Earlier today, the Official Nintendo Magazine posted a new interview with Legend of Zelda director, Eiji Aonuma. News about the upcoming Zelda Skyward Sword has been scarce lately and unfortunately this interview did not provide much more insight.
First of all, Aonuma was quick to restate that Zelda is not the mysterious feminine figure that we saw in the art work released at the round-table after 2009’s E3. However, he still refuses to delve into the matter much more.
The most interesting bit of information about Skyward Sword came from Aonuma when he said they were, “reimagining some of the traditional gameplay elements.” This meaning of course that the traditional elements of the Zelda franchise will remain intact, but that the development team is coming up with new ways to bring these concepts to us gamers.
An example of this can be found in this quote from Aonuma, “So what we’ve tried to do is to introduce some new elements – this time we have larger fields and there are dungeons that don’t really feel like dungeons but will incorporate some of those elements.”
During the interview, Aonuma was asked about the possibility of there being any vehicle for transportation. Though this was not confirmed, Aonuma did not entirely dismiss the notion and said that Link would have some way of traveling from Skyloft to Hyrule.
Lastly, Aonuma spoke briefly about the Ocarina of Time for the 3DS. For more information and to read the interview check out this link.
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