Interview:Iwata Asks: Ocarina of Time 3D (Sound): Difference between revisions

{{Interview|2011-06-01

|interviewee = [[Koji Kondo]]<br>[[Mahito Yokota]]

|source = [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/zelda-ocarina-of-time/0/0] [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/iwata/iwata_asks_the_legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time_3d_43214_43189.html]

{{Interview/A|Iwata|This year is the [[25th Anniversary|twenty-fifth anniversary]] of [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]] . Today, I would like to ask you about the music in The Legend of Zelda. You have both appeared in "[[Iwata Asks]]" before, but would you please introduce yourselves?}}

{{Interview/A|Iwata|In our session of "Iwata Asks" covering the twenty-fifth anniversary of Super Mario Bros., you said that the second game you worked on was Super Mario Bros. Does that mean your third game was [[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]], for which you worked on the music?}}

{{Interview/A|Yokota|Getting back to Ocarina of Time, the music was different every time you went out to a dungeon on an adventure and came back to [[Hyrule Field]], the main setting of the game. The general feeling of the music itself didn't change that much, but the melodies came along at a different tempo.<br><br>And even if it was the same song, if you were fighting an enemy, the tune would become more thrilling. Then, when the battle was over, it would return to the usual majestic music. When [[Link]] stood still, it would grow quiet. The music was constantly changing.}}

{{Interview/A|Yokota|Earlier, we talked about how back then games could only stream sound in most cases, and we were under technological constraints this time, too, so at first we decided to stream it. It was difficult technologically to change the music in real time to fit different game situations.<br><br>For that reason, at first I decided to spruce it up by arranging slightly more up-to-date music. But when I'd done about half, Kondo-san suddenly said, "Make sure you stay faithful to the Nintendo 64 sound."}}

{{Interview/A|Yokota|It was really sudden! He upended the tea table.}}

{{Interview/A|Yokota|You feel a thrill when you look out from a high place. That's something to pay attention to in the Nintendo 3DS version, too. You can climb a ladder in [[Kakariko Village]]. The view when you look out from there is superb!}}

{{Interview/A|Iwata|It's a one-time-only minigame. When you clear it, you get to meet [[Princess Zelda]].}}

{{Interview/A|Iwata|Hello, everyone. I'm Iwata from Nintendo.<br><br>We've talked about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D five times in this series of "Iwata Asks." In our first discussion of the sound of The Legend of Zelda, we talked about the games' orchestral music, but we left out the part about the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert in order to first announce it at E3.<br><br>We're including that part of the conversation between Kondo-san and Yokota-san of the Sound Group here as a bonus. I hope everyone will read it. Thank you.}}