Zelda Chronicles

This is a little late, but two new interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma have emerged. Aonuma spoke with ONM (Official Nintendo Magazine) yet again revealing a bit more on the next Legend of Zelda console title (Zelda Wii). Although it isn’t published yet, our affiliate Zelda Informer obtained some bits of it.

1) The development team is having a positive responee towards MotionPlus controls.
2) The game’s structure has been significantly changed.
3) Aonuma hopes it can be shown at next year’s E3.
4) A graphical style has not been set in stone yet, although the cel-shading style is not likely to return.
5) Aonuma has been playing Monster Hunter Tri to figure out what appeals to gamers.

Shigeru Miyamoto also mentioned about how they approach each new Zelda title (but of course not revealing anything on Zelda Wii).

Edge: What sort of innovation do you think Nintendo is bringing to gaming now?

SM: Our basic principle is very clear: we’re always trying to be different from everybody else. Many other companies might try to do the same things as someone else who’s already been successful in a certain area: they think in terms of the competition, and they think in terms of how they can be better than their predecessor in any established arena. But Nintendo always tries to be unique instead. We always try to be different all the time. Even when we’re working on those so-called ’serious’ titles, when we’re hard at work on a Zelda or Super Mario Bros., amongst ourselves in the same development team, the way we discuss the game is to ask: “What’s new? What’s fresh about this title?” That kind of focus on trying to be new, to be unique every time, of trying to create something different every time, will be carried on and on and on, so that even when we are working on several other titles, our spirit of trying to be different is always there in the background somewhere.

Read the rest of this interview here!

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