Leading as much as the new The Legend of Zelda debut, Nintendo shared particulars about the game in a collection of Ask the Developer interviews. Producer Eiji Aonuma, Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Technical Director Takuhiro Dohta, and Art Director Satoru Takizawa, and Sound Director Hajime Wakai weighed in on improvement in every installment. In the fourth entry, the focus was on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom constructing and fusing. That meant exhibiting off a scythe individuals might craft, how glue peeks up at areas to point out it’s a custom-made merchandise, and Takizawa explaining how “‘magic’ ultimately became…ahem, an electric fan.”
Things started with Producer Aonuma explaining Director Fujibayashi was the one who wished so as to add The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom constructing and fusing parts for customized creations. Fujibayashi then defined how he made his case for that factor:
Back then, I attempted creating autos utilizing solely the mechanisms and components obtainable in the earlier game and offered them. For occasion, I used spinning cog wheels as tyres and connected 4 of them to a board to create a automobile. I additionally made a paddle steamer by attaching boards to these self-rotating cog wheels. By assembling stone slabs right into a gun barrel and utilizing a Remote Bomb, I additionally created a cannon that shoots Ancient Spheres. I connected it to a automobile to create a tank. (Laughs) By exhibiting these concepts, I proposed that if Link had the skill to connect issues collectively, we might create this new type of gameplay utilizing supplies we already had obtainable. This was how we got here up with the concept of creating autos with the Ultrahand skill on this title.
After that, members of the workforce mentioned some of the issues individuals might accomplish when constructing or fusing in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with Fuse and Ultrahand. Takizawa famous Fuse may very well be used to make a scythe weapon. He additionally famous the visually obvious glue can be current to point out it was a brand new creation and fused merchandise. Sound Director Wakai additionally famous distinctive sound results have been used to convey the connections.
Aonuma and Technical Director Dohta additionally talked about how the “magic gauge” this time round is a Zonai Devices, which seems to be like a battery. Dohta famous, “Using this power, for example, you can even create something absurd, such as an “omni-directional flamethrower”. There are many moments the place you’ll be able to cheat in a great way.” It was after that when Takizawa defined how one thing “supernatural” was remodeled into one thing maybe simpler to grasp:
The preliminary idea of this game was to make use of the “supernatural power” of an unknown civilisation, versus the Sheikah civilisation’s “super ancient technology” in the earlier game, so we determined to create tons of helpful gadgets with magical properties. However, even when we describe these things as “supernatural”, gamers gained’t use them except they know what they’re. So, this factor we have been calling “magic” finally turned…ahem, an electrical fan.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will come to the Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.
