Tag: Hiromasa Shikata

Recently Hiromasa Shikata, Director of Tri Force Heroes took to Miiverse and announced a contest for the Miiverse community of Art Academy: Artelier. Entries to the contest had to follow certain guidelines and once 1000 contestants entered, then all the entries would be reviewed and a winner would be announced. Just a few days ago Shikata took to Miiverse again and announced all of the winners. Featured alongside is the Gold Winner of the contest, however the contest had a…

Tri Force Heroes has been out for almost two months now and in a recent interview with Game Informer, Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata answered a few questions about the true identity of the Hero seen at the very beginning of the game, the idea of a Naked costume that was to their disappointment not added to the game, and the desire to make a multi player Zelda game. During the interview the pair spoke quite candidly about the American…

Miiverse recently hosted Part 2 of its Tri Force Heroes Miiverse Miiting and there was quite a bit of interesting discussion going on! In the Miiting we hear from Hiromasa Shikata, Director of Tri Force Heroes and Mikiharu Oiwa from Grezzo. During the course of the discussion the pair answer numerous questions that helps to give you a better understanding of the working relationship between Nintendo and Grezzo as well as some of the thought processes they worked through during…

From a recent interview with Gamespot we learned that the development team of Tri Force Heroes wanted to focus on a more lighthearted and fun game, which so far they feel has been the theme for the games released on the 3DS. They felt that creating a game that was to0 focused on an intense story or hugely dramatic plot might have deterred from the fun of the game. Shikata said, “we wanted it to be easy for anyone to…

In a recent interview with Polygon, Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata shed some light on a few things from the latest addition to the Zelda franchise, Tri Force Heroes. One of the most surprising aspects to the game when it was originally announced was that although this game focuses heavily on the multiplayer aspect, there was to be no voice chat. The topic most definitely came up during the development process, but the team decided to stick with solely communicating…

By now many of you Zelda fans out there are enjoying the latest installment of the Zelda series and collecting a plethora of suits and outfits that will help you along your journey in Tri Force Heroes. There are so many suits that you have to wonder how many more there were that didn’t make it to the end result. The director of Tri Force Heroes Hiromasa Shikata reveals one particular suit that couldn’t be incorporated into the game well…

Its finally here, the official launch day for Tri Force Heroes! Today, many of us will embark on an epic new adventure, with our trusty heroes by our side to save the land of Hytopia. In honor of this adventure Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata wanted to take a moment to discuss the decision on making this a multiplayer/3 player game. Along with a reminder to use your communication icons to be able to get the most of your online…

According to a recent post on Famitsu’s website, an upcoming issue landing in November will contain a large spread of several The Legend of Zelda topics. The article will consist of an interview with Eiji Aonuma, Shiro Mouri, and Hiromasa Shikata. The trio will discuss the newest addition to the Zelda franchise, Tri Force Heroes as well as briefly discuss Zelda games for the Wii U, Zelda U, and the 30th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda franchise, which happens…

With the launch of Tri Force Heroes just two weeks away, it seems as if the upcoming Zelda game is all anyone can talk about! We have been seeing so much Tri Force Heroes news as of late, that the anticipation might soon drive us all Cucco! Now we have learned that in a recent interview with the Japanese website 4Gamer, Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata have shared some new news about an exclusive custom that is only available through…

After Tri Force Heroes was presented at E3, IGN sat down for an interview with the game’s director, Hiromasa Shikata. One important piece of information that Shikata shared with IGN was the fact that Amiibo will be not be supported in the 3DS co-op Zelda game. Shikata explained, “…this game isn’t a natural fit for [Amiibo]… because we’re focused on giving players the ability to choose different outfits to impact their experience within the game.” He added, “There’s no reason…