Aonuma reveals new skyward sword details news nintendo. Hyrule historia reveals the zelda timeline my nintendo news. Breath of the wild, which is presumably a few years away. Eiji aonuma talks about what sets nintendo games apart from. Breath of the wild, series creator shigeru miyamoto and producer eiji aonuma have been speaking about a range of topics surrounding. In the august issue of nintendo power is an interview they conducted with eiji aonuma. Click on the scans below to open them in a new window to view them full sized. Breath of the wild wont have a female hero gamespot. Why has the game game been able to last as long as it has at the top of all games for the last 10 year. Read on to find out you might even pick up a tip or two for the. The nintendo power magazine came to a close quite some time ago, bringing an end to the era that many nes and snes owners grew up with for. Nintendos eiji aonuma extensive video and text interview with the spirit of the zelda series. Posted on november 26 2008 by nathanial rumpholjanc.
Eiji aonuma interviewed by nintendo power zelda universe. Nov 20, 2018 this 320page book is an exhaustive guide to the legend of zelda from the original the legend of zelda to twilight princess hd. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Two days ago, we brought you the interview between nintendo power and eiji aonuma. Feb 19, 2015 nintendo an interview with eiji aonuma and koji kondo at the legend of zelda symphony. Ign spent a lot of time at e3 2019 chatting with eiji aonuma about the zelda franchise. Out of all that, i felt there were two tidbits worth bringing up here. For eiji aonuma, the most striking change regarding the game industry is that the average quality of games has improved.
Eiji aonuma is a japanese video game designer, director and producer, who works for. He has taken zelda in a lot of different directions and produced some of the. Its pretty much the entire reason that nintendo generally doesnt put its properties in other media. When he landed a job at nintendo, however, he had never.
With less than two weeks until release of the legend of zelda. It was featured in the september 2000 issue of nintendo power, a few months before. Ocarina of time basically has two endings of sorts. Aonuma interviewed by nintendo power the legend of zelda. Ign has published its full interview with zelda producer eiji aonuma. This game, the wind waker, takes place a hundred years after the adult link defeats ganon at the end of ocarina. Aonuma confirms that work on the next zelda has already begun.
Jun 16, 2019 last week, nintendo teased and even revealed a debut trailer for a sequel to the legend of zelda. Within the interview, aonuma talks about the controls of skyward sword, the development, some storyline aspects, some of the strange characters, the items, and even some mentions of zelda wii u. So i asked him, and got what may be one of the only comments on the. Eiji aonuma talks about what sets nintendo games apart. Legend of zelda director eiji aonuma interview games the. Last week, nintendo teased and even revealed a debut trailer for a sequel to the legend of zelda. After graduating in 1988, aonuma joined nintendo, where he met shigeru miyamoto during his interview. Originally published by game informer may 25, 2005 during e3 2005, game informer managing editor billy berghammer got the opportunity to chat with the legend of zelda. Join the legend of zelda producer eiji aonuma on an adventure. Step into a world of discovery, exploration and adventure in the legend of zelda. Nov 25, 2009 eiji aonuma, director of the legend of zelda franchise, has an apology to make.
Breath of the wild creating a champion ebook written by nintendo. Hyrule warriors 3ds game, but he clarified to kotaku here at e3 that the. This 320page book is an exhaustive guide to the legend of zelda from the. One of the themes in skyward sword is that youll not just explore the world, but youll explore certain areas of the world multiple times over the course of the game. We recently had the opportunity to speak to zelda series producer eiji aonuma following the release of the legend of zelda. In this interview many things about the upcoming zelda skyward sword are revealed. Join the legend of zelda producer eiji aonuma on an. Skyward sword spoilers in nintendo power interview with.
Nintendo has shared a new interview with zelda series producer eiji aonuma all about links awakening. In an interview with ign, aonuma commented on a quote from zelda creator shigeru miyamoto in 2017. Jun 28, 2019 ign spent a lot of time at e3 2019 chatting with eiji aonuma about the zelda franchise. It also has tons of extras like players polls and fan mail. Unlike many due to my age i was never around to see the nintendo power issues and thus i would be. Dec 19, 2011 in an interview w nintendo dream published in december 2006, aonuma said the following when discussing wind waker. In ocarina of time, he helped usher link into the 3d realm, and with the new phantom hourglass for nintendo ds he oversaw a revolution in control that has transformed the zelda universe.
