, some fans weren’t ready for a cel-shaded Zelda game. Although most people now appreciate Nintendo’s choice, one has to wonder what the hell Nintendo was thinking when they thought of The Wind Waker.

In a recent Iwata Asks, the team behind The Wind Waker HD elaborated on the creation of Celda. Take a look at what they had to say!

Iwata: The looks improved, as expected. At Nintendo Space World the year before, in 2000 when we announced the Nintendo GameCube, we showed a demo video of an evolved form of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, so a lot of people were expecting something along those lines.

Aonuma: Yes. But it was difficult for us to imagine ourselves easily coming up with new ideas and expanding on that world if we had chosen that path. Of course, while a game is more than its visuals, it was going to be made mostly by the same people, and the ideas we had within the same team has its limits.

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Despite the game’s eventual popularity and success, it is a well-known fact that The Wind Waker‘s graphics were controversial when they were first revealed. Favourable reactions were few and far in-between, and series producer Eiji Aonuma apparently even foresaw that Miyamoto would not approve of the style because of its stark deviance from the norm, keeping the graphics a secret from Miyamoto until they were ready to be shown. Hit the jump to see the quote.

In a recent interview with TIME magazine, veteran producer Shigeru Miyamoto gave his insights and opinions into the future of Nintendo, mostly concerning the Wii U console and its recently showcased competitors at E3. At the very end though, Miyamoto was briefly questioned on the distinctive art style of The Wind Waker and whether it could see a return in the future beyond its HD remake releasing later this year. His response, while not definite, left a lot of room…

With more details, a new trailer, and a playable demo for The Wind Waker HD, we now have a much more fleshed out idea of what this game will finally look like. Of course, it looks just as good as the original game, and the added touches should make it worth replaying. However, in my experience, most vocal Zelda fans online clamor for a remake of Majora’s Mask or A Link to the Past; I rarely heard people asking for…

Hey guys, new discussion video! This video’s about The Wind Waker HD, and how I feel it measures up to the original game’s visual design. Obviously the graphics are a big deal with the remake, but I had some thoughts on it that I wanted to share. You can watch the video here or check out the embed after the jump. The Wind Waker might be my least-favorite Zelda game, but it’s still a very impressive experience. I always felt…

One decade: ten years, or nearly so. That is the length of time that has passed since The Wind Waker was released to the Japanese public, but the cel-shaded art style of the title seems to transcend time, and it’s hard believe The Wind Waker hit the shelves so long ago. Though some people prefer a more realistic graphic style, a lot still went into making The Wind Waker look really good. To fully appreciate this, an analysis would be helpful. And this is exactly what Polycount forum…

If you are a Zelda fan, you have most likely played The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The beautiful cel-shaded visuals that made the game famous are just the icing on the cake, for when you truly think about it, The Wind Waker might be one of the best Zelda games overall. The game took a massive step up from Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, and A Link to the Past in terms of storytelling, character development, and other…

The Legend of Zelda is the game series that we all know and love. Almost all of us hold the Super Mario series very close to us as well. For a lot of us, Super Mario 64 was our very first video game ever. I love them both, but has the Zelda series made decisions so that the games are stuck at a standstill?

Well hello guys! So finally I’ve got a new mailbag video. This one’s all about Skyward Sword, the new Zelda game. There’ll probably be a focus on Skyward Sword for the next couple weeks. That and the new Ocarina of Time remake on the 3DS. Also, a congratulations and thank you to Zeruda on the Zelda Dungeon forums for winning the Curiosity Shop Logo Contest! Here are the questions and their timestamps: (00:38) – What do you think of Skyward…

I’m back guys! Sorry for the wait before getting a new video from me. There was all that E3 and Skyward Sword stuff, plus there was a lot of news on Zelda Dungeon about it all, so I had to hold off until now to made a video about it. This video is basically my impressions about the game and everything we know about it. I do a little bit of going over all the facts and details that have…