Personally, when I started thinking about what kind of features the Nintendo Switch hardware had, I ended up thinking about whether we could add in any new ideas, which looking back on it now was probably not the best thing to be thinking of at the time!” I have a very strong impression that work proceeded without panic under the specific instructions of our producer, Mr Aonuma. But as director I wasn’t particularly fazed by this. “Of course, we didn’t have a huge amount of leeway in terms of time. However, he admits it “was probably not the best thing to be thinking of at the time”.

Moving on to actual development, when Switch was added to the project, Fujibayashi was actually thinking about “whether we could add in any new ideas”. I really feel that it’s not because of knowledge or experience that I’m here working as a developer for Zelda, but because of the people.” “More than anything, what’s influenced my personal understanding of what a Zelda game should be has been the teachings I’ve received from Shigeru Miyamoto in the 15 years since the Oracle games. I know this may not be such a big deal in the west, but in Japan it’s quite an adventure!”įujibayashi later spoke with EDGE about how Shigeru Miyamoto shaped his view of what a Zelda game should be: “ things like cave diving where you actually go down into the water to get into the cave, as well as rafting tours and so on. I could learn from the sense of adventure, exploration and how it inspired curiosity.”Īs for real life inspiration, Fujibayashi is involved with an adventure club with other Nintendo staff in which they participate in outdoor activities:

I was able to learn from the gameplay and the possibilities found in. “I was rather inspired by playing Minecraft and Terraria. But what about the game’s director, Hidemaro Fujibayashi?įujibayashi cited two games while speaking with EDGE this month about games that inspired him: Minecraft and Terraria. In the past, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has spoken about being inspired by games such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in creating Breath of the Wild.

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