Zelda Wii U Open World and Amiibo Support

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A series of recent interviews between Shigeru Miyamoto and various sources has revealed some new information regarding The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Wii U. One of the most intriguing features of this game is the seemingly large and open world that has been seen in game footage.

Youtube user IJustine recently had a chance to sit down with the legendary game design and asked him about the world.

You showed the Zelda trailer and that’s such a huge world. How is that going to be for you guys to approach as far as gameplay and story, because it’s such a huge world.

With Zelda games, what we’ve always done is try to make them where you enter this big world of Hyrule and there’s a lot to explore and discover, but because of the hardware limitations, what we’ve had to do is segment off each area and piece those segments together in a way that make them feel like a big world. Now with the hardware capabilities of the Wii U, what we did was we first started by saying well let’s see what we can do if we take an entire world the size of the world from Twilight Princess and just try to make that as one area on the game.


Do you see that as a game where people will go to complete a certain mission and they end up doing fifty things along the way?
Yeah, there may even be times where you forget what your goal is, because you are doing other things on the side. There may be times where you go in to one big one long dungeon, or you’re headed for a dungeon and doing other things on the side. What we’re trying to do is design it in a way where you don’t have to play it for a super long time, but more matched to today’s lifestyle where you can think for a little bit, and say “maybe I just want to play for a little bit today and do this one thing.” and get that thing done, then take a break.

Miyamoto also said that Nintendo is considering amiibo support for Zelda Wii U. He did not provide any details about which figures would be supported and how they can provide to the gameplay.

What do you think about the size of Zelda Wii U? You can check out our latest article on the matter and express your thoughts in the comments.

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Noah Glaser is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati where he majored in Information Technology with a minor in awesome. Noah has worked in web marketing for over 5 years and has built a reputation that has followed him both professionally and independently. He is the founder and lead content contributor for The Hidden Triforce.In the 5th grade he bought Link’s Awakening for his brother as a Christmas gift. Since stealing it back, he has been hooked to the Zelda series and has never looked back. In his spare time you can find Noah frolicking with his Porygon and Kiwi Birds. He dislikes chocolate, cheese, and bacon.