Tri Force Heroes Director Discusses The Timeline And More

With the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes during Nintendo’s Digital Event, many questions have arisen. We have done our best to keep you up to date as we get the answers to the questions we are all asking. What kind of gameplay mechanics can we expect, what exactly do the outfits do, and is there a single player mode? So far all of these questions and more have been answered. But what about some of the more important questions? Where does this story fit in the Zelda timeline? Will we see a return of Princess Zelda? Director of Tri Force Heroes Hiromasa Shikata, gives us a little more insight about those questions and a few more. Head past the jump to learn more.

In an interview with Game Informer, Hiromasa Shikata sheds a little more light on where this game fits into the timeline and if we will see a return of Princess Zelda.

What is the basic story revolving around Triforce Heroes?

“The story takes place in a world that is not Hyrule. It’s a kingdom that is sort of fashion-obsessed and in that kingdom, an event happens involving the princess of the kingdom –”

Is her name Zelda?

“No. The king, of course, wants to solve this problem so he puts a general call out to the kingdom for heroes to assemble, and who answers the call, but Link and that’s the beginning of your adventure.”

Where is Triforce Heroes in the Zelda timeline?

“That’s a tough question. The Zelda timeline is “complicated” and if you look at the history of Zelda you will see there are three branches. I can’t really designate which one of those branches we’re looking at, but as far as the design itself, we looked to Link Between Worlds. But it’s not – as far as a timeframe – it’s not before or after. We haven’t really settled on that.”

Does it take place in the same universe or world as a Link Between Worlds?

“With the history of Zelda we have these three parallel worlds. I can’t say which one it’s on/in at this point.”

During the interview, Shikata also talks about a few more details about Tri Force Heroes. We now know that although the game has single player where you can use paper dolls called “dopples” to aid you in your quest, you will not be able to play with just one other friend. You will either have to play single player, or find yourself two more friends to play with. The only way that just two people would be able to play would be in Coliseum mode. The nice thing about playing the three player co-op however is that you will only need one copy of the game to play with download play.

Although these questions do help shed some more light on the game, they have left me slightly doubtful of my original excitement. Mainly the fact that I can only play Coliseum mode if I want to play with just one other person, and the fact that the timeframe hasn’t really been settled on even though the game is a few months away from being released has me a little concerned.

What are your thoughts? Does this help answer some of your questions, or does it just leave you with even more? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: gameinformer