#Eiji Aonuma

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"I hope Tears of the Kingdom inspires players to be more creative than my dumbass son" - Eiji Aonuma

[acquired-stardust]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 1998

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Eiji Aonuma: Since you play as Zelda in this game, it would feel weird if the character's expression didn’t match her situation at the beginning of the story. She must have been confused as she wondered what she should do. When she saw the wanted posters with her face, she probably thought, "But I'm a princess…"

Famitsu: That's a good point.

Aonuma: We put a lot of effort into adjusting the details of Zelda's eyes and other small aspects of her design. As the story progresses, you'll notice that Zelda's expression changes. At first she doesn't smile, no matter what happens. In the second half of the game, however, she smiles whenever she helps the people of various regions. Zelda has embraced her destiny when the king gives her the Royal Traveling Attire, and her face has an expression of "Okay, let's do it!" after that scene. We were always discussing how to convey these types of subtle changes as we worked on Zelda's design.

from the November 2024 issue of Famitsu Magazine (here)

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Eiji Aonuma has been named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture

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Aonuma quotes about the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time, 2009, 2011.

Sources: Iwata Asks, The Guardian

https://www.notion.so/951cd9281b9c476fb231dc12c4243e87 https://www.notion.so/37ae9483800644c19df80c9c7db6914f

QUOTE 1:

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 46. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director.

QUOTE: "Aonuma: The Water Temple in Ocarina of Time was notorious for being very tough to conquer. I am most sorry that it was not easy for you to put on and take off the heavy boots; that all the time you had to visit the inventory. I am very sorry about that. I should have made it much easier to switch to the heavy boots.

Aside from the problem with the boots, I like the Water Temple so much."

QUOTE 2:

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director, Ocarina of Time 3D Producer.

Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo.

QUOTE: "Iwata: Aonuma-san, what was your motivation for making Ocarina of Time 3D?

Aonuma: As I alluded to when I introduced myself earlier, I wanted to do something about the Water Temple. Everyone talks about it, so it's been a longstanding wish of mine these 13 years!

Iwata: No matter how much praise Ocarina of Time has garnered, the Water Temple has always been an issue—like a bone caught in your throat for 13 years.

Aonuma: Yeah. The worst thing was thinking about how many people may have given up there. So this time, if we used the Nintendo 3DS system's two screens, I thought, ‘Link can put on and take off his Iron Boots in a flash!’ So we were like, ‘Let's do it!’"

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Lmao even Fujibayashi knows that Rhoam is the worst father Zelda could ever have had

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Ok that is incredibly rad

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All Aonuma and the rest of the Zelda dev team need to do in order to make the next game successful is to ignore the fandom.

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In a recent IGN interview with Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma, he was asked when they decided during development that Zelda would transform into a dragon. Pretty wild but at the same time saddening at the same time.

Now here are the big questions: Is the Light Dragon exist in the Age of Calamity Alternate Timeline? And where she in Breath of the Wild since there are now two Zeldas? One is her current dragon form… and the other is her past counterpart.

Source Material Link:

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Nintendo will showcase roughly 10 minutes of gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with series producer Eiji Aonuma on March 28 at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.

Here is an overview of the game, via Nintendo.com:

An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination.

In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you’ll decide your own path through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above. Can you harness the power of Link’s new abilities to fight back against the malevolent forces that threaten the kingdom?

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is due out for Switch on May 12.

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All banana fish ops and endings slapped

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NEW VIDEO (at last)!

A review of my frustrations with “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, the future of the series, design by subtraction, immersive sims and why “more” never means “better”.

Share, like and leave a comment! (English subtitles).

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Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 1998

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HOLY CRAP TODAYS EIJI AONUMA'S BIRTHDAY-

(In america, technically passed in Japan, but still-)

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NEWS: On March 28th (Tuesday) at 23:00, producer Eiji Aonuma will release a game-play video of "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom". The video will be approximately 10 minutes long.

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Aonuma on how Echoes of Wisdom showed the opportunity for top-down Zelda, 2024.

Source: The BBC

https://www.notion.so/13c41fe961fd80349edee946fe018114

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 61. Producer of Echoes of Wisdom.

QUOTE: "Aonuma: I think through [Echoes of Wisdom] we were able to satisfy a lot of players.

And so this game made me realize that there's still a lot of possibility for these top-down Zelda games as well.

… And so we will also have those dynamic 3D Zeldas as well. But in addition to that, we're also hoping that we can continue with these 2D top-down Zeldas."