Earlier this week at e3 2016, gamespot spoke to nintendo producer eiji aonuma about the upcoming wii u and nx game, the legend of zelda. This interview reveals many things previously unknown about the upcoming zelda game, skyward sword. Majoras mask is brought back to life for the nintendo 3ds system in the hands of its original producer eiji aonuma and the developers of the legend of zelda. Make sure to check out the other installments in this unparalleled collection of historical information on the legend of zelda franchise with the new york times best selling the legend of zelda. During the discussion, aonuma spoke about how hes always wanted to remake the game boy title, why chamber dungeons are a good fit here, what the inspiration behind the art style was, and more. However, we all know him better as the main man behind the zelda games.
Aonuma met shigeru miyamoto during the interview, and showed miyamoto. Breath of the wild, coming to nintendo switch and wii u on march 3rd, will know that discovery, exploration and adventure all play key roles in this next instalment in the series and no one knows this better than the legend of zelda series producer eiji aonuma to put his survival knowhow to the test, we sent mr aonuma out into the cold. In the recently released august 2011 nintendo power, there is a new interview with legend of zelda producer aonuma. Nintendo s eiji aonuma extensive video and text interview with the spirit of the zelda series. Zelda producer eiji aonuma talks creating majoras mask. More details emerge on the new nintendo power podcast. Aonuma eiji, born march 16, 1963 is a japanese video game designer, director and producer, who works for nintendo as the producer and project manager of the legend of zelda series. Information about twilight princess hd and zelda wii u was published in this weeks famitsu magazine. Eiji aonuma and koji kondo on voice acting and zeldas. The book is packed with information covering every canon zelda game released through 2016, so the book really covers the first 30. Well, theres a little more to the intervew that we thought you might like to see. In the interview, np and aonuma discuss skyward sword being nintendo s longest and deepest zelda experience to date, a new zelda experience with the 3ds, a big possibility that.
Hyrule historia reveals the zelda timeline my nintendo. Ive bought this book partially blind at what it has to offer. Aonuma attended the tokyo national university of fine arts and music where he completed his masters in composition design, working on marionettes. In this interview, aonuma also said that he would continue working for the series until. Twilight princess director eiji aonuma about zeldas new adventure, as well as the future of the franchise on the nintendo ds. Legend of zelda director eiji aonuma interview games. Sep 02, 2014 i interview longtime legend of zelda director and producer eiji aonuma of nintendo as well as koei tecmo producer yosuke hayashi, who talk about hyrule warriors creation, the absence of tingle.
Well, theres a little more to the intervew that we. I did an interview, and had my first encounter with nintendos chief developer shigeru miyamoto, who happened to love the dolls i brought. September 25, 2002, miyamoto on zelda, nintendo book winter 2002. Dec 18, 2017 aonuma confirms that work on the next zelda has already begun. In an interview w nintendo dream published in december 2006, aonuma said the following when discussing wind waker. Its full of info from classic retro games like super mario bros. There are lots of great interviews out there about game localization that have faded into.
Nintendo an interview with eiji aonuma and koji kondo at the legend of zelda symphony. Super mario encyclopedia is jampacked with content from all seventeen super mario gamesfrom the original super mario bros. Eiji aonuma confirms that work on the next zelda entry has. Jun 14, 2016 earlier this week at e3 2016, gamespot spoke to nintendo producer eiji aonuma about the upcoming wii u and nx game, the legend of zelda. This interview is a reprint from volume 111 of nintendo power, published in august 1998. Officially, eiji aonuma is the managing producer of ead group 3.
A new creative force brings a vast new world to zelda wired. Eiji aonuma, director of the legend of zelda franchise, has an apology to make. I asked a bunch of questions that youll be able to read about in the january issue of game informer, but i wanted to share a couple of the most interesting. Zelda series producer eiji aonuma credits fan speculation for the creation of a female link in the recent legend of zelda. Read on for indepth info on wii, nintendo 3ds, nintendo ds, and much more.
The legend of zelda series producer eiji aonuma has been spilling the beans about the upcoming the legend of zelda. The book is packed with information covering every canon zelda game released through 2016, so the book really covers the first 30 years of the zelda franchise. Miyamoto told the new york times, more and more i am trying to. The brain behind the main ideas of the most succesfull titles of the zelda series. In this interview, the games creators share how much. Track the evolution of the goomba, witness the introduction of yoshi, and relive your favorite levels.
Nintendo an interview with eiji aonuma and koji kondo at. Producer eiji aonuma wasnt kidding earlier this year when he talked about. The water temple in the ocarina of time was notorious for being very tough to conquer, he says. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the legend of zelda. Most of that content has been covered here, but ign shared the full interview today, and theres some elements that werent given their own features. Eiji aonuma explains why he enjoyed working on zelda. Feb 21, 2015 we recently had the opportunity to speak to zelda series producer eiji aonuma following the release of the legend of zelda. Producer of the zelda series, the legendary eiji aonuma, has laid out what is needed as a new recruit for the zelda team in the modern day. Find out some of eiji aonumas favourite things from the. The new august 2011 issue of nintendo power magazine brings an interview with zelda producer eiji aonuma. Miyamoto and aonuma on training nintendos next generation.
