In the latest feature of "Iwata Asks", Nintendo president Satoru Iwata caught up with producer Eiji Aonuma and director Daiki Iwamoto to discuss the development of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, which is set to release in Australia on the 10th of December, 2009.
Here's a peek at what was said:
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| Aonuma: Right. No boats allowed (laughs). I think it's fun to have a new land becoming clearer and clearer right before your eyes, and have all sorts of different developments open up. It piques your sense of adventure, too. But then we had to think about what to use as a mode of transportation, in place of a boat, and at that point, I remembered a certain picture book. Iwata: A picture book? Aonuma:…Which I brought with me today…  Iwata: This book? "The Tracks Go On"? |
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| Iwata: Tetra showed up in the last game, didn't she. Aonuma: Yes, but she doesn't in this one. Back when I heard the story's rough outline, I asked, "What? Why isn't Tetra making an appearance?" And he said, "Well… I don't like Tetra all that much." All: (explosive laughter) Aonuma: "What do you mean, you don't like her!?" "Don't cause me trouble, now. You mustn't say things like that…" That's about how the exchange went. (laughs) Iwamoto: (laughs) But it wasn't that I didn't like her so much as that I was enthusiastic about characters in my own way. I was searching for something that hadn't been portrayed much, and there was Princess Zelda. At first, we hadn't settled on the subcharacter, and I discussed several things with the staff. Then we thought that, since they're adventuring together, it would be better to have it be a girl. But, you know, we couldn't have it be Tetra every time, so we started to consider introducing a new character. The thing is, though, it's "The Legend of Zelda". I thought it wouldn't be much fun if Princess Zelda didn't show up and if we brought in some unrelated princess instead, so, in the end, I asked for permission to use Princess Zelda. |
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