Nick cowen talks to eiji aonuma, producer of the legend of zelda. Breath of the wild, coming to nintendo switch and wii u on march 3rd, will know that discovery, exploration and adventure all play key roles in this next instalment in the series and no one knows this better than the. Nintendo has shared a new interview with zelda series producer eiji aonuma all about links awakening. Eiji aonuma, director of the legend of zelda franchise, has an apology to make. Aonuma was familiar with the zelda series prior to working at nintendo as a fan, but ocarina of time marked his first occasion as a person in charge.
Video watch eiji aonuma harness links power to evade. Zelda producer hints at more openworld games to come. Today, he is known for his influence of the legend of zelda series, but well get to that in part 2. The legend of zelda breath of the wild timeline placement w new comments from nintendo. A new book excerpt looks back at the origins of one of nintendo s strangest zelda games. One of gaming entertainments most memorable and recognized news sources, nintendo power is back as a podcast. Eiji aonuma has said that he wants the next installment of the legend of zelda to exceed fans expectations. Prima official game guide is a certificate of authenticity signed by the series producer himself. If you do not have an issue with some spoilers, hit the jump to read the interview.
Eiji aonumas top three zelda games and one underrated one. Eiji aonuma, producer on the zelda series, hosted a speaking session on the legend of zelda. A comprehensive collection of enemies and items, potions to poes, an expansion of the lore touched upon in hyrule historia, concept art, screencaps, maps, main characters and how they relate, languages, and much, much more, including an exclusive interview with series producer, eiji aonuma. We recently had the opportunity to speak to zelda series producer eiji aonuma following the release of the legend of zelda. Surely, eiji aonuma, the director of the zelda series for nintendo, and a major contributor to hyrule historia would know. I only have about ten more years to make games at nintendo eiji aonuma has worked on the. Aonuma eiji, born march 16, 1963 is a japanese video game designer, director and producer, who works for nintendo as the producer and project manager of the legend of zelda series. Aonuma interviewed by nintendo power the legend of zelda. Heres an interview with eiji aonuma and koji kondo at. Nintendo power may 2008 vol 228 transcription source.
A transcript of a recent interview conducted with shigeru miyamoto and eiji aonuma. Eiji aonuma test of time personally i like music a lot. The water temple in the ocarina of time was notorious for being very tough to conquer, he says. In ocarina of time, he helped usher link into the 3d realm, and with the new phantom hourglass for nintendo ds he oversaw a revolution in control that has transformed the zelda universe. If your a fan of any nintendo related games or items or youre just a fan of nintendo power, then you will love this amazing first issue. In the august issue of nintendo power is an interview they conducted with eiji aonuma.
The legend of zelda is one of the most successful franchises of all time with nearly twenty video games and thirty years of history, but it all started with a gold cartridge. Thats something producer eiji aonuma shared in an interview with gamespot. Nintendo sends zelda producer, eiji aonuma, on a very important quest with more info coming tomorrow. In an interview with famitsu, longtime series producer eiji. Eiji aonuma addresses those horrible zelda cdi games. During the discussion, aonuma spoke about how hes always wanted to remake the game boy title, why chamber dungeons are a good fit here, what the inspiration behind the art style was, and more. Speaking to nintendo power via gonintendo, aonuma touched on what users can.
Nintendo has surprising plans for next switch game zelda breath of the wild producer eiji aonuma talks about the future of. Yesterday i was wearing a tshirt that said the wind wakers on it. For more than eight years eiji aonuma has been making his mark on the legend of zelda. When we were creating ocarina of time and majoras mask, the department we were working in, called entertainment, analysis and development ead, was rather a small team.
But its scope is so huge that nintendo has its largest team ever working on the game. Join the legend of zelda producer eiji aonuma on an. Test of time posted on november 26 2008 by nathanial rumpholjanc. Zelda breath of the wild news nintendo has surprising. Via the document, aonuma acknowledges the zelda fanbase for the longrunning franchises success. Four years ago, eiji aonuma took on one of the most difficult jobs in the game industry. I play percussion, bongos, congas and things like that. After spending a lot of time talking to eiji aonuma about breath of the wild, we took a step back to ask him about the wider series, specifically about his favorite games in the series.
Nintendos eiji aonuma extensive video and text interview with the spirit of the zelda series. However, we all know him better as the main man behind the zelda games. Nintendo eiji aonuma nycc speaking session youtube. Previous post future officially takes over nintendo power next post the legend of miyamoto. Earlier this week at e3 2016, gamespot spoke to nintendo producer eiji aonuma about the upcoming wii u and nx game, the legend of zelda. Aonuma attended the tokyo national university of fine arts and music where he completed his masters in composition design.
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Eiji aonuma archives page 11 of 22 nintendo everything. We asked him questions about developing one of the most divisive games in the zelda series, some absurd questions about the fiction of the zelda universe, and even himself. Breath of the wild, series creator shigeru miyamoto and producer eiji aonuma have been speaking about a range of topics surrounding. With less than two weeks until release of the legend of zelda. Eiji aonuma talks about what sets nintendo games apart. It features nintendo employees, special guests and developers to talk about everything nintendo other familiar faces of the podcast include chris slate who was editor in chief of nintendo power magazine for 5 years, and kit. Eiji aonuma and hidemaro fujibayashi discuss the master. Eiji aonuma is the managing producer of ead group 3.