Miyamoto and Aonuma on Breath of the Wild
The following comes from a Game Informer video interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma regarding The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild discussing a number of topics including Link not being human, Paper Zelda and Adventure Mario! The following summary is thanks to Go Nintendo with the screenshot coming from The Legend of Zelda Facebook page…
– Aonuma and Miyamoto have played through BotW start to finish
– the strangest thing Link can eat is ‘dubious food’ which happens when you mess up cooking
– “it’s a secret” as to whether the Master Sword can break
– Switch TV mode will have better resolution/sound than Wii U
– Link can wear green, but it wasn’t specified if this was his iconic green tunic
– Link does no speak a full sentence
– Link does not have a family
– Breath of the Wild was the toughest Zelda game to create
– companions outside of your horse include a wolf, but this was most likely referencing the wolf Link amiibo
– the stamina meter can be upgraded
– Link’s last name is the same as Mario’s according to Miyamoto, meaning it’s Link Link
– Link is not human
– Breath of the Wild takes place after Ocarina of Time
– Aonuma/Miyamoto are unsure what NX stood for, but they say it was probably for Nintendo X
– you can eventually get a snowboard for a shield (this may be a joke)
– you cannot eat horses
– the game does have big surprises
– Miyamoto thinks that Pauline lives in New Donk City
– Aonuma/Miyamoto say that Tingle is always happy and the devs love him
– While there are multiple Links in games, it’s always the same Mario in his adventures
– the idea of Paper Zelda is discussed, and while the convo does seem playful, Aonuma says they’re working on it. Again, this could just be a playful answer
– Miyamoto says the first Zelda is still a lot of fun, but Aonuma can’t handle it
– the first Zelda design docs were titled Adventure Mario
– neither know what planet Hyrule is on, but they’re just going with Earth
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