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Eiji Aonuma talks Skyward Sword in Nintendo Power interview
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Orchestrated music have been confirmed.
I believe Miyamoto said something along the lines of:
"After what we did with Mario, how could we not do the same with Zelda?"
Now if it will be COMPLETELY orchestrated we don't know. But there will be orchestrated music.
Far too early to judge the game. We've seen, what?
glimpses of two areas
a handful of items
a handful of enemies
one miniboss
the controls
Link
Not much to go on here.
I believe Miyamoto said something along the lines of:
"After what we did with Mario, how could we not do the same with Zelda?"
Now if it will be COMPLETELY orchestrated we don't know. But there will be orchestrated music.
Far too early to judge the game. We've seen, what?
glimpses of two areas
a handful of items
a handful of enemies
one miniboss
the controls
Link
Not much to go on here.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Mantrid said:
Yeah, I second that. The degree of evolution I imagined and hoped is far bigger then what is actually proposed (or seems to be proposed) in Skyward Sword. I opened a thread on this and from the discussion people seem generally to not like big changes eventually.
civilstrife said:
It was confirmed HERE
LegendofJoe
Member
I can't believe there are people in here saying that Skyward Sword is going to be formulaic. If SS only mixed up the dungeon and field design it would be a radical departure from all of the other 3D Zeldas. But...gasp...that's not the only change they're making! Skyward Sword also has a completely new control scheme. What is that you're telling me? The new Zelda is going to have both a new layout design AND a new control scheme?!? And yet the only conclusion you come to is that the game is going to be formulaic. It's called logic people, use it.
ShockingAlberto
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Less than a page in before "Still looks like OoT to me" started.
ShockingAlberto said:
Of all the games people could target for being formulaic, they target this one? The one with MotionPlus swordplay, a new graphical style, and some significant structural changes (confirmed in the OP)? Not Gears 3 or Killzone 3, games that could easily be mistaken for their immediate prequels? Some people...
LegendofJoe
Member
Mantrid said:
And yet the actions are not all the same. SS is going to be the first 3D Zelda where you can run and jump. And we have yet to see all the items, which are guaranteed to introduce new gameplay.
Mantrid[B said:
:lol Right. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat might use a bongo drum as a controller but DK still runs and jumps! Nothing has changed! I suppose Mario 64 DS didn't change (for the worse) either? Or Metroid Prime 3?
Kilrogg said:
Yup. Still an issue for me as well: "Hey, we finally made a Zelda game that's fun to play again! I've got an idea: Take away what makes it fun and replace it with tedium." Again: I'm more than willing to eat crow when this game comes out and this segment is untold awesome, but yeah, it sounds like a case of taking two steps back just for the sake of doing so.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Not all the actions are the same, we saw Link doing sword moves that he hasn't ever done before, some of which are only because of the controls.Mantrid said:
EmCeeGramr said:
But that's just an incremental improvement, the same micro-improvements they have applied to every 3D zelda. Not the overhaul that has been talked about by Nintendo.
Look, the game may be a good Zelda game, it aint out yet, but it certainly does not look anywhere near different enough to be considered any great departure than the games we have played for the last 10 years!
And yes, I know we have only seen a little, but this was E3, they are supposed to SELL the game to us, they didn't to me!
EmCeeGramr
Member
The only overhaul they've talked about is to the overall flow of the game to the field and dungeons.Mantrid said:
If you were expecting steampunk future Zelda with laser guns in a totally different genre, then it's your fault for not being informed about what was promised.
ShockingAlberto
Member
What would you consider a great departure that would not be better off being a different series?Mantrid said:
EmCeeGramr said:
Firstly, you haven't got a clue what I am expecting, don't try to put words in my mouth.
I am expecting what I was told...
"Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that Twilight Princess will be "without a doubt, the last Zelda game as you know it in its present form."
I want something new, as promised. Now quote your source that says the ONLY thing they are changing is the overall flow of the game to fields and dungeons or STFU.
EmCeeGramr
Member
First: Shigeru Miyamoto hasn't made a Zelda game since Ocarina of Time. That quotation is also from four years ago.Mantrid said:
Second: Eiji Aonuma has only ever talked about the dungeon and field differences when asked how this game will be different from past ones.
Third: I said that that's the only change they've talked about, not that they've said it's the only change. Those are two different things.
ShockingAlberto said:
Did I say I was a game designer? Where did you get that impression?
That's what I am paying my money for! to see something new! Just because I had the audacity to question the scale of said changes does not mean I dislike the Zelda mythology, etc. I want a Zelda game that feels new that is all. I have seen nothing to indicate that is the case.
ShockingAlberto
Member
...I was just asking a question.Mantrid said:
Calm down.
EmCeeGramr
Member
See my edit.Mantrid said:
And source these statements, since you only could bring up Shigeru's statements earlier.
EmCeeGramr said:
Multiple quotes from EA and SM regarding SOME of the what I consider to be fairly minor changes in the game so far...
http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Skyward_Sword
EmCeeGramr
Member
Mantrid said:
Sooooo... you just proved me right?
Mantrid said:
It seems to me that WM+ is going to make a massive change to how the game is played, the controls for every item link uses will be completly different to previous games.
I dont see how this can be anything but the biggest change to a Zelda game since OoT.
The amount of motion control sets this apart from any games ive played before (excl. RS2) never mind other zelda games.
Strange isn't it, considering Aonuma and friends have been working on this game for 4 years now. I'm not sure why but the Zelda team is slowly turning into Nintendo's redheaded stepchild. Spirit Tracks was a good game but not as memorable as other Zelda games. SkyWard Sword has a nice style but the motion controls simply don't work as good as you want to. At the same time Sakamoto is exploring new concepts and higher production values with Metroid: Other M, while Koizumi has reached god status with Galaxy and made Flipnote Studio in his spare time.sinxtanx said:
EmCeeGramr
Member
Point them out. You're posting links and then not quoting or pointing out what's on the page that supports your argument, and now not pointing out supposed contradictions.Mantrid said:
In 2007, Aonuma said that he doesn't "necessarily think [SS] will change that drastically."
I honestly looked for a quotation along the lines of what you're talking about WRT Aonuma promising something totally new, and it's simply not there. The closest thing is his "big new ideas" line, and we've already seen some of those.
You keep arguing that it's in there but so far you've only been able to produce that one Miyamoto quotation.
Shin Johnpv
Member
[Nintex] said:
Where did you get a copy of the game already?
flintstryker
Banned
And it is apparently as this new zelda's flow is completely being reworked.Mantrid said:
Shin Johnpv
Member
[Nintex] said:
So you played a demo with unfinished code and know exactly how the final game is going to be.
flintstryker
Banned
So..maybe its just me but i am failing to see the problem here.Mantrid said:
flintstryker said:
I don't have a problem, I just stated that the changes seen so far are not in line with what Nintendo have stated. That's it.
It may be the case that the game is massively overhauled come release and we all get a new experience in the Zelda world and I certainly hope this is the case, but I fear it won't be.
EmCeeGramr
Member
And then later both he and the game's producer went back on that comment (or it's possible that by "in its present form" Shigeru meant something different).Mantrid said:
Why you were still expecting something completely revolutionary, after the game's producer said in 2007 that it wouldn't be drastically different, is strange.