Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata Talk About the Odd Directions The Legend of Zelda Almost Took
Posted by Jonathan on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 1:38 am under Games Industry, Nintendo, Nintendo, Game Consoles, Game Companies
Tagged: crossbow, iwata, link, miyamoto, nintendo, wii, zapper and zelda
Nintendo recently posted the latest “Iwata Says” segment, which has Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, sitting down for a chat with Shigeru Miyamoto. The conversation starts with Iwata asking Miyamoto questions about how they came to develop Link’s Crossbow Training and accompanying Zapper, but then things start to take a turn for the weird. Miyamoto casually begins revealing some of the radical ideas that were proposed for various Legend of Zelda titles. How radical? Well, he once envisioned having Ocarina of Time play from a first-person perspective — his fascination with the FPS style eventually spawned Link’s Crossbow Training. Also, he concieved of “a sort of Terminator style story about a time warp from the future” to explain how Link might have a gun. Finally, the original prototype for the Wii Zapper? It was literally made from rubber bands and wires. Obviously (and thankfully), none of these ideas ever came to fruition. However the images in my head of Arnold Schwarzenegger decked out in Link’s green costuem isn’t going to go away anytime soon.
Via Wii.com
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May 9th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Miyamoto is a giant in the videogame industry. After all of these years, he still has the hunger to create new experiences for us gamers. It's pretty cool that eventhough he's a wealthy buisnessman, that he very much involved with the evolution and direction of the Nintendo brand.
I mean, he came out with a sword and a shield during E3 a few years ago. Not many people of power are willing to do that.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
"I mean, he came out with a sword and a shield during E3 a few years ago. Not many people of power are willing to do that."
Yeah, though Cliffy B. came out on stage at the GDC'08 with the Lancer Assault Rifle.
Though, Miyamoto is the man! He makes awesome games.