- Playing Collin Learns Courage through Strength song from Twilight Princess
- Bill Trinen introduces Eiji Aonuma
- Designed dungeons in Ocarina of Time, including the Water Temple
- Eiji Aonuma made director during Majoras Mask
- 2004 talked about Zelda series philosophy
- 2002 found a shift in his work
- Japanese version of TWW done in end of 2002
- Sold 1 million copies in North America by E3 2003
- Did not sell well in Japan
- Game Drift became apparent in Japan
- This gave birth to Nintendo DS
- Convinced the toon-shading doomed TWW
- No changes to core gameplay since jump to 3D
- Miyamoto felt this is why the games did not sell well intimidating to new players, too common for seasoned vets
- TWW 2 was born out of this concept
- Innovation not limited to Zelda
- New style of gameplay needed
- GBA -> GCN Link was born out of this new idea
- This was utilized in TWW as the Tingle Tuner first
- There was no game that used it as the primary gameplay
- So project was made to take advantage of this
- Four Swords Adventures came about
- E3 2003 response was positive
- The results though, were not good, when it went on sale
- Believes this came from the reason for everyone needing to have a GBA and GCN->GBA cable
- Suffered from seeming too complicated as well
- No matter how innovative the gameplay is, gamers will not be interested if it is not intuitive
- E3 2004 unveiled the realistic Zelda game made by the TWW 2 team
- Why it changed he asked NOA
- The toon-shading was giving the impression that this Zelda was for a younger audience, and that older gamers were being alienated
- Aonuma was worried about TWW 2 since it originally used the same presentation
- Needed to present a new way of playing
- End of 2003, Aonuma told Miyamoto he wanted to make a realistic Zelda
- Miyamoto said start by doing in it what you couldnt do in OoT
- Start by making Link be able to use his sword on horseback and go from there
- Link could swing his sword against enemies on horseback a few months later
- Surprise trailer at E3 2004 received standing ovation
- Still in very early stages
- Had to live up to expectations of North American fans, or else it could be the end of the franchise
- Announce it would be released in 2005 then
- DS was announced, and its direct control and touch screen and two screens might be a suitable platform
- Aonuma was deeply involved with Realistic Zelda, so he didnt consider a DS Zelda
- But Miyamoto felt it was time to make a DS Zelda
- FSA team was already working on DS Zelda in 2004
- Upon returning from E3 2004, Aonuma learned DS could do toon shading.
- Aonuma asked his team to make toon-shading on the DS Zelda right away
- Showed off a 3D toon-shading Link moving on top screen, and controller entirely on the bottom screen
- First major innovation in 3D Zelda gameplay since Ocarina of Time
- Direct control would be easy to entice new gamers
- In order to appeal to seasoned veterans, they added online multiplayer
- Had to make a decision about the realistic Zelda to innovate it
- Couldnt figure out a way
- If they changed the gameplay just to change it, it may alienate everyone
- 2004 was approaching its end
- So at the end of 2004, they suggested to change the environment of changing between Light and Dark
- This is when Link changing into a wolf was proposed
- Idea came from A Link to the Past (Rabbit in the Dark World)
- Wanted him to have both wild and heroic traits
- Miyamoto scolded Aonuma for making a 4-legged character only an amateur would do this
- Aonuma was called off to work on another project
- He came director of The Minish Cap
- The GBA market was healthy in Japan, so it was an important title
- Because it involved going between the Minish world and the human world, Aonuma was very passionate about it
- Gave Aonuma a way to take a break from realistic Zelda
- No timeline to connect the events in realistic Zelda by E3 2005 demo
- Nothing special about the game, about the movements, about the gameplay
- Miyamoto heard the response from fans, and said realistic Zelda needed to be 120% and had to exceed Ocarina of Time
- Aonuma doubted this could be done, but would do his best to achieve Miyamotos goal
- Aonuma became the games director after E3 2005
- At E3 2005, response was huge at the booths. But Aonuma thinks it was due partly to presentation
- After E3 2005, Aonuma still didnt believe the game was as innovative as Zelda DS
- So Miyamoto suggested using the innovation of the then code-named Revolution via the pointer
- So they started with the bow and arrow trial in the latter half of 2005
- Felt great, but it would alienate the GCN fans
- So they would release it on both versions
- This mean two versions
but it would be impossible to create both before the 2005 release
- Miyamoto negotiated with the higher-ups, and in the end, though it would disappoint the fans, they decided to push
- Iwata made the final call, and they would develop both for the launch of the Revolution
- Aonuma begins to call it the Wii version in the session from here on out
- Now the development schedule was not easy to figure out
- But transferring data from GCN to Wii wouldnt be a big challenge
- Once the game was stable enough to work on GCN, they would begin work on the Wii version
- Miyamoto and he began to think about how to change the game controls in the Wii versions
- Aonuma loved the aiming, so they polished this control in early 2006
- Miyamoto wanted to eliminate the 3D stick as the camera control in the 3D version (for first person)
- Two styles of control; joystiq or cursor control
- Shows off a video of using the boomerang from E3 2006 build
- You can see the circular mark
- If the point is only moved in that area, the camera wont move. If moved outside of it, it will move
- This control was unlike anything used before and took time to get used to
- This was a very direct and effective control style
- Next was the motion sensor
- Aonuma considered using the Wii Remote to swing the sword
- They changed the perspective to first person to fight with the sword (early 2006)
- It was ackward, and it wasnt very effective
- Link has a variety of movements, but they were lost in this mode
- Brought the control back to 3rd person but found problems
- The player character Link is left-handed, and holding the controller in the right hand felt weird
- It might seam trivial, but it has to match up on screen, or it would have no effect and would be extraneous control
- So they settled on the E3 2006 controls
- Felt it was not inferior to the GCN version
- Awaited the response in Japan to the E3 2006 report
- Feedback was positive, but evidence people think the controls are too hard
- Miyamoto returned and said the d-pad control for the items was too difficult, and the camera moved around too much in first-person item mode (aiming)
- Only 4 months left to fix all of this
- What would you do if you get this negative feedback?
