Interview:IGN June 16th 2010: Difference between revisions

{{Interview|2010-06-16

{{Interview/Q|IGN|Oh yes. I have played it -- I played it just after the press conference and I saw exactly what you were doing. You worked on [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]] beforehand. I'm kind of wondering what the overlap was between the development cycle for Spirit Tracks and Skyward Sword.}}

{{Interview/A|Aonuma|This is a difficult answer to give, kind of complicated. We had MotionPlus, and when that technology came out we wanted to implement it in Zelda and so we started looking at the sword. To be honest with you, we weren't able to get the effectiveness we were looking for, and we tried some different ways to implement it and it really wasn't going well for us. And we actually decided that "we're not going to put in MotionPlus, let's just move on with something else" and stop getting distracted from the rest of development. But then Wii Sports Resort came out, and its Swordplay mode used Wii MotionPlus really well. So then we said "Wait a minute, you can actually implement it in a way that allows people to use that sword very freely and very naturally." So we went and talked with that development team, and we were able to borrow some of their technology and then put it back into The Legend of Zelda.}}

{{Interview/A|Aonuma|Yeah. One of the things I would have loved to have shown -- and something we actually have ready -- is more of the [[:Category:Skyward Sword Dungeons|dungeon elements]]. You know, where you have to solve puzzles to move from room to room or advance to the next part of the level. That's something that's very Zelda-esque and something we do have ready, but we wanted to focus on the sword interaction and the fighting sequences here at E3. Most of what you're seeing in this demo will appear in-game. We wanted to concentrate on that seemless interaction of switching items and switching to your sword and didn't want to break that up by introducing puzzle elements. But yeah, that is one thing I would have liked to have shown here.<br><br>And also this time we have a lot of items in the demo. I think in the past we've shown just a select number of them and then just said "Hey, there are other items too, so look forward to them." And this time, because we wanted to highlight the item-switching interactions we went ahead and gave you access to some of the items you won't see until later on in the game.}}

{{Interview/A|Aonuma|We haven't made a specific determination about what's going to happen with Toon Link. As we talked about earlier, I think the toon-shading style worked really well with The Wind Waker because it was a story of a young Link. So if we did something again with a Link at that age, maybe we'd re-use it. Who knows? If we're going forward, looking to adapt Link to a new piece of hardware, maybe we'd want to bring him to life again with the technology that'd be available then. I can't say -- I don't even want to say that he's retired. I just don't know.<br><br>And another thing I just thought of is that for Twilight Princess we made a more realistic Link, but with the fantasy realm if the art style is too realistic it really narrows down what you can do and still feel like what you're doing still fits within that world. I want to make sure that some of the crazier elements still fit within the game world, and aren't breaking that world view -- so sometimes it's better not to be so realistic. Sometimes we need that exaggeration to implement the elements that are more outlandish and could only fit within the realm of fantasy. I think there are a lot of games out there that are super-realistic, and I've never felt that Zelda really fits into the same category as those games.}}

{{Interview/Q|IGN|You don't have any pet projects you're working on that don't involve Link or [[Princess Zelda|Zelda]]?}}

{{Interview/A|Aonuma|Absolutely. There's always the possibility of that coming back and taking center stage. Multi-play, online play -- I'm always think about how we could take that and re-envision it. It's in my mind a lot. I'm looking forward to the day when we can do that and present it to everyone. I don't have a plan or a definite timeline. But am I thinking about it? Absolutely.<br><br>Sorry, I can't give it away and I don't want to get too detailed, because it'll end up like Mr. Miyamoto and Pikmin 3 where people are asking me every year "When is that coming? Where is that?" And I don't want to get stuck in that loop.}}

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