Nintendo has shared some attention-grabbing perception into the early growth behind The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, particularly how a few of Hyperlink’s new skills had been initially designed utilizing Breath of the Wild.
Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the sport’s director, got here up with the concept of attaching objects. To point out this to the workforce, he “tried creating autos utilizing solely the mechanisms and elements out there within the earlier recreation and introduced them.”
Fujibayashi and Eiji Aonuma mentioned in a latest interview:
Hyperlink’s skills proven in Aonuma-san’s latest gameplay video had been utterly new and completely different from these of the final recreation. However while you say they’ve been utterly redesigned, do you imply all his skills are completely different?
Aonuma: Sure, they’re all new. You’d be mistaken should you thought the skills had been the identical as earlier than. (Laughs) Particularly, one of many issues that units this title aside, the enjoyable of attaching objects to one another, was one thing that Fujibayashi-san introduced up within the early levels of growth, saying, “That is the gameplay I need to implement within the sequel!”
Fujibayashi: Again then, I attempted creating autos utilizing solely the mechanisms and elements out there within the earlier recreation and introduced them.
As an example, I used spinning cog wheels as tires and connected 4 of them to a board to create a automotive. I additionally made a paddle steamer by attaching boards to these self-rotating cog wheels. By assembling stone slabs right into a gun barrel and utilizing a Distant Bomb, I additionally created a cannon that shoots Historical Spheres. I connected it to a automotive to create a tank. (Laughs) By exhibiting these concepts, I proposed that if Hyperlink had the power to connect issues collectively, we may create this new sort of gameplay utilizing supplies we already had out there. This was how we got here up with the concept of making autos with the Ultrahand potential on this title.
You’ll be able to try footage of the prototype on the official interview web page right here.
Later within the interview, we get to listen to extra in regards to the quantity of labor that went into the Ultrahand and Fuse mechanics. Aonuma once more chimed in on this, together with technical director Takuhiro Dohta and artwork director Satoru Takizawa.
I see, so the concept of attaching objects collectively to create one thing was current from the early levels of growth. Watching Aonuma-san’s gameplay video, it was intuitive and simple to grasp what you are able to do by attaching issues.
Dohta: The article-to-object combos are one thing our designers and programmers put a whole lot of effort into adjusting due to the sheer variety of variations. I would like gamers to experiment with plenty of combos and discover their favourite.
Takizawa: Not solely are you able to connect objects with the Ultrahand potential, however it’s also possible to construct weapons with the Fuse potential, so the number of combos is really large. Our workers labored laborious to make particular changes to every merchandise to make sure gamers wouldn’t be upset and suppose, “This isn’t what I anticipated…” Because of their efforts, we developed plenty of engaging weapons that might be created with the Fuse potential. You’ll be able to create a spear that appears just like the Grim Reaper’s scythe, for instance.
Aonuma: However you see what seems to be like glue bulging out in between the connected objects, proper? At first, I used to be shocked and thought, “What?! Are we actually going with this?” (Laughs)
Takizawa: Did I simply get referred to as out…?! (Laughs) However I’m fairly positive that was the obvious approach to categorical whether or not the objects are connected or not. I’m fairly assured of that. (Laughs)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be out there on Might 12, 2023.
