TheMoon
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GI: During the demo, you hinted that there are a couple larger dungeon areas and bosses in the game. How do those differentiate from the shrines that are scattered throughout the world and what are the benefits of the shrines?
Aonuma: As I mentioned earlier in the presentation, if you go to the shrines some of the items you get will increase the growth potential for Link in terms of the amount of hearts you get or the increase in the amount of stamina gauge you get. And speaking about the bigger dungeons with bosses they actually serve a completely different purpose than the shrines and so the reason that Link has to go to those dungeons is different than the reason he has to go to the shrines.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/t...nd-why-nintendo-wasnt-inspired-by-skyrim.aspx
Dungeon debate settled. Also stamina and heart upgrade debate settled.
GI: The item upgrades sound like they were connected to these runes and the tablet you get at the beginning of the game? Are all item upgrades connected to these runes? How does that change the game's design when you're creating these new items?
Aonuma: In past Zelda titles there's a lot of useful and convenient items, and when we were building Zelda before we thought if they had it from the beginning people aren't going to appreciate it, its only after going through all these trials and tribulations and then you finally get the item you're really happy. So that's why we kind of held off on giving items out until the end. But we kind of did away with all of that and kind of redid the conventions of Zelda in that way, so you know, if its that much fun using it why not hand it to the player in the beginning? But as you saw, to a certain extent if you navigate through the shrines you get most of the items you would need to navigate through the world. But then when you get to a certain point you'll need to upgrade that and it expands where you're able to access and where you're able to go. So there's definitely a sense of growth and exploration there that you'll be able to experience later.