- Aonuma said people didnt have enough time or were too used to GCN controls
- So Aonuma played all the E3 Wii titles and found something to be missing
- The controls were forced and not easy and intuitive
- Miyamoto and Aonuma began rethinking the controls completely after E3 2006
- Everything pointed to the player needing reassurance
- If it takes too long to get used to, it is perceived as too difficult
- Aonuma realized they needed to make changes
- The pointer control was changed
- Couldnt refine it as-is, and because pointing was key, the decision was made to change the pointer control style to what it became in the final build
- Kept the vertical camera control, and returned lateral movement to the control stick
- Added text to tell player when the pointer was outside the range
- Were not able to fulfill Miyamotos wish of uniform camera control, and it probably will never be achieved in Zelda
- They hope FPS developers adopt Miyamotos vision
- The D-pad controls were addressed next
- Holding the d-pad led to players hitting other buttons
- But in trying to fix this, the team got stuck
- They ended up deciding on the current setup (B hold item, d-pad to swap out items)
- Made the gameplay much easier
- Until then, the B button had been used as the sword control
- So they decided to go with what users wanted; giving motion-sensing swings on the Wii Remote
- So they decided to make Link right-handed
- They would have had to redo Links character in 4 months, which wouldnt be possible
- So they decided to mirror the game to solve this
- Some of the staff criticized this as interfering with artist intent
- But after a week, most complaints died down internally
- Most began to think it controlled better than the GCN version
- In the beginning, they wanted vertical and horizontal swings
- But in the end no matter which way you swing the sword, he would swing it one way.
- Players wouldnt be able to figure out when engrossed in a game to swing the right way quickly, and it wasnt worth the hassle
- So ease and comfort was the priority
- To test it, they held an internal play test
- The female employees could defeat bosses easily
- Initially, Aonuma was bitter after E3s negative response, but was happy in the end with the changes he was forced to make
- Creating is about suffering
- Aonuma was reprimanded by Miyamoto for not upending the tea table enough
- He feels that the Japanese reception was not well enough, and that Zelda needed to change even more
- So Zelda DS will be the answer.
- WiFi enabled battle mode explanation
- WiFi Hide and Seek is the nickname for it
- Number of players is 2 (1 on 1)
- Goal is to collect Force Gems
- One is The Phantom Guards (Defense) and one is Link (offense) Phantoms also the name for the defense
- Aonuma is playing as Red Link in a demo (offense)
- Top screen does not show the enemy to the offensive player
- All you see is Link
- Phantom Guards do not appear on the map normally
- You can see the guards when you pick up the Force Gem and carry it around
- The Red Link changes between lifting the Force Gem and throwing them so you can move faster you walk slower when carrying items
- This is intentional to make the gameplay more in-depth
- If you place a Force Gem in the base, you get a point
- The bigger the Force gem, the more it will slow him down
- The points are dependant on size of Force Gems
- Phantoms will attack automatically, but Link cant attack
- Players now switch sides
- Blue Link is on defense now
- Lines are drawn on the lower screen map to move the three phantoms
- The phantoms can always see where Link is
- Link cant be seen in safe zones, and Phantoms cant enter when Link is in them
- Aonuma says the Blue Link is a much better player than he
- Link can disappear when he is on his base as well
- The player must use predictions and the map to be successful
- After a few turns, the game is over
- The longest possible game is 12 minutes in length
- The game is very addictive
- Zelda has been labeled too difficult once, Aonuma must continue to get more creative and be proactive
- One day in the Aonuma household
- Wife says games arent worth it
- Like Miyamotos wife
- Doesnt understand Aonumas hardships
- Aonumas son wanted a Wii Remote
- He wanted a Wii remote, not a Wii
- He had no idea it was connected to a game machine
- Aonuma brought home a Wii and Wii Sports for them to try out
- Had his son play first
- His five year old could play Wii Sports very easily
- His son finally saw Twilight Princess and wanted to try it out
- Aonuma let him play Twilight Princess
- His son took time to get used to it, but eventually he got good at it
- His son wanted to play more the next day this was shocking for a 5 year old to play Zelda
- Aonumas wife was playing the next day fighting a monster with his son cheering her on
- His son was too scared to fight them, so the wife took over.
- They didnt want to see the Game Over screen, so they kept playing
- Watching someone else play makes you want to play.
- His son wont leave Ordon Village because he is too afraid of monsters.
- As a follow up to Twilight Princess, he shows off the new trailer to Phantom Hourglass.
(natürlich gehörst dazu^^)
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