Interview:Iwata Asks: Twilight Princess (Part 2): Difference between revisions

{{Interview/A|Takizawa|For Link's design, we took a lot of care not to make him look too cool. We thought he should retain a kind of unsophisticated air, a certain lack of style. The reasoning behind that was that in Zelda games, Link has all sorts of expressions and actions which are a long way from the so-called dashing hero. His face when he catches a little fish or his expression when he is really surprised... The fact that the player can move freely throughout the "garden" which is the world of Zelda, is one of the game's major strong points. Because of this, there needs to be a rich variety of facial expressions and actions to go with the range of controls available to the player, otherwise the game won't ring true. For this reason, Link sometimes performs actions which would be considered strange if he were a "real person". These actions are something that a dashing, stylish character really couldn't pull off. So we have designed Link to look cool, but we have done a lot of fine tuning to ensure our aim that he is just cool enough, and no more. For instance, compared to illustrations of Link, the actual character in the game has slightly shorter legs. The legs are only just long enough to give the player that sense of the feel of the ground under their feet when they control Link.}}

{{Interview/A|Takizawa|Another really fun "Zelda-esque" detail is the fact that as Link is placed at the heart of the game, all of the enemies and non-player characters in the game, as well as all of the action and events, even the very world around him, all communicate this subtle sense of unsophistication. To achieve that didn't entail me giving any major directions for that sort of design. When I was checking the design work, I always had a sense of what I wanted in my mind, but I didn't force that vision on other people. But in spite of this, the various people working on the game's design all made subtle adjustments to achieve that look that borders on being uncool, ensuring that the atmosphere of the game stayed consistent with the central character. After the experience this time round of developing Zelda, I have come to think that this awareness of the game-world as a whole is what makes the game "Zelda-esque".}}

{{Interview/A|All|(laughter)}}

{{Interview/A|Takano|Well, as things turned out, I guess you could say that... Miyamoto-san's "upending" is not simply a matter of him suddenly flipping over the table. On second thought, he does do that as well! (laughs) But usually the way he does things, and the start of the Zelda game this time is a particular case in point, is not to completely overturn the whole table. Rather, he takes it in turn to flip all of the dishes and bowls on the table one by one. (Takano gestures as if turning over plates one after the other)}}

{{Interview/A|Takano|And it's the small things that make a difference in the end. By just adding that one sound, the entire effect changes. Those are the kinds of results that you can only get from Miyamoto-san.}}