Miyamoto was not a fan of Zelda: Wind Waker’s art style
If the art style is not immediately sold in The Legend of Zelda: Wind AwakeDon’t feel bad. new ‘Do you know the gamestranslation of a Nintendo Dream Mid-2000s magazine revealed how Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, was not a fan of Toon Link or the rest of the aesthetics and the shady Wind Waker anime.
According to Zelda series producer, Eiji Aonuma—who at the time was the director of the Wind Waker—Miyamoto had a hard time moving away from the idea of a realistic art style, until the end of the game’s development cycle. And when Link first sees the Wind Waker, he appears to have “shrunk”, claiming that he will not be sold.
Here’s Onuma’s side of the story – revealing how the team had to hide everything from Miyamoto to start the project:
Onuma: “If I were to talk to him from the start, I think he’d say ‘How’s Zelda doing? “… Maimoto had a hard time letting go of Link’s realistic art style to the end.
“At some point, it is [Miyamoto] He was forced to make an offer once morest his will. So he said something [to me] Like “You know, it’s never too late to change course and create a realistic Zelda.”
Miyamoto wasn’t really happy with the result but had no choice but to get this new look due to time constraints and the fact that the team might take ’10 years’ to create a realistic looking Zelda game.
It was the most realistic “next generation” show regarding the series during the life of the GameCube Twilight Princess, which also appeared on the Wii as a launch title. However, prior to this game and Wind Waker, you can relate Zelda’s early memories in the GameCube to fame. Space technology show Since 2000.
It was also pointed out in the same video (below) that Nintendo’s initial rendering of The Legend of Zelda on the GameCube was simply to improve the graphics on the game. Ukraine time And miura mask Leads to a prototype (in the same visual style as these games).
Eventually, Toon Link was born, and although Miyamoto wasn’t a fan of it at first – the rest of the team liked the new look, which was inspired by the “Watch Childhood” anime, and especially the 1971 movie. animal treasure island.
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