Zelda U Gameplay Footage Was Added into the Game Awards Last-Minute

We all remember that fateful day when Aonuma and Miyamoto showed off the first gameplay footage of Zelda U. Given the quality of the video, we assumed much planning went into it, but it appears we were wrong. The entire five minute video was put together last-minute, as revealed a recent Game Trailers Live. The following quote is from Geoff Keighley, the host of the 2014 Game Awards.

And yeah Zelda… I mean I was always pushing obviously for Zelda because that would be an amazing moment, that’s the big game everybody wanted to see more of. Many years in the past I’ve asked for Zelda games and they don’t come through, but yeah it was really amazing how it came together. I heard only a couple of weeks before the show that Mr. Aonuma was considering doing something around Zelda, and initially it sounded to me more like he was gonna maybe sort of show a little bit more of the scene from E3 – that short little piece to show that that was real. So I was like, ‘oh, that could be kind of cool.’ But you don’t quite know what you’re going to get. And then yeah, it was like the week of the show they were like, ‘oh, well Mr. Aonuma’s taped a video, Mr. Miyamoto’s in it, it’s about 5 minutes long, and he does like a full demo of the game.’ And I was like, ‘wow’.

So it was sort of unexpected how much great content was in that, and we were pleasantly surprised. And even when I saw the video, I’m like ‘wow, they’re just like playing the game.’ And I think people really responded to kind of how raw and real that demonstration was… there was something charming I think about the Nintendo presentation because it was just Miyamoto and Aonuma having a conversation… and it was obviously very early in development what they showed, but it was just a slice of the game. And yeah that came together super last minute, but was an amazing moment inside of the show.

In light of the recent news about Zelda U, I’m relieved that Aonuma decided to show off some gameplay footage, as we really don’t have any idea when we’ll even get another glance at this title. For now, we’ll just have to be content with this hastily-created, but fun footage. When do you think we’ll get another look at Zelda U?

Source: GT Live (via Nintendo Everything)