Aonuma was asked about what he looks for in staffers for the zelda team and touched on diversity, before later sharing some thoughts on a zelda movie tv show. Heres what he had to say in the latest issue of game informer. After gdc concluded, we were granted the opportunity to sit. Zelda creator shigeru miyamoto since a link to the past for the super nes.
This tome also contains an interview with producer takashi tezuka, tips to help you find every coin, star, sun, and mushroom. We asked him questions about developing one of the most divisive games in the zelda series, some absurd questions about the fiction of the zelda universe, and even himself. While much of the discussion has been covered previously, we now have a couple of other interesting excerpts. The legend of zelda encyclopedia is a must have item for a hardcore zelda fan. Breath of the wild is out on nintendo switch and wii u on march 3rd, so we sat down with eiji aonuma, producer of the legend of zelda series, to find out what he thinks about all sorts of things from the games. Surely, eiji aonuma, the director of the zelda series for nintendo, and a major contributor to hyrule historia would know. The book is filled with a lot of information covering games from the last 30 years. He sat down with the people form nintendo power, and talked about his experiences with oot, and how it. To his defense, he does specify that this doesnt apply to all 100% of games made by nintendo, and that hes talking about nintendo games in general. This magazine is the premier issue of nintendo power and it is awesome. Eiji aonuma addresses those horrible zelda cdi games mtv. He sat down with the people form nintendo power, and talked about his experiences with oot, and how it was unique to him. Four years ago, eiji aonuma took on one of the most difficult jobs in the game industry. Nintendo power was a monthly news and strategy magazine initially published inhouse.
Breath of the wild for wii u and nintendo nx in a recent interview in issue 296. Series producer eiji aonuma recently stated to game informer in an interview that this particular entry into the series has been one of the most enjoyable to work on. Ocarina of time official nintendo players strategy guide on. The hardcover edition of this comes with a gluedspine.
When he landed a job at nintendo, however, he had never played a video game before. So if you do not like spoilers than i suggest not reading much further. Breath of the wild, coming to nintendo switch and wii u on march 3rd, will know that discovery, exploration and adventure all play key roles in this next instalment in the series and no one knows this better than the legend of zelda series producer eiji aonuma. Luigi, donkey kong, and kirby, nintendo has solidified itself as a true force in. Aonuma met shigeru miyamoto during the interview, and showed miyamoto samples of his college work.
In this interview with game informer, the legend of zeldas creator shigeru miyamoto and series producer eiji aonuma talk about what its like for the legendary developers within nintendo to work. Jan 1996, nintendo power, spaceworld 1995, miyamoto and tezuka. Zelda producer eiji aonuma talks creating majoras mask and. Ocarina of time, nintendo power interviewed series director eiji aonuma for discussion. For eiji aonuma, the most striking change regarding the game industry is that the average quality of. For the development of ocarina of time, he was recruited by miyamoto himself to work as director and designer of the game.
Nintendo power invites you to pull up a chair and listen in on an exclusive converation with nintendo s master of game development, shigeru miyamoto. I interview longtime legend of zelda director and producer eiji aonuma of nintendo as well as koei tecmo producer yosuke hayashi, who talk. For more than eight years eiji aonuma has been making his mark on the legend of zelda. Jan 08, 2018 the nintendo power magazine came to a close quite some time ago, bringing an end to the era that many nes and snes owners grew up with for years. Breath of the wild for nintendo switch and wii u has already proven to be one of the most wellreceived zelda titles to date. Eiji aonuma in other words, nintendo is studying where others succeed, deconstructing those games down, and reassembling those elements in a game immediately recognizable as a nintendo title. Dont miss this indepth interview about the unbelievable amount of effort that went into its development. If you do not have an issue with some spoilers, hit the jump to read the interview. Join the legend of zelda producer eiji aonuma on an adventure into the wild. Mar 12, 2007 officially, eiji aonuma is the managing producer of ead group 3. Subsequently, aonuma worked as director of majoras mask, the wind waker, and twilight princess. That was the rather serendipitous position eiji aonuma found himself in, hired by nintendo to. Jan 26, 2017 to his defense, he does specify that this doesnt apply to all 100% of games made by nintendo, and that hes talking about nintendo games in general. Behind the localization of majoras mask nintendo power.
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